Egon
For the volcano, see Mount Egon.
Egon is a variant of the male given name Eugene. It is most commonly found in Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, and parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. Egon may refer to:
People
- Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1588–1635), Imperial Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1618–1635) and an important military leader in the Thirty Years' War
- Egon Bahr (1922–2015), German politician
- Egon Bondy (1930–2007), Czech philosopher
- Egon Coordes (born 1944), former German football player and current coach
- Egon Eiermann (1904–1970), German architect
- Egon Franke (fencer) (born 1935), Polish Olympic fencer
- Egon Franke (politician) (1913–1995), German politician
- Egon Friedell (1878–1938), Austrian writer
- Egon Jönsson (1921–2000), Swedish footballer
- Egon Kisch (1885–1948), Czechoslovak writer
- Egon Köhnen (born 1947), retired German footballer
- Egon Krenz (born 1937), German politician, last leader of East Germany
- Egon Müller (born 1948) German former international motorcycle speedway rider
- Egon Pearson (1895–1980), British statistician
- Egon Petri (1881–1962), Dutch pianist
- Egon Piechaczek (1931–2006), Polish footballer and football manager
- Egon Ramms (born 1948), German general
- Egon Ronay (1915–2010), Hungarian food critic and writer in UK and Ireland
- Egon Schiele (1890–1918), Austrian painter
- Egon Sendler (born 1923), French Roman Catholic priest
- Egon von Fürstenberg (1946–2004), German fashion designer
- Egon von Vietinghoff (1903–1994), Swiss painter
- Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian, later British composer
- Egon Wolff (1926–2016), Chilean playwright
- Egon Zimmermann (born 1939), Austrian alpine skier
Fictional characters
- Egon Olsen, the mob boss in the Olsen Gang films
- Egon Spengler, the scientist in the Ghostbusters series
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