Famous People from Hungary

• De Hory, Elmyr

  Art forger and author of the book Fake!

• Gabor, Eva (Budapest)

  Star of the TV sitcom Green Acres

• Gabor, Zsa Zsa (Budapest)

  The much-married celebrity sister of Eva Gabor

• Hosszu, Katinka (Pecs)

  The Hungarian swimmer known as the "Iron Lady"

• Houdini, Harry (Budapest)

  The world's greatest escape artist

• Liszt, Franz (Raiding)

  Romantic composer known for his Hungarian Rhapsodies

• Lorre, Peter (Rozsahegy)

  The squirrely star of M and The Maltese Falcon

• Lugosi, Bela (Lugos)

  Star of the 1931 movie Dracula

• Nagy, Imre (Kaposvár)

  Martyred hero of Hungary's 1956 revolution

• Pulitzer, Joseph (Makó)

  Newspaperman who started the Pulitzer Prize

• Rubik, Erno (Budapest)

  Inventor of the Rubik's Cube puzzle

• Sakall, S.Z. "Cuddles" (Budapest)

  Carl the headwaiter in the film Casablanca

• Soros, George (Budapest)

  Quantum Fund billionaire and "open society" advocate

• Teller, Edward (Budapest)

  "The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb"

• Von Kempelen, Wolfgang (Pressburg)

  Creator of 'the Turk'

See: Index by Birthplace