list of hungarians

The following is a list of famous 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. In Hungarian, the family name comes first, and the given name (or "first name") goes second. For example Janos Bolyai (English order) was born as Bolyai Jnos, and Bolyai is his family name. The names below are listed in Hungarian order with some exceptions, most frequently for entertainers' names (e.g., Harry Houdini, the Gabor sisters) and names of ethnic Hungarians born outside of Hungarian areas (e.g., the U.S.-born Karch Kiraly). However, the Wikipedia articles that they link to have their names in the English order (given name followed by family name).

Math and Sciences

Bnki Dont (1859 - 1922), engineer.
Bksy Gyrgy (1899 - 1972) (Georg von Bksy), Nobel-prize winning biophysicist for research on the ear
Blthy Ott Titusz (1860 - 1939), engineer.
Bolyai Jnos (1802 - 1860), mathematician, dicoverer of non-Euclidean geometry.
Dri Miksa (1854 - 1938), engineer.
Erdős Pl (Paul Erds) (1913 - 1996), mathematician.
Gbor Dnes (Dennis Gabor) (1900 - 1979), Nobel-prize winner physicist, inventor of holography.
Gyarmati Istvn (1929 - 2002), physicist
Hernd Istvn (Stevan Harnad) (1945 - ), cognitive scientist and academic publishing reformer
Holln Ernő (1824 - 1900), engineer.
Kand Klmn (1869 - 1931), engineer.
Krmn Tdor (1881 - 1963), engineer.
Lakatos Imre (1922-1974), philosopher of mathematics and of science
Lovsz Lszl (1948 - ), Wolf-prize-winning mathematician, now collaborant of Microsoft Research Center
Mrő Lszl (1949 - ), mathematician, research psychologist, game-theorist
Moll Kroly (1889 - 1982), balneologist
Neumann Jnos (John von Neumann) (1903 - 1957), mathematician.
Polnyi Mihly (Michael Polanyi) (1891 - 1976) polymath.
Rubik Ernő (1944 - ), inventor of Rubik's cube.
Semmelweis Ignc (1818 - 1865), physician.
Charles Simonyi (1948 - ), computer scientist; father of Hungarian notation
Szegő Gbor (Gbor Szeg) (1895 - 1985), mathematician
Szent-Gyrgyi Albert (1893 - 1986), medical biochemist, Nobel Prize winner in 1937.
Szilrd Le (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 Kroly (1853 - 1942), engineer.
Pusks Tivadar (1844 - 1893), inventor of the telephone exchange.

Arts, Entertainment and Literature

see List of Hungarian writers

Batsnyi Jnos (1763 - 1845), poet
Bajza Jzsef (1804 - 1858) poet and critic
Jaid Barrymore, actress
Bartk Bla (1881 - 1945), composer.
Curtis, Tony, American, actor
Darvas Gbor, composer
Etvs Jzsef, writer and statesman
Erkel Ferenc, composer, father of Hungarian grand opera and the national anthem of H.
William Fox, founder of Fox studios
va Gbor, actress
Magda Gbor, actress
Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress
Harry Houdini (born Weiss Erik), magician
Jzsef Attila (1905 - 1937), poet
Kalocsay Klmn (1891 - 1976) is one of the foremost figures in the history Esperanto literature
Kertsz Imre, writer, Nobel Prize winner in 2002.
Kishon Ferenc (1924 - )writer
Kocsis Zoltn, pianist and conductor.
Kodly Zoltn, composer.
Korda Sndor (Alexander Korda), producer
Kovcs Lszl, cinematographer and multiple Oscar award winner
Ernie Kovacs, actor and innovative televison producer
Paul Laszlo, architect and furniture designer
Lehr Ferenc, composer
Ligeti Gyrgy (1923 - ) composer
Liszt Ferenc, composer (also known as Franz Liszt).
Lomb Kat (1909 - 2003) interpreter, translator, language genius
Peter Lorre (born Lwenstein Lszl), actor
Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956) (born Blask Bla Ferenc Dezső), actor
Sebestyn Mrta, singer
Mikes Gyrgy (George Mikes) (1912 - 1987), writer
George Pl, producer, inventor of stop-motion animation and multiple Oscar award winner
Sndor Petfi, poet (1823 - 1849).
Pulitzer Jzsef (Joseph Pulitzer) (1847 - 1911) publisher and founder of Pulitzer Prize
Mtys Seiber, composer
Szab Istvn, director
Szerb Antal (1901 - 1945) scholar and writer
George Tabori (born 1914), writer and theatre director
Victor Vasarely (born Vasarely Viktor), painter
Elie Wiesel, author and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer and multiple Oscar award winner
Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount Pictures; produced first full-length motion picture
Andrew Vajna, (1944 - )producer, Hollywood legend: president of Cinergi Productions, co-founder of Carolco Pictures;

