List of Hungarians

This is a list of Hungarians notable within Hungary and/or abroad. It includes a list of Hungarians born outside present-day Hungary.

Architects

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

Liszt

Bálint Bakfark, composer
Kristóf Baráti, violinist
Béla Bartók, composer and pianist
Gergely Bogányi, pianist
Attila Csihar, vocalist
Ernő Dohnányi (Ernst von Dohnanyi), composer, pianist and conductor
Antal Doráti, conductor
Péter Eötvös, composer and conductor
Ferenc Erkel, composer
Iván Fischer, conductor and 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 Nyiregyházi, 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

See more in List of Hungarian composers.

History and politics

Theodor Herzl

László Almásy (1895–1951), desert explorer, author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in Michael Ondaatje's 1992 novel The English Patient
Gyula Andrássy (1823–1890), statesman
József Antall (1932–1993), Prime Minister of Hungary (1990–1993)
Albert Apponyi (1846–1933), statesman
Tamás Bakócz (1442–1521), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
Gábor Baross (1848–1892), statesman
Erzsébet Báthory (1560–1614), countess
- István Báthory (1477–1534), Governor of Transylvania
- István (Stephen) Báthory (1533–1586), Prince of Transylvania and King of Poland
Zsigmond Báthory (1572–1613), Prince of Transylvania
Ödön Beöthy (1796–1854), Hungarian deputy and orator
Béla Bugár (born 1958), politician
Pál Csáky (born 1956), politician
Aurél Dessewffy (1808–1842), journalist and politician
Péter Doszpot (born 1962), former member of parliament
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler (1756–1839), court councillor and minister to Alexander I of Russia
Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied (1767–1803), noble and amateur actress
András Hadik (1710–1790), Count
Theodor Herzl (Tivadar Herzl, 1860–1904), journalist, modern Zionism
Miklós Horthy (1868–1957), admiral and regent (1920–1944)
Stephen I of Hungary (Stephen I, Szent István, Stephanus Rex, I. István) (975–1038) first King of Hungary
Friar Julian
János Kádár (1912–1989), communist leader
Charles I of Hungary (Károly Róbert) (1288–1342), King of Hungary (1308–1342)
Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955), first President of Hungary (1919)
Lajos Kossuth (1802–1894), Hungarian politician later Regent-President of Hungary
Teddy Kollek (born Tivadar Kollek, 1911–2007), Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem
Béla Kun (1886–1938), minister, revolutionist (1919)
Louis I of Hungary (Louis I, Nagy Lajos, 1326–1382), king of Hungary (1342–1382)
Tom Lantos (1928–2008), former U.S. Congressman from California
József Mindszenty (1892–1975), cardinal, imprisoned by communist government
Imre Nagy (1896–1958), prime minister in 1953 and 1956
Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971), communist leader
George Soros (György Soros, born 1930), stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist
Ferenc Szálasi (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 found in Russian mental hospital and returned after 55 years
László Tőkés (born 1952), Reformed Church pastor and an instigator of the Romanian Revolution of 1989
Count Zrínyi Miklós (1508–1566), Hungarian general who held Szigetvár against the Ottoman Turks
Count Zrínyi Miklós (1620–1664), Hungarian general, statesman and poet
János Zsámboky, humanist

Inventors

János Irinyi

Oszkár Asbóth

Ányos Jedlik

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

See

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
Géza Krepuska, ear, nose, and throat specialist
Cornelius Lanczos
George Andrew Olah
Rózsa Péter
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

