List of Hungarian Australians

This is a list of notable Hungarian Australians and their descendants.

• Peter Abeles (Sir) - (1924–1999). Prominent businessman. Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).
• Attila Abonyi - (born 1946). Soccer administrator and player for Melbourne Hungaria. Member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany.
• Larry Adler - company director.
• Rodney Adler - company director and former managing director of FAI Insurance.
• Stephen Angyal - (born 1914). Former Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of New South Wales 1960-1979. Winner of the Ollé Prize for Australian Chemistry, 1966.
• Frank Arok - Australian soccer coach.
• Géza Bachman - Musician. Played for Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
• István Bakos - assistant priest and Hungarian chaplain for the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta.
• Suzanne Balogh - trap shooter. Won gold for Australia in 2004 Athens Olympics. Won gold and bronze medals in Commonwealth Games of 2002 and 2006. Hungarian father.
• Michael Peter Balzary, better known as Flea (musician) - (born 1962). Bassist, trumpet player and actor. Co-founder of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music.
• Hajnal Ban - (born 1977). Queensland barrister and author.
• Emery Barcs - journalist and broadcaster.
• Ivan Barko - academic and French scholar, University of Sydney.
• Cheryl Bart - lawyer and Australian Broadcasting Corporation Board member.
• Gregory Benko - Australian fencer at 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany.
• George Berczeller (Best) - (1914–2008). Composer, pianist and entertainer.
• Leslie Bodi - (born 1922). Professor Emeritus of German, Monash University.
• Zoltan Bodolai - writer.
• George Bornemissza - (born 1924). Entomologist. Awarded member of the Order of Australia (AO).
• Rudolf Bozoky - (1933–2007). Architect, property developer and builder.
• Stephen Leslie Bradley (Istvan Baranyay) - (1926–1968). Kidnapper and murderer of Graeme Thorne in 1960, one of Australia's best known crimes.
• Joe Bugner - (born 1950). Australian heavyweight boxer.
• Judy Cassab - painter and twice winner of the Archibald Prize. Awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE) and Order of Australia (AO).
• Peter Christoff - Associate Professor (Environmental Studies), University of Melbourne. Opponent of climate change denial.
• Endre Csapo - Editor-in-chief, Hungarian Life (Magyar Élet) weekly newspaper.
• Oszkar Csuvik - water polo champion and coach. Represented Hungary at 1948 London Olympic and coached Australian water polo team at 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
• Tom Danos - high profile Victorian barrister
• Lászlo Deák - (1928–2002). hydrographer and Tasmanian community radio producer.
• Adam Debreczeny - Novelist.
• Andras Dezsery - book publisher.
• Kriszta Doczy - (born 1948). Film producer and distributor.
• András Domahidy - (born 1920). Novelist and librarian.
• Eva Eden - Principal, Janet Clarke Hall, University of Melbourne.
• Anthony Endrey - (1922-2010). Queen's Counsel, Master of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and author.
• Andrew Fabinyi - book publisher. Awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE)
• Martin Fabinyi - Australian film and television producer.
• Felix Fazekas - (1929-1998). Major, Australian Army. Vietnam veteran, awarded Military Cross for gallantry. Jungle warfare specialist at Australian Army Land Warfare Centre, Canungra, Queensland.
• Stephen Fazekas de St. Groth - Microbiologist. Former Professor of Microbiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University.
• Stephen (Istvan) Ferencz – (1926–2004). Tasmanian winemaker.
• István Forgács - Managing director of ship-building company based in the Hunter and Newcastle area of New South Wales.
• Peter A.R. Fritz- (born 1943). Author and engineer. Member of the Order of Australia, awarded 1993.
• Gabor Gero - Hungarian athlete at 1936 Berlin Olympic and athletics coach in Australia.
• Renée Geyer - (1953). Singer and author. Hungarian father.
• Stephen (Istvan) Goetzel – (1856-?). mining engineer and Western Australian government prospector.
• Bela Gosztola – (1909–1988). Hungarian Army medical officer, public service surgeon, District Medical Officer in Australian administered Territory of Papua and New Guinea.
• Nick Greiner - Liberal Party of Australia New South Wales Premier. Born in Budapest, Hungary. Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).
• Denis Halmagyi - (1921-2008). Medical researcher and intensive care specialist.
• John Harsányi - (1920–2000). Winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. Academic. Emigrated to Australia and held positions at University of Queensland and Australian National University. Made important contributions to game theory.
