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Joy Adamson
Animal Rights Activist, Journalist / 1910 - 1980
Joy Adamson was a conservationist who pioneered the movement to preserve African wildlife. She won renown with her books about raising the lion cub Elsa.
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(1910-1980)
Animal Rights Activist, Journalist
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Attila the Hun
Military Leader, King / 406 - 453
Attila the Hun was one of the most successful barbarian rulers of the Hunnic Empire, attacking the Eastern and Western Roman empires.
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(406-453)
Military Leader, King
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Brassaï
Photographer, Sculptor, Poet / 1899 - 1984
Brassaï was a Hungarian-born French photographer, poet, and sculptor who became known for his photographs of Paris nightlife in the 1930s.
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(1899-1984)
Photographer, Sculptor, Poet
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Robert Capa
Photographer, Business Leader, Filmmaker / 1913 - 1954
Hungarian combat photographer Robert Capa is best known for redefining wartime photojournalism by insisting working in trenches, in the midst of combat.
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(1913-1954)
Photographer, Business Leader, Filmmaker
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Charles I
King / 1288 - 1342
Charles I of Hungary was forced to surrender his power to Wenceslas of Bohemia, but later reclaimed the throne and formed a defensive alliance with Poland.
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(1288-1342)
King
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Eva Gabor
Actress / 1919 - 1995
Actress Eva Gabor played the socialite turned farm wife, Lisa Douglas, on the TV series Green Acres. Her sisters Zsa Zsa and Magda were also entertainers.
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(1919-1995)
Actress
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Zsa Zsa Gabor
Actress / 1917 -
Zsa Zsa Gabor is an actress and socialite famous for her bubbly, flirtatious persona -- referring to nearly everyone as "darling." She's been married nine times.
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(1917-)
Actress
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Peter Goldmark
Engineer, Inventor
Hungarian-born engineer Peter Goldmark is best known for developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove disc which revolutionized the recording industry.
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Engineer, Inventor
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Harry Houdini
Magician / 1874 - 1926
Harry Houdini's grand illusions and daring, spectacular escape acts made him one of the most famous magicians of all time.
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(1874-1926)
Magician
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André Kertész
Photographer / 1894 - 1985
André Kertész was Hungarian-born American photographer known for magazine photography in Look, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.
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(1894-1985)
Photographer
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Franz Liszt
Educator, Songwriter, Pianist / 1811 - 1886
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian pianist and composer of enormous influence and originality. He was renowned in Europe during the Romantic movement.
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(1811-1886)
Educator, Songwriter, Pianist
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Peter Lorre
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1904 - 1964
Hungarian actor Peter Lorre is most often cast as the sinister foreigner. His role as the serial killer in M was the beginning of his prolific acting career.
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(1904-1964)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Bela Lugosi
Actor / 1882 - 1956
Count Dracula was Actor Bela Lugosi's most famous role. Lugosi played him in stage productions and in the 1931 Universal Pictures film Dracula.
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(1882-1956)
Actor
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László Moholy-Nagy
Educator, Painter, Photographer, Publisher / 1895 - 1946
László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter, photographer and art teacher who took charge of the metal workshop of the Bauhaus.
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(1895-1946)
Educator, Painter, Photographer, Publisher
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Paul Muni
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1895 - 1967
American actor Paul Muni is best known for his film and stage portrayals of noted historical figures. He was nominated five times for the Academy Awards.
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(1895-1967)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Nickolas Muray
Photographer, Athlete / 1892 - 1965
Photographer Nickolas Muray was famous for his portraits of Hollywood beauties, his fabulous fencing skills and his romance with artist Frida Kahlo.
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(1892-1965)
Photographer, Athlete
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Imre Nagy
Prime Minister, Government Official / 1896 - 1958
Prime Minister of Hungary Imre Nagy withdrew Hungary from the Warsaw Pact and led Hungarians against the Soviets in the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
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(1896-1958)
Prime Minister, Government Official
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George A. Olah
Chemist / 1927 -
George A. Olah won the 1994 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work he did in the1960s isolating carbocations, or positively charged hydrocarbon fragments.
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Chemist
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Joseph Pulitzer
Business Leader, Publisher / 1847 - 1911
Newspaper editor and publisher Joseph Pulitzer helped set the pattern of the modern newspaper. In his time, he was one of the most powerful U.S. journalists.
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(1847-1911)
Business Leader, Publisher
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George Soros
Business Leader, Philanthropist / 1930 -
George Soros is a self-made billionaire known for his investment savvy and his vast body of philanthropic work.
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(1930-)
Business Leader, Philanthropist
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Leo Szilard
Physicist / 1898 - 1964
A student of such famed physicists as Albert Einstein and Max Planck, Leo Szilard was key in getting the United States to work on the atomic bomb.
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(1898-1964)
Physicist
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Maria Theresa
Political Leader, Duchess, Empress / 1717 - 1780
Maria Theresa was an Austrian archduchess, and Holy Roman Empress of the Habsburg Dynasty from 1740 to 1780. She was also Marie Antoinette’s mother.
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(1717-1780)
Political Leader, Duchess, Empress