Notable Alumni of Budapest University of Technology and Economics [Sorted List]

1. Gusztáv Klados

1948-. (aged 78)

Gusztáv Klados is a Hungarian tunnel building engineer, known as one of the leading tunnel builders, having worked around the world on several projects.

+ show more

2. Jenő Kvassay

1850-1919 (aged 69)

hydraulic engineer

Jenő Kvassay was a civil engineer, specializing in hydraulic engineering. He was a significant figure in the development of the Hungarian water service.

+ show more

3. Gyula Rimanóczy

1903-1958 (aged 55)

academic architect

Gyula Rimanóczy architect, one of the important figures of the inter-war year avant garde period.

4. László Verebélÿ

1883-1959 (aged 76)

mechanical engineer electrical engineer

László Verebélÿ was a Hungarian university professor and electrical engineer. He worked in Hungary, Italy, Germany, Austria, England and the United States and did important work on the development of Hungary's electricity network after World War I.

+ show more

5. Zsolt Csenger-Zalán

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Zsolt Csenger-Zalán is a Hungarian chemical engineer, businessman, politician and diplomat, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Budaörs (Pest County Constituency IX) between 2010 and 2014, and for Budakeszi (Pest County Constituency II) from 2014 to 2022.

+ show more

6. László Felkai

1941-2014 (aged 73)

water polo player swimmer

László Felkai was a Hungarian water polo player and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

+ show more

7. István Irsai

1896-1968 (aged 72)

designer graphic designer architect

István Irsai was a Hungarian-born Israeli architect and graphic designer.

8. Csaba Horváth

1930-2004 (aged 74)

inventor chemical engineer

Csaba Horváth was a Hungarian-American chemical engineer, particularly noted for building the first high-performance liquid chromatograph.

9. Sándor Kenyeres

1949-. (aged 77)

businessperson

Sandor Kenyeres is a Hungarian international business magnate, and scientific philanthropist. The Hungarian born entrepreneur and investor achieved early success across multiple sectors including construction, real estate and fashion and more recently the hospitality industry. He was founder and former president of the Talentis Group, tasked with creating Hungary’s very own Silicon Valley and providing funding and education for high-tech...

+ show more

10. Dezső Jakab

1864-1932 (aged 68)

architect

Dezső Jakab was a Hungarian architect of Jewish heritage.

11. Lajos Méhelÿ

1862-1953 (aged 91)

biologist herpetologist zoologist

Lajos Méhelÿ was a Hungarian zoologist, herpetologist, professor, and author. He remains controversial due to his Social Darwinist and racialist publications. He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, but renounced his membership.

+ show more

12. Árpád Lehotay

1896-1953 (aged 57)

director actor

Árpád Lehotay was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was married to the actress Vera Sennyei.

13. Sándor Bodó

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Sándor Bodó is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Püspökladány, Hajdú-Bihar County (Constituency VI) from 2011 to 2014, and for Hajdúszoboszló (Hajdú-Bihar County Constituency V) since 2014. He served as President of the General Assembly of Hajdú-Bihar County from 2011 to 2014.

+ show more

14. Stefan Polónyi

1930-2021 (aged 91)

author civil engineer

Stefan Polónyi was a Hungarian-born German civil engineer.

15. Máté Hidvégi

1955-. (aged 71)

inventor biochemist

Mate Hidvegi is a Hungarian biochemist and co-inventor of Avemar and Oncomar, fermented wheat germ extract based nutraceuticals.

16. Sándor Szathmári

1897-1974 (aged 77)

writer science fiction writer mechanical engineer Esperantist translator

Szathmári Sándor was a Hungarian writer, mechanical engineer, Esperantist, and one of the leading figures in Esperanto literature.

17. György Hajós

1912-1972 (aged 60)

mathematician university teacher

György Hajós was a Hungarian mathematician who worked in group theory, graph theory, and geometry.

18. Ferenc Pfaff

1851-1913 (aged 62)

teacher architect

Ferenc Pfaff was a Hungarian chief architect of the MÁV and professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

19. József Kürschák

1864-1933 (aged 69)

mathematician scientist editor university teacher

József Kürschák was a Hungarian mathematician noted for his work on trigonometry and for his creation of the theory of valuations. He proved that every valued field can be embedded into a complete valued field which is algebraically closed. In 1918 he proved that the sum of reciprocals of consecutive natural numbers is never a natural number. Extending Hilbert's argument,...

