Porges

Porges () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

*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. Provided by Wikipedia