100 Notable alumni of
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
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The Budapest University of Technology and Economics is 501st in the world, 184th in Europe, and 4th in Hungary by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ernő Rubik
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1967
- Occupations
- inventorentrepreneuruniversity teacherarchitectmathematician
- Biography
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Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian architect and inventor, widely known for creating the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, and Rubik's Snake.
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Leó Szilárd
- Occupations
- nuclear physicistscientistscience fiction writerphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-born physicist, biologist and inventor who made numerous important discoveries in nuclear physics and the biological sciences. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea in 1936. In late 1939 he wrote the letter for Albert Einstein's signature that resulted in the Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb, and then in 1944 wrote the Szilard petition asking President Truman to demonstrate the bomb without dropping it on civilians. According to György Marx, he was one of the Hungarian scientists known as The Martians.
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Theodore von Kármán
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1902
- Occupations
- astronomermilitary flight engineeraerospace engineerphysicistuniversity teacher
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Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow. The human-defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work. Kármán is regarded as an outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the 20th century.
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Dennis Gabor
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1921
- Occupations
- inventorholographeracademicuniversity teacherphysicist
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Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography. He obtained British citizenship in 1946 and spent most of his life in England.
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Aurel Vlaicu
- Occupations
- inventormilitary flight engineeraircraft pilot
- Biography
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Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor, and early pilot.
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László Cseh
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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László Cseh is a retired Hungarian competitive swimmer and six-time Olympic medalist. He is a 33-time European Champion. His father, László Cseh Sr., also represented Hungary at the Olympics in swimming. In 2020, Braden Keith of SwimSwam nominated him as number 1 within top 10 male swimmers who have never won Olympic gold.
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Zoltán Latinovits
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1956
- Occupations
- film actor
- Biography
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Zoltán Latinovits was a Hungarian actor.
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János Kóbor
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied architecture
- Occupations
- singer
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Kóbor János was a Hungarian singer. Nicknamed "Mecky," he is best known as the frontman of the rock band Omega. He received both the Kossuth and Liszt Ferenc Awards for his contributions to Hungarian music. He passed away on 6 December 2021, aged 78, after spending several weeks at the hospital due to having COVID-19.
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Ferenc Krausz
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1981-1985 studied electrical engineering
- Occupations
- physicisttheoretical physicistlaser physicistelectrical engineeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ferenc Krausz is a Hungarian physicist working in attosecond science. He is a director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor of experimental physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. His research team has generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing electrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth of attophysics. In 2023, jointly with Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Zorán Sztevanovity
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1960-1963 studied electronic engineering
- Occupations
- composerrecording artistguitaristsinger
- Biography
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Zorán Sztevanovity is a Serbian-Hungarian guitarist, singer and composer living in Hungary.
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Dávid Vitézy
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 2004-2010 studied economics
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Dávid Vitézy is a Hungarian economist, transport and urban mobility expert, politician, who served as Secretary of State for Transport in the Fifth Orbán Government for a brief time from May to November 2022. He was a candidate for Mayor of Budapest in the 2024 Budapest mayoral election.
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Alfréd Hajós
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football managerassociation football refereeathletics competitorswimmer
- Biography
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Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer, football (soccer) player, referee, manager, and career architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. Formerly excelling in track including discus and hurdles, he was part of the first National European football/soccer team fielded by Hungary in 1902, later serving as a referee as well as the manager and coach of the national football team.
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István Vágó
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1967-1972 studied chemical engineering
- Occupations
- local politiciantelevision presenterchemical engineerrock guitarist
- Biography
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István Vágó was a Hungarian television host and political activist, best known as the host of "Legyen ön is Milliomos!" the Hungarian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
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George Andrew Olah
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1949
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
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George Andrew Olah was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996.
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Zsolt Borkai
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1998-1999
- Occupations
- politicianlocal politicianartistic gymnast
- Biography
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Zsolt Borkai is a Hungarian Olympic gymnast champion and politician, who served as the mayor of Győr from 1 October 2006 to 8 November 2019. He was President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) between 20 November 2010 and 2 May 2017.
