Vajda

In medieval Hungary, vajda was the equivalent of voivode, that is the governor of Transylvania.

Vajda is a surname, and may refer to:

• Attila Vajda (b. 1983), Hungarian athlete
• Edward Vajda, American linguist
• Sherri Vajda (b. 1967), Canadian supermodel
• Ernest Vajda (1886-1954), Hungarian actor, playwright and novelist
• János Vajda (b. 1949), Hungarian composer
• Jaroslav Vajda (1919-2008), Slovak-American hymn composer
• Ladislaus Vajda (1878-1933), Hungarian screenwriter
• Lajos Vajda (1908-1941), Hungarian painter
• László Vajda (b. 1923), Hungarian anthropologist
• Marián Vajda (b. 1965), Slovak tennis player
• Georges Vajda, French historian
• Steven Vajda (b. 1901), British-Hungarian mathematician
• William Vajda (b. 1962), American government

See also

• Wajda (e.g. Andrzej Wajda (b. 1926), Polish film director)