List of Hungarian mathematicians

The following is a list of Hungarian mathematicians. In this page we keep the names in Hungarian order (family name first).

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A

• Alexits, György (1899–1978)

B

• Babai, László (born 1950) Paul Erdős Prize
• Bárány, Imre (born 1947) Paul Erdős Prize
• Beck, József (born 1952) Paul Erdős Prize
• Bollobás, Béla (born 1943) Senior Whitehead Prize
• Bolyai, Farkas (1775–1856)
• Bolyai, János (1802–1860), spoke 10 languages, vital in the systematic equations behind Non-Euclidean Geometry
• Bott, Raoul (1923–2005) Steele Prize
• Barabási, Albert-László (born 1967)

C

• Császár, Ákos (1924–2017)
• Csörgő, Sándor (1947–2008) Paul Erdős Prize

D

• Dienes, Zoltán Pál (1916–2014)

E

• Erdős, Pál (1913–1996)

F

• Fejér, Lipót (1880–1959)

G

• Grossmann, Marcell (1878–1936)
• Farkas, Gyula (1847–1930)

H

• Haar, Alfréd (1885–1933)
• Hajnal, András (1931–2016)
• Hajós, György (1912–1972)
• Halász, Gábor (born 1941) Paul Erdős Prize
• Hatvani, István (1718–1786)
• Hell, Miksa (1720–1792), worked as an astronomer

I

• Izsák, Imre (1929–1965)

J

• Juhász, István (born 1943) Paul Erdős Prize

K

• Kalmár, László (1905–1976)
• Kármán, Tódor (1881–1963)
• Katona, Gyula O. H. (born 1941)
• Katona, Gyula Y. (born 1965)
• Kemény, János (1926–1992)
• Komjáth, Péter (born 1953) Paul Erdős Prize
• Komlós, János (born 1942)
• Kőnig, Dénes (1884–1944)
• Kőnig, Gyula (1849–1913)
• Kürschák, József (1864–1933)

L

• Laczkovich, Miklós (born 1948) Paul Erdős Prize
• Lánczos, Kornél (1893–1974)
• Lax, Péter (born 1926)
• Lovász, László (born 1948) Paul Erdős Prize

M

• Mérő, László (born 1949)
• Medgyessy, Pál (1919–1977)

N

• Nagy, Károly (1797–1868)
• Neumann, János (John von Neumann) (1903–1957), pioneer of computing and game theory

O

• Ottlik, Géza (1912–1990)

P

• Pálfy, Péter Pál (born 1955) Paul Erdős Prize
• Péter, Rózsa (1905–1977)
• Petzval, József (1807–1891)
• Pintz, János, (born 1950) Paul Erdős Prize
• Pólya, György (1887–1985)
• Pósa, Lajos (born 1947)
• Prékopa, András (1929–2016)
• Pyber, László (born 1960)

R

• Radó, Tibor (1895–1965)
• Rényi, Alfréd (1921–1970)
• Riesz, Frigyes (1880–1956)
• Riesz, Marcel (1886–1969)
• Ruzsa, Imre Z. (born 1953) Paul Erdős Prize

S

• Sajnovics, János (1733–1785)
• Sárközy, András (born 1941) Paul Erdős Prize
• Scholtz, Ágoston (1844–1916)
• Segner, János András (1704–1777)
• Sós, Vera T. (1930–2023)
• Süli, Endre (born 1956) Naylor Prize and Lectureship

Sz

• Szegedy, Balázs Paul Erdős and Fulkerson Prizes
• Szegedy, Márió (born 1960) Gödel Prize
• Szemerédi, Endre (born 1940) Paul Erdős and Abel Prizes
• Szekeres, György (1911–2005)
• Szőkefalvi-Nagy, Béla (1913–1998)
• Szőnyi, Tamás (born 1957) Paul Erdős Prize
• Szüsz, Peter (1924–2008)

T

• Tardos, Éva (born 1957)
• Tardos, Gábor (born 1964) Paul Erdős Prize
• Turán, Pál (1910–1976)

V

• Vargha, András (born 1949)