Famous Hungarians

List of Hungarian People

1434-08-29 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet and translator, born in Čazma, Croatia (d. 1472)
1560-08-07 Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and the world's most prolific female serial killer, born in Nyírbátor, Hungary (d. 1614)
1570-10-04 Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman, born in Nagyvárad, Principality of Transylvania (d. 1637)
1635-09-07 Paul Esterhazy, Hungarian prince, composer and patron, born in Eisenstadt (d. 1713)
1660-02-13 Johann Sigismund Kusser, Hungarian German composer, born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1727)
1676-03-27 Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg, born in Borsi, Royal Hungary (d. 1735)
1710-10-16 Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1790)
1724-02-29 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1822)
1757-04-03 Ferenc Verseghy, Hungarian poet and composer, born in Szolnok, Hungary (d. 1822)
1759-11-20 Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, Hungarian cellist and composer, baptized in Leštiny (d. 1833)
1763-05-11 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
1764-07-05 János Lavotta, Hungarian violinist and composer, born in Pusté Úľany, Slovakia (d. 1820)
1775-02-09 Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician known for his work on the foundations of geometry and the parallel axiom (Wallace–Bolyai–Gerwien theorem), born in Bolya, Grand Principality of Transylvania (d. 1856)
1777-06-15 János Fusz, Hungarian-German composer, born in Tolna, Hungary (d. 1819)
1784-03-27 Alexander Csoma de Kőrös, Hungarian Tibetan scholar (first Tibetan-English Dictionary), born in Kőrös, Transylvania (d. 1842)
1788-02-05 Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian pioneering dramatist (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon), born in Tét, Hungary (d. 1830)
1792-02-23 István Ferenczy, Hungarian sculptor (d. 1856)
1797-03-24 Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, Italian philosopher and priest (founder Institute of Charity), born in Rovereto, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1855)
1797-11-23 Gábor Mátray, Hungarian composer and musicologist, born in Nagykata, Hungary (d. 1875)
1800-01-11 Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
1800-12-17 Gergely Czuczor, Hungarian-Czech poet and translator (Great Hung dictionary), born in Andód (d. 1866)
1802-08-13 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungarian-German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser), born in Lenauheim, Banat, Romania (d. 1850)
1802-09-19 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, politician, journalist, and liberal revolutionary (Governor-President of Hungary, 1849), born in Monok, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)y (d. 1894)
1802-12-15 Janos Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry), born in Kolozsvár, Hungary (d. 1860)
1804-01-31 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian poet and critic, born in Szücsi (d. 1858)
1804-07-14 Ludwig von Benedek, Hungarian born Austrian general (battle of Königgrätz), born in Sopron, Kingdom of Hungary Empire (d. 1881)
1808-12-29 Györg Apponyi, Hungarian politician, born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1899)
1810-11-07 Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer (Himnusz), born in Gyula (d. 1893)
1810-12-01 Joseph Gungl, Austro-Hungarian bandleader and composer of dances and marches, born in Zsámbék, Hungary (d. 1889)
1811-10-22 Franz Liszt, Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (Faust Symphony), born in Raiding, Hungary (d. 1886)
1811-12-18 Alexander Sandor Asboth, Hungarian-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Keszthely, Hungary (d. 1868)
1812-06-08 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian violinist and composer, born in Brno, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire 1865)
1813-05-15 Stephen Heller, Hungarian composer and pianist, born in Pest (d. 1888)
1814-03-08 Ede Szigligeti [József Szathmáry], Hungarian dramatist, born in Nagyvárad-Olaszi (d. 1878)
1814-04-21 Béni Egressy, Hungarian composer, librettist, and actor, born in Kazincbarcika, Hungary (d. 1851)
1815-09-04 Mihály Mosonyi, Hungarian composer, born in Boldogasszony, Austria-Hungary (d. 1870)
1817-03-02 Janos Arany, Hungarian epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda), born in Nagyszalonta, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1882)
1817-08-13 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, born in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia (d. 1886)
1818-07-01 Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician who discovered the cause of puerperal (childbed) fever and introduced antisepsis into medical practice, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1865)
1820-02-13 (Albert) Béla Kéler, Hungarian composer, and conductor, born in Bártfa, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bardejov, Slovakia) (d. 1882)
1823-01-01 Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet (A virágnak megtiltani nem lehet - You Cannot Forbid the Flower), and revolutionary, born in Kiskőrös, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (d. 1849)
1825-01-21 Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
