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Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 is the capital of the Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an country of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. Below is a list of public place names of Budapest that refer to famous people, cities or historic events. Generality of Budapest's public place names relate to the Hungarian national history. In Budapest there are about 8,600 named public place (steets, squares, parks etc.).

Notable people

  • András Áchim, Hungarian peasant politician
  • Endre Ady
    Endre Ady
    Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Dürer Ajtósi
    Albrecht Dürer
    Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since...

    , Hungarian-German painter
  • High Prince Álmos
    High Prince Álmos
    Álmos , the first Grand Prince of the Magyars . The Gesta Hungarorum records that his father was Ügyek, while the Chronicon Pictum mentions his father as Előd ; his mother was Emese.-Birth:The medieval chronicle recounts the story of his...

    , ancient Hungarian leader, father of Árpád
    Árpád
    Árpád was the second Grand Prince of the Hungarians . Under his rule the Hungarian people settled in the Carpathian basin. The dynasty descending from him ruled the Hungarian tribes and later the Kingdom of Hungary until 1301...

  • Gyula Andrássy
    Gyula Andrássy
    Gyula Count Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary...

    , Hungarian statesman, see: Andrássy út
  • István Angyal, Freedom fighter of the Hungarian revolution of 1956
  • János Apáczai Csere
    János Apáczai Csere
    János Apáczai Csere was a Transylvanian Hungarian polyglot and mathematician, famous for his work The Hungarian Encyclopedia, the first textbook to be written in Hungarian...

    , Hungarian writer and pedagogue
  • Vilmos Apor
    Vilmos Apor
    Blessed Baron Vilmos Apor de Altorja was the Bishop of Győr during World War II who became famous for protesting against the persecution of the Hungarian Jews...

    , bishop, Righteous among the Nations
    Righteous Among the Nations
    Righteous among the Nations of the world's nations"), also translated as Righteous Gentiles is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis....

  • János Arany
    János Arany
    János Arany , was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 40 ballads which have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works.-Biography:He was born in...

    , Hungarian poet, see: Arany János utca
  • Árpád
    Árpád
    Árpád was the second Grand Prince of the Hungarians . Under his rule the Hungarian people settled in the Carpathian basin. The dynasty descending from him ruled the Hungarian tribes and later the Kingdom of Hungary until 1301...

    , ancient Hungarian leader, "father of the Hungarians", see: Árpád híd
  • Attila
    Attila the Hun
    Attila , more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared...

    , king of the Huns
    Huns
    The Huns were a group of nomadic people who, appearing from east of the Volga River, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and established the vast Hunnic Empire there. Since de Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu, who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years prior to the emergence of the Huns,...

  • Lajos Aulich
    Lajos Aulich
    Lajos Aulich was the third Minister of War of Hungary.A professional soldier and lieutenant colonel in the Austrian army, he fought against Habsburg oppression....

    , Minister of War during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Mihály Babits
    Mihály Babits
    Mihály Babits was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator.- Biography :...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky
    Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky
    Endre Kálmán Bajcsy-Zsilinszky , was an influential Hungarian politician and an important voice in the struggle against German expansion and military policy.-Family history:...

    , Hungarian anti-fascist politician during World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

    , see: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út
  • József Bajza
    József Bajza
    József Bajza was a Hungarian poet and critic.He was born at Szücsi and was first published in Károly Kisfaludy's Aurora, a literary paper he edited from 1830 to 1837. He also contributed substantially to the Kritische Blätter, the Athenaeum, and the Figyelmező...

    , Hungarian poet, see: Bajza utca
  • Bálint Balassi
    Bálint Balassi
    Bálint Balassi baron of Kékkő and Gyarmat, , was a multilingual Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet, who wrote mostly in Hungarian...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Gábor Baross
    Gábor Baross
    Gábor Baross , Hungarian statesman, was born at Pružina near Trencsén on 6 July 1848, and educated at Esztergom. He was for a time one of the professors there under Cardinal Kolos Vaszary. After acquiring considerable local reputation as chief notary of his county, he entered parliament in 1875...

    , Hungarian statesman
  • Béla Bartók
    Béla Bartók
    Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

    , Hungarian composer
  • István Báthory
    István Báthory
    Stephen VIII Báthory was a Hungarian noble.He was a son of Nicholas Báthory of the Somlyó branch of the Báthory family.In 1521, he was appointed deputy voivode of Transylvania, serving under the Voivoid John Zápolya...

    , prince of Transylvania
  • Lajos Batthyány
    Lajos Batthyány
    Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pressburg on 10 February 1807, and was executed by firing squad in Pest on 6 October 1849, the same day as the 13 Martyrs of Arad.-Career:His father was Count József Sándor Batthyány , his mother Borbála...

    , The first prime minister of Hungary, see: Batthyány tér
  • Sándor Bauer, Hungarian student, victim of the communism
  • József Bem, Polish general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

    , national hero
  • Miklós Bercsényi, Kuruc
    Kuruc
    The kuruc was a term used to denote the armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary between 1671 and 1711....

     general
  • Dániel Berzsenyi
    Dániel Berzsenyi
    Dániel Berzsenyi - February 24, 1836 in Nikla) was a Hungarian poet.Berzsenyi was one of the most contradictory poets of Hungarian literature. He lived the life of a farmer, and wished to be close to the events of Hungarian literature. This contradiction, which he believed he could solve, made him...

    , Hungarian poet
  • György Bessenyei
    György Bessenyei
    György Bessenyei was a Hungarian playwright and poet.-Works:* 1772 – Ágis tragédiája* 1777 – A magyar néző* 1777 – A filozófus* 1778 – Magyarság* 1779 – A holmi* 1781 – Egy magyar társaság iránt való jámbor szándék...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Gábor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania
  • János Bihari
    János Bihari
    János Bihari was an influential Hungarian Romani violinist. He is one of the founders of Romani academic music and the musical genre verbunkos....

    , Hungarian Gypsi musician
  • Lujza Blaha, Hungarian actress, see: Blaha Lujza tér
  • István Bocskai, prince of Transylvania
  • Simón Bolívar
    Simón Bolívar
    Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

    , "The Liberator"
  • János Bolyai
    János Bolyai
    János Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician, known for his work in non-Euclidean geometry.Bolyai was born in the Transylvanian town of Kolozsvár , then part of the Habsburg Empire , the son of Zsuzsanna Benkő and the well-known mathematician Farkas Bolyai.-Life:By the age of 13, he had mastered...

    , Hungarian mathematician
  • Winston Churchill
    Winston Churchill
    Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

    , prime minister of the UK
  • Csaba
    Csaba
    Csaba is a Hungarian given name for males. The name may originally mean either "shepherd" or "gift" in Hungarian. According to legend this was the name of the son of Attila the Hun.Individuals with the given name of Csaba:...

    , King of Székely
    Székely
    The Székelys or Székely , sometimes also referred to as Szeklers , are a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania...

     people
  • Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
    Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
    Mihály Csokonai Vitéz was a Hungarian poet.Having been educated in Debrecen, where he was born, Csokonai was appointed while still very young to the professorship of poetry there...

