List of Hungarians
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The following is a list of famous Hungarians taken mainly from The Hungary Page at Nobel Prize Winners and Famous Hungarians (http://www.thehungarypage.com/famous.htm). 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). However, the Wikipedia articles that they link to have their names in western order (given name followed by family name).
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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.
- Kemény János (John Kemeny) 1926 - 1922 , co-constructor of BASIC
- 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
- László Benedek (1905–1992), film director
- Curtis, Tony, American actor, son of a Hungarian immigrant
- 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 television producer
- Kovács László, cinematographer
- 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 Academy 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 Academy 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
- 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
- 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 - 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
- Soros György (George Soros), entrepreneur and one of the world's wealthiest men
- Lauder, Estee, founder of Estee Lauder cosmetics company
Social Sciences
- Kőrösi Csoma Sándor (1784 - 1842), explorer, linguist
- Lukacs, John, historian, philosopher
- Szasz, Thomas, psychiatrist
See also
External links
- Nobel Prize winners and famous Hungarians (http://www.thehungarypage.com/famous.htm)
- Hungary's Hall of Fame (http://www.hungary.com/pls/portal30/url/page/mtrt/moremain/hall_of_fame)
- Hungarian Inventors and Inventions (http://www.hpo.hu/English/feltalalok/) (at the site of the Hungarian Patent Office)
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