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Szilárd Németh
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1996
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Szilárd István Németh is a Hungarian teacher and politician. He served as the mayor of Csepel (21st district of Budapest) from 2010 to 2014. Besides that he represented Csepel (Budapest Constituency XXXI) in the National Assembly of Hungary between 2010 and 2014. He was also a member of parliament from the Budapest Regional List of Fidesz between 2004 and 2006, and from the Fidesz National List from 2009 to 2010 and since 2014.
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István Tarlós
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1973 studied structural engineering
- Occupations
- politiciancivil engineer
- Biography
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István Tarlós is a Hungarian politician who served as the Mayor of Budapest from 2010 to 2019. He has also served as the mayor of the 3rd district of the city (Óbuda-Békásmegyer) between 1990 and 2006 as an independent candidate. Since 2006, he was the Chairman of the Fidesz–Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Fraction-Alliance in the General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest, and served as the political leader of the initiative "Social Referendum 2008".
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Imre Makovecz
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1959 studied architecture
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Imre Makovecz was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward.
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Tivadar Puskás
- Occupations
- inventorphysicistengineer
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Tivadar Puskás de Ditró was a Hungarian inventor, telephone pioneer, and inventor of the telephone exchange. He was also the founder of Telefon Hírmondó.
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Péter Scherer
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- voice actoractor
- Biography
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Péter Scherer is a Hungarian stage and film actor.
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Aurel Stodola
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1877
- Occupations
- university teachermechanical engineerinventorphysicist
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Aurel Boleslav Stodola was a Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was a pioneer in the area of technical thermodynamics and its applications and published his book Die Dampfturbine (the steam turbine) in 1903. In addition to the thermodynamic issues involved in turbine design the book discussed aspects of fluid flow, vibration, stress analysis of plates, shells and rotating discs and stress concentrations at holes and fillets. Stodola was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Swiss Polytechnical Institute (now ETH) in Zurich. He maintained friendly contact with Albert Einstein. In 1892, Stodola founded the Laboratory for Energy Conversion.
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Ödön Lechner
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1865-1866
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Ödön Lechner was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna Secession. He is famous for decorating his buildings with Zsolnay tile patterns inspired by old Magyar and Turkic folk art, which are combined with modern materials such as iron.
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Károly Kós
- Occupations
- publisherpoliticiangraphic artistarchitectwriter
- Biography
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Károly Kós was a Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician of Austria-Hungary and Romania.
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Imre Steindl
- Occupations
- university teacherrestorerarchitect
- Biography
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Imre Ferenc Károly Steindl was a Hungarian architect.
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András Hegedüs
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1941-1943
- Occupations
- politiciansociologist
- Biography
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András Hegedüs was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1955 to 1956. He fled to the Soviet Union on 28 October, the fifth day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, but returned in 1958 and taught sociology.
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Kálmán Kandó
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1888-1892
- Occupations
- inventormechanical engineerrailway engineer
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Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Sztregova was a Hungarian engineer, the inventor of phase converter and a pioneer in the development of AC electric railway traction.
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Donát Bánki
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1881
- Occupations
- inventoruniversity teacherengineer
- Biography
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Donát Bánki was a Hungarian mechanical engineer and inventor of Jewish heritage. In 1893 he invented the carburetor for the stationary engine, together with János Csonka (known as the Bánki-Csonka engine). The invention is often, incorrectly credited to the German Wilhelm Maybach, who submitted his patent half a year after Bánki and Csonka. Bánki also greatly contributed to the design of compressors for combustion engines.
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András Csókay
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1980
- Occupations
- inventorneurosurgeonsurgeonwriterarchitect
- Biography
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András Csókay, is a Hungarian neurosurgeon with international recognition in the field of neurosurgery for his development of a technique to enhance microsurgical precision in the vascular tunnel and for the separation of a pair of Bangladeshi (Islam) Craniopagus Twins.
