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*[[Csaba Csere]] - technical director and editor of ''[[Car and Driver]]'' magazine |
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*[[John L. Leszak]] - author, editor, Stamps magazine, Mekeel's Weekly Stamp Magazine |
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*[[Elie Wiesel]] - author, 1986 Peace Prize Nobelist |
*[[Elie Wiesel]] - author, 1986 Peace Prize Nobelist |
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*[[Kati Marton]] - author<ref>http://www.webenetics.com/hungary/famous.htm</ref><ref>[http://www.ideastations.org/ftr/guests/marton.html] "Author and journalist Kati Marton was born in Hungary and has spent two decades writing and reporting from the United States, Europe and the Far East."</ref> |
*[[Kati Marton]] - author<ref>http://www.webenetics.com/hungary/famous.htm</ref><ref>[http://www.ideastations.org/ftr/guests/marton.html] "Author and journalist Kati Marton was born in Hungary and has spent two decades writing and reporting from the United States, Europe and the Far East."</ref> |
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This is a list of notable Hungarian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
Many Hungarians went to the United States during the Second World War and after the Soviet invasion in 1956 during Operation Safe Haven.
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By US state |
By ethnicity |
List
Entertainment
Actors
- Rachel Weisz - her father was Jewish Hungarian
- Don Adams - Get Smart fame. Father was Hungarian Jew.[1]
- Vilma Bánky[2]
- Drew Barrymore[3]
- Adrien Brody
- Jamie Lee Curtis[4]
- Tony Curtis[5]
- Bill Dana[6]
- Rodney Dangerfield[7]
- Eva Gabor[8]
- Zsa Zsa Gabor[9]
- Goldie Hawn – her maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jews.
- Kate Hudson – her maternal great-grandparents were Hungarian Jews.
- Robert Karvelas - Cousin of Don Adams and Dick Yarney.[10]
- Ernie Kovacs
- David Krumholtz
- Peter Lorre
- Peter Falk - (Lieutenant Columbo)
- Paul Lukas
- Béla Lugosi[11] (Count Dracula)
- Ali MacGraw
- Ilona Massey (née Harmassy)
- Marisol Nichols
- Michael Pataki
- Joe Penner
- River Phoenix - his maternal grandmother was of Hungarian Jewish descent
- Joaquin Phoenix - his maternal grandmother was of Hungarian Jewish descent
- John Paul Pitoc - his father is an immigrant of Hungarian descent
- Ted Raimi - Jewish American actor, whose ancestors came from Russia and Hungary (Xena, Warrior Princess)
- William Shatner - Canadian-American actor
- Shaun Sipos
- Michael Vartan - paternal grandmother was from Hungary.
- Johnny Weismuller (Tarzan)
- Cornel Wilde - his parents were Hungarian Jews
- Jessica Szohr - Hungarian descent
- Richard (Dick) Paul Yarmy - Brother of Don Adams (Get Smart).[12]
- Jerry Seinfeld - His father was a Hungarian Jew
- Marton Csokas
Filmmakers
- Nimród Antal - (1973 -) film director[13]
- László Benedek - film director
- Gabor Csupo - animator of Rugrats and early Simpsons
- George Cukor - film director[14]
- Michael Curtiz (né Kertesz) - director of Casablanca
- Frank Darabont - producer/director[15]
- Jules Engel - animator, filmmaker and teacher
- Frank Darabont - director [16]
- Joe Eszterhas - screenwriter[17] ( Basic Instinct, Flashdance )
- William Fox (producer) - founder of 20th Century Fox
- Alexander Korda - director
- László Kovács (cinematographer) - cinematographer ( Easy Rider )
- Andrew Laszlo - cinematographer
- László Marton - theatre director[18]
- Peter Medak - director
- Ferenc Molnár - dramatist and novelist
- George Pal - director, producer, cinematographer
- Gabriel Pascal - movie producer
- Sam Raimi - film director, producer and brother of Ted Raimi
- Andrew G. Vajna - movie producer, co-founder of Carolco Pictures. ( Rambo, Terminator, Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Evita )
- Vilmos Zsigmond - cinematographer, Academy Award winner ( Close Encounters of the Third Kind )
- Adolph Zukor - founder of Paramount Pictures
- William S. Darling - designer, 3 Oscar awards
- Joe Pasternak - producer of Universal Studios
- King Wallis Vidor American film producer, screen writer and film director. Grandfather Charles Vidor refugee of 1848 Hungarian Revolution.
