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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

Main article: List of Hungarian architects

Artists

See also: List of Hungarian painters and List of Hungarian sculptors

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

  • 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
  • Peter Munk, Canadian-Hungarian entrepreneur, founder of Barrick Gold,and philanthropist
  • Tibor Rosenbaum, businessman
  • George Soros, Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher and philanthropist

Composers and performers

Liszt

See more in List of Hungarian composers.

Film artists

See also: List of Hungarian actors, List of Hungarian film directors, and List of Hungarian film producers

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
  • 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
  • Géza Malasits (1874–1948), deputy in parliament
  • 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

Religion

Main article: List of Hungarian cardinals

Scientists

See also: List of Hungarian botanists

Sports

Main article: List of Hungarian sportspeople
See also: Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year, List of flag bearers for Hungary at the Olympics, List of Hungarian Olympic champions, List of Hungary Davis Cup team representatives, and List of Hungary national rugby union players
Ilona Elek
Jenö Fuchs
Béla Guttmann
Lily Kronberger
Attila Petschauer
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Árpád Weisz
  • 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
  • József Braun (also known as József Barna; 1901–1943), Olympic 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 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]
  • 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 (1925–1996), 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 Golden Magyar soccer team undefeated from 1950 to 1954
  • Béla Guttmann (1900–1981), midfielder, national team football player, international coach; forced laborer in the Holocaust
  • 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]
  • Adolf Kertész (1892–1920), footballer
  • Gyula Kertész (1888–1982), footballer
  • Vilmos Kertész (1890–1962), footballer
  • 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
  • Henrik Nádler (1901–1944), international footballer
  • 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 (born 1927), Olympic champion and silver swimmer (200-meter breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati
  • László Szollás (1907–1980), pair skater, World Championship four-time gold, silver, Olympic two-times bronze
  • Gábor Talmácsi (born 1981), 125 cc MotoGP World Champion
  • Imre Taussig (1894–1945), Hungarian footballer
  • 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]
  • Antal Vágó (1891–1944), footballer
  • Márton Vas (born 1980), ice hockey player
  • Árpád Weisz (1896–1944), 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)

Writers

Main article: List of Hungarian writers

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: Person (Burgenland).

Czechoslovakia

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Ukraine

Transcarpathia

See also

References

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