List of Hungarians
Appearance
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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.
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
- János Horvay
- László Hudec
- Miklós Izsó
- Zoltán Joó
- Ede Kallós
- Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl
- Paul László
- Miklós Ligeti
- Imre Makovecz
- Ede Margó
- Csaba Markus
- Zsuzsa Máthé
- László Moholy-Nagy
- János Pásztor
- Tamás Péli
- József Róna
- Francois Szalay - Colos
- Henriett Seth-F.
- Albert Schickedanz
- Pal Szinyei Merse
- László Szlávics, Jr.
- Mor Than
- János Tornyai
- Lajos Vajda
- Victor Vasarely
- Janos Vaszary
- Nandor Wagner
- Istvan Orosz
Aviators
World War I aviators
World War II aviators
Business professionals
- György Gattyán Bálint, creator LiveJasmin[citation needed]
- Daniel Bálint, governor of Wakeboarding[citation needed]
- 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.
- Miklos Palencsar Business mentor
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
- Cicciolina
- Michael Curtiz
- Attila Dargay
- Eva Gabor
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Harry Houdini
- Miklós Jancsó
- Gyula Kabos
- Lajos Koltai
- Róbert Koltai
- Alexander Korda
- László Kovács
- Jon Lovitz (of Hungarian descent)
- Peter Lorre
- Béla Lugosi
- Paul Lukas
- Károly Makk
- George Pal
- Gabriel Pascal
- Gábor Reviczky
- Ferenc Rofusz
- István Szabó
- Béla Tarr
- Andrew Vajna
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Vilmos Zsigmond
History and politics
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- 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
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- 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
Scientists
- Avram Hershko (born 1937 as Herskó Ferenc), Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry (2004)[1]
- Zoltán Bay
- Máté Hidvégi
- János Bolyai
- Farkas Bolyai
- Maria Telkes
- Ignaz Semmelweis, physician and pioneer of antiseptic procedures
- Charles Simonyi (Karoly)
- Michael Somogyi
- Thomas Sebeok
- Victor Szebehely
- Albert Szent-Györgyi, discovered vitamin C (1932)
- Leó Szilárd
- Edward Teller
- Eugene Wigner
- Theodore von Kármán
- Loránd Eötvös
- Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvas
- Jozsef Szabo von Szentmiklos
- Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
- Dennis Gabor
- Gergely Berzeviczy
- János Kornai
- Johann Baptiste Horvath
- Mate Hidvegi
- Robert Bárány
- Georg von Békésy
- Cornelius Lanczos
- George Andrew Olah
- Valentine Telegdi
- George de Hevesy
- Paul Erdős
- John von Neumann
- Vilma Hugonnai
- Zoltan Hajos
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
- Géza Gyóni
- István Gyöngyösi
- Mór Jókai
- Attila József
- Kálmán Kalocsay
- Lajos Kassák
- József Katona
- Ferenc Kazinczy
- József Kármán
- Zsigmond Kemény
- Imre Kertész
- Sándor Kisfaludy
- Ferenc Kölcsey
- Imre Madách
- Sándor Márai
- Ferenc "Franz" Louis Molnár
- Ferenc Móra
- Zsigmond Móricz
- András Petöcz
- Sándor Petőfi
- Miklós Radnóti
- Agnes Rapai
- Jenő Rejtő
- Lőrinc Szabó
- Magda Szabó
- András Sütő
- Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos
- Árpád Tóth
- Mihály Vörösmarty
- Albert Wass
- Ze'ev
- Nikola Zrinski
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
- 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)
See also
References
- ^ Datebase (undated). "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 – Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Kinga Frojimovics, Géza Komoróczy (1999). Jewish Budapest: monuments, rites, history. Central European University Press. ISBN 963-9116-37-8. Retrieved 24 May 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