This is a list of famous Hungarian Americans. Many Hungarians went to the United States after the Soviet invasion in 1956 during Operation Safe Haven. Hungarian-American refers to American citizens with Hungarian ethnicity. ... Combatants Soviet Union ÁVH Hungarian government, various nationalist militias Commanders Yuri Andropov Pál Maléter, Béla Király, Gergely Pongrátz, József Dudás Strength 150,000 troops, 6,000 tanks 100,000+ demonstrators (some later armed), unknown number of soldiers Casualties 720 killed according to official... Operation Safe Haven (1957) was an refugee relocation operation executed by the United States Air Force to evacuate 15,570-21,000 of the 200,000 Hungarian refugees to the United States following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. ...

This is a list of people by state or territory of the United States States List of people from Alabama List of people from Alaska List of people from Arizona List of people from Arkansas List of people from California List of people from Colorado List of people from Connecticut... Notable African-American or Black people, other than Black Caribbeans. ... This is a list of famous Arab Americans. ... This is a list of notable Cajuns, often from the Acadiana or Greater New Orleans regions of French Louisiana, though not limited in geographic origin. ... This is a list of famous Hmong Americans. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of famous Native Americans (Indigenous peoples of the Americas). ... This is a list of notable Native Hawaiians: James Aiona, politician Daniel K. Akaka, politician Eddie Aikau, famous surfer Akebono, sumo wrestler D. G. Anderson, politician S. Haunani Apoliona, activist Donne Dawson, head of Hawaii Film Office Brickwood Galuteria, entertainer and party chairman Clayton Hee, politician Don Ho, entertainer Hoku... This is a list of Rusyn Americans. ... This is a list of famous Scots-Irish Americans. ... This is a list of famous Scottish Americans. ... This is a list of prominent Taiwanese Americans. ... This is a list of famous Welsh Americans. ...

Entertainment

Actors

• Vilma Bánky^[1]
• Drew Barrymore^[2]
• Adrien Brody
• Jamie Lee Curtis^[3]
• Tony Curtis^[4]
• Bill Dana^[5]
• Mickey Dolenz
• Eva Gabor^[6]
• Zsa Zsa Gabor^[7]
• Mariska Hargitay
• Goldie Hawn
• Kate Hudson
• David Krumholtz
• Paul Lukas
• Bela Lugosi^[8]
• Ilona Massey (née Harmassy)
• Paul Newman
• Joe Penner

Vilma Bánky (January 9, 1898 - March 18, 1991) was a Hungarian-born American silent film actress, although the early part of her acting career began in Budapest, spreading to France, Austria, and Germany. ... Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. ... Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor known for his freakishly large nose. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American film actress and an author of childrens books. ... Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, June 3, 1925) is an American film actor. ... Bill Dana Bill Dana (born October 5, 1924) is a comedian, writer, author, producer and composer, who was well-established in comedy writing before he created the character Jose Jimenez for the Steve Allen Show. ... George Michael Dolenz (born March 8, 1945), better known as Micky Dolenz, is an American actor, musician, and director. ... For other persons named Gabor, see Gabor (disambiguation). ... Zsa Zsa Gábor (born Sári Gábor on February 6, 1917)) is a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. ... Mariska[1] Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actress best known for her role as Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. ... Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. ... This article is about the actress. ... David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. ... Paul Lukas (May 26, 1887 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. ... Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp. ... Ilona Massey (July 5, 1912 - August 12, 1974) was a film, stage and radio performer. ... This article is about the American actor and race team owner. ... Joe Penner (11 November 1904 - 10 January 1941) was a 1930s-era radio and film comic and vaudevillian. ...

Filmmakers

• Nimród Antal (1973 - ) film director^[9]
• László Benedek, film director
• Gabor Csupo, animator of Rugrats and early Simpsons
• George Cukor^[10], film director
• Michael Curtiz (né Kertesz), director of Casablanca
• Frank Darabont - producer/director^[11]
• Joe Eszterhas - screenwriter^[12]
• László Kovács (cinematographer)
• Andrew Laszlo (cinematographer)
• László Marton - theatre director ^[13]
• Steven Spielberg, director ^[14]
• Andrew G. Vajna movie producer
• Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer
• Adolph Zukor, founder, Paramount Pictures

