







The Most Famous
Physicians from Hungary
Trending Physicians from Hungary This Week
The top 10 Physicians from Hungary trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1

Ignaz Semmelweis
1818 - 1865
Trending in Hungarian (#59) Wikipedia (183 views, on Apr 21).
- #2

Vilma Hugonnai
1847 - 1922
Trending in Hungarian (#130) Wikipedia (137 views, on Apr 26).
This page contains a list of the greatest Hungarians Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 12 of which were born in Hungary. This makes Hungary the birth place of the 15th most number of Physicians behind India and Austria.
Top 10 Hungarian Physicians
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Hungarians Physicians of all time. This list of famous Hungarians Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Hungarians Physicians.
- #1

Ignaz Semmelweis
1818 - 1865
HPI 79.7371 langsIgnaz Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician who discovered that doctors could reduce the number of women dying in childbirth by washing their...Read moreShow less
Ignaz Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician who discovered that doctors could reduce the number of women dying in childbirth by washing their hands with a chlorine solution before delivering babies.
- #2

Gabor Maté
b. 1944
HPI 73.9919 langsHungarian-Canadian physician (1944–)
- #3

Albert Szent-Györgyi
1893 - 1986
HPI 72.8870 langsAlbert Szent-Györgyi is most famous for discovering vitamin C.
- #4

Kálmán Kalocsay
1891 - 1976
HPI 63.4325 langsphysician, writer of Esperanto literature (1891–1976)
- #5

Eva Klein
1925 - 2025
HPI 63.3922 langsHungarian-Swedish biologist
- #6

Thomas Szasz
1920 - 2012
HPI 62.1428 langsHungarian psychiatrist
- #7

Moritz Kaposi
1837 - 1902
HPI 61.1018 langs(1837–1902) Hungarian physician and dermatologist
- #8

Edith Farkas
1921 - 1993
HPI 58.6119 langsAntarctic researcher & meteorologist
- #9

Emil Zuckerkandl
1849 - 1910
HPI 58.1017 langsHungarian anatomist (1849-1910)
- #10

Vilma Hugonnai
1847 - 1922
HPI 55.7226 langsfirst Hungarian female physician (1847–1922)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Hungarians Physicians grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Physicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Physicians since 1700.


