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Encyclopedia > 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. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hungarian may refer to: Hungary or the Kingdom of Hungary. ... This is a list of famous Hungarian Americans. ... This is a list of famous Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary, organised by country of birth. ...

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History and politics

Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Statue of Count László Almásy at the Hungarian Geographical Museum in Érd. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (born 12 September 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film, The English Patient. ... This article is about the book. ... Gyula, Count Andrássy (Andrássy Gyula in Hungarian) (March 8, 1823 - February 18, 1890) was a Hungarian statesman. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... József Jr. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Tamás Bakócz (1442 – June 15, 1521), Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. ... Events The community of Rauma, Finland was granted its town rights. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. ... Gábor Baross (1848—1892), Hungarian statesman, was born at Trenčín on the 6th of July 1848, and educated at Esztergom. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Soros redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Stephen Báthory (Báthory István in Hungarian) (1477-1534) was a Hungarian noble and loyal adherent of King John Zápolya of Hungary. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... 1534 (MDXXXIV) was a common year in the 16th century. ... This article is about the region in Romania. ... Reign From December 9, 1575 until December 12, 1586 Elected On December 9, 1575 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On May 1, 1576 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Noble Family Bathory Parents Stephen Bathory Catherine Telegdi Consorts Anna Jagiellonka Children none Date of Birth September... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... This article is about the region in Romania. ... Poland was ruled by dukes (c. ... Sigismund Bathory (1572-1613) (Báthory Zsigmond in Hungarian), Prince of Transylvania and of the Holy Roman Empire, was the son of Christopher, prince of Transylvania, and nephew of the Stefan Batory, elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ... January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... This article is about the region in Romania. ... Ödön Beöthy, (1796-1854), Hungarian deputy and orator, was born in Oradea, his father being a retired officer and deputy lord-lieutenant of the county of Bihar. ... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Count Aurél Dessewffy (1808-1842), Hungarian journalist and politician, eldest son of Count Jozsef Dessewffy and Eleonora Sztaray, was born at Nagymihály, county Zemplén, Hungary. ... Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Ignaz Aurelius Fessler (May 18, 1756 - December 15, 1839), Hungarian ecclesiastic, politician, historian and freemason, was born in the village of Zurány in the county of Moson. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Andreas Graf Hadik (Count Hadik von Futak) (October 16, 1710 - March 12, 1790), Hungarian Count of Futak, commander of an Austrian army corps in the Seven Years War under Prince Charles of Lorraine. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Year 1790 (MDCCXC) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Theodor Herzl, in his middle age. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Horthy redirects here. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Saint Stephen I (Hungarian: , Latin: , Slovak: , German: ; Esztergom, c. ... Events Coronation of King Edward the Martyr Births Deaths July 8 Edgar of England Categories: 975 ... Events Independent declaration of Western Xia. ... Charles I of Hungary Charles I of Hungary (Anjou France 1288 or 1291–Visegrád, Hungary July 16, 1342), also called Charles Robert, Carobert and Charles I Robert, was the king of Hungary from August 27, 1310. ... Events February 22 - Nicholas IV becomes Pope. ... Events May - Pope Clement VI elected John III Comnenus becomes emperor of Trebizond Louis becomes king of Sicily and duke of Athens Constantine IV becomes king of Armenia Patriarch of Antioch transferred to Damascus under Ignatius II Kitzbühel becomes part of Tyrol Louis I becomes king of Hungary Births... Count Mihály Adam Georg Nikolaus Károlyi von Nagykárolyi (March 4, 1875-March 20, 1955) was briefly Hungarys leader in 1918-19 during an ill-fated spell of democracy. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Lajos Kossuth Lajos Louis Kossuth [] (Monok, September 19, 1802–Turin, March 20, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1849. ... Year 1802 (MDCCCII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Béla Kun Béla Kun (born Béla Kohn) (February 20, 1886, in Szilágycseh, today Cehu Silvaniei, Transylvania, Romania, died August 29, 1938 in the Soviet Union) was a Hungarian Communist politician, who ruled Hungary for a brief period in 1919. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis the Great. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359) Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discovers through a vision that she is the human incarnation of the goddess Aradia. ... Year 1382 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Cardinal József Mindszenty (pronounced yor-zhef meend-sen-tee) (March 29, 1892 – May 6, 1975) was a Hungarian Cardinal and steadfast opponent of the Hungarian communist regime. ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Imre Nagy. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... Jan. ... 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. ... This article is about the state. ... Portrait of Mátyás Rákosi Mátyás Rákosi (born March 14, 1892 as Mátyás Rosenfeld –February 5, 1971) was a Hungarian politician and the leader of Hungary from 1945 to 1956 through his post as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party. ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Ferenc Szálasi Ferenc Szálasi (January 6, 1897-March 12, 1946) was a Fascist and the Prime Minister of Hungary during the final days of Hungarys participation in World War II. Born the son of a soldier in Kassa, Szálasi followed in his fathers footsteps and... Count István Széchenyi, in Hungarian: Gróf Széchenyi István, born in Vienna, 21 September 1791 and died in Döbling, 8 April 1860. ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... István Fürst Tisza von Borosjenö (1861-1918) was a Hungarian politician. ... László TÅ‘kés, (born April 1, 1952), is an ethnic Hungarian citizen of Romania, now bishop of the Reformed Church District of Királyhágómellék, Transylvania, Romania and President of the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania (Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Nemzeti Tanács). An effort to... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... Nicolae CeauÅŸescu (IPA , in English, sometimes (and erroneously) ) (January 26, 1918–December 25, 1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until December 1989, when a revolution and coup removed him from power. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Nikola Šubić Zrinski or Miklós Zrínyi, (1508-1566), Croatian and Hungarian hero, member of the Zrinski noble family. ... 1508 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... Szigetvár (Croatian: , Serbian: or Sigetvar) is a town in Baranya County in southern Hungary. ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1683, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–1365) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (1453–1922) Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 (first) Osman I  - 1918–22 (last) Mehmed VI Grand Viziers  - 1320... See Nicholas Šubić Zrinski for the great grandfather. ... Year 1620 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ...

