Imre
Imre
Male given name
Imre is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April.[1] It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich.[2][3] Its English equivalents are Emery and Henry.
Bearers of the name include the following (who generally held Hungarian nationality, unless otherwise noted):
- Imre Antal (1935–2008), pianist
- Imre Bajor (1957–2014), actor
- Imre Bebek (d. 1395), baron
- Imre Bródy (1891–1944), physicist
- Imre Bujdosó (b. 1959), Olympic fencer
- Imre Csáky (cardinal) (1672–1732), Roman Catholic cardinal
- Imre Csermelyi (b. 1988), football player
- Imre Cseszneky (1804–1874), agriculturist and patriot
- Imre Csiszár (b. 1938), mathematician
- Imre Csösz (b. 1969), Olympic judoka
- Imre Czobor (1520–1581), Noble and statesman
- Imre Czomba (b. 1972), Composer and musician
- Imre Deme (b. 1983), football player
- Imre Erdődy (1889–1973), Olympic gymnast
- Imre Farkas (1879–1976), musician
- Imre Farkas (1935–2020), Olympic canoeist
- Imre Finta (1911–2003), indicted war criminal
- Imre Földi (1938–2017), Olympic weightlifter
- Imre Friedmann (1921–2007), biologist
- Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870), botanist and entomologist
- Imre Garaba (b. 1958), football player
- Imre Gedővári (1951–2014), Olympic fencer
- Imre Gellért (1888–1981), Olympic gymnast
- Imre Gyöngyössy (1930–1994), film director and screenwriter
- Imre Harangi (1913–1979), Olympic boxer
- Imre Hódos (1928–1989), Olympic wrestler
- Imre Hollai (1925–2017), diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly
- Imre Jenei (b. 1937), Romanian (Hungarian ethnic) football player and coach
- Imre Kálmán (1882–1953), operetta composer
- Imre Kertész (1929–2016), author and winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Imre König (1899–1992), chess master
- Imre Komora (b. 1940), football player
- Imre Lakatos (1922–1974), philosopher of mathematics and science
- Imre Leader (b. 1963), British mathematician
- Imre Madách (1823–1864), writer, poet, lawyer and politician
- Imre Makovecz (1935–2011), architect
- Imre Mándi (1916–1945), Olympic boxer
- Imre Mikó (1805–1876), Statesman, politician, economist, historian and patron from Transylvania, who served as Minister of Public Works and Transport of Hungary between 1867 and 1870
- Imre Mudin (1887–1918), Olympic track and field athlete
- Imre Nagy (1896–1958), politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary, key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- Imre Nagy (1933–2013), Olympic pentathlete
- Imre Németh (1917–1989), Olympic hammer thrower
- Imre of Hungary (c. 1007–1031), prince and Roman Catholic saint
- Imre of Hungary (1174–1204), King of Hungary
- Imre Páli (1909–?), Olympic handballer
- Imre Polyák (1932–2010), Olympic wrestler
- Imre Pozsgay (1933–2016), reform Communist politician
- Imre Pulai (b. 1967), Olympic canoer
- Imre Rapp (1937–2015), football player
- Imre Salusinszky (b. 1955), Australian newspaper columnist
- Imre Schlosser (1889–1959), football player
- Imre Senkey (1898–?), football player and manager
- Imre Sooäär (born 1969), Estonian politician
- Imre Sörés (1907–1986), Hungarian art director
- Imre Steindl (1839–1902), architect
- Imre Szabics (b. 1981), football player
- Imre Szekeres (b. 1950), politician and Minister of Defence
- Imre Szellő (b. 1983), Olympic boxer
- Imre Szentpály (1904–1987), Olympic polo player
- Imre Taussig (1894–1945), Hungarian footballer
- Imre Taveter (born 1967), Estonian sport sailor
- Imre Trencsényi-Waldapfel (1908-1970), Hungarian scholar
- Imre Thököly (1657–1705), statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania
- Imre Tiidemann (b. 1970), Estonian modern pentathlete
- Imre Tiitsu (b. 1980), Estonian ice sledge hockey player
- Imre Tóth (b. 1985), Grand Prix motorcycle racer
- Imre Varadi (b. 1959), English football player
- Imre Weisshaus (1905–1987), Hungarian-French pianist
- Imre Zachár (1890–1954), Olympic water polo player and swimmer
- Imre Zámbó (1958–2001), pop singer by the name of Jimmy Zámbó
