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.

Contents

History and politics

Artists

Composers

Scientists and inventors

Film artists

Writers

Sports

See also

External links

History and politics

★ Almásy László (1895 - 1951) desert explorer, author, and alleged Nazi collaborator; the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in Michael Ontaatje's, The English Patient

★ 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):

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★ Báthory István (1477-1534) Governor of Transylvania

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★ 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

★ Dessewffy Aurél, (1808-1842), journalist and politician

★ Fessler Ignaz Aurelius, (1756 - 1839), court councillor and minister to Alexander I

★ Gyurcsány Ferenc, (1961 -), Prime Minister (2004-)

★ Hadik Andreas (1710 - 1790) Count

★ Herzl Tivadar (1860 - 1904), journalist, modern Zionism
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★ 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)

★ Károlyi Mihály (1875 - 1955) first President of Hungary (1919)

★ Kossuth Lajos, (1802 - 1894) Regent-President of Hungary, Slovak origin

★ Kun Béla, (1886 - 1939 ?) Minister, revolutionist (1919)
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★ 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)

★ Orseolo Péter (Peter Urseolo) (1010 - 1046) second king of Hungary (1038-1041 and 1044-1046)

★ Pataki, George American, Governor of New York

★ Rákosi Mátyás (1892-1971), General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party

★ Sarkozy, Nicolas President-elect of France.

★ Sólyom László (1942 - ), President

★ Szalasi 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.

★ 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):

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★ Count Zrínyi Miklós (1508 - 1566), Hungarian militant and hero defended against Ottoman Turks.

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★ Count Zrínyi Miklós, (1620 - 1664), Hungarian warrior, statesman and poet.

Artists

★ Gyula Agghazy

★ Károly Alexy

★ Károly Antal

★ Agnes Banya Toti

★ Emil Bisttram

★ Gergely Bogányi classical pianist

★ Miklós Borsos

★ Sándor Bortnyik

★ Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

★ Gyula Donáth

★ László Dús

★ János Fadrusz

★ Béni Ferenczy

★ István Ferenczy

★ Károly Ferenczy

★ Noémi Ferenczy

★ Arpad Feszty

★ André François

★ Líviusz Gyulai

★ Istvan Horkay

★ János Horvay

★ Miklós Izsó

★ Ferenc Joachim

★ Ede Kallós

★ Zoltan Kemeny

★ Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl

★ Miklós Ligeti

★ Imre Makovecz, architect

★ Ede Margó

★ Ferenc Medgyessy

★ Lászlo Mednyánszky

★ László Moholy-Nagy

★ Noi Morei, urban artist

★ István Orosz

★ Kő Pál

★ János Pásztor

★ József Róna

★ Albert Schickedanz, architect

★ Pal Szinyei Merse

★ Mor Than

★ Janos Tornyai

★ Lajos Vajda

★ Victor Vasarely

★ Janos Viski

★ Tamás Waliczky

Composers

★ Béla Bartók

★ Ernő Dohnányi

★ Peter Eötvös

★ Zoltán Kodály

★ Franz Liszt

★ Joseph Joachim

★ Antal Dorati

★ Franz Lehar

★ Ferenc Erkel

★ Pál Kadosa

★ László Vidovszky

★ Balint Bakfark

★ Ervin Nyiregyhazi

Scientists and inventors

★ Donát Bánki

★ Zoltan Bay

★ Otto Blathy

★ Miksa Deri

★ Abraham Ganz

★ János Irinyi

★ György Jendrassik

★ Kálmán Kandó

★ Tivadar Puskas

★ Ernő Rubik

★ Kalman Tihanyi

★ Karoly Zipernowsky

★ Janos Bolyai

★ Farkas Bolyai

★ Bela Barenyi

★ Maria Telkes

★ Leo Szilard

★ Thomas Sebeok

★ Victor Szebehely

★ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

★ Lorand Eotvos

★ Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvas

★ Jozsef Szabo von Szentmiklos

★ Michael Polanyi

★ Richard Adolf Zsigmondy

★ Dennis Gabor

★ Gergely Berzeviczy

★ Janos Kornai

★ John von Neumann

★ Edward Teller

Film artists

★ Attila Dargay

★ Lajos Koltai

★ Alexander Korda

★ Vilmos Zsigmond

★ László Kovács

★ Miklos Jancso

★ Karoly Makk

★ George Pal

★ Istvan Szabo

★ Bela Tarr

★ Andrew Vajna

★ Béla Lugosi

★ Gyula Kabos

Writers

★ Bálint Balassa

★ 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

★ Sándor Petőfi

★ Dániel Berzsenyi

★ Mihály Fazekas

★ János Arany

★ Mihály Vörösmarty

★ János Batsanyi

★ András Fáy

★ Imre Madách

★ Sándor Márai

★ Mihály Babits

★ Ferenc Móra

★ Kálmán Kalocsay

★ István Gyöngyösi

★ Gáspár Nagy

★ Jozsef Nyiro

★ Geza Alfoldi

★ Lajos Fury

★ Péter Esterházy

★ Sütő András

★ Bela Kornitzer

★ Elek Benedek

Sports

★ 'The Golden Team', the famous Hungarian national football team

★ Aranyi Gábor, world's strongest man.

★ 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 17 Grand Prix, 1 point (Indianapolis GP)

★ Benedek Tibor, waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens

★ 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)

★ Arpad Elo, (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 Peter, (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
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★ 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 sixth 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

See also

★ List of Hungarian Jews

★ List of people by nationality

External links

★ Hungarian sports heroes

★ 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