1825-11-05 Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Hungarian-American diplomat, mining engineer, and Major General (Union Army), born in Szeged, Hungary (d. 1912)
1828-01-17 Eduard Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer, born in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary (d. 1898) [some sources cite birth year as 1830]
1830-05-18 (Károly) "Karl" Goldmark, Hungarian-Viennese violinist and composer (Rustic Wedding Symphony; The Queen of Sheba; Sakuhtala), born in Keszthely, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1915)
1831-06-28 Joseph Joachim, German violinist (Hungarian Concerto), born in Köpcsény, Moson County, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1907)
1833-02-22 Josef Foerster, Czech composer and music teacher, born in Osenice, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1907)
1833-05-07 Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor (Hungarian Dances; A German Requiem), born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1897)
1835-08-10 Gyula Beliczay, Hungarian pianist, composer, teacher, and engineer, born in Révkomárom, Hungary (now in Slovakia) (d. 1893)
1835-10-01 Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician, born in Albertirsa, Pest, Hungary (d. 1920)
1842-07-04 Gyula Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, born in Pest (d. 1909)
1842-09-13 Ödön Mihalovich, Hungarian composer, born in Fericsánci, Slavonia (d. 1929)
1843-04-04 Hans Richter, Austrian-Hungarian composer, born in Raab, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1916)
1843-06-16 Jan Malát, Czech composer, pedagogue, and musicologist, born in Starý Bydžov, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1915)
1843-11-02 Elek Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, born in Pest (d. 1893)
1843-11-23 Josef Sucher, Hungarian composer and conductor (Aus alten Märchen), born in Döbör, Hungary (d. 1908)
1843-11-30 József Kiss, Hungarian literary (Zsido Dalok), born in Mezőcsát, Hungary (d. 1921)
1845-06-07 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian-American violinist, born in Veszprém, Hungary (d. 1930)
1846-01-02 Sandor Erkel, Hungarian composer and son of Ferenc Erkel, born in Pest (d. 1900)
1846-05-29 Albert Apponyi, Hungarian politician (Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary), born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1933)
1847-04-10 Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) and Democratic politician whose bequest founded the Columbia School of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize, born in Makó, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1911)
1848-07-27 Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (introduced idea of molecular surface tension), born in Buda, Hungary (d. 1919)
1849-07-23 Géza Zichy, Hungarian composer and one-armed pianist, born at Sztára Castle, Hungary (now Slovakia) (d. 1924)
1849-11-22 Fritz Mauthner, Austro-Hungarian novelist and critic, born in Hořice, Czech Republic (d. 1923)
1852-11-11 Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, born in Penzing, Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1925)
1855-04-09 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, born in Kuzmice, Topoľčany District, Slovakia (d. 1889)
1855-10-12 Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Mosonszentmiklós, Hungary (d. 1922)
1856-12-13 Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, born in Umetić, Croatian Military Frontier, Austrian Empire (d. 1920)
1857-12-30 Sylvio Lazzari, Austrian-French choir master and composer (La Lépreuse), born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1944)
1858-08-21 Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph, Crown Prince of Austria and heir apparent to the Imperial throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, born in Schloss Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1889)
1858-09-15 Jenő Hubay [Huber], Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (Budapest Conservatory, 1886-1934), born in Pest, Hungary (d. 1937)
1858-12-13 Jakab Gyula Major, Hungarian pianist and composer, born in Kosice, Czech Republic (d. 1925)
1860-06-30 Gyula Andrássy, Jr., Hungarian politician and Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (1918-20), born in Tőketerebes, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (d. 1929)
1862-11-26 Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British archaeologist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1943)
1863-02-19 Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments, born in Kecskemét, Hungary (d. 1931)
1863-08-11 Árpád Szendy, Hungarian pianist, composer, and educator, born in Szarvas, Hungary (d. 1922)
1863-12-17 Ion Vidu, Romanian composer and conductor, born in Mânerău, Arad district, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romainia) (d. 1931)
1865-09-23 Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), born in Tarnaörs Hungary (d. 1947)
1866-05-13 Ottokar Eugen Novacek, Hungarian composer and violinist of Czech descent, born in Weißkirchen, Austrian Empire (d. 1900)
1868-01-01 Snitz Edwards [Edward Neumann], Hungarian-American stage and silent film actor ("Phantom of the Opera"; "College"), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