Artists

Main article: List of Hungarian painters
Main article: List of Hungarian sculptors

This is an incomplete list of Hungarian painters. ... This is an incomplete list of Hungarian sculptors. ... Gyula Aggházy (1850, Dombóvár - 1919, Budapest) was a Hungarian painter and teacher. ... Sculpture of Lajos Battyhany created in 1848 Károly Alexy(1823, Poprad - 1880, Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor. ... Károly Antal(1909 - 1982, Budapest) was a twentieth century Hungarian sculptor. ... Miklós Borsos Miklós Borsos(1906 - 1990) was a twentieth century Hungarian sculptor. ... Sándor Bortnyik (1893 – 1976) Hungarian painter, graphic designer. ... Csontváry Kosztka Tivadar [] (1853-1919) was a Hungarian painter. ... Gyula Donáth Gyula Donáth(1850 Pest - 1909 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor. ... János Fadrusz János Fadrusz(1858 Pozsony - 1903 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor. ... Béni Ferenczy Béni Ferenczy(1890 Szentendre - 1967 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor and graphic artist. ... István Ferenczy(1792 Rimaszombat - 1856 Rimaszombat) was a nineteenth century Hungarian sculptor. ... A detail of Árpád Feszty and assistants vast (over 8000 m²) canvas, painted to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the Magyar conquest of Hungary, now displayed at Ópusztaszer National Memorial Site in Hungary Árpád Feszty (December 24, 1856 - June 1, 1914) was a Hungarian painter. ... János Horvay (29 May, 1873 - 19 November, 1944) was a Hungarian sculptor, who earned reputation with his statues about Lajos Kossuth, leader of the Hungarian national uprising in 1848-49. ... Miklós Izsó(1831 Disznóshorvát - 1875 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor. ... Ede Kallós(1866 Hódmezővásárhely - 1950 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor. ... Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl(1884 Alsórajk - 1975 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. ... Miklós Ligeti(1871 Pest - 1944 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. ... Imre Makovecz, born November 20, 1935 in Budapest, Hungary, is a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward. ... A statue of Kossuth completed by Margo in the Zamadi chapel in 1910 Ede Margó(1871 Pest - 1944 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. ... Baron Ladislaus Josephus Balthasar Eustachius Mednyánszky (23rd April 1852 - 19th April 1919), commonly referred to by his Hungarian birth name, László Mednyánszky, or his Slovakian name, Ladislav Medňanský, was a Hungarian-Slovakian painter in the Impressionist tradition. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... János Pásztor (1881, Gyoma - 1945, Budapest) was a renown Hungarian academic sculptor in the first decades of the 20th century. ... József Róna(1861 Lovasberény - 1939 Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. ... Albert Schickedanz (October 14, 1846 - July 11, 1915) was a Hungarian architect and painter in the Eclectic style. ... Pál Szinyei Merse, by Wilhelm Leibl, 1869. ... The Feast of Attila by Mór Than (1870), at the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest Mór Than was a Hungarian painter (1828 Óbecse/Bečej – 1899). ... Hungarian Painter. ... Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Győző) (9 April 1906, Pécs - 15 March 1997, Paris) was a French Hungarian-born artist often acclaimed as the father of Op-art. ...

