Budapest
Budapest ranks 10th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chicago, Vienna, and Berlin. Memorable people born in Budapest include Ferenc Puskás, George Soros, and John von Neumann. Memorable people who died in Budapest include Ernő Gerő, Lajos Maszlay, and Endre Ady. Budapest has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Budapest is located in Hungary.
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest, which is both a city and municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2003, Budapest was the birth place of 542 globally memorable people, including Ferenc Puskás, George Soros, and John von Neumann. Additionaly, 356 globally memorable people have passed away in Budapest including Ernő Gerő, Lajos Maszlay, and Endre Ady.
People Born in Budapest
Go to all RankingsFerenc Puskás
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2006
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 113
George Soros
BUSINESSPERSON
1930 - Present
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 333
John von Neumann
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1957
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 11
Harry Houdini
MAGICIAN
1874 - 1926
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 530
Leo Szilard
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1964
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 542
Imre Kertész
WRITER
1929 - 2016
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 206
Edward Teller
PHYSICIST
1908 - 2003
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 149
Robert Capa
JOURNALIST
1913 - 1954
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 541
Ilona Staller
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 415
Eugene Wigner
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1995
HPI: 75.92
Rank: 220
György Lukács
PHILOSOPHER
1885 - 1971
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 540
Dennis Gabor
PHYSICIST
1900 - 1979
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 3
People Deceased in Budapest
Go to all RankingsErnő Gerő
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1980
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Lajos Maszlay
FENCER
1903 - 1979
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2
Endre Ady
JOURNALIST
1877 - 1919
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Mária Gulácsy
ATHLETE
1941 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
El Kazovsky
PAINTER
1948 - 2008
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
István Gulyás
TENNIS PLAYER
1931 - 2000
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Paula Marosi
ATHLETE
1936 - 2022
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 7
Violetta Ferrari
ACTOR
1930 - 2014
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Árpád Göncz
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 32
Ferenc Szusza
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2006
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 34
Zoltán Mechlovits
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1891 - 1951
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 41
Ilka Gedő
PAINTER
1921 - 1985
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Deceased in Budapest
Go to all RankingsErnő Gerő
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1980
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Endre Ady
JOURNALIST
1877 - 1919
HPI: NaN
Rank: 3
Mária Gulácsy
ATHLETE
1941 - 2015
HPI: NaN
Rank: 4
El Kazovsky
PAINTER
1948 - 2008
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
István Gulyás
TENNIS PLAYER
1931 - 2000
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Violetta Ferrari
ACTOR
1930 - 2014
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Imre Varga
SCULPTOR
1923 - 2019
HPI: NaN
Rank: 11
Miklós Ambrus
ATHLETE
1933 - 2019
HPI: NaN
Rank: 13
Dezső Bánffy
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1911
HPI: NaN
Rank: 14
Anna Sipos
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1908 - 1988
HPI: NaN
Rank: 16
János Fadrusz
SCULPTOR
1858 - 1903
HPI: NaN
Rank: 18
Ferenc Machos
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2006
HPI: NaN
Rank: 19
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Budapest were athletes (120), soccer players (69), politicians (40), fencers (35), and swimmers (28), while most who died were soccer players (63), politicians (61), athletes (59), writers (34), and fencers (17).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Budapest, including Ferenc Mohácsi, Miklós Németh, and Éva Székely. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Budapest, including Ibolya Csák, Rudolf Bauer, and Ferenc Mohácsi.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Budapest since 1700.