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Famous Hungarians
Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of prominent Hungarians, the majority of whom grew to be famous within Hungary rather than abroad. For a list of famous Hungarian abroad see List of Hungarian Americans or List of famous Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary.
Business professionals
History and politics
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Albert Apponyi (1846-1933), statesman
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Almásy László (1895 - 1951), desert explorer, author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in
Michael Ontaatje's, The
English Patient
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Andrássy Gyula (1823 - 1890), statesman
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Antall József (1932 - 1993), Prime Minister (1990-1993)
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Bakócz Tamás (1442 - 1521), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
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Baross Gábor (1848 - 1892), statesman
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George Soros (1930), stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist
- Báthory Erzsébet (1560 -
1614), "serial killer" countess
- Báthory István (Stephen Báthory):
- Báthory Zsigmond (1572-1613),
prince of Transylvania
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Beöthy Ödön (1796 - 1854), Hungarian deputy and orator
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Béla Bugá (1958- ), politician
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Pál Csáky (1956- ), politician
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Dessewffy Aurél (1808-1842), journalist and politician
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Fessler Ignaz Aurelius (1756 - 1839), court councillor and
minister to Alexander I
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Hadik Andreas (1710 - 1790), Count
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Herzl Tivadar (1860 - 1904), journalist, modern Zionism*
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Horthy Miklós (1868 - 1957), admiral and regent. (1920-1944)
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I. István (Stephen I, Szent István, Stephanus Rex) (975 - 1038) first Hungarian king
- János Kádár (1912-1989), communist leader
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Károly Róbert (Charles I) (1288 - 1342), king of Hungary (1308-1342)
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Károlyi Mihály (1875 - 1955), first President of Hungary (1919)
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Kossuth Lajos (1802 - 1894), Hungarian politician later Regent-President of Hungary,
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Kun Béla (1886 - 1939 ?) Minister, revolutionist (1919)*
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I. Lajos (Nagy Lajos) (Louis I) (1326 - 1382), king of Hungary (1342-1382)
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Mindszenty József (1892 - 1975), cardinal, convicted by communist government
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Nagy Imre (1896 - 1958), Prime Minister (1956)
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Pataki George American, Governor of
New York
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Rákosi Mátyás (1892-1971), General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party
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Szálasi Ferenc (1897-1946), Head of Arrow Cross Party, Head of State, Prime Minister 1944-1945
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Count Széchenyi István (1791 - 1860)
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Tisza István (1861-1918), Hungarian Prime Minister 1903-1905 & 1913-17.
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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.
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Tokés László (1952 - ), ethnically Hungarian
Calvinist pastor in Romania who
helped trigger the revolution that overthrew Nicolae
Ceausescu in 1989
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Zrínyi Miklós (1508 - 1566), Hungarian general and hero who defended
Szigetvár against Ottoman Turks.
- Count
Zrínyi Miklós (1620 - 1664), Hungarian general, statesman and poet.
Artists
Composers and Performers
- Bálint Bakfark, composer
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Béla Bartók, composer and pianist
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Gergely Boganyi, pianist
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Erno Dohnányi, composer, pianist and conductor
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Antal Doráti, conductor
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Peter Eötvös, composer and conductor
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Ferenc Erkel, composer
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Zoltán Jeney, composer
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Joseph Joachim, violinist
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Pál Kadosa, composer
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Zoltán Kocsis, pianist and conductor
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Zoltán Kodály, composer
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György Kurtág, composer
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Franz Lehár, composer
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György Ligeti, composer
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Franz Liszt, composer and pianist
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János Négyesy, violinist
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Ervin Nyiregyhazi, pianist
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Speak, rapper
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László Vidovszky, composer
Scientists and inventors
Film artists
Writers
Sports
- The Golden Team, the famous Hungarian national football team
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Aranyi Gábor, world's strongest man.
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Balázs Borbély, Footballer
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Barcza Gedeon (1911 - ), chess player
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Baumgartner Zsolt (1981 - ), Formula One driver, 2003-04,
Jordan-Ford (2 races, subbing for injured Ralph Firman) 2003, Minardi-Cosworth 2004, all 18 Grand Prix, 1 point (Indianapolis GrandPrix)
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Benedek Tibor, waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
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Benko Pál (1928 - ), chess player
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Breyer Gyula (1894-1921), chess player
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Buzsaky Akos, Football Player
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Csák Ibolya, winner of the women's high jump at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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Czibor Zoltán (1929-1997), soccer player
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Darnyi Tamás, swimmer (four Olympic gold medals)
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Egerszegi Krisztina, swimmer (five Olympic gold medals)
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Elek Ilona, fencer (Olympic gold before and after World War II)
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Árpád Élo, (1903-1992), Hungarian-born American creator of the chess Elo rating system
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Erdei Zsolt boxer, WBO light heavyweight world champion
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Gera Zoltán C,
Ferencvaros, West
Bromwich Albion and Fulham Footballer.
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Gerevich Aladár, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
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Gogolak Károly, (1944 - ), American football #1 draft pick of the Washington Redskins
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Gogolak Péter, (1942 - ), American football- invented "soccer style" kicking- played for the NY Giants and the Buffalo Bills
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Gyula Grosics, famed goalkeeper for the Golden Magyar soccer team undefeated from 1950-1954
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Gyarmati Dezso, water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
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Hajós Alfréd (born Arnold Guttmann), swimmer (double Olympic champion) and architect*
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Hargitay Miklós, bodybuilder and actor. Mr. Universe 1955. Married Jayne Mansfield.
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Hidegkuti Nándor (1922-2002), soccer player
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Károlyi Béla (1942 - ), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian born in Romania, now a United States citizen)
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Kocsis Sándor (1929-1979), soccer player
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Kovács Pál, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
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Kovács "Koko" István, boxer, olympic and WBO world champion
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Lily Kronberger four-time World figure skating champion
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Lékó Péter (1979 - ), chess player, currently ranked 10th of the world
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Lichtenfeld Imi, Boxer and Wrestler, developed the self-defense system
Krav Maga
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Lilienthal Andor (1911 - ), chess player
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Löwenthal János Jakab (1810-1876), chess player
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Magyar Zoltŕn (1953 -), twice Olympic pommel horse gold medalist
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Maróczy Géza (1870-1951), chess player
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Opika von Méray Horváth, three-time World figure skating champion
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Ónodi Henrietta, Olympic medal-winning gymnast (won gold, silver at Barcelona in 1992)
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Papp László boxer (triple Olympic champion)
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Polgár Judit (1976 - ), chess player
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Polgár Zsuzsa (1969 - ), chess player
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Polgár Zsófia (1974 - ), chess player
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Portisch Lajos (1937 - ), chess player
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Puskás Ferenc (1927 - 2006), football (soccer) player
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Sebes Gusztáv (1906-1986), Hungarian national soccer coach
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Sipos Tamás sports commentator and writer, former director of Hungarian television
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Les Murray (born László Ürge, 1945- ), Australian soccer broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst.
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Szabó László (1917-1998), chess player
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Ágnes Szávay (1988-), tennis player
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Talmácsi Gábor (1981-), 125cc MotoGP World Champion
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