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, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist

Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (, hu, udvardi és kossuthfalvi Kossuth Lajos, sk, Ľudovít Košút, anglicised as Louis Kossuth; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, poli ...

. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the day on which it is still handed over every year) by the

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, to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of science, culture and the arts, as well as in the building of

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in general. In 1950s the award was given to Gabor Bela Fodor for his contributions in the field of Chemistry as the prize was given to selected scientists. Since 1963, the domain was restricted to culture and the arts. Today, it is regarded as the most prestigious cultural award in Hungary, and is awarded by the

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Recipients

Aladár Rácz Aladár Rácz (February 28, 1886 Jászapáti - March 28, 1958 Budapest) was a Hungarian cimbalom player known for adapting Baroque harpsichord and clavecin repertoire for the cimbalom, which is traditionally a Hungarian folk music instrument. ...

(1948) *

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (; hu, Kodály Zoltán, ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music ed ...

(1948) *

István Csók István Csók (13 February 1865, Sáregres – 1 February 1961) was a Hungarian Impressionist painter. Csok lived and exhibited in Paris for a portion of his life. He became most famous in Hungary for his nudes, portraits, and landscapes of ...

(1948 and 1952) *

Ferenc Erdei Ferenc Erdei (24 December 1910 – 11 May 1971) was a Hungarian politician and sociologist, who served as Interior Minister in the unofficial interim government led by Béla Miklós. After the Soviet occupation of Hungary this cabinet took ...

(1948 and 1962) *

Milán Füst Milán Füst (17 July 1888, Budapest – 26 July 1967, Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian writer, poet and playwright. Biography Early in life, his family lived on Dohány utca in the 7th district of Budapest. In 1908 he met the writer Ernő Os ...

(1948) * Gizi Bajor (1948) *

Pál Turán Pál Turán (; 18 August 1910 – 26 September 1976) also known as Paul Turán, was a Hungarian mathematician who worked primarily in extremal combinatorics. He had a long collaboration with fellow Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, lasting ...

(1948 and 1952) *

Géza Zemplén Géza Gusztáv Zemplén, Ph.D. (26 October 1883 – 24 July 1956) was a notable Hungarian chemist, organic chemist, professor, and chemistry author. He was a recipient of the Kossuth Prize, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and w ...

(1948) *

Béla Balázs Béla Balázs (; 4 August 1884 in Szeged – 17 May 1949 in Budapest), born Herbert Béla Bauer, was a Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet of Jewish heritage. He was a proponent of formalist film theory. Career Balázs was the ...

(1949) *

Jenő Egerváry Jenő Elek Egerváry (April 16, 1891 – November 30, 1958) was a Hungarian mathematician. Biography Egerváry was born in Debrecen in 1891. In 1914, he received his doctorate at the Pázmány Péter University in Budapest, where he studied und ...

(1949) *

Annie Fischer Annie Fischer (July 5, 1914April 10, 1995) was a Hungarian classical pianist. Biography Fischer was born into a Jewish family in Budapest and studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Ernő Dohnányi and Arnold Szekely. She began her ...

(1949, 1955, 1965) *

József Marek József Marek (; March 18, 1868 – September 2, 1952) was a Hungarian veterinarian and scientist. Marek is best known for his discovery of the poultry disease that would eventually bear his name, Marek's disease. In his lifetime, Marek was kno ...

(1949) *

Ferenc Mérei Ferenc Mérei (24 November 1909 – 23 February 1986) was a Hungarian psychologist and educator. Early life Born in Budapest into a bourgeois family, Mérei often spent time in his parents' photography studio at the Garay Bazaar. He did not ...

(1949) *

Ági Mészáros Ági Mészáros (born Ágnes Éberli; 24 May 1914 – 8 March 1989) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1940 and 1977. Her daughter Ági Voith is also an actress. Selected filmography * ''Treasured Earth'' (194 ...

(1949, 1954) *

Hilda Gobbi Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera ''The Szabo Family''. ...

(1949) *

Józsi Jenő Tersánszky Józsi Jenő Tersánszky (12 September, 1888 — 12 June, 1969) is a Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was ...

(1949) *

Sándor Veress Sándor Veress (, – ) was a Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. He was born in Kolozsvár/Klausenburg, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, nowadays called Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and died in Bern. The first half of ...

(1949) * Fódor Gábor Bela (1950) *

László Kalmár László Kalmár (27 March 1905, Edde – 2 August 1976, Mátraháza) was a Hungarian mathematician and Professor at the University of Szeged. Kalmár is considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science in Hungary. ...

(1950) *

Kálmán Latabár Kálmán Latabár (1902–1970) was a Hungarian comedian and film actor, perhaps the country's most popular comic in the post-war years. "Latyi" reached his peak popularity during the war years and in the early days of Hungarian television, d ...

