This is a list of notable

Hungarian Australian Hungarian Australians () are Australian citizens of Hungarian descent. The constant influx of Hungarian immigrants was marked by several waves. Most of the Hungarian immigrants to Australia came after World War II and after the Hungarian Revolu ...

A–G

* Sir

Peter Abeles Sir Peter Emil Herbert Abeles, AC (25 April 192425 June 1999) was an Australian transportation magnate. A refugee from Hungary, he became a businessman in Australia, and was knighted in 1972. Career Abeles was born in Vienna, in Austria, but ...

(1924–1999) businessman; awarded the

Companion of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

Attila Abonyi Attila Abonyi (16 August 1946 – 6 July 2023) was a soccer manager and player. Born in Hungary, he played for the Australia national team. Abonyi made his senior international debut for Australia in 1967 at age 20, and had earned 61 caps, i ...

(born 1946) soccer administrator and player for

Melbourne Hungaria Melbourne Hungaria Soccer Club was an Australian association football club that was based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club was founded by Hungarian migrants in 1957 and quickly became one of the strongest football clubs in Australia in the 1960s ...

; member of the Australian

1974 World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

squad in

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

; represented Australia 61 times *

Rodney Adler Rodney Stephen Adler (born 19 August 1959) is an Australian whose family founded the FAI Insurances group, of which he became chief executive in 1989, and which was at one stage Australia's third largest general insurer. Adler became a director ...

– company director and former managing director of

FAI Insurance HIH Insurance was Australia's second-largest insurance company before it was placed into provisional liquidation on 15 March 2001. The demise of HIH is considered to be the largest corporate collapse in Australia's history, with liquidators e ...

Silvio Apponyi Silvio Apponyi (born 4 July 1949) is an Australian sculptor based in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia, noted for depictions of animals. Early life and education Apponyi was born on 4 July 1949 in a refugee camp in Dachau, Bavaria, Dac ...

– sculptor and master wood-carver; art awards winner; Hungarian father *

Frank Arok Ferenc "Frank" Arok ( sr-Cyrl, Ференц Арок, ; 20 January 1932 – 12 January 2021) was a Yugoslavian footballer and coach. Career Arok played for Jedinstvo in Yugoslavia during the 1950s before coaching. In the early 1960s Arok coac ...

– Australian soccer coachE.Józsa-Demian (2001), p. 425. * Steve Babinczky – Senior IT professional and director of the Hungarian Community centre - Melbourne, (born 1969) *

Suzanne Balogh Suzanne Elspeth (Suzy) Balogh Order of Australia, OAM (born 8 May 1973 in Queanbeyan, New South Wales) is a sport shooting, sport shooter from Australia. Balogh competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in Olympic Trap, ...

– trap shooter; won gold for Australia in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

(Athens); won gold and bronze medals in the

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

and

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

; Hungarian father. * Hajnal Ban (Hajnal Black) (born 1977)

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

barrister and author *

Cheryl Bart Cheryl Sarah Bart is an Australian lawyer and company director. She is also the first Australian female and the 31st person worldwide to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam. Early life and education Cheryl Sarah Bart is the daughter of Emeric ...

– lawyer and board member of the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is ...

* Gregory Benko – Australian fencer at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

(Munich) * Leslie Bodi (1922–2015) – foundation Professor of German and long-term head of the department (1963-1987) at

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

George Bornemissza George Francis Bornemissza (born György Ferenc Bornemissza; 11 February 1924 – 10 April 2014) was a Hungarian-born entomologist and ecologist. He studied science at the University of Budapest before obtaining his Ph.D. in zoology at the Un ...

(1924–2014) CSIRO

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

, eponymous scientist of 20 beetles; ecologist; author of entomological publications; awarded the

Order of Australia Medal The Order of Australia is an Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of then ...

(2001) * Forgacs Istvan – founder of Forgacs, one of Newcastle's most successful engineering and ship building companies *

Joe Bugner József Kreul Bugner (born 13 March 1950) is a Hungarian born British– Australian former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division and actor. He holds triple nationality, originally being a citizen of Hungary and a nat ...

(also known as Aussie Joe) (born 1950) Australian heavyweight boxer; two-time holder of the British and British Commonwealth heavyweight titles; three-time European heavyweight champion *

Judy Cassab Judy Cassab (15 August 19203 November 2015), born Judit Kaszab, was an Australian painter. Early years Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, on 15 August 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents. She began painting at twelve years old and began studying at ...