Composers

Bartok redirects here. ... Ernő Dohnányi, also known as Ernst von Dohnányi or Dohnányi Ernő (July 27, 1877 – February 9, 1960) was a Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist. ... Peter Eötvös (born 1944) is a composer and conductor. ... Zoltán Kodály (IPA: ), (pronunciation, Zol-tan Kod-eye) (November 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist and philosopher. ... György Kurtág (born February 19, 1926) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary music. ... “Ligeti” redirects here. ... Liszt redirects here. ... Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (June 28, 1831 – August 15, 1907) (pronounced YO-a-chim) was a violinist, conductor, composer and teacher. ... Antal Dor ti (April 9, 1906 - November 13, 1988) was a conductor and composer. ... Lehár Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, mainly known for his operettas. ... Ferenc Erkel (November 7, 1810, Gyula - June 25, 1893, Budapest) was a Hungarian composer. ... Pál Kadosa (1903–1983) was a leading Hungarian composer of the post Bartók generation. ... László Vidovszky (b. ... Bálint Bakfark (1507–August 15 or August 22, 1576) (His name is variously spelled as Bachfarrt, Backvart, Bekwark, and occasionally his first name is rendered as Valentin) was a Hungarian composer and lutenist of the Renaissance. ... Ervin Nyíregyházi (Budapest, 19 January 1903 – Los Angeles, 8 August 1987) was a Hungarian-born American pianist. ...

Scientists and inventors

Donát Bánki (1859-1922) was a Hungarian mechanical engineer, inventor of (among many other things) the carburetor. ... Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900 – 1992) was a Hungarian physicist. ... Miksa Déri (1854 - 1938), was a Hungarian electrical engineer, co-inventor of the transformer and the ZBD model AC electrical generator. ... Paul ErdÅ‘s (Hungarian: ErdÅ‘s Pál, in English occasionally Paul Erdos or Paul Erdös, March 26, 1913 – September 20, 1996), was an immensely prolific (and famously eccentric) Hungarian-born mathematician. ... Ábrahám Ganz (November 6, 1815, Unter-Embrach - December 15, 1867, Pest) was a Swiss-born Hungarian iron manufacturer, machine and technical engineer, father of the Ganz companies. ... External links János Irinyi ... György Jendrassik (1898-1954) was born in Budapest, Hungary. ... Kálmán Kandó (Kandó Kálmán) (July 10, 1869 - January 13, 1931, Budapest) Hungarian engineer. ... Tivadar Puskás (17 September 1844 - 16 March 1893) was a Hungarian inventor, telephone pioneer, inventor of the telephone exchange. ... ErnÅ‘ Rubik ErnÅ‘ Rubik (born July 13, 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor of architecture. ... Kálmán Tihanyi (April 28, 1897 - February 26, 1947), was a Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. ... Károly Zipernowsky (1853 Vienna - 1942 Budapest), was a Hungarian electrical engineer. ... 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. ... János Bolyai (December 15, 1802–January 27, 1860) was a Hungarian mathematician. ... Farkas Bolyai (February 9, 1775 - November 20, 1856, also known as Wolfgang Bolyai in Germany) was a Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in Geometry. ... Béla Barényi (1 March 1907–30 May 1997) is regarded as the father of passive safety in automobiles. ... Mária Telkes Mária Telkes (1900 - 1995) was a Hungarian-American scientist and inventor who worked on solar energy technologies. ... Leó Szilárd (right) and Albert Einstein re-enact the signing of the famous letter to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ... Thomas Albert Sebeok (born in Budapest, Hungary, on November 9, 1920, died December 21, 2001 in Bloomington, Indiana) was one of the most prolific and wide-ranging of US semioticians. ... 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. ... Image:Lorand Eotvos. ... Baron Nopcsa Baron Franz Nopcsa von FelsÅ‘-Szilvás (also Baron Nopcsa, Ferenc Nopcsa, Nopcsa Ferenc, Baron Franz Nopcsa, and Franz Baron Nopcsa) (May 3, 1877 to April 25, 1933) was a Hungarian-born aristocrat, adventurer, scholar, and paleontologist. ... Jozsef Szabo von Szentmiklos (14 March 1822-12 April 1894), Hungarian geologist, was born at Kalocsa, on 14 March 1822. ... Michael Polanyi (born Polányi Mihály) (March 11, 1891 – February 22, 1976) was a Hungarian–British polymath whose thought and work extended across physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. ... Richard Zsigmondy Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (April 1, 1865 in Vienna, Austrian Empire (now Austria) - September 23, 1929 in Göttingen, Germany) was an Austrian-German chemist of Hungarian ancestry who studied colloids. ... Dennis Gabor (Gábor Dénes) (June 5, 1900, Budapest – February 9, 1979, London) was a Hungarian physicist and inventor who is most notable for inventing holography. ... Gergely Berzeviczy Gergely Berzeviczy berzeviczei és kakaslomniczi (Hungarian: Berzeviczy Gergely, Slovak Gregor (or Juraj) Berzevici (or Berzeviczy), German Gregor Berzeviczy) (June 15, 1763, Kakaslomnic, today Veľká Lomnica - February 23, 1822, in the same place) was an important political economist in the Kingdom of Hungary, follower of Adam Smith, one... János Kornai, (1928-), born in Budapest, Hungary, is an economist noted for his criticism of the command economies of Eastern European communist states. ... John von Neumann (Margittai Neumann János Lajos) (born December 28, 1903 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary; died February 8, 1957 in Washington D.C., United States) was a Hungarian-born mathematician and polymath who made contributions to quantum physics, functional analysis, set theory, topology, economics, computer science, numerical analysis, hydrodynamics... Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as the father of the hydrogen bomb. ...

