List of people from Kaposvár

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Kaposvár, Somogy County, Hungary.

Arts

• Béla Babai (1914-1997), Romani-American musician
• László Babarczy (born 1941), Hungarian theater director.
• Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), Hungarian painter, art theorist.
• István Bors (1938–2003), Hungarian sculptor.
• Béla Faragó (born 1961), Hungarian composer.
• Sándor Galimberti (1883–1915), Hungarian painter.
• János Gyenes (1912–1995), Hungarian photographer.
• Zsolt Homonnay (born 1971), Hungarian actor.
• Ilona Ivancsics (born 1960), Hungarian actress.
• Ferenc Martyn (1899–1986), Hungarian artist, sculptor, graphic designer.
• Zoltán Őszi (born 1967), Hungarian graphic designer, illustrator.
• Judit Pogány (born 1944), Hungarian actress.
• József Rippl-Rónai (1861–1927), Hungarian painter.
• Magdolna Szőnyi (1915–1992), Hungarian arts teacher, artist.
• Klári Varga (born 1970), Hungarian actress.
• Zsuzsanna Varga (born 1970), Hungarian actress.
• János Vaszary (1817–1939), Hungarian painter, graphic artist.

Church

• Béla Balás (born 1941), Hungarian Bishop of Kaposvár.

Literature

• Róbert Cey-Bert (born 1938), Hungarian writer, psychosociologist, food historian and a university professor.
• Éva Czipri (1943–1974), Hungarian chemist, poet.
• Kriszta D. Tóth (born 1975), Hungarian author, journalist, ambassador of UNICEF.
• Éva Fésűs (born 1926), Hungarian author.
• Árpád Papp (1937–2010), Hungarian poet, literature historian, translator, teacher.
• Gábor Rozsos (born 1965), Hungarian poet.
• István Kemsei (born 1944), Hungarian poet, essayist, teacher, librarian.
• Tamás Szabó Kimmel (born 1984), Hungarian actor.
• Manó Kónyi (1842–?), Hungarian stenographer, publicist.
• Manó Marton (1874–1928), Hungarian journalist, editor, poet.
• Ludwig Scharf (1864–1939), German lyricist, translator.
• Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926), Hungarian poet, translator.
• Atala Kisfaludy (1836–1911) Hungary poet, writer.
• Gyula Takáts (1911–2008), Hungarian poet, author, translator, teacher.

Military

• Béla Király (1912–2009), Hungarian army officer.
• László Merész (1915–1997), Hungarian soldier.

Politics

• István Gyenesei (born 1948), Hungarian politician.
• Imre Nagy (1896–1958), Hungarian politician.
• Alajos Záborszky (1805–1862), Hungarian politician, lawyer.

Science

• Sándor Abday (1800–1882), Hungarian actor, theater director.
• György Buzsáki (born 1949), Hungarian neuroscientist.
• Péter Frankl (born 1953), Hungarian mathematician, street performer, columnist, educator.
• Péter Hanák (1921–1997), Hungarian historian, cultural historian.
• János Haraszti (1924–2007), Hungarian veterinarian, university teacher, researcher.
• Moritz Kaposi (1837–1902), Hungarian physician, dermatologist, discoverer of the skin tumor called Kaposi's sarcoma.
• Ernő Lendvai (1925–1993), Hungarian mathematician, music theorists.
• György Németh (born 1956), Hungarian historian, teacher.
• Lajos Papp (born 1948), Hungarian heart surgeon, professor.
• Virag Dora (born 1993), Hungarian medical doctor.

Sports

Football

• Szabolcs Balajcza (born 1979), Hungarian football player.
• Benjamin Balázs (born 1990), Hungarian football player.
• István Bank (born 1984), Hungarian football player.
• Lukács Bőle (born 1990), Hungarian football player.
• Győző Burcsa (born 1954), Hungarian football player.
• Zoltán Czibor (1929–1997), Hungarian football player.
• Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), Hungarian football player.
• Zoltán Finta (born 1979), Hungarian football player.
• László Horváth (born 1988), Hungarian football player.
• Zoltán Jovánczai (born 1984), Hungarian football player.
• Béla Koplárovics (born 1981), Hungarian football player.
• Viktor Petrók (born 1981), Hungarian football player.
• Gábor Reszli (born 1988), Hungarian football player.
• Róbert Waltner (born 1977), Hungarian football player.

Other sports

• Antal Bolvári (born 1932), Hungarian water polo player.
• Ferenc Csik (1913–1945), Hungarian swimmer.
• Leila Gyenesei (born 1986), Hungarian modern pentathlete, cross-country skier.
• Árpád Lengyel (1915–1993), Hungarian swimmer.
• Attila May (born 1942), Hungarian fencer.
• Anna Pfeffer (born 1945), Hungarian sprint canoeist.
• László Sótonyi (born 1970), Hungarian handball player, coach.

Technology

• Péter Horn (born 1942), Hungarian agricultural engineer, professor.
• György Szigetvári (1926–2018), Hungarian architect.

Other

• Csilla Molnár (1969–1986), Hungarian beauty queen.