Nimród Antal [pronounced: Nimrode] (November 30, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is a U.S. film director of Hungarian ancestry. ... László Benedek (March 5. ... Gabor Csupo [gab-or tchoo-po] is a Hungarian-born animator and co-founder of Klasky Csupo, which made shows like Rugrats and Duckman. He is also a big fan of Frank Zappa, he credits the singer for helping him learn English and his collection of albums by Zappa were... A rugrat may also be a pejorative term for a toddler. ... The Simpsons. ... George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director. ... Casablanca is an Oscar-winning 1942 romance film set during World War II in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. ... Frank Darabont (born on January 28, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. ... Josef Eszterhas (born November 23, 1944) is a controversial Hungarian-American writer, best known for his screenplays for the films Basic Instinct and Showgirls. ... This article is about the cinematographer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Andrew George Vajna (born August 1, 1944) is a Hungarian film producer, originally from Budapest. ... Vilmos Zsigmond (born June 16, 1930) is a Hungarian-American cinematographer. ... Cukor Adolf (Adolph Zukor) (January 7, 1873–June 10, 1976) was the founder of Paramount Pictures Studios, and one of the greatest film moguls of all time. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...

Sportspeople

• Larry Csonka - football player^[15]
• Ladislas Farago - journalist^[16]
• Nick Fazekas – basketball player^[17]
• Lou Groza
• John Horvath - Pole Vaulter
• Mickey Hargitay - bodybuilder, father of Mariska Hargitay (above)^[18]
• Tim Howard - soccer player^[19]
• Al Hrabosky - baseball player^[20]
• Karch Kiraly - volleyball player^[21]
• Bernie Kosar - football player^[22]
• Jack Lengyel - football coach
• Joe Namath - football player^[23]
• Abraham Wyschogrod-chessmaster
• Charles Nagy - baseball player
• Monica Seles - tennis player^[24]
• Don Shula - football coach^[25]
• Joe Theismann - former football player turned broadcaster

The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Ladislas Farago was a journalist who published a number of popular books on history and espionage, especially concerning the World War II era. ... Nick Fazekas (born June 17, 1985 in Arvada, Colorado) is a prominent collegiate-level basketball player at the University of Nevada, Reno. ... Louis Roy Groza (January 25, 1924 - November 29, 2000) was an American football placekicker who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other persons named Tim Howard, see Tim Howard (disambiguation). ... Alan Thomas Hrabosky (born July 21, 1949 in Oakland, California) was a Major League Baseball player from 1970 to 1982 for the St. ... Karch in his trademark pink cap attacks the ball at the 2005 Boulder Open. ... Bernard Joseph Kosar, Jr. ... Jack Lengyel is a software executive and former sports official. ... Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943), also known as Broadway Joe, was an American football Hall of Fame quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League during the 1960s and 1970s. ... Charles Harrison Nagy (born on May 5, 1967 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a former MLB all-star baseball player — a right-handed pitcher. ... Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a former world No. ... Donald Francis Shula (born January 4, 1930 in Grand River, Ohio) is a former professional football coach for the National Football League. ... Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA), is a former American football quarterback in the NFL. He was born to an Austrian father, Joseph John Theismann and a Hungarian mother, Olga Tobias and was raised in South River, New Jersey. ...

Scientists

• Peter Carl Goldmark, engineer
• Paul Halmos, mathematician
• Stevan Harnad, scientist
• John George Kemeny, scientist
• Nicholas Kurti, physicist
• Cornelius Lanczos, physicist
• Peter Lax, Mathematician
• László Lovász, Mathematician
• George Andrew Olah, Chemist
• Charles Simonyi, computer developer
• Gábor Szegő, mathematician
• Victor Szebehely - scientist^[26]
• Albert Szent-Györgyi, biologist and polymath
• Leo Szilard, physicist^[27]
• Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb ^[28]
• Georg von Békésy, biophysicist
• Theodore von Kármán, scientist
• John von Neumann, computer scientist^[29]
• Eugene Wigner, quantum physicist, Nobel Prize (1963)

