List of Hungarians
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The following is a list of notable 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. A list of famous Hungarian Jews can be found in List of Hungarian Jews, overlaps with which are starred.
Contents
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). However, the Wikipedia articles that they link to have their names in western order (given name followed by family name).
Mathematics and Sciences
- Bánhidi Antal (1903 - 1994), Hungarian aviator
- Asbóth Oszkár (1852 - 1920), one of the early developers of the helicopter
- Bánki Donát (1859 - 1922), inventor of the carburetor
- Békésy György (1899 - 1972) (Georg von Békésy), Nobel-prize winning biophysicist for research on the ear
- Bláthy Ottó Titusz (1860 - 1939), engineer, co-inventor of transformer.
- Bolyai János (1802 - 1860), mathematician, dicoverer of non-Euclidean geometry
- Bíró László József (1899 - 1986), inventor of ballpoint pen.
- Déri Miksa (1854 - 1938), engineer, co-inventor of transformer
- Erdős Pál (Paul Erdös) (1913 - 1996), mathematician*
- Frankl Péter (Peter Frankl) (1953 - ), mathematician and street performer.*
- Gábor Dénes (Dennis Gabor) (1900 - 1979), Nobel-prize winner physicist, inventor of holography*
- Galamb József (1881 - 1955) engineer, constructor of the Ford Model T
- Joseph Goldberger (1874 - 1929), cure for pellagra in dogs*
- Peter Carl Goldmark (1906 - 1977), inventor of the vinyl record*
- Gyarmati István (1929 - 2002), physicist
- Alfréd Haar (1885 - 1933), mathematician*
- Paul Halmos (1916 - ), mathematician*
- Hernád István (Stevan Harnad) (1945 - ), cognitive scientist and academic publishing reformer
- Avram Hershko (1937 - ), biologist, ubiquitin; Nobel Prize (2004)*
- George de Hevesy (1885 - 1966), chemist, radioactive tracers; Nobel Prize (1943)*
- Hollán Ernő (1824 - 1900), engineer.
- Irinyi János (1817 - 1895), inventor of the noiseless match
- Kandó Kálmán (1869 - 1931), engineer, father of the electric train.
- Moritz Kaposi (1837 - 1902), dermatologist, Kaposi's sarcoma*
- Kármán Tódor (Theodore von Kármán) (1881 - 1963), aeronautical engineer.*
- Kemény János (John Kemeny) (1926 - 1992) , co-constructor of BASIC*
- Nicholas Kurti (1908 - 1998), physicist*
- Cornelius Lanczos (1893 - 1974), mathematician & physicist*
- Lakatos Imre (1922-1974), philosopher of mathematics and of science*
- Ernő László, dermatologist, cosmetic businessman, the founder of The Erno Laszlo Institute
- Lovász László (1948 - ), Wolf-prize-winning mathematician, now collaborant of Microsoft Research Center
- Mérő László (1949 - ), mathematician, research psychologist, game-theorist
- Peter Lax (1926 - ), mathematician*
- Moll Károly (1889 - 1982), balneologist
- Neumann János (John von Neumann) (1903 - 1957), mathematician, inventor of the modern computer*
- Erik Olah (1927 - ), chemist; Nobel Prize (1994) (unconfirmed)*
- Polányi Mihály (Michael Polanyi) (1891 - 1976) polymath.*
- Rózsa Péter (1905 - 1977), mathematician*
- Alfréd Rényi (1921 - 1970), mathematician*
- Frigyes (1880 - 1956) & Marcel Riesz (1886 - 1969), mathematicians*
- Rubik Ernő (1944 - ), inventor of Rubik's cube.
- Schick Béla (1877 - 1967), pediatrician, diphtheria test*
- 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, research on ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), Nobel Prize winner in 1937.
- Szilárd Leó (1898 - 1964), physicist.*
- Teller Ede (1908 - 2003), physicist, "father of the hydrogen bomb".*
- Puskás Tivadar (1844 - 1893), inventor of the telephone exchange.
- Paul Turán (1910 - 1976), mathematician*
- Lajos Vári (1916 - ), entomologist*
- Abraham Wald (1902 - 1950), statistician*
- Wank Roland (1898- 1970), architect.
- Wigner Jenő (Eugene Wigner) (1902 - 1995), physicist, mathematician.*
- Zipernowsky Károly (1853 - 1942), engineer, co-inventor of transformer
Arts, Entertainment and Literature
- See also List of Hungarian writers, List of Hungarian painters, List of Hungarian sculptors, List of Hungarian architects.
