Find A Grave - Kerepesi Cemetery

Ady, Endre b. November 22, 1877 d. January 27, 1919
Poet, Journalist. He was known as the "Founder of Modern Hungarian Lyric Poetry".
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: plot 19/1
Antall, Jozsef b. 1932 d. December 12, 1993
Hugarian Prime Minister (1990-1993). The director of the Semmelweiss Medical History Museum, he became the first Prime Minister of Hungary after the fall of the communist regime. The statue over his grave is by Miklos Melocco. (Bio by: David Conway)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: Section 28.
Arany, János b. March 2, 1817 d. October 22, 1882
Noted Hungarian poet. (Bio by: G. N.)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Babits, Mihály b. November 26, 1883 d. August 4, 1941
Noted Hungarian Poet. Founder of the literary periodical NYUGAT. (Bio by: G. N.)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Balazs, Bela b. August 4, 1884 d. May 17, 1949
Hungarian film critic, writer and poet, born Herbert Bauer. He studied Hungarian and German in school. He wrote his first film in 1924 called Der Sichtbare Mensch (The Visible Man). He then helped Leni Riefenstahl direct her first film, Das Blaue Licht in 1932. One of his best known films is Somewhere in Europe written in 1947. The American version was written in 1949 and known as It happened in Europe. He wrote the fairy plays The Wooden Prince and Bluebeard's Castle that his friend Béla Bartó...[Read More] (Bio by: Helaine M. Cigal)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Balogh, Janos Nagy b. 1874 d. 1919
Artist.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Barabas, Miklos b. 1810 d. 1898
Artist.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: plot 28
Barcsay, Jeno b. 1900 d. 1988
Artist. He was considered the Master of the Human Form. Born in Transylvania in the town of Katona, but moved to Budapest in 1919. He spent a year in Paris after graduating from art school in Hungary. He was influenced a great deal by the artist Cezanne. While visiting Italy he was then greatly influenced by the way the figures of the statues were portrayed, this lead him to his drawing of the human form. Some of his characteristic works: "Organ Grinder" (1924), "Working Girl" (1928), "...[Read More] (Bio by: Helaine M. Cigal)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Barsony, Istvan b. November 5, 1835 d. March 11, 1928
Writer.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: Plot 35
Batthyany, Lajos b. February 14, 1807 d. October 6, 1849
Hungarian Folk Figure. Born Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár in Pozsony, present day Bratislava, he attended school in Vienna and joined the army in 1826 serving in the cavalry. In 1831 he moved home to take control of his lands and obtained a law degree in Zagreb. He was a moderate nationalist and a liberal landowner. In 1839 he established a sugar factory on his estate and had a hydro-electric plant built. He became a member of Hungary's Upper House in 1830 and in 1845 he led the forces seeking...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: Plot 19
Beothy, Akos b. 1838 d. 1904
Politician.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: Plot 28
Blaha, Lujza b. September 8, 1850 d. January 18, 1926
Singer and actress, 'The Hungarian Nightingale.'
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Blathy, Otto Titusz b. 1860 d. 1930
Inventor. He was the co-inventor of the electric transformer, the tension regulator, the watt meter, the alternating current (AC) electric motor, the turbogenerator and high efficiency turbogenerator. He is best known for authoring the book chess problems. (Bio by: Helaine M. Cigal)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Csok, Istvan b. 1863 d. 1961
Artist.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: Plot 28
Czigler, Gyozo b. 1830 d. 1905
Architect, designer of Budapest's notable market halls.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: Plot 28
De Hevesy, George Charles b. August 1, 1885 d. July 5, 1966
Nobel Prize Winner / Chemist, He was the son of Louis de Hevesy, Court Counsellor and Eugéniee Baroness of Schosberger. He received his education at Budapest University and Berlin Technical University and he got his doctorate at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1908. In 1924 he married Pia Riis together they had one son and three daughters. His studies focused on the development of the tracer method where radioactive tracers are used to study chemical processes, for example the...[Read More] (Bio by: Helaine M. Cigal)
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Deak, Ferenc b. 1803 d. 1876
Hungarian Statesman. Negotiated the compromise under which Hungary gained some limited autonomy within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Egressy, Beni b. 1814 d. 1851
Composer.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Eotvos, Lorand b. July 27, 1848 d. April 8, 1919
Physicist, geologist and politician.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
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Erkel, Ferenc b. 1810 d. 1893
Composer of the first Hungarian opera, 'Bank Ban', and friend of Liszt. Father of composer and writer, Sandor Erkel.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Plot: plot 29

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