Ferenc Szombathelyi

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Ferenc Szombathelyi
Birth name	Ferenc Knausz or Ferenc Knauz
Born	(1887-05-17)17 May 1887 Győr, Győr County, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	4 November 1946(1946-11-04) (aged 59) Petrovaradin, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Hungarian Soviet Republic  Hungary
Service / branch	Austro-Hungarian Army Hungarian Red Army Royal Hungarian Army
Years of service	1902-1944
Rank	Vezérezredes (Colonel General)
Battles / wars	World War I Hungarian-Romanian War World War II

Ferenc Szombathelyi (17 May 1887 – 4 November 1946), born Ferenc Knausz or Ferenc Knauz, was a Hungarian military officer who served, from September 1941 to April 1944, as Head of the General Staff of the Royal Hungarian Army during World War II.