- Alton John (born Altmann Johann) (1901 - 1996), cinematographer who helped define the film noir look.
- Arany János (1817 - 1882), poet
- Maurice Ascalon (1913 - 2003), sculptor and industrial designer
- Gregg Asch (1962 - ), American Comedian, Humanitarian
- Bajza József (1804 - 1858) poet and critic
- Bartók Béla (1881 - 1945), composer
- Batsányi János (1763 - 1845), poet
- Benedek László (1905 - 1992), film director
- Monique Covét (1976- ), adult actress
- Csontváry Kosztka Tivadar (1853 – 1919), painter
- Curtis, Tony (1925 - ), American actor, son of a Hungarian immigrant*
- Curtiz, Michael (1886 - 1962), Academy Award winning director of Casablanca.
- Darvas Gábor (1911 - 1985), composer
- Eötvös József (1813 - 1871), writer and statesman
- Elmyr (1906 - 1976), most renowned art reproducer in modern history.
- Erkel Ferenc (1810 - 1893), composer, father of Hungarian grand opera and the national anthem of Hungary
- Fox, William (1879 - 1952), founder of Fox studios
- Gábor Éva (1919 - 1995), actress*
- Gábor Magda (1914 - 1997), actress*
- Tímea Vágvölgyi, actress
- Gabor, Zsa Zsa (1917 - ), actress*
- Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (1964-), actress, star of Law and Order, Special Victims Unit on NBC
- Houdini, Harry (born Weiss Erik) (1874 - 1926), magician*
- Jandó Jenő (1952 - ), pianist
- József Attila (1905–1937), poet
- Kalocsay Kálmán (1891–1976) is one of the foremost figures in the history Esperanto literature
- Károly György (1953 - ), poet and writer
- Kertész Imre (1929 - ), writer, Nobel Prize winner in 2002
- Kishon, Ephraim (born Hoffmann Ferenc) (1924 - 2005), writer*
- Kocsis Zoltán (1952 - ), pianist and conductor
- Arthur Koestler, writer, polymath
- Kodály Zoltán (1882 - 1967), composer
- Korda, Alexander (born Korda Sándor) (1893 - 1956), producer*
- Korda, Zoltán (1895 - 1961), screenwriter, director and producer
- Kovacs, Ernie (1919 - 1962), actor and innovative television producer
- Kovács László (1933 - ), cinematographer
- Laszlo, Paul (1900 - 1993), architect and furniture designer
- Lehár Franz (born Lehár Ferenc) (1870 - 1948), composer
- Lévay Szilveszter (1945 - ), composer
- Ligeti György (1923 - 2006) composer
- Liszt, Franz (born Liszt Ferenc) (1811 - 1886), composer (also known as Franz Liszt).
- Lomb Kató (1909–2003) interpreter, translator, language genius
- Lorre, Peter (born Löwenstein László) (1904 - 1964), actor*
- Lugosi Bela (1882–1956, born Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső), actor
- Mikes, George (born Mikes György) (1912–1987), writer
- Nádas, Péter (1942-), writer, playwright, essayist, photographer
- Pál, George (1908 - 1980), producer, inventor of stop-motion animation and Academy Award winner
- Petőfi Sándor (1823–1849), poet
- Pulitzer, Joseph (born Pulitzer József) (1847–1911), publisher and founder of Pulitzer Prize
- Sandor, Anna, screenwriter
- Sebestyén Márta (1957 - ), singer
- Seiber Mátyás (1905 - 1960), composer
- Starker János (1924 - ), cellist
- Szabó István (1938 - ), film director*
- Szell George (1897 - 1970), orchestral director and pianist; musical director of the Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-1970
- Szerb Antal (1901–1945), scholar and writer
- Tabori, George (1914–), writer and theatre director
- Tot Amerigo (born Tóth Imre) sculptor
- Tóth Kálmán poet
- Vajna, Andrew (1944–), producer, Hollywood legend; president of Cinergi Productions, co-founder of Carolco Pictures
- Vasarely, Victor (born Vásárhelyi Viktor) (1908 - 1997), graphic artist
- Wiesel, Elie (1928 - ), author and Nobel Peace Prize Winner*
- Zsigmond Vilmos (1930 - ), cinematographer and Academy Award winner
- Zukor, Adolph (1873 - 1976), founder of Paramount Pictures; produced first full-length motion picture
Sports
- The Golden Team, the famous Hungarian national football team
- Aranyi Gábor, world's strongest man.
