List of Famous people born in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary
József Szájer
József Szájer is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) of the Fidesz party. He resigned as MEP on 29 November 2020 after having been caught by Belgian police at a gay sex party on the night of 27 November, in violation of local COVID-19 regulations.
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranking of No. 25 in the world. She gained world No.1 in the doubles rankings, becoming the first Hungarian player to reach the top of the WTA rankings in either singles or doubles. She has won three singles and 24 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles and one doubles WTA 125K series title, and 12 singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Freddie
Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári, known by his stage name Freddie, is a Hungarian singer. He first came to prominence after placing fourth in the first season of the Hungarian version of Rising Star. He later became the Hungarian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Zsolt Borkai
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.
Krisztián Németh
Krisztián Németh is a Hungarian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew SC.
Mercédesz Henger
Mercédesz Henger, birth name Mercédesz Jelinek Schicchi, is an Italian-Hungarian television personality; she is daughter of Éva Henger and Riccardo Schicchi and she is known with the surname of Éva Henger, her mother, as Mercédesz Henger since 2002, when she made her cinema debut in 2002 with a cameo role in the movie Gangs of New York directed by Martin Scorsese; film where there is also the mother Éva Henger.
János Áder
János Áder is a Hungarian politician and lawyer who has been the President of Hungary since 10 May 2012. Previously he served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary from 1998 to 2002 and Deputy Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety from January to May 2012.
Terézia Mora
Terézia Mora is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator.
Bence Bánhidi
Bence Bánhidi is a Hungarian handballer for SC Pick Szeged and the Hungarian national team.