Porges

Porges () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aaron ben Benjamin Porges, 17th century rabbi from Prague Gabriel Porges Moses Porges, (since 1841) Moses Porges, (Edler) von Portheim (1781, Prague - 1870, Prague), Czech-Austrian industrialist, vice-burgomaster of Smichow Joseph Porges (Edler) von Portheim (1817, Prague - 1904, Prague), a Jewish Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron, son of Moses Simon Porges (1801–1869) ∞ Charlotte Porges (1801–1869) Heinrich Porges (1837, Prague - 1900, München), Jewish Czech-Austrian/German choirmaster, music-critic ∞ Wilhelmine Merores Else (Elsa) Bernstein(-Porges), née Porges) (1866, Vienna - 1949, Hamburg-Eimsbüttel) Julius "Jules" Porgès (born Yehuda Porges; 1839, Vienna - 1921), Austria-born Paris-based financier and Randlord Nathan Porges (1848, Prostějov, Moravia - 1924), Czech-German rabbi Moritz Porges (1857–1909), Jewish Czech chess player Arthur Porges (1915, Chicago, Illinois - 2006), US pulp magazine author of short stories Paul Peter Porges (born 1927, Vienna), Jewish Austrian-American cartoonist Jan (Filip) Klusák (né Porges) (born 1934, Prague), Jewish Czech composer, author of film Ingo Porges (born 1938, Hamburg), German footballer (de) Stephen Porges (born 1945, New Brunswick, New Jersey), US Professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago Seth Porges, technology journalist, television commentator, and editor at Popular Mechanics magazine Nenad Porges (born 1946, Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)), Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship József Porgesz , Jewish Hungarian architect Waldo William Porges (1899–1976), Old Etonian and Queen's Counsel (UK), son of Gustav Porges, Quartermaster, American Expeditionary Force, WW1.

== See also == Le Porge, commune in the Gironde department, Aquitaine, south-western France Porges families website : http://porges.net