Eötvös

Eötvös is an old spelling of the Hungarian word ötvös, meaning "gold- and silversmith".

Family name[]

Eötvös can refer to one of several Hungarian people:

• (born 1763, Kassa), Hungarian politician (1763-1838)
• József Eötvös (1813, Buda - 1871), a Hungarian statesman and author
• Loránd Eötvös (1848 - 1919), a Hungarian physicist
• Zoltán Eötvös (1891, Tokaj - 1936), a Hungarian speed skater
• Péter Eötvös (born 1944, Odorheiu Secuiesc), composer and conductor
• József Eötvös (musician) (born 1962, Pécs), a Hungarian guitar player

Today, the surname Eötvös is habitual to Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary where it is quite a rare surname, adjacent Slovakia where it is a rare surname, and Romania.^[1]

Ötvös[]

• Fülöp Ö. Beck (Hungarian: Beck Ötvös Fülöp; 1873, Pápa - 1945, Budapest), a Hungarian sculptor, medal maker

Otvos[]

• Jim Otvos

Other[]

Eötvös can also refers to several concepts and a place, all named for Loránd Eötvös:

• an eotvos (unit), a unit of gravitational gradient
• the Eötvös effect, a concept in geodesy
• the Eötvös experiment, an experiment determining the correlation between gravitational and inertial mass
• the Eötvös number, a concept in fluid dynamics
• the Eötvös (crater) on the moon
• the Eötvös rule for predicting surface tension dependent on temperature

See also[]

• List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary

Surname list

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