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• Bozsik, Jozsef 'Cucu'    b. November 28, 1925  d. May 31, 1978
  Sports Figure. He is considered Hungary's greatest soccer player and one of the finest half-backs in the sport's history. As a member of the Hungarian National Team, Bozsik won the gold medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, participated in Hungary's historic victory over England at Wembley in 1953, made it to the World Cup Finals against West Germany in 1954, and won the Central European Cup in 1959. During his 15-year career he played in 447 games, including 101 international appearances...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Chatillon, Anne  b. 1150  d. 1184
  Queen of Hungary. She was the daughter of Renaud de Chatillon and Constance of Antioch. Married in 1171 to Bela the 3rd. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
  Mathias Church Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Csok, Istvan    b. 1863  d. 1961
  Artist.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: Plot 28
   
• Czigler, Gyozo   b. 1830  d. 1905
  Architect, designer of Budapest's notable market halls.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, 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 Capital District, 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 Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: Plot 37/1
   
• Domjan, Edit    b. December 25, 1932  d. December 26, 1972
  Actress. Protean leading lady of stage and screen. Born in Budapest, she made her performing debut in 1954 as a chorus girl with the National Dance Theatre, and by 1960 had become one of Hungary's leading stage stars. Highly versatile, her repertory ranged from the classics (Shakespeare, Moliere, Shaw) to musicals ("The Threepenny Opera") to contemporary dramas and comedies. She particularly excelled in earthy roles that allowed her abundant sensuality free reign. Domjan's unique...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Egressy, Beni    b. April 21, 1814  d. July 17, 1851
  Composer. Born Benjámin Galambos in Sajókazinc, Hungary, he was a self-taught composer, whom wrote the prize-winning Song Szózat (1843), recognized as a second Hungarian national anthem. In 1840, he joined the National Theatre in Pest, where he wrote librettos for operas and plays with music in a popular, national style. He also was a member of the National Theatre in Prague, where was an actor and wrote musical works which attained great popularity in Hungary. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: plot 34/1
   
• Elek, Ilona    b. May 17, 1907  d. July 24, 1988
  Fencing Champion. One of the greatest female fencers in the history of her sport. Elek competed for Hungary in three Olympiads, winning gold medals in 1936 (Berlin) and 1948 (London), and the silver in 1952 (Helsinki). She also won gold medals at the World Championships in 1934, 1935, and 1951, the silver in 1937 and 1954, and the bronze in 1955, and was Hungary's National Champion for all but two years from 1946 to 1952. Elek was born Ilona Scharerer in Budapest. She took up fencing as...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Eotvos, Lorand    b. July 27, 1848  d. April 8, 1919
  Scientist. Born in Buda, Hungry, he was a physicist professor whose theoretical work was significant in studying capillary action and gravity. From 1878, he led the Institute of Experimental Physics at the Budapest University of Sciences, where he established the identity of gravitational and inert masses. While researching the changes of gravitation, he invented the torsion balance in 1891, a human-sized measuring device. For his gravity measurements contributions, he received the Benecke...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: Plot 10/1
   
• Erkel, Ferenc    b. November 7, 1810  d. June 15, 1893
  Composer of the first Hungarian opera, 'Bank Ban', and friend of Liszt. Father of composer and writer, Sandor Erkel.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: plot 29
   
• Erkel, Sandor    b. 1846  d. 1900
  Composer, Author. He was the son of Ferenc Erkel.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: plot 29
   
• Fábri, Zoltán   b. October 15, 1917  d. August 23, 1994
  Motion Picture Director. He was a leading figure of Hungary's "New Cinema". His feature "Merry-Go-Round" (1956), a colorful updating of "Romeo and Juliet", did much to open international markets to Eastern European films in the late 1950s. It was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Fabri's "The Boys of Paul Street" (1968) received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film, and he won the Grand Jury Prize at the Moscow Festival for "141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence"...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Fadrusz, Janos    b. 1858  d. 1903
  Artist. A sculptor, The Crucifixion on his grave is his own work.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: plot 28
   
• Fischer, Annie   b. July 5, 1914  d. April 10, 1995
  Classical Pianist. Born in Budapest, she studied at the Franz Liszt Academy and won First Prize at the Liszt International Piano Competition in 1933. She fled to Sweden at the start of World War II and did not return to Hungary until 1946. Fischer was noted for her powerful interpretations of Mozart and Beethoven, the later German Romantic repertoire, and the music of her countryman Bela Bartok. Although well regarded by critics and such contemporary pianists as Sviatoslav Richter, Fischer...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Gerbeaud, Emil    b. 1854  d. 1919
  Pattisier and hotelier - the Pattisery is still there.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: plot 26
   
• Gerevich, Aladar    b. March 16, 1910  d. May 14, 1991
  Fencing Champion. A specialist in the sabre, he was the only athlete in any sport to win gold medals in six consecutive Olympics. Gerevich led the Hungarian Sabre Team to victory in 1932 (Los Angeles), 1936 (Berlin), 1948 (London), 1952 (Helsinki), 1956 (Melbourne), and 1960 (Rome). He also won the Individual bronze in 1936, the Individual gold in 1948, and the Individual silver and Foil Team bronze in 1952, for 10 medals overall. Gerevich was born in Jaszbereny, Hungary. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Gerloczy, Karoly   b. 1835  d. 1910
  First Deputy Mayor of the town of Budapest.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: plot 28
   
• Gobbi, Hilda   b. June 6, 1913  d. July 13, 1988
  Actress. She was one of Hungary's most recognizable character players. With her earthy features and trademark close-cropped hair, she was most often cast as strong-willed matriarchs, both dramatic and comic. She appeared in nearly 100 films, including "Friday Rose" (1938), "Janika" (1949), "Professor Hannibal" (1956), "Sleepless Years" (1959), "Dialogue" (1963), "Honey On the Knife" (1974), and "Homecoming" (1983), as well as in thousands of stage performances and scores of TV and radio...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
   
• Gorgey, Artur    d. 1856
  Military commander during the revolt of 1848-1849.
  Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
  Plot: Sepulchral Arcades
   

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