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

Zsigmond Móricz was a major Hungarian novelist and Social Realist.

Győző Szabó is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1994.

Bishop Atanáz László Orosz is a Hungarian Greek Catholic hierarch as the Eparchial Bishop of the new elevated Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Miskolc since 20 March 2015 and was the Titular Bishop of Panium and Apostolic Exarch of Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 5 March 2011 until 20 March 2015. Also he served as the Apostolic Administrator of the new created Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza from 20 March 2015 until 31 October 2015.

Enikő Eszenyi is a Hungarian actress and theater director, recipient of Kossuth Prize (2001). She appeared in 1991's Paths of Death and Angels.

Sándor Szalay, Sr. was a pioneer of Hungarian nuclear physics.

András Prékopa was a Hungarian mathematician, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Bertalan Farkas is the first Hungarian cosmonaut, space explorer, fighter pilot. The Hungarians were the seventh nation to be represented in space by him. Following him, the Hungarian-American Károly Simonyi was the second Hungarian cosmonaut, the only one in the world, who was twice in space as space tourist who paid himself for the spaceflights. The next Hungarian astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by 2025. Farkas is the first Esperantist cosmonaut too. He is currently the president of Airlines Service and Trade.

Andrea Harsági is a Hungarian badminton player. She competed in women's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.