Notable people · Hungary

• PersonFrancis II RákócziLeader of the 1703–1711 war of independence against the Habsburgs (1676–1735), who spent his last years in Ottoman Tekirdağ.Read more →
• PersonEmeric ThökölyLeader of revolts against the Habsburgs (1657–1705) and ally of the Ottomans, who spent his last years in İzmit.Read more →

• PersonSándor PetőfiHungary's national poet (1823–1849), symbol of the 1848 revolution and author of the National Song.Read more →

• PersonFranz LisztHungarian composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886), author of the Hungarian Rhapsodies.Read more →
• PersonBéla BartókOne of the 20th century's greatest composers (1881–1945) and a founder of ethnomusicology, who collected Turkish folk songs in Anatolia in 1936.Read more →

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• PersonÁrmin VámbéryHungarian Turkologist and traveller (1832–1913) who journeyed to Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand disguised as a dervish in 1863.Read more →
• PersonGyula NémethHungarian linguist and Turkologist (1890–1976), member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.Read more →
• PersonIgnaz SemmelweisHungarian physician (1818–1865), the "saviour of mothers" — one of the first to prove that hand washing saves lives.Read more →

• PersonEmeric ThökölyLeader of revolts against the Habsburgs (1657–1705) and ally of the Ottomans, who spent his last years in İzmit.Read more →

• PersonFerenc PuskásOne of the greatest footballers of all time (1927–2006), who scored 84 goals in 85 matches for Hungary.Read more →

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