List of Hungarians

The following is a list of prominent Magyars (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.

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
*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

Composers

*Béla Bartók
*Ernő Dohnányi
*Peter Eötvös
*Zoltán Kodály
*György Kurtág
*György Ligeti
*Franz Liszt
*Joseph Joachim
*Antal Dorati
*Franz Lehár
*Ferenc Erkel
*Pál Kadosa
*László Vidovszky
*Bálint Bakfark
*Ervin Nyiregyhazi

cientists and inventors

*Donát Bánki
*Zoltán Bay
*Otto Blathy
*Miksa Deri
*Paul Erdős
*Abraham Ganz
*János Irinyi
*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

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
*Edward James Olmos
*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

Writers

*Ferenc "Franz" Louis Molnár
*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

ports

* 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),one of the best football (soccer) players ever to live - along with Pele, position - center forward.
* 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
* Talmácsi Gábor (1981-), 125cc MotoGP World Champion
* Szávay Ágnes (1988-), tennis player

ee also

*List of Hungarian Jews
*List of people by nationality

External links

* [http://www.webenetics.com/hungary/olympic.htm THE HUNGARIAN PAGE]
* [http://www.thehungarypage.com/nobel.htm Hungarian Nobel Prize winners]
* [http://www.thehungarypage.com/famous.htm Nobel Prize winners and famous Hungarians]
* [http://www.hungary.com/pls/portal30/url/page/mtrt/moremain/hall_of_fame Hungary's Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.hpo.hu/English/feltalalok/ Hungarian Inventors and Inventions] (at the site of the Hungarian Patent Office)
* [http://www.european-people.com/Hungarians/Hungarians.html Hungarian People]