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Tamás Jordán
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1966
- Occupations
- actortheatre manageruniversity teacherdirectortheatrical director
- Biography
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Tamás Jordán is a Hungarian actor. Jordán appeared in more than ninety films since 1969.
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Giorgos Vasiliou
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Graduated with Doctor of Economics in economics
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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George Vassiliou is a Cypriot politician, who served as President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He was also the President of United Democrats from 1996 to 2005 and Member of the Cypriot House of Representatives from 1996 to 2001. Prior to entering politics, he was a successful businessman.
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László Hudec
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1911-1914
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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László Ede Hudec or Ladislav Hudec, Chinese name Wu Dake (Chinese: 鄔達克), was a Hungarian–Slovak architect active in Shanghai from 1918 to 1945 and responsible for some of that city's most notable structures. Major works include the Park Hotel, the Grand Theatre, the Joint Savings and Loan building, the combined Baptist Publications and Christian Literature Society buildings, and the post-modern "Green House". Hudec's style evolved during his active period, from the eclectic neo-classicism popular in the early 20th century to art deco and modern buildings toward the later part of his career. Although some of his buildings have been lost in the intervening decades, many survive.
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István Friedrich
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1905
- Occupations
- association football playerpoliticianmechanical engineerassociation football referee
- Biography
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István Friedrich was a Hungarian politician, footballer and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months between August and November in 1919. His tenure coincided with a period of political instability in Hungary immediately after World War I, during which several successive governments ruled the country.
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László Rajk Jr
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1967-1972
- Occupations
- architectpolitician
- Biography
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László Rajk Jr. was a Hungarian architect, designer and political activist.
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Károly Simonyi
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1940
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacherjurist
- Biography
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Károly Simonyi was a Hungarian physicist and writer. He was professor of electrical engineering at Technical University of Budapest and the author of the popular tabletop book A Cultural History of Physics (A fizika kultúrtörténete, 1978).
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Sándor Tarics
- Occupations
- engineerwater polo playerarchitect
- Biography
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Sándor Tarics was a Hungarian water polo player who won a gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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István Pálffy
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- politicianarchitectwriterjournalist
- Biography
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István Pálffy is a Hungarian media personality, former news presenter, journalist and writer who also served as member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz–KDNP Hajdú-Bihar County Regional List between 2010 and 2014.
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Ernő Rubik
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1934
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotmilitary flight engineermechanical engineerinventor
- Biography
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Ernő Rubik was a Hungarian aircraft designer and father of Ernő Rubik, the architect who became famous for his mechanical puzzles (e.g. the Rubik's Cube).
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Iván Petrovich
- Occupations
- film actor
- Biography
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Iván Petrovich was a Serbian film actor and singer.
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Károly Zipernowsky
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1872
- Occupations
- inventorelectrical engineeruniversity teachermechanical engineerengineer
- Biography
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Károly Zipernowsky was an Austrian-born Hungarian electrical engineer. He invented the transformer with his colleagues (Miksa Déri and Ottó Bláthy) at the famous Hungarian manufacturing company Ganz Works and he contributed significantly with his works also to other AC technologies.
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Győző Kulcsár
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1968
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Győző Kulcsár was a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won four gold (one individual and three team) and two individual bronze medals. He also won three world titles with the Hungarian team, in 1970, 1971 and 1978.
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Kálmán Tihanyi
- Occupations
- electrical engineerengineerinventorphysicist
- Biography
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Kálmán Tihanyi, or in English language technical literature often mentioned as Coloman Tihanyi or Koloman Tihanyi (28 April 1897 – 26 February 1947) was a Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. One of the early pioneers of electronic television, he made significant contributions to the development of cathode ray tubes (CRTs), which were bought and further developed by the Radio Corporation of America (later RCA), and German companies Loewe and Fernseh AG. He invented and designed the world's first automatic pilotless aircraft in Great Britain. He is also known for the invention of the first infrared video camera in 1929, and coined the first flat panel plasma display in 1936. His Radioskop patent was recognized as a Document of Universal Significance by the UNESCO, and thus became part of the Memory of the World Programme on September 4, 2001.