+ show more

20. Ferenc Reitter

1813-1874 (aged 61)

urban planner architect

Ferenc Reitter was a Hungarian architect and engineer who is credited with constructing several landmarks in Budapest.

21. Lorand Gaspar

1925-2019 (aged 94)

translator poet photographer surgeon

Lorand Gaspar was a Hungarian–born French poet.

22. István Pukli

1979-. (aged 47)

teacher Esperantist

István Pukli is a Hungarian teacher of history and literature, esperantist, and the headmaster of the Teleki Blanka Gymnasium of Budapest.

23. Zoltán Illés

1961-. (aged 65)

teacher politician biologist environmental engineer chemist

Dr. Zoltán Illés is a Hungarian chemical engineer and politician, member of the National Assembly of Hungary (MP) for Terézváros, 6th District of Budapest (Budapest Constituency VIII) from 2010 to 2014. He also represented Terézváros between 1998 and 2002. He secured a seat from Fidesz National List in the 2002 Hungarian parliamentary election.

+ show more

24. Fred Forbát

1897-1972 (aged 75)

draftsperson numismatist urban designer university teacher painter

Alfréd Forbát was a Hungarian architect, urban planner, professor and painter who worked in Germany, Hungary, Greece, the Soviet Union and Sweden. He is considered an important representative of the Bauhaus modern.

+ show more

25. Béla Julesz

1928-2003 (aged 75)

electrical engineer neuroscientist psychologist university teacher

Béla Julesz was a Hungarian-born American visual neuroscientist and experimental psychologist in the fields of visual and auditory perception.

26. János Horváth

1921-2019 (aged 98)

sculptor economist politician

János Horváth was a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1945 to 1947, and later from 1998 to 2014. He fled to the United States after the failure of the Hungarian revolution of 1956 becoming a college professor and, later, a candidate for the United States House of Representatives.

+ show more

27. Péter Kuczka

1923-1999 (aged 76)

translator science fiction writer poet literary critic

Péter Kuczka was a Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor. He was also active as a comic writer.

28. Béla Katona

1944-. (aged 82)

engineer politician

Béla Katona is a Hungarian politician (MSZP), who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary from 2009 to 2010.

29. Béla Lajta

1873-1920 (aged 47)

architect

Béla Lajta was a prominent Hungarian architect.

30. István Gulyás

1931-2000 (aged 69)

tennis player

István Gulyás was a Hungarian tennis player. He was the second Hungarian man to reach a major singles final, after Jozsef Asboth in 1947. Gulyás was defeated in the 1966 French Championships final to Tony Roche in three sets, after permitting the match to be delayed by a day for Roche to recover from an ankle injury. He was ranked...

+ show more

31. Csaba Káel

1961-. (aged 65)

film director

Csaba Káel is a Hungarian film director and CEO of Müpa Budapest. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 2020 and the Kálmán Nádasdy Prize in 2013.

32. Tibor Radó

1895-1965 (aged 70)

university teacher mathematician Czechoslovak legionary

Tibor Radó was a Hungarian mathematician who moved to the United States after World War I.

33. Zoltán Balczó

1948-. (aged 78)

politician electrical engineer

Zoltán Balczó is a Hungarian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary between 2009–2010 and 2014–2019. He is a member of Jobbik. He is a former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary. He was a Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2002, from 2010 to 2014 and from 2019 to 2022.

+ show more

34. Dénes Mihály

1894-1953 (aged 59)

engineer inventor physicist

Dénes Mihály was a Hungarian inventor, engineer.

35. Zoltán Kész

1974-. (aged 52)

sports commentator educator politician

Zoltán Kész is a Hungarian civil activist, former politician and English language teacher. He is a former member of Fidesz but has since become an independent critic of their policies. Kész is now considered a significant member of the political and civil society opposition in Hungary.