(1920–2012) – painter and two-time winner of the

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

; awarded

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

and

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

Laura Csortan Laura Csortan (born 9 November 1976) is an Australian model, television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder. She is known for winning the title of Miss Australia in the year 1997 and represented Australia at Miss Universe 1997 where she wa ...

– Australian model and television presenter. She was crowned

Miss Universe Australia Miss Universe Australia is a national beauty pageant that selects Australia's representative to the Miss Universe. Organization Miss Universe is a registered trademark owned by the Miss Universe Organization. It was owned by Donald Trump and ...

1997 and represented Australia in

Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Stree ...

1997 and

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

1997. Hungarian parents. * Claire Dan (Klára Dán) (1920–2012) – concert organiser. Principal founder of the

Sydney International Piano Competition The Sydney International Piano Competition is a music competition, presented in Sydney and broadcast live throughout Australia and internationally. It is held every four years, over a three-week period in July–August, and is internationally r ...

. Awarded

(OBE) 1976 and Member of the

Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

(AM) 1986. * Tom Danos – Victorian barrister * Kriszta Doczy (born 1948) film producer and distributor *

András Domahidy András Kálmán Viktor Domahidy (23 February 1920 – 8 August 2012) was a contemporary Hungarian-Australian, novelist and librarian. His novels were written in Hungarian. Born in Satu Mare, in northwestern Romania, András Domahidy completed ...

(1920–2012) novelist and librarian *

Steve Doszpot Steven John Doszpot (23 September 1948 – 25 November 2017) was an Australian politician and member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2017. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the electorate of ...

Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia (LP) is the prominent centre-right political party in Australia. It is considered one of the two major parties in Australian politics, the other being the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Liberal Party was fo ...

member for Molonglo,

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory, known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly, is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building, Canberra, Leg ...

; holder of three separate shadow ministries; informatics expert; former ACT General Manager of Canon Australia and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors * Anthony Endrey (1922–2010) – Queen's Counsel, Master of the Supreme Court of Victoria; author * Andrew Fabinyi (1908–1978) – book publisher; awarded the

Martin Fabinyi Martin Fabinyi is an Australian film and television producer and director and music label owner and has written books on the local rock music scene. He was the chief executive officer of Mushroom Pictures from its formation in 1993 to 2009. Mu ...

– Australian film and television producer * Stephen Fazekas de St. Groth – microbiologist; former Professor of Microbiology,

John Curtin School of Medical Research The John Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) is an Australian multidisciplinary translational medical research institute and postgraduate education centre that forms part of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. The school ...

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

Vince Fehérvári Vince Fehérvári is a Hungarian-born, Australian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. He won twelve medals at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (K-1 200 m: 1997, K-2 200 m: 1997, ...

– sprint canoeist; winner of 12 medals at

International Canoe Federation The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide. 157 countries are affiliated ...

World Championships (1997 to 2002) with seven gold, three silver and two bronze medals *

Peter Fritz Peter Adalbert Robert George Fritz (born 4 January 1943) is an Australian businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Arad, Romania and migrated to Australia in 1962. He has been Group managing director of the TCG Group of Companies since 1 ...

(born 1943) author and engineer; awarded the

Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

(1993) *

Ivan Gaal Ivan Gaal (born 23 March 1938) is an Australian filmmaker. He primarily makes documentary films. He has also worked as a professional photographer, and also gained recognition as an Olympic standard canoeist. Biography Gaal was born in Budapest ...

(born 1938) Australian filmmaker, photographer, and Olympic-recognised canoeist *

Sandor (Alexander) Gallus Sandor (Alexander) Gallus (15 November 1907 – 29 December 1996) was a Melbourne archaeologist, most famous for his investigations of Pleistocene Aboriginal occupation at Koonalda Cave in South Australia and the Dry Creek archaeological site in ...

(1907–1996) archeologist *

Renée Geyer Renée Rebecca Geyer (11 September 195317 January 2023) was an Australian singer who was an acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B musician.* 1st edition nline * 2nd edition rint She released 15 studio albums with '' Moving Along'' (1977) and ...

