# List of people from Kaposvár

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Kaposvár, Somogy County, Hungary.

## Arts

* Béla Babai (1914-1997), Romani-American musician
* László Babarczy (born 1941), Hungarian theater director.
* Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), Hungarian painter, art theorist.
* István Bors (1938–2003), Hungarian sculptor.
* Béla Faragó (born 1961), Hungarian composer.
* Sándor Galimberti (1883–1915), Hungarian painter.
* János Gyenes (1912–1995), Hungarian photographer.
* Zsolt Homonnay (born 1971), Hungarian actor.
* Ilona Ivancsics (born 1960), Hungarian actress.
* Ferenc Martyn (1899–1986), Hungarian artist, sculptor, graphic designer.
* Zoltán Őszi (born 1967), Hungarian graphic designer, illustrator.
* Judit Pogány (born 1944), Hungarian actress.
* József Rippl-Rónai (1861–1927), Hungarian painter.
* Magdolna Szőnyi (1915–1992), Hungarian arts teacher, artist.
* Klári Varga (born 1970), Hungarian actress.
* Zsuzsanna Varga (born 1970), Hungarian actress.
* János Vaszary (1817–1939), Hungarian painter, graphic artist.

## Church

* Béla Balás (born 1941), Hungarian Bishop of Kaposvár.

## Literature

* Róbert Cey-Bert (born 1938), Hungarian writer, psychosociologist, food historian and a university professor.
* Éva Czipri (1943–1974), Hungarian chemist, poet.
* Kriszta D. Tóth (born 1975), Hungarian author, journalist, ambassador of UNICEF.
* Éva Fésűs (born 1926), Hungarian author.
* Árpád Papp (1937–2010), Hungarian poet, literature historian, translator, teacher.
* Gábor Rozsos (born 1965), Hungarian poet.
* István Kemsei (born 1944), Hungarian poet, essayist, teacher, librarian.
* Tamás Szabó Kimmel (born 1984), Hungarian actor.
* Manó Kónyi (1842–?), Hungarian stenographer, publicist.
* Manó Marton (1874–1928), Hungarian journalist, editor, poet.
* Ludwig Scharf (1864–1939), German lyricist, translator.
* Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926), Hungarian poet, translator.
* Atala Kisfaludy (1836–1911) Hungary poet, writer.
* Gyula Takáts (1911–2008), Hungarian poet, author, translator, teacher.

## Military

* Béla Király (1912–2009), Hungarian army officer.
* László Merész (1915–1997), Hungarian soldier.

## Politics

* István Gyenesei (born 1948), Hungarian politician.
* Imre Nagy (1896–1958), Hungarian politician.
* Alajos Záborszky (1805–1862), Hungarian politician, lawyer.

## 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.
* György Németh (born 1956), Hungarian historian, teacher.
* Lajos Papp (born 1948), Hungarian heart surgeon, professor.
* Virag Dora (born 1993), Hungarian medical doctor.

## 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

* Antal Bolvári (born 1932), Hungarian water polo player.
* Ferenc Csik (1913–1945), Hungarian swimmer.
* Leila Gyenesei (born 1986), Hungarian modern pentathlete, cross-country skier.
* Árpád Lengyel (1915–1993), Hungarian swimmer.
* Attila May (born 1942), Hungarian fencer.
* Anna Pfeffer (born 1945), Hungarian sprint canoeist.
* László Sótonyi (born 1970), Hungarian handball player, coach.

## Technology

* Péter Horn (born 1942), Hungarian agricultural engineer, professor.
* György Szigetvári (1926–2018), Hungarian architect.

## Other

* Csilla Molnár (1969–1986), Hungarian beauty queen.