Prominent people of Hungarian origin who had a positive impact on the world can be found everywhere on the planet, among them 13 Nobel Prize winners.

Let us mention just a few:

• Béla BARTÓK (composer)
• Zoltán KODÁLY, (composer)
• Franz LISZT (composer)
• Albert SZENT-GYÖRGYI (scientist, vitamin C)
• József László BIRÓ (inventor of the ballpoint pen)
• János NEUMANN (inventor of computer)
• János IRINYI (inventor of match)
• Pál ERDŐS (mathematician)
• Péter ESTERHÁZY (writer)
• Imre KERTÉSZ (writer)
• Attila JÓZSEF (poet)
• Ferenc PUSKÁS (football player)
• Ernő RUBIK (inventor of the Rubik's cube)
• Victor VASARELY (artist)
• Joseph PULITZER (journalist)
• Robert CAPA (photographer)
• Paul NEWMAN (actor)
• Tony CURTIS (actor)
• Andrew VAJNA (producer)
• Lajos KOLTAI (film director)
• István SZABÓ (film director)
• Tamás DARNYI (swimmer, olympicon)
• Krisztina EGERSZEGI (swimmer, olympicon)
• László PAPP (boxer)
• Péter LÉKÓ (chess player)
• POLGÁR sisters (chess players)