Dohnányi family
The Dohnányi family is a Hungarian noble family, whose members became noted politicians and musicians related to composer Ernst von Dohnányi. The family also became part of the Austrian nobility, granted to them in 1653 by Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.
Notable members
- Frederick Dohnányi, Hungarian professor of mathematics and amateur cellist; father of Ernst
- Ernst von Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer
- Hans von Dohnanyi, son of Ernst; German jurist and German resistance fighter against the Third Reich
- Klaus von Dohnanyi, son of Hans; German politician, mayor of Hamburg
- Christoph von Dohnányi, son of Hans; German conductor
- Justus von Dohnányi, son of Christoph; German actor
- Oliver von Dohnányi, Slovak conductor, descended from a brother of an eighteenth-century ancestor of Ernő