List of Hungarians

The following is a list of notable Hungarians, the majority of whom became notable within Hungary rather than abroad. For a list of notable Hungarian abroad, see List of Hungarian Americans or List of Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary.

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Architects

Main article: List of Hungarian architects

Artists

Aviators

World War I aviators

Main article: List of World War I flying aces from Hungary

World War II aviators

Main article: List of World War II aces from Hungary

Business professionals

György Gattyán Bálint, creator of LiveJasmin
Daniel Bálint, governor of Wakeboarding
Lea Gottlieb (born 1918), Israeli fashion designer and founder of Gottex
Radovan Jelašić, governor of National Bank of Serbia
George Soros, Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher and philanthropist
Charles Ranunkel, Hungarian-French business Entrepreneur who intitiated and helped to the privatization process of economy started in the 90's.
Andrew Grove, a science pioneer in the semiconductor industry, a chairman and CEO of Intel.

Composers and performers

Bálint Bakfark, composer
Kristóf Baráti, violinist
Béla Bartók, composer and pianist
Gergely Bogányi, pianist
Attila Csihar, vocalist
Ernő Dohnányi, composer, pianist and conductor
Antal Doráti, conductor
Peter Eötvös, composer and conductor
Ferenc Erkel, composer
Peter Frankl, pianist
Endre Granat, violinist
Zoltán Jeney, composer
Joseph Joachim, violinist
Pál Kadosa, composer
Zoltán Kocsis, pianist and conductor
Zoltán Kodály, composer
Rezső Kókai, 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
Rezső Seress, composer and pianist
Georg Solti, conductor
Georg Szell, conductor
Júlia Várady, soprano
László Vidovszky, composer

Film artists

History and politics

See also: List of mayors of Esztergom, List of mayors of Soltvadkert, List of heads of state of Hungary, List of Hungarian consorts, Members of the European Parliament for Hungary 2004–2009, Members of the European Parliament for Hungary 2009–2014, List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–present), List of Prime Ministers of Hungary, List of palatines of Hungary and List of rulers of Hungary

Theodor Herzl

Albert Apponyi (1846–1933), statesman
László Almásy (1895–1951), desert explorer, author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in the novel, The English Patient (1992) by Michael Ondaatje
Andrássy Gyula (1823–1890), statesman
József Antall (1932–1993), Prime Minister of Hungary (1990–1993)
Bakócz Tamás (1442–1521), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
Baross Gábor (1848–1892), statesman
George Soros (born 1930), stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist
Báthory Erzsébet (1560–1614), "serial killer" countess
Báthory István (Stephen Báthory):
- Báthory István (1477–1534), Governor of Transylvania
- Báthory István (1533–1586), Prince of Transylvania and King of Poland
Báthory Zsigmond (1572–1613), Prince of Transylvania
Ödön Beöthy (1796–1854), Hungarian deputy and orator
Béla Bugár (born 1958), politician
Pál Csáky (born 1956), politician
Dessewffy Aurél (1808–1842), journalist and politician
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler (1756–1839), court councillor and minister to Alexander I of Russia
András Hadik (1710–1790), Count
Theodor Herzl (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 King of Hungary
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
Béla Kun (1886–1938), 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)
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 of Hungary (1944–1945)
László Szalay (1813–1864), statesman and historian
Count Széchenyi István (1791–1860)
Istvan Tisza (1861–1918), Prime Minister of Hungary (1903–1905; 1913–1917)
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 (born 1952), ethnically Hungarian Calvinist pastor in Romania who helped trigger the Romanian Revolution of 1989 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

János Irinyi

Oszkár Asbóth

Ányos Jedlik

Béla Barényi, inventor in field of automobile safety
Donát Bánki, inventor of the cross-flow turbine
János Csonka, inventor of the carburetor
Ernő Rubik, inventor of Rubik's Cube (1976)
Ottó Bláthy, inventor of the voltage regulator, co-inventor (with Miksa Déri and Károly Zipernowsky) of the transformer
Miksa Déri, co-inventor (with Ottó Bláthy and Károly Zipernowsky) of the transformer
Ányos Jedlik, co-inventor of dynamo (1861) and soda water (1826)
Rudolf E. Kálmán, co-inventor of the Kalman filter
János Irinyi, inventor of noiseless match (1836)
Kálmán Kandó, pioneer in the development of railway electric traction
Tivadar Puskás, inventor of the telephone exchange
Kálmán Tihanyi, inventor of cathode ray tubes, inventor of the first manless aircraft in Great Britain
Károly Zipernowsky, co-inventor (with Ottó Bláthy and Miksa Déri) of the transformer
Dénes Mihály, inventor of television technology
Csaba Horváth, inventor of the high-performance liquid chromatograph
László Bíró, inventor of the ballpoint pen (1931)
József Galamb, creator of the Ford Model T (1908)
Ferenc Anisits, inventor of the BMW diesel engine (1983)
Joseph Petzval, inventor of the binocular (1840)
Oszkár Asbóth, inventor of helicopter (1928)
Dénes Gábor, inventor of the holography (1947)

