Famous Hungarians

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Land Area	89,608 km²
Water Area	3,420 km²
Total Area	93,028km² (#108)
Population	9,874,784 (#90)
Population Density	110.20/km²
Government Type	Parliamentary Republic
GDP (PPP)	$268.00 Billion
GDP Per Capita	$27,200
Currency	Forint (HUF)
More Information	Hungary
Largest Cities	Budapest (1,741,041) Debrecen (204,124) Miskolc (172,637) Szeged (164,883) Pecs (156,649) Budapest XI. keruelet (139,049) Gyor (128,265) Budapest III. keruelet (123,723) Budapest XIV. keruelet (120,148) Nyiregyhaza (116,298) View all cities in Hungary

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People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.

L

I. Lajos (Nagy Lajos) I Louis, king of Hungary
Kossuth Lajos lawyer, former Regent-President
Cornelius Lanczos mathematician, physicist
Sebestyen Tinodi Lantos lyricist, poet
Paul Laszlo architect
Franz Lehar composer
Imi Lichtenfeld martial artist, founded Krav Maga self-defense
Franz Liszt composer, pianist, conductor, teacher
Johann Lowenthal chess player
Paul Lukas actor

M

Imre Madach author, poet
Zoltan Magyar horse gymnast, Olympic medalist
Karoly Makk film director, screenwriter
Imre Makovecz architect
Ede Margo sculptor, artist
Csaba Markus artist, painter, sculptor
Geza Maroczy chess grandmaster
Eva Marton soprano
Zsuzsa Mathe artist
Laszlo Mednyanszky artist
Pal Szinyei Merse artist, politician
Karolyi Mihaly former prime minister and president
Horthy Miklos navy admiral, regent of kingdom
Jozsef Mindszenty former cardinal, former head of the Roman Catholic church in Hungary
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy painter, photographer
Ferenc "Franz" Louis Molnar dramatist, novelist
Zsigmond Moricz novelist, social realist

N - O

Janos Negyesy violinist
Ervin Nyiregyhazi pianist
George Andrew Olah chemist
Henrietta Onodi gymnast, Olympic medalist
Istvan Orosz painter, graphic designer

P

George Pal animator, film producer
Laszlo Papp boxer, Olympic medalist
Gabriel Pascal film producer, director
Janes Pasztor sculptor
Gyorgy Pauk violinist
Andras Petocz writer, poet
Sandor Petofi poet, revolutionary
Judit Polgar chess grandmaster
Laszlo Polgar opera singer
Zsofia Polgar chess grandmaster
Zsuzsa Polgar chess grandmaster
Lajos Portisch chess grandmaster
Tivadar Puskas inventor of telephone exchange

R

Miklos Radnoyi poet
Agnes Rapai writer, poet, translator
Fritz Reiner conductor
Jeno Rejto jornalist, author, playwright
Eduard Remenyi violinist
Gabor Reviczky actor
Ferenc Rofusz animator, filmmaker
Erno Rubik inventor of Rubik's cube

S

Thomas Sebeok semiotician, linguist
Henriett Seth F autistic savant poet, writer, artist
Charles Simonyi computer software executive
Georg Solti conductor
Mihael Somogyi biochemistry professor
George Soros financier, political activist
Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl sculptor, artist
Istvan Szabo film director
Laszlo Szabo chess grandmaster
Lorinc Szabo poet, literary translator
Magda Szabo author
Agnes Szavay tennis player
Victor Szebehely developor Apollo space program
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi physiologist, discovered vitamin C, nobel laureate
Laszlo Szlavics, Jr. sculptor, medalist

T

Gabor Talmacis motorcycle racer
Bela Tarr film director
Valentine Telegdi physicist
Maria Telkes scientist, inventor
Kalman Tihanyi inventor, engineer, physicist
Herzl Tivadar writer, politician
Janos Tornyai artist

V - Z

Lajos Vajda artist
Andrew Vajna film producer
Victor Vasarely artist
Janos Vaszary artist
Laszlo Vidovszky composer, pianist
Mihaly Vorosmarty poet, dramatist
Eugene Wigner physicist, mathematician
Vilmos Zsigmond cinematographer
Nikola Zrinski solider, nobleman

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