27 Notable alumni of
University of Debrecen
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The University of Debrecen is 1447th in the world, 496th in Europe, and 11th in Hungary by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from the University of Debrecen sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Imre Lakatos
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1944
- Occupations
- physicistmathematicianuniversity teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its "methodology of proofs and refutations" in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and also for introducing the concept of the "research programme" in his methodology of scientific research programmes.
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Zsigmond Móricz
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1899-1900
- Occupations
- writerediting staffchildren's writerplaywrightjournalist
- Biography
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Zsigmond Móricz was a major Hungarian novelist and Social Realist.
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Magda Szabó
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1940
- Occupations
- children's writerprose writertranslatorwriterpoet
- Biography
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Magda Szabó was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, an online digital repository of Hungarian literature. She is the most translated Hungarian author, with publications in 42 countries and over 30 languages.
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Slomó Köves
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- In 2007 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in study of history
- Occupations
- rabbi
- Biography
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Slomó Köves is a leading Orthodox rabbi and chief rabbi of EMIH (Egységes Magyarországi Izraelita Hitközség ) an affiliate of Chabad-Lubavitch in Hungary which is led by rabbi Báruch Oberlander.
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János Berecz
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1950-1951
- Occupations
- non-fiction writerwriterpoliticianopinion journalistjournalist
- Biography
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János Berecz was a Hungarian communist politician and ideologist, a leading member of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) in the 1980s. Along with Károly Grósz, he represented the party's hard-line Marxist-Leninist branch and was considered a potential candidate to succeed János Kádár as General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.
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Sándor Zöld
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- In 1939 studied medicine
- Occupations
- politicianinternist
- Biography
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Sándor Zöld was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as interior minister between 1950 and 1951. He followed János Kádár in this position.
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András Rapcsák
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- In 1977 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- politicianphysicist
- 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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Alex Szalay
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1967-1969
- Occupations
- astronomerphysicist
- Biography
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Alex Szalay is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of physics and astronomy and computer science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering. Szalay is an international leader in astronomy, cosmology, the science of big data, and data‐intensive computing. In 2023, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Tamás Vicsek
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- In 1976 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- lecturerphysicistmathematician
- Biography
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Tamás Vicsek is a Hungarian scientist with research interests in numerical studies of dense liquids, percolation theory, Monte Carlo simulation of cluster models, aggregation phenomena, fractal growth, pattern formation (computer and laboratory experiments), collective phenomena in biological systems (flocking, oscillations, crowds), molecular motors, cell locomotion in vitro. He held the position of professor of physics at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, and was visiting scientists in various academia.
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László Tasó
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1999
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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László Tasó is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Hajdúhadház (Hajdú-Bihar County Constituency IV) from 2006 to 2014, and for Debrecen (Hajdú-Bihar County Constituency III) since 2014. He was also MP from the county regional list of Fidesz between 2004 and 2006. He served as mayor of Nyíradony between 1994 and 2014. He was appointed Secretary of State for Transport on 1 July 2014.
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Dóra Bodonyi
- Occupations
- kayaker
- Biography
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Dóra Bodonyi is a Hungarian sprint canoeist.
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Ferenc Baja
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1982
- In 1984 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dr Ferenc Baja is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Environment and Regional Development between 1994-98.
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Attila Tilki
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 2003
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Dr. Attila Tilki is a Hungarian jurist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Fehérgyarmat (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Constituency X) from 2006 to 2014, and for Vásárosnamény (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Constituency IV) since 2014. He served as mayor of Fehérgyarmat between 2006 and 2014.
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Csaba Földes
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1981
- Occupations
- linguistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Csaba Földes is a linguist. His research is focused on contemporary German language and German as a foreign language. He is currently full professor (W3) and holds the chair of German Linguistics at the University of Erfurt in Germany. Földes is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Past President of the Central European Association for German Studies (German: Mitteleuropäischer Germanistenverband).
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András Prékopa
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1952
- Occupations
- university teacheracademicmathematician
- Biography
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András Prékopa was a Hungarian mathematician, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was one of the pioneers of stochastic programming and has been a major contributor to its literature. He amended one of the three basic model types of the discipline, chance-constrained programming, by taking into account stochastic dependence among the random variables involved. One of his main results in the area concerns the convexity theory of probabilistically constrained stochastic optimization problems. He introduced the concept of logarithmic concave measures and provided several fundamental theorems on logconcavity, which supplied proofs for the convexity of a wide class of probabilistically constrained stochastic programming problems. These results had impact far beyond the area of mathematical programming, as they found applications in physics, economics, statistics, convex geometry and other fields.
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Sándor Arnóth
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- politicianhistorian
- Biography
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Sándor Arnóth was a Hungarian politician and member of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1998 and 2006, in 2008 and from 2010 until his death. He was also (since 2006) the mayor of his home town of Püspökladány, being re-elected in 2010. He was a member of Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union.
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József Kovács
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 2004
- Occupations
- politiciangastroenterologist
- Biography
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Dr. József Kovács is a Hungarian physician and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Gyula (Békés County Constituency II then III) since 2010.
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Csaba Gyüre
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1997
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Csaba Gyüre is a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He is a member of parliament in the National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés) representing Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
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Lajos Mile
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1983
- Occupations
- journalistliterary historianpoliticiandiplomat
- Biography
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Lajos Mile is a Hungarian journalist, politician and diplomat, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Politics Can Be Different (LMP) National List between 2010 and 2014. He was also Member of Parliament for Miskolc (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Constituency III) between 1990 and 1994.
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Tibor Szele
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1937-1941
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Tibor Szele Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics and abstract algebra.
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Nikolay Boykov
- Occupations
- translatorwriterpoet
- Biography
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Nikolay Boykov is a contemporary Bulgarian writer and literary translator from Hungary.
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András Kertész
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1976-1981
- Occupations
- linguist
- Biography
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András Kertész is a Hungarian linguist, professor, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the philosophy of linguistics, theoretical linguistics and foundational problems of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. He works both in Hungary and around the world, and has published in English, German and Hungarian.
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Andor Kertész
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1947-1952
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Andor Kertész was a Hungarian mathematician and professor of mathematics at the Lajos Kossuth University (KLTE), Debrecen. He is the father of linguist András Kertész.
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Mária Filep
- Occupations
- civil engineerarchitect
- Biography
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Mária Filep is a Hungarian architect and main organizer of the Pan-European Picnic.
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Tibor Kökény
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1998
- Occupations
- psychologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Tibor Kökény is a Hungarian psychologist and teacher of Yoga in Daily Life System.
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Mihály Nagy
- Occupations
- high school teacher
- Biography
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Mihály Nagy Mikola Sándor Prize winner, high school teacher; research teacher; high school principal; university doctor; mineralogist; meteorite researcher; Honorary Ph.D.
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Vilmos Szabó
- Enrolled in the University of Debrecen
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vilmos Szabó is a Hungarian educator and Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) between 1998 and 2014. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010.
