List of people from Kaposvár

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Kaposvár, Somogy County, Hungary.

Arts

• László Babarczy (born 1941), Hungarian theater director
• Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), Hungarian painter, art theorist
• István Bors (1938 - 2003), Hungarian sculptor
• Béla Faragó (born 1961), Hungarian composer
• Sándor Galimberti (1883 - 1915), Hungarian painter
• János Gyenes (1912 - 1995), Hungarian photographer
• Zsolt Homonnay (born 1971), Hungarian actor
• Ilona Ivancsics (born 1960), Hungarian actress
• Ferenc Martyn (1899 – 1986), Hungarian artist, sculptor, graphic designer
• Zoltán Őszi (born 1967), Hungarian graphic designer, illustrator
• Judit Pogány (born 1944), Hungarian actress
• József Rippl-Rónai (1861 - 1927), Hungarian painter
• Magdolna Szőnyi (1915 - 1992), Hungarian arts teacher, artist
• Klári Varga (born 1970), Hungarian actress
• Zsuzsanna Varga (born 1970), Hungarian actress
• János Vaszary (1817 - 1939), Hungarian painter, graphic artist

Church

• Béla Balás (born 1941), Hungarian Bishop of Kaposvár

Literature

• Éva Czipri (1943 – 1974), Hungarian chemist, poet
• Kriszta D. Tóth (born 1975), Hungarian author, journalist, ambassador of UNICEF
• Éva Fésűs (born 1926), Hungarian author
• Árpád Papp (1937 – 2010), Hungarian poet, literature historian, translator, teacher
• Gábor Rozsos (born 1965), Hungarian poet
• István Kemsei (born 1944), Hungarian poet, essayist, teacher, librarian
• Tamás Szabó Kimmel (born 1984), Hungarian actor
• Manó Kónyi (1842 - ?), Hungarian stenographer, publicist
• Manó Marton (1874 - 1928), Hungarian journalist, editor, poet
• Ludwig Scharf (1864 - 1939), German lyricist, translator
• Fruzina Szalay (1864 – 1926), Hungarian poet, translator[1]
• Atala Kisfaludy (1836 – 1911) Hungary poet, writer.
• Gyula Takáts (1911 - 2008), Hungarian poet, author, translator, teacher

Military

• Béla Király (1912 – 2009), Hungarian army officer
• László Merész (1915 - 1997), Hungarian soldier

Politics

• István Gyenesei (born 1948), Hungarian politician
• Imre Nagy (1896 – 1958), Hungarian politician
• Alajos Záborszky (1805 – 1862), Hungarian politician, lawyer

Science

• Sándor Abday (1800 – 1882), Hungarian actor, theater director
• György Buzsáki (born 1949), Hungarian neuroscientist
• Péter Frankl (born 1953), Hungarian mathematician, street performer, columnist, educator
• Péter Hanák (1921 - 1997), Hungarian historian, cultural historian
• János Haraszti (1924 – 2007), Hungarian veterinarian, university teacher, researcher
• Moritz Kaposi (1837 – 1902), Hungarian physician, dermatologist, discoverer of the skin tumor called Kaposi's sarcoma
• Ernő Lendvai (1925 – 1993), Hungarian mathematician, music theorists
• György Németh (born 1956), Hungarian historian, teacher
• Lajos Papp (born 1948), Hungarian heart surgeon, professor
• Virag Dora (born 1993), Hungarian medical doctor,

Sports

Football

• Szabolcs Balajcza (born 1979), Hungarian football player
• Benjamin Balázs (born 1990), Hungarian football player
• István Bank (born 1984), Hungarian football player
• Lukács Bőle (born 1990), Hungarian football player
• Győző Burcsa (born 1954), Hungarian football player
• Zoltán Czibor (1929 - 1997), Hungarian football player
• Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), Hungarian football player
• Zoltán Finta (born 1979), Hungarian football player
• László Horváth (born 1988), Hungarian football player
• Zoltán Jovánczai (born 1984), Hungarian football player
• Béla Koplárovics (born 1981), Hungarian football player
• Viktor Petrók (born 1981), Hungarian football player
• Gábor Reszli (born 1988), Hungarian football player
• Róbert Waltner (born 1977), Hungarian football player

Other sports

• Antal Bolvári (born 1932), Hungarian water polo player
• Ferenc Csik (1913 - 1945), Hungarian swimmer
• Leila Gyenesei (born 1986), Hungarian modern pentathlete, cross-country skier
• Árpád Lengyel (1915 – 1993), Hungarian swimmer
• Attila May (born 1942), Hungarian fencer
• Anna Pfeffer (born 1945), Hungarian sprint canoeist
• László Sótonyi (born 1970), Hungarian handball player, coach

Technology

• Péter Horn (born 1942), Hungarian agricultural engineer, professor
• György Szigetvári (1926 – 2018), Hungarian architect

Other

• Csilla Molnár (1969 – 1986), Hungarian beauty queen

References

1. "Szalay Fruzina". Kezdőlap (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-12-12.