List of Hungarians
The following is a list of notable Hungarians, the majority of whom became notable within Hungary rather than abroad, including a list of Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary.
Architects
Artists
- Gyula Aggházy
- Károly Alexy
- Károly Antal
- Miklós Borsos
- Sándor Bortnyik
- Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
- Gyula Donáth
- János Fadrusz
- Béni Ferenczy
- István Ferenczy
- Arpad Feszty
- Simon Hantaï
- János Horvay
- László Hudec
- Miklós Izsó
- Zoltán Joó
- Ede Kallós
- André Kertész
- Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl
- Márta Lacza
- Paul László
- Miklós Ligeti
- Imre Makovecz
- Ede Margó
- Csaba Markus
- Zsuzsa Máthé
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Istvan Orosz
- János Pásztor
- József Róna
- Albert Schickedanz
- Henriett Seth-F.
- Francois Szalay - Colos
- Pal Szinyei Merse
- László Szlávics, Jr.
- Mor Than
- János Tornyai
- Lajos Vajda
- Victor Vasarely
- Janos Vaszary
- Nandor Wagner
Aviators
World War I aviators
World War II aviators
Business professionals
- Lea Gottlieb (born 1918), Israeli fashion designer and founder of Gottex
- Andrew Grove, pioneer in the semiconductor industry; a chairman and CEO of Intel
- Radovan Jelašić, governor of the National Bank of Serbia
- George Soros, Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher and philanthropist
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
- Veronika Harcsa, vocalist
- György Pauk, violinist
- László Polgár, bass
- Fritz Reiner, conductor
- Eduard Reményi, violinist
- Rezső Seress, composer and pianist
- Georg Solti, conductor
- Gábor Szabó, guitarist
- Georg Szell, conductor
- Júlia Várady, soprano
- László Vidovszky, composer
- Andras Schiff, pianist
- Iván Fischer, conductor and composer
See more in List of Hungarian composers.
Film artists
- Cicciolina
- Michael Curtiz
- Attila Dargay
- Eva Gabor
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- John Garfield
- Harry Houdini
- Miklós Jancsó
- Gyula Kabos
- Lajos Koltai
- Róbert Koltai
- Sir Alexander Korda
- László Kovács
- Peter Lorre
- Jon Lovitz (of Hungarian descent)
- Béla Lugosi
- Paul Lukas
- Károly Makk
- Aletta Ocean
- George Pal
- Gabriel Pascal
- Gábor Reviczky
- Ferenc Rofusz
- István Szabó
- Béla Tarr
- Andrew G. Vajna
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- László Nemes
History and politics
- László Almásy (1895–1951), desert explorer, author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in Michael Ondaatje's 1992 novel The English Patient
- Andrássy Gyula (1823–1890), statesman
- József Antall (1932–1993), Prime Minister of Hungary (1990–1993)
- Albert Apponyi (1846–1933), statesman
- Bakócz Tamás (1442–1521), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
- Baross Gábor (1848–1892), statesman
- Báthory Erzsébet (1560–1614), 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
- Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied
- 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
- 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)
- Tom Lantos (1928–2008), former U.S. Congressman from California
- 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
- George Soros (born 1930), stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist
- 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
Inventors
- Ferenc Anisits, inventor of the BMW diesel engine (1983)
- Oszkár Asbóth, inventor of helicopter (1928)
- Donát Bánki, inventor of the cross-flow turbine
- Béla Barényi, inventor in field of automobile safety
- László Bíró, inventor of the ballpoint pen (1931)
- Ottó Bláthy, inventor of the voltage regulator, co-inventor (with Miksa Déri and Károly Zipernowsky) of the transformer
- János Csonka, inventor of the carburetor
- Miksa Déri, co-inventor (with Ottó Bláthy and Károly Zipernowsky) of the transformer
- Dénes Gábor, inventor of holography (1947)
- József Galamb, creator of the Ford Model T (1908)
- Csaba Horváth, inventor of the high-performance liquid chromatograph
- János Irinyi, inventor of noiseless match (1836)
- Ányos Jedlik, co-inventor of dynamo (1861) and soda water (1826)
- Rudolf E. Kálmán, co-inventor of the Kalman filter
- Kálmán Kandó, pioneer in the development of railway electric traction
