List of Hungarians
The following is a list of prominent Hungarians, the majority of whom grew to be famous within Hungary rather than abroad. For a list of famous Hungarian abroad see List of Hungarian Americans or List of famous Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary.
Artists
Business professionals
Composers and Performers
- Bálint Bakfark, composer
- Béla Bartók, composer and pianist
- Gergely Bogányi, pianist
- Ernő Dohnányi, composer, pianist and conductor
- Antal Doráti, conductor
- Peter Eötvös, composer and conductor
- Ferenc Erkel, composer
- Peter Frankl, pianist
- Zoltán Jeney, composer
- Joseph Joachim, violinist
- Pál Kadosa, composer
- Zoltán Kocsis, pianist and conductor
- Zoltán Kodály, composer
- György Kurtág, composer
- Franz Lehár, composer
- György Ligeti, composer
- Franz Liszt, composer and pianist
- Éva Marton, soprano
- János Négyesy, violinist
- Ervin Nyíregyházi, pianist
- Eugene Ormandy, conductor
- György Pauk, violinist
- László Polgár, bass
- Fritz Reiner, conductor
- Eduard Reményi, violinist
- Speak, rapper
- Georg Solti, conductor
- László Vidovszky, composer
Film artists
History and politics
- Albert Apponyi (1846–1933), statesman
- Almásy László (1895–1951), desert explorer, author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in Michael Ondaatje's, The English Patient
- Andrássy Gyula (1823–1890), statesman
- Antall József (1932–1993), Prime Minister (1990–1993)
- Bakócz Tamás (1442–1521), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
- Baross Gábor (1848–1892), statesman
- George Soros (1930), stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist
- Báthory Erzsébet (1560–1614), "serial killer" countess
- Báthory István (Stephen Báthory):
- Báthory Zsigmond (1572–1613), prince of Transylvania
- Beöthy Ödön, (1796–1854), Hungarian deputy and orator
- Béla Bugár (1958– ), politician
- Pál Csáky (1956– ), politician
- Dessewffy Aurél, (1808–1842), journalist and politician
- Fessler Ignaz Aurelius, (1756–1839), court councillor and minister to Alexander I
- Hadik Andreas (1710–1790), Count
- Herzl Tivadar (1860–1904), journalist, modern Zionism*
- Horthy Miklós (1868–1957), admiral and regent. (1920–1944)
- I. István (Stephen I, Szent István, Stephanus Rex) (975–1038) first Hungarian king
- Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied
- Friar Julian
- János Kádár (1912–1989), communist leader
- Károly Róbert (Charles I) (1288–1342), king of Hungary (1308–1342)
- Károlyi Mihály (1875–1955), first President of Hungary (1919)
- Kossuth Lajos, (1802–1894), Hungarian politician later Regent-President of Hungary
- Kollek Teddy (born Kollek Tivadar; 1911–2007), Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem
- Kun Béla, (1886–1939 ?) Minister, revolutionist (1919)*
- I. Lajos (Nagy Lajos) (Louis I) (1326–1382), king of Hungary (1342–1382)
- Mindszenty József (1892–1975), cardinal, convicted by communist government
- Nagy Imre (1896–1958), Prime Minister (1956)
- Pataki, George, American, Governor of New York
- Rákosi Mátyás (1892–1971), General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party
- Szálasi Ferenc (1897–1946), Head of Arrow Cross Party, Head of State, Prime Minister 1944–1945
- Count Széchenyi István, (1791–1860)
- Tisza István (1861–1918), Hungarian Prime Minister 1903–1905 & 1913–17.
- Toma András (Tamás András), Hungarian World War II prisoner who was found in a Russian mental hospital in the 1990s and returned to Hungary after 55 years.
- Tőkés László (1952 – ), ethnically Hungarian Calvinist pastor in Romania who helped trigger the revolution that overthrew Nicolae Ceauşescu in 1989
- Count Zrínyi Miklós (1508–1566), Hungarian general and hero who defended Szigetvár against Ottoman Turks.
