Post famous Hungarians.. celebrities, scientists, writers etc

[Root]

I'm going to start this thread by posting my favourite Hungarian, Frank Darabont (Ferenc Árpád Darabont)





a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer




Frank Darabont movies and TV series


A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
The Blob (1988)
The Fly II (1989)
Buried Alive (1990 TV Movie)
Tales from the Crypt (1990-1992)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Eraser (1996)
The Shining (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Majestic (2001)
King Kong (2005)
The Mist (2007)
The Walking Dead (2010–2011)
Mob City (2013)

[Blondie]

"Frank Darabont" i've never hear this name

[ixulescu]

Darabont is a Romanian surname.

[Root]

Hungarian with Romanian surname? Interesting

[tipirneni]

Andy Grove
Born András István Gróf

[TheMaestro]

Erno Rubik





And Puskas the golden Hungarian

[ixulescu]

my favorite Hungarian: John von Neumann, mathematician, physicist, computer scientist

[Ice]

Judit Polgár

[blogen]

Darabont is a Romanian surname.

Darabont is a Hungarian word (guardsmen) and surname from the French brabanç,on (Brabantian) word. The Romanian name was Hungarian origin. And all of the western words with this meaning.

13-14th century. Hungarian word from the French
14-15th century Western words (Trabant, etc) from the Hungarian, probably connected to Sigismund's court.

[Videx]

Szent-Györgyi Albert