(1950) * Péter Veres (1950, 1952) *

Leó Weiner Leó Weiner (16 April 1885 – 13 September 1960) was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century, and a composer. Life Education Weiner was born in Budapest to a Jewish family. His brother ga ...

(1950, 1960) *

János Görbe János Görbe born as Görbe János (November 12, 1912, Jászárokszállás - September 5, 1968, Budapest) was a prominent Hungarian actor of film and theater. He was the father of actress Nóra Görbe, star of the popular 80's TV series, "Lin ...

(1951) *

László Heller Heller László (1907–1980) was a Hungarian professor and mechanical engineer credited with inventing the Heller–Forgó cooling system for power stations. Biography Born in Nagyvárad, Heller took a degree in mechanical engineering in ...

(1951) *

László Lajtha László Lajtha (; 30 June 1892 – 16 February 1963) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor. Career Born to Ida Wiesel, a Transsylvanian-Hungarian and Pál Lajtha, an owner of a leather factory. The father Pál had ambitio ...

(1951) *

Rózsa Péter Rózsa Péter, born Rózsa Politzer, (17 February 1905 – 16 February 1977) was a Hungarian mathematician and logician. She is best known as the "founding mother of recursion theory". Early life and education Péter was born in Budapest, ...

(1951) *

Klári Tolnay Klári Tolnay (born Rozália Klára Tolnay; 17 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Hungarian actress. She received the Kossuth Prize in 1951 and 1952. Life Klári Tolnay (born Rózsi Tolnay) was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the da ...

(1951 and 1952) * Zoltán Földi (1952) *

Margit Dajka Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret. People bearing the name include: * Margit of Hungary (1175–1223), Empress consort of Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor * Saint Margit of Hungary (1242–1271), Hungarian nun and prince ...

(1952) * Sándor Jávorka (1952) *

Tibor Szele Tibor Szele (Debrecen, 21 June 1918 – Szeged, 5 April 1955) Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics and abstract algebra. After graduating at the Debrecen University, he became a researcher at the Szeged University in 1946, then ...

(1952) *

Éva Szörényi Éva Szörényi (Born Elvira Schwáb; May 26, 1917 – December 1, 2009) was a Kossuth Prize-winning actress of the Hungarian National Theatre. Her acting career started in the early 1930s playing leading roles in over 20 motion pictures, a res ...

(1952) *

Miklós Gábor Miklós Gábor (7 April 1919 – 2 July 1998) was a Hungarian actor, most remembered for his roles in films ''Valahol Európában'' and ''Mágnás Miska''. He was husband to Éva Ruttkai, and later Éva Vass. Miklós Gábor was born 7 Apr ...

(1953) *

Hanna Honthy Hanna Honthy (born Hajnalka Hügel; 21 February 1893, Budapest – 30 December 1978, Budapest), was a Hungarian opera singer and actress. Career Hügel was born on 21 February 1893, in Budapest. From age 10, she was a ballet student at the Opera ...

(1953) *

Ferenc Bessenyei Ferenc Bessenyei (10 February 1919 – 27 December 2004) was a Hungarian actor and singer. He began his career in the choir at National Theatre of Szeged in 1940 and became one of Hungary's most respected stage performers. As singer he app ...

(1953 and 1955) *

Andor Ajtay Andor Ajtay (1903–1975) was a Hungarian Kossuth Prize-winning (1954) actor. Selected filmography * '' Lady Seeks a Room'' (1937) * '' I defended a woman'' (1938) * '' Two Girls on the Street'' (1939) * ''Orient Express The ''Orient Ex ...

(1954) * Jenő Barcsay (1954) *

Gyula Gózon Gyula Gózon (19 April 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. Life Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Érsekújvár, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of le ...

(1954) *

Péter Kuczka Péter Kuczka (Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 1 March 1923 – Budapest, Hungary, 8 December 1999) was a Hungary, Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor. He was also active as a comic writer. After finishing high school, Kuczka studied at ...

(1954) *

Lajos Bárdos Lajos Bárdos (1 October 1899 – 18 November 1986) was a composer, conductor, music theorist, and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, in Budapest, Hungary, where he had previously studied under Albert Siklós and Zoltán K ...

(1955) *

István Eiben István Eiben (21 December 1902 – 23 October 1958) was a Hungarian cinematographer. Selected filmography * ''Oliver Twist'' (1919) * '' Number 111'' (1919) * '' Hyppolit, the Butler'' (1931) * ''The Old Scoundrel'' (1932) * ''The Verdict of ...

(1955) * Ferenc Ecker (1955) *

Zoltán Fábri Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films '' The Boys of Paul Street'' (1969) and ''Hungarians'' (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ...

