Berzsenyi Dániel Gimnázium

Berzsenyi Dániel Secondary School Berzsenyi Dániel Gimnázium
The original building
Address
49-53 Kárpát Street, Budapest, Hungary Budapest , Hungary 1133
Information
Former names	Pest Imperial and Royal Catholic High School ("Pesti császári és királyi Katolikus Főgimnázium") Budapest-Terézvárosi Állami Főreáltanoda
School type	Secondary school
Established	1858
Status	Operates
School district	13th district of Budapest
Headmaster	Gyöngyi Kiss (since 2016)
Teaching staff	68
Grades	Humanities Natural science Formal science Modern languages
Years offered	4 or 6
Age range	between 14 and 18
Capacity	550
Classes	18
Average class size	34
Language	Hungarian
National ranking	26th (2023)
Website	www.berzsenyi.hu/

Berzsenyi Dániel Secondary School (Hungarian: Berzsenyi Dániel Gimnázium) is one of the leading secondary schools in Hungary. The current building located in the 13th district of Budapest. The previous one was in the downtown of the city.

Notable alumni include Mihály Károlyi, formal Prime Minister and President of Hungary, poets Miklós Radnóti and Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian-American businessman György Soros and Olympic champion swimmer Alfréd Hajós.

Notable alumni

• Mihály Károlyi, politician, former Prime Minister and President of Hungary
• Miklós Radnóti, poet
• Frigyes Karinthy, author, playwright, poet and journalist
• Alfréd Hajós, Olympic champion swimmer
• George Soros, businessman, investor, and philanthropist
• Tom Lantos, American politician
• André Kostolany, speculator
• Dennis Gabor, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and mechanical engineer
• George Pólya, mathematician
• Bence Szabolcsi, music historian
• Victor Jacobi, operetta composer
• György Szepesi, radio personality, journalist and sports executive
• Tibor Szanyi, politician
• Bence Tordai, politician
• Gusztáv Rados, mathematician
• Gábor Tardos, mathematician
• György Sárközi, poet
• Jenő Heltai, poet
• Zsófia Szamosi, actress
• Judit Hernádi, actress
• Zsuzsa Koncz, singer
• István Eörsi, writer, novelist and poet
• Gábor Darvas, composer and musicologist
• Marcel Grossmann, mathematician
• Gabor Carelli, classical tenor
• Donát Bánki, mechanical engineer
• Emanuel Beke, mathematician
• Péter Zollman, scientist, engineer and inventor

See also

• List of notable secondary schools in Hungary

External links

• Website (in Hungarian)