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Miksa Déri
- Occupations
- inventorengineer
- Biography
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Miksa Déri was a Hungarian electrical engineer, inventor, power plant builder. He contributed with his partners Károly Zipernowsky and Ottó Bláthy, in the development of the closed iron core transformer and the ZBD model. His other important invention was the constant voltage AC electrical generator in the Ganz Works in 1883. The missing link of a full Voltage sensitive - voltage intensive (VSVI) system was the reliable AC Constant Voltage generator. Therefore, the invention of the constant voltage generator at the Ganz Works had crucial role in the beginnings of the industrial scale AC power generating, because only these type of generators can produce a stated output voltage, regardless of the value of the actual load.
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Dénes Kőnig
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1907-1907
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Dénes Kőnig was a Hungarian mathematician of Hungarian Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory.
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Alajos Hauszmann
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1864
- Occupations
- university teacherarchitect
- Biography
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Alajos Hauszmann, from 1918 Hauszmann de Velencze, was a Hungarian architect, professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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Frigyes Schulek
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1857-1860
- Occupations
- university teacherIdistarchitect
- Biography
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Frigyes Schulek was a Hungarian architect, a professor at József Technical University and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia).
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László Palkovics
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1984-1989
- Occupations
- mechanical engineerpolitician
- Biography
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László Palkovics is a Hungarian politician. He served as Minister for Innovation and Technology from 18 May 2018 to 24 May 2022, then as Minister of Technology and Industry since 24 May 2022 in the fourth and fifth cabinets of Viktor Orbán, respectively. Previously he functioned Secretary of State for Higher Education from 2014 to 2016 and Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018 within the Ministry of Human Resources under minister Zoltán Balog, in the Third Orbán Government.
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George Szekeres
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1933 studied chemical engineering
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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George Szekeres AM FAA was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician.
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Ferenc Pavlics
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- engineermilitary flight engineer
- Biography
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Ferenc Pavlics was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer who developed the Apollo Lunar rover.
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Gábor A. Somorjai
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1952-1956 studied chemical engineering
- Occupations
- university teacherchemist
- Biography
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Gabor A. Somorjai is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis, especially the catalytic effects of metal surfaces on gas-phase reactions ("heterogeneous catalysis"). For his contributions to the field, Somorjai won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry in 1998, the Linus Pauling Award in 2000, the National Medal of Science in 2002, the Priestley Medal in 2008, the 2010 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Science and the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences in 2013. In April 2015, Somorjai was awarded the American Chemical Society's William H. Nichols Medal.
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Veronika Harcsa
- Occupations
- composerjazz musiciansinger
- Biography
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Veronika Harcsa is a Hungarian jazz singer and songwriter, known to be active in various musical genres. She has received the Hungarian Music Award for Best Jazz Album and Best Alternative Album.
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Dragiša Brašovan
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Dragiša Brašovan was a Serbian modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia.
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Ferenc Sebő
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1970
- Occupations
- musicianguitaristsingerethnomusicologistconductor
- Biography
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Ferenc Sebő is a Hungarian folklorist and musician, best known as the bandleader for the Sebő Ensemble, a band that produced many future stars, including Márta Sebestyén (later of Muzsikás). The Sebő Ensemble was one of the best-known groups of the Hungarian roots revival in the 1970s.
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Péter Hoppál
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 2005
- Occupations
- Esperantistchoristereducatorpolitician
- Biography
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Péter Hoppál is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Pécs (Baranya County Constituency I then II) since 2010. He was also a Member of Parliament from the Fidesz Baranya County Regional List between 2009 and 2010. He served as Secretary of State for Culture from 15 June 2014 to 17 May 2018.
