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Notable Hungarians
The following is only a partial list of numerous Hungarians that have made an impact on modern society. Without Hungarians we would not have Contact Lenses, the Mars Rover, Fire Extinguishers, Electric Generators, Ball Point Pens, the Carburetor, Morphine, the blimp, Safety Matches, the Volkswagen, and of course Ex-Lax.
Film & Entertainment Sports Science & Technology Other Notable Hungarians
William Fox - Fox Theaters & 20th Century Fox Studios Joe Theismann - Washington Redskins Andrew Groove - Founder Intell Corp. and the Intell Pentium Chip. Calvin Klein - Modern Fashion Designer
Adolf Zukor - Founder of Paramount Studios Don Shula - Coach Miami Dolphins Erno Rubik - Inventor of the Rubik Cube Eugene Fodor - Writer, Travel Guides
George Pal - Producer and Academy Award winner Monica Seles - Pro Tennis Player Gabor Bernath - At age 15 invented the viable 3d Scanner Uri Geller - Referred to as Psychic and Illusionist
Bela Lugosi - the Most Famous Dracula Martina Hingis - Pro Tennis Player John von Neumann - The father of Binary Code Joseph Pulitzer- American Journalist
Harry Houdini - World Famous Magician Bernie Kosar - Quarterback Clevand Browns Charles Simonyi - Created the first WYSIWYG
Jerry Seinfield - Television Comedian Star Larry Csonka- Running Back Miami Dolphins Peter Carl Goldmark - Invented Color Television & 33 1/3 L.P.
Don Adams - "Agent Maxwell Smart of TV Series Get Smart" George "Papa Bear" Halas - Hall of fame football Coach Jozsef Dallos - Invented the Contact Lense
Alanis Morrisette - Singer and Songwriter Joe Namath - New York Jets Hall of Fame Quarterback János Irinyi - Invented Safety Matches
Gene Simmons - Singer of Rock Group "Kiss" Charles Nagy - World Series Pitcher, Cleveland Indians Ottó Bláthy - Father of the Electric Transformer
Tony Curtis - Actor in "Sparticus and the Great Race" Peter Gogolak - (Giants) The longest field goal in NFL János Kabay - Isolated morphene from plants
Rachael Weisz - Actress in "The Mummy" Péter Besenyei - World Champion Aerobat Dávid Schwartz - Father of the dirigible
Goldie Hawn - Began acting career on TV's "Laugh-in" Tim Howard- Goalkeeper Manchester United János Csonka - Invented the carburetor
Paul Simon - Singer of Simon and Garfunkel Al Hrabosky - Pitcher St. Louis Cardinals József László Bíró - Developed the Ballpoint Pen
Freddie Prinze and Freddie Prinze Jr.- Actors Les Horvath-Ohio State Ist Heisman Trophy Winner Béla Barényi - Founder of the Volkswagen Beetle
Drew Barrymore - Started career in "E.T." and "Firestarter" Mickey (Miklós) Hargitay - Mr. Universe Mihály Dénes - Produced the 1st Television Program
Paul Newman - Actor and creator of "Newman's Own" Ferenc Puskás - World record of 83 soccer goals Joseph Galamb - Designed Model A & T Ford
Brent Spineer - Known as "Data" on "Star Trek" Krisztina Egerszegi - 5-time Olympic Gold Medalist Mária Telkes - Pioneer of Solar Energy
Adrien Brody - Achieved fame in "the Pianist" Ekaterina Szabo - Gymnast: Four Olympic Gold Medals Zoltán Bay - Developed the Light Meter
Johnny Weissmuller - Best known as "Tarzan" Joe Bugner - World Heavyweight Boxer Geza Jako - Father of Laser & non-invasive surgery
Tommy Ramone - of the singing group "The Ramones" Thatcher Szalay - NFL - Cincinnati Bengals Imre Bródy - Father of the krypton Electric Bulb
Jamie Lee Curtis - Actor and daughter of Tony Curtis Tom Orosz - Superbowl Punter Miami Dolphins Antal Bejczy - Developed Mars Rover
Jeffrey Tambor - TV and Screen Actor Victor Barna - Table Tennis World Champion Ferenc Pávlics - Developed NASA's Moon Rover
Mitzi Gaynor - Singer and screen Actress Mihaly Kotai - WBF Super Welterweight Champion Madeleine Forró Barnóthy - Pioneer in Cosmic Radiation
Eva Gabor - Known for role in TV's "Green Acres" Janos Vas - Hockey Player - Dallas Stars Kornél Szilvay - Father of the Dry Fire Extinguisher
Peter Lorre - Icon of horror film classics Kálmán Tihanyi - Father of the Picture Tube
Kim Novak - Legendary Model and Film Actress János Luppis - Co-Inventor of the Torpedo


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Created: 09/10/2005