The Most Famous
Architects from Hungary
This page contains a list of the greatest Hungarians Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 8 of which were born in Hungary. This makes Hungary the birth place of the 18th most number of Architects behind Türkiye and Belgium.
Top 8 Architects
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Hungarians Architects of all time. This list of famous Hungarians Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1
Marcel Breuer
1902 - 1981
HPI 71.8642 langsMarcel Breuer is most famous for his design of the Wassily Chair, which was commissioned by the Bauhaus school in 1926.
- #2
Ödön Lechner
1845 - 1914
HPI 63.2421 langsHungarian architect (1845-1914)
- #3
Imre Steindl
1839 - 1902
HPI 62.4020 langsarchitect (1839-1902)
- #4
Miklós Ybl
1814 - 1891
HPI 60.8326 langs(1814–1891) Hungarian architect
- #5
Sándor Tarics
1913 - 2016
HPI 59.5625 langsHungarian water polo player
- #6
Lipót Baumhorn
1860 - 1932
HPI 58.4617 langsHungarian architect
- #7
Imre Makovecz
1935 - 2011
HPI 58.3222 langsHungarian architect (1935–2011)
- #8
Ernő Goldfinger
1902 - 1987
HPI 55.9019 langsHungarian-born architect and designer of furniture
Overlapping Lives
Which Architects were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 8 most globally memorable Architects since 1700.