1868-01-16 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, Czech composer and conductor, born in Rájec nad Svitavou, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1926)
1868-05-13 Paolo Gallico, Italian-American concert pianist, composer (The Apocalypse), and educator, born in Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1955)
1868-06-18 Miklós Horthy, Hungarian navy admiral, military leader, anti-communist statesman (Regent of Kingdom of Hungary, 1920-44), and Nazi abettor, born in Kenderes, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
1869-03-29 Aleš Hrdlička, Austro-Hungarian anthropologist and curator (US National Museum), born in Humpolec, Austria-Hungary (d. 1943)
1869-06-13 Ede Poldini, Hungarian composer (La poupée valsante; The Vagabond and the Princess), born in Pest, Hungary (d. 1957)
1870-04-30 Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (Naughty Marietta), born in Komárom, Austria-Hungary (d. 1948)
1871-02-09 Fran Saleški Finžgar, Slovene folk writer (Our Blood, Service Girls), born in Doslovče, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1962)
1871-04-21 Vojtěch Říhovský, Czech composer, born in Dub nad Moravou, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1950)
1871-07-22 Akos Buttykai, Hungarian composer, born in Halmeu, Romania (d. 1935)
1871-09-12 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romania) (d. 1959)
1872-09-26 Ottokar Czernin, Austro-Hungarian diplomat (Imperial Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary) and politician, born in Dimokur, Austria-Hungary (d. 1932)
1873-01-07 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American movie producer, director and executive (Paramount), born in Ricse, Hungary (d. 1976)
1873-02-02 Leo Fall, Austrian operetta composer (Dollar Princess), born in Olmütz, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (d. 1925)
1873-09-20 Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian auto racer (winner 1st Grand Prix motor racing event in Le Mans, France 1906), born in Szeghalom, Hungary (d. 1944)
1873-10-09 Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist, born in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary (d. 1944)
1873-12-15 Kacsóh Pongrác, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1923)
1874-03-17 Kincsem, Hungarian horse that never lost a race, born in Kisbér, Hungary (d. 1877)
1874-04-28 Karl Kraus, Austrian satirical writer, born in Jičín, Austrian-Hungarian Empire (d. 1936)
1875-04-24 Jenő Huszka, Hungarian composer (Bob herceg (Prince Bob)), born in Szeged, Hungary (d. 1960)
1875-09-03 Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (Volkswagen Beetle, Mercedes-Benz SS) and founder of the Porsche car company, born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1951)
1876-01-20 Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, born in Podgórze, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1957)
1877-07-16 Béla Schick, Hungarian-American paediatrician (Schick test), born in Balatonboglár, Hungary (d. 1967)
1877-07-27 Ernst von Dohnányi [Dohnányi Ernő], Hungarian composer and conductor, born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)
1877-11-22 Endre Ady, Hungarian lyric poet (Még egyzer, Uj versek), born in Ermindszent, Hungary (d. 1919)
1878-01-12 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian American playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) and novelist (The Paul Street Boys), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1952)
1878-02-01 Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m 1896), soccer forward (1 cap) and manager (Hungary 1906), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1955)
1878-06-26 Albert Siklós, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1942)
1879-01-01 William Fox [Wilhem Fuchs], Hungarian-American movie theater pioneer and film producer (Fox Film Corporation), born in Tolcsva, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1952)
1879-05-23 Dezső Lauber, Hungarian competitive athlete (Ice skating, golf, tennis, cycling), and architect, born in Pecs, Hungary (d. 1966)
1879-06-09 Oskar Back, Hungarian-Dutch violist and pedagogue, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1963)
1879-11-06 Eugen Varga, Hungarian-Russian economist and politician, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1964)
1880-01-18 Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist (phase transition, Ehrenfest theorem), born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1933)
1880-02-09 Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959)
1880-02-22 Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956)
1880-06-10 Margit Kaffka, Hungarian writer (Colors and Years), born in Nagykároly (d. 1918)
1880-07-02 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1967)
1881-03-25 Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto for Orchestra), and ethnomusicologist, born in Nagyszentmiklós, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
1881-05-11 Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born American physicist and aeronautic engineer (co-founder NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1963)
1881-05-13 Ilona Durigo, Hungarian contralto singer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1943)
1882-05-31 Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian nobleman and politician (Minister of War, 1918-19), born in Dég, Fejér county, Hungary (d. 1956)