Sports

Annus Adrin, hammer thrower
Benedek Tibor, waterpolo player, olympic champion: 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens
Darnyi Tams, swimmer (four Olympic gold medals)
Egerszegi Krisztina, swimmer (five Olympic gold medals)
Elek Ilona, fencer (Olympic gold before and after World War II)
Gerevich Aladr, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
Gyarmati Dezső, water polo player (triple Olympic champion)
Hajs Alfrd (born Arnold Guttmann), swimmer (double Olympic champion) and architect
Hargitay Mikls, bodybuilder and actor
Krolyi Bla (1942 - ), premier gymnastics coach (ethnic Hungarian born in Romania, now United States citizen)
Kovcs Pl, fencer (six Olympic gold medals)
Lk Pter (1979 - ), chess player, currently ranked sixth of the world
Papp Lszl, boxer (triple Olympic champion)
Polgr Judit (1976 - ), chess player
Pusks Ferenc (1927 - ), football player, center forward.

History and Politics

List of Hungarian rulers

Tams Andrs Hungarian World War II prisoner who was found in a Russian mental hospital in the 1990s and returned to Hungary after 55 years.
Andrssy Gyula (1823 - 1890), statesman
Antall Jzsef (1932 - 1993), Prime Minister (1990-1993)
Bakcz Tams (1442 - 1521), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
Baross Gbor (1848 - 1892) statesman
Bthory Erzsbet (1560 - 1614), "serial killer" countess
Bthory Istvn (Stephen Bthory):

Bthory Istvn (1477-1534) Governor of Transylvania
Bthory Istvn (1533-1586) Prince of Transylvania and King of Poland

Bthory Zsigmond (1572-1613), prince of Transylvania
Bethy dn, (1796 - 1854), Hungarian deputy and orator
Herzl Tivadar (1860 - 1904), journalist, modern Zionism
Horthy Mikls (1868 - 1957), admiral and regent. (1920-1944)
I. Istvn (Stephen I) (975 - 1038) first Hungarian king
Kroly Rbert (Charles I) (1288 - 1342) king of Hungary (1308-1342)
Mihly Krolyi (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)
Mdl Ferenc (1931 - ) President
Medgyessy Pter (1942 - ), Prime Minister (2002-2004)
Mindszenty Jzsef (1892 - 1975), cardinal, convicted by communist government
Nagy Imre (1896 - 1958), Prime Minister (1956)
Nmeth Mikls (1948 - ), Prime Minister (1988-)
Orbn Viktor (1963 - ), Prime Minister (1998-2002)
Gbor Sndi (1950 - ), Bureaucrat
Pataki, George American, Governor of New York
Orseolo Pter (Peter Urseolo) (1010 - 1046) second king of Hungary (1038-1041 and 1044-1046)
Szchenyi Istvn, (1791 - 1860)
Count Istvan Tisza (1861-1918) Hungarian Prime Minister 1903-1905 & 1913-17.
Tőks Lszl (1952 - ), ethnically Hungarian Methodist pastor in Romania who helped trigger the revolution that overthrew Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989
Count Zrnyi Mikls (Miklos Zrinyi, or Nikola Zrinski):

Count Zrnyi Mikls (1508 - 1566), Hungarian militant and hero defended against Ottoman Turks.
Count Zrnyi Mikls, (1620 - 1664), Hungarian warrior, statesman and poet.