The following list includes notable people who were born, lived or resided in
Budapest,
Hungary and/or who became its honorary citizens, either during their lifetime or posthumously.
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Nobel laureates, recipients of Wolf and Abel Prizes and other celebrated honorary citizens
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Georg von Békésy –
Nobel Prize in Medicine (1961),
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Raoul Bott –
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
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(2000),
Harvard University
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Paul Erdős
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– Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1984), University of Budapest
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Dennis Gabor –
Nobel Prize in Physics (1971),
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John Harsanyi –
Nobel Prize in Economics (1994),
University of Budapest
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Václav Havel- (Hon. citizen)
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George de Hevesy –
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1943),
University of Budapest
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Imre Kertész –
Nobel Prize in Literature
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(2002),
(2004)
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Peter Lax –
Abel Prize
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(2005), Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1987),
Stanford University
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Philipp Lenard – Nobel Prize in Physics (1905),
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* László Lovász – Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999), Fulkerson Prize (1982, 2012), University of Budapest, Yale University
* George Andrew Olah
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– Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1994),Kati Kovács
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She is one of the most famous singers of Hungary with dozens of recorded ...
– (Hon. citizen)
* Ernő Rubik
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– (Hon. citizen)
* Gabor A. Somorjai – Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1998), Budapest University of Technology and Economics
* Endre Szemerédi – Abel Prize (2012), University of Budapest
* Albert Szent-Györgyi – Nobel Prize in Medicine (1937),
Budapest-born academics, artists, athletes, authors, musicians, politicians, and scientists
Notable people
* Mordechai Efraim Fischel Sofer-Zussman (1867–1942), Hungarian chief rabbi of Budapest
* János Manninger (1901–1946), photographer and director
* András Vikár (born 1953), architect and educator
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