List of Hungarian Jews

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Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists This is a list of Hungarian Jews. There has been a Jewish presence in today's Hungary since Roman times (bar a brief expulsion during the Black Death), long before the actual Hungarian nation. Jews fared particularly well under the Ottoman Empire, and after emancipation in 1867. At its height, the Jewish population of historical Hungary numbered more than 900,000, but the Holocaust and emigration, especially during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, has reduced that to around 100,000, most of whom live in Budapest and its suburbs.

This is a list of anyone who could be reliably described as "Hungarian" and is of significant Jewish heritage (ethnic or religious). See List of Hungarian Americans for descendants of Hungarian émigrés born in America, a significant number of whom are of Jewish ancestry.

The names are presented in the Western European convention of the given name preceding the family name, whereas in Hungary, the reverse is true, as in most Asian cultures.

Historical figures

Theodor Herzl
  • Leó Frankel, one of the leaders of the Paris Commune
  • Gyula Germanus, islamologist, (non-Jewish mother, Jewish father)
  • Ignác Goldziher, islamologist
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Athletes

Boxing

György Gedó

Canoeing

  • László Fábián, sprint canoer, Olympic champion (K-2 10,000 meter), 4× world champion (3× K-2 10,000 meter and 1× K-4 10,000 meter) and one silver (K-4 10,000 meter)<ref name="books.google.com">Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games, p. 228.</ref>
  • Imre Farkas, sprint canoer, 2× Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000 and 10,000 meter)<ref name="books.google.com"/>
  • Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (K-2 500 m), world champion (K-2 500 m)<ref>Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games, p. 229.</ref>
  • Anna Pfeffer, sprint canoer, Olympic 2× silver (K-2 500 m), bronze (K-1 500 m); world champion (K-2 500 m), silver (K-4 500 m), 2× bronze (K-2 500)<ref>Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games, p. 238.</ref>

Fencing

Jenő Fuchs
Attila Petschauer
  • Péter Bakonyi (born "Buchwald", 1938), saber, Olympic 3× bronze
  • Ilona Elek (née "Schacherer"; 1907–1988), foil fencer; Olympic gold-medal winner, and world champion, both before and after World War II
  • Dr. Dezső Földes (1880–1950), saber, 2× Olympic champion
  • Dr. Jenő Fuchs (1882–1955), saber, 4× Olympic champion<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Tamás Gábor (1932–2007), épée, Olympic champion
  • János Garay (1889–1945), saber, Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed by the Nazis
  • Dr. Oskar Gerde (1883–1944), saber, 2× Olympic champion, killed by the Nazis<ref name="google1">Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games, p. 107.</ref>
  • Dr. Sándor Gombos (1895–1968), saber, Olympic champion
  • Endre Kabos (1906–1944), saber, 3× Olympic champion, bronze, killed while performing forced labour for the Nazis
  • Attila Petschauer (1904–1943), saber, 2× team Olympic champion, silver, killed by the Nazis
  • Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880–1966), Hungarian Olympic champion saber fencer
  • Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (born 1937), foil, 2× Olympic champion<ref name=ghetto>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Lajos Werkner (1883–1943), saber, 2× Olympic champion
  • George Worth, born György Woittitz (1915–2006), Hungarian-born American Olympic medalist fencer

Figure skating

Gymnastics

  • Samu Fóti, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)
  • Imre Gellért, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)
  • Ágnes Keleti, 5-time Olympic champion (2-time floor exercises, asymmetrical bars, floor exercises, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), 3-time silver (2-time team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), 2× bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame<ref name="jewishsports3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Alice Kertész, Olympic champion (team, portable apparatus), silver (team); world silver (team)<ref name="Taylor, p. 234">Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games, p. 234.</ref>

Soccer (association football)