(1955) *

Albert Fonó Albert Fonó (born 2 July 1881 in Budapest, d. 21 November 1972 in Budapest), a successful Hungarian mechanical engineer who was one of the early pioneers of turbojet and ramjet propulsion and was first to patent a ramjet engine and a turbojet eng ...

(1956) *Gyula Kaesz (1956) *

László Ranódy László Ranódy (14 September 1919 – 14 October 1983) was a Hungarian film director. He directed 18 films between 1950 and 1980. His film '' Drama of the Lark'' was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Lo ...

(1956) *

Jenő Ádám Jenő Ádám (12 December 1896 15 May 1982) was a Hungarian music educator, composer, and conductor. Born in Szigetszentmiklós (Kingdom of Hungary), he studied composition and conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music where he was a pup ...

(1957) *

Miklós Borsos Miklós Borsos (13 August 1906 – 27 January 1990) was a Hungarian sculptor and medallist. His style integrated elements of archaic art and classicism with modern elements. Biography Born in Nagyszeben, Transylvania (present-day Sibiu, Romani ...

(1957) *

Manyi Kiss Manyi Kiss (Born Margit Kiss; 12 March 1911 – 24 March 1971) was a Hungarian actress. Career She was born in Magyarlóna, Kolozs County, Hungary ''(now Luna de Sus, Romania)'', to Lajos Kiss and Zsuzsanna Nagy. She acted from 1926 in Cl ...

(1957) *

László Németh László Németh (18 April 1901 – 3 March 1975) was a Hungarian dentist, writer, dramatist and essayist. He was born in Nagybánya the son of József Németh (1873–1946) and Vilma Gaál (1879–1957). Over the Christmas of 1925, he ...

(1957) *

Mária Sulyok Mária Sulyok (1908–1987) was a Hungarian actress best known for her role in '' A köszívü ember fiai'' (1965) and '' Love, Emilia'' (1968). She was born on 24 April 1908 and died on 20 October 1987 in Budapest, Hungary. Selected filmograph ...

(1957) *

László Fejes Tóth László Fejes Tóth ( hu, Fejes Tóth László, 12 March 1915 – 17 March 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician who specialized in geometry. He proved that a lattice pattern is the most efficient way to pack centrally symmetric convex sets on t ...

(1957) * Mór Korach (1958) *

Tátrai Quartet The Tátrai Quartet was a Hungarian classical string quartet founded in 1946. For the half-century after World War II it was one of the foremost string quartets in Hungary, specializing in Haydn and Bartók, whose complete quartets it recorded for ...

(1958) *

Éva Ruttkai Éva Ruttkai (31 December 1927 – 27 September 1986) was a Hungarian actress, well known from her work on stage, cinema, and television productions. She was the wife of Miklós Gábor, and later Zoltán Latinovits. Life Éva Ruttkai (born Év ...

(1960) *

Leo Weiner Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * '' Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts ...

(1960) *

Iván Berend Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgar ...

(1961) *

Tibor Czibere Tibor Czibere (born 16 October 1930) is a former Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Minister of Education between 1988 and 1989. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1985. Czibere served as rector of the Un ...

(1962) *

István Vas István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ki ...

(1962, 1985) *

Ákos Császár Ákos Császár ( hu, Császár Ákos, ) (26 February 1924, Budapest – 14 December 2017, Budapest) was a Hungarian mathematician, specializing in general topology and real analysis. He discovered the Császár polyhedron, a nonconvex polyhedro ...

(1963) *

Dénes Kovács Dénes Kovács (18 April 1930 – 11 or 14 February 2005) was a Hungarian classical violinist and academic teacher, described as "pre-eminent among Hungarian violinists". He won the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition in 1955. In his car ...

(1963) * Robert Ilosfalvy (1965) *

Pál Lukács Pál Lukács ( hu, Lukács Pál; 27 April 1919 in – 22 May 1981) was a Hungarian viola virtuoso, concert and recording artist, and music educator. Lukács studied voice, and also violin with Imre Waldbauer at the Franz Liszt Academy of Mus ...

(1965) * László Nagy (1966) *

Imre Sinkovits Imre Sinkovits (21 September 1928 in Budapest – 18 January 2001 in Budapest) was a Hungarian actor. Career After a year in Downtown Theatre and another in Youth Theatre, in 1949 he got a job in National Theatre, where he stayed until ...

(1966) *

Sándor Szokolay Sándor Szokolay (30 March 1931 – 8 December 2013)Elhunyt Szokolay Sándor zen ...

(1966) *

Irén Psota Irén Psota (28 March 1929 – 25 February 2016) was a Hungarian actress, who received two Kossuth Awards. Life Irén Psota was born on 28 March 1929. She was a Hungarian actress and singer. Her parents were István Psota and Ilona Dávid. S ...

