What is "balog"

Balog is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bob Balog (born 1924), American football player in the National Football League
• Csaba Balog (born 1972), Hungarian football (midfielder) player
• James Balog (born 1952), American photographer whose work revolves around the relationship between humans and nature
• Lester Balog (1905–1976), labor activist and founding member of the Workers' Film & Photo League
• Marcell Balog (born 1988), Hungarian footballer
• Tarus Balog, the CEO of the OpenNMS Group
• Vilmos Balog (born 1975), Hungarian boxer
• Zoltán Balog (astronomer) (born 1972), astronomer with the Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona
• Zoltan Balog (footballer) (born 1978), Hungarian football defender
• Zsolt Balog (born 1978), Hungarian football (defender) player

Balog or Balogh was a medieval family or clan ( Latin generatio) of Hungarian nobles which is believed to have been founded by the German knight Altmann von Friedberg, somewhat around 1046, when he settled in the Kingdom of Hungary. The family branches spread over time all throughout the Kingdom of Hungary and within the Austrian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Monarchy during the centuries. Notable members:

• Paul from the kindred Balog, Bishop of Pécs 1293-1306

Notable families deriving their ancestry from the Balog:

• Derencsényi
• Szécsi
• Balogh de Mankó Bük
• Balogh de Galantha