  • Gyula Bíró, midfielder/forward (national team)<ref name=ghetto/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Alfréd Brüll, first owner of MTK Budapest FC
  • Peter Fuzes, born in Hungary; soccer goalkeeper for Sydney Hakoah club and Australia, Maccabi Hall of Fame 2003. Played 1st grade 1964 till 1976; International career from 1966 to 1972, against Scotland 1967, Greece 1969, Israel 1969 & 1972. Played against various European club sides including AS ROMA 1966, Manchester United.
  • Sándor Geller, goalkeeper, Olympic champion
  • Béla Guttmann, midfielder, national team player, and international coach
  • Adolf Kertész, Hungarian international
  • Gyula Kertész (1888–1982), Hungarian international
  • Vilmos Kertész (1890–1962), Hungarian international
  • Gyula Mándi, half back (player & coach of Hungarian and Israeli national teams) and manager
  • Árpád Orbán, Olympic champion

Swimming

Alfréd Hajós
András Székely
  • Andrea Gyarmati, Olympic silver (100-m backstroke) and bronze (100-m butterfly); world championships bronze (200-m backstroke), International Swimming Hall of Fame<ref name=autogenerated2 /> (both parents half-Jewish)
  • Alfréd Hajós (born "Arnold Guttmann"), 3× Olympic champion (100-m freestyle, 800-m freestyle relay, 1,500-m freestyle), International Swimming Hall of Fame<ref name="jewishsports3"/>
  • Michael "Miki" Halika, Israel, 200-m butterfly, 200- and 400-m individual medley
  • József Munk, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)
  • Rebecca Soni, her grandfather was born in Nagyvárad (now Oradea)
  • Mark Spitz, his great-grandfather (Nathan) was born in Hungary
  • László Szabados, Olympic bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay)
  • András Székely, Olympic silver (200-m breaststroke) and bronze (4x200-m freestyle relay); died in a Nazi concentration camp
  • Éva Székely, Olympic champion & silver (200-m breaststroke); International Swimming Hall of Fame; mother of Andrea Gyarmati<ref name=autogenerated2 /> (mother Jewish, father Roman Catholic szekler)
  • Judit Temes, Olympic champion (4×100-m freestyle), bronze (100-m freestyle)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Imre Zachár, Olympic silver (4x200-m freestyle relay)

Table tennis

Tennis

Track and field

  • Ödön Bodor, Olympic bronze (medley relay)<ref>Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games, p. 226.</ref>
  • Ibolya Csák, Olympic champion & European champion high jumper<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Mór Kóczán, javelin, Olympic bronze<ref name="Taylor, p. 234"/> (Calvinist priest)

Water polo

Wrestling

  • Károly Kárpáti (also "Károly Kellner"), Olympic champion (freestyle lightweight), silver

Other sports

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Olympic gold medalists at the Summer Games

Period 1896-1912 1924-1936 1948-1956 1960-1972 1976-1992 (1984 excluded) 1996-2008
# of Olympics 5 4 3 4 4 4
Total Golds 442 482 440 684 903 1172
Hungarian Golds 11 22 35 32 33 26
Hungarian/total World 2.49% 4.56% 7.95% 4.68% 3.65% 2.22%
Hungarian Individual Gold 9 17 26 22 27 16
Hungarian Jewish Individual 5 3 6 4 0 0
Jewish/total individual Hungarian 55.56% 17.65% 23.08% 18.18% 0% 0%
Jews in Gold Teams 57.14% = 8/14 28.21%= 11/39
Jews in population 5.0% (1910) 5.12% (1930) 1.45% (1949) 0.13% (2001)

Before the Holocaust

Hungarian Jews, while comprising some 5% of the population of Hungary, won 8 individual gold medals for Hungary out of 26 (30.8%) in the Olympic sports events between 1896 and 1936. In each of the 7 gold winning teams, there were Hungarian Jews making up 35.8% of the teams (19 out of 53 team members).