    , Hungarian poet
  • János Csonka
    János Csonka
    Hungarian János Csonka was the co-inventor of the carburetor with Donát Bánki, patented on February 13, 1893.- Life :...

    , Hungarian inventor
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...

    , Italian polymath
  • Jenő Dalnoki
    Jeno Dalnoki
    Jenő Dalnoki was a Hungarian footballer. As a player Dalnoki played for both Ferencvárosi TC and Hungary. He had a the reputation of being a tough defender as well as a tough coach, having had some personal disputes with leading Ferencváros players while coaching them.-External links and references:*...

    , Hungarian footballer
  • János Damjanich
    János Damjanich
    János Damjanich was a Hungarian general of Serb origin. He is considered a national hero in Hungary.He never lost on the battlefield.-Life:...

    , general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

    , national hero
  • Ferenc Deák
    Ferenc Deák
    Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

    , Hungarian statesman, The Wise Man of the Nation, see: Deák Ferenc tér
  • Henrik Dembinszky
    Henryk Dembinski
    Henryk Dembiński was a Polish engineer, traveler and general.Dembiński was born in Strzałków, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 1809 he entered the Polish army of the Duchy of Warsaw and took part in most of the Napoleonic campaigns in the East. Among others, he took part in the Battle of Leipzig in...

    , Polish general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Gyula Derkovits, Hungarian painter
  • Arisztid Dessewffy
    Arisztid Dessewffy
    Arisztid Dessewffy was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.-Reference:...

    , general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Edit Domján, Hungarian actress
  • György Dózsa
    György Dózsa
    György Dózsa was a Székely Hungarian man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility...

    , peasants' revolt leader, see: Dózsa György út
    Dózsa György út
    Dózsa György út is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro. It is located in District XIII under Váci út at its intersection with Dózsa György Road.-Connections:*Bus: TESCO-bus*Trolleybus: 75, 79...

  • József Eötvös
    József Eötvös
    József baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény was a Hungarian writer and statesman, the son of Ignacz baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény and Anna von Lilien, who stemmed from an Erbsälzer family of Werl in Germany....

    , Hungarian minister and writer
  • Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer
  • Erzsébet
    Elisabeth of Bavaria
    Elisabeth of Austria was the spouse of Franz Joseph I, and therefore both Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others...

    , Austro-Hungarian queen, see: Erzsébet híd, Erzsébetváros
    Erzsébetváros
    ----Erzsébetváros is the 7th district of Budapest, situated on the Pest side of the Danube. The inner half of the district was the historic Jewish quarter of Pest. The Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest functioning synagogue in Europe, is located in this district. Currently it is the most...

    , Pesterzsébet
    Pesterzsébet
    Pesterzsébet is the 20th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the southern part of the capital and is the 17th biggest district in the city...

  • János Esterházy
    János Esterházy
    Count János Esterházy a member of the House of Esterházy was the most prominent ethnic Hungarian politician in former Czechoslovakia...

    , Hungarian martyr politician
  • Lipót Fejér
    Lipót Fejér
    Lipót Fejér , was a Hungarian mathematician. Fejér was born Leopold Weiss, and changed to the Hungarian name Fejér around 1900....

    , Hungarian mathematician
  • Árpád Feszty
    Árpád Feszty
    Árpád Feszty was a Hungarian painter.He was born in the town of Ógyalla . His ancestors were German settlers . He was the fifth child of Silvester Rehrenbeck , an affluent landowner at Ógyalla, and his wife Jozefa...

    , Hungarian painter
  • György Fráter
    George Martinuzzi
    George Martinuzzi was a Croatian nobleman, a monk, bishop of Oradea, archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal and Hungarian statesman.-Biography:Martinuzzi was born in Kamičac, Dalmatia...

    , Hungarian statesman
  • Áron Gábor
    Áron Gábor
    Áron Gábor was a Székely Hungarian artillery officer and national hero of the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution. He became one of the leaders of Székely-Hungarian forces in Transylvania during the 1848 revolution against the Austrian Empire...

    , Artillery during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

    , national hero
  • Géza Gárdonyi
    Géza Gárdonyi
    Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, particularly with Eclipse of the Crescent Moon and Slave of the Huns.-Life:Gárdonyi was born in Agárdpuszta, Austria-Hungary, the son of...

    , Hungarian writer
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi
    Giuseppe Garibaldi
    Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...

    , Italian military and political figure
  • Géza
    Géza
    Géza can refer to any of the following:* Géza of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Magyars* Géza I of Hungary, King of Hungary* Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary...

    , ancient Hungarian leader
  • Gyula, ancient Hungarian leader
  • Alfréd Hajós
    Alfréd Hajós
    Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer and architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary.-Biography:...

    , The first Olympic champion of Hungary
  • Nándor Hidegkuti
    Nándor Hidegkuti
    Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a member of the Hungarian National Team team known as the Golden Team...

    , footballer of the Golden Team
    Golden Team
    The Golden Team refers to the Hungary national football team of the 1950s. It is associated with several notable matches, including the "Match of the Century" against England in 1953, and the quarter-final , semi-final and final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup...

    , see: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
    Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium
    Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Budapest, Hungary. The stadium can hold 12,700 people and was built in 1912...

  • Victor Hugo
    Victor Hugo
    Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....

    , French poet
  • János Hunyadi, Hungarian military and political figure
  • Gyula Illyés
    Gyula Illyés
    Gyula Illyés was a Hungarian poet and novelist. He was one of the so called népi writers, named so because they aimed to show – propelled by strong sociological interest and left-wing convictions – the disadvantageous conditions of their native land.-Early life:He was born...

    , Hungarian writer
  • Mari Jászai
    Mari Jászai
    Mari Jászai was a Hungarian actress.-Life:Mari Jászai was born in 24 February 1850 in Ászár, Komárom county, as a daughter of a carpenter. She worked from age 10 as a maidservant, both in Budapest and Vienna, assisting soldiers as a sutling wench in the Battle of Königgrätz...

    , Hungarian actress
  • John Paul II
    Pope John Paul II
    Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...

    , Pope
  • Mór Jókai
    Mór Jókai
    Mór Jókai , born Móric Jókay de Ásva , outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.-Early life:...

    , Hungarian writer
  • Attila József
    Attila József
    Attila József was one of the most important and well-known Hungarian poets of the 20th century.-Biography:The son of Áron József, a soap factory worker of Romanian origin from Bánát, and Hungarian peasant girl Borbála Pőcze, he was born in Ferencváros, a poor district of Budapest. He had two elder...

    , Hungarian poet
  • János Kálvin
    John Calvin
    John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530...

    , Protestant teologian, see: Kálvin tér
  • Kálmán Kandó
    Kálmán Kandó
    Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Sztregova was a Hungarian engineer, and a pioneer in the development of electric railway traction.-Education:...

    , Hungarian engineer
  • Frigyes Karinthy
    Frigyes Karinthy
    Frigyes Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains . Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers...

    , Hungarian poet and journalist
  • József Katona
    József Katona
    József Katona was a Hungarian playwright and poet, creator of the Hungarian drama: author of the legendary historical tragedy: Bánk bán.-Biography:...

