List of Famous people with last name Kovacs

Joseph Mathias Kovacs is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 22.91 meters outdoors and 21.46 meters indoors. He won gold medals at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships. He won silver medals at the 2017 World Championships and the 2016 Olympics. His personal best of 22.91 metres, which ties him for the third best competitor in the shot put event, is the longest throw since 1990.

Ernest Edward Kovacs was an American comedian, actor, and writer.

Sharon Kovacs, known professionally as Kovacs, is a Dutch singer from Baarlo.

Angela Anna Margareta Kovács is a Swedish with Hungarian descent, as her family name indicates. She studied at the Gothenburg Theatre Academy from 1987 until 1990. She then began her career as a stage actress, working at the Gothenburg City Theatre, the Helsingborg City Theater, and the Royal Dramatic Theatre. She began her film career in 2001 in Hans och hennes by Daniel Lind Lagerlöf. From 2005 to 2007 she played Ann-Britt Höglund in the Wallander series of television films based on the eponymous novels. More recently she has been seen as Irene Huss in a television series by that name based on the novels of Helene Tursten.

Lajos Kovács is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1978 in addition to the music video for Radiohead's 1997 single "Karma Police".

Tamás Kovács is a Hungarian fencer. He won bronze medals in the team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.

Sarolta Kovács is a Hungarian modern pentathlete. An individual and team World Champion, she competed in the modern pentathlon at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

László Kovács is a Hungarian politician and diplomat, former European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union. He was the foreign minister of Hungary twice, from 1994 to 1998 and from 2002 to 2004. He also served as chairman of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) from 1998 to 2004.

Zoltán Kovács is a Hungarian jurist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Pápa since 1998. Kovács also served as Mayor of Pápa between 1990 and 2011.