(born 1953) singer and author; Hungarian father

H–M

Ed Halmagyi Ed Halmagyi (born February 1975), known as "Fast Ed", is an Australian TV presenter, chef, author, photographer, and radio host. Early life Halmagyi was born in February 1975, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to Hungarian immigrants: ne ...

(also known as Fast Ed) – chef, television presenter, author and radio host; Hungarian father *

Don Hany Don Hany (born 18 September 1975) is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He has received a number of accolades and nominations. He won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor, playing the protagonist, Zane Malik, in the SBS serie ...

One of Australia's most sought after film and television actor. Winner of 2010 Logie Award. Hungarian mother. *

Charles Hegyalji Charles Hegyalji (6 August 1956 – 22 November 1998) also known as Mad Charlie was a Hungarian born gangland criminal in Melbourne, Australia. Hegyalji was a key figure in the amphetamine trade. He was charged with attempted murder in 1997 aft ...

(1956–1998) Melbourne gangland criminal known as "Mad Charlie"; murdered during Melbourne's wave of gangland killings;

Dino Dibra Dino Dibra (18 April 1975 – 14 October 2000), also known as The Sunshine Boy, was an Australian suspected murderer and a victim of the Melbourne gangland killings. Imprisonments Dibra was born to Albanian parents. Between the ages of 15 and ...

was implicated in his murder; associate of

Chopper Read Chopper may refer to: Transportation * A colloquialism for helicopter * Chopper (motorcycle), a type of customized motorcycle ** Chopper bicycle, a customized bicycle modeled after the motorcycle * Nickname for the British Rail Class 20 dies ...

Rel Hunt Aurel Mitterdorfer, professionally known as Rel Hunt, is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Ryan Scheppers in the television series ''Heartbreak High''. Early life Hunt was born 'Aurel Mitteldorfer', in Sydney, Australia on August ...

(Aurel) (born 1974) actor; Hungarian father *

Annie Jones Ann Jones (or similar) may refer to: Writers *Ann Jones (author) (born 1937), American writer on women's issues *Anne Jones (writer) (born 1955), Australian editor and administrator *Anna Jones (food writer), columnist and cookbook author *Cathe ...

(née Jancsó) (born 1967) actress; winner of two

Logie Awards The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies) is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The event is telecast live and ...

; Hungarian parents *

Lucy Kiraly Lucy Kiraly (born 1950) is an Australian fashion model and television presenter. She was, with David Johnston, the presenter of the first TattsLotto draw conducted by Melbourne television station HSV7 on 22 June 1972. Born in Romania, she cam ...

– professional model,

graduate; television personality; first "barrel girl" when Tattslotto game introduced to Australian television in 1972 * Andrew Robert Korda – Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology University of Western Sydney. Legal Medicine specialist. Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Australia 2011 for service to medicine in the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology through clinical, teaching and administrative roles and to a range of professional organisations. * George Kulcsar (born 1967)soccer footballer; has played for

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

and Canberra City clubs *

Géza Lakatos Géza Lakatos de Csíkszentsimon (Hungarian title/name: "Vitéz lófő csíkszentsimoni Lakatos Géza"; in German: Geza Ritter Lakatos, Edler von Csikszentsimon) (30 April 1890 – 21 May 1967) was a colonel general in the Hungarian Army duri ...

(1890–1967)last

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary This article lists the Prime Minister of Hungary, prime ministers of Hungary (, ) from when the first Prime Minister (in the modern sense), Lajos Batthyány, took office in 1848 (during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848) until the present day. Th ...

(29 August 1944 – 16 October 1944); military general *

Frank Lowy Sir Frank P. Lowy ( ; born 22 October 1930) is an Australian people, Australian-Israeli people, Israeli businessman of Jewish Slovak-Hungarian origins and the former long-time chairman of Westfield Corporation, a global shopping centre company ...

– businessman and philanthropist; co-founder, with John Saunders, of the

Westfield Group Westfield Group was an Australian shopping centre company that existed from 1960 to 2014, when it split into two independent companies: Scentre Group, which owns and operates the Australian and New Zealand Westfield shopping centre portfolio; ...

, a conglomerate owner of shopping centres. *

Peter Malinauskas Peter Bryden Malinauskas (English: ; ; born 14 August 1980) is an Australian politician serving as the 47th and current premier of South Australia since 2022. He has been the leader of the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party ...