+ show more

36. Gábor A. Somorjai

1935-2025 (aged 90)

university teacher chemist

Gabor A. Somorjai was a Hungarian-born American professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis, especially the catalytic effects of metal surfaces on gas-phase reactions ("heterogeneous catalysis"). For his contributions to the field, Somorjai won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1998, the Linus Pauling Award...

+ show more

37. Ferenc Pavlics

1928-2024 (aged 96)

engineer military flight engineer

Ferenc Pavlics was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer who developed the Apollo Lunar rover.

38. Dragiša Brašovan

1887-1965 (aged 78)

architect

Dragiša Brašovan was a Serbian modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia.

39. Ferenc Sebő

1947-. (aged 79)

singer ethnomusicologist conductor composer musician

Ferenc Sebő is a Hungarian folklorist and musician, best known as the bandleader for the Sebő Ensemble, a band that produced many future stars, including Márta Sebestyén (later of Muzsikás). The Sebő Ensemble was one of the best-known groups of the Hungarian roots revival in the 1970s.

+ show more

40. László Tisza

1907-2009 (aged 102)

physicist university teacher

László Tisza was a Hungarian-born American physicist who was Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT. He was a colleague of famed physicists Edward Teller, Lev Landau and Fritz London, and initiated the two-fluid model of liquid helium.

+ show more

41. György Szomjas

1940-2021 (aged 81)

film director screenwriter

György Szomjas was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films from 1965 to 2021. His 1983 film Tight Quarters was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Szomjas is the father of the Hungarian Ostern, the Goulash Western: in 1970s he directed two osterns about the Hungarian rascals the Wrong Doers and The Wind...

+ show more

42. József Finta

1935-2024 (aged 89)

academic architect

József Finta was a Hungarian architect who designed the InterContinental Budapest. He was the winner of the Kossuth Prize, the Miklós Ybl Prize, the Imre Steindl Prize, and the Prima Primissima Award. Finta was born in Cluj on 12 June 1935, and died on 7 January 2024, at the age of 88.

+ show more

43. Kálmán Tihanyi

1897-1947 (aged 50)

engineer inventor physicist electrical engineer

Kálmán Tihanyi, or in English language technical literature often mentioned as Coloman Tihanyi or Koloman Tihanyi (28 April 1897 – 26 February 1947) was a Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. One of the early pioneers of electronic television, he made significant contributions to the development of cathode ray tubes (CRTs), which were bought and further developed by the Radio...

+ show more

44. László Palkovics

1965-. (aged 61)

mechanical engineer politician

László Palkovics is a Hungarian politician. He served as Minister for Innovation and Technology from 18 May 2018 to 24 May 2022, then as Minister of Technology and Industry since 24 May 2022 in the fourth and fifth cabinets of Viktor Orbán, respectively. Previously he functioned Secretary of State for Higher Education from 2014 to 2016 and Secretary of State...

+ show more

45. Dénes Kőnig

1884-1944 (aged 60)

mathematician university teacher

Dénes Kőnig was a Hungarian mathematician of Hungarian Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory.

46. Miksa Déri

1854-1938 (aged 84)

inventor engineer

Miksa Déri was a Hungarian electrical engineer, inventor, power plant builder. He contributed with his partners Károly Zipernowsky and Ottó Bláthy, in the development of the closed iron core transformer and the ZBD model. His other important invention was the constant voltage AC electrical generator in the Ganz Works in 1883. The missing link of a full Voltage sensitive -...

+ show more

47. Iván Petrovich

1894-1962 (aged 68)

film actor

Iván Petrovich was a Serbian film actor and singer.

48. Alajos Hauszmann

1847-1926 (aged 79)

university teacher architect

Alajos Hauszmann, from 1918 Hauszmann de Velencze, was a Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

49. Károly Zipernowsky

1853-1942 (aged 89)

university teacher mechanical engineer engineer inventor electrical engineer

Károly Zipernowsky was an Austrian-born Hungarian electrical engineer. He invented the transformer with his colleagues (Miksa Déri and Ottó Bláthy) at the famous Hungarian manufacturing company Ganz Works and he contributed significantly with his works also to other AC technologies.

+ show more

50. Győző Kulcsár

1940-2018 (aged 78)

fencer

Győző Kulcsár was a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won four gold (one individual and three team) and two individual bronze medals. He also won three world titles with the Hungarian team, in 1970, 1971 and 1978.

