Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
to
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
and their descendants. In
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
, more Hungarians settled in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. However, Chile was a major point of passage for Hungarians to
North America
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(the
United States
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) and
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. Most Hungarian immigrants to Australia from South America during the first half of the 20th century came via Chile. There is no clear record of the number of people of Hungarian descent living in the country.
Notable people
Hungarian immigrants to Chile
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Juan Schwanner
Juan Schwanner, ''János Schwanner'' (5 February 1921 – 8 May 2015András Gergely - Hungarian ice hockey player (born in Budapest)
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Máximo Garay
Máximo Garay ( hu, Garay Miksa, 10 June 1898 – 8 August 1960) was a Hungarian naturalized Chilean football manager.
Career
Born Miska Garay Magnuzs in Hungary, he naturalized Chilean. He worked for clubs in Argentina and Chile. In additio ...
- Hungarian naturalized Chilean soccer manager (born in Budapest)
Chileans of Hungarian descent
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Carlos Caszely
Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido (born 5 July 1950 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean former footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" ( en, King of the square meter, pt, O Rei do Metro Quadrado), who played as a forward.
Regarded as one o ...
Salvador Litvak
Salvador Litvak is a Chilean-American filmmaker and social media influencer. He has written and directed two theatrically-released feature films, '' When Do We Eat?'' (2006) and ''Saving Lincoln'' (2013). As the Accidental Talmudist, Litvak sha ...
- Chilean-born American filmaker and social media influencer
* Antonio Hartmann - former professional tennis player, Hungarian father
* Nicolás Massú - professional tennis player, Hungarian-Jewish parents
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Antonio Horvath
Antonio Carlos Horvath Kiss (3 January 1950 – 23 May 2018) was a Chilean politician who served as a Deputy from 1990 to 1994, and as a Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legis ...
Hungarian people
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and Kingdom of Hungary, historical Hungarian lands who share a common Hungarian culture, culture, Hungarian history, history, Magyar tribe ...
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...