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László Tisza
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacheracademic
- Biography
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László Tisza was a Hungarian-born American physicist who was Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT. He was a colleague of famed physicists Edward Teller, Lev Landau and Fritz London, and initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium.
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György Szomjas
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1960-1964
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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György Szomjas was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films from 1965 to 2021. His 1983 film Tight Quarters was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Szomjas is the father of the Hungarian Ostern, the Goulash Western: in 1970s he directed two osterns about the Hungarian rascals the Wrong Doers and The Wind Blows Under Your Feet.
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József Finta
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1958
- Occupations
- academicarchitect
- Biography
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József Finta was a Hungarian architect who designed the InterContinental Budapest. He was the winner of the Kossuth Prize, the Miklós Ybl Prize, the Imre Steindl Prize, and the Prima Primissima Award. Finta was born in Cluj on 12 June 1935, and died on 7 January 2024, at the age of 88.
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Csaba Kael
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1986
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Csaba Káel is a Hungarian film director and CEO of Müpa Budapest. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 2020 and the Kálmán Nádasdy Prize in 2013.
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Zoltán Balczó
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1971
- Occupations
- politicianelectrical engineer
- Biography
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Zoltán Balczó is a Hungarian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary between 2009–2010 and 2014–2019. He is a member of Jobbik. He is a former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary. He was a Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2002, from 2010 to 2014 and from 2019 to 2022.
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András Rapcsák
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1969
- Occupations
- physicistpolitician
- Biography
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András Rapcsák was a Hungarian engineer and politician who served as mayor of Hódmezővásárhely from 1990 until his death. He was succeeded by his deputy mayor János Lázár. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 1994.
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Tibor Radó
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1913-1914
- Occupations
- Czechoslovak legionaryuniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Tibor Radó was a Hungarian mathematician who moved to the United States after World War I.
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Shmuel Katz
- Occupations
- paintercaricaturistillustrator
- Biography
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Shmuel Katz was an Israeli artist, illustrator, and cartoonist. A Holocaust survivor and postwar immigrant to Mandate Palestine via the detention camps on Cyprus, he figured prominently in Israeli illustration and newspaper cartooning, widely exhibiting and publishing his drawings and paintings at home and abroad, for which he won numerous local and international awards. His sketches and watercolors are known for their sprightly lines and touches of humor.
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Dénes Mihály
- Occupations
- inventorphysicistengineer
- Biography
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Dénes Mihály was a Hungarian inventor, engineer.
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László Kiss
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 2008
- Occupations
- politicianhigh-school teacherjurist
- Biography
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László Kiss is a Hungarian teacher and politician, who has been the mayor of Óbuda-Békásmegyer (3rd district of Budapest) since 2019. He was also a member of the National Assembly (MP) for the district (Budapest Constituency X) from 2014 to 2018.
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Zoltán Kész
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 2009
- Occupations
- politiciansports commentatoreducator
- Biography
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Zoltán Kész is a Hungarian civil activist, former politician and English language teacher. He is a former member of Fidesz but has since become an independent critic of their policies. Kész is now considered a significant member of the political and civil society opposition in Hungary.
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Béla Lajta
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1896
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Béla Lajta was a prominent Hungarian architect.
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István Pukli
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 46)
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 2012
- Occupations
- teacherEsperantist
- Biography
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István Pukli is a Hungarian teacher of history and literature, esperantist, and the headmaster of the Teleki Blanka Gymnasium of Budapest.
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Lorand Gaspar
- Occupations
- photographersurgeontranslatorpoet
- Biography
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Lorand Gaspar was a Hungarian–born French poet.
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István Gulyás
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1957
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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István Gulyás was the second Hungarian male tennis player to become a Grand Slam finalist. He was defeated in the 1966 French Open Men's final by Tony Roche of Australia in three sets, after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury. It was Gulyas' lone Grand Slam final, though he made the semi-finals of the tournament the following year (and the quarter-finals in 1971). He was ranked inside the world's Top 10 on more than one occasion and holds the record for most Hungarian National Championship titles having won it 15 times in his career. Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph ranked Gulyás as world No. 8 in 1966.
