title: Pálffy
text: # Pálffy
  
  Pálffy or Palffy is a Hungarian surname which means "son of Pál (Paul)". The family name is common in Hungary and Slovakia.
  
  ## Pálffy ab Erdöd noble family
  
  The most famous bearers of the name Pálffy are the members of the Austro-Hungarian noble family Pálffy ab Erdöd. Family members include:
  
  * Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd (1580/1589–1653), Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
  * Johann Bernhard Stephan, Graf Pálffy ab Erdöd (1664–1751), Imperial field marshal, Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
  * Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy ab Erdöd (1657/67–1732), Imperial field marshal and Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
  * Lipót Pálffy de Erdőd (1764–1825), Major General
  * Ferdinand Palffy von Erdöd (1774–1840), mining engineer in the Austrian Empire and Vienna Theatre manager
  * Fidél Pálffy (1895–1946), Hungarian nobleman who was a leading supporter of Nazism in Hungary
  
  ## Other people named Pálffy
  
  Other notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Žigmund Pálffy (born 1972), Slovak ice hockey player
  * David Palffy (born 1969), Canadian actor of Hungarian extraction
  * Zsuzsanna Pálffy (born 1970), Hungarian handball player
  * Géza Pálffy (born 1971), Hungarian historian
  