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Historical figures born in Hungary

5,355 notable historical figures were born in Hungary. These are the most notable:

• 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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