Porges is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Aaron ben Benjamin Porges, 17th century rabbi from Prague Gabriel Porges Moses Porges, Moses Porges, (Edler) von Portheim, Czech-Austrian industrialist, vice-burgomaster of Smichow Joseph Porges (Edler) von Portheim, a Jewish Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron, son of Moses Simon Porges (1801–1869) ∞ Charlotte Porges (1801–1869) Heinrich Porges, Jewish Czech-Austrian/German choirmaster, music-critic ∞ Wilhelmine Merores Else (Elsa) Bernstein(-Porges), née Porges) Julius "Jules" Porgès, Austria-born Paris-based financier and Randlord Nathan Porges, Czech-German rabbi Moritz Porges (1857–1909), Jewish Czech chess player Arthur Porges, US pulp magazine author of short stories Paul Peter Porges, Jewish Austrian-American cartoonist Jan (Filip) Klusák, Jewish Czech composer, author of film Ingo Porges, German footballer (de) Stephen Porges, US Professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago Seth Porges, technology journalist, television commentator, and editor at Popular Mechanics magazine Nenad Porges, Croatian politician, businessman, entrepreneur and former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship József Porgesz Hungarian: Porgesz József, Jewish Hungarian architect Waldo William Porges (1899–1976), Old Etonian and Queen's Counsel (UK), son of Gustav Porges, Quartermaster, American Expeditionary Force, WW1.