* 1895 – Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian historian and archaeologist ( d. 1981 )

Among others, Hungarian historian and archaeologist Gyula László claims that geological data from pollen analysis seems to contradict placing the ancient homeland of the Magyars near the Urals.

György Dalos ( b. September 23, 1943 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian Jewish writer and historian.

After these events, Andropov suffered from a " Hungarian complex ", according to historian Christopher Andrew: " he had watched in horror from the windows of his embassy as officers of the hated Hungarian security service were strung up from lampposts.

His third wife was the Hungarian historian Éva Haraszti, whom he married in 1976.

The book was later popularized in English by the Hungarian historian Emile Reich and later by the American diplomat Robert Strausz-Hupé, a faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania.

Hungarian historian Emil Reich ( 1854 – 1910 ) is considered to be the first having coined the acception in English as early as 1902 and later in 1904 in his book Foundations of Modern Europe.

The Hungarian historian Thalloczy, recognizing Šufflay as a great talent that should be on the Hungarian side, brought him to Budapest, where Šufflay worked in the National Museum for a small salary.

* György Pray ( 1723-1801 ), a Hungarian Jesuit abbot, canon, librarian and historian

* June 4-Péter Révay, Hungarian nobleman, poet and historian ( born 1568 )

Hungarian nationalist composers, like Bartók, rejected the conflation of Hungarian and Roma music, studying the rural peasant songs of Hungary which, according to music historian Bruno Nettl, " has little in common with " Roma music, a position that is held to by some modern writers, such as the Hungarian author Bálint Sárosi.

Matthias Corvinus ' court historian Antonio Bonfini flattered his king by tracing the family's ancestry to the Roman gens Corvina, or Valeriana, while adding: " for this man was indeed born of a Romanian father and a Hungarian mother " A contemporary Hungarian historian Johannes de Thurocz, similarly flattering his king, wrote in the Chronicle of the Hungarians ( Chronica Hungarorum ) that the Hunyadi family was of Hunnic origin, even calling Matthias Corvinus the " Second Attila ".

Some moderate communist intellectuals, such as historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, disillusioned with the policies of the Soviet Union, left the party after the violent suppression of Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Hungarian writer and literary historian Lajos Hatvany has described him in these terms: " This moody, fluttering, imperfect writer is one of the best and undeservedly forgotten Hungarian memoir writers.

While his surname suggests he had German origins, he was " Hungarian by language and culture " according to historian Roger Gough.

* András Róna-Tas ( b. 1924 ), a Hungarian historian and linguist

* 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1948 )

* 1911 – István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician ( d. 1979 )

* 1620 – István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet ( d. 1704 )

* 1933 – István Gaál, Hungarian director and screenwriter ( d. 2007 )

* 1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and writer ( d. 1959 )

* 1929 – István Kertész, Hungarian conductor ( d. 1973 )

* 1825 – István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal ( d. 1908 )

* 1938 – István Szabó, Hungarian film director

* 1829 – István Pauli ( Pável ) Hungarian Slovene priest and writer ( b. 1760 )

* 1900 – István Fekete, Hungarian writer ( d. 1970 )

* 1942 – István Bujtor, Hungarian actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1943 – István Gyulai, Hungarian sports executive ( d. 2006 )

* 1942 – István Rosztóczy, Hungarian microbiologist

The last complete opera by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel is István király ( King Stephen ) ( 1885 ).

* September 21 – István Széchenyi, Hungarian politician and writer ( d. 1860 )

* October 27 / 28 – István Rosztóczy, Hungarian microbiologist

** István Rosztóczy, Hungarian microbiologist

** István Gyulai, Hungarian sports official ( d. 2006 )

* January 29 – István Pauli ( Pável ) Hungarian Slovene priest and writer ( b. 1760 )

* Slovene literature: István Küzmics, the Hungarian Slovene writer and evangelical pastor, publishes ( in Halle ) the Nouvi Zákon, a translation of the New Testament into the Prekmurje dialect, with discrete South Slavic artwork.

* July 13 – István Pauli ( Pável ) Hungarian Slovene priest and writer ( d. 1829 )

** István Báthory, Hungarian noble ( b. 1477 )

* date unknown – István Báthory, Hungarian nobleman ( d. 1534 )

* date unknown – István Hatvani, Hungarian mathematician ( d. 1786 )

* October 13 – Battle of Kenyérmező (): The Hungarian army, led by Pál Kinizsi and István Báthori, defeats the Ottoman army in Transylvania, Hungary.