(1966 and 2007) *

Erzsébet Házy Erzsébet Házy (; 1 October 1929 – 24 November 1982) was a Hungarian operatic soprano. She fascinated the critics (see 'Critics' below) and audience not only with her voice but also with perfect acting and her beauty. She was particularly ...

(1970) *

Péter Komlós Péter Komlós (25 October 1935 – 2 May 2017) was a Hungarian violinist, known particularly as the founder of the Bartók String Quartet. Life Péter Komlós was born in Budapest in October 1935, and studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music ...

(1970) *

György Kurtág György Kurtág (; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian classical composer and pianist. He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993. Biography György ...

(1973) *

Líviusz Gyulai Líviusz Gyulai (December 2, 1937 – March 16, 2021) was a Hungarian graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator. Biography Born at BaraoltMiklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including '' The Round-Up'' (''Szegénylegények'', 1965), '' ...

(1973), (2006) * Ferenc Sánta (1973) *

Mari Törőcsik Mari Törőcsik (born Marián Törőcsik; 23 November 1935 – 16 April 2021) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festiva ...

(1973, 1999 and 2019) *

Miklós Erdélyi Miklós Erdélyi (9 February 1928 – 1 September 1993) was a Hungarians, Hungarian conductor. Life Miklós Erdélyi was born in Budapest and from 1946-1951 studied at the Budapest Franz Liszt Music Academy with János Ferencsik for conducting, ...

(1975) *

Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (October 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the , an online digital repos ...

(1978) *

Iván Darvas Iván Darvas (born ''Szilárd Darvas''; 14 June 1925 in Behynce ( hu, Beje, german: Behintz; now part of Tornaľa, Revúca District, Banská Bystrica Region) – 3 June 2007 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian actor. Early life Born as ...

(1978) *

Erzsébet Galgóczi Erzsébet Galgóczi (27 August 1930 – 20 May 1989) was a Hungarian writer, playwright, and screenwriter. Her work is often described as realist fiction. Personal life Galgóczi attended primary school in Ménfőcsanak, the small village where ...

(1978) *

Sándor Sára Sándor Sára (28 November 1933 – 22 September 2019) was a Hungarian cinematographer and film director. He directed 16 films between 1962 and 2004. His film ''The Upthrown Stone'' was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but ...

(1978 and 2018) *

Dezső Ránki Dezső Ránki (born 8 September 1951) is a Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist with a broad repertoire and a significant discography of solo, duo and concerto works. Life and career Born in Budapest, he began taking piano lessons at the Budapes ...

(1978 and 2008) *

Zoltán Kocsis Zoltán Kocsis (; 30 May 1952 – 6 November 2016) was a Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer. Biography Studies Born in Budapest, he began his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 196 ...

(1978) *

János Pilinszky János Pilinszky (27 November 1921 in Budapest – 27 May 1981 in Budapest) was one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Well known within the Hungarian borders for his vast influence on postwar Hungarian poetry, Pilins ...

(1980) *

Iván Markó Iván Markó (29 March 1947 – 21 April 2022) was a Hungarian choreographer and ballet dancer. Biography Markó was born in Balassagyarmat. He studied dancing at the Hungarian State Ballet Institute in Budapest. After having graduated in 196 ...

(1983) *

László Márkus László Márkus (10 June 1927 – 30 December 1985) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 90 films and television shows between 1952 and 1985. He starred in the 1985 film '' Első kétszáz évem'', which was entered into the 36th Ber ...

(1983) *

Géza Ottlik Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungary, Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and contract bridge, bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority ...

(1985) *

András Szőllősy András Szőllősy (; 27 February 1921 in Orăştie – 6 December 2007 in Budapest) was the creator of the Szőllősy index (abbreviated "Sz."), a frequently used index of the works of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Szőllősy studied co ...

(1985) *

Dezső Garas Dezső Garas (9 December 1934 – 30 December 2011) was a Hungarian actor, who appeared in more than 145 films and television shows since 1956. He starred in the 1993 film '' Whoops'', which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International F ...

(1988) *

Iván Mándy Iván Mándy (23 December 1918 in Budapest – 6 October 1995 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer. Biography From 1945 on Mándy worked at the literary revue Újhold. After the Stalinist takeover he became a freelance writer. In 1989 he got agai ...

(1988) *

Miklós Szentkuthy Miklós Szentkuthy (born Miklós Pfisterer; 2 June 1908 – 18 July 1988) was one of the most prolific Hungarian writers of the 20th century. His works include numerous novels, essays, translations, and a voluminous diary spanning the years 1930� ...

(1988) * Sandor Marai (1989) *

György Cserhalmi György Cserhalmi (born 17 February 1948, in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre. Employment *1971: Debrecen Csokonai Theat ...

(1990) *

Sándor Csoóri Sándor Csoóri (3 February 1930 – 12 September 2016) was a Hungarian poet, essayist, writer, and politician. Biography In 1950, he graduated from the Reformed College in the town of Pápa ( :hu:Pápai Református Kollégium) and then studied ...

