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