    , Hungarian playwright and poet
  • Ferenc Kazinczy
    Ferenc Kazinczy
    Ferenc Kazinczy was a Hungarian author, the most indefatigable agent in the regeneration of the Magyar language and literature at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century...

    , reformatory of Hungarian language
    Hungarian language
    Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

  • Gáspár Károli
    Gáspár Károli
    Gáspár Károli was a Hungarian Calvinist pastor.Károli started his school in Nagykároly and finished in Brassó. In 1556 he went to the Wittenberg Academy. In 1566 he ordered the Synod of Gönc....

    , Hungarian Calvinist pastor
  • Zsigmond Kemény
    Zsigmond Kemény
    Baron Zsigmond Kemény was a Hungarian author.-Life and work:Kemény was born in Alvinc, Transylvania to a distinguished noble family, but family feuds left him with little personal wealth. His early schooling in Nagyenyed gave him knowledge of English law, French law and German law, politics and...

    , Hungarian author
  • Pál Kinizsi
    Pál Kinizsi
    Pál Kinizsi was a Hungarian general, legendary commoner commander in the army of king Matthias Corvinus. He was Comes of Temes since 1484 and Captain General of the Lower Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary...

    , Hungarian general
  • Sándor Kisfaludy
    Sándor Kisfaludy
    Sándor Kisfaludy was a Hungarian lyric poet, Himfy's Loves his chief work, was less distinguished as a dramatist. He is considered to be the first romantic poet from Hungary. He was the brother of Károly Kisfaludy. He has been set to music by Zoltán Kodály.-References:...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Ernő Kiss
    Ernő Kiss
    Ernő Kiss was a honvédség general. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad. Ernő Kiss was reportedly from a Transylvanian family with Armenian roots.-Reference:...

    , general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • János Kis, Hungarian lieutenant-general
  • György Klapka
    György Klapka
    --------György Klapka , also known as , or George Klapka, was a Hungarian soldier.Klapka was born at Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary and entered the Austrian Army in 1838...

    , general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Sándor Kocsis
    Sándor Kocsis
    Sándor Kocsis Péter was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars...

    , footballer of the Golden Team
    Golden Team
    The Golden Team refers to the Hungary national football team of the 1950s. It is associated with several notable matches, including the "Match of the Century" against England in 1953, and the quarter-final , semi-final and final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup...

  • Lajos Kossuth
    Lajos Kossuth
    Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

    , Hungarian statesman, regent of Hungary during 1848 Revolution, freedom fighter and national hero, see: Kossuth Lajos tér
  • Ferenc Kölcsey
    Ferenc Kölcsey
    Ferenc Kölcsey was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current inside the Habsburg Empire. He wrote the national anthem of Hungary in 1823....

    , Hungarian poet
  • Lehel
    Lehel
    Lehel was a Magyar chieftain, one of the brilliant military leaders of prince Taksony of Hungary, the descendant of Árpád. He was one of the most important figures of the Magyar invasions of Europe...

    , ancient Hungarian leader, see: Lehel tér
  • Károly Leiningen-Westerburg
    Károly Leiningen-Westerburg
    Károly Leiningen-Westerburg was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.- Reference :...

    , general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Ferenc Liszt, Hungarian composer, see: Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
  • Károly Lotz
    Károly Lotz
    Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz was a German-Hungarian painter.- Career :Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, the 7th and youngest surviving child of Wilhelm Christian Lotz and Antonia Höfflick ...

    , Hungarian-German painter
  • Imre Madách
    Imre Madách
    Imre Madách de Sztregova et de Kelecsény was a Hungarian writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is The Tragedy of Man . It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's Faust...

    , Hungarian writer
  • Péter Mansfeld, freedom fighter during Hungarian revolution of 1956
  • Margit
    Saint Margaret of Hungary
    Saint Margaret was a nun and the daughter of King Béla IV and Maria Laskarina. She was the niece of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and the younger sister of Saint Kinga and Blessed Yolanda.-Early life:...

    , saint, daughter of king Béla IV of Hungary
    Béla IV of Hungary
    Béla IV , King of Hungary and of Croatia , duke of Styria 1254–58. One of the most famous kings of Hungary, he distinguished himself through his policy of strengthening of the royal power following the example of his grandfather Bela III, and by the rebuilding Hungary after the catastrophe of the...

    , see: Margit-sziget, Margit híd
  • Mária, mother of Jesus
    Jesus
    Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

  • Ignác Martinovics
    Ignác Martinovics
    Ignác Martinovics was a philosopher, political adventurer, and a leader of the Hungarian Jacobin movement...

    , Hungarian Jacobin leader
  • Mátyás király
    Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
    Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

    , king of Hungary
    King of Hungary
    The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of...

  • Kelemen Mikes
    Kelemen Mikes
    Kelemen Mikes was a Transylvanian-born Hungarian political figure and essayist, noted for his rebellious activities against the Habsburg Monarchy. Mikes is referred to as the "Hungarian Goethe", made famous by his Letters from Turkey...

    , Hungarian political figure and essayist
  • Kálmán Mikszáth
    Kálmán Mikszáth
    Kálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó was a major Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician.-Biography:Mikszáth was born in Szklabonya, Upper Hungary into a family of the lesser nobility...

    , Hungarian writer
  • Ferenc Molnár
    Ferenc Molnár
    LanguageFerenc Molnár was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. His Americanized name was Franz Molnar...

    , Hungarian writer
  • Ferenc Móra
    Ferenc Móra
    Ferenc Móra was a Hungarian novelist, journalist, and museologist.Ferenc Móra is universally recognized and acclaimed as a major writer and author in Hungarian literature.-Life:...

    , Hungarian writer
  • Zsigmond Móricz
    Zsigmond Móricz
    Zsigmond Móricz was a major Hungarian novelist and Social Realist. He was among the earliest significant literary figures writing in Hungarian.- Early life and education :...

    , Hungarian writer, see: Móricz Zsigmond körtér
    Móricz Zsigmond körtér
    Móricz Zsigmond körtér is a square in Budapest, Hungary.It is a center of south Buda and it is noted for the egg-looking heated stones erected in 2004....

  • Mihály Munkácsy
    Mihály Munkácsy
    Mihály Munkácsy was a Hungarian painter, who lived in Paris and earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large scale biblical paintings.-Early Years of Munkácsy:...

    , Hungarian painter
  • Imre Nagy
    Imre Nagy
    Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions...

    , prime minister of Hungary during Hungarian revolution of 1956
  • Lajos Nagy, king of Hungary
    King of Hungary
    The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of...

  • József Nagysándor
    József Nagysándor
    József Nagysándor was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, and is considered one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad.-Reference:...

    , general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • László Németh
    László Németh
    László Németh was a Hungarian dentist, writer, dramatist and essayist. He was born in Nagybánya the son of József Németh and Vilma Gaál . Over the Christmas of 1925, he married Ella Démusz , the daughter of János Démusz, a keeper of a public house. Between 1926 and 1944 they had six daughters, but...

    , Hungarian writer
  • János Neumann, Hungarian mathematician
  • Pál Nyáry, politician during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Ond vezér, ancient Hungarian leader
  • Balázs Orbán
    Balázs Orbán
    Balázs Orbán was a Hungarian writer, historian and politician.He was born in Lengyelfalva, Grand Principality of Transylvania and died in in Budapest....

