Science & invention · 1920–2000John Harsanyieconomist, game theoristBudapest-born Nobel laureate in economics and a founder of modern game theory, who taught at Wayne State University in Detroit from 1961 to 1963.DETROIT / A living lexicon / ¼
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Detroiters born in Hungary or of Hungarian descent, and people with strong ties to Hungarian culture: Harry Houdini, conductor Antal Doráti, Ford Model T engineer József Galamb, and the priests, athletes and politicians of Delray's Hungarian neighborhood.
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Clear filtersScience & invention · 1920–2000John Harsanyieconomist, game theoristBudapest-born Nobel laureate in economics and a founder of modern game theory, who taught at Wayne State University in Detroit from 1961 to 1963.
Visual art · 1926–2013Balthazar Korabarchitectural photographer, architectHungarian-born architect-photographer who joined Eero Saarinen's Michigan office in 1955 and became one of America's leading architectural photographers from his Detroit-area base.
Politics · 1922–1993Zolton Ferencylawyer, political activist, professorDetroit-born son of a Hungarian-American family who chaired the Michigan Democratic Party, ran for governor in 1966 and later founded the left-wing Human Rights Party.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own. Famous people's places among the sights ↗