Lajos

Lajos is a Hungarian masculine given name, cognate to the English Louis. People named Lajos include:

Hungarian monarchs:


 * Lajos I, 1326-1382 (ruled 1342-1382)
 * Lajos II, 1506-1526 (ruled 1516-1526)

In Hungarian politics:


 * Lajos Aulich, second Minister of War of Hungary
 * Lajos Batthyány, first Prime Minister of Hungary
 * Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár, county head of Győr and Governor of Fiume
 * Lajos Dinnyés, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1947 to 1948
 * Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, politician and Regent of Hungary

In football:


 * Lajos Baróti, coach of the Hungary national football team
 * Lajos Czeizler, Hungarian football coach
 * Lajos Détári, retired Hungarian football player
 * Lajos Sătmăreanu, former Romanian football player
 * Lajos Tichy, Hungarian footballer

In art:


 * Lajos Csordák, Hungarian/Slovak painter
 * Lajos Lázár, Hungarian film director
 * Lajos Markos, Hungarian American painter
 * Lajos Koltai, Hungarian cinematographer and film director

In Hungarian literature:


 * Lajos Bíró, Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
 * Lajos Egri, author of The Art of Dramatic Writing
 * Lajos Hevesi, Jewish Hungarian journalist and author

In chess:


 * Lajos Portisch, Hungarian chess player
 * Lajos Steiner, Hungarian chess player

In other fields:


 * Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian composer and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music
 * Lajos Pósa, Hungarian mathematician
 * Lajos Werkner (1883–1943), Hungarian 2x Olympic champion saber fencer
 * Zoltán Lajos Bay, Hungarian physicist