    , Hungarian witer
  • Olof Palme
    Olof Palme
    Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...

    , Swedish social-democrat politician
  • Örs vezér, ancient Hungarian leader, see: Örs vezér tere
    Örs vezér tere
    Örs vezér tere is the eastern terminus of the M2 line of the Budapest Metro. It's also the starting place of the Gödöllő HÉV .There are a shopping centre, and a tram-stop...

  • Péter Pázmány
    Péter Pázmány
    Péter Pázmány de Panasz was a Hungarian philosopher, theologian, catholic cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation in Royal Hungary. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism in Hungary.His most important legacy was his creation of the...

    , Hungarian theologist
  • Mór Perczel
    Mór Perczel
    Sir Mór Perczel de Bonyhád , was a Hungarian landholder, general, and one of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.- Life before 1848 :...

    , general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Sándor Petőfi
    Sándor Petofi
    Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

    , national poet of Hungary, freedom fighter and national hero, see: Petőfi híd
  • Frigyes Podmaniczky, Hungarian politician, developer of Budapest (avenues, boulevards, bridges etc.)
  • Mihály Pollack, Austro-Hungarian architect
  • Ernő Pöltenberg, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley
    Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

    , American singer
  • Ferenc Puskás
    Ferenc Puskás
    Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...

    , footballer of the Golden Team
    Golden Team
    The Golden Team refers to the Hungary national football team of the 1950s. It is associated with several notable matches, including the "Match of the Century" against England in 1953, and the quarter-final , semi-final and final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup...

    , see: Puskás Ferenc Stadium
  • Miklós Radnóti
    Miklós Radnóti
    Miklós Radnóti, birth name Miklós Glatter was a Hungarian poet who died in The Holocaust.-Personality and early life:...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Ferenc Rákóczi, Hungarian Kuruc
    Kuruc
    The kuruc was a term used to denote the armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary between 1671 and 1711....

     leader
  • Lipót Rottenbiller, mayor of Budapest
  • Ignác Semmelweis, Hungarian physician
  • Imre Sinkovits
    Imre Sinkovits
    Imre Sinkovits was a Hungarian actor.-Awards:*Kossuth Prize *Mari Jászai Award *Kazinczy Award...

    , Hungarian actor
  • János Sobieski
    John III Sobieski
    John III Sobieski was one of the most notable monarchs of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1674 until his death King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Sobieski's 22-year-reign was marked by a period of the Commonwealth's stabilization, much needed after the turmoil of the Deluge and...

    , king of Poland
  • Aurél Stromfeld
    Aurél Stromfeld
    Aurél Stromfeld was a Hungarian general, commander-in-chief of the Hungarian Red Army during the Hungarian Soviet Republic...

    , staff officer of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
    Hungarian Soviet Republic
    The Hungarian Soviet Republic or Soviet Republic of Hungary was a short-lived Communist state established in Hungary in the aftermath of World War I....

  • Ervin Szabó, Hungarian social scientist
  • Lőric Szabó, Hungarian poet
  • István Széchenyi
    István Széchenyi
    Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

    , Hungarian statesman, "The geratest Hungarian"
  • Bertalan Szemere, prime minister of Hungary
  • Hannah Szenes
    Hannah Szenes
    Hannah Szenes , often anglicized as Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews from the British Mandate for Palestine that were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary, who were about to be deported to...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Szent Adalbert
    Adalbert of Prague
    This article is about St Adalbert of Prague. For other uses, see Adalbert .Saint Adalbert, Czech: ; , , Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. He evangelized Poles and Hungarians. St...

    , master of Stephen I of Hungary
  • Szent Benedek
    Benedict of Nursia
    Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no...

    , Christian saint
  • Szent Gellért
    Gerard Sagredo
    Saint Gerard Sagredo , also called Gerhard or Gellert, was an Italian bishop from Venice who operated in the Kingdom of Hungary , and educated Saint Emeric of Hungary, the son of Saint Stephen of Hungary). He played a major role in converting Hungary to Christianity...

    , Christian saint, see: Gellérthegy
  • Szent György
    Saint George
    Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox...

    , Christian saint
  • Szent Imre
    Emeric of Hungary
    Emeric I , , King of Hungary and Croatia . He was crowned during his father's lifetime, but after his father's death he had to fight against his brother, Andrew, who forced Emeric to assign the government of Croatia and Dalmatia to him...

    , son of Stephen I of Hungary
  • Szent István, the first king of Hungary
    King of Hungary
    The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of...

    , founder of Hungary (1000–1001)
  • Szent János
    John the Apostle
    John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles...

    , Christian saint
  • Szent József
    Saint Joseph
    Saint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....

    , father of Jesus
  • Szent Kristóf
    Saint Christopher
    .Saint Christopher is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Decius or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian...

    , Christian saint
  • Szent László, king of Hungary
    King of Hungary
    The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of...

  • Szent Orbán
    Pope Urban I
    Pope Saint Urban I was Pope from 14 October 222 to 230. He was born in Rome, Roman Empire and succeeded St. Callixtus I who had been martyred. For centuries it was believed that Urban too was martyred...

    , Christian saint
  • Dezső Szilágyi
    Dezső Szilágyi
    Dezső Szilágyi was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1889 and 1895.-References:*...

    , Hungarian jurist and politician
  • Erzsébet Szilágyi
    Erzsébet Szilágyi
    Erzsébet Szilágyi was a Hungarian noblewoman of Szilágy County of the Kingdom of Hungary. Elizabeth was the daugther of the count Ladislaus Szilágyi and Catherine Bellyéni, members of two influential Hungarian families of the XV century that were loyal to the King Sigismund of Hungary...

    , mother of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
    Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
    Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...

  • József Simándy
    József Simándy
    József Simándy was a Hungarian tenor. A student of Emilia Posszert, he joined the chorus of the Hungarian State Opera in 1940; in 1946 he made his debut as Don José in Carmen in Szeged. In 1947 he returned to the Budapest Opera, where he was the leading heroic tenor until 1984...

    , Hungarian tenor
  • Pál Szinyei Merse
    Pál Szinyei Merse
    Pál Szinyei Merse was a Hungarian painter and politician.Born in Szinyeújfalu, Hungary , he learned painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich under Karl von Piloty. He was a friend of Wilhelm Leibl and Hans Makart...

    , Hungarian painter
  • Mihály Táncsics
    Mihály Táncsics
    Táncsics Mihály was a Hungarian writer, journalist and politician.Mihály Táncsics was born as a son of Croatian father and Slovak mother.- References :...

    , Hungarian poet and politician
  • Vilmos Tartsay, Hungarian anti-fascist general during World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

  • Blanka Teleki, Hungarian early feminist
  • László Teleki
    László Teleki
    Count László Teleki IV de Szék was a Hungarian writer and statesman. He is remembered as the author of the drama Kegyencz ....

    , Hungarian writer and politician
  • Kálmán Thaly
    Kálmán Thaly
    Kálmán Thaly was a Hungarian poet, historian and politician. His most important works are his Kuruc poetry, the most famous literary forgery in the history of Hungarian literature....

