47.4983° N, 19.0408° E — 4,769 FAMOUS PEOPLE
BUDAPEST
Most Famous People Born in Budapest, Hungary
A comprehensive ledger of notable people across arts, science, politics, sport, and public life.
John von Neumann
1903 - 1957
Harry Houdini
1874 - 1926
George Soros
Born 1930
Edward Teller
1908 - 2003
Zsa Zsa Gabor
1917 - 2016
Robert Capa
1913 - 1954
Ferenc Puskás
1927 - 2006
Paul Erdős
1913 - 1996
Imre Kertész
1929 - 2016
György Lukács
1885 - 1971
Arthur Koestler
1905 - 1983
Ilona Staller
Born 1951
Michael Curtiz
1886 - 1962
Eugene Wigner
1902 - 1995
Leo Szilard
1898 - 1964
Georg Solti
1912 - 1997
Judit Polgár
Born 1976
Albert Szent-Györgyi
1893 - 1986
Dennis Gabor
1900 - 1979
Ferenc Molnár
1878 - 1952
Amrita Sher-Gil
1913 - 1941
George de Hevesy
1885 - 1966
Theodore von Kármán
1881 - 1963
Eva Gabor
1919 - 1995
Attila József
1905 - 1937
Péter Esterházy
1950 - 2016
Miklós Rózsa
1907 - 1995
Michael Polanyi
1891 - 1976
Karl Mannheim
1893 - 1947
Ephraim Kishon
1924 - 2005
André Kertész
1894 - 1985
Andrew Grove
1936 - 2016
George Pólya
1887 - 1985
Paul Lukas
1894 - 1971
Árpád Göncz
1922 - 2015
John Harsanyi
1920 - 2000
Pál Teleki
1879 - 1941
István Szabó
Born 1938
George Andrew Olah
1927 - 2017
Barbara Palvin
Born 1993
Thomas Szasz
1920 - 2012
Ágnes Heller
1929 - 2019
András Schiff
Born 1953
Susan Polgar
Born 1969
Ernő Rubik
Born 1944
Mihály Károlyi
1875 - 1955
László Kubala
1927 - 2002
Miklós Radnóti
1909 - 1944
László Bíró
1899 - 1985
George Szell
1897 - 1970
Eugene Ormandy
1899 - 1985
Mickey Hargitay
1926 - 2006
Frigyes Karinthy
1887 - 1938
Hannah Szenes
1921 - 1944
Igor Grabar
1871 - 1960
István Tisza
1861 - 1918
Paul Hörbiger
1894 - 1981
Georg von Békésy
1899 - 1972
Tommy Ramone
1949 - 2014
László Papp
1926 - 2003
Nicholas Kaldor
1908 - 1986
Gyula Horn
1932 - 2013
György Cziffra
1921 - 1994
S. Z. Sakall
1883 - 1955
Péter Nádas
Born 1942
Rudolf E. Kálmán
1930 - 2016
Joseph Kosma
1905 - 1969
László Nemes
Born 1977
József Antall
1932 - 1993
Peter Lax
Born 1926
Philip de László
1869 - 1937
Pál Schmitt
Born 1942
George Tabori
1914 - 2007
Zoltán Kocsis
1952 - 2016
László Lovász
Born 1948
Michael Balint
1896 - 1970
Fritz Reiner
1888 - 1963
Paul Halmos
1916 - 2006
Ádám Szalai
Born 1987
István Örkény
1912 - 1979
Marta Eggerth
1912 - 2013
Péter Erdő
Born 1952
Charles Vidor
1900 - 1959
Antal Doráti
1906 - 1988
John G. Kemeny
1926 - 1992
Ádám Bogdán
Born 1987
Ferenc Fricsay
1914 - 1963
Rita Faltoyano
Born 1978
Antal Szerb
1901 - 1945
Raoul Bott
1923 - 2005
Catherine Schell
Born 1944
Gábor Szabó
1936 - 1982
Anita Blonde
Born 1976
Gábor Csupó
Born 1952
Joseph Szigeti
1892 - 1973
George Friedman
