List of Hungarians
The following is a list of famous Hungarians taken mainly from The Hungary Page at Nobel Prize Winners and Famous Hungarians . People with some degree of Hungarian origin (typically a Hungarian parent or grandparent) but who were not Hungarian citizens and who were not born in Hungary can be found in the List of people of Hungarian origin .
The Hungarian language uses the eastern name order for Hungarian names, in which the family name comes first, and the given name (or first name ) goes second. In foreign text contents, however, the western name order is used to avoid confusing those not familiar with this custom. As an example, the name Bolyai János is the ethnic form, in english text it will appear as Janos Bolyai – with western name order and accent marks stripped; Bolyai is the family name here.
The names below are listed in Hungarian (eastern) order with some exceptions, most frequently for entertainers' names (e.g., Harry Houdini, the Gabor sisters) and names of ethnic Hungarians born outside of Hungarian areas (e.g., the U.S.-born Karch Kiraly). However, the Wikipedia articles that they link to have their names in western order (given name followed by family name).
Math and Sciences
Bánki Donát (1859 - 1922 ), engineer
Békésy György (1899 - 1972 ) (Georg von Békésy), Nobel-prize winning biophysicist for research on the ear
Bláthy Ottó Titusz (1860 - 1939 ), engineer.
Bolyai János (1802 - 1860 ), mathematician, dicoverer of non-Euclidean geometry
Déri Miksa (1854 - 1938 ), engineer
Erdős Pál (Paul Erdös) (1913 - 1996 ), mathematician
Gábor Dénes (Dennis Gabor) (1900 - 1979 ), Nobel-prize winner physicist, inventor of holography
Gyarmati István (1929 - 2002 ), physicist
Hernád István (Stevan Harnad) (1945 - ), cognitive scientist and academic publishing reformer
Hollán Ernő (1824 - 1900 ), engineer.
Kandó Kálmán (1869 - 1931 ), engineer.
Kármán Tódor (1881 - 1963 ), engineer.
Lakatos Imre (1922 -1974 ), philosopher of mathematics and of science
Lovász László (1948 - ), Wolf-prize -winning mathematician, now collaborant of Microsoft Research Center
Mérő László (1949 - ), mathematician, research psychologist, game-theorist
Moll Károly (1889 - 1982 ), balneologist
Neumann János (John von Neumann) (1903 - 1957 ), mathematician.
Polányi Mihály (Michael Polanyi) (1891 - 1976 ) polymath.
Rubik Ernő (1944 - ), inventor of Rubik's cube .
Semmelweis Ignác (1818 - 1865 ), physician.
Charles Simonyi (1948 - ), computer scientist; father of Hungarian notation
Szegő Gábor (Gábor Szegö) (1895 - 1985 ), mathematician
Szent-Györgyi Albert (1893 - 1986 ), medical biochemist, Nobel Prize winner in 1937.
Szilárd Leó (1898 - 1964 ), physicist.
Teller Ede (1908 - 2003 ), physicist, "father of the hydrogen bomb ".
Wank Roland (1898 - 1970 ), architect.
Wigner Jenő (Eugene Wigner) (1902 - 1995 ), physicist, mathematician.
Zipernowsky Károly (1853 - 1942 ), engineer.
Puskás Tivadar (1844 - 1893 ), inventor of the telephone exchange .
Arts, Entertainment and Literature
See also List of Hungarian writers , List of Hungarian painters , List of Hungarian sculptors , List of Hungarian architects .
Bajza József (1804 –1858 ) poet and critic
Bartók Béla (1881 –1945 ), composer
Batsányi János (1763 –1845 ), poet
Curtis, Tony , Hungarian-born American actor
Darvas Gábor , composer
Eötvös József , writer and statesman
Erkel Ferenc , composer, father of Hungarian grand opera and the national anthem of Hungary
Fox, William , founder of Fox studios
Gábor Éva , actress
Gábor Magda , actress
Gabor, Zsa Zsa , actress
Houdini, Harry (born Weiss Erik), magician
József Attila (1905 –1937 ), poet
Kalocsay Kálmán (1891 –1976 ) is one of the foremost figures in the history Esperanto literature
Kertész Imre , writer, Nobel Prize winner in 2002
Kishon, Ephraim (born Hoffmann Ferenc; 1924 –2005 ), writer
Kocsis Zoltán , pianist and conductor
Kodály Zoltán , composer
Korda, Alexander (born Korda Sándor), producer
Kovacs, Ernie , actor and innovative televison producer
Kovács László , cinematographer and multiple Oscar Award winner
Laszlo, Paul , architect and furniture designer
Lehár Franz (born Lehár Ferenc), composer
Ligeti György (1923 –) composer
Liszt, Franz (born Liszt Ferenc), composer (also known as Franz Liszt).
