József AlvincziW
József Alvinczi

Freiherr Joseph Alvinczi von Borberek a.k.a. Baron József Alvinczi de Borberek was a soldier in the Habsburg Army and a Field Marshal of the Austrian Empire.

Michael II ApafiW
Michael II Apafi

Michael Apafi was the son of the Hungarian Michael I Apafi and Anna Bornemisza. Following his father, he was Prince of Transylvania from 10 June 1690 to 1699.

Péter AporW
Péter Apor

Baron Péter Apor de Altorja (1676–1752) was a Hungarian count (főispán) and historian. He was a member of the aristocratic Apor family.

François Baron de TottW
François Baron de Tott

François Baron de Tott was an aristocrat and a French military officer of Hungarian origin. Born on August 17, 1733 in Chamigny, a village in northern France, the descendant of a Hungarian nobleman, who had emigrated to the Ottoman Empire and then moved on to France with the cavalry of Count Miklós Bercsényi, and was later raised to the rank of baron.

Matthias BelW
Matthias Bel

Matthias Bel or Matthias Bél was a Lutheran pastor and polymath from the Kingdom of Hungary. Bel was active in the fields of pedagogy, philosophy, philology, history, and theoretical theology; he was the founder of Hungarian geographic science and a pioneer of descriptive ethnography and economy. A leading figure in pietism. He is also known as the Great Ornament of Hungary.

Maurice BenyovszkyW
Maurice Benyovszky

Count Maurice Benyovszky de Benyó et Urbanó was a renowned military officer, adventurer, and writer from the Kingdom of Hungary, who described himself as a Hungarian and a Pole. He is considered a national hero in Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.

Ladislas Ignace de BerchenyW
Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny

Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny (August 3, 1689 in Eperjes, Sáros County, Kingdom of Hungary – January 9, 1778 in Luzancy, Kingdom of France was a Hungarian-born soldier who became Marshal of France.

Péter BodW
Péter Bod

Péter Bod or Peter Bod was a Hungarian theologian and historian.

János BottyánW
János Bottyán

János Bottyán, also known as Blind Bottyán, Vak Bottyán János was a Hungarian kuruc general.

Therese BrunsvikW
Therese Brunsvik

Countess Therese [von] Brunsvik was a member of the Hungarian nobility, pedagoge and a follower of the Swiss Pestalozzi. Her father was the Hungarian count Antal Brunszvik and her mother was the baroness Anna Seeberg; her siblings were Franz, Josephine, and Charlotte.

Aaron ChorinW
Aaron Chorin

Aaron Chorin was a Hungarian rabbi and pioneer of early religious reform. He favored the use of the organ and of prayers in the vernacular, and was instrumental in founding schools along modern lines. Chorin became a pivotal figure for reformers, although he himself still operated inside a traditional framework. He also interested himself in public affairs—he took an active part in the efforts for Jewish emancipation, and was very influential with the state authorities.

Christian August of Saxe-ZeitzW
Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz

Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, was a German prince of the House of Wettin.

Nikolaus I, Prince EsterházyW
Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy

Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy was a Hungarian prince, a member of the famous Esterházy family. His building of palaces, extravagant clothing, and taste for opera and other grand musical productions led to his being given the title "the Magnificent". He is remembered as the principal employer of the composer Joseph Haydn.

Jakab FellnerW
Jakab Fellner

Jakab Fellner was the most important Baroque architect of his generation in Hungary.

Ignaz Aurelius FesslerW
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler

Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, aka Feßler was a Hungarian ecclesiastic, politician, historian, and freemason.

János FuszW
János Fusz

János Fusz, aged 41, was a Hungarian composer. Although he composed in many different genres, he was highly popular during his lifetime for his many songs, earning recognition from Beethoven among others.

András HadikW
András Hadik

Count András Hadik de Futak was a Hungarian nobleman and Field Marshal of the Habsburg Army. He was Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria from January 1774 to June 1774, and the father of Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak. He is famous for capturing the Prussian capital Berlin during the Seven Years' War.

Heinrich HentziW
Heinrich Hentzi

Heinrich Hentzi von Arthurm was a Hungarian general in the army of the Austrian Empire. He was famous for his refusal to defect to the Hungarian rebels during the Battle of Buda in 1849, defending Buda city and castle on behalf of the Austrian Habsburgs.

Joseph Franz von JacquinW
Joseph Franz von Jacquin

Joseph "Krystel" Franz Freiherr von Jacquin or Baron Joseph von Jacquin was an Austrian scientist who studied medicine, chemistry, zoology and botany. The standard author abbreviation J.Jacq. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Julianna GéczyW
Julianna Géczy

Julianna Géczy (1680-1714) was a Hungarian noblewoman. She became famous for her defense of Lőcse against the Habsburg forces in 1709-10, during the rebellion of Francis II Rákóczi, and known as the "White lady of Lőcse". She was executed in 1714.

Sámuel KálnokyW
Sámuel Kálnoky

Sámuel Kálnoky (1640–1706) was a member of Kálnoky family who served as the chancellor of Transylvania.

Archduke Karl Ambrosius of Austria-EsteW
Archduke Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este

Archduke Karl Ambrosius Joseph Johann Baptist of Austria-Este was an Archbishop of Esztergom.

György KlimóW
György Klimó

György Klimó was Bishop of Pécs and founder of the Klimo Library and printing press.

