List of people from Košice

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This is a list of famous people from Košice

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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• János Batsányi, poet and Hungarian language regenerate, worked and lived in Košice
• Stephen Bocskay, prince of Transylvania, died in Košice
• Gyula Benczúr, painter, started to learn in secondary school in Košice

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• Lajos Csordák, painter, was born and died in Košice

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• János Esterházy, prominent ethnic Hungarian politician in former Czechoslovakia, won parliament mandate in Košice in 1935.

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• Béla Gerster, architect of the Corinth Canal and co-architect of the Panama Canal, born in Košice
• Radola Gajda, commander of the Russian Czechoslovak Legion, Nazi politican, was given command of the 11th Division in Košice in 1922

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• Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player born in Košice

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• Július Jakoby, painter, born and died in Košice

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• Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author, and the Hungarian language regenerate, studied, lived and worked in Košice
• Karol Kisel, Slovak footballer, born in Košice

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• Paul Lukas, Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning Hungarian actor, started acting in Košice

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• Martyrs of Košice: István Pongrácz, Menyhért Grodecz, Márk Kőrösi; killed by George I Rákóczi's soldiers in 1619.
• Pál Maléter, military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, started to serve as a professional army officer in the Hungarian military in Košice
• Sándor Márai, famous Hungarian writer, born in Košice

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• Imre Németh, Hungarian hammer fall champion, born in Košice

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• Jozef Psotka, mountaineer, born in Košice
• Róbert Petrovický, Slovak ice hockey and former NHL player, born in Košice

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• Arpád Račko, sculptor, worked in Košice
• Francis II Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania and leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings, stayed in Košice and his remains are buried there

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• Blessed Sister Sára Salkaházi, Sister of Social Service, martyr murdered by the Nazis in Budapest
• Marek Sapara, Footballplayer.
• Rudolf Schuster, former Košice's mayor and the second president of Slovakia (1999-2004)
• Koloman Sokol, famous artist, founder of Slovak graphic art, deemed "Slovak Picasso", studied in Košice
• Egon Steuer, head coach of the national basketball team of the Netherlands, born in Košice
• Aurel Stodola, famous engineer, physicist and inventor, studied in Košice
• Marek Svatoš, ice hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche team in the NHL
• Ferenc Szálasi, politician leader of the Arrow Cross Party, born in Košice
• Róza Déryné Széppataki, first Hungarian opera singer

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• Ladislav Troják, ice hockey player