List of Famous people born in Veszprém County, Hungary
László Kövér
László Kövér is a Hungarian politician and the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary. He was the acting President of Hungary from 2 April 2012 to 10 May 2012, after the resignation of Pál Schmitt.
Arpad Elo
Arpad Emmerich Elo was the creator of the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess. Born in Egyházaskesző, Kingdom of Hungary, he moved to the United States with his parents in 1913.
Gergely Siklósi
Gergely Siklósi is a Hungarian right-handed épée fencer, 2019 individual world champion, and 2021 individual Olympic silver medalist.
Tibor Navracsics
Tibor Navracsics is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from June to September 2014. He previously served as Minister of Administration and Justice between 2010 and 2014. He is a member of the Fidesz and was the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the Juncker Commission.
Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth
Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth was a Hungarian fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual épée event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
József Esterházy
Ferenc Esterházy
Count Ferenc Esterházy de Galántha was a Hungarian noble and politician who served as Ban of Croatia between 1783 and 1785.
Teddy Kollek
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989. After reluctantly running for a seventh term in 1993 at the age of 82, he lost to Likud candidate and future Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert.
Andrea Drahota
Andrea Drahota is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1964.
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Ferenc Gyurcsány is a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician. He was Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he served as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports between 2003 and 2004.