# List of people from Košice

This is a list of notable people from Košice, Slovakia
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Edita Angyalová (born 1979), MP (2002-2007)

## B

* Frigyes Bán, Hungarian film director
* János Batsányi, poet and Hungarian language regenerate, worked and lived in Košice
* Gyula Benczúr, painter, started to learn in secondary school in Košice
* Jiří Bicek, ice-hockey player, won Stanley cup 2003 with New Jersey Devils
* Stephen Bocskay, prince of Transylvania, died in Košice

## C

* Michal Čekovský, basketball player, currently with the Maryland Terrapins
* Erik Černák, professional ice hockey player, born in Košice
* Lajos Csordák, painter, was born and died in Košice

## D

* Erna Diez (1913-2001), archaeologist
* David Dobrik (born 1996), YouTube personality
* Vladimír Dravecký (born 1985), Slovak ice-hockey player for the HC Oceláři Třinec, in the Czech Extraliga
* Gabriela Dzuríková (born 1973), actress

## E

* János Esterházy, ethnic Hungarian politician in former Czechoslovakia, won parliament mandate in Košice in 1935
* Edith Eger, Holocaust survivor, psychologist and author of “The Choice”

## G

* Radola Gajda, commander of the Russian Czechoslovak Legion, fascist politician, was given command of the 11th Division in Košice in 1922
* Dr. William Ganz, cardiologist co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter, born in Košice
* Béla Gerster, architect of the Corinth Canal and co-architect of the Panama Canal, born in Košice
* Jozef Gönci, Slovak sport shooter and Olympic bronze medallist twice

## H

* Barbara Haščáková (1979-2023), singer
* Elchanan Heilprin (1921-2015), rabbi, born in Košice, in former Czechoslovakia
* Martina Hingis (born 1980), Swiss naturalised tennis player, born in Košice, in former Czechoslovakia
* Žofia Hruščáková (born 1995), basketball player

## I

* Julia Indichova, American reproductive healthcare activist and author, born in Košice, in former Czechoslovakia

## J

* Július Jakoby, painter, born and died in Košice
* Vladimír Janočko, Slovak football player, born in Košice
* Christián Jaroš, Slovak ice hockey player for the Ottawa Senators
* Tomáš Jurčo, Slovak ice hockey player for the Springfield Thunderbirds in the AHL

## K

* Peter Kažimír, State Secretary of Finance (2006-2010), MP (2010-2012), Minister of Finance (2012-2019), Central Bank governor (since 2019)
* Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author, regenerator of the Hungarian language, studied, lived and worked in Košice
* Karol Kisel, Slovak footballer, born in Košice
* Gyula Kosice, Argentine sculptor, plastic artist, theoretician and poet
* Alex Král, Czech footballer born in Košice
* Juraj Kuniak, Slovak poet and writer, born in Košice
* Andrej Kvašňák, legendary Slovak football player

## M

* Božena Mačingová (1922–2017), Slovak writer, author of books for children and young adults
* Pál Maléter (1917–1958), military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, started to serve as a professional army officer in the Hungarian military in Košice
* Sándor Márai (1900–1989), Hungarian writer, born in Košice
* Martin Marinčin (born 1992), Slovak ice-hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers team in the NHL
* Samuel Migaľ (born 1982), Slovak politician

## N

* Ladislav Nagy, ice-hockey player and former NHL player
* Imre Németh, Hungarian hammer fall champion, born in Košice

## P

* Pavol Paška, Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia (2006-2010, 2012-2014)
* Róbert Petrovický, Slovak ice hockey and former NHL player, born in Košice
* István Pongrácz, martyr killed by George I Rákóczi's soldiers in 1619
* Jozef Psotka, mountaineer, born in Košice

## R

* Veronika Rabada (born 1984), singer
* Arpád Račko (1930–2015), sculptor, worked in Košice
* Francis II Rákóczi (1676–1735), Prince of Transylvania and leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings, stayed in Košice and his remains are buried there

## S

* Blessed Sister Sára Salkaházi, Sister of Social Service, martyr murdered by the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest
* Marek Sapara, football player
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, tennis player
* Rudolf Schuster, former Košice mayor and the second president of Slovakia (1999–2004)
* Radoslav Školník, professional Slovak footballer, born in Košice
* Juraj Slafkovský, ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens. Selected first overall in the 2022 NHL Draft
* Koloman Sokol, artist, founder of Slovak graphic art, deemed "Slovak Picasso", studied in Košice
* Egon Steuer, head coach of the national basketball team of the Netherlands, born in Košice
* Aurel Stodola, engineer, physicist and inventor, studied in Košice
* Marek Svatoš, former ice hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche
* Ferenc Szálasi, politician leader of the Arrow Cross Party, born in Košice

## T

* Zuzana Tlučková (born 1962), actress
* Ladislav Troják (1914-1948), ice hockey player
* Rastislav Trtík (1961-2024), handball player and coach

## V

* Cyril Vasiľ (born 1965), eparchial Bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice

## W

* Barbora Wrzesiński (born 1994), basketball player

## Z

* Peter Žiga (born 1972), Minister of Environment (2012-2016) and Economy (2016-2020) of Slovakia