List of people from Kaposvár
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Kaposvár, Somogy County, Hungary.
Church
- Béla Balás (born 1941), Hungarian Bishop of Kaposvár
Science
- Sándor Abday (1800 – 1882), Hungarian actor, theater director
- György Buzsáki (born 1949), Hungarian neuroscientist
- Péter Frankl (born 1953), Hungarian mathematician, street performer, columnist, educator
- Péter Hanák (1921 - 1997), Hungarian historian, cultural historian
- János Haraszti (1924 – 2007), Hungarian veterinarian, university teacher, researcher
- Moritz Kaposi (1837 – 1902), Hungarian physician, dermatologist, discoverer of the skin tumor called Kaposi's sarcoma
- Ernő Lendvai (1925 – 1993), Hungarian mathematician, music theorists
- Lajos Papp (born 1948), Hungarian heart surgeon, professor
Technology
- Péter Horn (born 1942), Hungarian agricultural engineer, professor
- György Szigetvári (1926 – 2018), Hungarian architect
Politics
- István Gyenesei (born 1948), Hungarian politician
- Béla Király (1912 – 2009), Hungarian army officer
- Imre Nagy (1896 – 1958), Hungarian politician
- Alajos Záborszky (1805 – 1862), Hungarian politican, lawyer
Literature
- Éva Fésűs (born 1926), Hungarian author
- Árpád Papp (1937 – 2010), Hungarian poer, literature historian, translator, teacher
- Gábor Rozsos (born 1965), Hungarian poet
- Manó Kónyi (1842 - ?), Hungarian stenographer, publicist
- Manó Marton (1874 - 1928), Hungarian jurnalist, editor, poet
- Ludwig Scharf (1864 - 1939), German lyricist, translator
- Fruzina Szalay (1864 – 1926), Hungarian poet, translator
- Gyula Takáts (1911 - 2008), Hungarian poet, author, translator, teacher
Arts
- László Babarczy (born 1941), Hungarian theater director
- Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), Hungarian painter, art theorist
- János Gyenes (1912 - 1995), Hungarian photographer
- Zsolt Homonnay (born 1971), Hungarian actor
- József Rippl-Rónai (1861 - 1927), Hungarian painter
- János Vaszary (1817 - 1939), Hungarian painter, graphic artist
Sports
Football
- Szabolcs Balajcza (born 1979), Hungarian football player
- Benjamin Balázs (born 1990), Hungarian football player
- István Bank (born 1984), Hungarian football player
- Lukács Bőle (born 1990), Hungarian football player
- Győző Burcsa (born 1954), Hungarian football player
- Zoltán Czibor (1929 - 1997), Hungarian football player
- Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), Hungarian football player
- Zoltán Finta (born 1979), Hungarian football player
- László Horváth (born 1988), Hungarian football player
- Zoltán Jovánczai (born 1984), Hungarian football player
- Béla Koplárovics (born 1981), Hungarian football player
- Viktor Petrók (born 1981), Hungarian football player
- Gábor Reszli (born 1988), Hungarian football player
- Róbert Waltner (born 1977), Hungarian football player
Other sports
- Ferenc Csik (1913 - 1945), Hungarian swimmer
- Attila May (born 1942), Hungarian fencer
- Anna Pfeffer (born 1945), Hungarian sprint canoeist
- László Sótonyi (born 1970), Hungarian handball player, coach