Ignác

Ignác, also sometimes spelled Ignac in English, is the Czech, Slovak and Hungarian version of the name Ignatius.

Ignac is also a surname, among the most common surnames in the Međimurje County of Croatia.[1]

Notable people with this name include:

• Ignác Alpár (1855–1928), Hungarian architect
• Jozef Ignác Bajza (1755–1836), Slovak writer, satirist and Catholic priest
• Ignác Batthyány (1741–1798), Hungarian Roman Catholic Bishop of Transylvania
• Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (1689–1742), Czech composer of baroque era
• Ignác Frank (1788–1850), Hungarian jurist and private law scholar
• Ignác Goldziher (1850–1921), Hungarian orientalist
• Ignác Gyulay (1763–1831), Hungarian military officer
• Ignác Irhás (born 1985), Hungarian football player
• Jiří Ignác Linek (1725–1791), renowned Czech late-Baroque composer and pedagogue
• Ignác Raab (1715–1787), Czech Jesuit and painter
• Ignác Šechtl (1840–1911), pioneer of Czech photography and cinematography
• Ignác Šustala (1822–1881), Czech entrepreneur, founder of the company that became Tatra
• Ignác Török (1795–1849), honvéd general in the Hungarian Army

See also

• Ignaz

References

1. "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.