List of personalities of the city of Szeged

This list shows the personalities related to the city of Szeged .

Born in Szeged

To 1900

• Christoph Sonnleithner (1734–1786), Austrian lawyer and composer
• András Dugonics (1740-1818), writer, author of the first Hungarian novel Etelka
• Ladislaus Kőszeghy von Remete (1745–1828), Bishop of the Csanád diocese (1800–28)
• István Vedres (1765–1830), engineer
• Josef Körösi (1811–1868), Austro-Hungarian industrialist
• Sándor Rózsa (1813–1878), bandit
• György Vastagh (1834–1922), painter
• János Csonka (1852–1939), mechanical engineer, inventor
• Immanuel Löw (1854–1944), rabbi, scholar
• Moses Max Löw (1857–?), Architect
• Pista Dankó (1858–1903), violinist and composer (gypsy music)
• János Kotányi (1858–1938), founder of the Kotányi Spices company
• Mihály Cserzy (1865–1925), writer
• Géza Maróczy (1870–1951), chess grandmaster
• Jenő Huszka (1875–1960), composer
• Lajos Gönczy (1881–1915), high jumper
• Béla Zerkovitz (1882–1948), composer
• Gyula Juhász (1883–1937), poet
• Béla Balázs (1884–1949), writer and director
• Gábor von Kazinczy (1889–1964), civil engineer
• Gyula Feldmann (1890–1955), football player and coach
• Julio Baghy (Gyula Baghy) (1891–1967), writer and poet in Esperanto
• István Békeffy (Békefi, Békeffi) (1891–1962), playwright, cabaret writer, Attila József Prize winner
• Nickolas Muray (Miklós Mandl) (1892–1965), American photographer and sportsman
• József Jáky (1893–1950), civil engineer for foundation engineering and soil mechanics
• Ladislaus Singer (1898–?), Austrian publisher, author and journalist
• Johann Mandl (1899–1970), Austrian politician (SPÖ) and executive city councilor in Vienna

1901 to 1950

• László Kontraszty (1906–1994), painter
• Lajos Korányi (1907–1981), football player, vice world champion in 1938
• Anna Sipos (1908–1988), table tennis player and two-time world champion
• Magda Gál (1909–1990), table tennis player and eight-time vice world champion
• Ferenc Tóth (1909–1981), wrestler
• László Erdey (1910–1970), chemist
• István Bibó (1911–1979), lawyer, legal scholar and politician
• Sándor Barcs (1912–2010), politician, journalist, author and sports official
• István Lukács (1912–?), Hungarian-French football player
• István Vincze (1912–1999), mathematician
• Lajos Baróti (1914–2005), football player and coach
• Désiré Koranyi (1914–1981), Hungarian-French football player
• László Fejes Tóth (1915–2005), mathematician, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Béla Simon (1920–1996), table tennis player and trainer
• Mária Mojzes (1921–1987), actress and operetta singer
• Gábor Agárdi (1922–2006), Mari Jászai Prize winner as an actor
• István Horvai (1922–2004), director
• György Sebők (1922–1999), pianist and internationally renowned piano teacher
• Zoltán Gera (1923–2014), actor
• Éva Janikovszky (Éva Etelka Nametta Kucses) (1926–2003), writer
• Bertalan Csillik (1927–2012), anatomist and neuroscientist
• János Kass (1927–2010), graphic artist
• János Körmendi (1927–2008), actor
• László Paskai (1927–2015), Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
• Károly Sándor (1928-2014), football player (national player)
• Vilmos Zsigmond (1930–2016), cameraman
• Dániel Magay (* 1932), fencer
• Sándor Dobsa (1934-2005), musician, composer (jazz)
• Zsolt Durkó (1934–1997), Kossuth Prize Winner and Ferenc Erkel Prize Winner as a composer
• Paul Hartal (* 1936), Canadian painter and poet
• György Iványi (* 1939), Hungarian-German civil engineer
• János Juszkó (1939–2018), racing cyclist
• András Fricsay (* 1942), actor and director
• Zsolt Visy (* 1944), Provincial Roman Archaeologist
• Márton Kalmár (* 1946), sculptor
• Gabi Jobba (1947–1983), actress
• Lajos Huszár (* 1948), composer