    , Hungarian poet
  • Imre Thököly
    Imre Thököly
    Count Imre Thököly de Késmárk was a Hungarian statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania, and vassal king of Upper Hungary.- Early life :Imre Thököly was born at Késmárk, Royal Hungary Count Imre Thököly de Késmárk (Thököly/Tököly/Tökölli Imre in Hungarian, Mirko...

    , Hungarian Kuruc
    Kuruc
    The kuruc was a term used to denote the armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary between 1671 and 1711....

     leader
  • Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos
    Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos
    Sebestyén "Lantos" Tinódi was a 16th century Hungarian lyricist, epic poet, political historian, and minstrel.- Biography :...

    , Hungarian lyracist
  • Ferenc Toldy
    Ferenc Toldy
    Ferenc Toldy was a German-Hungarian literary critic....

    , Hungarian literary historian
  • Árpád Tóth
    Árpád Tóth
    Árpád Tóth was a Hungarian poet and translator.Tóth went to Gymnasium in Debrecen and then studied German and Hungarian at the University of Budapest. In 1907, he poems began to appear in the papers A Hét and Vasárnapi Újság and after 1908 in Nyugat...

    , Hungarian poet
  • István Türr
    István Türr
    István Türr , was a Hungarian soldier, revolutionary, canal architect and engineer, remembered in Italy for his role in that country's unification and his association with Garibaldi...

    , Hungarian freedom fighter
  • Vak Bottyán, Hungarian Kuruc
    Kuruc
    The kuruc was a term used to denote the armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary between 1671 and 1711....

     general
  • Gereben Vas, Hungarian poet and writer
  • Pál Vasvári, Hungarian freedom fighter during Hungarian revolution of 1848
    Hungarian Revolution of 1848
    The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

  • Mihály Vörösmarty
    Mihály Vörösmarty
    Mihály Vörösmarty was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist.He was born at Puszta-Nyék , of a noble Roman Catholic family. His father was a steward of the Nádasdys. Mihály was educated at Székesfehérvár by the Cistercians and at Pest by the Piarists...

    , Hungarian poet
  • Raul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian
  • Albert Wass, Hungarian writer
  • Miklós Wesselényi
    Miklós Wesselényi
    Baron Miklós Wesselényi de Hadad , was a Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Board of Academy of Sciences, hero of the 1838 Pest flood....

    , Hungarian statesman
  • József Zakariás
    József Zakariás
    József Zakariás , also known as Zakariás József was a Hungarian footballer and manager. During the 1950s he was a member of the legendary Hungary team known as the Mighty Magyars...

    , footballer of the Golden Team
    Golden Team
    The Golden Team refers to the Hungary national football team of the 1950s. It is associated with several notable matches, including the "Match of the Century" against England in 1953, and the quarter-final , semi-final and final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup...

  • György Zala
    György Zala
    György Zala is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed from 1989 to 2001.Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals in the C-1 1000 m event, earning them in 1992 and 1996....

    , Hungarian architect
  • Mihály Zichy
    Mihály Zichy
    Mihály Zichy |Zala]], HungaryFebruary 28, 1906, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist.Mihály Zichy was a significant representative of Hungarian romantic painting. During his law studies in Pest from 1842, he attended Jakab Marastoni's school as well. In Vienna he was...

    , Hungarian painter
  • Miklós Zrínyi
    Miklós Zrínyi
    Miklós Zrínyi or Nikola Zrinski was a Croatian and Hungarian soldier, statesman and poet, member of the Zrinski noble family....

    , Hungarian poet and general

  • This list is not complete, it consists only the most notable people and the most common public place names.
  • This list is in Hungarian alphabet
    Hungarian alphabet
    The Hungarian alphabet is an extension of the Latin alphabet used for writing the Hungarian language.One sometimes speaks of the smaller and greater Hungarian alphabets, depending on whether or not the letters Q, W, X, Y are listed, which can only be found in foreign words and traditional...

    ical order!

Others

  • Akácfa (Wattle tree)
  • Akácos (Wattle wood)
  • Alkotmány (Constitution
    Constitution of Hungary
    The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary , its fundamental law, was adopted on 20 August 1949, and heavily amended on 23 October 1989. It is Hungary's first and only permanent written constitution; the country is the only former Eastern Bloc nation that did not adopt an entirely new constitution...

    )
  • Állomás (Train station
    Train station
    A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

    )
  • Anna
    Anna (given name)
    Anna is a Latin form of the Greek name Greek Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah . Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the...

     (given name for girls)
  • Apahida
    Apahida
    Apahida is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Apahida, Bodrog, Câmpeneşti, Corpadea, Dezmir, Pata, Sânnicoară and Sub Coastă....

     (former Hungarian village)
  • Aradi
    Arad, Romania
    Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Bácskai (Hungarian land)
  • Balaton
    Lake Balaton
    Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of its foremost tourist destinations. As Hungary is landlocked , Lake Balaton is often affectionately called the "Hungarian Sea"...

    i (Hungarian lake)
  • Bánya (Mine
    Mining
    Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

    )
  • Bártfa (former Hungarian city)
  • Bécsi (Wien
    Wien
    Wien is the German language name for Vienna, the city and federal state in Austria.* Wien , in Vienna, Austria* Theater an der Wien, a theater in Vienna located at the former river WienWien may also refer to:...

    er)
  • Béke (Peace
    Peace
    Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...

    )
  • Beregszász (former Hungarian city)
  • Botond (Hungarian given name for boys)
  • Brassó
    Brasov
    Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Cica (Kitten
    Kitten
    A kitten is a juvenile domesticated cat.The young of big cats are called cubs rather than kittens. Either term may be used for the young of smaller wild felids such as ocelots, caracals, and lynx, but "kitten" is usually more common for these species....

    )
  • Csallóköz (ethnic Hungarian land)
  • Csap
    Chop, Ukraine
    Chop is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast of western Ukraine, near the borders of Slovakia and Hungary. It is separated from the Hungarian town of Záhony by the river Tisza, and the city itself is designated as a separate raion within the oblast.-Demography:According to the Ukrainian...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Csíksomlyó
    Sumuleu Ciuc
    Şumuleu Ciuc is a neighborhood of Miercurea-Ciuc, Harghita County, Romania. Until 1959, it was a separate commune. It is the site of an annual Roman Catholic pilgrimage, when Catholics from all over Hungary and Romania gather there.-Location:...

     (former Hungarian village)
  • Csillag (Star
    Star
    A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

    )
  • Csongor (Hungarian given name for boys)
  • Diófa (Nut tree)
  • Duna (Danube
    Danube
    The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

    )
  • Eperjes
    Prešov
    Prešov Historically, the city has been known in German as Eperies , Eperjes in Hungarian, Fragopolis in Latin, Preszów in Polish, Peryeshis in Romany, Пряшев in Russian and Пряшів in Rusyn and Ukrainian.-Characteristics:The city is a showcase of Baroque, Rococo and Gothic...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Erdélyi (former Hungarian land)
  • Erőmű (Power plant)
  • Érsekújvár (former Hungarian city)
  • Fátra (former Hungarian mountains)
  • Fecske (Swallow
    Swallow
    The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding...

