Memorials & famous biographies

Hungarian-American socialite and actress known for her distinctive style and extensive career in film and television

Hungarian legal scholar, professor, and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2000 to 2005, and as Minister of Education

Hungarian-American actor, Academy Award winner, and recipient of the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist known for crucial advances in aerodynamics and the Kármán line, defining the threshold of outer space

Hungarian-British archaeologist, anthropologist, and explorer, primarily known for extensive archaeological discoveries and studies of ancient routes in Central Asia

Hungarian poet known for his influential 20th-century works, posthumously recognized as a significant 'proletarian poet' and a leading international figure in modern Hungarian poetry

Hungarian filmmaker and anarchist known for pioneering slow cinema with stark black-and-white visuals and existential themes, notably with his influential film Sátántangó

Nobel laureate economist known for pioneering work in game theory, especially "Bayesian" games with incomplete information

Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1994 to 1998, also recognized as an economist and diplomat

Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and pedagogue best known for developing the internationally recognized Kodály method of music education

King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia who died at the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans

Austro-Hungarian author and critic, renowned for creating "Bambi, a Life in the Woods," adapted into the classic Disney film

Hungarian-German philosopher and sociologist known for his work in the sociology of knowledge and his seminal book, Ideology and Utopia

Hungarian footballer and coach known as a prolific striker and a star of the legendary 'Mighty Magyars' and FC Barcelona

Prolific Hungarian-American film director who shaped Hollywood's Golden Age with classics like Casablanca and The Charge of the Light Brigade

Hungarian-American mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis, probability theory, and his influential work in heuristics and mathematics education

Hungarian footballer and manager, "The Emperor," who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967 and described as one of the most elegant footballers of all time

Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science known for his methodology of scientific research programmes and thesis of the fallibility of mathematics

King of Hungary, Poland, and Croatia known as Louis the Great, who expanded the influence of his kingdoms across Central Europe

Hungarian inventor known for patenting the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen

Former President of Hungary and the first president of its Constitutional Court, known for his work as a politician, jurist, and statesperson

Hungarian-American biophysicist known for his Nobel Prize-winning research on the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea, unraveling the mysteries of human hearing

French-Hungarian painter and printmaker recognized as the "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement

Catholic saint, princess, nurse, and philanthropist who dedicated her short life to aiding the poor and sick in Hungary and Germany