List of Famous people born in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman from the noble family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Márton Fucsovics is a Hungarian professional tennis player.

András Toma was a Hungarian soldier who was taken prisoner by the Red Army in 1945, then discovered living in a Russian psychiatric hospital in 2000. He was probably the last prisoner of war from the Second World War to be repatriated.

Erika Marozsán is a Hungarian actress.

Yoann Court is a French professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 2 club Stade Malherbe Caen. He has been capped at France U20 level.

Gergely Szilveszter Karácsony is a Hungarian political scientist, politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 2010 to 2014 and current Mayor of Budapest. He was elected Mayor of Zugló in 2014. His research areas are electoral systems and electoral behaviors.

Baroness Krisztina Nyáry de Bedegh was the daughter of Baron Pál Nyáry and Katalin Várday de Kisvárda. She was the second wife of Palatine Nikolaus, Count Esterházy. Her son, among others, was Paul I, Prince Esterházy.

Countess Katinka Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály és Krasznahorkai was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Count Mihály Károlyi, who served as Prime Minister then President of the First Hungarian Republic after the First World War.

Ferenc Kósa was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed thirteen films between 1961 and 1988. He won the award for Best Director at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival for the film Ten Thousand Days.

András Kozák was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1962 to 2005.