- Jules White - producer
- André de Toth - film director
- Steven Spielberg - Jewish Hungarian ancestors
Sportspeople
- Julius Boros – professional golfer; 2-time U.S. Open winner and oldest person ever to win a major tournament (PGA Championship, 1968)
- Ralph Branca – his mother is of Hungarian Jewish descent[19]
- Larry Csonka – football player[20]
- Ladislas Farago – journalist[21]
- Nick Fazekas – basketball player[22]
- Susan Francia – Olympic and World champion rower
- Charlie Gogolak – football player
- Pete Gogolak – football player, who invented "soccer style" kicking
- Lou Groza – football player
- George Halas – American football player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football, and longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago Bears
- Mickey Hargitay – bodybuilder, father of Mariska Hargitay (above)[23]
- Les Horvath – 1944 Heisman Trophy winner
- Tim Howard – soccer player[24]
- Al Hrabosky – baseball player[25]
- Karch Kiraly – volleyball player[26]
- Bernie Kosar – football player[27]
- Jack Lengyel – football coach
- Joe Medwick – baseball player- inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968
- Zoltan Mesko – football punter
- Charles Nagy – baseball player
- Joe Namath – football player[28]
- Bertalan de Nemethy - show jumping coach for the United States Equestrian Team (1955–1980)
- Monica Seles – tennis player[29]
- Don Shula – football coach[30]
- Rebecca Soni – Olympic and World champion breastroke swimmer
- Joe Theismann – former football player turned broadcaster
Scientists
- Béla H. Bánáthy - linguist, systems scientist, and professor
- Peter Carl Goldmark - engineer (LP record, Color television)
- Andy Grove - scientist and businessman and CEO of Intel Corporation
- Paul Halmos - mathematician
- Stevan Harnad - scientist
- John George Kemeny - scientist (BASIC programming language)
- Nicholas Kurti - physicist
- Cornelius Lanczos - physicist
- Peter Lax - mathematician
- Erno Laszlo - dermatologist and cosmetic businessman
- George Andrew Olah - chemist, Nobel Prize (1994)
- Ivan Raimi - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
- Julius Rebek - chemist
- Charles Simonyi - computer developer (Microsoft Office, Hungarian notation)
- Thomas Szasz - psychiatrist and academic
- Gábor Szegő - mathematician
- Paul Erdős - mathematician
- Victor Szebehely - scientist,[31] a key figure in the development and success of NASA's Apollo program
- Albert Szent-Györgyi - biologist and polymath, discovered Vitamin C, Nobel Prize (1937)
- Leó Szilárd - physicist,[32] Hypothesized the Nuclear chain reaction, patented the idea of Nuclear reactor, invented the Electron microscope
- Edward Teller - father of the hydrogen bomb[33]
- Georg von Békésy - biophysicist
- Theodore von Kármán - scientist, "Father of supersonic flight"
- John von Neumann - computer scientist,[34] A key figure of developing the digital computer, Game theory
- Eugene Wigner - quantum physicist, Nobel Prize (1963)
- Andor Szentivanyi - The Beta Adrenergic Theory of Asthma
- László Bíró - inventor of Ballpoint pen
- József Galamb - mechanical engineer, designer of Ford Model T
- Milton Friedman - economist, Nobel Prize (1976)
- John Harsanyi - economist, game theory in economics, Nobel Prize (1994)
- Hans Selye - physician, theory of psychological stress
Writers/Editors/Journalists
- Csaba Csere - technical director and editor of Car and Driver magazine
- Elie Wiesel - author, 1986 Peace Prize Nobelist
- Kati Marton - author[35][36]
- Matthew Quinn Martin - author/screenwriter whose birth name is Matthew Szoke.
- Nicholas Nagy-Talavera - dissident, historian, writer and professor
- Joseph Pulitzer - publisher,[37] Pulitzer Prize was named after him
- John Simon, author and literary, theater, and film critic[38]
- Chris Jansing (born Christine Kapostasy) - correspondent for NBC News, contributing reporter for the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and contributing anchor on MSNBC
Artists
- André Kertész - photographer
- Lajos Markos - painter
- Harry Houdini - escape artist
- Maurice Ascalon - sculptor and industrial designer
- Marcel Breuer - architect and furniture designer
- Csaba Markus - painter, sculptor
- László Moholy-Nagy - painter, photographer
- Sylvia Plachy - photographer[39]
- Balazs Szabo - artist and author of Eye of the Muse and Knock in the Night who has lived in the United States since 1956
Musicians/Composers
- Bob Babbitt - Motown bassist and member of the Funk Brothers born to Hungarian parents[40]
- Peter Cetera - singer/bassist/composer/producer, formerly of the band Chicago (mother of Hungarian descent)[41]
- Keith Jarrett - jazz and classical pianist and composer[42]
- Phil Leszak - soul and funk bassist
- Eugene Ormandy - conductor[43]
- Jon Deak - bassist New York Philharmonic
- John Popper - singer/harmonicist of Blues Traveler
- Suzi Quatro - American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress: Hungarian mother
- Tommy Ramone - member of the Ramones[44]
- Miklós Rózsa - film score composer[45]
- Hunt Sales - rock drummer for Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine. Son of Soupy Sales
- Tony Sales - rock bassist for Todd Rundgren, Iggy Pop and Tin Machine. Son of Soupy Sales
- Paul Simon - singer/songwriter, Jewish Hungarian parents
- Gene Simmons - Singer, bassist rock band KISS: Jewish Hungarian mother. Still speaking Hungarian.