+ show more

51. Donát Bánki

1859-1922 (aged 63)

university teacher engineer inventor

Donát Bánki was a Hungarian mechanical engineer and inventor of Jewish heritage. In 1893 he invented the carburetor for the stationary engine, together with János Csonka (known as the Bánki-Csonka engine). The invention is often, incorrectly credited to the German Wilhelm Maybach, who submitted his patent half a year after Bánki and Csonka. Bánki also greatly contributed to the design...

+ show more

52. Giorgos Vasiliou

1931-2026 (aged 95)

economist entrepreneur politician

George Vassiliou was a Cypriot politician and businessman who served as President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He was also the president of United Democrats from 1996 to 2005 and sat in the Cypriot House of Representatives from 1996 to 2001.

+ show more

53. László Hudec

1893-1958 (aged 65)

architect

László Ede Hudec or Ladislav Hudec, Chinese name Wu Dake (Chinese: 鄔達克), was a Hungarian–Slovak born architect, active in Shanghai from 1918 to the 1940s. He was responsible for some of the city's most notable and inventive architectural landmarks, particularly the Park Hotel, at 22 floors, the tallest in East Asia, and inspired by New York Art Deco skyscrapers. He...

+ show more

54. László Rajk Jr

1949-2019 (aged 70)

architect politician

László Rajk Jr. was a Hungarian architect, designer and political activist.

55. Sándor Tarics

1913-2016 (aged 103)

water polo player architect engineer

Sándor Tarics was a Hungarian water polo player who won a gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

56. István Pálffy

1959-. (aged 67)

writer journalist politician architect

István Pálffy is a Hungarian media personality, former news presenter, journalist and writer who also served as member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz–KDNP Hajdú-Bihar County Regional List between 2010 and 2014.

+ show more

57. Aurel Stodola

1859-1942 (aged 83)

mechanical engineer inventor physicist university teacher

Aurel Boleslav Stodola was a Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was a pioneer in the area of technical thermodynamics and its applications and published his book Die Dampfturbine (the steam turbine) in 1903. In addition to the thermodynamic issues involved in turbine design the book discussed aspects of fluid flow, vibration, stress analysis of plates, shells and rotating discs...

+ show more

58. Ödön Lechner

1845-1914 (aged 69)

architect

Ödön Lechner was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna Secession. He is famous for decorating his buildings with Zsolnay tile patterns inspired by old Magyar and Turkic folk art, which are combined with modern materials such as iron.

+ show more

59. Károly Kós

1883-1977 (aged 94)

graphic artist architect writer book designer teacher

Károly Kós was a Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician of Austria-Hungary and Romania.

60. András Hegedüs

1922-1999 (aged 77)

politician sociologist

András Hegedüs was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1955 to 1956. He fled to the Soviet Union on 28 October, the fifth day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, but returned in 1958 and taught sociology.

+ show more

61. Kálmán Kandó

1869-1931 (aged 62)

mechanical engineer railway engineer inventor

Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Sztregova was a Hungarian engineer, the inventor of phase converter and a pioneer in the development of AC electric railway traction.

+ show more

62. Tamás Jordán

1943-. (aged 83)

university teacher director theatrical director actor theatre manager

Tamás Jordán is a Hungarian actor. Jordán appeared in more than ninety films since 1969.

63. Tivadar Puskás

1844-1893 (aged 49)

engineer inventor physicist

Tivadar Puskás de Ditró was a Hungarian inventor, telephone pioneer, and inventor of the telephone exchange. He was also the founder of Telefon Hírmondó.

+ show more

64. Péter Scherer

1961-. (aged 65)

voice actor actor

Péter Scherer is a Hungarian stage and film actor.

65. Alfréd Hajós

1878-1955 (aged 77)

association football coach association football referee athletics competitor swimmer journalist

Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer, football (soccer) player, referee, manager, and career architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. Formerly excelling in track including discus and hurdles, he was part of the first National European football/soccer team fielded by Hungary in 1902, later serving as a referee as well as...

