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 ⚭ Zsófia Schlesinger
*Mihály Pollacsek, prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads

⚭ Cecília Wohl, daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest

**Laura Polanyi, later Striker, ⚭ Sándor Striker
***Eva Striker Zeisel, American industrial designer
**Adolf Polányi
**Karl Paul Polanyi, a Hungarian-Canadian political economist and author of The Great Transformation

⚭ Ilona Duczyńska

***Kari Polanyi Levitt, the Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University
**Sophia Polányi
**Michael Polanyi, Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist

⚭ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi

***John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
**Paul Polányi
*Lujza Pollacsek
**Ervin Szabó
*Vilma Pollacsek
**Irma Seidler, early love of György Lukács
**Ernő Seidler, founding member of the Communist Party of Hungary

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