- Mike Shinoda - member of Linkin Park (mother is of Hungarian descent)
- Gábor Szabó - jazz guitarist
- Gábor Szakácsi - Rock musician, member of Sledgeback
- Zoltan Teglas - Ignite, Pennywise
- Laszlo Gardony - jazz pianist composer, Sunnyside recording artist, Berklee College of Music professor of Piano
- Ke$ha - pop musician. Her grandmother is Hungarian.
- Flea - bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Politicians
- John Kerry - US Senator from Massachusetts. His family's original name was Kohn. He was not of Hungarian ancestry but rather of Moravian ancestry.
- Chris Gabrielli - Massachusetts candidate for governor.
- Joseph Gaydos - former Pennsylvania congressman
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia - former mayor of New York City (Hungarian mother)
- Ernest Istook - former Congressman from Oklahoma
- Tom Lantos - former Congressman from California[46]
- George Pataki - former Governor of New York; father was Hungarian[47]
- Mark Singel - former Pennsylvania Lt. Governor
- Jesse Ventura - former Governor of Minnesota
Other
- Calvin Klein - fashion designer
- Steven Brust - writer
- Louis C.K. - comedian whose birth name is Louis Szekely
- Magda Gabor - entertainer
- John D. Hertz - businessman, founder of The Hertz Corporation
- Chris Jansing - newscaster
- Alex Koroknay-Palicz - executive director of National Youth Rights Association[48]
- Ernie Kovacs - entertainer
- Michael Kovats - founder of the U.S. Cavalry
- Eugene Lang - philanthropist[49]
- Paul László - architect, interior designer
- Estée Lauder (person) - co-founder of Estée Lauder Companies, cosmetics
- George Pal - animator
- Laszlo Rabel - United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Helena Rubinstein - co-founder of make-up label Helena Rubinstein
- Soupy Sales - comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host (Hungarian parents)
- George Soros - speculator, investor, philanthropist, political activist
- Thomas Szasz - psychiatry professor
- Steven F. Udvar-Házy - Business Mogel Aviation Industry, Philanthropist
- Ferenc A. Váli - lawyer, author, political analyst
- Roland Wank - architect
See also
- List of Hungarians
- List of people of Hungarian origin
- Hungarian Canadians
- Manhattan Hungarian network
References
- ^ [1] "Born Donald James Yarmy. Brother, Dick Yarmy, was also an actor. Cousin was Robert Karvelas, who played 'Larrabee' on "Get Smart."
- ^ [2] [3] "Prior to Vilma Banky’s birth, her father, a highly esteemed bureau chief for the Franz Josef Austro-Hungarian Empire, had moved the family to the small town of Nagydorog, a suburb of Budapest, in Hungary. Vilma Konsics Bánky was born there on January 9, 1902..."
- ^ , her mother is a Hungarian immigrant.[4] "She is half Hungarian on her mother's side" [5] "Drews Mother - Jaid Barrymore (nee Ildiko Jaid Mako) [was] Born on 8 May 1946 in Brannenburg, West Germany in a camp for displaced persons. Jaids parents (Drew's grandparents) were Hungarian."
- ^ [6] "I’m a Hungarian Jew. My grandmother, God rest her soul, was a Hungarian Jew. I am my grandmother now."
- ^ [7] [8] "Born Bernard Schwartz in 1925 to Jewish-Hungarian parents, Curtis grew up in New York’s matinee movie-palaces..."
- ^ [9] "Bill Dana who created the funny talking Hispanic character was actually a Hungarian Jew born 1924 in Quincy, Massachusetts."
