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Budapest is the capital of Hungary. Below is a list of public place names of Budapest that refer to famous people, cities or historic events. Generality of Budapest's public place names relate to the Hungarian national history. In Budapest there are about 8,600 named public place.

Notable people
András Áchim, Hungarian peasant politician • Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor • Endre Ady, Hungarian poet • Dürer Ajtósi, Hungarian-German painter • High Prince Álmos, ancient Hungarian leader, father of ÁrpádGyula Andrássy, Hungarian statesman, see: Andrássy útIstván Angyal, Freedom fighter of the Hungarian revolution of 1956János Apáczai Csere, Hungarian writer and pedagogue • Vilmos Apor, bishop, Righteous among the NationsJános Arany, Hungarian poet, see: Arany János utcaÁrpád, ancient Hungarian leader, "father of the Hungarians", see: Árpád hídKemal Atatürk, statesman of Turkey • Attila, king of the HunsLajos Aulich, Minister of War during Hungarian revolution of 1848Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet • Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky, Hungarian anti-fascist politician during World War II, see: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky útJózsef Bajza, Hungarian poet, see: Bajza utcaBálint Balassi, Hungarian poet • Gábor Baross, Hungarian statesman • Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer • István Báthory, prince of TransylvaniaLajos Batthyány, The first prime minister of Hungary, see: Batthyány térSándor Bauer, Hungarian student, victim of the communism • Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer • József Bem, Polish general during Hungarian revolution of 1848, national hero • Gyula Benczúr, Hungarian painter • Miklós Bercsényi, Kuruc general • Dániel Berzsenyi, Hungarian poet • György Bessenyei, Hungarian poet • Gábor Bethlen, prince of TransylvaniaJános Bihari, Hungarian Gypsi musician • Lujza Blaha, Hungarian actress, see: Blaha Lujza térIstván Bocskai, prince of TransylvaniaSimón Bolívar, "The Liberator" • János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician • Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer and navigator • Winston Churchill, prime minister of the UKCsaba, mythological King of the SzékelysMihály Csokonai Vitéz, Hungarian poet • János Csonka, Hungarian inventor • Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath • Jenő Dalnoki, Hungarian footballer • János Damjanich, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848, national hero • Ferenc Deák, Hungarian statesman, The Wise Man of the Nation, see: Deák Ferenc térHenrik Dembinszky, Polish general during Hungarian revolution of 1848Gyula Derkovits, Hungarian painter • Arisztid Dessewffy, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848Edit Domján, Hungarian actress • György Dózsa, peasants' revolt leader, see: Dózsa György útAntonín Dvořák, Czech composer • József Eötvös, Hungarian minister and writer • Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer • Erzsébet, Austro-Hungarian queen, see: Erzsébet híd, Erzsébetváros, PesterzsébetJános Esterházy, Hungarian martyr politician • Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician • Árpád Feszty, Hungarian painter • György Fráter, Hungarian statesman • Áron Gábor, Artillery during Hungarian revolution of 1848, national hero • Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian writer • Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian military and political figure • Géza, ancient Hungarian leader • Gyula, ancient Hungarian leader • Alfréd Hajós, The first Olympic champion of Hungary • Nándor Hidegkuti, footballer of the Golden Team, see: Hidegkuti Nándor StadiumVictor Hugo, French poet • János Hunyadi, Hungarian military and political figure • Gyula Illyés, Hungarian writer • Mari Jászai, Hungarian actress • John Paul II, Pope • Mór Jókai, Hungarian writer • Attila József, Hungarian poet • János Kálvin, Protestant theologian, see: Kálvin térKálmán Kandó, Hungarian engineer • Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian poet and journalist • József Katona, Hungarian playwright and poet • Ferenc Kazinczy, reformatory of Hungarian languageGáspár Károli, Hungarian Calvinist pastor • Zsigmond Kemény, Hungarian author • Pál Kinizsi, Hungarian general • Sándor Kisfaludy, Hungarian poet • Ernő Kiss, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848János Kis, Hungarian lieutenant-general • György Klapka, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848Sándor Kocsis, footballer of the Golden TeamLajos Kossuth, Hungarian statesman, regent of Hungary during 1848 Revolution, freedom fighter and national hero, see: Kossuth Lajos térFerenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet • Lehel, ancient Hungarian leader, see: Lehel térKároly Leiningen-Westerburg, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848Ferenc