- Count Zrínyi Miklós, (1620–1664), Hungarian general, statesman and poet.
- János Zsámboky, humanist
- Tom Lantos (1928–2008), former U.S. Congressman from California
Inventors
- Donát Bánki, inventor of the Crossflow turbine
- János Csonka, inventor of the carburetor
- Ernő Rubik, inventor of Rubik's Cube
- Ottó Bláthy, inventor of the voltage regulator, co-inventor of the transformer
- Miksa Déri, co-inventor of transformer
- Ányos Jedlik, co-inventor of dynamo
- János Irinyi, inventor of noiseless match
- Kálmán Kandó, inventor of electric railway traction
- Tivadar Puskás, inventor of telephone exchange
- Kálmán Tihanyi, inventor of cathode ray tubes, inventor of first manless aircraft in Great Britain
- Károly Zipernowsky, co-inventor of transformer
- Csaba Horváth, inventor of high performance liquid chromatograph
- László Bíró, inventor of the ballpoint pen
Scientists
Writers
Sports
- The Golden Team, famous Hungarian national football team
- Robert Antal (1921–95), Olympic champion water polo player
- Péter Bakonyi (1938–), saber fencer, Olympic 3-time bronze
- Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun") (1911–72), 22-time world champion table tennis player, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF")
- István Barta (1895–1948), Olympic champion water polo player, silver
- Laszlo Bellak (1911–2006), 7-time world champion table tennis player, ITTFHoF
- Gyula Bíró (1890–1961), midfielder/forward footballer (national team)[1][2]
- Balázs Borbély (1979–), footballer
- Gedeon Barcza (1911–86), chess player
- Zsolt Baumgartner (1981 – ), Formula One driver, 2003–04, Jordan-Ford (2 races, subbing for injured Ralph Firman) 2003, Minardi-Cosworth 2004, all 18 Grand Prix, 1 point (Indianapolis GrandPrix)
- Tibor Benedek (1972–), waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
- Pál Benkő (1928 – ), chess player
- Gyula Breyer (1894–1921), chess player
- György Bródy (1908–67), water polo goalkeeper, 2-time Olympic champion
- Ákos Buzsáky (1982–), football player
- Ibolya Csák, winner of the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Zoltán Czibor (1929–97), soccer player
- Tamás Darnyi, swimmer (four Olympic gold medals)
- Krisztina Egerszegi, swimmer (five Olympic gold medals)
- Ilona Elek, sabre fencer (Olympic gold before and after World War II)
- Árpád Élő, (1903–92), Hungarian-born American creator of the chess Elo rating system
- Zsolt Erdei, boxer, WBO light heavyweight world champion
- Sándor Erdös, épée fencer, Olympic champion
- Dr. Dezsö Földes, saber fencer, 2-time Olympic champion
- Samu Fóti, Olympic silver (gymnastics team combined exercises)
- Dr. Jenö Fuchs, saber fencer, 4-time Olympic champion[3]
- Támas Gábor, épée fencer, Olympic champion
- János Garay, saber fencer, Olympic champion, silver, bronze
- György Gedó, Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
- Sándor Geller, soccer goalkeeper, Olympic champion
- Imre Gellért, Olympic silver (gymnastics team combined exercises)
- Zoltán Gera C, Ferencvaros, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham Footballer.