    )
  • Felsőbánya
    Baia Sprie
    Baia Sprie is a town in the Maramureş County, northern Romania. The Hungarian version of the town's name means "Upper Mine".The town administers three villages: Chiuzbaia, Satu Nou de Sus and Tăuţii de Sus. Neighbouring communities are the city of Baia Mare and the villages of Groşi, Dumbrăviţa,...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Fenyves (Pine
    Pine
    Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

    -grove)
  • Fiume (former Hungarian city)
  • Fogaras
    Fagaras
    Făgăraș is a city in central Romania, located in Braşov County . Another source of the name is alleged to derive from the Hungarian language word for "partridge" . A more plausible explanation is that the name is given by Fogaras river coming from the Pecheneg "Fagar šu", which means ash water...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Fő (Main, for ex.: Main street, Main square)
  • Füredi
    Balatonfüred
    Balatonfüred is a popular resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary, with a population of thirteen thousand, situated on the north shore of the Lake Balaton. It is considered to be the capital of the Northern lake shore and has significant yachting life. It is also a favorite location for coarse...

     (Hungarian city)
  • Garam
    Hron
    Hron is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube and the second longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra mountains through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo and Esztergom...

     (former Hungarian river)
  • Garázs (Garage)
  • Gyár (Factory
    Factory
    A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...

    )
  • Gyöngyvirág (Lily of the Valley
    Lily of the Valley
    Convallaria majalis , commonly known as the lily-of-the-valley, is a poisonous woodland flowering plant native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe....

    )
  • Gyulafehérvár (former Hungarian city)
  • Hargita (Székely
    Székely
    The Székelys or Székely , sometimes also referred to as Szeklers , are a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania...

    -Hungarian mountains and county)
  • Háromszék
    Háromszék
    Háromszék is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania...

     (Székely
    Székely
    The Székelys or Székely , sometimes also referred to as Szeklers , are a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania...

    -Hungarian land)
  • Hársfa (Tilia
    Tilia
    Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America...

    )
  • Határ (City limit, City boundary, see: Határ út
    Határ út
    Határ út is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro. Near the station, there are several tram and bus terminus, and a shopping centre. Határ út station named after the adjacent street Határ út, which literally means " Limit Street". Before the formation of Greater Budapest it was the border...

    )
  • Hold (Moon
    Moon
    The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

    )
  • Honvéd (Honvéd is a soldier from the Hungarian National Army)
  • Hősök (Hero
    Hero
    A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...

    es', see: Hősök tere)
  • Hungária (Latin name of Hungary
    Hungary
    Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

    )
  • Ibolya (Viola)
  • Igló
    Iglo
    Iglo is one of the Umbrella Brands of the frozen-foods business of Unilever, used mainly in Europe. In the UK, it is known as Birds Eye , and in Italy as Findus....

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Ipolyság (former Hungarian city)
  • Iskola (School
    School
    A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...

    )
  • Jegenye (Black Poplar
    Black Poplar
    Populus nigra, the black poplar, is a species of cottonwood poplar, the type species of section Aigeiros of the genus Populus, native to Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa....

    )
  • Kálvária (Calvary
    Calvary
    Calvary or Golgotha was the site, outside of ancient Jerusalem’s early first century walls, at which the crucifixion of Jesus is said to have occurred. Calvary and Golgotha are the English names for the site used in Western Christianity...

    )
  • Kápolna (Chapel
    Chapel
    A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...

    )
  • Kassai
    Košice
    Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Kereszt (Christian cross
    Christian cross
    The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity...

    )
  • Késmárki (former Hungarian city)
  • Királyhágó (Pass in Apuseni Mountains
    Apuseni Mountains
    The Apuseni Mountains is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Carpathians, also called Occidentali in Romanian. Their name translates from Romanian as Mountains "of the sunset" i.e. "western". The highest peak is "Cucurbăta Mare" - 1849 metres, also called Bihor...

    )
  • Kolozsvári (former Hungarian city)
  • Komárom
    Komárom
    Komárom is a city in Hungary on the right bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom county.The city of Komárom was formerly a separate suburban village called...

    i (Hungarian city)
  • Kőrös
    Körös River
    Körös is the name of a 195 km long river in eastern Hungary. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös and Fekete-Körös near Gyula. The Sebes-Körös flows into the Körös near Gyomaendrőd...

     (Hungarian river)
  • Köztársaság (Republic
    Republic
    A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...

    )
  • Kuruc
    Kuruc
    The kuruc was a term used to denote the armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary between 1671 and 1711....

     (Hungarian anti-Habsburg movement)
  • Léva (former Hungarian city)
  • Liget (Grove
    Grove (nature)
    A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts...

    )
  • Liliom (Lilium
    Lilium
    Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...

    )
  • Losonc (former Hungarian city)
  • Lőcse (former Hungarian city)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • Május 1. (May Day
    May Day
    May Day on May 1 is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures....

    )
  • Máramaros
    Máramaros
    Máramaros is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania and western Ukraine...

    i (former Hungarian land)
  • Maros (Hungarian river)
  • Mátra
    Mátra
    Mátra is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető , belongs to this mountain range....

     (Hungarian mountains)
  • Meggyfa (Sour cherry
    Sour Cherry
    Prunus cerasus, or the sour cherry, is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus , native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. It is closely related to the wild cherry Prunus cerasus, or the sour cherry, is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and...

     tree)
  • Nádor
    Nador
    Nador is a city located in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco. The city is a Mediterranean port on the Bḥar Ameẓẓyan lagoon , and it is the major trading center in the region for fish, fruit, and livestock...

     (Hungarian dignitary)
  • Nagybánya (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagybecskerek (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagyenyed (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagykikinda (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagyszalonta (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagyszeben (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagyszombat (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagyszőlős (former Hungarian city)
  • Nagyvárad (former Hungarian city, see: Nagyvárad tér)
  • Nap (Sun
    Sun
    The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...

    )
  • Nefelejcs (Forget me not
    Forget Me Not
    "Forget Me Not" is a 1968 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Though the song failed to ignite charts in America barely hitting the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #93 and failing to chart on the US R&B charts , it became a big hit on the UK pop singles chart peaking at #11...

    )
  • Nyár (Summer
    Summer
    Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...

    )
  • Nyitra (former Hungarian city)
  • Nyúl (Rabbit
    Rabbit
    Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...

    )
  • Ógyalla
    Hurbanovo
    Hurbanovo is a town and large municipality in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. In 1948, its Slovak name was changed to Hurbanovo, named after Slovak writer Jozef Miloslav Hurban.- Geography :...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Pacsirta (Skylark
    Skylark
    The Skylark is a small passerine bird species. This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident in the west of its range, but eastern populations are more migratory, moving further south in winter. Even in the milder west of its range,...

    )
  • Pálma (Palm tree)
  • Pannónia (Pannonia
    Pannonia
    Pannonia was an ancient province of the Roman Empire bounded north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia....

     province)
  • Pázsit (Grass
    Grass
    Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

    )
  • Pillangó (Butterfly
    Butterfly
    A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

    ), see: Pillangó utca
    Pillangó utca
    Pillangó utca is a station of the M2 line of the Budapest Metro....

