List of Famous people born in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary
Flórián Albert
Flórián Albert was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forward, and has been described as one of the most elegant footballers of all time.
József Ijjas
Tibor Palánkai
Tibor Palánkai is a Hungarian economist, university teacher and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded the Jean Monnet prize and multiple Hungarian awards. He was the vice-rector of the Karl Marx University of Economics between 1977 and 1983 and the rector of Budapest University of Economic Sciences between 1997 and 2000. He is an emeritus professor since 2008.
Marcell Nemes
Marcell or Marczell Nemes was a Hungarian financier, art collector and art dealer. He was born Moses Klein.
Béla Magyari
Béla Magyari was a colonel in the Hungarian Air Force. He graduated from the György Kilián Air Force Academy in 1969.
István Türr
István Türr, was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer, remembered in Italy for his role in that country's unification and his association with Garibaldi. In the later years of his life became known as a peace activist.
Ibolya Dávid
Ibolya Dávid born Baja, Hungary, 1954 is a Hungarian lawyer, politician, she was the president of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) between 1999 and 2010. Dávid was the Hungarian Minister of Justice between 1998 and 2002. She was the only female Minister in the government of Viktor Orbán. After the MDF fraction was disbanded, Dávid was a member of the Hungarian Parliament as an independent. Dávid made the controversial decision to nominate Lajos Bokros, a former minister in Gyula Horn's MSZP government, to the European Parliament election on the MDF party list which led to some members leaving the party.
Sándor Font
Sándor Font is a member of the National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés) for Kiskőrös from 1998 to 2014 and for Kalocsa since 2014. He was elected to his first term in 1998. He is a Fidesz party member. He is married and has two daughters, Sára and Orsolya, and a son, Márk. He attends the Lutheran church in Soltvadkert.
Imre Polyák
Imre Polyák was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Hungary. He competed in the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won three silver and one gold medal. He won the world title in 1955, 1958 and 1962, and placed second in 1961 and 1963. Nationally Polyák won 12 Hungarian titles and was named Sportsman of the Year in 1958 and 1962.
Nicolas Schöffer
Nicolas Schöffer was a Hungarian-born French cybernetic artist.