List of Famous people born in Heves County, Hungary

László Polgár, is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist. He is the father of the famous Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit, whom he raised to be chess prodigies, with Judit and Zsuzsa becoming the best and second-best female chess players in the world, respectively. Judit is widely considered to be the greatest female chess player ever as she is the only woman to have been ranked in the top 10 worldwide, while Susan became the Women's World Chess Champion.

Zsuzsa Koncz is a Hungarian pop singer, whose lyrics were sometimes highly critical of the country's pre-1990 political system.

Mari Törőcsik is a Hungarian stage and film actress. She has appeared in more than 120 films since 1956. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for the film Mrs. Dery Where Are You?

Gábor Vona is a Hungarian historian, teacher and politician who led the Hungarian far-right political party Jobbik from 2006 until 2018. He was the party's candidate for the position of prime minister in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 national elections. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 2010 to 2018, and led the Jobbik parliamentary group until 2016.

Zsolt Nyitrai is a Hungarian politician, Member of Parliament (Fidesz) since 2002. He served as Secretary of State for Infocommunications in the Ministry of National Development between 2010 and 2011.

Tamás Sneider is a Hungarian politician, who was leader of the Jobbik from May 2018 to January 2020. Before that he was one of the vice-presidents of the party from 2009 to 2018. He is a member of the parliament since 2010. Between 2010 and 2014 he served as the president of the Committee of Youth, Social and Family Policies of the Hungarian National Assembly. He was one of the deputy speakers of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2020 and member of the Committee on Social Welfare.

Gábor Hatos is a male freestyle wrestler from Hungary.

Attila Supka is a former Hungarian football player, and current manager. One of the most successful Hungarian coaches in the 2000s.