Sports

Robert Antal (1921–1995), Olympic champion water polo player
Péter Bakonyi (born 1938), saber fencer, twice Olympic 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]
László Bita (born 1967), footballer
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 (née "Schacherer"; 1907–1988), foil fencer (Olympic gold-medal winner, and world champion, both 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 (born 1947), épée fencer, Olympic champion
Dr. Dezső Földes (1880–1950), saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion
Samu Fóti, Olympic silver (gymnastics team combined exercises)
Dr. Jenő Fuchs (1882–1955), saber fencer, four-time Olympic champion^[4]
Istvan Gaal, soccer player in Canada
Tamás Gábor (1932–2007), épée fencer, Olympic champion
János Garay (1889–1945), saber fencer, Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed in the Holocaust
György Gedó (born 1949), Olympic champion light flyweight boxer
Sándor Gellér (1925-–11996), 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 (1883–1944), saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion, killed in the Holocaust
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 (1895–1968), saber fencer, Olympic champion
Gyula Grosics, goalkeeper for the Golden Magyar soccer team undefeated from 1950 to 1954
Béla Guttmann (1900–1981), midfielder, national team football player an international coach
Andrea Gyarmati, Olympic swimmer silver (100-meter backstroke) and bronze (100-meter butterfly); world championships bronze (200-meter backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame
Dezső Gyarmati, water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
Alfréd Hajós (born Arnold Guttmann; 1878–1955), swimmer three-time Olympic champion (100-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle relay, 1,500-meter freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame
Mickey Hargitay, bodybuilder and actor
Nándor Hidegkuti (1922–2002), soccer player
Endre Kabos (1906–1944), saber fencer, three-time Olympic champion, bronze; killed while a forced laborer in the Holocaust
Béla Károlyi (born 1942), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian, lived in Romania, now a US citizen)
Károly Kárpáti (also known as Károly Kellner), Olympic champion wrestler (freestyle lightweight), silver
Ágnes Keleti (born 1921), 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, world #2, won 1958 French Open Singles
István "Koko" Kovács, boxer, Olympic champion and WBO world champion
Pál Kovács, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
Lily Kronberger (1890–1974), 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 (1899–1969), half back Olympic 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-meter freestyle relay)
Nickolas Muray (born Miklós Mandl; 1892–1965), Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic fencer
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)
Árpád Orbán (1938–2008), Olympic champion footballer
László Papp, boxer (three-time Olympic champion)
Attila Petschauer (1904–1943), sabre fencer, two-time team Olympic champion, silver; killed in the Holocaust
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-times bronze
Miklós Sárkány, two-time Olympic champion water polo player
Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880–1966), saber fencer, Olympic champion
Gusztáv Sebes (1906–1986), Hungarian national soccer coach
Anna Sipos, 11-times world champion table tennis player, ITTFHoF
Tamás Sipos, sports commentator and writer, former director of Hungarian television
László Szabados, Olympic bronze swimmer (4 x 200-meter freestyle relay)
Miklos Szabados, 15-times world champion table tennis player
László Szabó (1917–1998), chess player
Ágnes Szávay (born 1988), tennis player
András Székely (1909–1943), Olympic silver swimmer (200-meter breaststroke) and bronze (4 x 200-meter freestyle relay)
Éva Székely (1909– 1943), Olympic champion and silver swimmer (200-meter breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati; killed in the Holocaust
László Szollás, pair skater, World Championship four-time gold, silver, Olympic two-times bronze
Gábor Talmácsi (born 1981), 125 cc MotoGP World Champion
Judit Temes (1930–2013), Olympic champion swimmer (4×100-meter freestyle), bronze (100-meter freestyle)^[7]
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (born 1937), foil fencer, two-time Olympic champion, world champion^[8]
Márton Vas (born 1980), ice hockey player
Árpád Weisz (1896–1944), Hungarian Olympic football player and manager
Richárd Weisz, Olympic champion wrestler (Greco-Roman super heavyweight)
Lajos Werkner (1883–1943), saber fencer, two-time Olympic champion
George Worth, born György Woittitz (1915–2006), American Olympic saber fencer
Imre Zachár, Olympic silver swimmer (4x200-meter 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
Mariska Ady (Hadad/Hodod) – 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
André François (Timişoara) – painter and graphic artist
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
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
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
Kálmán Mikszáth (Sklabiná) – writer
Szilárd Németh (Komárno) – football player
Ferenc II Rákóczi (Borša) – prince and leader of Hungarian uprising in 1703–11
János Selye (Komárno) – psychologist and researcher
Mihály Tompa (Rimavská Sobota) – poet

Ukraine

Transcarpathia

Mihály Munkácsy (Mukacheve) – painter
Moshe Leib Rabinovich (Mukacheve) – rabbi and scholar

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.
↑ 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. 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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[1] Datebase (undated). "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 – Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

[2] 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.

[3] Bernard Postal; Jesse Silver; Roy Silver (1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Bloch Pub. Co. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

[4] Kinga Frojimovics; Géza Komoróczy (1999). Jewish Budapest: monuments, rites, history. Central European University Press. ISBN 963-9116-37-8. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

[jewishsports3-5] "Elected Members of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 25 May 2010.

[6] Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. ISBN 1-56171-028-8. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

[7] Day By Day In Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

[8] 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.

[9] Stefanova-Peteva, K. (1993) Who Calls the Shots on the New York Stages? (via Google Books), p. 26.