Who is a famous Hungarian?
• Ferenc Puskás – Football player. He was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Olympics in Helsinki in 1952, and scored two of the six goals in the famous England-Hungary match in London in 1953. • Krisztina Egerszegi – Swimmer, 5-time Olympic Gold Medalist.”Greatest Backstroke Swimmer of All Time,” youngest Olympic Champion of all time and the only woman to win five gold medals in individual swimming events! • László Pap – Legendary Boxer. First boxer in history to win 3 consecutive Olympic Gold Medals. Science • Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis – A physician who discovered the cause of puerperal fever, which was killing thousands of mothers. • Leo Szilárd – Physicist. Co-developed the Atomic Bomb and patented the nuclear reactor. Conceived the nuclear chain reaction and campaigned for nuclear disarmament. Music and Art • Ferenc Lehár – Composer of 20th century operettas. • Béla Bartók – World-famous innovator of classical music. His opera “The Bluebeard’s Castle” and his theatre pieces,
