Pataki (surname)
Pataki or Pataky is a Hungarian surname that literally means "from Patak". "Pataki" can also translate into "near a creek" or "someone who lived by a brook or a stream".
Notable bearers include:
Pataki
- Allison Pataki, American author
- András Pataki, Hungarian dancer, director of the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company
- Andrew Pataki, Bishop Emeritus of Passaic for the Byzantines
- Ferenc Pataki, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic champion
- George Pataki, Governor of New York
- Ladislav Pataki, Slovak-American coach, sports scientist, masters track & field thrower
- Libby Pataki, wife of George Pataki, First Lady of New York
- Michael Pataki, American actor
- Mihály Pataki, Hungarian amateur football player
- Zita Pataki, Hungarian news reporter
Pataky
- Attila Pataky, Edda Művek vocalist
- Bill Pataky, Canadian Olympic basketball player
- Elsa Pataky, Spanish model and actress
- Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Hungarian politician
Fictional characters
- Helga G. Pataki, character on Hey Arnold!
- Sazz Pataki, a character on Only Murders in the Building