Famous People with Name Geza

Géza Füster            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Géza Füster: was a Hungarian-Canadian chess International Master.He won his first of many Budapest Championships in 1936. During World War II, he played in several strong tournaments. In 1941, he won the Hungarian Championship. In 1941, he took 4th, behind Jan Foltys, Szily and Potucek, in Trencianske Teplice.

Géza Maróczy            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Géza Maróczy: was a leading Hungarian chess Grandmaster, one of the best players in the world in his time. He was also a practising engineer.Géza Maróczy was born in Szeged, Hungary on March 3, 1870. He won the "minor" tournament at Hastings 1895, and over the next ten years he won several first prizes in international events. Between 1902 and 1908, he took part in thirteen tournaments and won five first prizes and five second prizes. In 1906 he agreed to terms for a World Championship match with Emanuel Lasker, but political problems in Cuba, where the match was to be played, caused the arrangements to be canceled.

Géza Nagy            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Géza Nagy: was a Hungarian chess master.He was Hungarian Champion in 1924. He took 6th at Budapest 1926 (Grandmasters Ernst Grünfeld and Mario Monticelli won).

Géza Teleki            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Géza Teleki: was a Hungarian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest, the son of Pál Teleki.On a sailing cruise, Teleki was inclined to ignore a reprimand from his Scoutmaster, Fritz M. de Molnár, for failure to carry out

Géza Kalocsay            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Géza Kalocsay: was a footballer and manager from Hungary, who played internationally for both Czechoslovakia (3 caps) and Hungary.

Vlaszák Géza            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Vlaszák Géza: is a Hungarian goalkeeper who currently plays for ZTE FC.

Samuel Gezalian            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Samuel Gezalian: an Armenian ice dancer who has represented the Soviet Union, Belarus, Germany, and Armenia in competition. He originally competed with Tatiana Navka for the Soviet Union. Following the dissolution of that country, Navka and Gezalian chose to skate for Belarus. Together, they placed 11th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.