Film artists

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. ... Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American film actress and an author of childrens books. ... Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American swimmer and actor who was one of the worlds best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was an Academy Award-winning Hungarian-American film director. ... Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. ... Houdini redirects here. ... Ilona Staller in 2004 Ilona Staller, better known by her stage name Cicciolina, is former politician active in Italys libertarian Partito Radicale, former porn star and disco singer. ... Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor known for his freakishly large nose. ... Frederick Karl Pruetzel (22 June 1954 – 29 January 1977), better known as “Freddie Prinze” was an American stand-up comedian and actor. ... Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress and film producer, the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors. ... Rachel Weisz (born March 7, 1971) is an Academy Award-winning English film and television actress. ... For other persons named Tony Curtis, see Tony Curtis (disambiguation). ... Attila Dargay is a cartoonist from Hungary. ... Zsa Zsa Gábor (born Sári Gábor on February 6, 1917)) is a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. ... This article is about the comedian. ... Paul Lukas (May 26, 1887 - August 15, 1971) was a Hungarian actor. ... For other persons named Gabor, see Gabor (disambiguation). ... Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born April 2, 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Sir Alexander Korda (September 16, 1893 - January 23, 1956) was a film director and producer, a leading figure in the British film industry and the founder of London Films. ... Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated American actor and director. ... Leslie Howard (April 3, 1893 – June 1, 1943) was a British film actor. ... Marton Csokas as Celeborn in The Fellowship of the Ring. ... Vilmos Zsigmond (born June 16, 1930) is a Hungarian-American cinematographer. ... This article is about the cinematographer. ... Miklós Jancsó at home, 2000 Miklós Jancsó (Vác, September 27, 1921) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. ... Károly Makk Károly Makk (born December 22, 1925 in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. ... George Pál (February 1, 1908 - May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer. ... Ferenc Rófusz is a Academy-Award winner Hungarian animator. ... István Szabó, 2004 István Szabó (born February 18, 1938 in Budapest) is both the best-known and one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film director of the past few decades. ... Béla Tarr (born July 21, 1955 in Pécs, Hungary) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter widely considered as the most unique artist to rise from Hungary in the past 20 years. ... Andrew George Vajna (born August 1, 1944) is a Hungarian film producer, originally from Budapest. ... Béla Lugosi (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), was a Hungarian actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway stage production (1927), and subsequent film (1931), of Bram Stokers classic vampire story. ... Peter Lorre (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964), born László Löwenstein, was an Hungarian[1] - Austrian - American actor frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner. ... Gyula Kabos Gyula Kabos (19 March 1887; Budapest - 6 October 1941; New York). ... This article is about the actress. ... Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. ... This article is about the American actor and race team owner. ... For other persons named Tony Curtis, see Tony Curtis (disambiguation). ...