(1990) *

Ernő Dohnányi Ernő or Erno is a Finnish and Hungarian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ernő Balogh (1897-1989), Hungarian pianist, composer, editor, and educator * Ernő Bánk (1883-1962), Hungarian painter and teacher *Ernő B� ...

(1990) *

Imre Makovecz Imre Makovecz (November 20, 1935 – September 27, 2011) was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward. Makovecz was born and died in Budapest. He attended the Technical University of Budapest. He was founder and "eter ...

(1990) *

Ferenc Farkas Ferenc Farkas (; 15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungarian composer. Biography Born into a musical family (his father played the cimbalom and his mother played the piano) in Nagykanizsa, Farkas began his musical studies in Budape ...

(1991) *

István Gaál István Gaál (25 August 1933 – 25 September 2007) was a Hungarian film director, editor and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films between 1956 and 1996. With '' Falcons'' he won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Se ...

(1991) * Sándor Szabó (1991) *

Péter Nádas Péter Nádas (born 14 October 1942) is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist. Biography He was born in Budapest into a Jewish family, the son of László Nádas (originally Nussbaum) and Klára Tauber. After the takeover of the Hunga ...

(1992) * István Ágh (1992) * Sándor Kányádi (1993) *

Sándor Reisenbüchler Sándor Reisenbüchler (February 16, 1935, Budapest – April 1, 2004, Budapest) was a Hungarian animated film director and graphic artist. He took a degree in directing of films from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. He was worki ...

(1993) * Ferenc Ban (1994) *

György Faludy György Faludy (September 22, 1910 – September 1, 2006; ), sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator. Life Travels, vicissitudes, and remembrance Faludy completed his schooling in the Fasori Ev ...

(1994) * Tamás Lossonczy (1994) * Adrienne Jancsó (1995) *

Péter Esterházy Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He has been called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", his books being ...

(1996) * József Király (1996) *

György Petri György Petri (22 December 1943 – 16 July 2000) was a Hungarian poet. Childhood and youth He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts. According to his ...

(1996) *

András Schiff Sir András Schiff (; born 21 December 1953) is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor, who has received numerous major awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Mu ...

(1996) * Bartók String Quartet (1997) *

Péter Gothár Péter Gothár (born 28 August 1947) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 23 films since 1974. His film ''The Outpost'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmograp ...

(1997) *

Jenő Jandó Jenő Jandó (; born 1 February 1952) is a Hungarian pianist and Professor of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. Background and education Jandó studied piano at the Liszt Academy with Katalin Nemes and Pál Kadosa, la ...

(1997) *

Imre Kertész Imre Kertész (; 9 November 192931 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was ...

(1997) *

Ferenc Zenthe Ferenc Zenthe (born Ferenc Rameshofer; 20 April 1920 – 30 July 2006) was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the Nation, the Kossuth Prize and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary. Best known from the historical se ...

(1997) *

Éva Marton Éva Marton (born 18 June 1943) is a Hungarian dramatic soprano, particularly known for her operatic portrayals of Puccini's ''Turandot'' and ''Tosca'', and Wagnerian roles. Vocal training and early years Marton was born in Budapest, where s ...

(1997) *

Géza Hofi Géza Hofi (born Géza Hoffmann, 2 July 1936 in Budapest; died 10 April 2002 in Budapest) was a Hungarian actor and comedian. He is possibly the most popular Hungarian parodist of all time, who has had a strong influence on Hungarian cabaret. ...

(1998) * Györgyi Szakács (1998) *

Dezső Tandori Dezső Tandori (8 December 1938 – 13 February 2019) was a Hungarian writer, poet and literary translator. He was a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts and a founding member of the Digital Literature Academy. While publish ...

(1998) *

József Gregor József Gregor (born 30 November 1963) is a retired Hungarian football striker. He became Nemzeti Bajnokság I top goalscorer in 1990–91 and was capped for Hungary. References 1963 births Living people Hungarian men's footballers ...

(1999) * János Kass (1999) *

Márta Sebestyén Márta Sebestyén (; born 19 August 1957) is a Hungarian folk vocalist, composer and actress. Early life Sebestyén was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an econo ...

(1999) *

Károly Eperjes Károly Eperjes (born 17 February 1954 in Hegykő) is a Kossuth Prize winner Hungarian stage and film actor, member of the National Theatre in Budapest. Eperjes appeared in more than fifty films since 1982. Selected filmography Awards * Já ...