  • Poprád
    Poprad
    Poprad is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia with a population of approximately 55,000.The Poprad-Tatry Airport is...

     (former Hungarian city)
  • Pozsonyi (former Hungarian city)
  • Rákos
    Rákoš
    Rákoš is a village and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.-External links:*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html...

     (Brook in Budapest)
  • Rezeda (Reseda (plant))
  • Rigó (Oriole
    Oriole
    Orioles are colourful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the namesake of the corvoidean family Oriolidae. They are not related to the New World orioles, which are icterids and, belonging to the superfamily Passeroidea songbirds, are quite unrelated to the true orioles.The orioles are...

    )
  • Rimaszombat (former Hungarian city)
  • Római (Roman
    Roman Empire
    The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

    )
  • Rózsa (Rose
    Rose
    A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...

    )
  • Rozsnyó (former Hungarian city)
  • Sáfrány (Saffron
    Saffron
    Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the saffron crocus. Crocus is a genus in the family Iridaceae. Each saffron crocus grows to and bears up to four flowers, each with three vivid crimson stigmas, which are each the distal end of a carpel...

    )
  • Sajó
    Sajó
    The Sajó is a river in Slovakia and Hungary.Its length is 229 km, of which 110 km is in Slovakia. Its source is in the Stolica Mountains range of the Slovak Ore Mountains. It flows through the Slovak town Rožňava and the Hungarian city Miskolc. In Hungary it flows through the county of...

     (Hungarian river)
  • Sas (Eagle
    Eagle
    Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...

    )
  • Segesvár (former Hungarian city)
  • Sólyom (Falcon
    Falcon
    A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....

    )
  • Sport
    Sport
    A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

  • Stefánia (Stephanie
    Stephanie
    Stephanie or Stefanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the Italian Stefania, the Portuguese Estefânia, and the Spanish Estefanía...

    , given name for girls)
  • Szabadka (former Hungarian city)
  • Szabadság (Liberty
    Liberty
    Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...

    )
  • Szamos (Hungarian river)
  • Szatmár
    Szatmár
    Szatmár is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania and north-eastern Hungary, south of the river Tisza...

     (Hungarian land)
  • Szegfű (Clove Pink)
  • Szigetvár
    Szigetvár
    -History:The town's fortress was the setting of the Battle of Szigetvár in 1566. It was a sanjak centre at first in Budin Province , later in Kanije Province .There was already a bum in the marshland back in the Celtic and Roman times...

    i (Hungarian city)
  • Szőlő (Vitis
    Vitis
    Vitis is a genus of about 60 species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce...

    )
  • Tátra (former Hungarian mountains)
  • Tavasz (Spring
    Spring (season)
    Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and broadly to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. The specific definition of the exact timing of "spring" varies according to local climate, cultures and...

    )
  • Temesvári (former Hungarian city)
  • Temető (Graveyard
    Graveyard
    A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones...

    )
  • Templom (Church)
  • Tihany
    Tihany
    Tihany is a village on the northern shore of Lake Balaton on the Tihany Peninsula . The whole peninsula is a historical district....

     (Hungarian village)
  • Tisza
    Tisza
    The Tisza or Tisa is one of the main rivers of Central Europe. It rises in Ukraine, and is formed near Rakhiv by the junction of headwaters White Tisa, whose source is in the Chornohora mountains and Black Tisa, which springs in the Gorgany range...

     (Hungarian river)
  • Torda
    Turda
    Turda is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River.- Ancient times :The city was founded by Dacians under the name Patavissa or Potaissa...

    i (former Hungarian city)
  • Torockó
    Rimetea
    Rimetea is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colţeşti and Rimetea. A former mining town, today it is known as the location of the Piatra Secuiului mountain and as a Székely cultural center...

     (ethnic Hungarian village in Transylvania)
  • Török (Turkish
    Turkey
    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

    )
  • Trencsén (former Hungarian city)
  • Tulipán (Tulip
    Tulip
    The tulip is a perennial, bulbous plant with showy flowers in the genus Tulipa, which comprises 109 species and belongs to the family Liliaceae. The genus's native range extends from as far west as Southern Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, and Iran to the Northwest of China. The tulip's centre of...

    )
  • Turul
    Turul
    The Turul is the most important bird in the origin myth of the Magyars .It is a divine messenger, and perches on top of the tree of life along with the other spirits of unborn children in the form of birds...

     (Mythological national bird of the Hungarians and Hungary)
  • Tüzér (Artilleryman)
  • Udvarhely
    Udvarhely
    Udvarhely was the name of an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Romania . The capital of the county was Székelyudvarhely .-Geography:...

     (former Hungarian county)
  • Ugocsa
    Ugocsa
    Ugocsa is the name of a historic administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania and western Ukraine...

     (former Hungarian county)
  • Újvidék (former Hungarian city)
  • Ungvár (former Hungarian city)
  • Uzsoki (former Hungarian mountains)
  • Vág
    VAG
    VAG is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:* Freiburger Verkehrs AG, the municipal transport company of the city of Freiburg, Germany.* Vereinigte Astronomische Gesellschaft, United Astronomical Society...

     (former Hungarian river)
  • Vágóhíd (Slaughterhouse
    Slaughterhouse
    A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products.Approximately 45-50% of the animal can be turned into edible products...

    )
  • Városház (City hall
    City hall
    In local government, a city hall, town hall or a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city...

    )
  • Vasút (Railway)
  • Vereckei (Pass in the Carpathians)
  • Vezér (Ruler
    Monarch
    A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...

    )
  • Viola (Viol
    Viol
    The viol is any one of a family of bowed, fretted and stringed musical instruments developed in the mid-late 15th century and used primarily in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The family is related to and descends primarily from the Renaissance vihuela, a plucked instrument that preceded the...

    )
  • Virág (Flower
    Flower
    A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...

    )
  • Zilah (former Hungarian city)
  • Zombor
    Sombor
    Sombor is a city and municipality located in northwest part of Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina. The city has a total population of 48,749 , while the Sombor municipality has 87,815 inhabitants...

    i (former Hungarian city)
  • Zólyomi (former Hungarian city)

  • This list is not complete, it consist only the most common public place names.
  • In Budapest the name of former Hungarian cities (see: Treaty of Trianon
    Treaty of Trianon
    The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary . The treaty greatly redefined and reduced Hungary's borders. From its borders before World War I, it lost 72% of its territory, which was reduced from to...

    ) are very common for streets and squares. For example there are 8 Kolozsvár streets and 9 Kassa
    Košice
    Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

     streets.

Most common public place names

  • 17x : Lajos Kossuth
    Lajos Kossuth
    Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...

    , István Széchenyi
    István Széchenyi
    Széchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...

  • 16x : Sándor Petőfi
    Sándor Petofi
    Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

  • 14x : János Hunyadi, Mátyás király, Ferenc Rákóczi
  • 13x : János Arany
    János Arany
    János Arany , was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 40 ballads which have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works.-Biography:He was born in...