Writers

Balassi Bálint statue at the Kodály körönd Bálint Balassi, baron of Kékkő and Gyarmat, (20 October 1554, Zvolen (Hung. ... Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén (Latin: Sebestyén Lantos de Tinód) was a Hungarian writer born in Tinód in 1510. ... József Kármán (1769-1795), Hungarian author, was born at Losoncz on the 14th of March 1769, the son of a Calvinist pastor. ... Nicholas Zrinski (1620-1664) Nikola Zrinski or Miklós Zrínyi (Croatian: Nikola Zrinski, Hungarian: Zrínyi Miklós; January 5, 1620–November 18, 1664) was a Croatian and Hungarian warrior, statesman and poet, member of the Zrinski noble family. ... Árpád Tóth (April 14, 1886 in Arad - November 7, 1928 in Budapest) was a Hungarian poet and translator. ... Géza Gárdonyi (August 3, 1863 – October 30, 1922) was a Hungarian author. ... Attila József The native form of this personal name is József Attila. ... Sándor Kisfaludy (1772 - 1844) was a Hungarian lyric poet, Himfys Loves his chief work, was less distinguished as a dramatist. ... Mór Jókai Mór Jókai (19 February 1825 – 5 May 1904) was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. ... Lajos Kassák (March 21, 1887-July 22, 1967) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde and occasional translator, was the father of many modernisms. ... József Katona - and the big scene of his Bánk bán. ... Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1773 - 1805), Hungarian poet, was born in Debrecen. ... Albert Wass Count Albert Wass de Szentegyed et Czege (Hungarian gróf szentegyedi és czegei Wass Albert; Válaszút, Kingdom of Hungary (now Răscruci, Cluj County, Romania), 1908 – Astor, Florida, February 17, 1998) was a Hungarian noble, forest engineer, writer and poet from Transylvania, member of the Wass... Kölcsey Ferencz (Szödemeter 1790 - Cseke 1838) was a Hungarian poet, critic and orator born in Transylvania, in what was then the Austrian Empire on August 8, 1790. ... Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942) was a Hungarian novelist and social realist. ... Endre Ady Endre Ady (November 22, 1877 – January 27, 1919) was a Hungarian poet, one of the most important poets not only in the 20th century but in Hungarian literature in general. ... Baron Zsigmond Kemény (June 12, 1814–December 22, 1875) was a Hungarian author. ... Ferenc Kazinczy (October 27, 1759 - August 22, 1831) was a Hungarian author, the most indefatigable agent in the regeneration of the Magyar language and literature at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. ... The native form of this personal name is Petőcz András. ... Sándor Petőfi The native form of this personal name is Petőfi Sándor. ... Dániel Berzsenyi (May 7, 1776 in Hetye (now: Egyházashetye) - February 24, 1836 in Nikla) was a Hungarian poet. ... Mihály Fazekas (1766-1828) is a famous Hungarian writer from Debrecen. ... The poet Arany. ... The Hungarian poet Vörösmarty Mihály Vörösmarty (December 1, 1800 - November 19, 1855), Hungarian poet, was born at Puszta-Nyék, of a noble Roman Catholic family. ... András Fáy (30 May 1786 - 26 July 1864) was a Hungarian poet and author. ... Imre Madách (January 21, 1823, Alsósztregova, now Dolná Strehová, Slovakia - October 5, 1864, Alsósztregova) is the Hungarian author of Az ember tragédiája (The Tragedy of Man). ... Sándor Márai (detail of his statue in Košice, Slovakia) Sándor Márai (originally Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára) (April 11, 1900 – February 22, 1989) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. ... Mihály Babits (November 26, 1883 in Szekszárd - August 4, 1941 in Budapest) was a Hungarian poet and translator. ... Ferenc Móra (Kiskunfélegyháza, 19 July 1879 – Szeged, 8 February 1934) was a Hungarian (Magyar) novelist, journalist, and museologist. ... Kálmán Kalocsay (October 6, 1891-February 27, 1976), in Hungarian name order Kalocsay Kálmán (pronounced ) is one of the foremost figures in the history of Esperanto literature. ... István Gyöngyösi (1620 - July 24, 1704), Hungarian poet, was born of poor but noble parents. ... Count Péter Esterházy de Galántha (occasionally written Eszterházy) is one of the most widely known contemporary Hungarian writers. ... András Sütő András Sütő (June 17, 1927 – September 30, 2006) was an ethnic Hungarian writer and politician in Romania, one of the leading Hungarian writers in the 20th century. ...

