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5 figures
Ignaz Semmelweis
1818 – 1865Proved handwashing saves mothers' lives; ridiculed and died in an asylum.
Hungary·Medicine
Karl Polanyi
1886 – 1964The Great Transformation showed markets are made by states, not found in nature.
Hungary·Political Economy · History
John von Neumann
1903 – 1957Computer architecture, game theory, quantum foundations.
Hungary·Mathematics · Computing · Economics
Ernő Rubik
b. 1944His cube became a global object lesson in group theory.
Hungary·Engineering · Mathematics
Katalin Karikó
b. 1955Demoted, defunded, and right: her mRNA work produced the COVID vaccines.
Hungary·Medicine · Biology · ChemistryNobelFull profile