Genealogies

To understand a name or a nickname

• Michael Polanyi: Michael, dear old Man, Misi.
• Ilona Duczyńska: Ilona, Ilko.
• Kari Polanyi-Levitt: Kari, KPL.
• Cecil: Cecil Wohl (Karl Polanyi's mother)
• Adolf: Adolf Pollackek (Karl's and Michael's older brother)
• Laura: Laura Pollackek

Polányi family

• Adolf Pollacsek (1820–1871) ∞ Zsófia Schlesinger
  • Mihály Pollacsek (March 21, 1848, Bánhegy (Dluha) – January 10, 1905), prominent member of the bourgeoisie involved in railroads
    ∞ (1881 in Warsaw) Cecília Wohl (Template:Lang-hu, Template:Lang-fr; 1862, Vilnius – 1939, Budapest), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in Budapest
    • Laura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957), ∞ Sándor Striker
      • Eva Striker Zeisel, American industrial designer
    • Adolf Polányi
    • Karl Paul Polanyi (Template:Lang-hu, 1886, Vienna – 1964, Pickering, Ontario), a Hungarian-Canadian political economist and author of The Great Transformation
      ∞ Ilona Duczyńska
      • Kari Polanyi-Levitt (born 1923, Vienna), the Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University
    • Sophia (Zsófia) Polányi
    • Michael Polanyi (Template:Lang-hu; 1891, Budapest – 1976, Manchester), Hungarian chemist, philosopher of science, economist
      ∞ Magda Elizabeth Polanyi
      • John Charles Polanyi (born 1929, Berlin), Canadian Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
    • Paul (Pál) Polányi
  • Lujza Pollacsek
    • Ervin Szabó (1877–1918)
  • Vilma Pollacsek
    • Irma Seidler, early love of György Lukács
    • Ernő Seidler, founding member of the Communist Party of Hungary

[This part comes from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polányi&oldid=711064658]