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Farkas Molnár
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- 1917-1919 studied architecture
- Occupations
- architectpaintergraphic designergraphic artist
- Biography
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Farkas "Wolfgang" Ferenc Molnár was a Hungarian architect, painter, essayist, and graphic artist. He is associated with the first generation of Bauhaus movement, and was active in Budapest.
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Zoltán Illés
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1986 studied chemical engineering
- Occupations
- chemistteacherpoliticianbiologistenvironmental engineer
- Biography
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Dr. Zoltán Illés is a Hungarian chemical engineer and politician, member of the National Assembly of Hungary (MP) for Terézváros, 6th District of Budapest (Budapest Constituency VIII) from 2010 to 2014. He also represented Terézváros between 1998 and 2002. He secured a seat from Fidesz National List in the 2002 Hungarian parliamentary election.
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Fred Forbát
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1917-1918
- Occupations
- university teacherurban plannerarchitect
- Biography
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Alfréd "Fred" Forbát ) (March 31, 1897 in Pécs (Hungary) – May 22, 1972 in Vällingby (Sweden)) was a Hungarian architect, urban planner, professor and painter who worked in Germany, Hungary, Greece, the Soviet Union and Sweden. He is considered an important representative of the Bauhaus modern.
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Béla Julesz
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1950
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- university teacherelectrical engineerneuroscientistpsychologist
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Béla Julesz was a Hungarian-born American visual neuroscientist and experimental psychologist in the fields of visual and auditory perception.
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János Horváth
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1946
- Occupations
- politiciansculptoreconomist
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János Horváth was a Hungarian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1945 to 1947, and later from 1998 to 2014. He fled to the United States after the failure of the Hungarian revolution of 1956 becoming a college professor and, later, a candidate for the United States House of Representatives.
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Péter Kuczka
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1945
- Occupations
- translatorscience fiction writerpoetliterary critic
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Péter Kuczka was a Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor. He was also active as a comic writer.
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Máté Hidvégi
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1978 studied chemical engineering
- In 1980 studied bionics
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- inventorbiochemist
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Mate Hidvegi is a Hungarian biochemist and co-inventor of Avemar and Oncomar, fermented wheat germ extract based nutraceuticals.
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Béla Katona
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1967 studied mechanical engineering
- Studied in 1973
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
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Béla Katona is a Hungarian politician (MSZP), who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary from 2009 to 2010.
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Sándor Szathmári
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1926
- Occupations
- translatorwriterscience fiction writermechanical engineerEsperantist
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Szathmári Sándor was a Hungarian writer, mechanical engineer, Esperantist, and one of the leading figures in Esperanto literature.
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Max Herz
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1874-1877
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- architectart historian
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Max Herz (born as Herz Miksa (19 May 1856 – 5 May 1919) was a Hungarian architect, conservator, museum director and architectural historian, active in Egypt.
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Antal Majnek
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Antal Majnek, OFM is the Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of the diocese of Mukachevo.
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Ferenc Reitter
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- urban plannerarchitect
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Ferenc Reitter was a Hungarian architect and engineer who is credited with constructing several landmarks in Budapest.
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György Hajós
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1938 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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György Hajós was a Hungarian mathematician who worked in group theory, graph theory, and geometry.
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Csaba Horváth
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1952
- Occupations
- inventorchemical engineer
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Csaba Horváth was a Hungarian-American chemical engineer, particularly noted for building the first high-performance liquid chromatograph.
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Sándor Kenyeres
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1969-1973
- Occupations
- businessperson
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Sandor Kenyeres is a Hungarian international business magnate, and scientific philanthropist. The Hungarian born entrepreneur and investor achieved early success across multiple sectors including construction, real estate and fashion and more recently the hospitality industry. He was founder and former president of the Talentis Group, tasked with creating Hungary’s very own Silicon Valley and providing funding and education for high-tech startups through a dedicated incubator programme.
