Liszt (surname) explained

Liszt is a Hungarian surname that means 'flour'.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer and pianist
  • Adam Liszt (1776–1827), father of composer and pianist Franz Liszt
  • Anna Liszt (1788–1866), mother of Franz Liszt
  • Cosima Liszt (1837–1930), daughter of Franz Liszt and later the wife of Richard Wagner
  • Franz von Liszt (1851–1919), German jurist and cousin of Franz Liszt
• Catherine A. Liszt, pen name of Janet Hardy

See also

• 3910 Liszt, main-belt asteroid, named after the composer Franz Liszt
  • List (surname), a predominantly German, identical sounding surname that may be a simplification of Liszt (or vice versa the latter a magyarized version of the former)