+ show more

66. István Vágó

1949-2023 (aged 74)

local politician television presenter chemical engineer rock guitarist

István Vágó was a Hungarian television host and political activist, best known as the host of "Legyen ön is Milliomos!" the Hungarian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

+ show more

67. George Andrew Olah

1927-2017 (aged 90)

university teacher chemist

George Andrew Olah was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in...

+ show more

68. Szilárd Németh

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Szilárd István Németh is a Hungarian teacher and politician. He served as the mayor of Csepel (21st district of Budapest) from 2010 to 2014. Besides that he represented Csepel (Budapest Constituency XXXI) in the National Assembly of Hungary between 2010 and 2014. He was also a member of parliament from the Budapest Regional List of Fidesz between 2004 and 2006,...

+ show more

69. István Tarlós

1948-. (aged 78)

politician civil engineer

István Tarlós is a Hungarian politician who served as the mayor of Óbuda-Békásmegyer from 1990 to 2006 and as mayor of Budapest from 2010 to 2019. Between 2006 and 2010, Tarlós was the chairman of the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Fraction-Alliance in the General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest and served as the political leader of the 2008...

+ show more

70. Imre Makovecz

1935-2011 (aged 76)

architect

Imre Makovecz was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward.

71. László Cseh

1985-. (aged 41)

swimmer

László Cseh is a retired Hungarian competitive swimmer and six-time Olympic medalist. He is a 33-time European Champion. His father, László Cseh Sr., also represented Hungary at the Olympics in swimming. In 2020, Braden Keith of SwimSwam nominated him as number 1 within top 10 male swimmers who have never won Olympic gold.

+ show more

72. Zoltán Latinovits

1931-1976 (aged 45)

film actor

Zoltán Latinovits was a Hungarian actor.

73. János Kóbor

1943-2021 (aged 78)

singer

János Kóbor was a Hungarian singer. Nicknamed "Mecky," he is best known as the frontman of the rock band Omega. He received both the Kossuth and Liszt Ferenc Awards for his contributions to Hungarian music. He died of COVID-19 on 6 December 2021, aged 78.

+ show more

74. Dávid Vitézy

1985-. (aged 41)

politician economist

Dávid Vitézy is a Hungarian economist, transport and urban mobility expert, politician, who served as Secretary of State for Transport in the Fifth Orbán Government for a brief time from May to November 2022. He was a candidate for Mayor of Budapest in the 2024 Budapest mayoral election.

+ show more

75. Zorán Sztevanovity

1942-. (aged 84)

composer recording artist guitarist singer

Zorán Sztevanovity is a Serbian-Hungarian guitarist, singer and composer living in Hungary.

76. András Csókay

1956-. (aged 70)

surgeon writer architect inventor neurosurgeon

András Csókay, is a Hungarian neurosurgeon known for his development of a technique to enhance microsurgical precision in the vascular tunnel and for the separation of a pair of Bangladeshi (Islam) Craniopagus Twins.

+ show more

77. András Rapcsák

1943-2002 (aged 59)

physicist politician

András Rapcsák was a Hungarian engineer and politician who served as mayor of Hódmezővásárhely from 1990 until his death. He was succeeded by his deputy mayor János Lázár. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 1994.

+ show more

78. Attila Gelencsér

1968-. (aged 58)

economist primary school teacher politician

Attila Gelencsér is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Kaposvár (Somogy County Constituency II then I) since 2010.

79. Zsolt Borkai

1965-. (aged 61)

artistic gymnast politician local politician

Zsolt Borkai is a Hungarian Olympic gymnast champion and politician, who served as the mayor of Győr from 1 October 2006 to 8 November 2019. He was President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) between 20 November 2010 and 2 May 2017.

+ show more

80. Károly Simonyi

1916-2001 (aged 85)

university teacher jurist physicist

Károly Simonyi was a Hungarian physicist and writer. He was professor of electrical engineering at Technical University of Budapest and the author of the popular tabletop book A Cultural History of Physics (A fizika kultúrtörténete, 1978).

+ show more

81. András Szántó

1964-. (aged 62)

journalist writer

András Szántó advises museums, foundations, educational institutions, and leading brands worldwide on cultural strategy. He has directed the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University and has overseen the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

+ show more

82. Antal Majnek

1951-. (aged 75)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Antal Majnek, OFM is the Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of the diocese of Mukachevo.