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József Kürschák
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1890 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- university teachermathematicianscientisteditor
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József Kürschák was a Hungarian mathematician noted for his work on trigonometry and for his creation of the theory of valuations. He proved that every valued field can be embedded into a complete valued field which is algebraically closed. In 1918 he proved that the sum of reciprocals of consecutive natural numbers is never an integer. Extending Hilbert's argument, he proved that everything that can be constructed using a ruler and a compass, can be constructed by using a ruler and the ability to copy a fixed segment. He was elected a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1897. He was one of the main organisers of mathematics competitions, for example, Eötvös Loránd mathematics competition.
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Dezső Jakab
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1893
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Dezső Jakab was a Hungarian architect of Jewish heritage.
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Ferenc Pfaff
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1880
- Occupations
- teacherarchitect
- Biography
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Ferenc Pfaff was a Hungarian architect and academic.
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Stefan Polónyi
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- authorcivil engineer
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Stefan Polónyi was a Hungarian-born German civil engineer.
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Lajos Méhelÿ
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1880
- Occupations
- zoologistbiologistherpetologist
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Lajos Méhelÿ was a Hungarian zoologist, herpetologist, professor, and author. He remains controversial due to his Social Darwinist and racialist publications. He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, but renounced his membership.
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Gusztáv Klados
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1972
- Biography
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Gusztáv Klados is a Hungarian tunnel building engineer, known as one of the leading tunnel builders, having worked around the world on several projects.
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Árpád Lehotay
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- directoractor
- Biography
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Árpád Lehotay was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was married to the actress Vera Sennyei.
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Sándor Bodó
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 2004
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sándor Bodó is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Püspökladány, Hajdú-Bihar County (Constituency VI) from 2011 to 2014, and for Hajdúszoboszló (Hajdú-Bihar County Constituency V) since 2014. He served as President of the General Assembly of Hajdú-Bihar County from 2011 to 2014.
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Jenő Kvassay
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1855
- Occupations
- hydraulic engineer
- Biography
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Jenő Kvassay was a civil engineer, specializing in hydraulic engineering. He was a significant figure in the development of the Hungarian water service.
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András Szántó
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- journalistwriter
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András Szántó advises museums, foundations, educational institutions, and leading brands worldwide on cultural strategy. He has directed the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University and has overseen the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Gyula Rimanóczy
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1925
- Occupations
- academicarchitect
- Biography
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Gyula Rimanóczy architect, one of the important figures of the inter-war year avant garde period.
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Attila Gelencsér
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 2007
- Occupations
- primary school teacherpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Attila Gelencsér is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Kaposvár (Somogy County Constituency II then I) since 2010.
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László Verebélÿ
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1906
- Occupations
- mechanical engineerelectrical engineer
- Biography
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László Verebélÿ was a Hungarian university professor and electrical engineer. He worked in Hungary, Italy, Germany, Austria, England and the United States and did important work on the development of Hungary's electricity network after World War I.
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László Felkai
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1965
- Occupations
- water polo playerswimmer
- Biography
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László Felkai was a Hungarian water polo player and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Zsolt Csenger-Zalán
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1980
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Zsolt Csenger-Zalán is a Hungarian chemical engineer, businessman, politician and diplomat, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Budaörs (Pest County Constituency IX) between 2010 and 2014, and for Budakeszi (Pest County Constituency II) from 2014 to 2022.
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Elek Straub
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- In 1968 studied electrical engineering
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Elek Straub is a Hungarian engineer, consultant, investor, philanthropist and businessman, known as former president and CEO of Magyar Telekom.
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Ernő Mihályfi
- Enrolled in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Studied in 1918
- Occupations
- politiciancultural historianjournalistdiplomat
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Ernő Mihályfi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1947. He learned in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics then fought in the First World War. After the war, he worked as a journalist. Between 1923 and 1924, he worked and lived in the United States. Mihályfi was member of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party. He also served as Minister of Information and later as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. He was member of the parliament until his death.
