The borders of Hungary have changed substantially in the past century. Many places that were once part of Hungary now belong to neighboring countries. This is a list of famous Hungarians who were born outside present-day Hungary, organised by country of birth and listed with the name of their birthplace as it is currently named.

Austria

Burgenland

• Pál Kitaibel (Mattersburg, Austria; chemist, botanist)
• Ferenc Liszt (Raiding, Austria; composer)

See also German category Kategorie:Burgenländer

Czech Republic

• Koloman Gögh (Kladno, a football player)

Romania

• Endre Ady (Érmindszent/Mecenţiu, Romania; poet)
• János Apáczai Csere (Apáca/Apaţa, Romania; educator)
• Lajos Áprily (Braşov, Romania; poet)
• János Arany (Salonta, Romania; poet)
• Albert-László Barabási (Cârţa, Romania; physicist)
• Béla Bartók (Sânnicolau Mare, Romania; composer)
• István Báthory (Şimleu Silvaniei, Romania; captain, governor)
• Elek Benedek (Băţanii Mici, Romania; collector of folk tales)
• Gábor Bethlen (Ilia, Romania; captain, governor)
• István Bocskai (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; captain, governor)
• Farkas Bolyai (Buia, Romania; mathematician)
• János Bolyai (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; mathematician)
• Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; perhaps the most famous king of Hungary)
• György Dózsa (Dalnic, Romania; leader of a peasant revolt)
• Jenő Dsida (Satu Mare, Romania; poet)
• József Erdélyi (Batăr [Újbátorpuszta], Romania; poet)
• André François (Timişoara Romania; painter, graphic artist)
• Zoltán Jékely (Aiud, Romania; poet, writer)
• Margit Kaffka (Carei, Romania; poet, novelist)
• Sándor Kányádi (Porumbenii Mari, Romania; poet)
• Ferenc Kazinczy (Şimian, Romania; poet, language reformer)
• Károly Kós (Timişoara, Romania; architect)
• Ferenc Kölcsey (Satu Mare, Romania; poet, author of the national anthem)
• Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (Chiuruş, Romania; orientologist)
• Béla Kun (Cehu Silvaniei, Romania; politician)
• György Kurtág (Lugoj, Romania; composer)
• György Ligeti (Târnăveni, Romania; composer)
• Béla Lugosi (Lugoj, Romania; actor)
• Kelemen Mikes (Zagon, Romania; writer)
• Péter Pázmány (Oradea, Romania; theologian, writer)
• Sándor Reményik (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; poet)
• István Sinka (Salonta, Romania; poet, novelist)
• Mihály Sinka (Timişoara, Romania; lawyer)
• András Sütő (Cămăraşu, Romania; writer)
• Áron Tamási (Lupeni, Romania; writer)
• Sámuel Teleki (Dumbrăvioara, Romania; Africa researcher)
• László Tőkés (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; bishop, politician)
• Árpád Tóth (Arad, Romania; poet)
• Sándor Veress (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; pianist, composer)
• Albert Wass (Răscruci, Romania; writer, poet)
• Miklós Wesselényi (Jibou, Romania; politician, academician, writer)

Serbia

• Géza Csáth (Subotica, Serbia; writer)
• Dezső Kosztolányi (Subotica, Serbia; poet, writer)
• Péter Lékó (Subotica, Serbia; chess grandmaster)

Slovakia

• Gyula Andrássy (Košice, Slovakia; politician)
• Gyula Andrássy the Younger (Trebišov, Slovakia; politician)
• Bálint Balassi (Zvolen, Slovakia; poet)
• Miklós Bercsényi (Tematín, Slovakia; captain)
• Lujza Blaha (Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia; actress, "the nightingale of the nation")
• Ernő Dohnányi (Bratislava, Slovakia; conductor, composer, pianist)
• Mór Jókai (Komárno, Slovakia; writer)
• Lajos Kassák (Nové Zámky, Slovakia; poet, painter, typographer, graphic artist)
• Imre Madách (Dolná Strehová, Slovakia; poet)
• Sándor Márai (Košice, Slovakia; writer)
• Baron Ladislas Mednyanszky de Mednyes et Medgye (Beckov, Slovakia; painter)
• László Mécs (Družstevná pri Hornáde, Slovakia; poet)
• Kálmán Mikszáth (Sklabiná, Slovakia; writer)
• Szilárd Németh (Komárno, Slovakia; football player)
• Ferenc II Rákóczi (Borša, Slovakia; prince, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1703-11)
• Gyula Reviczky (Vítkovce, Slovakia; poet)
• János Selye (Komarno, Slovakia; psychologist, researcher)
• Mihály Tompa (Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia; poet)

Ukraine

Transcarpathia

• Mihály Munkácsy (Mukacheve, Ukraine; painter)
• Moshe Leib Rabinovich (Mukacheve, Rabbi, scholar)