List of Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary

List of Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary

The borders of Hungary have changed substantially in the past century. Many places that were once part of Hungary now belong to neighboring countries. This is a list of famous Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary, organised by country of birth and listed with the name of their birthplace as it is "currently" named.

Austria

Burgenland

* Pál Kitaibel (Mattersburg, Austria; chemist, botanist)
* Ferenc Liszt (Raiding, Austria; composer)

:"See also German category Kategorie:Burgenländer"

Czech Republic

* Koloman Gögh (Kladno, a football player)

Romania

* Endre Ady (Érmindszent/Mecenţiu, Romania; poet)
* János Apáczai Csere (Apáca/Apaţa, Romania; educator)
* Lajos Áprily (Braşov, Romania; poet)
* János Arany (Salonta, Romania; poet)

* Albert-László Barabási (Cârţa, Romania; physicist)
* Béla Bartók (Sânnicolau Mare, Romania; composer)
* István Báthory (Şimleu Silvaniei, Romania; captain, governor)
* Elek Benedek (Băţanii Mici, Romania; collector of folk tales)
* Gábor Bethlen (Ilia, Romania; captain, governor)
* István Bocskai (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; captain, governor)
* Farkas Bolyai (Buia, Romania; mathematician)
* János Bolyai (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; mathematician)

* Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; perhaps the most famous king of Hungary)

* György Dózsa (Dalnic, Romania; leader of a peasant revolt)
* Jenő Dsida (Satu Mare, Romania; poet)

* József Erdélyi (Batăr [Újbátorpuszta] , Romania; poet)
* André François (Timişoara Romania; painter, graphic artist)
* Zoltán Jékely (Aiud, Romania; poet, writer)

* Margit Kaffka (Carei, Romania; poet, novelist)
* Sándor Kányádi (Porumbenii Mari, Romania; poet)
* Ferenc Kazinczy (Şimian, Romania; poet, language reformer)
* Károly Kós (Timişoara, Romania; architect)
* Ferenc Kölcsey (Satu Mare, Romania; poet, author of the national anthem)
* Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (Chiuruş, Romania; orientologist)
* Béla Kun (Cehu Silvaniei, Romania; politician)
* György Kurtág (Lugoj, Romania; composer)

* György Ligeti (Târnăveni, Romania; composer)
* Béla Lugosi (Lugoj, Romania; actor)

* Kelemen Mikes (Zagon, Romania; writer)

* Péter Pázmány (Oradea, Romania; theologian, writer)

* Sándor Reményik (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; poet)

* István Sinka (Salonta, Romania; poet, novelist)
* Mihály Sinka (Timişoara, Romania; lawyer)
* András Sütő (Cămăraşu, Romania; writer)

* Áron Tamási (Lupeni, Romania; writer)
* Sámuel Teleki (Dumbrăvioara, Romania; Africa researcher)
* László Tőkés (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; bishop, politician)
* Árpád Tóth (Arad, Romania; poet)

* Sándor Veress (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; pianist, composer)

* Albert Wass (Răscruci, Romania; writer, poet)
* Miklós Wesselényi (Jibou, Romania; politician, academician, writer)

erbia

* Géza Csáth (Subotica, Serbia; writer)
* Dezső Kosztolányi (Subotica, Serbia; poet, writer)
* Péter Lékó (Subotica, Serbia; chess grandmaster)

lovakia

* Gyula Andrássy (Košice, Slovakia; politician)
* Gyula Andrássy the Younger (Trebišov, Slovakia; politician)
* Bálint Balassi (Zvolen, Slovakia; poet)
* Miklós Bercsényi (Tematín, Slovakia; captain)
* Lujza Blaha (Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia; actress, "the nightingale of the nation")
* Ernő Dohnányi (Bratislava, Slovakia; conductor, composer, pianist)
* Mór Jókai (Komárno, Slovakia; writer)
* Lajos Kassák (Nové Zámky, Slovakia; poet, painter, typographer, graphic artist)
* Imre Madách (Dolná Strehová, Slovakia; poet)
* Sándor Márai (Košice, Slovakia; writer)
* Baron Ladislas Mednyanszky de Mednyes et Medgye (Beckov, Slovakia; painter)
* László Mécs (Družstevná pri Hornáde, Slovakia; poet)
* Kálmán Mikszáth (Sklabiná, Slovakia; writer)
* Szilárd Németh (Komárno, Slovakia; football player)
* Ferenc II Rákóczi (Borša, Slovakia; prince, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1703-11)
* Gyula Reviczky (Vítkovce, Slovakia; poet)
* János Selye (Komarno, Slovakia; psychologist, researcher)
* Mihály Tompa (Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia; poet)

Ukraine

Transcarpathia

* Mihály Munkácsy (Mukacheve, Ukraine; painter)
* Moshe Leib Rabinovich (Mukacheve, Rabbi, scholar)


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