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 (Hungarian: Pollacsek Mihályné, Wohl Cecília, French: Cécile Wohl; 1862, Vilnius – 1939, Budapest), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest^[1][2]
    • Laura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957),^[1] ⚭ Sándor Striker
      • Eva Striker Zeisel, American industrial designer
    • Adolf Polányi^[1]
    • Karl Paul Polanyi (Hungarian: 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^[3]
    • Sophia (Zsófia) Polányi^[1]
    • Michael Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi Mihály; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist
      ⚭ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
      • John Charles Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi János Károly; born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
    • Paul (Pál) Polányi^[1]
  • Lujza Pollacsek
    • Ervin Szabó (1877–1918)^[4]
  • Vilma Pollacsek
    • Irma Seidler, early love of György Lukács
    • Ernő Seidler, founding member of the Communist Party of Hungary