Sports

The Golden Team is one of several names used to describe the legendary Hungary national football team of the 1950s. ... Gedeon (Gideon) Barcza (August 21, 1911 in Kisujszállás – February 27, 1986 in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Zsolt Baumgartner (born January 1, 1981, Debrecen, Hungary) is a Formula One racing driver currently in the employ of the Minardi team. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Jordan Grand Prix is a Formula One constructor that debuted in 1991. ... Ralph Firman (born 20 May 1975) is a racing driver from Britain, although racing under Irish citizenship (his mother Angela is Irish) and an Irish-issued racing licence. ... Minardi is a automobile racing team, founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. ... Tibor Benedek (born July 12, 1972) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Pál BenkÅ‘ (born July 15, 1928 in Amiens) is a chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gyula Breyer (1893 – 1921) was a Hungarian chess player. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Ákos Buzsáky (born May 7, 1982) is a Hungarian footballer, playing in midfield for Plymouth Argyle since January 21, 2005. ... Ibolya Csák (born 6 January 1915 - died 9 February 2006) is best known as the winner of the womens high jump at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. ... The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. ... Zoltán Czibor (23 August 1929 - 1 September 1997) was a Hungarian footballer from the Magic Magyars era. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Tamás Darnyi was an Hungarian male swimmer. ... Krisztina Egerszegi [] (born August 16, 1974) is one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era. ... Ilona Elek-Schacherer (May 17, 1907 - July 24, 1988) was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. ... . Árpád Élő (1903-1992) is the creator of the ELO rating system. ... Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Zsolt Erdei (born May 31, 1974 in Budapest, Hungary) is a boxer in the light heavyweight division. ... This article is about the Hungarian football player. ... Ferencvárosi Torna Club, perhaps better known as Ferencváros, is a Hungarian football club, playing in Budapest. ... West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or W.B.A.) are an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands. ... Aladár Gerevich of Hungary (born 16 March 1910, Jászberény, – died 14 May 1991 Budapest) won medals in sabre fencing in six Olympics, the only athlete to do so, and the only athlete to win the same event six times (despite two games passed because of the Second... Charles Paul Gogolak (born December 29, 1944 in Rabahicleug, Hungary) is a retired American football kicker. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gyula Grosics (born 4 February 1926 in Tatabanya, Hungary) was a football goalkeeper with the Magical Magyars of Hungary in the 1950s. ... Alfréd Hajós (February 1, 1878 – November 12, 1955) was an Hungarian swimmer and architect. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nándor Hidegkuti (March 3, 1922 - February 14, 2002) was a Hungarian footballer. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Béla Károlyi (born September 13, 1942 in Cluj, Romania), is a world-renowned Romanian gymnastics coach of Hungarian ethnicity. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sándor Kocsis Peter (born Budapest, Hungary, September 21, 1929; died Barcelona, July 22, 1979), also referred to as Kocsis Sándor, was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, CF Barcelona and Hungary. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Pál Kovács (1912-1995) Born in Debrecen, Hungary,he was a fencer with a brilliant talent, though he started out as a highjumper. ... István Kovács (born August 17, 1970 in Budapest) is a Hungarian boxer. ... Lily Kronberger was a Hungarian figure skater. ... Péter Lékó Péter Lékó (b. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Imrich Lichtenfeld later known as Imi Sde-Or Founder of the self-defence system Krav Maga. ... Krav Maga (Hebrew קרב מגע: contact combat) is a martial art, at first developed in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. ... Andre Lilienthal (born 5 May 1911) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. ... Year 1911 (M