Born in Budapest
Budapest
Capital and largest city of Hungary
Budapest as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor, Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986), Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011)): Marta Linz, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Géza Alföldy and some more.
Celebrities from BudapestCelebrities from Budapest
83 Marta Linz
Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor
*December 21st, 1898 †January 11th, 1982, Berlin 93
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)
*September 16th, 1893 †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole 76
Géza Alföldy
Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011)
*June 7th, 1935 †November 6th, 2011, Athens
.jpg "Sándor Kocsis")
74 Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)
*January 12th, 1878 †April 1st, 1952, New York City
_Hungarian_writer_II._by_Csaba_Segesv%C3%A1ri.JPG "Imre Kertész")
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52 Harry Houdini
Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)
*March 24th, 1874 †October 31st, 1926, Detroit-LLNL-cropped.png "Edward Teller")
95 Edward Teller
Hungarian-American nuclear physicist
*January 15th, 1908 †September 9th, 2003, Stanford
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Ferenc Puskás
Hungarian association football player (1927–2006)
*April 2nd, 1927 †November 17th, 2006, Budapest_-_%C3%81d%C3%A1m_T%C3%B3th.jpg "Ádám Tóth")
_-_Krisztina_Barta.jpg "Krisztina Barta")
99 Zsa Zsa Gabor
Hungarian-American socialite and actress (1916–2016)
*February 6th, 1917 †December 18th, 2016, Los Angeles
53
John von Neumann
Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
*December 28th, 1903 †February 8th, 1957, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
80 George de Hevesy
Hungarian chemist (1885–1966)
*August 1st, 1885 †July 5th, 1966, Freiburg im Breisgau
92
Eugene Wigner
Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995)
*November 17th, 1902 †January 1st, 1995, Princeton 77
Alfréd Hajós
Hungarian swimmer, footballer, and architect (1878-1955)
*February 1st, 1878 †November 12th, 1955, Budapest.jpg "Arthur Koestler")
77 Arthur Koestler
Hungarian born author and journalist active in Palestine-Israel, Germany, France and Great Britain
*September 5th, 1905 †March 1st, 1983, London
93 George Tabori
Hungarian writer and theatre director (1914-2007)
*May 24th, 1914 †July 23rd, 2007, Berlin
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Dennis Gabor
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography
*June 5th, 1900 †February 9th, 1979, London 85
Leontine Sagan
Austrian-Hungarian stage and film director
*February 13th, 1889 †May 20th, 1974, Pretoria
84 Georg Solti
Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997)
*October 21st, 1912 †September 5th, 1997, Antibes
84 László Sárosi
Hungarian football player and manager (1932-2016)
*February 27th, 1932 †April 2nd, 2016, Budapest.jpg "Tom Lantos")
80 Tom Lantos
U.S. Representative from California (1981–2008)
*February 1st, 1928 †February 11th, 2008, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
80 Ephraim Kishon
Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director
*August 23rd, 1924 †January 29th, 2005, Appenzell
76 Eva Gabor
Hungarian-American actress and socialite (1919–1995)
*February 11th, 1919 †July 4th, 1995, Los Angeles
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Édouard-Jean Empain
Belgian industrialist made famous by his kidnapping in 1978
*October 7th, 1937 †June 20th, 2018, Pontoise
.jpg "Catherine Schell")
79 Andrew Grove
Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer and author (1936–2016)
*September 2nd, 1936 †March 21st, 2016, Los Altos
65 Tommy Ramone
Hungarian-American drummer (1949–2014)
*January 29th, 1949 †July 11th, 2014, Ridgewood 57
János Székely
Hungarian writer and screenwriter (1901-1958)
*July 7th, 1901 †December 16th, 1958, East Berlin.PNG "György Spiró")
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