Born 1949
Péter Gulácsi
Born 1990
Rezső Seress
1889 - 1968
Márta Mészáros
Born 1931
Elmyr de Hory
1906 - 1976
Aletta Ocean
Born 1987
Tom Lantos
1928 - 2008
János Pilinszky
1921 - 1981
Alfréd Hajós
1878 - 1955
Leslie Valiant
Born 1949
Tivadar Soros
1893 - 1968
Tibor Déry
1894 - 1977
Géza Anda
1921 - 1976
Ervin László
Born 1932
Imi Lichtenfeld
1910 - 1998
Iván Fischer
Born 1951
Franz Alexander
1891 - 1964
Niki Belucci
Born 1983
Cornell Capa
1918 - 2008
Charles Simonyi
Born 1948
Marcel Grossmann
1878 - 1936
Dzsenifer Marozsán
Born 1992
János Kornai
Born 1928
Attila Hörbiger
1896 - 1987
János Starker
1924 - 2013
Ernő Goldfinger
1902 - 1987
Ildikó Enyedi
Born 1955
László Benedek
1905 - 1992
Magda Gabor
1915 - 1997
Alfréd Rényi
1921 - 1970
Attila Csihar
Born 1971
Nándor Hidegkuti
1922 - 2002
Márton Fülöp
1983 - 2015
Ilona Massey
1910 - 1974
Ladislao Vajda
1906 - 1965
Zoltán Latinovits
1931 - 1976
István Kertész (conductor)
1929 - 1973
Jenő Rejtő
1905 - 1943
Annie Fischer
1914 - 1995
Éva Marton
Born 1943
Sofia Polgar
Born 1974
Ágnes Keleti
Born 1921
Endre Szemerédi
Born 1940
Eugen Varga
1879 - 1964
John Lukacs
1924 - 2019
Krisztina Egerszegi
Born 1974
Béla Bollobás
Born 1943
Nikki Anderson
Born 1977
Béla Imrédy
1891 - 1946
Ferenc Karinthy
1921 - 1992
Eszter Balint
Born 1966
Krisztián Vadócz
Born 1985
Alexander Radó
1899 - 1981
Étienne Davignon
Born 1932
Andrea Osvárt
Born 1979
Sándor Kocsis
1929 - 1979
Imre Makovecz
1935 - 2011
Márta Sebestyén
Born 1957
Ján Kadár
1918 - 1979
Erika Bella
Born 1972
Katalin Vad
Born 1980
Peter Medak
Born 1937
Katalin Karády
1910 - 1990
Hans Swarowsky
1899 - 1975
Pál Turán
1910 - 1976
Leó Weiner
1885 - 1960
Péter Medgyessy
Born 1942
Anita Dark
Born 1975
István Mészáros (philosopher)
1930 - 2017
Béla Guttmann
1899 - 1981
György Faludy
1910 - 2006
George Gerbner
1919 - 2005
Zoltán Fábri
1917 - 1994
Lajos Koltai
Born 1946
István Sándorfi
1948 - 2007
László Cseh
Born 1985
Béla Balassa
1928 - 1991
Thomas Sebeok
1920 - 2001
Márkó Futács
Born 1990
Milán Füst
1888 - 1967
Martin Esslin
1918 - 2002
Géza Röhrig
Born 1967
Dora Pejačević
1885 - 1923
Geraldine of Albania
1915 - 2002
Mária Szepes
1908 - 2007
Yona Friedman
1923 - 2020
Alexandre Trauner
1906 - 1993
Hilda Gobbi
1913 - 1988
Kati Marton
Born 1949
Ádám Fischer
Born 1949
György Sárosi
1912 - 1993
Andrew Marton
1904 - 1992
Andrew G. Vajna
1944 - 2019
Géza Lakatos
1890 - 1967
Giorgio Pressburger
1937 - 2017
Dániel Gyurta
Born 1989
Dénes Kőnig
1884 - 1944
Géza Bereményi
Born 1946
Imre Schlosser
1889 - 1959
Miklós Vámos
Born 1950
Stephen Samuel Wise
1874 - 1949
Eve Angel
Born 1983
Balázs Megyeri
Born 1990
Vilmos Aba-Novák
