Budapest
Budapest ranks 10th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chicago, Vienna, and Berlin. Memorable people born in Budapest include Ferenc Puskás, Edward Teller, and Harry Houdini. Memorable people who died in Budapest include Ferenc Puskás, Imre Nagy, and Imre Kertész. 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 Danube river. The city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 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 3,303,786. 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, Edward Teller, and Harry Houdini. Additionaly, 354 globally memorable people have passed away in Budapest including Ferenc Puskás, Imre Nagy, and Imre Kertész.
People Born in Budapest
Go to all RankingsFerenc Puskás
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2006
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 1
Edward Teller
PHYSICIST
1908 - 2003
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 2
Harry Houdini
MAGICIAN
1874 - 1926
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 3
John von Neumann
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1957
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 4
George Soros
BUSINESSPERSON
1930 - Present
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 5
Imre Kertész
WRITER
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 6
Robert Capa
JOURNALIST
1913 - 1954
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 7
Ilona Staller
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1951 - Present
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 8
Eugene Wigner
PHYSICIST
1902 - 1995
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 9
György Lukács
PHILOSOPHER
1885 - 1971
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 10
Ernő Rubik
INVENTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 11
Andrew II of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1175 - 1235
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Budapest
Go to all RankingsGabor Maté
PHYSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 105
Péter Szondi
WRITER
1929 - 1971
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 137
Klára Dán von Neumann
MATHEMATICIAN
1911 - 1963
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 161
József Nagy
SOCCER PLAYER
1892 - 1963
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 164
Edith Bruck
WRITER
1931 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 185
Jenő Károly
SOCCER PLAYER
1886 - 1926
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 186
Ádám Fischer
CONDUCTOR
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 187
Antal Nagy
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 192
Géza Alföldy
HISTORIAN
1935 - 2011
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 203
Éva Novák-Gerard
SWIMMER
1930 - 2005
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 217
István Balogh
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 221
Imre Komora
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2024
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 222
People Deceased in Budapest
Go to all RankingsFerenc Puskás
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2006
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 1
Imre Nagy
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 2
Imre Kertész
WRITER
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 3
György Lukács
PHILOSOPHER
1885 - 1971
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 4
János Kádár
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1989
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 5
Zoltán Kodály
COMPOSER
1882 - 1967
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 6
Flórián Albert
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2011
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 7
Ferenc Szálasi
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1946
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 8
László Sólyom
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2023
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 9
Nándor Hidegkuti
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 10
Sándor Ferenczi
PSYCHOLOGIST
1873 - 1933
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 11
Ármin Vámbéry
EXPLORER
1832 - 1913
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Budapest
Go to all RankingsLajos Baróti
SOCCER PLAYER
1914 - 2005
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 115
György Klapka
POLITICIAN
1820 - 1892
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 127
József Nagy
SOCCER PLAYER
1892 - 1963
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 136
Károly Németh
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2008
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 178
János Hadik
POLITICIAN
1863 - 1933
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 189
István Balogh
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 195
Imre Komora
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2024
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 196
Ferenc Machos
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2006
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 201
Adolf Lang
ARCHITECT
1848 - 1913
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 204
Béla Kárpáti
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2003
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 205
Dezső Bánffy
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1911
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 214
Ferenc Sidó
ATHLETE
1923 - 1998
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 216
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 (58), 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 Éva Székely, Miklós Németh, and Angéla Németh. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Budapest, including Ibolya Csák, Rudolf Bauer, and Gyula Kellner.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Budapest since 1700.