Árpád (given name) explained

Arpad or Árpád (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈaːrpaːd/) is a Hungarian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Árpád Ambrusz (born 1980), Hungarian football player
• Árpád Balázs (born 1937), Hungarian classical music composer
• Árpád Bárány (born 1931), Hungarian Olympic fencer
• Árpád Basch (1873–1944), Hungarian painter and graphic artist
• Arpad Busson (born 1963), French financier and London-based socialite
• Árpád Bogsch (1919–2004), Hungarian turned American international civil servant
• Árpád Csonka (born 1991), Slovak football player
• Arpad Darazs (1922–1986), Hungarian-American music educator
• Árpád Doppler (1857–1927), Hungarian-German composer
• Árpád Duka-Zólyomi (born 1941), Slovak politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Arpad Elo (1903–1992), the creator of the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess
• Árpád Feszty (1856–1914), Hungarian painter
• Árpád Göncz (born 1922), Hungarian liberal politician and former President of Hungary
• Arpád Györi (born 1970), Czech ice hockey player and coach
• Árpád Házi (1908–1970), Hungarian communist politician
• Árpád Henney (1895–1980), Hungarian politician and military officer who served as Minister without portfolio between 1944 and 1945 in the Nazi-dominated Ferenc Szálasi cabinet
• Arpad Joó (born 1948), Hungarian conductor and concert pianist
• Árpád Lehotay (1896–1953), Hungarian actor
• Árpád Lengyel (1915–1993), Hungarian swimmer
• Árpád Majoros (born 1983), Hungarian football player
• Árpád Milinte (born 1976), Hungarian football player
• Árpád von Nahodyl (born 1958), German writer, neopagan activist and politician
• Árpád Orbán (1938–2008), Hungarian football player
• Árpád Pál (born 1955), Hungarian former handball player
• Árpád Pédery (1891–1914), Hungarian gymnast
• Árpád Prandler (born 1930), Hungarian judge of the International Criminal Tribunal
• Árpád Pusztai (born 1930), Hungarian-born biochemist and nutritionist
• Arpád Račko (born 1930), Slovak sculptor
• Arpad Simonyik (born 1940), Canadian sprint canoer
• Árpád Soltész (born 1944), Hungarian sprint canoer
• Árpád Soós (zoologist) (1912–1991), Hungarian zoologist, entomologist and museologist
• Árpád Sterbik (born 1979), Serbian-born Spanish handball player
• Árpád Szabó (1878–1948), Hungarian politician
• Árpád Szakasits (1888–1965), Hungarian Social Democrat, then Communist political figure
• Árpád Székely (living), Hungarian ambassador to the Russian Federation
• Árpád Szenes (1897–1985), Hungarian-Jewish abstract painter who worked in France
• Árpád Tóth (1886–1928), Hungarian poet and translator
• Árpád Vajda (1896–1967), Hungarian chess master
• Arpad Vass (born 1959), research scientist and forensic anthropologist
• Arpad Vass (footballer) (born 1989), Slovenian football player
• Árpád von Degen (1866–1934), Hungarian biologist and botanist
• Árpád Weisz (1896–1944), Hungarian Olympic football player and manager
• Arpad Wigand (1906–1983), SS-Oberführer who served as the SS and Police Leader in Warsaw