83. Ernő Rubik

1944-. (aged 82)

inventor entrepreneur university teacher architect mathematician

Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian architect and inventor, widely known for creating the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, and Rubik's Snake.

84. László Kiss

1979-. (aged 47)

jurist politician secondary school teacher

László Kiss is a Hungarian teacher and politician, who has been the mayor of Óbuda-Békásmegyer (3rd district of Budapest) since 2019. He was also a member of the National Assembly (MP) for the district (Budapest Constituency X) from 2014 to 2018.

+ show more

85. Péter Hoppál

1972-. (aged 54)

educator choir director Esperantist politician

Péter Hoppál is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Pécs (Baranya County Constituency I then II) since 2010. He was also a Member of Parliament from the Fidesz Baranya County Regional List between 2009 and 2010. He served as Secretary of State for Culture from 15 June 2014 to 17 May 2018.

+ show more

86. Veronika Harcsa

1982-. (aged 44)

singer composer jazz musician

Veronika Harcsa is a Hungarian jazz singer and songwriter, known to be active in various musical genres. She has received the Hungarian Music Award for Best Jazz Album and Best Alternative Album.

+ show more

87. István Beöthy

1897-1961 (aged 64)

sculptor painter architect

István Beöthy (1897 – 27 November 1961) was a Hungarian sculptor and architect who mainly lived and worked in France.

88. Farkas Molnár

1897-1945 (aged 48)

painter graphic designer graphic artist architect

Farkas "Wolfgang" Ferenc Molnár was a Hungarian architect, painter, essayist, and graphic artist. He is associated with the first generation of Bauhaus movement, and was active in Budapest.

+ show more

89. Theodore von Kármán

1881-1963 (aged 82)

aerospace engineer physicist university teacher mathematician inventor

Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow. The human-defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work. Kármán is regarded as an outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the 20th century.

+ show more

90. István Friedrich

1883-1951 (aged 68)

mechanical engineer association football referee association football player politician

István Friedrich was a Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months between August and November in 1919. His tenure coincided with a period of political instability in Hungary immediately after World War I, during which several successive governments ruled the country.

+ show more

91. Dennis Gabor

1900-1979 (aged 79)

holographer inventor physicist university teacher

Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography. He obtained British citizenship in 1946 and spent most of his life in England.

+ show more

92. Leó Szilárd

1898-1964 (aged 66)

scientist science fiction writer physicist university teacher molecular biologist

Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-born American physicist, biologist and inventor who made numerous important discoveries in nuclear physics and the biological sciences. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea in 1936. In late 1939 he wrote the letter for Albert Einstein's signature that resulted in the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb, and then...

+ show more

93. Aurel Vlaicu

1882-1913 (aged 31)

military flight engineer aircraft pilot inventor

Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor, and early pilot.

94. Max Herz

1856-1919 (aged 63)

architect art historian

Max Herz (born as Herz Miksa (19 May 1856 – 5 May 1919) was a Hungarian architect, conservator, museum director and architectural historian, active in Egypt.

+ show more

95. Ferenc Krausz

1962-. (aged 64)

theoretical physicist laser physicist electrical engineer university teacher nuclear physicist

Ferenc Krausz is a Hungarian physicist working in attosecond science. He was a director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor of experimental physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. His research team generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing electrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth...

+ show more

96. Frigyes Schulek

1841-1919 (aged 78)

Idist architect university teacher

Frigyes Schulek was a Hungarian architect, a professor at József Technical University and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia).

+ show more

97. Imre Steindl

1839-1902 (aged 63)

university teacher restorer architect

Imre Ferenc Károly Steindl was a Hungarian architect.

98. Shmuel Katz

1926-2010 (aged 84)

painter caricaturist illustrator

Shmuel "Mooki" Katz was an Israeli writer, historian and journalist. Prior to the formation of the State of Israel, he was a Zionist activist and member of the high command of Irgun, a proscribed paramilitary group. He was a member of the first Knesset and is also known for his biography of Jewish leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky.

+ show more

99. George Szekeres

1911-2005 (aged 94)

mathematician university teacher

George Szekeres AM FAA was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician.