Hungarian communists

György Lukács (/ˈluːkɑːtʃ/; Hungarian: [ˌɟørɟ ˈlukaːtʃ]; (or Georg Lukács) 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, aesthetician, literary historian, and critic.

Ervin Szabó (23 August 1877 – 29 September 1918) was a Hungarian social scientist, librarian and anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary.

Ágnes Heller (born 12 May 1929) is a Hungarian philosopher.

(The native form of this personal name is Losonczi Pál. This article uses the Western name order.) Pál Losonczi (Pál Laklia; 18 September 1919, Bolhó – 28 March 2005) was a Hungarian Communist political figure.

Tibor Szamuely (December 27, 1890 – August 2, 1919) was a Hungarian Communist leader.

Lajos Magyar (25 November 1891, Istvándi, Hungary – 17 July 1940, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Hungarian Communist journalist and sinologist, active in the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, after the fall of which he was imprisoned by the Horthy regime.

John Pepper, also known as József Pogány and Joseph Pogany (born József Schwartz; November 8, 1886 – February 8, 1938), was a Hungarian-Jewish Communist politician, active in the radical movements of both Hungary and the United States.

Theodore Maly (1894 – 20 September 1938) was a former Roman Catholic priest and Soviet intelligence officer during the 1920s and 1930s.

Gábor Péter (born as Benjámin Eisenberger in Újfehértó, 14 May 1906 – Budapest, 23 January 1993) was a Hungarian Communist politician, of Jewish origin.

Lajos Kassák (March 21, 1887, Érsekújvár – July 22, 1967, Budapest) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde, and occasional translator.

László Rudas (born Adolf Róth; 1885–1950) was a Hungarian communist newspaper editor and politician who survived the Great Purge in the Soviet Union to become director of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of Hungary.

Ștefan Foriș (born István Fóris, also known as Marius; May 9, 1892 – summer of 1946) was a Romanian communist activist and journalist who served as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR or PCdR) between 1940 and 1944.

Jenő Landler (November 23, 1875 – February 25, 1928) was a Jewish-born Hungarian Communist leader.

Ferenc Szabó (27 December 1902 Budapest – 4 November 1969 Budapest) was a Hungarian composer.

Ilona Duczynska (Polish: Ilona Duczyńska; Hungarian: Duczynska Ilona, Ducsinszka Ilona)(11 March 1897, Vienna – 24 April 1978, Pickering), was a Polish-Hungarian-Canadian revolutionary, journalist, translator, engineer, and historian.

Imre Lakatos (Hungarian: Lakatos Imre [ˈlɒkɒtoʃ ˈimrɛ]; November 9, 1922 – February 2, 1974) was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and also for introducing the concept of the 'research programme' in his methodology of scientific research programmes.

(The native form of this personal name is József Attila. This article uses the Western name order.) Attila József (Hungarian: [ˈɒtːilɒ ˈjoːʒɛf]; 11 April 1905 – 3 December 1937) was a Hungarian poet of the 20th century.

Alabert Fogarasi, also known as Béla Fogarasi (1891-1959) was a Hungarian philosopher and politician.

Gyula Thürmer (born 14 April 1953) is a Hungarian communist politician and a former diplomat, who has been the chairman of the Hungarian Workers' Party since its formation on December 17, 1989.

György Lázár (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ ˈlaːzaːr]; 15 September 1924 – 2 October 2014) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1975 to 1987.

The native form of this personal name is Moldova György.

Countess Klára Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka (Kája; January 18, 1898 – April 12, 1941) was a Hungarian-born noblewoman, who later became a Czechoslovak Communist and revolutionist.

Gyula Derkovits (13 April 1894, Szombathely, 18 June 1934, Budapest) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist whose work shows elements of Expressionism, Cubism and Constructivism.

(For the Romanian soccer player, see Miklós Nagy (footballer).)(The native form of this personal name is Nagy Miklós. This article uses the Western name order.) Miklós Nagy (8 June 1932 – 29 April 1974) was a Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Minister of Education from 1973 until his death.

