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.
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History and politics
- Albert Apponyi (1846-1933), statesman
- Almásy László (1895 - 1951), desert explorer, author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in Michael Ontaatje's, The English Patient
- 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
- George Soros (1930), stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist
- 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
- Béla Bugár (1958- ), politician
- Pál Csáky (1956- ), politician
- Dessewffy Aurél, (1808-1842), journalist and politician
- Fessler Ignaz Aurelius, (1756 - 1839), court councillor and minister to Alexander I
- Hadik Andreas (1710 - 1790), Count
- Herzl Tivadar (1860 - 1904), journalist, modern Zionism*
- Horthy Miklós (1868 - 1957), admiral and regent. (1920-1944)
- I. István (Stephen I, Szent István, Stephanus Rex) (975 - 1038) first Hungarian king
- János Kádár (1912-1989), communist leader
- Károly Róbert (Charles I) (1288 - 1342), king of Hungary (1308-1342)
- Károlyi Mihály (1875 - 1955), first President of Hungary (1919)
- Kossuth Lajos, (1802 - 1894), Hungarian politician later Regent-President of Hungary,
- Kun Béla, (1886 - 1939 ?) Minister, revolutionist (1919)*
- I. Lajos (Nagy Lajos) (Louis I) (1326 - 1382), king of Hungary (1342-1382)
- Mindszenty József (1892 - 1975), cardinal, convicted by communist government
- Nagy Imre (1896 - 1958), Prime Minister (1956)
- Pataki, George, American, Governor of New York
- Rákosi Mátyás (1892-1971), General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party
- Szálasi Ferenc 1897-1946, Head of Arrow Cross Party, Head of State, Prime Minister 1944-1945
- Count Széchenyi István, (1791 - 1860)
- Tisza István (1861-1918), Hungarian Prime Minister 1903-1905 & 1913-17.
- 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.
- Tőkés László (1952 - ), ethnically Hungarian Calvinist pastor in Romania who helped trigger the revolution that overthrew Nicolae Ceauşescu in 1989
- Count 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
- Gyula Agghazy
- Károly Alexy
- Károly Antal
- Miklós Borsos
- Sándor Bortnyik
- Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
- Gyula Donáth
- János Fadrusz
- Béni Ferenczy
- István Ferenczy
- Arpad Feszty
- János Horvay
- László Hudec
- Miklós Izsó
- Ede Kallós
- Paul László
- Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl
- Miklós Ligeti
- Imre Makovecz
- Ede Margó
- Lászlo Mednyánszky
- László Moholy-Nagy
- János Pásztor
- József Róna
- Albert Schickedanz
- Pal Szinyei Merse
- Mor Than
- János Tornyai
- Lajos Vajda
- Victor Vasarely
- Nandor Wagner
- Istvan Orosz
Composers and Performers
- Bálint Bakfark, composer
- Béla Bartók, composer and pianist
- Gergely Boganyi, pianist
- Ernő Dohnányi, composer, pianist and conductor
- Antal Doráti, conductor
- Peter Eötvös, composer and conductor
- Ferenc Erkel, composer
- Zoltán Jeney, composer
- Joseph Joachim, violinist
- Pál Kadosa, composer
- Zoltán Kocsis, pianist and conductor
- Zoltán Kodály, composer
- György Kurtág, composer
- Franz Lehár, composer
- György Ligeti, composer
- Franz Liszt, composer and pianist
- János Négyesy, violinist
- Ervin Nyiregyhazi, pianist
- László Vidovszky, composer
Scientists and inventors
- Donát Bánki
- Zoltán Bay
- Ottó Bláthy
- Miksa Déri
- Paul Erdős
- Abraham Ganz
- János Irinyi
- Andreas Jaszlinszky
- György Jendrassik
- Kálmán Kandó
- Tivadar Puskás
- Ernő Rubik
- Kálmán Tihanyi
- Károly Zipernowsky
- Theodore von Kármán
- János Bolyai
- Farkas Bolyai
- Béla Barényi
- Maria Telkes
- Leo Szilárd
- Michael Somogyi
- Thomas Sebeok
- Victor Szebehely
- Albert Szent-Györgyi
- Loránd Eötvös
- Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvas
- Jozsef Szabo von Szentmiklos
- Michael Polanyi
- Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
- Dennis Gabor
- Gergely Berzeviczy
- János Kornai
- John von Neumann
- Edward Teller
- József Keresztesi
- Ányos Jedlik
- Johann Baptiste Horvath
- Mate Hidvegi
Film artists
- Mariska Hargitay
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Michael Curtiz
- Harry Houdini
- Cicciolina
