List of Famous people born in Hungary
Étienne Davignon
Étienne, Count Davignon is a Belgian politician, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission.
Gergely Siklósi
Gergely Siklósi is a Hungarian right-handed épée fencer, 2019 individual world champion, and 2021 individual Olympic silver medalist.
Ildikó Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Her 2017 film On Body and Soul won the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for a Foreign Language Academy Award. She has directed a total of eight feature films since 1989.
Gergely Kiss
Gergely "Gergő" Kiss is a Hungarian water polo player who plays for Vasas SC in the Hungarian Championship. He plays on the right side, but moves to 2-meters on offense sometimes. He is considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players in the world. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo.
Catherine Schell
Catherine Schell is a Hungarian-born actress who came to prominence in British film and television productions from the 1960s. A former Bond girl, she worked with Peter Sellers on two films, appeared in a Doctor Who serial and had a regular role in season two of Space: 1999 (1976).
András Schiff
Sir András Schiff is a Hungarian-born Austro-British classical pianist and conductor, who had received numerous major awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize, and was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music. He is also known for his public criticism of political movements in Hungary and Austria.
Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter.
Attila Valter
Attila Valter is a Hungarian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.
Andrea Temesvári
Andrea Temesvári is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career.
Joci Pápai
József "Joci" Pápai is a Hungarian singer, voice actor, rapper and guitarist of Romani descent. He represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Origo" finishing in 8th place. He represented Hungary again at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Az én apám". However he failed to qualify for the grand final being the first Hungarian entry not to since returning in 2011.