1896

  • Alfréd Hajós-Guttman (2) swimming, 100-meter freestyle, 1,500-meter freestyle

1906

  • Alfréd Hajós-Guttman, swimming, 800-meter freestyle relay

1908

  • Dezső Földes, fencing, team saber
  • Dr.Jenő Fuchs (2), fencing, individual saber, team saber
  • Dr. Oszkár Gerde, fencing, team saber
  • Lajos Werkner, fencing, team saber
  • Richard Weisz, Greco-Roman wrestling, heavyweight

1912

  • Dezső Földes, fencing, team saber
  • Dr. Jenő Fuchs (2), fencing, individual saber, team saber
  • Dr. Oszkár Gerde, fencing, team saber
  • Lajos Werkner, fencing, team saber

1924

  • Alfred Hajós, Olympic art competition, architecture
  • Gyula Halasy, Gold Medal, Individual Trap Competition

1928

  • János Garay, fencing, team saber
  • Dr. Sándor Gombos, fencing, team saber
  • Attila Petschauer, fencing, team saber
  • Dr. Ferenc Mező, Olympic art competition, epic works

1932

  • István Barta, water polo
  • György Brody, water polo
  • Miklós Sárkány, water polo
  • Endre Kabos, fencing, team saber
  • Attila Petschauer, fencing, team saber

1936

  • György Bródy, water polo
  • Miklos Sárkány, water polo
  • Endre Kabos (2), fencing, individual saber, team saber
  • Ilona Elek, individual foil
  • Károly Kárpáti, freestyle wrestling, lightweight

After the Holocaust, 1948-1972

After the Holocaust, less than 1% of the population of Hungary remained of Jewish heritage. In individual sports events, Hungary won 48 gold medals between 1948 and 1972. Sportsmen and mainly sportswomen of Jewish extraction won 10 gold medals (20.8%). Hungarian Jewish women won 7 gold medals out of the 15 individual gold medals won by Hungarian women. In the 19 gold medal-winning teams for Hungary, 9 had Jewish members.

There are no known Hungarian Jewish gold medalist since 1976. Overall, Hungarian Jews won 15.4% of the 117 individual gold medals of Hungary, and had part in at least 16 out of the 42 gold medals in team events.

1948

  • Ilona Elek, individual foil

1952

  • Robert Antal, water polo
  • Sándor Gellér, soccer
  • Ágnes Keleti, gymnastics, floor exercises
  • Éva Székely, swimming, 200-meter breaststroke

1956

  • Ágnes Keleti (4)
    • gymnastics, asymmetrical bars, floor exercises, balance beam,
    • team exercise with portable apparatus
  • Aliz Kertész, gymnastics, team exercise with portable apparatus
  • László Fábián, kayak pairs, 10,000-meters

1960

  • Gyula Török, boxing, flyweight

1964

  • Tamás Gábor, fencing, team épée
  • Ildikó Rejtő (2), fencing, individual and team foil
  • Árpád Orbán, soccer

1968

  • Mihály Hesz, kayak, K1 1000m

1972

  • Gyorgy Gedó, boxing, light flyweight

Artists

Robert Capa
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  • Lucien Hervé, born Laszlo Elkan, photographer, known best for his architectural photographs, particularly those associated with Le Corbusier.
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Business

Businessmen

George Soros

Industrialists and bankers

Chess players

Judit Polgár
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Film and stage

Actors

Hedy Lamarr
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Directors, screenwriters, and industry

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Historians

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Inventors and scientists

Nobel Prize winners

Physicists

Social scientists

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Mathematicians

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Music

Composers

Conductors

Musicians

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Performers of music

Psychoanalysts

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Religious figures

See Hungarian-Jewish Religious Figures

Writers

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Families ennobled between 1874 and 1918 (mainly industrialists)

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  • Biedermann – 1902
  • Dirsztay – 1905
  • Engel – 1879
  • Groedl – 1900
  • Gutmann – 1905
  • Harkányi – 1904
  • Hatvany – 1917
  • Hatvany-Deutsch – 1895
  • Hazai – 1912
  • Herczel – 1912
  • Herzog – 1904
  • Kohner – 1904
  • Korányi – 1912
  • Kornfeld – 1908
  • Königswarter – 1897
  • Kuffner – 1904
  • Lévay – 1897
  • Madarassy-Beck – 1906
  • Nauman – 1906
  • Ohrenstein – 1913
  • Orosdy – 1905
  • Posner Karl
  • Schosberger – 1890
  • Tornyai-Schosberger – 1905
  • Ulmann – 1918
  • Weiss – 1918
  • Wodianer – 1874
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See also

End notes

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References

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General references

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