– 47th

Premier of South Australia The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier i ...

, Labor Party MP since 2015. * David Martin (also known as Lajos Detsényi)writer and poet *

Andrew Mensaros Andrew Mensaros (25 November 1921 – 29 May 1991) was a politician in Western Australia. Born in Hungary, and educated at the University of Budapest, a member of the Liberal Party, he served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative A ...

(1921–1991) –

former member of the Parliament of Western Australia and Minister in several governments *

Vili Milisits Vilmos "Vili" Milisits (8 September 1948 – 26 March 2021) was an Australian pastry chef and businessman of Hungarian origin, noted for the businesses Vili's Pies and Vili's Café (also known as the "Café de Vili's") in Adelaide, South Austral ...

(Vilmos Milisics) (1948-2021) – baker and pastry chef; Australian pie manufacturer and exporter to Asia, Europe, the Pacific and the United States *

George Molnar George Molnar () (25 April 1910, Nagyvárad – 16 November 1998, Sydney) was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary and came to Australia in 1939 as a sponsored migrant, to take up a job as government architect. His talents were such that in ...

(1910–1998)cartoonist for ''

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''; architect; awarded

(OBE) and

(AO). *

(1934–1999)philosopher, with interests in metaphysics, at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

* Les Murray (László Ürge) – Head of Sport,

Special Broadcasting Service The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from tax revenue. SBS operates six TV channels (SBS (Australian TV chann ...

Australia and prominent broadcaster; Member of the

N–S

Andrew Olexander Andrew Phillip Olexander (; born 26 February 1965) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing Silvan Province from 1999 until 2006. Personal life Olexander was born in the regional c ...

– former

and independent member of the

Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House, Melbourne, Parliament ...

for Silvan Province *

Desiderius Orban Desiderius Orban, (; 26 November 18844 October 1986) was a renowned Hungary, Hungarian Painting, painter, printmaker and teacher, who, after emigrating to Australia in 1939 when in his mid-50s, also made an illustrious career in that country. ...

(1884–1986) – painter and printmaker; president of the NSW Branch of the Contemporary Art Society of Australia; awarded

(OBE) in 1975 *

John Orcsik John Orcsik (born 3 May 1946), credited also variously as Jon Orcsik, John Orschik, John Orscik and John Crosik, is an Australian television and film actor, screenwriter, director and producer of Hungarian descent, known for his television rol ...

(born 1945)actor and television scriptwriter *

Jackie Orszaczky Miklós József "Jackie" Orszáczky (8 May 1948, Budapest, Hungary 3 February 2008, Sydney, Australia) was a Hungarian-Australian musician, arranger, vocalist and record producer. His musical styles included jazz, blues, R&B, funk and progress ...

(1948–2008)musician, arranger and record producer *

Tibor Paul Tibor Paul (29 March 190911 November 1973) was a Hungarian-Australian conductor. Background He was born in Budapest, Hungary to Antal János Paul, vintner, and his wife Gizella, née Verényi. He studied piano and woodwind under Zoltán Kodály, ...

(1909–1973)conductor of the ABC Symphony Orchestra *

Elizabeth (Elly) Rab Elizabeth Rab (3 September 1930 – 7 June 2016), also known as Rab Elly, was a Hungarian-born Australian internationally acclaimed opera soprano and music teacher (singing and piano). She was a member of the Hungarian State Opera (Budapest) from 1 ...

(1930–2016)internationally recognised opera soprano, singing teacher & pianist *

Elizabeth Rakoczy Elizabeth P. Rakoczy (née Piroska E. Szepessy) is a Hungarian-born molecular ophthalmologist. She is a Emerita Professor at the University of Western Australia. She started the molecular ophthalmology department at the Lions Eye Institute. In 201 ...

– molecular ophthalmologist, awarded the Florey Medal for her human gene therapy trial to modify viruses for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration. *

Dianne Reilly Dianne Ann Reilly (born 29 January 1969) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Mudgeeraba. Reilly was first elected to parliament at the ...

–

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major Centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia and one of two Major party, major parties in Po ...

member of the

Legislative Assembly of Queensland The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ...

for

Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba ( ) is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Mudgeeraba had a population of 14,578 people. Mudgeeraba's essential character remains one of a nineteenth-century village. Geograp ...

