List of people from Budapest
The following list includes notable people who were born, lived or resided in Budapest, Hungary and/or who became its honorary citizens, either during their lifetime or posthumously.
Nobel laureates, recipients of Wolf and Abel Prizes and other celebrated honorary citizens
- Georg von Békésy – Nobel Prize in Medicine (1961),[1] University of Budapest
- Raoul Bott – Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2000), Harvard University
- Paul Erdős – Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1984), University of Budapest
- Dennis Gabor – Nobel Prize in Physics (1971),[1] Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- John Harsanyi – Nobel Prize in Economics (1994),[1] University of Budapest
- Václav Havel- (Hon. citizen) https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_d%C3%ADszpolg%C3%A1rainak_list%C3%A1ja
- George de Hevesy – Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1943),[1] University of Budapest
- Imre Kertész – Nobel Prize in Literature (2002),[1] Goethe Prize (2004)
- Peter Lax – Abel Prize (2005), Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1987), Stanford University
- Philipp Lenard – Nobel Prize in Physics (1905),[1][2] University of Budapest
- László Lovász – Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999), Fulkerson Prize (1982, 2012), University of Budapest, Yale University
- George Andrew Olah – Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1994),[1] Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- John Charles Polanyi – Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986),[1] Wolf Prize (1982), Princeton University
- Elvis Presley – (Hon. citizen)
- Kati Kovács – (Hon. citizen)
- Erno Rubik – (Hon. citizen)
- Gabor A. Somorjai – Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1998), Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Endre Szemerédi – Abel Prize (2012), University of Budapest
- Albert Szent-Györgyi – Nobel Prize in Medicine (1937),[1] Semmelweis University
- Edward Teller – (Hon. citizen)
- Lech Walesa – (Hon. citizen)
- Raoul Wallenberg – (Hon. citizen)
- Eugene Wigner – Nobel Prize in Physics (1963),[1] Enrico Fermi Award (1958), Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Budapest-born academics, artists, athletes, authors, musicians, politicians, and scientists
See also
- List of honorary citizens of Budapest
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