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This is a list of Hungarians notable within Hungary and/or abroad. It includes notable Hungarians born outside present-day Hungary. It includes notable Hungarians born outside present-day Hungary. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The most famous wines from Hungary are Tokaji Aszú and Egri Bikavér. Tokaji: Tokaji, meaning "of/from Tokaj", is used to label wines from the wine region of Tokaj-Hegyalja. Tokaji wine has received accolades from numerous great writers and composers including Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert, and Goethe; Joseph Haydn's favorite wine was a Tokaji.
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Famous stage performers in the 1920s. Marta Eggerth - (1912-2013) born in Budapest. She was a Hungarian actress and singer from "The Silver Age of Operetta". Many of the 20th century's most famous operetta composers, including Franz Lehár, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Stolz, Oscar Straus, and Paul Abraham, composed works especially for her.
This is a list of notable film, stage and television actors from Hungary. Although listed in Western-, native names follow the Eastern name order . For an alphabetical list of articles on Hungarian actors see Category:Hungarian actors .
1939, Chemistry: Leopold Ružička, who was born in 1887 in Vukovár in Syrmia County in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (part of Hungary until 1920) [5] 1976, Physiology or Medicine: Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, who was born in the United States to parents from the Kingdom of Hungary; his mother was Hungarian and his father Slovak. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Hungarian Jews, while comprising some 5% of the population of Hungary, won 8 individual gold medals for Hungary out of 26 (30.8%) in the Olympic sports events between 1896 and 1936. In each of the 7 gold winning teams, there were Hungarian Jews making up 35.8% of the teams (19 out of 53 team members).
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. [1]