Polányi

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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) ∞ Zsófia Schlesinger
** Mihály Pollacsek (March 21, 1848, Bánhegy (Dluha) – January 10, 1905), prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads ∞ (1881 in Warsaw) Cecília 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 (, 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 (; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist∞ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
**** John Charles Polanyi (born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
*** Paul (Pál) Polányi
** Lujza Pollacsek
***Ervin Szabó (1877–1918)About Ervin Szabó
** 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
== References ==
== External links ==
* http://homepage3.nifty.com/thinkers/plnykcv.htm (in Japanese)
== See also ==
* Polany (disambiguation)
* Poľany
* Polány; Magyarpolány, etc.
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