Peter Carl Goldmark (December 2, 1906 – December 7, 1977) was a Hungarian-born, American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph discs which defined home audio for two generations. ... Paul Halmos Paul Richard Halmos (March 3, 1916 — October 2, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician who wrote on probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces), and mathematical logic. ... Professor Stevan Harnad Professor Stevan Harnad (Hernád István, Hesslein István) - born in Budapest - is a Hungarian-born cognitive scientist. ... John George Kemeny (Kemény János) (May 31, 1926–December 26, 1992), U.S. computer scientist and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas Eugene Kurtz. ... Professor Nicholas Kurti (Hungarian: Kürti Miklós) FRS (May 14, 1908- November 24, 1998) was a Hungarian-born physicist. ... Lanczos redirects here. ... Peter David Lax (born May 1,1926) is a highly-respected mathematician working in the areas of mathematics. ... László Lovász (1948-) is a Hungarian mathematician, known for work in combinatorics, for which he was in 1999 awarded a Wolf Prize. ... George Andrew Olah (born May 22, 1927, Budapest, Hungary, as Oláh György) is a Hungarian-born American chemist. ... Charles Simonyi (Hungarian: Simonyi Károly; born September 10, 1948, Budapest) is a computer software executive who, as head of Microsofts application software group, oversaw the creation of Microsofts flagship office applications. ... Gábor SzegÅ‘ (January 20, 1895 - August 7, 1985) was a Hungarian mathematician. ... Victor G. Szebehely (1921 - September 13, 1997) was a key figure in the development and success of the Apollo program. ... Albert Szent-Györgyi at the time of his appointment to the National Institutes of Health Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. ... Leó Szilárd (right) working with Albert Einstein. ... Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Austria-Hungary-born American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... Békésy won a Nobel Prize in 1961 for his research on the workings of the inner ear. ... Theodore von Kármán (SzÅ‘llÅ‘skislaki Kármán Tódor) (May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was an engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics during the seminal era in the 1940s and 1950s. ... For other persons named John Neumann, see John Neumann (disambiguation). ... Eugene Wigner Eugene Paul Wigner (Hungarian Wigner Pál JenÅ‘) (November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian physicist and mathematician who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and...

Writers/Editors/Journalists

• Csaba Csere, technical director and editor of Car and Driver
• Elie Wiesel, concentration camp survivor
• Kati Marton - author^[30]
• Joseph Pulitzer - publisher^[31]

Csaba Csere (pronounced ; in American transliteration Chubba Chedda) is a Hungarian - American former technical director and the current editor-in-chief of Car and Driver. ... Cover of Car and Driver from age of psychedelic lettering Car and Driver is an American automotive enthusiast magazine. ... Eliezer Wiesel KBE (commonly known as Elie Wiesel, born September 30, 1928)[1] is a Romanian-born French-Jewish novelist, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... Kati Marton (b. ... Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer (April 18, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating yellow journalism. ...

Artists

• Maurice Ascalon, sculptor and industrial designer
• Marcel Breuer, furniture designer
• László Moholy-Nagy, painter
• Sylvia Plachy - photographer^[32]

Maurice Ascalon at the Duomo di Milano in Italy circa 1934 Maurice Ascalon hammering The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler of the Soil for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair Maurice Ascalons The Scholar, The Laborer, and The Toiler of the Soil copper relief sculpture. ... Marcel Breuer Marcel Lajos Breuer (May 21, 1902 Pécs, Hungary – July 1, 1981 New York City), architect and furniture designer, was an influential modernist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sylvia Plachy is photographer. ...

Musicians/Composers

• Béla Bartók, composer
• Zoltán Kocsis, composer
• Eugene Ormandy - conductor^[33]
• Keith Jarrett, jazz and classical pianist and composer
• Tommy Ramone - member of the Ramones^[34]
• Miklós Rózsa, film score composer ^[35]
• Paul Simon, singer/songwriter, Hungarian parents
• Gene Simmons, Singer/bassist/ rock band KISS: Hungarian mother
• Mark Knopfler and David Knopfler of Dire Straits
• Gene Kardos, Big Band leader of the 1930s
• Mike Shinoda, member of Linkin Park (mother is of Hungarian descent)

Béla Bartók in 1927 Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. ... Zoltán Kocsis (born May 30, 1952) is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer. ... Eugene Ormandy (November 18, 1899, Budapest, Hungary – March 12, 1985, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an eminent American orchestral conductor. ... For other persons named Keith Jarrett, see Keith Jarrett (disambiguation). ... Tommy Ramone (born Tamás Erdélyi, January 29, 1952 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-American record producer and drummer. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Miklós Rózsa (IPA: ) or Miklos Rozsa (April 18, 1907 - July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-born composer, best known for his film scores, most notably the score to the 1959 epic Ben-Hur. ... Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career. ... Chaim Witz (חיים וויץ), (born August 25, 1949 in Haifa, Israel), better known by his stage name Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American hard rock bass guitarist and vocalist. ... Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ... David Knopfler (born December 27, 1952 in Glasgow) is a Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... Michael Kenji Shinoda (born February 11, 1977)[1][2] is an American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. ... Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. ...