1882-09-22 Emil Ábrányi, Hungarian composer, conductor, and opera director, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1970)
1882-10-20 Bela Lugosi [Blaskó], Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), born in Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1956)
1882-10-24 Emmerich Kálmán, Hungarian composer of operettas, born in Siófok, Austria-Hungary (d. 1953)
1882-12-10 Otto Neurath, Austrian-British philosopher (Foundation of Social Sciences), born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1945)
1882-12-16 Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist, (Psalmus Hungaricus; Hary Janos), born in Kecskemét, Hungary (d. 1967)
1883-02-02 S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1955)
1883-03-12 Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi (d. 1959)
1883-10-22 Viktor Jacobi, Hungarian operetta composer (Szibill), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1921)
1884-01-25 Edward Kilenyi, Sr. [Kilényi Ede], Hungarian composer and teacher (Clipped Wings, Outside the Law), born in Békésszentandrás, Hungary (d. 1968)
1884-12-07 Petru Groza, Austro-Hungarian born Romanian communist and President of Romania (1945-58), born in Băcia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)
1885-04-13 Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and literary critic, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
1885-04-16 Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer (Fasching), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)
1885-06-27 Artúr Harmat, Hungarian composer, born in Bojná, Hungary (d. 1962)
1885-07-24 Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist and composer, born in Nagybecskerek, Hungary (d. 1945)
1885-08-01 George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry -1943), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1966)
1885-08-12 Alexander Albrecht, Slovak composer, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romainia) (d. 1958)
1885-10-11 Alfred Haar, Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1933)
1885-12-10 János Hammerschlag, Hungarian composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1954)
1886-02-20 Bela Kun, Hungarian Communist revolutionary (de facto head of Hungarian Soviet Republic 1919), born in Lele, Hungary (d. 1938)
1886-10-25 Karl Polanyi, Austro-Hungarian economic anthropologist (The Great Transformation), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
1886-12-24 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born American film director, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1962)
1887-05-12 Nandor Zsolt, Hungarian composer, born in Esztergom, Hungary (d. 1936)
1887-07-29 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American operetta composer (Blossom Time), born in Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary (d. 1951)
1887-11-14 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian musicologist, conductor, and composer, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1971)
1887-12-13 George Pólya, Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1985)
1888-03-18 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian-French sculptor (Cubism), born in Szeged, Austria-Hungary (d. 1971)
1888-12-19 (Frederick) "Fritz" Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1922-31; Pittsburgh Symphony, 1938-48; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1953-63), and educator (Curtis Institute), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1963)
1888-12-28 Gabriel von Wayditch, Hungarian-American composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)
1889-07-29 Lajos Asztalos, Hungarian chess player (International Chess Master 1950), born in Pécs, Hungary (d. 1956)
1890-01-08 Sandor Rado, Hungarian-American psychoanalyst, born in Kisvárda, Hungary (d. 1972)
1890-01-16 Karl Freund, German cinematographer and film director (Dracula; I Love Lucy; The Mummy), born in Dvůr Králové (Königinhof), Bohemia, Austria-Hungarian Empire (d. 1969)
1890-06-12 Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist, born in Tulln an der Donau, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1918)
1890-08-09 Sándor Jemnitz, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1963)
1890-11-12 Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
1891-01-22 Franz Alexander, Hungarian-American psychoanalyst (pioneered psychosomatic medicine), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
1891-03-12 Michael Polanyi, Hungarian-English chemist, economist and philosopher (claimed all knowledge relied on personal judgments), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
1891-03-31 Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (Divine Lady; King of Kings; Big City), born in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
1891-04-21 František Suchý, Czech composer and folk song collector, born in Březové Hory, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1973)
1891-05-14 Egon Kornauth, Austrian composer, born in Olmütz, Kingdom of Moravia, Austria-Hungarian (d. 1959)
1891-06-06 István Kardos, Hungarian composer, born in Debrecen, Hungary (d. 1975)
1891-07-05 Tin Ujević, Croatian poet (Žedan kamen na studencu), born in Vrgorac, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1955)