    , József Bem, Mór Jókai
    Mór Jókai
    Mór Jókai , born Móric Jókay de Ásva , outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.-Early life:...

    , Szabadság
    Liberty
    Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...

    , Szent István, Mihály Vörösmarty
    Mihály Vörösmarty
    Mihály Vörösmarty was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist.He was born at Puszta-Nyék , of a noble Roman Catholic family. His father was a steward of the Nádasdys. Mihály was educated at Székesfehérvár by the Cistercians and at Pest by the Piarists...

  • 12x : Árpád
    Árpád
    Árpád was the second Grand Prince of the Hungarians . Under his rule the Hungarian people settled in the Carpathian basin. The dynasty descending from him ruled the Hungarian tribes and later the Kingdom of Hungary until 1301...

    , Gábor Baross
    Gábor Baross
    Gábor Baross , Hungarian statesman, was born at Pružina near Trencsén on 6 July 1848, and educated at Esztergom. He was for a time one of the professors there under Cardinal Kolos Vaszary. After acquiring considerable local reputation as chief notary of his county, he entered parliament in 1875...

  • 11x : Endre Ady
    Endre Ady
    Endre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...

    , Attila
    Attila the Hun
    Attila , more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared...

    , Brassói
    Brasov
    Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....

    , Ferenc Deák
    Ferenc Deák
    Ferenc Deák de Kehida , , was a Hungarian statesman and Minister of Justice. He was known as "The Wise Man of the Nation".-Early life and law career:...

    , József Eötvös
    József Eötvös
    József baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény was a Hungarian writer and statesman, the son of Ignacz baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény and Anna von Lilien, who stemmed from an Erbsälzer family of Werl in Germany....

    , Erzsébet
    Elisabeth of Bavaria
    Elisabeth of Austria was the spouse of Franz Joseph I, and therefore both Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others...

    , Attila József
    Attila József
    Attila József was one of the most important and well-known Hungarian poets of the 20th century.-Biography:The son of Áron József, a soap factory worker of Romanian origin from Bánát, and Hungarian peasant girl Borbála Pőcze, he was born in Ferencváros, a poor district of Budapest. He had two elder...

  • 10x : Álmos
    High Prince Álmos
    Álmos , the first Grand Prince of the Magyars . The Gesta Hungarorum records that his father was Ügyek, while the Chronicon Pictum mentions his father as Előd ; his mother was Emese.-Birth:The medieval chronicle recounts the story of his...

    , Lajos Batthyány
    Lajos Batthyány
    Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pressburg on 10 February 1807, and was executed by firing squad in Pest on 6 October 1849, the same day as the 13 Martyrs of Arad.-Career:His father was Count József Sándor Batthyány , his mother Borbála...

    , István Bocskai, Kassa
    Košice
    Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

    , György Klapka
    György Klapka
    --------György Klapka , also known as , or George Klapka, was a Hungarian soldier.Klapka was born at Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary and entered the Austrian Army in 1838...

    , Nap
    Sun
    The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...

    , Pozsony etc.

Former public place names

  • Moszkva tér (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

     Square), 1951-2011, now Széll Kálmán tér
  • Lenin körút (Lenin
    Vladimir Lenin
    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...

     Boulevard), 1970-1990, now Erzsébet and Teréz körút
  • Sztálin út (Stalin
    Joseph Stalin
    Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...

     Avenue), 1950-1956, now Andrássy Avenue
    Andrássy Avenue
    Andrássy Avenue is an iconic boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. It links Erzsébet Square with the Városliget. Lined with spectacular Neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses featuring fine facades and interiors, it was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002...

    • Népköztársaság útja (Avenue of the People's Republic), 1957-1990, now Andrássy Avenue
  • Majakovszkij utca (Mayakovsky
    Mayakovsky
    Vladimir Mayakovsky was a Russian poet and playwright, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Russian Futurism.Mayakovsky or Mayakovskaya may also refer to:...

     street), 1950-1990, now Király utca
  • Tolbuhin körút (Tolbukhin
    Fyodor Tolbukhin
    Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin was a Soviet military commander.-Biography:Tolbukhin was born into a peasant family in the province of Yaroslavl, north-east of Moscow. He volunteered for the Imperial Army in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I. He was steadily promoted, advancing from private to...

     Boulevard), 1945-1990, now Vámház körút
  • Dimitrov tér (Dimitrov
    Georgi Dimitrov
    Georgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov , also known as Georgi Mikhaylovich Dimitrov , was a Bulgarian Communist politician...

     Square), 1949-1991, now Fővám tér
  • Hitler tér (Hitler
    Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

     Square), 1938-1945, now Kodály körönd
    Kodály körönd
    Kodály körönd is a circus in Budapest, Hungary, at the intersection of Andrássy Avenue and Felsőerdősor u., with beautifully painted old buildings and statues of four of Hungary's great heroes in each corner. It is also a station on the yellow M1 line of the Budapest Metro...

  • Roosevelt tér (Roosevelt
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

     Square), 1945-2011, now Széchenyi István tér
  • Mussolini tér (Mussolini
    Benito Mussolini
    Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

     Square), 1936-1945, now Oktogon
    Oktogon
    ‎Oktogon is one of Pest's major intersections, located at the junction of the Grand Boulevard and Andrássy Avenue in Budapest, Hungary...

    • November 7. tér (7 November Square), 1950-1990, now Oktogon
  • Marx tér (Marx
    Karl Marx
    Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...

     Square), 1950-1990, now Nyugati tér
  • Felszabadulás tér ("Liberation
    Soviet occupation of Hungary
    The Soviet occupation of Hungary, followed the defeat of Hungary in World War II, lasted for 45 years ending in 1991 shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union -World War II:...

    " Square), 1953-1990, now Ferenciek tere
    Ferenciek tere
    Ferenciek tere is a square and junction in Budapest. In addition to being the site of a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro, it is an important public transport junction for the BKV bus line number 7, which connects Pest and southern Buda.The place is right in the middle of the city...


See also

  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

  • Greater Budapest
    Greater Budapest
    Greater Budapest is the name of Budapest in its present, extended size, as it was created by the Law No. XXVI of 1949 passed on December 15, 1949 and it came into force on January 1, 1950...

  • Budapest metropolitan area
    Budapest metropolitan area
    The Budapest Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Central Hungary. It consists of Budapest capital and the surrounding suburbs. It has a population of 2.525 million...

  • Demographics of Budapest
    Demographics of Budapest
    According to the official gazetteer of 2011, there are 1,733,685 people and 895,400 households in Budapest Capital, Hungary. In 2011 the official Budapest metropolitan area has 2,551,247 inhabitants and in the official Budapest commuter area lived 3,271,110 people , so the Hungarian metropolis is...

  • History of Budapest
    History of Budapest
    - Prehistory and Roman era :The first town, built by Celts, occupied about 30 hectares along the slopes of Gellért Hill . Archaeological finds suggest that it may have been a densely populated settlement, with a separate district of craftsmen...


Source

  • Budapest City Atlas, Dimap, Budapest, 2006, ISBN 963-9549-15-0-CM
  • Budapesti útmutató, street names, 1969
  • Budapest City Atlas, 1974
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