Editing List of Hungarians (section)

==History and politics==
{{see also|List of mayors of Esztergom|List of mayors of Soltvadkert|List of heads of state of Hungary|List of Hungarian consorts|Members of the European Parliament for Hungary 2004–2009|Members of the European Parliament for Hungary 2009–2014|List of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–present)|List of Prime Ministers of Hungary|List of palatines of Hungary |List of rulers of Hungary}}
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*[[Viktor Orbán]] (born 1963), current [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (1998–2002, 2010–present)
*[[László Almásy]] (1895–1951), desert explorer, author, the inspiration for the fictionalised character of Almásy in [[Michael Ondaatje]]'s 1992 novel ''[[The English Patient]]''
*[[Julius Andrassy|Gyula Andrássy]] (1823–1890), statesman
*[[József Antall]] (1932–1993), [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (1990–1993)
*[[Albert Apponyi]] (1846–1933), statesman 
*[[Gordon Bajnai]] (born 1968), former [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (2009–2010)
*[[Tamás Bakócz]] (1442–1521), archbishop, cardinal and statesman
*[[Gábor Baross]] (1848–1892), statesman
*[[Erzsébet Báthory]] (1560–1614), countess
**[[István Báthory]] (1477–1534), [[Governor of Transylvania]]
**[[Stephen Bathory, King of Poland|István (Stephen) Báthory]] (1533–1586), [[Prince of Transylvania]] and [[King of Poland]]
*[[Sigismund Bathory|Zsigmond Báthory]] (1572–1613), [[Prince of Transylvania]]
*[[Vilma Beck]] (1810–1851), writer and freedom fighter
*[[Ödön Beöthy]] (1796–1854), Hungarian deputy and orator
*[[Béla Bugár]] (born 1958), politician
*[[Krisztina Csáky]] (1654–1723) was a Hungarian countess, resistance fighter
*[[Pál Csáky]] (born 1956), politician
*[[Aurél Dessewffy]] (1808–1842), journalist and politician
*[[Péter Doszpot]] (born 1962), former member of parliament
*[[Ignaz Aurelius Fessler]] (1756–1839), court councillor and minister to [[Alexander I of Russia]]
*[[Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied]] (1767–1803), noble and amateur actress 
*[[András Hadik]] (1710–1790), Count
*[[Theodor Herzl]] (Tivadar Herzl, 1860–1904), journalist, modern Zionism
*[[Miklós Horthy]] (1868–1957), admiral and regent (1920–1944)
*[[Stephen I of Hungary]] (Stephen I, Szent István, Stephanus Rex, I. István) (975–1038) first [[King of Hungary]]
*[[Friar Julian]]
*[[János Kádár]] (1912–1989), communist leader
*[[Charles I of Hungary]] (Károly Róbert) (1288–1342), [[King of Hungary]] (1308–1342)
*[[Mihály Károlyi]] (1875–1955), first President of Hungary (1919)
*[[Lajos Kossuth]] (1802–1894), Hungarian politician later Regent-President of Hungary
*[[Teddy Kollek]] (born Tivadar Kollek, 1911–2007), Israeli Mayor of Jerusalem
*[[Béla Kun]] (1886–1938), minister, revolutionist (1919)
*[[Louis I of Hungary]] (Louis I, Nagy Lajos, 1326–1382), king of Hungary (1342–1382)
*[[Tom Lantos]] (1928–2008), former U.S. Congressman from California
*[[Géza Malasits]] (1874–1948), deputy in parliament 
*[[József Mindszenty]] (1892–1975), cardinal, imprisoned by communist government
*[[Imre Nagy]] (1896–1958), prime minister in 1953 and 1956
*[[Ágnes Osztolykán]] (born 1974), Hungarian politician and Romani activist 
*[[Mátyás Rákosi]] (1892–1971), communist leader
*[[George Soros]] (György Soros, born 1930), stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist
*[[Ferenc Szálasi]] (1897–1946), head of [[Arrow Cross Party]], Head of State, [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (1944–1945)
*[[László Szalay]] (1813–1864), statesman and historian
*[[István Széchenyi|Count Széchenyi István]] (1791–1860)
*[[Istvan Tisza]] (1861–1918), [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (1903–1905; 1913–1917)
*[[Toma András]] (Tamás András), Hungarian World War II prisoner found in Russian mental hospital and returned after 55 years
*[[László Tőkés]] (born 1952), Reformed Church pastor and an instigator of the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989]]
*Countess [[Anna Wesselényi]] (1584–1649), countess and writer
*Count [[Miklos Zrinyi (militant)|Zrínyi Miklós]] (1508–1566), Hungarian general who held [[Szigetvár]] against the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Turks
*Count [[Miklos Zrinyi|Zrínyi Miklós]] (1620–1664), Hungarian general, statesman and poet
*[[János Zsámboky]], humanist