Count Gyula István Cseszneky de Milvány et Csesznek was the counselor to the King for Croatian affairs.

* Stephen I ( Croatian: Stjepan, Hungarian: István ) Lacković, Lord of Međimurje, Voivode of Transylvania ( 1344 – 1350 ), Ban ( governor ) of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia ( 1350 – 1352 ).

* Stjepan Frankopan ( Hungarian: István ) ( died 1481 ).

The villagers participated in the Hungarian national uprising of István Bocskay in 1605, and of Count Francis II Rákóczi in 1705.

Reviewing Katz's book, The Battle for Rome, István Deák, on the other hand, cautions that although " armed resistance during World War II was romanticized because the Nazis were such an appalling enemy, and because in that war the guerrillas ' targets were still mainly soldiers ", it is increasingly hard to draw the line between freedom fighting and terrorism.

István Horthy de Nagybánya ( September 12, 1904, Pula – August 20, 1942, Aleksejevka ) ) was Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy's eldest son, a politician, and, during World War II, a fighter pilot.

Players like Ferenc Szusza, Béla Egresi, Sándor Balogh II, István Nyers or Mihály Nagymarosi were setting records of winning 30 consecutive games, or scoring 187 goals in one single season.

Square brackets indicate the initials of the violist, or of the second violinist ; e. g., indicates István Ipolyi as violist.

* Endre Molnár, István Szívós, Jr., Attila Sudár, György Gerandás, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, István Kiss, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Tamás Faragó, and Károly Hauszler — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

* István Tatár, István Nagy, László Babály, Sr., and Ferenc Kiss

* István Jelenits Sch. P., theologian, writer, Széchenyi Prize laureate

In December 1670, when his father Stephen Thököly ( Hungarian: Thököly István ), a participant of the anti-Habsburg Wesselényi conspiracy, was killed by imperial troops when protecting his Árva castle ( Slovak: Orava, now in northern Slovakia ), he fled from the castle to Transylvania, where he took refuge with his kinsman Mihály Teleki, the chief minister of Michael Apafi, prince of Transylvania.

* 1919 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1948 )

* 1911 – István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician ( d. 1979 )

* 1620 – István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet ( d. 1704 )

* 1933 – István Gaál, Hungarian director and screenwriter ( d. 2007 )

* 1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and writer ( d. 1959 )

* 1887 – István Kühár, Prekmurian priest, politician, and writer ( d. 1922 )

* 1929 – István Kertész, Hungarian conductor ( d. 1973 )

* 1825 – István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal ( d. 1908 )

* 1938 – István Szabó, Hungarian film director

* 1829 – István Pauli ( Pável ) Hungarian Slovene priest and writer ( b. 1760 )

* 1900 – István Fekete, Hungarian writer ( d. 1970 )

* 1942 – István Bujtor, Hungarian actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1943 – István Gyulai, Hungarian sports executive ( d. 2006 )

* 1942 – István Rosztóczy, Hungarian microbiologist

* September 21 – István Széchenyi, Hungarian politician and writer ( d. 1860 )

* June 10 – WWI: The Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship SMS Szent István is sunk by two Italian MAS motor torpedo boats off the Dalmatian coast.

* October 27 / 28 – István Rosztóczy, Hungarian microbiologist

* August 28 – István Kühár, Slovene ( Prekmurian ) writer and politician ( d. 1922 )

* January 29 – István Pauli ( Pável ) Hungarian Slovene priest and writer ( b. 1760 )

* January 1 – István Kühár, Slovene ( Prekmurian ) writer and politician ( b. 1887 )

* July 13 – István Pauli ( Pável ) Hungarian Slovene priest and writer ( d. 1829 )

* date unknown – István Báthory, Hungarian nobleman ( d. 1534 )

* date unknown – István Hatvani, Hungarian mathematician ( d. 1786 )

* September – In Hungary, Eger is defended against the Turks the captain of the castle was István Dobó.

At parliamentary elections in 2006, four parties or party alliances passed the minimum threshold: the Hungarian Socialist Party ( MSZP ) ( 190 seats ), the coalition party Alliance of Free Democrats ( SZDSZ ) ( 20 seats ), the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union in alliance with the Christian Democratic People's Party ( KDNP ) ( 164 seats in common, 141 for Fidesz and 23 for KDNP ), and the Hungarian Democratic Forum ( MDF ) ( 11 seats ) and 1 independent ( István Gyenesei ) got into the Parliament, winning a constituency in Somogy county.

The fall of the Soviet Republic was followed by a year-long anti-Communist purge, known as the White Terror, by the new nationalist government under István Bethlen, in which anywhere from 1, 000 to 5, 000 people were killed and thousands more were imprisoned and tortured.

* Lieutenant-General István Schweitzer-February 1, 1941 – August 1, 1942

* Lieutenant-General István Náday-August 1, 1942 – April 1, 1944

István Friedrich ( 1 July 1883 – 25 November 1951 ) was a Hungarian politician and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months in 1919.

* István Kovács → Image: Med 1. png Gold Medal

On July 1, Berchtold told Conrad that Emperor Franz Joseph would await the criminal inquiry results, that Count István Tisza, Prime Minister of Hungary, was opposed to war, and that Count Karl von Stürgkh, Prime Minister of Austria, hoped that the criminal inquiry would provide a proper basis for action.

Stephen Bocskai or István Bocskai ( or Bocskay, ( 1 January 1557 – 29 December 1606 ) was a Hungarian