What is "polanyi"

__NOTOC__ 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) ∞ 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 (, ; 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 (, 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 (; 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