List of people from Kaposvár

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

Arts

 * 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.

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.
 * Béla Babai (1914-1997), Romani American musician

Technology

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

Other

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