- Adrien Brody
- Freddie Prinze
- Drew Barrymore
- Rachel Weisz
- Tony Curtis
- Attila Dargay
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Paul Lukas
- Eva Gabor
- Lajos Koltai
- Róbert Koltai
- Alexander Korda
- Leslie Howard
- Ferenc Rofusz
- Marton Csokas
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Gábor Reviczky
- László Kovács
- Miklós Jancsó
- Károly Makk
- Judit Pogány
- George Pal
- Ferenc Rófusz
- István Szabó
- Béla Tarr
- Andrew Vajna
- Béla Lugosi
- Peter Lorre
- Gyula Kabos
- Kate Hudson
- Goldie Hawn
- Paul Newman
- Nick Taylor
- Gabriel Pascal
Writers
- Ferenc "Franz" Louis Molnár
- Imre Kertész
- Bálint Balassi
- Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos
- József Kármán
- Nikola Zrinski
- Géza Gyoni
- Árpád Tóth
- Géza Gárdonyi
- Attila József
- Sándor Kisfaludy
- Mór Jókai
- Lajos Kassák
- József Katona
- Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
- Albert Wass
- Ferenc Kölcsey
- Zsigmond Móricz
- Endre Ady
- Zsigmond Kemény
- Ferenc Kazinczy
- András Petöcz
- Sándor Petőfi
- Agnes Rapai
- Dániel Berzsenyi
- Mihály Fazekas
- János Arany
- Mihály Vörösmarty
- János Batsanyi
- András Fáy
- Imre Madách
- Sándor Márai
- Mihály Babits
- Ferenc Móra
- Kálmán Kalocsay
- István Gyöngyösi
- Jozsef Nyiro
- Geza Alfoldi
- Péter Esterházy
- Sütő András
- Elek Benedek
Sports
- The Golden Team, the famous Hungarian national football team
- Aranyi Gábor, world's strongest man.
- Balázs Borbély, Footballer
- Barcza Gedeon (1911 - ), chess player
- 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)
- Benedek Tibor, waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing
- Benkő Pál (1928 - ), chess player
- Breyer Gyula (1894-1921), chess player
- Buzsaky Akos, Football Player
- Csák Ibolya, winner of the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Czibor Zoltán (1929-1997), soccer player
- 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)
- Árpád Élő, (1903-1992), Hungarian-born American creator of the chess Elo rating system
- Erdei Zsolt, boxer, WBO light heavyweight world champion
- Gera Zoltán C, Ferencvaros and West Bromwich Albion Footballer.
- Gerevich Aladár, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
- Gogolak Karoly, (1944 - ), American football #1 draft pick of the Washington Redskins
- Gogolak Péter, (1942 - ), American football- invented "soccer style" kicking- played for the NY Giants and the Buffalo Bills
- Gyula Grosics, famed goalkeeper for the Golden Magyar soccer team undefeated from 1950-1954
- Gyarmati Dezső, water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
- Hajós Alfréd (born Arnold Guttmann), swimmer (double Olympic champion) and architect*
- Hargitay Miklós, bodybuilder and actor
- Hidegkuti Nándor (1922-2002), soccer player
- Károlyi Béla (1942 - ), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian born in Romania, now a United States citizen)
- Kocsis Sándor (1929-1979), soccer player
- 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 10th of the world
- Lichtenfeld Imi, Boxer and Wrestler, developed the self-defense system Krav Maga
- Lilienthal Andor (1911 - ), chess player
- Löwenthal János Jakab (1810-1876), chess player
Magyar Zoltàn (1953 -), twice Olympic pommel horse gold medalist- Maróczy Géza (1870-1951), chess player
- Opika von Méray Horváth, three-time World figure skating champion
- Ónodi Henrietta, Olympic medal-winning gymnast (won gold, silver at Barcelona in 1992)
- Papp László, boxer (triple Olympic champion)
- Polgár Judit (1976 - ), chess player
- Polgár Zsuzsa (1969 - ), chess player
- Polgár Zsófia (1974 - ), chess player
- Portisch Lajos (1937 - ), chess player
- Puskás Ferenc (1927 - 2006), football (soccer) player
- Sebes Gusztáv (1906-1986), Hungarian national soccer coach
- Sipos Tamás, sports commentator and writer, former director of Hungarian television
- Szabó László (1917-1998), chess player
- Ágnes Szávay (1988-), tennis player
- Talmácsi Gábor (1981-), 125cc MotoGP World Champion
See also
External links
- THE HUNGARIAN PAGE
- Hungary's Hall of Fame
- Hungarian Inventors and Inventions (at the site of the Hungarian Patent Office)
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