Lomb Kató (1909 –2003 ) interpreter, translator, language genius
Lorre, Peter (born Löwenstein László), actor
Lugosi Bela (1882 –1956 , born Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső), actor
Mikes, George (born Mikes György) (1912 –1987 ), writer
Pál, George , producer, inventor of stop-motion animation and multiple Oscar award winner
Petőfi Sándor (1823 –1849 ), poet
Pulitzer, Joseph (born Pulitzer József) (1847 –1911 ), publisher and founder of Pulitzer Prize
Sebestyén Márta , singer
Seiber Mátyás , composer
Szabó István , film director
Szerb Antal (1901 –1945 ), scholar and writer
Tabori, George (1914 –), writer and theatre director
Vajna, Andrew (1944 –), producer, Hollywood legend; president of Cinergi Productions, co-founder of Carolco Pictures
Vasarely, Victor (born Vásárhelyi Viktor), graphic artist
Wiesel, Elie , author and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Zsigmond Vilmos , cinematographer and multiple Oscar award winner
Zukor, Adolph , founder of Paramount Pictures ; produced first full-length motion picture
Sports
Annus Adrián , hammer thrower
Benedek Tibor , waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
Darnyi Tamás , swimmer (four Olympic gold medals)
Egerszegi Krisztina , swimmer (five Olympic gold medals)
Elek Ilona , fencer (Olympic gold before and after World War II)
Erdei Zsolt , boxer, WBO light heavyweight world champion
Gerevich Aladár , fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
Gyarmati Dezső , water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
Hajós Alfréd (born Arnold Guttmann), swimmer (double Olympic champion) and architect
Hargitay Miklós , bodybuilder and actor
Károlyi Béla (1942 - ), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian born in Romania , now United States citizen)
Kovács Pál , fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
Lékó Péter (1979 - ), chess player, currently ranked sixth of the world
Papp László , boxer (triple Olympic champion)
Polgár Judit (1976 - ), chess player
Puskás Ferenc (1927 - ), football player, center forward.
History and Politics
List of Hungarian rulers
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.
Andrássy Gyula (1823 - 1890 ), statesman
Antall József (1932 - 1993 ), Prime Minister (1990-1993)
Bakócz Tamás (1442 - 1521 ), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
Baross Gábor (1848 - 1892 ) statesman
Báthory Erzsébet (1560 - 1614 ), "serial killer" countess
Báthory István (Stephen Báthory ):
Báthory Zsigmond (1572 -1613 ), prince of Transylvania
Beöthy Ödön , (1796 - 1854 ), Hungarian deputy and orator
Herzl Tivadar (1860 - 1904 ), journalist, modern Zionism
Horthy Miklós (1868 - 1957 ), admiral and regent. (1920-1944)
I. István (Stephen I) (975 - 1038 ) first Hungarian king
Károly Róbert (Charles I) (1288 - 1342 ) king of Hungary (1308-1342)
Mihály Károlyi (1875 - 1955 ) first President of Hungary (1919)
Kossuth Lajos , (1802 - 1894 )
Kun Béla , (1886 - 1939 ?) Minister, revolutionist (1919)
I. Lajos (Nagy Lajos) (Louis I) (1326 - 1382 ) king of Hungary (1342-1382) king of Poland (1370-1382)
Mádl Ferenc (1931 - ) President
Medgyessy Péter (1942 - ), Prime Minister (2002-2004)
Mindszenty József (1892 - 1975 ), cardinal, convicted by communist government
Nagy Imre (1896 - 1958 ), Prime Minister (1956)
Németh Miklós (1948 - ), Prime Minister (1988-)
Orbán Viktor (1963 - ), Prime Minister (1998-2002)
Gábor Sándi (1950 - ), Bureaucrat
Pataki, George American, Governor of New York
Orseolo Péter (Peter Urseolo) (1010 - 1046 ) second king of Hungary (1038-1041 and 1044-1046)
Széchenyi István , (1791 - 1860 )
Count Istvan Tisza (1861-1918) Hungarian Prime Minister 1903-1905 & 1913-17.
Tőkés László (1952 - ), ethnically Hungarian Methodist pastor in Romania who helped trigger the revolution that overthrew Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989
Count Zrínyi Miklós (Miklos Zrinyi, or Nikola Zrinski):
Business and Finance
Gróf András (Andy Grove), former President/CEO and Chairman of Intel
Soros György (George Soros), entrepreneur and one of the world's wealthiest men
Lauder, Estee , founder of Estee Lauder cosmetics company
Social Sciences
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