1891-09-12 János Viski, Hungarian painter best known for his works of galloping horses, born in Szokolya, Hungary (d. 1987)
1892-01-01 Miklós Radnai, Hungarian composer (Symphony of the Magyars), music writer, and critic, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1935)
1892-03-08 Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader and Prime Minister (1952-53), born in Ada, Serbia (d. 1971)
1892-03-29 Jozsef Mindszenty [József Pehm], Hungarian cardinal who opposed fascism and communism in Hungary, born in Csehimindszent, Hungary (d. 1975)
1892-04-21 Jaroslav Kvapil, Czech composer, born in Fryšták, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1959)
1892-06-18 Edward Steuermann, Austrian-American pianist and composer, born in Sambor, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1964)
1892-06-30 László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1963)
1892-09-05 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1973)
1892-11-02 Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Viktoria und ihr Huzar), born in Apatin, Austria-Hungary (d. 1960)
1893-01-05 Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. unknown)
1893-02-02 Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician, born in Székesfehérvár, Hungary (d. 1974)
1893-03-27 Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist and writer (Ideology and Utopia; Diagnosis of Our Time), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1947)
1893-09-16 Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1986)
1895-02-04 [Johann Baptist] Hanns Albin Rauter, German SS and Police leader in the occupied Netherlands, born in Klagenfurt, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1949)
1895-05-06 Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (leading supporter of Nazism in Hungary), born in Szentgyörgy, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
1895-05-26 Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1971)
1895-06-03 Zoltan Korda, Hungarian-British film director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers), born in Pusztatúrpásztó, Austria-Hungary (d. 1961)
1895-07-20 László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
1896-06-07 Imre Nagy, Hungarian communist and Prime Minister of Hungary (1953-56), born in Kaposvár, Hungary (d. 1958)
1896-09-13 Tadeusz Szeligowski, Polish composer (The Peacock and the Girl), born in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1963)
1896-09-30 Jolie Gabor [Janka Tilleman], Hungarian-American jeweler and mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa, & Eva, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1997) [birth date disputed]
1897-04-24 György Kósa, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1984)
1897-04-28 Kálmán Tihanyi, Hungarian physicist and engineer (invented cathode ray tube for television), born in Üzbég, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1947)
1897-06-07 George Szell, Hungarian-born American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1970)
1897-07-24 Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian-Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven Theatre) (d. 1967)
1898-02-11 Leo Szilard, Hungarian-German-American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project) and peace activist, born in Budapest, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1964)
1898-06-27 Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor who settled Paris, France, born in Magyarkanizsa, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1954)
1898-08-12 Oscar Homolka, Hungarian actor (Sabotage, The Seven Year Itch, Ball of Fire, I Remember Mama), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1978)
1899-01-27 Béla Guttmann, Hungarian soccer midfielder (4 caps; MTK Hungária, Hakoah Wien) and coach (Benfica, AC Milan, FC Porto; Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Portugal), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1981)
1899-03-25 Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), born in Bucharest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1990)
1899-06-03 Georg von Bekesy, Hungarian-American physician and physiologist (Nobel Prize in Physioloy or Medicine 1961 for work on the inner ear), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1972)
1899-09-09 Brassaï [Gyula Halász], Hungarian-French artist, born in Brassó, Austria-Hungary (d. 1984)
1899-09-29 Lásló Jósef Bíró, Hungarian inventor (ballpoint pen), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1985)
1899-10-01 Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian conductor, composer, musicologist and professor, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
1899-11-18 Eugene Ormandy [Jenő Blau], Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1936-80), born in Budapest (d. 1985)
1900-01-28 Hermann Kesten, German writer (Allert de Lange), born in Pidvolochysk, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1996)
1900-03-12 Zoltán Vásárhelyi, Hungarian violinist, teacher, and choral conductor, born in Kecskemét, Hungary (d. 1977)
1900-04-11 Sándor Márai, Hungarian writer (A gyertyák csonkig égnek), born in Kassa, Hungary (d. 1989)
1900-06-05 Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-British engineer and physicist (invented holography, Nobel Prize 1971), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1979)

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