Hungary
Historical figures born in Hungary
5,355 notable historical figures were born in Hungary. These are the most notable:
Hungary ranks #30 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Greece, Denmark and Switzerland.
By era
- Ancient: 2
- Medieval: 7
- Early Modern: 2
- Modern: 29
By occupation
- Writer/Author: 12
- Monarch/Royalty: 10
- Politician: 8
- Inventor/Engineer: 7
- Philosopher: 5
- Mathematician: 5
- Physicist: 5
- Screenwriter: 4
- Harry Houdini (1874 to 1926, Entertainment)
- George Soros (born 1930, Philosophy)
- Viktor Orbán (born 1963, Politics)
- John von Neumann (1903 to 1957, Science)
- Edward Teller (1908 to 2003, Science)
- Theodor Herzl (1860 to 1904, Literature)
- László Krasznahorkai (born 1954, Literature)
- Ignaz Semmelweis (1818 to 1865, Science)
- Paul Erdős (1913 to 1996, Science)
- Count of St. Germain (1712 to 1784, Arts & Music)
- Edgar Ætheling (1050 to 1200, Politics)
- Martin of Tours (316 to 397, Religion)
- Jadwiga of Poland (1374 to 1399, Politics)
- Feast day of Saint Stephen, King and Confessor (969 to 1038, Politics)
- Arthur Koestler (1905 to 1983, Literature)
- Leo Szilard (1898 to 1964, Science)
- Imre Nagy (1896 to 1958, Politics)
- Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868 to 1924, Politics)
- Katalin Karikó (born 1955, Science)
- Eugene Wigner (1902 to 1995, Science)
- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913 to 1941, Arts & Music)
- Ernő Rubik (born 1944, Science)
- Elizabeth of Hungary (1207 to 1231, Politics)
- György Lukács (1885 to 1971, Philosophy)
- Louis I of Hungary (1326 to 1382, Politics)
- Margaret of Wessex (1045 to 1093, Politics)
- Georg Solti (1912 to 1997, Arts & Music)
- Tamás Sulyok (born 1956, Politics)
- Charles Simonyi (born 1948, Architecture)
- Marcel Breuer (1902 to 1981, Architecture)
- Theodore von Kármán (1881 to 1963, Science)
- Thomas Szasz (1920 to 2012, Science)
- Andrew Grove (1936 to 2016, Business)
- Ferenc Puskás (1927 to 2006, Sports)
- Katalin Novák (born 1977, Politics)
- László Polgár (born 1946, Sports)
- Gaiseric (389 to 477, Politics)
- Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371 to 1395, Politics)
- Louis (1506 to 1526, Politics)
- Imre Kertész (1929 to 2016, Literature)
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