Carlos MardelW
Carlos Mardel

Carlos Mardel was a Hungarian-Portuguese military officer, engineer, and architect. Mardel is primarily remembered for his role in the reconstruction effort after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

Ignác MartinovicsW
Ignác Martinovics

Ignác Martinovics was a Hungarian scholar, philosopher, writer, secret agent, Freemason and a leader of the Hungarian Jacobin movement. He was condemned to death for high treason and beheaded on 20 May 1795, along with count Jakab Sigray, Ferenc Szentmarjay, József Hajnóczy and others.

Michael von MelasW
Michael von Melas

Michael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas was a Transylvanian-born field marshal of Saxon descent for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

Joseph, Baron von Mesko de Felsö-KubinyW
Joseph, Baron von Mesko de Felsö-Kubiny

Joseph de Mesko, Freiherr von Felsö-Kubiny was a cavalry general and lieutenant-general in Habsburg service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

Franz Xaver MesserschmidtW
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.

Ibrahim MuteferrikaW
Ibrahim Muteferrika

Ibrahim Müteferrika was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist, and the first Muslim to run a printing press with movable Arabic type.

Nikolaus II, Prince EsterházyW
Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy

Nicholas II, Prince Esterházy was a wealthy Hungarian prince. He served the Austrian Empire and was a member of the famous Esterházy family. He is especially remembered for his art collection and for his role as the last patron of Joseph Haydn.

Manuil OlshavskyiW
Manuil Olshavskyi

Manuil Mykhaylo Olshavskyi, O.S.B.M., was the bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic for the Ruthenians in Mukacheve from 1743 to his death in 1767.

Francis II RákócziW
Francis II Rákóczi

Francis II Rákóczi was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Today he is considered a national hero in Hungary.

Alexander RudnayW
Alexander Rudnay

Alexander Stefan Rudnay de Rudna et Divékujfalu was a Hungarian–Slovak Roman Catholic prelate. He started as a parish priest, but later he became the Archbishop of Esztergom, the Prince Primate of Hungary and a Cardinal.

János SajnovicsW
János Sajnovics

János Sajnovics de Tordas et Káloz was a Hungarian linguist and member of the Jesuit order. He is best known for his pioneering work in comparative linguistics, particularly his systematic demonstration of the linguistic relationship between the Sami languages and Hungarian.

János ScitovszkyW
János Scitovszky

János Keresztély Scitovszky de Nagykér was a Hungarian prelate, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Esztergom and Primate of Hungary.

László SkultétyW
László Skultéty

László Skultéty was the longest serving Hungarian Hussar in Hungarian history. He served 81 years as a cavalryman before his retirement. He fought in 256 battles during 22 military campaigns and the rule of four emperors.

Count of St. GermainW
Count of St. Germain

The Comte de Saint Germain was a European adventurer, with an interest in science, alchemy and the arts. He achieved prominence in European high society of the mid 1700s. Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel considered him to be "one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived". St. Germain used a variety of names and titles, an accepted practice amongst royalty and nobility at the time. These include the Marquis de Montferrat, Comte Bellamarre, Chevalier Schoening, Count Weldon, Comte Soltikoff, Graf Tzarogy and Prinz Ragoczy. In order to deflect inquiries as to his origins, he would make far-fetched claims, such as being 500 years old, leading Voltaire to sarcastically dub him "The Wonderman" and that "He is a man who does not die, and who knows everything".

Mihály Lombard de SzentábrahámW
Mihály Lombard de Szentábrahám

Mihály Lombard de Szentábrahám was a Hungarian Unitarian bishop. He re-laid the foundations of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania during a period of harassment until the accession of Joseph II and the return of an era of tolerance.

Anton SztárayW
Anton Sztáray

Anton Sztáray de Nagy-Mihály was a Hungarian count in the Habsburg military during Austria's Wars with the Ottoman Empire, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Emeric ThökölyW
Emeric Thököly

Emeric Thököly de Késmárk was a Hungarian nobleman, leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings like his father, Count István Thököly, before him. Emeric was prince of Upper Hungary, an Ottoman vassal state, from 1682 to 1685, and briefly Prince of Transylvania during the year 1690. Having formed an alliance with the Turks, Thököly assisted the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and led the Turkish cavalry at the battle of Zenta. Refusing to surrender to Habsburg Emperor Leopold I, Thököly lost his principality of Upper Hungary and finally retired to Galata, near Istanbul, with large estates granted him by Sultan Mustafa II.

August von VécseyW
August von Vécsey

August, Graf von Vécsey or August Vécsey de Hernádvécse et Hajnácskeő was an Imperial Austrian general of Hungarian descent who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He won a notable award in 1806 and became a general officer in 1809. That year, he commanded a brigade at Wagram during the War of the Fifth Coalition. His brigade was defeated by superior numbers at Feistritz in September 1813. He led his troops during the subsequent Italian campaign in 1813 and 1814. He was promoted to higher rank in 1820 and 1840.

Peter von VécseyW
Peter von Vécsey

Peter, Freiherr von Vécsey or Peter Vécsey de Hernádvécse et Hajnácskeő was an Imperial Austrian military commander of Hungarian descent who took part in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. As a Freiherr (Baron), he was a member of the Austrian landless nobility. He make his mark while leading cavalry units and advanced in rank to become a general officer in 1808. He led an independent brigade during part of the 1809 campaign, and was mortally wounded while leading his troops in battle.

Joseph WeiglW
Joseph Weigl

Joseph Weigl was an Austrian composer and conductor, born in Eisenstadt, Hungary, Austrian Empire.

Samson WertheimerW
Samson Wertheimer

Samson Wertheimer was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also an Austrian financier, court Jew and Shtadlan to Austrian Emperor Leopold I.