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Famous People Born in

Budapest

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Albert Szent-Gyrgyi

(September 16, 1893 October 22, 1986)

A Hungarian physiologist who

won the Nobel Prize in

Physiology or Medicine in

1937. He is credited with

discovering vitamin C and the

components and reactions of

the citric acid cycle. He was

also active in the Hungarian

Resistance during World War II

and entered Hungarian politics

after the war.

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Eva Gabor

(11 February 1919 4 July 1995) A Hungarian-born

American socialite and actress. Shewas widely known for her role on the1965 to 1971 television sitcom, GreenAcres as Lisa Douglas, the wifeofEddie Alberts character, OliverWendell Douglas. She voiced Duchessin the 1970 Disney film The Aristocats,and Miss Bianca in DisneysTheRescuers and The Rescuers DownUnder. Gbor had success as anactress in film, on Broadway and ontelevision; she was also successful inbusiness, marketing wigs, clothing,and beauty products. Her eldersisters, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Magda

Gabor, were also Hungarian-Americanactresses and socialites.

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Bla Viktor Jnos Bartk

(March 25, 1881 September 26, 1945)

A Hungarian composer andpianist. He is considered one

of the most important

composers of the 20th century

and is regarded, alongwith Liszt, as Hungary's

greatest composer (Gillies

2001). Through his collection

and analytical study of folk

music, he was one of the

founders of ethnomusicology.

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Catherine Schell(17 July 1944 )

Is a Hungarian-born actressbest known for her work onBritish television. Schell roseto fame in various British filmand television productions in

the 1960s and 1970s. Sheacted under the name"Catherine von Schell"("Schell" is the family name;"von Bauschlott" indicates theregion of Germany from

whence the Schell familyoriginated) and "Katherina vonSchell" early in her career, butis better known under thename "Catherine Schell".

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