Religion

Catholic Church Cardinals

Main article: List of Hungarian cardinals

Scientists

Writers

Main article: List of Hungarian writers

Sports

Robert Antal (1921–1995), Olympic champion water polo player
Péter Bakonyi (born 1938), saber fencer, Olympic three-time bronze
Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun") (1911–1972), 22-time world champion table tennis player, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame
István Barta (1895–1948), Olympic champion water polo player, silver
Laszlo Bellak (1911–2006), seven-time world champion table tennis player, ITTFHoF
Gyula Bíró (1890–1961), midfield and forward footballer (national team)^[2]^[3]
Balázs Borbély (born 1979), footballer
Gedeon Barcza (1911–1986), chess player
Gabor Berencsi (born 1981), famous painter and decorator
Zsolt Baumgartner (born 1981), Formula One racecar driver (2003–2004), Jordan-Ford (two races, subbing for injured Ralph Firman) (2003), Minardi-Cosworth (2004), all 18 Grand Prix, 1 point (United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Indiana)
Tibor Benedek (born 1972), waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney), 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens), 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
Pál Benkő (born 1928), chess player
Gyula Breyer (1894–1921), chess player
György Bródy (1908–1067), water polo goalkeeper, two-time Olympic champion
Ákos Buzsáky (born 1982), football player
Ibolya Csák, winner of the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Zoltán Czibor (1929–1997), soccer player
Tamás Darnyi, swimmer (four Olympic gold medals)
Krisztina Egerszegi, swimmer (five Olympic gold medals)
Ilona Elek, sabre fencer (Olympic gold-medal winner before and after World War II)
Árpád Élő, (1903–1992), 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, two-time Olympic champion
Samu Fóti, Olympic silver (gymnastics team combined exercises)
Dr. Jenö Fuchs, saber fencer, four-time Olympic champion^[4]
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-medal winner (gymnastics team combined exercises)
Zoltán Gera, soccer player; has played for Ferencvaros, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham Footballer
Dr. Oskar Gerde, saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion
Aladár Gerevich, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
Charlie Gogolak (born 1944), American football number-one draft pick of the Washington Redskins
Péter Gogolak (born 1942), American football; invented "soccer style" kicking; played for the New York 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 an international coach
Andrea Gyarmati, Olympic swimmer silver (100-metre backstroke) and bronze (100-metre butterfly); World championships bronze (200-metre backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame
Dezső Gyarmati, water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
Alfréd Hajós (born Arnold Guttmann), swimmer three-time Olympic champion (100-metre freestyle, 800-metre freestyle relay, 1,500-metre freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame
Mickey Hargitay, bodybuilder and actor
Nándor Hidegkuti (1922–2002), soccer player
Endre Kabos, saber fencer, three-time Olympic champion, bronze
Béla Károlyi (born 1942), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian lived in Romania, now a United States citizen)
Károly Kárpáti (also known as Károly Kellner), Olympic champion wrestler (freestyle lightweight), silver
Ágnes Keleti, five-time Olympic gymnastics champion^[5]
Kincsem (1874–1887), most successful racehorse in world history
Sándor Kocsis (1929–1979), 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, two-time bronze, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame^[6]
Péter Lékó (born 1979), chess player
Imi Lichtenfeld, boxer and wrestler, developed the self-defense system Krav Maga
Andor Lilienthal (1911–2010), chess player
Johann Löwenthal (1810–1876), chess player
Zoltán Magyar (born 1953), twice Olympic pommel horse gold medalist
Gyula Mándi, half back footballer (player and coach of national teams)
Géza Maróczy (1870–1951), chess player
József Munk, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-metre 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 (three-time Olympic champion)
Attila Petschauer, sabre fencer, two-time team Olympic champion, silver
Anna Pfeffer (born 1946), Hungarian Olympic medalist sprint canoer
Judit Polgár (born 1976), chess player
Zsuzsa Polgár (born 1969), chess player
Zsófia Polgár (born 1974), chess player
Imre Polyák, Olympic and World Champion Greco-Roman wrestler
Lajos Portisch (born 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 four-time gold, silver, Olympic two-time bronze
Miklós Sárkány, two-time Olympic champion water polo player
Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, saber fencer, Olympic champion
Gusztáv Sebes (1906–1986), 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 1945 as László Ürge), Australian soccer broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst
László Szabados, Olympic bronze swimmer (4x200-metre freestyle relay)
Miklos Szabados, 15-time world champion table tennis player
László Szabó (1917–1998), chess player
Ágnes Szávay (born 1988), tennis player
András Székely, Olympic silver swimmer (200-metre breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-metre freestyle relay)
Éva Székely, Olympic champion and silver swimmer (200-metre breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati
László Szollás, pair skater, World Championship four-time gold, silver, Olympic two-time bronze
Gábor Talmácsi (born 1981), 125cc MotoGP World Champion
Judit Temes, Olympic champion swimmer (4×100-metre freestyle), bronze (100-metre freestyle)^[7]
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, foil fencer, two-time Olympic champion^[8]
Richárd Weisz, Olympic champion wrestler (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)
Lajos Werkner, saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion
Imre Zachár, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-metre freestyle relay)

References

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↑ Andrew Handler (1985). From the ghetto to the games: Jewish athletes in Hungary. East European Monographs. ISBN 0-88033-085-6. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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External links

Imaginehungary.com
Webenetics.com
Hungary's Hall of Fame
Hungarian Inventors and Inventions (at the site of the Hungarian Patent Office)
Budapest Business Region - Get engaged on YouTube
Famous Hungarians