( Gold Coast) 2001–2009; Hungarian mother * Sándor Rozsnyói – steeplechase runner at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

(Melbourne) and athletics coachKunz (1969), p. 218. *

Roza Sage Roza Eva Maria Sage (born 25 November 1957), an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the Blue Mountains for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015. Early years and background Completing her ...

–

member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House ...

for the electoral district of Blue Mountains *

Imre Salusinszky Imre Salusinszky (born 1955) is an Australian journalist, political adviser and English language, English literature academic who is currently media adviser to former Australian Government Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Citie ...

– lecturer at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

and the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

; associate professor at

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...

; columnist of opinions and articles in ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of b ...

'' Thomas Sinkovits OAM, High Commissioner to Nauru 1996 - 1998 first Hungarian-born Australian diplomat appointed to represent Australia as a head of mission *

Alex Somlyay Alexander Michael Somlyay (born 18 January 1946) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2013, representing the Queensland seat of Fairfax for the Liberal Party. He briefly held ministeri ...

–

Member of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...

for Fairfax (

). *

Rob Stary Robert Stary is an Australians, Australian consultant at R&S Stary Lawyers, having retired as a Magistrate form the Moorabbin Magistrates' Court. He is well known for defending Julian Assange, as well as Joseph T. Thomas, Jack Thomas, the first A ...

– Victorian criminal lawyer; represented notorious gangland criminal the late Carl Williams; also the Australian lawyer representing

Julian Assange Julian Paul Assange ( ; Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of News leak, leaks from Chels ...

Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner (14 June 1903, in Nagyvárad ( Oradea) – 22 April 1975, in Sydney) was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master. Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia (née Schwarz) ...

(1903–1975) – former chess International Master * Miklós Szabados (1912–1962) – world champion table tennis player *

Joe Szakacs Joseph Karl Szakacs ( "SOCK-arch"; born 3 July 1982) is an Australian politician and trade unionist. He is a Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of Cheltenham since the 2019 Chelt ...

(born 1982)

Member of the

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for the electoral district of

Cheltenham Cheltenham () is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the mo ...

. * Frank Szekely (born 1999)

Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

footballer; playing for the

North Adelaide Football Club The North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Roosters, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The club plays its home games at Prospect ...

in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

(SANFL) *

George Szekeres George Szekeres AM FAA (; 29 May 1911 – 28 August 2005) was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician. Early years Szekeres was born in Budapest, Hungary, as Szekeres György and received his degree in chemistry at the Technical University of ...

(1911–2005) mathematician and academic. Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2002. First recipient of the Australian Mathematical Society's biennial " The George Szekeres Medal " to award distinguished research scholars. Taught at

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

. * Lauren Szigeti (born 2000)

footballer; playing for the

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a Austral ...

in the

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Sandor Szoke Sandor Matyas Szoke (2 October 1927 – 10 July 1990) was a Hungarian-born Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was a founding member of the VRI Fencing Club in May 1949, a wee ...

(1926–1990) competed in fencing at the

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

. * Daniel Sumegi (born 1965) international opera singer; grandson of Hungarian Auschwitz survivor, who moved with family to Sydney in 1952.

T–Z

* Laszlo Toth (born 1940)Australian geologist *

Patrick Veszpremi Patrick Veszpremi (born 1 September 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Bundoora, Victoria, Veszpremi was drafted by Sydne ...

–

footballer; played in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

for both the

Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Originally named the Footscray F ...

and the

* Jason Voros (born 1976)Australian cricketer *

Stephen Wurm Stephen Adolphe Wurm (, ; 19 August 1922 – 24 October 2001) was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist. Early life Wurm was born in Budapest, the second child to the German-speaking Adolphe Wurm and the Hungarian-speaking Anna Novroczky. ...

(1922–2001)internationally recognised linguist and Professor of Linguistics at

* Charles Zentai (1921–2017)alleged war criminal The High Court of Australia ruled on 15 August 2012 that 90-year-old Zentai cannot be extradited to Hungary because the offence of a "war crime" did not exist in Hungarian law in 1944."http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgment-summaries/2012/hca28-2012-08-15.pdf

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Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

Australians Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are the citizenship, citizens, nationality, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or ethno-cultural. For most Aust ...

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