- Dénes Mihály, inventor of television technology
- Joseph Petzval, inventor of the binocular (1840)
- Tivadar Puskás, inventor of the telephone exchange
- Ernő Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube (1976)
- 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
Religion
Catholic Church Cardinals
Scientists
- Avram Hershko (born 1937 as Herskó Ferenc), Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry (2004)[1]
- Robert Bárány
- Zoltán Bay
- Gergely Berzeviczy
- Farkas Bolyai
- János Bolyai
- Imre Bródy
- George de Hevesy
- Loránd Eötvös
- Paul Erdős
- Dennis Gabor
- Zoltan Hajos
- Máté Hidvégi
- Johann Baptiste Horvath
- Vilma Hugonnai
- János Kornai
- Cornelius Lanczos
- George Andrew Olah
- Thomas Sebeok
- Pál Selényi
- Ignaz Semmelweis, physician and pioneer of antiseptic procedures
- Charles Simonyi (Karoly)
- Michael Somogyi
- Victor Szebehely
- Albert Szent-Györgyi, discovered vitamin C (1932)
- Leó Szilárd
- Valentine Telegdi
- Mária Telkes
- Edward Teller
- Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvas
- Georg von Békésy
- Theodore von Kármán
- John von Neumann
- József Szabó de Szentmiklós
- Eugene Wigner
- Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
Writers
- Endre Ady
- János Arany
- Mihály Babits
- Bálint Balassi
- János Batsányi
- Elek Benedek
- Dániel Berzsenyi
- Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
- Péter Esterházy
- Mihály Fazekas
- András Fáy
- Géza Gárdonyi
- István Gyöngyösi
- Géza Gyóni
- Mór Jókai
- Attila József
- Kálmán Kalocsay
- József Kármán
- Lajos Kassák
- József Katona
- Ferenc Kazinczy
- Zsigmond Kemény
- Andrew Karpati Kennedy
- Imre Kertész
- Sándor Kisfaludy
- Ferenc Kölcsey
- Imre Madách
- Sándor Márai
- Ferenc Molnár
- Ferenc Móra
- Zsigmond Móricz
- Joyce Carol Oates
- András Petőcz
- Sándor Petőfi
- Miklós Radnóti
- Agnes Rapai
- Jenő Rejtő
- András Sütő
- Lőrinc Szabó
- Magda Szabó
- Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos
- Árpád Tóth
- János Vajda
- Mihály Vörösmarty
- Albert Wass
- Miklós Zrínyi
Sports
- Robert Antal (1921–1995), Olympic champion water polo player
- Péter Bakonyi (born 1938), saber fencer, Olympic three-time bronze
- Gedeon Barcza (1911–1986), chess player
- 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
- 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)
- Laszlo Bellak (1911–2006), seven-time world champion table tennis player, ITTFHoF
- Tibor Benedek (born 1972), water polo player, olympic champion: 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney), 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens), 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing)
- Pál Benkő (born 1928), chess player
- Gyula Bíró (1890–1961), midfield and forward footballer (national team)[2][3]
- Balázs Borbély (born 1979), footballer
- 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
- 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 to 1954
- 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
- István "Koko" Kovács, boxer, olympic champion and WBO world champion
- Pál Kovács, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
- 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
- Opika von Méray Horváth, three-time world figure-skating champion
- József Munk, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-metre freestyle relay)
- Les Murray (born 1945 as László Ürge), Australian soccer broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst
- 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), Olympic medalist sprint canoeist
- Judit Polgár (born 1976), chess player
- Zsófia Polgár (born 1974), chess player
- Zsuzsa Polgár (born 1969), 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
- 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)
List of Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary
The borders of Hungary have changed substantially in the past century. Many places that were once part of Hungary now belong to neighboring countries. This list is organised by country of birth and those listed have the name of their birthplace (in parentheses) as it is currently named.
Austria
Burgenland
- See also category in the German Wikipedia: Kategorie:Burgenländer.
