Szabó is a common Hungarian surname (szabó means 'tailor'). Here is the list of prominent people with last name Szabó or Szabo:
- Attila Szabó (born 1984) – Hungarian decathlete
- Bence Szabó (born 1962) – fencer
- Brett Szabo (born 1968) – American basketball player
- Dezső Szabó (writer) (1879–1945) – Hungarian writer
- Dezső Szabó (athlete) (born 1967) – decathlete
- Endre Szabo (1922–1991) - Artist
- Ecaterina Szabo (born 1966) – Hungarian-born Romanian gymnast
- Frank Szabo (born 1952) – Hungarian-born trumpeter and studio musician
- Gabriela Szabo (born 1975) – Romanian athlete
- Gábor Szabó (1936–1982) – jazz guitarist
- Herma Szabo (1902–1986) – Austrian figure skater
- István Szabó (born 1938) – film director
- István Szabó (born 1950) – canoer
- Joseph Szabo (born 1944) – American photographer
- Joseph C. Szabo - current Administrator of the United States Federal Railroad Administration
- Yozhef Sabo - Ukrainian footballer, coach and functionairy of Hungarian descent
- József Szabó (born 1969) – swimmer
- József Szabó von Szentmiklós (1822–1894) – geologist
- Karolina Szabó (born 1961) - Hungarian long-distance runner
- Károly Szabó (1916–1964) – employee on the Swedish Embassy in Budapest
- Károly Ferenc Szabó (born 1943) – Hungarian-born Romanian politician
- Krisztina Szabó – Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano
- László Szabó (disambiguation), several persons
- Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957) – poet and literary translator
- Magda Szabó (1917–2007) – writer
- Magda Szabo (born 1934) – painter of miniatures
- Miklós Szabó (middle distance runner) (1908-2000, Hungarian middle distance runner
- Miklós Szabó (long distance runner) (born 1928), Hungarian long distance runner
- Nikolett Szabó (born 1980) – javelin thrower
- Paul Szabo (born 1948) – Canadian politician
- Péter Szabó (born 1963) – Hungarian cellist born in Transylvania
- Rich Szabo (born 1956) – jazz trumpet player
- Sandor Szabo (wrestler) (1906–1966) - professional wrestler
- Sándor Szabó (actor), Hungarian actor
- Sándor Szabó (fencer), Hungarian Olympic fencer
- Sándor Szabó (pentathlete), Hungarian pentathlete
- Sandor Szabo (referee), Hungarian football referee
- Stephen Szabo – prominent scholar of transatlantic relations
- Szilvia Szabó (born 1978) – canoer
- Zsuzsanna Szabó (born 1973) – pole vaulter
- Tonyo Szabo – member of the band The Moog
- Vilmoş Szabo (1964) - fencer and fencing coach
- Violette Szabo (1921–1945) – secret agent
- Zoltán Szabó (mathematician) (born 1965) – mathematician
- Zoltán von Szabó (1882–1944) – mycologist