Liszt, Hungarian composer, see: Budapest Ferenc Liszt International AirportKároly Lotz, Hungarian-German painter • Imre Madách, Hungarian writer • Péter Mansfeld, freedom fighter during Hungarian revolution of 1956Margit, saint, daughter of king Béla IV of Hungary, see: Margit-sziget, Margit hídMária, mother of JesusIgnác Martinovics, Hungarian Jacobin leader • Mátyás király, king of HungaryKelemen Mikes, Hungarian political figure and essayist • Kálmán Mikszáth, Hungarian writer • Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer • Ferenc Móra, Hungarian writer • Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarian writer, see: Móricz Zsigmond körtérMihály Munkácsy, Hungarian painter • Imre Nagy, prime minister of Hungary during Hungarian revolution of 1956Lajos Nagy, king of HungaryJózsef Nagysándor, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848László Németh, Hungarian writer • János Neumann, Hungarian mathematician • Pál Nyáry, politician during Hungarian revolution of 1848Ond vezér, ancient Hungarian leader • Balázs Orbán, Hungarian writer • Olof Palme, Swedish social-democrat politician • Örs vezér, ancient Hungarian leader, see: Örs vezér terePéter Pázmány, Hungarian theologist • Mór Perczel, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848Sándor Petőfi, national poet of Hungary, freedom fighter and national hero, see: Petőfi hídFrigyes Podmaniczky, Hungarian politician, developer of Budapest (avenues, boulevards, bridges etc.) • Mihály Pollack, Austro-Hungarian architect • Ernő Pöltenberg, general during Hungarian revolution of 1848Elvis Presley, American singer • Ferenc Puskás, footballer of the Golden Team, see: Puskás Ferenc StadiumMiklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet • Ferenc Rákóczi, Hungarian Kuruc leader • József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter • Lipót Rottenbiller, mayor of Pest • Ignác Semmelweis, Hungarian physician • Imre Sinkovits, Hungarian actor • János Sobieski, king of PolandAurél Stromfeld, staff officer of the Hungarian Soviet RepublicErvin Szabó, Hungarian social scientist • Lőric Szabó, Hungarian poet • István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman, "The greatest Hungarian" • Bertalan Szemere, prime minister of HungaryHannah Szenes, Hungarian poet • Szent Adalbert, master of Stephen I of HungarySzent Benedek, Christian saint • Szent Gellért, Christian saint, see: GellérthegySzent György, Christian saint • Szent Imre, son of Stephen I of HungarySzent István, the first king of Hungary, founder of Hungary (1000–1001) • Szent János, Christian saint • Szent József, father of Jesus • Szent Kristóf, Christian saint • Szent László, king of HungarySzent Orbán, Christian saint • Dezső Szilágyi, Hungarian jurist and politician • Erzsébet Szilágyi, mother of Matthias Corvinus of HungaryJózsef Simándy, Hungarian tenor • Pál Szinyei Merse, Hungarian painter • Mihály Táncsics, Hungarian poet and politician • Vilmos Tartsay, Hungarian anti-fascist general during World War IIBlanka Teleki, Hungarian early feminist • László Teleki, Hungarian writer and politician • Edward Teller, Hungarian physysist • Kálmán Thaly, Hungarian poet • Imre Thököly, Hungarian Kuruc leader • Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos, Hungarian lyricist • Ferenc Toldy, Hungarian literary historian • Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer • Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet • István Türr, Hungarian freedom fighter • Vak Bottyán, Hungarian Kuruc general • Gereben Vas, Hungarian poet and writer • Pál Vasvári, Hungarian freedom fighter during Hungarian revolution of 1848Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet • Raul Wallenberg, Swedish humanitarian • Albert Wass, Hungarian writer • Miklós Wesselényi, Hungarian statesman • József Zakariás, footballer of the Golden TeamGyörgy Zala, Hungarian architect • Mihály Zichy, Hungarian painter • Miklós Zrínyi, Hungarian poet and general • This list is not complete, it consists only the most notable people and the most common public place names. • This list is in Hungarian alphabetical order! ==Others==
Others
• Akácfa (wattle tree) • Akácos (wattle wood) • Alkotmány (Constitution) • Állomás (train station) • Anna (given name for girls) • Apahida (former Hungarian village) • Aradi (former Hungarian city) • Bácskai (Hungarian land) • Balatoni (Hungarian lake) • Bánya (mine) • Bártfa (former Hungarian city) • Bécsi (Wiener) • Béke (peace) • Beregszász (former Hungarian city) • Botond (Hungarian given name for boys) • Brassó (former Hungarian city) • Cica (kitten) • Csallóköz (ethnic Hungarian land) • Csap (former Hungarian city) • Csíksomlyó (former Hungarian village) • Csillag (star) • Csongor (Hungarian given name for boys) • Diófa (nut tree) • Duna (Danube) • Eperjes (former Hungarian city) • Erdélyi (former Hungarian land) • Erőmű (power plant) • Érsekújvár (former