- Baumgartner Zsolt (1981 - ), Formula One driver, 2003-04, Jordan-Ford (2 races, subbing for injured Ralph Firman) 2003, Minardi-Cosworth 2004, all 17 Grand Prix, 1 point (Indianapolis GP)
- Benedek Tibor, waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
- Benkő Pál (? - ), chess player
- Csák Ibolya, winner of the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- 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
- Gera Zoltán (1979 - ), Ferencvaros and West Bromwich Albion Footballer.
- 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 a United States citizen)
- Kovács Pál, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
- Kovács "Koko" István, boxer, olympic and WBO world champion
- Lily Kronberger four-time World figure skating champion
- Lékó Péter (1979 - ), chess player, currently ranked sixth of the world
- Lichtenfeld Imi, Boxer and Wrestler, developed the self-defense system Krav Maga
- Papp László, boxer (triple Olympic champion)
- Opika von Méray-Horváth, three-time World figure skating champion
- Ónodi Henrietta, Olympic medal-winning gymnast (won gold, silver at Barcelona in 1992)
- Polgár Judit (1976 - ), chess player*
- Portisch Lajos (1937 - ), chess player
- Puskás Ferenc (1927 - ),one of the best football players ever to live - along with Pele, position - center forward.
- Sipos Tamás, sports commentator and writer, former director of Hungarian television
History and Politics
List of Hungarian rulers- 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.
- 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 István (1477-1534) Governor of Transylvania
- * Báthory István (1533-1586) Prince of Transylvania and King of Poland
- Báthory Zsigmond (1572-1613), prince of Transylvania
- Beöthy Ödön, (1796 - 1854), Hungarian deputy and orator
- Bogsch, Árpád, (1919 - 2004), international civil servant
- Aurél Dessewffy, (1808-1842), journalist and politician
- Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, (1756 - 1839), court councillor and minister to Alexander I
- Gyurcsány Ferenc, (1961 -), Prime Minister (2004-)
- Andreas Hadik (1710 - 1790) Count
- 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 (2000-2005)
- 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)
- Pataki, George American, Governor of New York
- Orseolo Péter (Peter Urseolo) (1010 - 1046) second king of Hungary (1038-1041 and 1044-1046)
- Sólyom László (1942 - ), President
- Széchenyi István, (1791 - 1860)
- Count Istvan Tisza (1861-1918) Hungarian Prime Minister 1903-1905 & 1913-17.
- Tőkés László (1952 - ), ethnically Hungarian Calvinist pastor in Romania who helped trigger the revolution that overthrew Nicolae Ceauşescu in 1989
- Count Zrínyi Miklós (Miklos Zrinyi, or Nikola Zrinski - note: they are people with Croatian ancestry):
- * Count Zrínyi Miklós (1508 - 1566), Hungarian militant and hero defended against Ottoman Turks.
- * Count Zrínyi Miklós, (1620 - 1664), Hungarian warrior, statesman and poet.
Business and Finance
- Gróf András (Andy Grove), former President/CEO and Chairman of Intel
- André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator
- Josef Ganz, automotive engineer
- Soros György (George Soros), entrepreneur and one of the world's wealthiest men
- Lauder, Estee, founder of Estee Lauder cosmetics company
- Udvarházy István (Steven F. Udvar-Hazy or Steve Hazy), Founder, Chairman & CEO of ILFC
- Francesco Illy, founder of illycaffé and inventor of espresso machine
Social Sciences
- Anton Csengery, (1822 - 1880) historian
- Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, a psychology professor, proposer of the mental state called Flow
- Kőrösi Csoma Sándor (1784 - 1842), explorer, linguist
- Lukács György, philoshopher
- Lukacs, John, historian
- Stein Aurél (1862 - 1943), archaeologist, explorer, linguist
- Peter Thomas Bauer (1915 - 2002), economist
- Szasz, Thomas, psychiatrist
- Torma Zsófia (1840–1899) archaeologist, anthropologist, paleontologist
See also
External links
- [Hungarian Nobel Prize winners]
- [Nobel Prize winners and famous Hungarians]
- [Hungary's Hall of Fame]
- [Hungarian Inventors and Inventions] (at the site of the Hungarian Patent Office)
- [Hungarian People]
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