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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. __FORCETOC__


Nobel laureates, recipients of Wolf and Abel Prizes and other celebrated honorary citizens

* Georg von BékésyNobel Prize in Medicine (1961), University of Budapest * Raoul Bott
Wolf Prize in Mathematics The Wolf Prize in Mathematics is awarded almost annually by the Wolf Foundation in Israel. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Medicine, Physics and Arts. ...
(2000), Harvard University *
Paul Erdős Paul Erdős ( hu, Erdős Pál ; 26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996) was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century. pursued and proposed problems in ...
– Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1984), University of Budapest * Dennis GaborNobel Prize in Physics (1971), Budapest University of Technology and Economics * John HarsanyiNobel Prize in Economics (1994), University of Budapest * Václav Havel- (Hon. citizen) * George de HevesyNobel Prize in Chemistry (1943), University of Budapest * Imre Kertész
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(2002), Goethe Prize (2004) * Peter Lax
Abel Prize The Abel Prize ( ; no, Abelprisen ) is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes. ...
(2005), Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1987),
Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
* Philipp Lenard – Nobel Prize in Physics (1905),Nobel Laureates and Country of Birth
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/ref> University of Budapest * László Lovász – Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999), Fulkerson Prize (1982, 2012), University of Budapest, Yale University *
George Andrew Olah George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Pri ...
– Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1994), Budapest University of Technology and Economics * John Charles Polanyi – Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986), Wolf Prize (1982), Princeton University * Elvis Presley – (Hon. citizen) *
Kati Kovács Kati Kovács (born Katalin Anna Sarolta Kovács 25 October 1944), is a Ferenc Liszt and Kossuth Award-winning Hungarian pop-rock singer, performer, lyricist and actress. She is one of the most famous singers of Hungary with dozens of recorded ...
– (Hon. citizen) *
Ernő Rubik Ernő Rubik (; born 13 July 1944) commonly known by his nickname, "Little Man", is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubi ...
– (Hon. citizen) * Gabor A. SomorjaiWolf 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), Semmelweis University * Edward Teller – (Hon. citizen) * Lech Walesa – (Hon. citizen) * Raoul Wallenberg – (Hon. citizen) * Eugene Wigner – Nobel Prize in Physics (1963), Enrico Fermi Award (1958), Budapest University of Technology and Economics


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


References

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