Hungarian city) • Fátra (former Hungarian mountains) • Fecske (swallow) • Felsőbánya (former Hungarian city) • Fenyves (pine-grove) • Fiume (former Hungarian city) • Fogaras (former Hungarian city) • Fő (Main, for ex.: Main street, Main square) • Füredi (Hungarian city) • Garam (former Hungarian river) • Garázs (garage) • Gyár (factory) • Gyöngyvirág (lily of the valley) • Gyulafehérvár (former Hungarian city) • Hargita (Székely-Hungarian mountains and county) • Háromszék (Székely-Hungarian land) • Hársfa (Tilia) • Határ (city limit, city boundary, see: Határ út) • Hold (moon) • Honvéd (Honvéd is a soldier from the Hungarian National Army) • Hősök (heroes', see: Hősök tere) • Hungária (Latin name of Hungary) • Ibolya (viola) • Igló (former Hungarian city) • Ipolyság (former Hungarian city) • Iskola (school) • Jegenye (black poplar) • Kálvária (calvary) • Kápolna (chapel) • Kassai (former Hungarian city) • Kereszt (Christian cross) • Késmárki (former Hungarian city) • Királyhágó (pass in Apuseni Mountains) • Kolozsvári (former Hungarian city) • Komáromi (Hungarian city) • Kőrös (Hungarian river) • Köztársaság (republic) • Kuruc (Hungarian anti-Habsburg movement) • Léva (former Hungarian city) • Liget (grove) • Liliom (Lilium) • Losonc (former Hungarian city) • Lőcse (former Hungarian city) • Magyar (Hungarian) • Május 1. (May Day) • Máramarosi (former Hungarian land) • Maros (Hungarian river) • Mátra (Hungarian mountains) • Meggyfa (sour cherry tree) • Mexico (Latin-American country) • Nádor (Hungarian dignitary) • Nagybánya (former Hungarian city) • Nagybecskerek (former Hungarian city) • Nagyenyed (former Hungarian city) • Nagykikinda (former Hungarian city) • Nagyszalonta (former Hungarian city) • Nagyszeben (former Hungarian city) • Nagyszombat (former Hungarian city) • Nagyszőlős (former Hungarian city) • Nagyvárad (former Hungarian city, see: Nagyvárad tér) • Nap (sun) • Nefelejcs (forget me not) • Nyár (summer) • Nyitra (former Hungarian city) • Nyúl (rabbit) • Ógyalla (former Hungarian city) • Pacsirta (skylark) • Pálma (palm tree) • Pannónia (Pannonia province) • Pázsit (grass) • Pillangó (butterfly), see: Pillangó utcaPoprád (former Hungarian city) • Pozsonyi (former Hungarian city) • Rákos (Brook in Budapest) • Rezeda (Reseda) • Rigó (oriole) • Rimaszombat (former Hungarian city) • Római (Roman) • Rózsa (rose) • Rozsnyó (former Hungarian city) • Sáfrány (saffron) • Sajó (Hungarian river) • Sas (eagle) • Segesvár (former Hungarian city) • Sólyom (falcon) • Sport • Stefánia (Stephanie, given name for girls) • Szabadka (former Hungarian city) • Szabadság (liberty) • Szamos (Hungarian river) • Szatmár (Hungarian land) • Szegfű (clove pink) • Szigetvári (Hungarian city) • Szőlő (Vitis) • Tátra (former Hungarian mountains) • Tavasz (spring) • Temesvári (former Hungarian city) • Temető (graveyard) • Templom (church) • Tihany (Hungarian village) • Tisza (Hungarian river) • Tordai (former Hungarian city) • Torockó (ethnic Hungarian village in Transylvania) • Török (Turkish) • Trencsén (former Hungarian city) • Tulipán (tulip) • Turul (mythological national bird of the Hungarians and Hungary) • Tüzér (artilleryman) • Udvarhely (former Hungarian county) • Ugocsa (former Hungarian county) • Újvidék (former Hungarian city) • Ungvár (former Hungarian city) • Uzsoki (former Hungarian mountains) • Vág (former Hungarian river) • Vágóhíd (slaughterhouse) • Városház (city hall) • Vasút (railway) • Vereckei (pass in the Carpathians) • Vezér (ruler) • Viola (viol) • Virág (flower) • Zilah (former Hungarian city) • Zombori (former Hungarian city) • Zólyomi (former Hungarian city) • This list is not complete, it consist only the most common public place names. • In Budapest the name of former Hungarian cities (see: Treaty of Trianon) are very common for streets and squares. For example, there are 8 Kolozsvár streets and 9 Kassa streets. == Most common public place names ==
Former public place names
• Moszkva tér (Moscow Square), 1951–2011, now Széll Kálmán tér • Lenin körút (Lenin Boulevard), 1970–1990, now Erzsébet and Teréz körút • Sztálin út (Stalin Avenue), 1950–1956, now Andrássy Avenue • Népköztársaság útja (Avenue of the People's Republic), 1957–1990, now Andrássy Avenue • Majakovszkij utca (Mayakovsky street), 1950–1990, now Király utca • Tolbuhin körút (Tolbukhin Boulevard), 1945–1990, now Vámház körút • Dimitrov tér (Dimitrov Square), 1949–1991, now Fővám tér • Hitler tér (Hitler Square), 1938–1945, now Kodály körönd • Roosevelt tér (Roosevelt Square), 1945–2011, now Széchenyi István tér • Mussolini tér (Mussolini Square), 1936–1945, now Oktogon • November 7. tér (7 November Square), 1950–1990, now Oktogon • Marx tér (Marx Square), 1950–1990, now Nyugati tér • Felszabadulás tér ("Liberation" Square), 1953–1990, now Ferenciek tere • Élmunkás tér (lit. "Top Worker" Square) until 1990, now Lehel tér ==See also==
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