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 (Hungarian: Pollacsek Mihályné, Wohl Cecília, French: Cécile Wohl; 1862, Vilnius – 1939, Budapest), daughter of Lithuanian Rabbi Alex Wohl, held a literary salon in BudapestLaura Polanyi, later Striker (1882–1957), ∞ Sándor Striker
Eva Striker Zeisel, American industrial designer
Adolf Polányi
Karl Paul Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi Károly, 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 (Hungarian: Polányi Mihály; 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