From 1951

• Ilona Tokody (* 1953), opera singer
• Lajos Mocsai (* 1954), handball trainer and former member of the Hungarian national team
• Sándor Balogh (* 1960), handball trainer and former handball player
• László Ocskó (* 1962), badminton player
• Fülöp Kocsis (* 1963), Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Hajdúdorog
• Márta Dovalovszki (* 1964), badminton player
• Andreas Löffler (András Gábor Löffler) (* 1964), German professor for banking and finance at the Free University of Berlin
• Zsuzsa Kovács (* 1965), badminton player
• Andrea Papp (* 1967), badminton player
• Gordon Bajnai (* 1968), politician and Prime Minister of Hungary (2009-10)
• Péter Kondor (* 1968), Lutheran theologian, bishop of the southern diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary
• Gábor Hevér (born 1969), actor
• Adrián Annus (* 1973), athlete (hammer throw)
• Attila Czene (* 1974), swimmer
• Tamás Molnár (* 1975), water polo player
• Zoli Ádok (* 1976), singer, actor and dancer
• Gábor Boldoczki (* 1976), trumpeter
• Sophie Evans (Zsófia Szabó) (* 1976), porn actress
• Rajmund Fodor (* 1976), water polo player
• Andreas Gal (* 1976), Hungarian-German computer scientist
• Levente Schultz (* 1977), soccer player
• László Toroczkai (* 1978), politician, mayor of Ásotthalom since 2013
• Gyula M. Szabó (* 1979), astronomer and asteroid discoverer
• Mária Kovács (* 1981), boxer, multiple world and European amateur champion
• Balázs Laluska (* 1981), former handball player
• László Nagy (* 1981), handball player
• Imre Szabics (* 1981), football player (national player)
• Zsuzsanna Francia (* 1982), American rower
• Attila Vadkerti (* 1982), handball player
• Péter Varjú (* 1982), mathematician
• Attila Vajda (* 1983), canoeist
• Norbert Visy (* 1983), Austrian handball player
• Bence Máté (* 1985), animal photographer
• Bernadett Bognár-Bódi (* 1986), handball player
• Zsolt Laczkó (* 1986), football player
• Szandra Lajtos (* 1986), short tracker
• Alena Abramtschuk (* 1988), Belarusian shot putter and discus thrower
• Ákos Lele (* 1988), handball player
• Anita Márton (* 1989), track and field athlete (shot put and discus throw)
• Anna Olasz (* 1993), freestyle swimmer
• Ágnes Pallag (* 1993), volleyball player
• Zsófia Kónya (* 1995), short tracker
• Lilla Barzó (* 1996), tennis player
• Petra Jászapáti (* 1998), short tracker

Connected to the city

• István Tömörkény (1866–1917), writer, ethnologist, archaeologist
• Ferenc Móra (1879–1934), writer, ethnologist, archaeologist
• Gyula Juhász (1883–1937), poet and journalist
• Sándor Sík (1889–1964), poet, writer, academic, literary scholar, priest (Piarist)
• Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893–1986), biochemist, Nobel Prize winner (1937)
• Antal Tápai (1902–1986), sculptor
• Tibor Róbert Mertz (1903–1962), doctor, internist
• Viktor Vaszy (1903–1979), conductor and composer
• Lisl Goldarbeiter (1909–1997), photo model, Miss Universe
• Ferenc Fricsay (1914–1963), conductor
• Levente Király (born 1937), actor
• József Gregor (1940-2006), opera singer (bass)
• Péter Lékó (* 1979), world class chess player

Honorary citizen of the city of Szeged

• 1990 - Mátyás Varga (1910–2002), stage designer
• 1990 - György Buday (1907–1990), wood engraver, journalist, typographer
• 1990 - Brúnó Straub (1914–1996), biochemist
• 1991 - Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy (1913–1998), mathematician
• 1992 - László Péter (* 1926), literary scholar
• 1993 - Mihály Ilia (* 1934), literary scholar
• 1994 - János Kass (1927–2010), graphic artist
• 1995 - Domokos Boda (* 1921), Professor of Pediatrics
• 1996 - Miklós Simon (1916–2007), professor of dermatology
• 1997 - Márta Kopasz (1911–2011), graphic artist
• 1998 - Gyula Kristó (1939-2004), historian
• 1999 - Frigyes Solymosi (1931-2018), chemist
• 2000 - Endre Gyulay (* 1930), Bishop of Szeged and Csongrád
• 2001 - Gábor Kovács (* 1929), professor of cardiac surgery
• 2002 - Rezső Mészáros (* 1942), geographer
• 2003 - József Gregor (1940-2006), opera singer (bass)
• 2004 - Vilmos Zsigmond (1930–2016), born in Szeged, Oscar-winning cameraman in Hollywood
• 2005 - Péter Lékó (* 1979), chess grandmaster
• 2006 - Telegdy Gyula (* 1935), Professor of Pathology
• 2007 - Király Levente (* 1937), actor
• 2008 - Pál Lippai (* 1944), lawyer, mayor (1990–1994) of Szeged
• 2009 - István Novák (1938–2013), architect
• 2010 - László Blazovich (* 1943), historian
• 2011 - Kálmán Gyimesi (* 1933), opera singer (baritone)
• 2012 - Attila Dobozy (* 1938), Professor of Dermatology
• 2013 - Gyula Baradnay (* 1931), professor of surgery
• 2014 - Ottó Trogmayer (1934–2015), archaeologist, museologist, university professor
• 2015 - Elemér Balogh (* 1958), lawyer, constitutional judge, university professor