• Charles Haszler - medical practitioner and first President of the Papua-New Guinea Medical Society.
• Charles Hegyalji - (1956–1998). Melbourne gangland criminal known as "Mad Charlie". Murdered during Melbourne's wave of gangland killings. Dino Dibra was implicated in his murder.Associate of Chopper Read.
• John (János) Herendi - (1925–2011). South Australian educator and President of the Federal Council of the Hungarian Associations in Australia and New Zealand for 3 years (1975–1977). Awarded Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the Hungarian community and multiculturalism.
• Alfred Horvath (1924–2000). Engineer, forester and roadwork contractor in South Australia
• Rel Hunt - (1974). Actor.
• Robt Imre - Lecturer in International Relations, University of Newcastle, New South Wales.
• Alex Jobbāgy - artist and multimedia designer.
• Annie Jones (actress) - (born 1967). Actress. Winner of two Logie Awards.
• Gary Jungwirth - local government activist, Mayor of Preston and Hume in Victoria, and the son of Sir John and Lady Edna Jungwirth.
• Janos (John) Jungwirth - Hungarian Army officer in the 1848 Revolution, emigrated to South Australia in 1856 and to Victoria in 1857. Grandfather of Sir John Jungwirth.
• John Jungwirth (Sir) - Senior Victorian public servant
• Ken Jungwirth - Victorian Football League player for Melbourne and Carlton.
• Béla Kardos - President of the Hungarian Council of New South Wales. Awarded Order of Australia Medal (OAM).
• Lucy Kiraly - professional model, Monash University graduate and television personality. First "barrel girl" when Tattslotto game introduced to Australian television in 1972.
• Alex Sandor Kolozsy -sculptor. Created five metre tall monument to late Australian rock and roll legend Johnny O'Keefe.
• Vilmos (Bill) Kormos - Democratic Labor Party candidate for the Australian Senate from Victoria in 1958.
• Judit Korner - beauty therapist. CEO of Madame Korner Beauty Therapy Salons and Colleges.
• Francis Kotai - potter and ceramist.
• Gabor Kovacs - prominent medical specialist in obstetrics and gynecology at Box Hill Hospital, Victoria. Chairman of the IVF Directors Group, Fertility Society of Australia.
• Martin Kovacs - late Professor of History at University of Regina, Canada. Graduate of Universities of Budapest (Hungary) and Melbourne (Australia). Author of numerous books, including a text on assimilation and immigration in Australia
• Elemér Kozma (1929–2003). founder of manufacturing company Kozma Industries in Victoria.
• George Kulcsar - (born 1967). Soccer footballer. Has played for AIS and Canberra City clubs.
• Gabriel Kune - Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Melbourne. Cancer specialist.
• Egon Kunz - librarian and author.
• Géza Lakatos - (1890–1967). Prime Minister of Hungary, 29 August1944 - 16 October 1944. Military general.
• Andrew Lederer - (1918–2004). Smallgoods manufacturer. Awarded member of the Order of Australia (AM).
• Ernest (Erno) Leviny - (1818–1905). gold & silversmith, artistic jeweller, businessman.
• Frank Lowy - prominent businessman and philanthropist. Co-founder, with John Saunders, of the Westfield Group, a conglomerate owner of shopping centres.
• David Martin - poet.
• Andrew Mattay - Colonel, Australian Army. Vietnam Veteran and Army Commanding Officer, Tasmania.
• Andrew Mensaros - Liberal Party of Australia former member of the Parliament of Western Australia and Minister in several governments.
• Andor Meszaros - Australian medallic artist.
• Michael Meszaros - sculptor and medallic artist. President of the Association of Sculptors of Victoria in 1993. Son of Andor Meszaros.
• George Molnar - (1910–1998). Sydney Morning Herald cartoonist and prominent architect. Awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE) and Order of Australia (AO).
• George Molnar (philosopher) - (1934–1999). Philosopher, with interests in metaphysics, at the University of Sydney.
• Les Murray (László Ürge) - Head of Sport, SBS Australia and prominent broadcaster. Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
• Charles (Karoly) Nyulasy – (1821–1889). Mining engineer.
• Andrew Olexander - former Liberal Party of Australia and Independent Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Silvan Province.
• Desiderius Orban - painter and printmaker. President of the NSW Branch of the Contemporary Art Society of Australia. Awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1975.
• John Orcsik - (born 1945). Actor and television scriptwriter.
• Jackie Orszaczky - (1948–2008). Musician, arranger and record producer.