(1999) * Péter Korniss (1999) * József Soproni (1999) *

Lívia Gyarmathy Lívia Gyarmathy (8 January 1932 – 25 May 2022) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.Miklós Kocsár Miklós Kocsár (21 December 1933 – 29 August 2019) was a Hungarian composer. He was born in Debrecen, Hungary, (son of László Kocsár and Erzsébet Borsy) and studied composition at the Academy of Music in Budapest with Ferenc Farkas, gra ...

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Gáspár Nagy Gáspár Nagy (May 4, 1949, Bérbaltavár – January 3, 2007, Budapest) was a Hungarian poet and writer. Life He graduated from the Benedictine Grammar School of Pannonhalma where he studied Library Science in Szombathely, then Aesthetics and S ...

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Géza Böszörményi Géza is a Hungarian given name and may refer to any of the following: * Benjamin Géza Affleck * Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians * Géza I of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza, son of Géza II of Hungar ...

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János Bródy János Kristóf Bródy ( Hungarian: Bródy János, born 5 April 1946) is a Hungarian pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and scriptwriter. Successful both with the bands Illés and Fonográf and in his solo career, writing lyrics for si ...

(2000) * Enikő Eszenyi (2001) *

Zoltán Jeney Zoltán Jeney (4 March 1943 – 28 October 2019) was a Hungarian composer. Jeney was born in Szolnok Hungary. He first studied piano and attended Pongrácz's composition classes at the Debrecen Secondary Music School, later continuing composit ...

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Margit Bara Margit Bara (21 June 1928 – 25 October 2016) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975. She retired from acting in 1977 and later in 1992 received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary and in 20 ...

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Péter Eötvös Péter Eötvös ( hu, Eötvös Péter, ; born 2 January 1944) is a Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher. Eötvös was born in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania, then part of Hungary, now Romania. He studied composition in Budapest and Colog ...

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El Kazovsky El Kazovsky (July 13, 1948 – July 21, 2008) was a Russian-born Hungary, Hungarian Painting, painter, performer, poet and costume designer who was one of the leading Hungarian painters of his time. Personal life El Kazovsky was born under the ...

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Aladár Pege Aladár Pege (8 October 1939 – 23 September 2006) was a jazz musician from Hungary. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass". He was chosen as best soloist of Europe in 1970, performed at Carnegie Hall an ...

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András Bálint András Bálint (born 26 April 1943) is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in more than 75 films and television shows since 1958. Selected filmography * ''Father'' (1966) * '' The Confrontation'' (1969) * '' Szerelmesfilm'' (1970) * '' Trotta' ...

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Ádám Bodor Ádám Bodor (born 22 February 1936 in Cluj) is a Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin. Life and writing Bodor was born in Romania to a staunchly anti-communist father and was himself an anti-communist. In his youth he believed i ...

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Éva Janikovszky Éva Janikovszky (April 23, 1926 in Szeged – July 14, 2003 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer. She wrote novels for both children and adults, but she is primarily known for her children's books, translated into 35 languages. Her first book ...

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György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" ...

(2003) * László Marton (2003) *

Béla Tarr Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film ''Family Nest'' (1977), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordin ...

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Amadinda Percussion Group Amadinda Percussion Group is a percussion ensemble that was formed in Budapest in 1984 by four musicians, who had just after having graduated from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. Since founding the ensemble, their aim has been twofold: to prese ...

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Gergely Bogányi Gergely Bogányi (born 4 January 1974) is a Hungarian pianist. Coming from a musical family, Bogányi is one of the youngest pianists to have won the Kossuth Prize, becoming one of the leading pianists of his generation. Education Bogányi w ...

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Líviusz Gyulai Líviusz Gyulai (December 2, 1937 – March 16, 2021) was a Hungarian graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator. Biography Born at BaraoltLászló Krasznahorkai László Krasznahorkai (; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels '' S ...

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Andrea Rost Andrea Rost (born 15 June 1962) is a Hungarian lyric soprano. She has performed in leading roles with the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival. The year ...

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Gyula Bodrogi Gyula Bodrogi (born 15 April 1934) is a Hungarian television and film actor. Selected filmography * ''Sleepless Years'' (1959) * ''Cantata'' (1963) * '' Twenty Hours'' (1965) * ''The Testament of Aga Koppanyi'' (1967) * ''Irány Mexikó!'' ...

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György Szomjas György Szomjas (26 November 1940 – 7 April 2021) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.Pál Závada (2005) *

Eszter Csákányi Eszter Csákányi (born June 10, 1953 in Budapest) is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in 1991's ''Paths of Death and Angels''. She is the daughter of actor László Csákányi László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname afte ...

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Iván Fischer Iván Fischer (born 20 January 1951) is a Hungarian conductor and composer. Born in Budapest into a musical family of Jewish heritage, Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest. His older brother, Ádám Fisch ...

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János Herskó János Herskó (9 April 1926 – 12 October 2011) was a Hungarian film director and actor. He appeared in 15 films between 1963 and 2006. He also directed nine films between 1948 and 1990. In 1963, he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Mosc ...

