Famous People with Name Janos

János Flesch            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

János Flesch: was a chess Grandmaster, born in Budapest, Hungary.[1] He is best known for claiming a world record simultaneous blindfold exhibition when he played 52 opponents in Budapest in 1960. However, he was apparently allowed to consult scoresheets of the games and therefore his claim was disallowed.

János Kornai,            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

János Kornai,: an economist noted for his analysis and criticism of the command economies of Eastern European communist states.Professor Kornai studied at the Karl Marx University of Economics, in Budapest and holds a 'candidate' degree from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He wrote that he chose to become an economist after reading Marx's Das Kapital.[1] He starts working in Szabad Nép, the Hungarian Communist Party newspaper, but he is fired for lack of Communist convictions in April 1955.[1]He was a Member of the Board of the Hungarian National Bank (central bank) until 2001, and has authored many economics-related books and papers. From 1958 onward Kornai received many invitations to visit foreign institutions, but he was denied a passport by the Hungarian authorities and was not allowed to travel until 1963, after political restrictions had begun to ease

János Irinyi            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

János Irinyi: was a Hungarian chemist and inventor of the noiseless and non-explosive match. He achieved this by mixing the phosphorus with lead dioxide instead of the potassium chlorate used previously.[2]

János Kádár            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

János Kádár: was a Hungarian politician, the communist leader of Hungary from 1956 to 1988, and twice served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, from 1956 to 1958 and again from 1961 to 1965. He had Hungarian and Slovak from his mother's side and German roots from his father's side.

János Fadrusz            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

János Fadrusz: also referred to as Ján Fadrusz or Ján Fadrus in Slovak literature, was a Hungarian[1] sculptor. He was a celebrated artist of the age with many important public commission.