István

István (pronounced [ˈiʃtvaːn]) is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to:

People

Monarchs, Politicians & Public Figures

• Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038)
• István Pásztor (politician) (born 1956)
• István Széchenyi (1791–1860)
• István Tisza (1861–1918)
• István Bethlen (1874–1946)
• István Werbőczy (1458–1541)
• István Dobi (1898–1968)
• István Szent-Iványi (born 1958)
• István Hiller (born 1964)
• István Rozgonyi
• István Friedrich (1883–1951)
• István Balogh (politician) (1894–1976)
• István Pálfi (1966–2006)
• István Horthy (1904–1942)
• István Bittó (1822–1903)
• István Bibó (1911–1979)
• István Varga (politician, born 1956)
• István Varga (politician, born 1953)

Musicians & Artists

• István Kertész (conductor) (1929–1973)
• István Csók (1865–1961)
• István Orosz (born 1951)
• István Árkossy (born 1943)
• Istvan Kantor (born 1949)
• István Ferenczy (1792–1856)
• Miloslav Ištvan (1928–1990)
• István Cserháti (1954–2005)

Authors

• István Zsemlics (1840–1891)
• István Fekete (1900–1970)
• István Küzmics (1723–1779)

Academics

• István Mészáros (professor) (1930–2017)
• István Hatvani (1718–1786)
• István Fáry (1922–1984)
• István Hont (1947–2013)
• István Gyöngy (born 1951)

Military people

• István Dobó (c. 1502–1572)

Sportspeople & Entertainers

• István Avar (1905–1977)
• István Bagyula (born 1969)
• Istvan Bakx (born 1986)
• István Balogh (footballer) (1912–1992)
• István Bárány (1907–1995)
• István Beé (born 1972)
• István Bilek (1932–2010)
• István Csom (born 1940)
• István Déván (1890–1977)
• István Donogán (1897–1966)
• István Énekes (1911–1940)
• István Fazekas (1898–1967)
• István Ferenczi (born 1977)
• István Géczi (born 1944)
• István Gulyás (1931–2000)
• István Havasi (1930–2003)
• István Herczeg (1887–1949)
• István Kovács (boxer) (born 1970)
• István Lévai (boxer)
• István Major (1949–2014)
• István Molnár (1913–1983)
• István Mudin (1881–1918)
• István Nagy (disambiguation)
  • István Nagy (athlete) (born 1959), Hungarian runner
  • István Nagy (footballer, born 1939) (1939–1999)
  • István Nagy (footballer, born 1986)
• István Nyers (1924–2005)
• István Pelle (1907–1986)
• István Rózsavölgyi (1929–2012)
• István Serényi (1911–1996)
• István Somodi (1885–1963)
• István Szabó (handballer) (born 1950)
• István Szabó (canoeist) (born 1950)
• István Szilágyi (born 1950)
• István Sztáni (born 1937)
• István Tóth (canoeist)
• István Tóth (footballer) (1891–1945)
• István Tóth (wrestler) (born 1951)
• István Vágó (born 1949)
• István Varga (handballer) (1943–2014)
• István Varga (judoka) (born 1960)
• István Vaskuti (born 1955)
• István Verpecz (born 1987)
• István Vincze (born 1967)
• István Vituska (born 1988)

Other

• István Kiss (disambiguation), multiple people
• István Kozma (disambiguation), multiple people
• István, a király, rock opera
• István Cave, a cave in Hungary
• SMS Szent István, battleship named after Saint Stephen