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János Kulka János Kulka may refer to: * János Kulka (conductor) János Kulka (11 December 1929 – 18 October 2001) was a Hungarian conductor and composer. Career Kulka studied in Budapest, where he was born. He was solo repetiteur and later con ...

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György Spiró György (George) Spiró (born 4 April 1946 in Budapest) is a dramatist, novelist and essayist who has emerged as one of post-war Hungary's most prominent literary figures. He is a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts. Life ...

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Erzsébet Szőnyi Erzsébet Szőnyi (25 April 1924 – 28 December 2019), also Erzsébet Szilágyi, was a Hungarian composer and music teacher. Her works encompass symphonic compositions, chamber music works, art songs, and oratorios. She also wrote numerous sta ...

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Zorán Sztevanovity Zorán Sztevanovity ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стевановић) (born 4 March 1942) is a Serbian guitarist, singer and composer in Hungary. Life and career Zoran Stevanović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стевановић) was born in Belgrade, Kingdo ...

(2006) * Nelly Vágó (2006) *

László Gálffi László Gálffi (born 16 November 1952) is a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest. One of his better known roles is that of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Tony Palmer's epic film production of '' Wagner'', in which Galffi acted alongside ...

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Gábor Görgey Gábor Görgey (born ''Artúr Görgey''; 22 November 1929 – 11 April 2022) was a Hungarian writer, poet, director and politician, who served as Minister of Culture between 2002 and 2003. He was a descendant of the freedom fighter General A ...

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András Kern András Kern (born 28 January 1948 in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian. Life In 1965 Kern produced a film with a friend, entitled ''Mi Lesz?'' (What will happen?), and subsequently won first prize in the 13 ...

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Ferenc Kósa Ferenc Kósa (21 November 1937 – 12 December 2018) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed thirteen films between 1961 and 1988. He won the award for Best Director at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival for the film '' Ten T ...

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András Ligeti András Ligeti (5 August 1953 – 19 September 2021) was a Hungarian classical violinist and conductor who worked internationally. He was chief conductor of the Hungarian State Opera House until 1985, and chief conductor to the Budapest Symphony ...

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Miklós Perényi Miklós Perényi (born 5 January 1948) is a Hungarian cellist. He was born in Budapest into a musical family and studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Ede Banda and Enrico Mainardi. He continued his studies at the Accademia ...

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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), Rubik ...

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Judit Elek Judit Elek (born 10 November 1937) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She directed 16 films between 1962 and 2006. Her film '' Mária-nap'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Filmograp ...

(2008) * János Fajó (2008) *

Ádám Fischer Ádám Fischer (born 9 September 1949 in Budapest) is a Hungarian conductor. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, chief conductor of the Danish Chamber Orchestra, and chief conductor of the Düsseldorfer Sym ...

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Zsuzsa Koncz Zsuzsa Koncz (born Zsuzsanna Koncz) (, born 7 March 1946, Pély) is a Hungarian pop singer, whose lyrics (mostly written by János Bródy) were sometimes highly critical of the country's pre-1990 political system. Her career started after her ...

(2008) * Péter Kovács (2008) *

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Mihály Balázs Mihály Balázs (born 1948) is a Hungarian Catholic historian and professor of religious history at the University of Szeged. He is widely regarded as an expert on the religious history of Hungarian-speaking Transylvania. Works * Mihály Balázs, ...

(2009) * Gábor Máté (2009) *

László Rajk Jr. László Rajk Jr. (26 January 1949, Budapest – 11 September 2019) was a Hungarian architect, designer and political activist. Biography As an architect, he became the member of the Hungarian avantgarde movement. From 1975, he joined the D ...

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Pál Sándor Pál Sándor (born 19 October 1939) is a Hungarian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has directed 28 films since 1964. His 1976 film '' A Strange Role'' was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won th ...

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Endre Tot Endre Tot (Endre Tót) born in Sümeg, Hungary, 1937 is a Hungarian artist who lives and works in Cologne, Germany. Tot participated in the Fluxus movement and is well known for his Mail art projects, the use of xerox copies and usage of rubber sta ...

(2009) * Tamás Féner (2010) *

Gyula Maár Gyula Maár (2 August 1934 – 20 December 2013) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1966 and 2007. His 1975 film, '' Mrs. Dery Where Are You?'' won the award for Best Actress (Mari Törőcsik) at th ...

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Ferenc Rados Ferenc Rados (born 26 October 1934, in Budapest) is a Hungarian pianist and professor of piano and chamber music. Until 1996, he taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. After retiring, he gave master classes in Europe an ...

