Polányi

Polányi, Polanyi is a surname. There have been a number of prominent individuals in the Polanyi family, illustrated in the following family tree:


 * Adolf Pollacsek (1820–1871) ⚭ (married to) Zsófia Schlesinger
 * Mihály Pollacsek (March 21, 1848, Dluha (Dlhá nad Oravou) – January 10, 1905, Budapest), prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads ⚭ (1881 in Warsaw) Cecília Wohl (Pollacsek Mihályné, Wohl Cecília, Cécile Wohl; 1862, Vilnius – 1939, Budapest), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest
 * Laura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957), ⚭ Sándor Striker
 * Eva Striker Zeisel, American industrial designer
 * Adolf Polányi
 * Karl Paul Polanyi (Polányi Károly, 1886, Vienna – 1964, Pickering, Ontario), a Hungarian-Canadian political economist and author of The Great Transformation ⚭ Ilona Duczyńska
 * Kari Polanyi Levitt (born 1923, Vienna), the Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University
 * Sophia (Zsófia) Polányi
 * Michael Polanyi (Polányi Mihály; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist ⚭ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
 * John Charles Polanyi (Polányi János Károly; born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
 * Paul (Pál) Polányi
 * Lujza Pollacsek
 * Ervin Szabó (1877–1918)
 * Vilma Pollacsek
 * Irma Seidler, early love of György Lukács
 * Ernő Seidler, founding member of the Communist Party of Hungary

Other
The name is also referenced in:
 * Michael Polanyi Center (MPC), Baylor University
 * The Eyring-Polanyi equation
 * Bell–Evans–Polanyi principle