Istvan

István is a male given name and the Hungarian form of the first name Stephan . Short or Koseformen are Pista , Pisti or Isti .

The Hungarian kings of this name are usually named in the German-speaking area using the form Stephan, which is used here:

• Stephan I (Hungary) (969-1038), first Hungarian king, national saint
• Stephen II (Hungary) (around 1101–1131), king
• Stephan III. (Hungary) (1147–1172), king
• Stephen IV (Hungary) (around 1133–1165), king
• Stephen V (Hungary) (1239–1272), King (1270–1272)

Name bearer

• István Antal (politician) (* 1948), Romanian politician (UDMR)
• István Antal (ice hockey player, 1958) (1958–2009), Romanian ice hockey player
• István Antal (ice hockey player, 1984) (* 1984), Romanian ice hockey player
• István Arató (composer) (1910–1980), Hungarian composer
• István Arató (painter) (1922–2010), Hungarian painter

• István (Stephan) Bethlen (1582–1648), Prince of Transylvania
• István Bethlen (politician) (1874–1946), Hungarian politician
• István Bethlen (polo player) (1903–1982), Hungarian polo player
• István Bilek (1932–2010), Hungarian chess player
• István Csom (* 1940), Hungarian chess player and referee
• István Farkas (1887–1944), Hungarian painter and publisher
• István Friedrich (1883–1951), Hungarian footballer, politician and manufacturer
• István Horthy (1904–1942), Deputy Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
• István Kelen (1912–2003), Hungarian table tennis player and writer
• Istvan Korpa (* 1945), Yugoslav table tennis player
• István Mészáros (1930–2017), Hungarian political philosopher
• István Nagy (* 1981), Romanian ice hockey player
• István Nyers (1924–2005), Hungarian football player
• István Örkény (1912–1979), Hungarian writer and playwright
• István Orosz (* 1951), Hungarian painter, graphic artist and cartoonist
• István Pásztor (1926–2015), Hungarian cyclist and cycling coach
• István Szabó (* 1938), Hungarian film director
• István Széchenyi (1791–1860), Hungarian state reformer and entrepreneur
• István Szívós senior (1920–1992), Hungarian water polo player
• István Szívós junior (1948–2019), Hungarian water polo player
• István Sztani (* 1937), Hungarian football player and coach
• István Tisza (1861–1918), leading politician of Austria-Hungary, Prime Minister of Hungary 1903–1905 and 1913–1917
• István Tóth (* 1951), Hungarian wrestler
• István Tóth-Potya (1891–1945), Hungarian football player and coach

See also

• Ištvan