• Tibor Paul - (1909–1973). conductor of the ABC Symphony Orchestra.
• Maria Pekli - (born 1972). Won Gold Medal for Australia in Judo at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. Won Bronze Medal for Australia at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
• George Pikler (1910–2011) - Composer, arranger, conductor, clarinetist, pianist
• Gregory Pikler - Guitarist. Teacher at Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
• Robert Pikler (1909–1984) - Founder of Musica Viva and the Sydney String Quartet.
• John Polya - late associate professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Tasmania. Prominent supporter of dismissed Philosophy Professor Sydney Sparkes Orr.
• Alex Pongrass - (1923–2000). Engineer, industrialist, soccer administrator and philanthropist. Instrumental, with Frank Lowy, in establishing the National Soccer League. Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
• John (Janos) Radvansky (Baron) – (1924–2007). Hereditary nobleman, academic. Professor of Education at Monash University.
• Steven Raskovy - represented Australia as a wrestler at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, 1964. One Nation Party candidate at the Australian House of Representatives by-election for the Division of Higgins, 2009.
• Dianne Reilly - Australian Labor Party Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mudgeeraba (Gold Coast) 2001-2009.
• Sándor Rozsnyói - steeplechase runnner at 1956 Melbourne Olympic and athletics coach.
• Roza Sage - Liberal Party of Australia Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Blue Mountains
• John Saunders - co-founder, with Frank Lowy, of the Westfield Group, a large corporate owner of shopping centres.
• Alex Somlyay - Liberal Party of Australia Member of the House of Representatives for Fairfax (Queensland).
• Robert Stary - leading Victorian criminal lawyer, who represented notorious gangland criminal the late Carl Williams. He is also the Australian lawyer representing Julian Assange.
• Lajos Steiner - late former chess International Master.
• Miklos (Nicholas) Szabados - world champion table tennis player.
• George Szekeres - (1911–2005). Mathematician. Taught at University of New South Wales.
• Sandor Szoke - (born 1926) Competed in fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
• István Törk - (1939–1992). Anatomist. Professor at University of New South Wales. Internationally recognised authority on brain anatomy.
• Laszlo Toth - (born 1940). Australian geologist.
• Tommy Tycho - Musician. Musical director of television Channel 7, Sydney. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
• Attila Urmenyhazi - Tasmanian writer.
• Patrick Veszpremi - Australian rules foootballer. Played in the Australian Football League for both the Western Bulldogs and the Sydney Swans.
• Jason Voros - (born 1976). Australian cricketer.
• Sigismund Wekey – (c. 1825 – 1889). Ex-army officer, prospector, director, author.
• Stephen Wurm - (1922–2001). Internationally recognised linguist and Professor of Linguistics at Australian National University.
• Charles Zentai - (born 1921). Alleged war criminal.

Further reading

• Anthony, Karina (2006). The Political Representation of Ethnic and Racial Minorities. New South Wales Parliamentary Briefing Paper 3/06, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service, Sydney, NSW. ISBN 0731317947
• Józsa-Demian, Erika (2001), “Hungarians”, in James Jupp (ed.), The Australian People. An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins, Revised edition, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, Pages 421-425. ISBN 0521807891
• Kunz, Egon F.(1969), Blood and Gold. , F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, Victoria.
• Kunz, Egon F.(1985), The , Australasian Educa Press, Blackburn, Victoria. ISBN 0867872055
• Kunz, E.F. (1988), “Hungarians”, in James Jupp (ed.) The Australian People. An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins, North Ryde, NSW, Angus and Robertson, Pages 536-541. ISBN 0207154279
• Migration Museum of South Australia (1995). From Many Places. The History and Cultural Traditions of South Australian People, Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, p.208. ISBN 1 86254 347 X
• Ürményházi, Attila (2006), The Hungarian Revolution-Uprising Budapest 1956, ISBN 0-646-45885-X, National Library of Australia: Record Id: 40312920
• Ürményházi, Attila (2010a), Hungarian Presence in Tasmania, National Library of Australia, Ref:LD10/201319 & Bib ID 4936363
• Ürményházi, Attila (2010b), Synopsis Biography Of Twenty Preeminent Hungarian Australians, National Library of Australia Ref: LD10/205022 & Bib ID 4975071
• Ürményházi, Attila (2011), Medley of 10 remarkable Hungarian migrant stories, National Library of Australia Ref: LD11/220317 & Bib. ID 5197377