(The native form of this personal name is Hamburger Jenő. This article uses the Western name order.) Jenő Hamburger (31 May 1883 – 14 December 1936) was a Hungarian politician of Jewish descent, who served as People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic.

János Petrán (born 28 August 1934) is a former Hungarian diplomat and security agent, who served as Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 1981 and 1983.

Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk (8 September 1896 – 11 February 1987) was a Hungarian Jewish psychotherapist, poet and communist.

Ferenc Nezvál (7 February 1909 – 26 November 1987) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1957 and 1966.

János Pap (1925–1994) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1961–1963.

Lajos Faluvégi (22 October 1924 – 5 December 1999) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1971 and 1980.

Mihály Korom (9 October 1927 - 3 October 1993) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1966 and 1978.

Rodion Markovits (or Markovitz, born Markovits Jakab; 1888 – August 27, 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian-born writer, journalist and lawyer, one of the early modernist contributors to Magyar literary culture in Transylvania and Banat regions.

Pál Vastagh (born 23 September 1946) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1994 and 1998.

(The native form of this personal name is Polinszky Károly. This article uses the Western name order.) Károly Polinszky (19 March 1922 – 15 August 1998) was a Hungarian chemical engineer and politician, who served as Minister of Education between 1974 and 1980.

(The native form of this personal name is Kónya Albert. This article uses the Western name order.) Albert Kónya (14 June 1917 – 16 March 1988) was a Hungarian physicist and politician, who served as Minister of Education between 1956 and 1957.

Pál Romány (born 17 November 1929) is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food between 1975 and 1980.

Péter Fülöp (24 March 1914 – 15 September 2004) was a Hungarian diplomat, who served as Hungarian Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the United States in 1971.

István Cs. Bartos (Hungarian: Bartos Cs. István, pronounced [ˈbɒrtoʃ ˈt͡ʃeː ˈiʃtvaːn]; AKA Bartos the Great Human Muck Pit) is a Hungarian performance artist and spoken word performer mostly known for his acts in which he eats dirt, garbage, raw meat, animal cadavers, excrement and drinks his own urine representing the decay of human condition.

Pál Szende (7 February 1879 – 15 July 1934) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1918 and 1919.

Imre Dimény (born 3 August 1922) is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and former Communist politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture and Food between 1967 and 1975.

Gyula "Julius" Háy; 5 May 1900 – 7 May 1975) was a Hungarian communist intellectual and playwright.

(The native form of this personal name is Köpeczi Béla. This article uses the Western name order.) Béla Köpeczi (16 September 1921 – 17 January 2010) was a Hungarian cultural historian and politician, who served as Minister of Education between 1982 and 1988.

(The native form of this personal name is Erdey-Grúz Tibor. This article uses the Western name order.) Tibor Erdey-Grúz (4 July 1902 – 16 August 1976) was a Hungarian chemist and politician, who served as Minister of Higher Education between 1952 and 1953 and after that as Minister of Education from 1953 to 1956.

László Háy (31 August 1891 – 27 January 1975) was a Hungarian economist, physician and politician, who served as Governor of the Hungarian National Bank during the Communist regime from 17 April to 20 November 1956.

(The native form of this personal name is Orbán László. This article uses the Western name order.) László Orbán (2 August 1912 – 18 November 1978) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Culture between 1974 and 1976.

Dr. István Ries (14 November 1885 – 15 September 1950) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1945 and 1950, during the transition period to the communism in Hungary.

Béla Székely (17 July 1889 – 10 January 1939) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1919 (until 24 June with Gyula Lengyel).

Béla Kovács (12 May 1910 - 14 June 1980) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1953 and 1954.

(The native form of this personal name is Csizmadia Sándor. This article uses the Western name order.) Sándor Csizmadia (10 March 1871 – 3 March 1929) was a Hungarian politician and poet, who served as People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic.

Imre Markója (1931 – 27 March 2008) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1978 and 1988.

Lt. Gen. János Kamara (1 May 1927 – 3 July 2000) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1985 and 1987.

István Ládai (Láday; 14 May 1873 – ?) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as People's Commissar of Justice in 1919 during the Hungarian Soviet Republic.