Politicians

• Chris Gabrielli, Massachusetts candidate for governor.
• Joseph Gaydos, former Pennsylvania congressman
• Fiorello H. LaGuardia, former mayor of New York City (Hungarian mother)
• Tom Lantos - congressman from California^[36]
• George Pataki - Politician; father is half-Hungarian on grand-mother side and half-Greek^[37]
• Mark Singel, former Pennsylvania Lt. Governor

Chris Gabrielli is businessman and American politician. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Joseph Matthew Gaydos (Born July 3, 1926) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... LaGuardia redirects here. ... Thomas Peter Tom Lantos, Ph. ... George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who was the 57th Governor of New York serving from January 1995 until January 1, 2007. ... Mark Stephen Singel (born September 13, 1953 in Westmont, Pennsylvania) served as the Democratic lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1995 under Robert P. Casey, Sr. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ...

Other

HUBA WASS, US general

• Gary Brolsma, The Numa Numa Guy
• Steven Brust, writer
• Magda Gabor, entertainer
• Harry Houdini, escape artist
• Hirsch Jacobs, racehorse owner and trainer
• Chris Jansing, newscaster
• Michael (Mike) Király, academic, author and philanthropist
• Calvin Klein, World famous fashion designer
• Alex Koroknay-Palicz, executive director of National Youth Rights Association^[38]
• Ernie Kovacs, entertainer
• Eugene Lang, philanthropist^[39]
• George Pál, animator
• Laszlo Rabel, United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• George Soros, speculator, investor, philanthropist, political activist
• Thomas Szasz, Psychiatry professor
• Ferenc A. Váli, lawyer, author, political analyst
• Roland Wank, architect
• Micheal Wyschogrod, Theologan

Gary Brolsma (The Numa Numa Guy) (born January 14, 1986 in Saddle Brook, New Jersey). ... New York Times article (26 February 2005) about Gary Brolsma and the Numa Numa dance. ... Steven Brust in 2004 at Minicon 39 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Magda Gabor Magda Gabor (June 11, 1915 - June 6, 1997) was a Hungarian-American entertainer born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (modern day Hungary). ... “Houdini” redirects here. ... Hirsch Jacobs (April 8, 1904 - February 23, 1970) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner. ... Chris Jansing (Born Christine Kapostasy on January 30, 1956), the youngest of 12 children of Greek descent, Jansing hails from Fairport Harbor, Ohio. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Alex Koroknay-Palicz (born July 2, 1981) is an American activist. ... NYRA logo The National Youth Rights Association is the largest Youth Rights group in the United States, with several thousand members. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Eugene M. Lang or Gene Lang (In Hungarian: Láng Jenő) (New York City, 1919–) is a Hungarian-American philanthropist who founded REFAC Technology Development Corporation in 1951. ... George Pál in 1979 George Pal (February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) (birth name: Györgi Pál Marczincsák) was a Hungarian-born animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre. ... Laszlo Rabel (September 21, 1937 or 1939[1] – November 13, 1968) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States militarys highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. ... George Soros (pronounced ) [Shorosh] (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist. ... Szasz redirects here. ... Professor Ferenc A. Váli (May 25, 1905 - November 19, 1984) was a Hungarian lawyer, author, and political analyst specialising in International Law. ... Roland Wank Roland Wank (1898–1970) was a Hungarian modernist architect, best known for his work for the Tennessee Valley Authority in the United States. ...

See also

• List of Hungarians
• List of people of Hungarian origin
• Hungarian Canadians
• Manhattan hungarian network or Manhattan Hungarian Network

The following is a list of prominent Magyars (Hungarians), the majority of whom grew to be famous within Hungary rather than abroad. ... The following is a list of famous 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. ... Notable Hungarian Canadians People Andrew Telegdi - Liberal MP Waterloo 1993- Alanis Morissette - Musician Categories: Ethnic groups of Canada ... The Manhattan Hungarian Network (MHN) is a non-profit organization that was founded in New York City in 2003 by young professionals for young professionals with ties to and interest in Hungary and its culture. ...

References

Footnotes