Did you know they were Hungarian? Here are just a few famous Hungarians you may be familiar with:
Don Adams - Actor (Get Smart!)
Donat Banki - co-inventor of the carburetor
Drew Barrymore - Actress
Paul Benko - Only man to beat Bobby Fisher at Chess. US Chess Hall of Fame member
Les Besser - "Father of microwave computer aided design."
Jozsef Laszlo Biro - Inventor. Invented the ballpoint pen.
Julius Boros - Golf Legend
Adrien Brody - Actor
Joe Bugner - World Heavyweight Boxing Champ. (Fought Ali for the title twice)
James Csonka - Co-inveted the carburetor
Larry Csonka - Football player, Miami Dolphins
George Cukor - Award winning film director
Jamie Lee Curtis - actress
Tony Curtis -Actor
Christoph von Dohnanyi -Conductor (Cleveland Orchestra)
Albrecht Durer - Reniassance painter
Paul Erdos - Mathematician
Joe Eszterhas -Screenwriter
Eugene Fodor - Founder of Fodor's Travel Guides
William Fox - Founder of Fox Studios
Eva, Ava and Magda Gabor - actresses and socialites
Mitzi Gaynor - Actress
Uri Geller - Psychic
Andy Grove - Former CEO/President and Chairman of Intel. 1998 Time Magazine Man of the Year.
Lou Groza - NFL kicker (Cleveland Browns)
George "Papa Bear" Halas - Hall of Fame football coach
Mariska Hargitay - Actress (Law and Order SVU)
Goldie Hawn - Actress
Robert Hegyes - Actor/Director (Welcome Back Kotter)
Les Horvath - Ohio State's first Heisman Trophy Winner
Harry Houdini - Magician
Leslie Howard - Actor (Gone with the Wind)
Karch Kiraly -Olympic gold medal volley ball player
Max Kiss - Inventor of Ex-Lax (pharmacist)
Calvin Klein - Designer
Michael Korda - Author
Bernie Kosar - NFL Quarterback (Cleveland Browns)
Ernie Kovacs - Actor
Estee Lauder - Cosmetics
Franz Liszt - Classical Composer
Peter Lorre - Actor
Bela Lugosi - Actor
Joe Medwick - Baseball Hall of Fame member
Charles Nagy - Baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
Joe Namath - NFL Hall of Famer
Paul Newman - Actor
Joseph Pasternak - producer/director
George Pataki - Governor, New York State
Freddie Prinze, Jr. - Actor
Freddie Prinze Sr. - Actor
Joseph Pulitzer - Publisher. Responsible for building Statue of Liberty
Tommy Ramone - Drummer, "The Ramones"
Erno Rubik - Invetor of Rubik's cube
Jerry Seinfeld - Actor/Comedian
Monica Seles - Tennis superstar
Don Shula - NFL coach
Gene Simmons - Singer (Rock Band KISS)
Paul Simon - Musician (Simon and Garfunkel)
Charles Simonyi - Computer scientist
George Soros - Financial expert
Brent Spiner - Actor (Star Trek Lt. Commander Data)
George Szell - Conductor (Cleveland Orchestra)
Jeffrey Tambir - Actor
Joe Theisman - NFL quarterback
Johnny Weismuller - Actor (Tarzan)
Rachel Weisz - Model
Debra Winger - Actress
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