- Robert Bárány (Vienna) – otologist
- Pál Kitaibel (Mattersburg) – chemist and botanist
- Ferenc Liszt (Raiding) – composer
Czech Republic
- Koloman Gögh (Kladno) – football player
Romania
- Endre Ady (Érmindszent/Mecenţiu) – poet
- János Apáczai Csere (Apáca/Apața) – educator
- Lajos Áprily (Braşov) – poet
- János Arany (Salonta) – poet
- Albert-László Barabási (Cârţa) – physicist
- Béla Bartók (Sânnicolau Mare) – composer
- István Báthory (Șimleu Silvaniei) – captain and governor
- Elek Benedek (Băţanii Mici) – collector of folk tales
- Gábor Bethlen (Ilia) – captain and governor
- István Bocskai (Cluj-Napoca) – captain and governor
- Farkas Bolyai (Buia) – mathematician
- János Bolyai (Cluj-Napoca) – mathematician
- Matthias Corvinus (Cluj-Napoca) – perhaps the most famous King of Hungary
- György Dózsa (Dalnic) – leader of a peasant revolt
- Jenő Dsida (Satu Mare) – poet
- József Erdélyi (Batăr [Újbátorpuszta]) – poet
- Sándor Fodor (Șumuleu Ciuc) – writer
- André François (Timişoara) – painter and graphic artist
- Zoltán Jékely (Aiud) – poet and writer
- Margit Kaffka (Carei) – poet and novelist
- Sándor Kányádi (Porumbenii Mari) – poet
- Ferenc Kazinczy (Şimian) – poet and language reformer
- Károly Kós (Timişoara) – architect
- Ferenc Kölcsey (Satu Mare) – poet; author of the national anthem
- Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (Chiuruş) – orientologist
- Béla Kun (Cehu Silvaniei) – politician
- György Kurtág (Lugoj) – composer
- György Ligeti (Târnăveni) – composer
- Bela Lugosi (Lugoj) – actor
- Kelemen Mikes (Zagon) – writer
- Balázs Orbán (Polonița) – writer, historian and politician
- Péter Pázmány (Oradea) – theologian and writer
- Sándor Reményik (Cluj-Napoca) – poet
- István Sinka (Salonta) – poet and novelist
- Mihály Sinka (Timişoara) – lawyer
- András Sütő (Cămărașu) – writer
- Áron Tamási (Lupeni) – writer
- Sámuel Teleki (Dumbrăvioara) – Africa researcher
- László Tőkés (Cluj-Napoca) – bishop and politician
- Árpád Tóth (Arad) – poet
- Sándor Veress (Cluj-Napoca) – pianist and composer
- Albert Wass (Răscruci) – writer and poet
- Miklós Wesselényi (Jibou) – politician, academician and writer
Serbia
- Géza Csáth (Subotica) – writer
- Dezső Kosztolányi (Subotica) – poet and writer
- Péter Lékó (Subotica) – chess grandmaster
- Monica Seles (Novi Sad) – tennis player
- John Simon (Subotica) – author; literary, theater and film critic[9]
Slovakia
- Gyula Andrássy (Košice) – politician
- Gyula Andrássy the Younger (Trebišov) – politician
- Bálint Balassi (Zvolen) – poet
- Miklós Bercsényi (Tematín) – captain
- Lujza Blaha (Rimavská Sobota) – actress; known as "the nightingale of the nation"
- Ernő Dohnányi (Bratislava) – conductor, composer and pianist
- Abraham Hochmuth (Bánovce nad Bebravou) – rabbi
- László Hudec (Banská Bystrica) – architect
- Mór Jókai (Komárno) – writer
- Lajos Kassák (Nové Zámky) – poet, painter, typographer and graphic artist
- Imre Madách (Dolná Strehová) – poet
- Sándor Márai (Košice) – writer
- Baron Ladislas Mednyanszky de Mednyes et Medgye (Beckov) – painter
- László Mécs (Družstevná pri Hornáde) – poet
- Kálmán Mikszáth (Sklabiná) – writer
- Szilárd Németh (Komárno) – football player
- Ferenc II Rákóczi (Borša) – prince and leader of Hungarian uprising in 1703-11
- Gyula Reviczky (Vítkovce) – poet
- János Selye (Komárno) – psychologist and researcher
- Mihály Tompa (Rimavská Sobota) – poet
Ukraine
Transcarpathia
- Mihály Munkácsy (Mukacheve) – painter
- Moshe Leib Rabinovich (Mukacheve) – rabbi and scholar
See also
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.
- ↑ Bernard Postal; Jesse Silver; Roy Silver (1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Bloch Pub. Co. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ↑ Kinga Frojimovics; Géza Komoróczy (1999). Jewish Budapest: monuments, rites, history. Central European University Press. ISBN 963-9116-37-8. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Elected Members of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ↑ Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. ISBN 1-56171-028-8. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ↑ Day By Day In Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ Andrew Handler (1985). From the ghetto to the games: Jewish athletes in Hungary. East European Monographs. ISBN 0-88033-085-6. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ↑ Stefanova-Peteva, K. (1993) Who Calls the Shots on the New York Stages? (via Google Books), p. 26.
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
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