LOCATION

Population:
1,695,000 (2005)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Budapest	1636

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eva Bartok	Actor	18-Jun-1927	1-Aug-1998	The Crimson Pirate
Georg von Békésy	Scientist	3-Jun-1899	13-Jun-1972	Mechanism of cochlear stimulation
László Bíró	Inventor	29-Sep-1899	24-Oct-1985	Ballpoint pen
Robert Capa	Photographer	22-Oct-1913	25-May-1954	War photographer
Ahna Capri	Actor	6-Jul-1944	19-Aug-2010	Enter the Dragon
Cicciolina	Pornstar	26-Nov-1951		Italian pornstar elected to parliament
Michael Curtiz	Film Director	24-Dec-1886	10-Apr-1962	Casablanca
Tamás Darnyi	Swimmer	3-Jun-1967		Medley swimmer, four Olympic Gold Medals
Antal Doráti	Conductor	9-Apr-1906	13-Nov-1988	Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60
Steffi Duna	Actor	8-Feb-1910	22-Apr-1992	Hungarian-American character actress
Paul Erdos	Mathematician	26-Mar-1913	20-Sep-1996	Loved only numbers
Péter Esterházy	Author	14-Apr-1950	14-Jul-2016	Celestial Harmonies
William J. Fellner	Economist	31-May-1905	15-Sep-1983	Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75
Dennis Gabor	Physicist	5-Jun-1900	8-Feb-1979	Inventor of holography
Eva Gabor	Actor	11-Feb-1919	4-Jul-1995	Green Acres
Magda Gabor	Actor	11-Jun-1914	6-Jun-1997	The least-known Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor	Actor	6-Feb-1917	18-Dec-2016	Cop-slapping Gabor sister
Andy Grove	Business	2-Sep-1936	21-Mar-2016	CEO of Intel, 1987-98
Mickey Hargitay	Actor	6-Jan-1926	14-Sep-2006	Bloody Pit of Horror
John C. Harsanyi	Economist	29-May-1920	9-Aug-2000	Game theory
Theodor Herzl	Activist	2-May-1860	3-Jul-1904	Lead Zionist
Paul Hörbiger	Actor	29-Apr-1894	5-Mar-1981	Liebelei
Gyula Horn	Head of State	5-Jul-1932	19-Jun-2013	Prime Minister of Hungary, 1994-98
Harry Houdini	Magician	24-Mar-1874	31-Oct-1926	Best-known magician and debunker
George Jonas	Author	15-Jun-1935	10-Jan-2016	Vengeance
George Kaczender	Film Director	19-Apr-1933		In Praise of Older Women
Nicholas Kaldor	Economist	12-May-1908	30-Sep-1986	An Expenditure Tax
Theodore von Kármán	Mathematician	11-May-1881	7-May-1963	Kármán vortices
Imre Kertész	Author	9-Nov-1929	31-Mar-2016	Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel
István Kertész	Conductor	28-Aug-1929	16-Apr-1973	Hungarian operatic conductor
Arthur Koestler	Author	3-Sep-1905	3-Mar-1983	Darkness at Noon
Nicholas Kurti	Physicist	14-May-1908	24-Nov-1998	Molecular gastronomy
Tom Lantos	Politician	1-Feb-1928	11-Feb-2008	Congressman from California, 1981-2008
John Lukacs	Historian	31-Jan-1924		The Hitler of History
Paul Lukas	Actor	26-May-1887	15-Aug-1971	Watch on the Rhine
Karl Mannheim	Sociologist	27-Mar-1893	9-Jan-1947	Ideology and Utopia
Andrew Marton	Film Director	26-Jan-1904	7-Jan-1992	Directed chariot race in Ben-Hur
Ilona Massey	Actor	16-Jun-1910	20-Aug-1974	Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Peter Medak	Film Director	23-Dec-1937		Romeo Is Bleeding
Ferenc Molnár	Playwright	12-Jan-1878	1-Apr-1952	The Paul Street Boys
Peter Munk	Business	8-Nov-1927		Founder of Barrick Gold
George A. Olah	Chemist	22-May-1927		Isolated carbonium ions
Eugene Ormandy	Conductor	18-Nov-1899	12-Mar-1985	Music Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-80
Michael Pinto-Duschinsky	Scholar	1943		Political scientist
Tommy Ramone	Drummer	29-Jan-1952	11-Jul-2014	Original drummer for The Ramones
Fritz Reiner	Conductor	19-Dec-1888	15-Nov-1963	Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62
Erno Rubik	Inventor	13-Jul-1944		Rubik's Cube
S. Z. Sakall	Actor	2-Feb-1884	12-Feb-1955	Casablanca
Catherine Schell	Actor	17-Jul-1944		Maya on Space: 1999
Jean Schwartz	Songwriter	4-Nov-1878	30-Nov-1956	Chinatown, My Chinatown
Ignaz Semmelweis	Doctor	1-Jul-1818	13-Aug-1865	Pioneer of antiseptics
Charles Simonyi	Computer Programmer	10-Sep-1948		Hungarian notation
Georg Solti	Conductor	21-Oct-1912	5-Sep-1997	Chicago Symphony Orchestra
George Soros	Business	12-Aug-1930		Financial speculator
Maria Stader	Singer	5-Nov-1911	27-Apr-1999	Operatic soprano, specialty Mozart
Gabor Szabo	Jazz Musician	8-Mar-1936	26-Feb-1982	Innovative jazz guitarist
István Szabó	Film Director	18-Feb-1938		Being Julia
Thomas Szasz	Psychiatrist	15-Apr-1920	8-Sep-2012	Libertarian psychiatrist
George Szell	Conductor	7-Jun-1897	30-Jul-1970	Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70
Albert Szent-Györgyi	Scientist	16-Sep-1893	22-Oct-1986	Vitamins C and B2
Edward Teller	Physicist	15-Jan-1908	9-Sep-2003	Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Charles Vidor	Film Director	27-Jul-1900	4-Jun-1959	A Farewell to Arms
John von Neumann	Mathematician	28-Dec-1903	8-Feb-1957	Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory
Eugene Wigner	Physicist	17-Nov-1902	1-Jan-1995	Law of conservation of parity

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ferenc Deák	Politician	17-Oct-1803	28-Jan-1876	Architected Austria-Hungary union
Gyula Horn	Head of State	5-Jul-1932	19-Jun-2013	Prime Minister of Hungary, 1994-98
Imre Kertész	Author	9-Nov-1929	31-Mar-2016	Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel
Zoltán Kodály	Composer	16-Dec-1882	6-Mar-1967	Psalmus Hungaricus
Imre Nagy	Head of State	7-Jun-1896	16-Jun-1958	Twice Prime Minister of Hungary
Gabor Szabo	Jazz Musician	8-Mar-1936	26-Feb-1982	Innovative jazz guitarist
Ede Szigligeti	Playwright	8-Mar-1814	19-Jan-1878	Leading Hungarian dramatist

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