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László Vidovszky ''The native form of this personal name is'' Vidovszky László. ''This article uses the Western name order.'' László Vidovszky (born Békéscsaba, Hungary, 25 February 1944) is a Hungarian composer and pianist. During the 1970s he began com ...

(2010) * Agota Kristof (2011) *

István Nemeskürty István Nemeskürty (14 May 1925 – 8 October 2015)
Origo.hu was a Hungarian historian, writer, scree ...

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István Orosz István Orosz (born 24 October 1951) is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director. He is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphoses ...

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Judit Reigl Judit Reigl (née Némedy; 1 May 1923 – 6 August 2020) was a Hungarian painter who lived in France. Biography Reigl was born on 1 May 1923 in Kapuvár, Hungary. She attended the Hungarian University of Fine Arts from 1942 to 1945 where she w ...

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Ferenc Rofusz Ferenc Rofusz (born 19 August 1946) is a Hungarian animator. He is known for the 1980 Academy Award-winning animated short '' The Fly''. Biography Rofusz was born in 1946 in Budapest. His interest in animation and film making started relative ...

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György Szabados György Szabados (13 July 1939 – 10 June 2011) was a Hungarian jazz pianist, and is sometimes referred to as the "father" or "unofficial king" of the Hungarian free jazz movement since the 1960s. Biography Szabados was born in Budapes ...

(2011) * Ákos Kovács (2012) *

Éva Schubert Éva Schubert (19 January 1931 – 11 July 2017) was a Hungarian actress, who won a Kossuth Prize in 2013 for her lifetime achievement. She was born and died in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hung ...

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Zoltán Gera Zoltán Gera (; born 22 April 1979) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played for Fulham, Pécsi Mecsek and Harkány SE, as well as enjoying two spells at Ferencváros and West Bromwich ...

(2013) * Vera Pap (2013) *

Omega Omega (; capital: Ω, lowercase: ω; Ancient Greek ὦ, later ὦ μέγα, Modern Greek ωμέγα) is the twenty-fourth and final letter in the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system/ isopsephy ( gematria), it has a value of 800. Th ...

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Ferenc Snétberger Ferenc Snétberger (born 6 February 1957) is a Hungarian jazz guitarist. Biography Snétberger was born into a Romani family. At the age of thirteen, he attended music school and studied classical guitar. From 1977 to 1981 he studied at Bela ...

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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 ...

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Atilla Kiss B. Atilla Kiss B. (Hungarian style Kiss B. Atilla) (born 28 January 1963, Huedin) is a Romanian-born Hungarian operatic tenor. He made his debut at the Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera in 1993. In 2002 he sang the title role in the film version of Feren ...

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Fecó Balázs Fecó Balázs (born Ferenc Balázs; Budapest, 2 March 1951 – 26 November 2020) was a Hungarian singer, songwriter, and keyboardist and the founder of popular Hungarian rock band Korál. Biography Balázs was born in Budapest and attended ...

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László Nemes László Nemes (born Nemes Jeles László; ; 18 February 1977) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His 2015 debut feature film, '' Son of Saul,'' was screened in the main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the ...

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Ildikó Komlósi Ildikó Komlósi () (Békésszentandrás, 1959) is a Hungarian mezzo-soprano. Biography Komlósi studied music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music of Budapest and attended specialising classes at the Academy of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and ...

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Géza Röhrig Géza Röhrig ( hu, Röhrig Géza, ; May 11, 1967) is a Hungarian actor and poet. He is best known for his role in the 2015 film '' Son of Saul'', which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign La ...

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Sylvia Sass Sylvia Sass (born 12 July 1951) is a Hungarian operatic soprano who has sung leading roles both in her native country and internationally. Life and career Born in Budapest, Sass studied at Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Olga Rév ...

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László Tahi Tóth László Tahi Tóth (23 January 1944 – 22 February 2018) was a Kossuth Prize-awarded Hungarian stage, television and film actor. He was a member of the Vígszínház. Personal life and death Tahi Tóth was one of seven sons born to Eleanor P ...

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Károly Frenreisz Károly Frenreisz (born 8 November 1946, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and songwriter. Life Frenreisz first studied piano and then learned to play the clarinet, saxophone, and bass. He was from 1965 to 1971 part of the band Me ...

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Cecília Esztergályos Cecília Esztergályos (born 26 January 1943) is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1962. Selected filmography References External links * 1943 births Living people Hungarian film actresses Actresse ...

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Teri Tordai Teri Tordai (born 28 December 1941) is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in a large number of European films, including a number of costume films made in the late 1960s and early 1970s, especially '' Frau Wirtin'' series of Franz Antel, w ...

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Feró Nagy Ferenc "Feró" Nagy (born 14 January 1946 in Letenye, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and musician. Although not proficient on any instrument, he can play the guitar, the harmonica, the saxophone and the piano. Career Feró studied at th ...

(2021)

References

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