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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) [[⚭]] (married to) Zsófia Schlesinger
**'''Mihály Pollacsek''' (March 21, 1848, [[Dlhá nad Oravou|Dluha (Dlhá nad Oravou)]] – January 10, 1905, Budapest), prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads<br> ⚭ (1881 in [[Warsaw]]) [[Cecília Wohl]] ({{langx|hu|Pollacsek Mihályné, Wohl Cecília}}, {{langx|fr|Cécile Wohl}}; 1862, [[Vilnius]] – 1939, [[Budapest]]), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest<ref name="Szapor">
{{Citation |title=Laura Polanyi 1882–1957: Narratives of a Life |first=Judit |last=Szapor |journal=Polanyiana |volume=6 |issue=2 |year=1997 |url=http://www.kfki.hu/chemonet/polanyi/9702/szapor.html |accessdate=2012-03-08}}</ref><ref>
{{Citation |title=Magyar életrajzi lexikon (1000–1990) |editor-last=Kenyeres |editor-first=Ágnes |contribution=Polacsek Mihályné, Cecília Wohl |contribution-url=http://mek.niif.hu/00300/00355/html/index.htm |publisher= Arcanum Adatbázis Kft. |place=Budapest |year=2001 |language=Hungarian |accessdate=2012-03-08}}</ref>
***Laura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957),<ref name="Szapor"/> ⚭ Sándor Striker
****[[Eva Zeisel|Eva Striker Zeisel]], American industrial designer
***Adolf Polányi<ref name="Szapor"/>
***'''[[Karl Polanyi|Karl Paul Polanyi]]''' ({{langx|hu|Polányi Károly}}, 1886, Vienna – 1964, Pickering, Ontario), a Hungarian-Canadian political economist and author of ''[[The Great Transformation (book)|The Great Transformation]]''<br> ⚭ [[Ilona Duczyńska]]
****[[Kari Polanyi Levitt]] (born 1923, Vienna), the Emerita Professor of Economics at [[McGill University]]<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.karipolanyilevitt.com/bio.shtm |title=Kari Polanyi Levitt: Biography |accessdate = 2012-03-08}}</ref>
***Sophia (Zsófia) Polányi<ref name="Szapor"/>
***'''[[Michael Polanyi]]''' ({{langx|hu|Polányi Mihály}}; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist<br>⚭ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
****'''[[John Charles Polanyi]]''' ({{langx|hu|Polányi János Károly}}; born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
***Paul (Pál) Polányi<ref name="Szapor"/>
**'''Lujza Pollacsek'''
***'''[[Ervin Szabó]]''' (1877–1918)<ref name = "fszek">[http://www.fszek.hu/english/introduction/about_ervin_szabo/?article_hid=6938 About Ervin Szabó]</ref>
**'''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
* [[Eyring equation|The Eyring-Polanyi equation]]
* [[Bell–Evans–Polanyi principle]]
== See also ==
* [[Polany (disambiguation)]]
* [[Poľany]]
* [[Polány]]
* [[Magyarpolány]]
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