1894 - 1941
Peter Carl Goldmark
1906 - 1977
Géza von Bolváry
1897 - 1961
Árpád Szakasits
1888 - 1965
Lajos Détári
Born 1963
Nicholas Kurti
1908 - 1998
György Pálfi
Born 1974
Bálint Hóman
1885 - 1951
Christine Arnothy
1930 - 2015
Jules White
1900 - 1985
Endre Czeizel
1935 - 2015
Géza Alföldy
1935 - 2011
Monique Covét
Born 1976
Géza Ottlik
1912 - 1990
László Szabó (chess player)
1917 - 1998
Peter Fonagy
Born 1952
Péter Szondi
1929 - 1971
Lili Kraus
1903 - 1986
Ernest Laszlo
1898 - 1984
Lajos Tichy
1935 - 1999
György Sándor
1912 - 2005
István Csurka
1934 - 2012
Sándor Torghelle
Born 1982
Ádám Nagy
Born 1995
Rózsa Péter
1905 - 1977
Peter Kassovitz
Born 1938
Éva Tardos
Born 1957
George Klein (biologist)
1925 - 2016
Gábor A. Somorjai
Born 1935
Géza Róheim
1891 - 1953
Rosika Schwimmer
1877 - 1948
Alfréd Haar
1885 - 1933
György Cserhalmi
Born 1948
Gregory Nagy
Born 1942
André Kostolany
1906 - 1999
Arpad Miklos
1967 - 2013
Raphael Patai
1910 - 1996
Viktor Barna
1911 - 1972
István Bujtor
1942 - 2009
Mátyás Seiber
1905 - 1960
Vilmos Huszár
1884 - 1960
Agnes Denes
Born 1931
Julia Taylor
Born 1978
Paul Fejos
1897 - 1963
Ádám Hanga
Born 1989
Balázs Taróczy
Born 1954
Éva Székely
1927 - 2020
Cécile Tormay
1876 - 1937
Sandra Shine
Born 1981
Paul Czinner
1890 - 1972
Gabor Maté (physician)
Born 1944
Ahna Capri
1944 - 2010
Gábor Talmácsi
Born 1981
Boggie
Born 1986
Krisztián Lisztes
Born 1976
Peter Thomas Bauer
1915 - 2002
Nikky Blond
Born 1981
Leontine Sagan
1889 - 1974
Ilona Elek
1907 - 1988
Ildikó Bánsági
Born 1947
Franz von Vecsey
1893 - 1935
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
1920 - 2007
Sylvia Plachy
Born 1943
Bertalan Bicskei
1944 - 2011
Árpád Szenes
1897 - 1985
Rudolf Kárpáti
1920 - 1999
Maria Stader
1911 - 1999
Krisztián Berki
Born 1985
Zoltán Magyar
Born 1953
Iván T. Berend
Born 1930
László Lajtha
1892 - 1963
András Adorján
Born 1950
Thomas Molnar
1921 - 2010
Tamás Darnyi
Born 1967
Lajos Bárdos
1899 - 1986
Sylvia Sass
Born 1951
Eva Zeisel
1906 - 2011
Krisztina Morvai
Born 1963
Ákos Buzsáky
Born 1982
Emese Hunyady
Born 1966
Kálmán Darányi
1886 - 1939
Hans Habe
1911 - 1977
Lajos Tihanyi
1885 - 1938
Anna Kéthly
1889 - 1976
Gitta Alpár
1903 - 1991
Rezső Nyers
1923 - 2018
Isidor Philipp
1863 - 1958
Paul Lendvai
Born 1929
László Babai
Born 1950
Barnabás Bese
Born 1994
Attila Dargay
1927 - 2009
Dorottya Udvaros
Born 1954
Norbert Növényi
Born 1957
András Hargitay
Born 1956
Ervin Lázár
1936 - 2006
László Kovács (politician)
Born 1939
László Passuth
1900 - 1979
Gábor Demszky
Born 1952
János Szász
Born 1958
Béla Czóbel
1883 - 1976
Frank Furedi
Born 1947
Géza Toldi
1909 - 1985