Medicine, science, business, acting and art are just some of the fields Hungarians are proud to have famous representatives in. Many of their inventions you use on a daily basis, probably without even realizing. For example, did you know that Vitamin C was discovered by a Hungarian scientist, Albert Szentgyörgyi? Or that the first modern computer was created with the help of a Hungarian polimath, John von Neumann? Or, to cite a more recent topic, that the mRNA technology used in one of the most efficient vaccines that fight the current coronavirus pandemic was patented by a Hungarian biologist, Katalin Karikó?
Are you interested in modern art? Victor Vasarely is the grandfather of op art. Do you like superhero movies? The trope of the “hero with a secret identity” was first created by a Hungarian writer, baroness Emma Orczy. Do you like to sing? Zoltán Kodály’s method for teaching the basics of music to young children is the standard in many countries around the world.