Historical Figures
- György Aczél, official in charge of cultural life in Kádár's Hungary, 1957–1988
- Leó Frankel, one of the leaders of the Paris Commune
- Nissim Cahn, co-founder of the Jewish Brotherhood
- Gyula Germanus, islamologist, (non-Jewish mother, Jewish father)
- Ignác Goldziher, islamologist
- Tivadar Herzl (Theodore Herzl), spiritual founder of Israel
- Béla Kun, de facto leader of Hungary for 4 months in 1919 (non-Jewish mother, Jewish father)
- Max Nordau, co-founder of the World Zionist Organization
- Tom Lantos
- György Lukács
- Trebitsch Lincoln, British adventurer
- Georges Politzer
- Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher
- Sándor Radó (Alexander Radó) Switzerland-based Soviet master spy in World War II
- Mátyás Rákosi, de facto leader of Hungary, 1947–1956
- Ervin Szabó director of the Budapest Public Library System, 1911–1918
- Tibor Szamuely, politician
- Ármin Vámbéry, orientalist and traveler
- Vilmos Vázsonyi, first Jewish Justice minister of Hungary, 1917–1918
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