Find A Grave - Budapest Capital District

Aba-Novak, Vilmos b. March 15, 1894 d. September 29, 1941
Artist. He was one of Hungary's leading painters between World Wars I and II. Born in Budapest, he studied at the College of Fine Arts from 1912 to 1914, and served in the Hungarian Army on the Eastern Front during World War I. From 1928 to 1931 he lived in Rome on a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy. He gained renown for depicting moments from everyday life with bold, pure colors and solid forms, and was particularly skilled with crowd scenes and his canvases of marketplaces and carnivals...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
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 Capital District, 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 Capital District, 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 Capital District, Hungary
Baba, Gul d. 1541
Turkish dervish, died during the Turkish occupation of Hungary. His tomb is still an important pilgrimage destination, and is the most northerly building maintained by the Turkish Government.
Mecset utca, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, 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 Capital District, Hungary
Bajor, Gizi b. May 9, 1893 d. February 12, 1951
Actress. She was perhaps Hungary's most famous theatre star of her era, renowned for her beauty, versatility, and mesmerizing presence. Her roles ranged from the Ancient Greek classics to contemporary dramas, and she helped introduce modern acting techniques to the Hungarian stage. Bajor was born in Budapest. As a student at the Actors' Academy she showed such promise that upon her graduation in 1914 she was hired by the National Theatre, the best in the country. By the early 1920s Bajor...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, 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 Capital District, Hungary
Balogh, Janos Nagy b. 1874 d. 1919
Artist.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
Plot: plot 34/2
Barabas, Miklos b. 1810 d. 1898
Artist.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, 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 Capital District, Hungary
Barsony, Istvan b. November 5, 1835 d. March 11, 1928
Writer.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
Plot: Plot 35
Bartok, Bela b. March 25, 1881 d. September 26, 1945
Composer, Pianist, Scholar. He is regarded as Hungary's greatest 20th Century composer. Bartok was also one of the founders of ethnomusicology (the study of folk music and music of non-western cultures), and his own compositions combined modern techniques with the elemental force of his homeland's rustic songs and dances. Bartok was born in Nagyszentmiklos, Hungary (now Sannicolau Mare, Romania), and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music from 1899 to 1903. He was set for a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
Plot: Parcel no. 470
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 Capital District, Hungary
Plot: Plot 19
Bekes, Rita b. July 26, 1925 d. December 16, 1978
Actress. Born in Debrecen, Hungary, she studied at the Academy of Theatre and Film Art in Budapest and made her stage debut in 1949. From 1956 to 1962 she was a member of the Attila Jozsef Theatre company, where she was praised for her performances of Shakespeare and Chekhov. Bekes appeared in four films by acclaimed director Istvan Szabo, memorably in the award-winning "25 Firemans Street" (1973), in which she played a housewife who risks her life to hide Jews from the Nazis during World...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
Beothy, Akos b. 1838 d. 1904
Politician.
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
Plot: Plot 28
Berinkey, Denes b. 1871 d. 1948
Statesman. Berinkey served as Prime Minister of Hungary in 1919. (Bio by: K)
Farkasreti Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
Blaha, Lujza b. September 8, 1850 d. January 18, 1926
Singer and actress, 'The Hungarian Nightingale.'
Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest, Budapest Capital District, Hungary
Plot: Plot 18/1
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 Capital District, Hungary
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

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