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dplax 05-10-2004 09:40 AM

I have to do a presentation of famous hungarians for civilization class here at university in France. I would like to ask your help in telling me which hungarians you think are known internationally. Any help is appreciated.
Note: the assignment is for wednesday.

Vaskez 05-10-2004 09:45 AM

I did a poll on this a while back - if you can find that then it shows who's heard of which hungarians. But I'd say at least Puskas, Rubik, Bartok and Liszt are famous enough, off the top of my head.

Donut 05-10-2004 09:47 AM

Biro
Ferenc Puskas
Lazslo Papp
The Gabor sisters
erno Rubik

Mouse 05-10-2004 12:18 PM

Nikola Tesla

Arledrian 05-10-2004 01:09 PM

Aren't the Cheeky Girls Hungarian? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

dplax 05-10-2004 01:35 PM

Thanks Vaskez, I forgot about that.
BTW I don't think Tesla was hungarian.

Yanez 05-10-2004 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mouse:
Nikola Tesla
Sorry Mouse, Nikola Tesla was serb, although he was born in hungarian part of austro-hungarian monarchy (in croatia to be more specific)

Famous hungarians?
Hmm, let me see..
Imre Nagy - politician
Sandor Petofi - poet
Geza Gardonyi - writer

I won't list others that were listed before, like Rubik, Puskas, Liszt...

uss 05-10-2004 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Arledrian:
Aren't the Cheeky Girls Hungarian? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]
Actually no, they're Romanian. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Tyrion 05-10-2004 05:14 PM

Well maybe Minsc...at least he has the accent...but maybe some emperor of the austrian-hungarian empire?

Vaskez 05-10-2004 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Yanez:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Mouse:
Nikola Tesla

Sorry Mouse, Nikola Tesla was serb, although he was born in hungarian part of austro-hungarian monarchy (in croatia to be more specific)

Famous hungarians?
Hmm, let me see..
Imre Nagy - politician
Sandor Petofi - poet
Geza Gardonyi - writer

I won't list others that were listed before, like Rubik, Puskas, Liszt...
</font>[/QUOTE]Wow, I'm impressed that a non-hungarian has heard of Petofi and Gardonyi! I learnt about Nagy in history in England so am not surprised about that, but I don't think Petofi ever had any of his work translated? And Gardonyi - has he had his books translated? If so, have you read "The Invisible Man" (A Láthatatlan Ember)? - It's about some young guy in the Roman Empire at the time of Attila the Hun - is a bloody good book.


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