- ^ Rodney Dangerfield: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs by Rodney Dangerfield "The whole family had come to America from Hungary when my mother was four. My mother's father--my grandfather--was almost never referred to in that house. Rumor has it he's still in Hungary--and still drinking."
- ^ [10] [11] "Eva Gabor was born in Budapest, Hungary on February 11, 1926..."
- ^ [12] "Zsa Zsa Gabor born, Budapest Hungary. Though some sources say 1918, 1919, or 1920. 1936 Elected Miss Hungary."
- ^ [13] "Played Larrabee on "Get Smart."
- ^ [14] "Hungarian-born motion picture actor..."
- ^ [15] "Younger brother of Don Adams. Ex-brother-in-law of Judy Luciano and Dorothy Bracken. Uncle of Cecily Adams and Stacey Adams. Father of Claudia Yarmy. Cousin of Robert Karvelas."
- ^ Antal - [16] "A Hungarian-American's splashy debut..."
- ^ [17] [18] "George Dewey Cukor was born in New York City on July 14, 1899, to a Hungarian Jewish immigrant couple..."
- ^ http://www.webenetics.com/hungary/famous.htm
- ^ [19] "Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in France in 1959, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian uprising."
- ^ [20] [21] "A Justice Department investigation reveals that Eszterhas' father, a Hungarian who immigrated to the United States, wrote anti-Semitic propaganda in his home country during World War II."
- ^ László Marton
- ^ Prager, Joshua (August 14, 2011). "For Branca, an Asterisk of a Different Kind". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
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- ^ [23] [24] "Known for his best-selling military histories, Ladislas Farago also wrote a witty tribute to his homeland, Strictly from Hungary."
- ^ Sneddon, Steve (2005-02-08). "NBA a realistic goal for Fazekas". *Kirk Ferentz – American football coach (current: University of Iowa) Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved 2007-06-29. [dead link] "Nick’s grandfather, Albert Fazekas, who lives in the Denver area, has that fire in his heart. He was a freedom fighter in the Hungarian Revolution in 1956."
- ^ [25] [26] "Born in Budapest, Hungary in January 1926 to parents who were in show business in Europe, Miklos "Mickey" Hargitay came to the US in the early 1950s."
- ^ [27] [28] "Howard's Hungarian-born mother was the prime mover in getting an early diagnosis."
- ^ [29] "The southpaw's nickname, The Mad Hungarian, came from his nationality, Fu Manchu mustache and long hair, and angry stomping to the back of the mound to psych himself up."
- ^ [30] [31] "He is of Hungarian descent; his father László fled Hungary in the wake of the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution and emigrated to the United States."
- ^ The Hungary Page - More Famous Hungarians
- ^ [32] [33] "The son of a Hungarian immigrant, Namath left the steel country of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania..."
- ^ NEWS FROM VOJVODINA, SERBIA from the American Hungarian Federation - Founded 1906
- ^ [34] [35] "He was born on January 4, 1930 in Grand River, Ohio, the fourth of Hungarian immigrants Dan and Mary Shula's seven children."
- ^ [36] [37] "Victor Szebehely was one of a truly remarkable group of immigrants who came to the United States from Hungary as a result of the upheavals caused by the Second World War in Europe."
- ^ Winkler, Allan. Life Under a Cloud, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, p.11
- ^ Winkler, Allan. Life Under a Cloud, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, p.68
- ^ [38]"Von Neumann was a child prodigy, born into a banking family is Budapest, Hungary".
- ^ http://www.webenetics.com/hungary/famous.htm
- ^ [39] "Author and journalist Kati Marton was born in Hungary and has spent two decades writing and reporting from the United States, Europe and the Far East."
- ^ [40] [41] "Joseph Pulitzer was born in Makó, Hungary, as the eldest son of Hungarian Jews."
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- ^ [42] "Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy captures..."
- ^ [43]
- ^ [44] Cetera has stated this in interviews and on his Web site; however he's not revealed his mother's birth/maiden name.
- ^ [45]
- ^ [46] "A Hungarian-American conductor, Eugene Ormandy was born on November 18, 1899, in Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from the Budapest Royal Academy, where he studied violin with Jenö Hubay, an eminent Hungarian violinist."
- ^ [47] [48] "Tommy Ramone was born Thomas Erdelyi In Budapest, Hungary but grew up in Queens one of the boroughs of New York City."
- ^ The Miklós Rózsa Society Website
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- ^ [49] [50] "His Hungarian father and Irish-Italian mother did not provide the lineage considered desirable in those days."
- ^ One and Four » Blog Archive » A Nation of Immigrants - My Great-Grandmother
- ^ Modern American Patriot: Eugene Lang