- Dr. Oskar Gerde, saber fencer, 2-time Olympic champion
- Aladár Gerevich, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
- Károly Gogolak, (1944 – ), American football #1 draft pick of the Washington Redskins
- Péter Gogolak, (1942 – ), American football- invented "soccer style" kicking- played for the NY Giants and the Buffalo Bills
- Dr. Sándor Gombos, saber fencer, Olympic champion
- Gyula Grosics, goalkeeper for the Golden Magyar soccer team undefeated from 1950–54
- Béla Guttmann, midfielder, national team football player & international coach
- Andrea Gyarmati, Olympic swimmer silver (100-m backstroke) and bronze (100-m butterfly); World championships bronze (200-m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Dezső Gyarmati, water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
- Alfréd Hajós (born Arnold Guttmann), swimmer 3-time Olympic champion (100-m freestyle, 800-m freestyle relay, 1,500-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Mickey Hargitay, bodybuilder and actor
- Nándor Hidegkuti (1922–2002), soccer player
- Endre Kabos, saber fencer, 3-time Olympic champion, bronze
- Béla Károlyi (1942 – ), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian lived in Romania, now a United States citizen)
- Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Olympic champion wrestler (freestyle lightweight), silver
- Ágnes Keleti, 5-time Olympic gymnastics champion (2-time floor exercises, asymmetrical bars, floor exercises, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), 3-time silver (2-time team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), 2-time bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame[4]
- Kincsem (1874–87), most successful racehorse in world history
- Sándor Kocsis (1929–79), soccer player
- Zsuzsa Körmöczy, tennis player, won 1958 French Singles
- Pál Kovács, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
- István "Koko" Kovács, boxer, olympic champion and WBO world champion
- Lily Kronberger, four-time World figure skating champion, 2-time bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame[5]
- Péter Lékó (1979 – ), chess player, currently ranked 10th of the world
- Imi Lichtenfeld, boxer and wrestler, developed the self-defense system Krav Maga
- Andor Lilienthal (1911–2010), chess player
- Johann Löwenthal (1810–76), chess player
- Zoltán Magyar (1953 -), twice Olympic pommel horse gold medalist
- Gyula Mándi, half back footballer (player & coach of national teams)
- Géza Maróczy (1870–1951), chess player
- József Munk, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-m freestyle relay)
- Opika von Méray Horváth, three-time World figure skating champion
- Henrietta Ónodi, Olympic medal-winning gymnast (won gold, silver at Barcelona in 1992)
- László Papp, boxer (triple Olympic champion)
- Attila Petschauer, sabre fencer, 2-time team Olympic champion, silver
- Anna Pfeffer (born 1946), Hungarian Olympic medalist sprint canoer
- Judit Polgár (1976 – ), chess player
- Zsuzsa Polgár (1969 – ), chess player
- Zsófia Polgár (1974 – ), chess player
- Imre Polyák Olympic and World Champion Greco-Roman wrestler
- Lajos Portisch (1937 – ), chess player
- Ferenc Puskás (1927–2006), football (soccer) player
- Béla Rajki-Reich (1909–2000), swimming coach and water polo coach
- Emilia Rotter, pair skater, World Championship 4-time gold, silver, Olympic 2-time bronze
- Miklós Sárkány, 2-time Olympic champion water polo player
- Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, saber fencer, Olympic champion
- Gusztáv Sebes (1906–86), Hungarian national soccer coach
- Anna Sipos, 11-time world champion table tennis player, ITTFHoF
- Tamás Sipos, sports commentator and writer, former director of Hungarian television
- Les Murray (born László Ürge, 1945– ), Australian soccer broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst.
- László Szabados, Olympic bronze swimmer (4x200-m freestyle relay)
- Miklos Szabados, 15-time world champion table tennis player
- László Szabó (1917–98), chess player
- Ágnes Szávay (1988–), tennis player
- András Székely, Olympic silver swimmer (200-m breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay)
- Éva Székely, Olympic champion & silver swimmer (200-m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati
- László Szollás, pair skater, World Championship 4-time gold, silver, Olympic 2-time bronze
- Gábor Talmácsi (1981–), 125cc MotoGP World Champion
- Judit Temes, Olympic champion swimmer (4×100-m freestyle), bronze (100-m freestyle)[6]
- Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, foil fencer, 2-time Olympic champion[7]
- Richárd Weisz, Olympic champion wrestler (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)
- Lajos Werkner, saber fencer, 2-time Olympic champion
- Imre Zachár, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-m freestyle relay)
See also
References
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