List of people from Košice

This is a list of notable people from Košice, Slovakia

A

 * Edita Angyalová (born 1979), MP (2002-2007)

B

 * Frigyes Bán, Hungarian film director
 * János Batsányi, poet and Hungarian language regenerate, worked and lived in Košice
 * Gyula Benczúr, painter, started to learn in secondary school in Košice
 * Jiří Bicek, ice-hockey player, won Stanley cup 2003 with New Jersey Devils
 * Stephen Bocskay, prince of Transylvania, died in Košice

C

 * Michal Čekovský, basketball player, currently with the Maryland Terrapins
 * Erik Černák, professional ice hockey player, born in Košice
 * Lajos Csordák, painter, was born and died in Košice

D

 * David Dobrik (born 1996), YouTube personality
 * Vladimír Dravecký (born 1985), Slovak ice-hockey player for the HC Oceláři Třinec, in the Czech Extraliga
 * Gabriela Dzuríková (born 1973), actress

E

 * János Esterházy, ethnic Hungarian politician in former Czechoslovakia, won parliament mandate in Košice in 1935
 * Edith Eger, Holocaust survivor, psychologist and author of “The Choice”

G

 * Radola Gajda, commander of the Russian Czechoslovak Legion, fascist politician, was given command of the 11th Division in Košice in 1922
 * Dr. William Ganz, cardiologist co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter, born in Košice
 * Béla Gerster, architect of the Corinth Canal and co-architect of the Panama Canal, born in Košice
 * Jozef Gönci, Slovak sport shooter and Olympic bronze medallist twice

H

 * Barbara Haščáková (1979-2023), singer
 * Elchanan Heilprin (1921-2015), rabbi, born in Košice, in former Czechoslovakia
 * Martina Hingis (born 1980), Swiss naturalised tennis player, born in Košice, in former Czechoslovakia
 * Žofia Hruščáková (born 1995), basketball player

I

 * Julia Indichova, American reproductive healthcare activist and author, born in Košice, in former Czechoslovakia

J

 * Július Jakoby, painter, born and died in Košice
 * Vladimír Janočko, Slovak football player, born in Košice
 * Christián Jaroš, Slovak ice hockey player for the Ottawa Senators
 * Tomáš Jurčo, Slovak ice hockey player for the Springfield Thunderbirds in the AHL

K

 * Peter Kažimír, State Secretary of Finance (2006-2010), MP (2010-2012), Minister of Finance (2012-2019), Central Bank governor (since 2019)
 * Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author, regenerator of the Hungarian language, studied, lived and worked in Košice
 * Karol Kisel, Slovak footballer, born in Košice
 * Gyula Kosice, Argentine sculptor, plastic artist, theoretician and poet
 * Alex Král, Czech footballer born in Košice
 * Juraj Kuniak, Slovak poet and writer, born in Košice
 * Andrej Kvašňák, legendary Slovak football player

M

 * Božena Mačingová, Slovak writer, author of books for children and young adults
 * Pál Maléter, military leader of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, started to serve as a professional army officer in the Hungarian military in Košice
 * Sándor Márai, Hungarian writer, born in Košice
 * Martin Marinčin, Slovak ice-hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers team in the NHL

N

 * Ladislav Nagy, ice-hockey player and former NHL player
 * Imre Németh, Hungarian hammer fall champion, born in Košice

P

 * Pavol Paška, Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia (2006-2010, 2012-2014)
 * Róbert Petrovický, Slovak ice hockey and former NHL player, born in Košice
 * István Pongrácz, martyr killed by George I Rákóczi's soldiers in 1619
 * Jozef Psotka, mountaineer, born in Košice

R

 * Veronika Rabada (born 1984), singer
 * Arpád Račko (1930–2015), sculptor, worked in Košice
 * Francis II Rákóczi (1676–1735), Prince of Transylvania and leader of anti-Habsburg uprisings, stayed in Košice and his remains are buried there

S

 * Blessed Sister Sára Salkaházi, Sister of Social Service, martyr murdered by the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest
 * Marek Sapara, football player
 * Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, tennis player
 * Rudolf Schuster, former Košice mayor and the second president of Slovakia (1999–2004)
 * Radoslav Školník, professional Slovak footballer, born in Košice
 * Juraj Slafkovský, ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens. Selected first overall in the 2022 NHL Draft
 * Koloman Sokol, artist, founder of Slovak graphic art, deemed "Slovak Picasso", studied in Košice
 * Egon Steuer, head coach of the national basketball team of the Netherlands, born in Košice
 * Aurel Stodola, engineer, physicist and inventor, studied in Košice
 * Marek Svatoš, former ice hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche
 * Ferenc Szálasi, politician leader of the Arrow Cross Party, born in Košice

T

 * Zuzana Tlučková (born 1962), actress
 * Ladislav Troják (1914-1948), ice hockey player

V

 * Cyril Vasiľ (born 1965), eparchial Bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice

W

 * Barbora Wrzesiński (born 1994), basketball player

Z

 * Peter Žiga (born 1972), Minister of Environment (2012-2016) and Economy (2016-2020) of Slovakia