Dienes (surname)
Dienes, Dénes, or Gyenes is a surname common among those of Hungarian descent. As a result the name can be found both within Hungary, its neighboring regions, and across the wider Hungarian diaspora. It is the Hungarian variant of Dennis, which derives its meaning from Dionysus, the Thracian god of wine.[1]
Notable people with this surname
- András Dienes, a Hungarian football player.
- Katherine Dienes, a New Zealand born organist, conductor and composer working in England.
- Zoltán Pál Dienes, a Hungarian mathematician.
- Paul Dienes, a Hungarian mathematician.
- Juan Gyenes, a Hungarian-born Spanish photographer.
- Emanuel Gyenes, a Romanian rally racer.
- Dávid Gyenes, a Hungarian football player.
- Géza Gyenes, a Hungarian member of parliament with the Jobbik party.