Street names of Budapest
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Budapest is the capital of the European country of Hungary. This page gives an overview of street names in the city that refer to famous persons, cities or historic events.
[edit] In the Center of Buda (postal code 1010-1019)
[edit] persons
- Péter Apor, a Transsylvanian baron
- Attila the Hun (Attila), powerful king of the Huns
- Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and translator
- Lajos Batthyány, the first prime minister of Hungary in 1849
- Józef Bem, Polish general and a national hero of Poland and Hungary
- Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (Corvin), King of Hungary, ruling between 1458 and 1490
- Mihály Fazekas, Hungarian writer from Debrecen.
- János Fiáth
- Benjamin Franklin, one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States
- Saint George (Szent György), soldier of the Roman Empire who later became a Christian martyr
- John Hunyadi, Voivode of Transylvania (from 1441), captain-general (1444–1446) and regent (1446–1453) of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Kálmán Lisznyai
- Virgin Mary (Mária)
- Ivan Markovits
- Galeotto Marzio, Italian humanist (Galeotti)
- Lázár Mészáros, Minister of War under 1848's Hungarian Revolution.
- Ferenc Móra, Hungarian novelist, journalist and museologist
- Gerard Sagredo (Szent Gellért)), a bishop of Italian origin who operated in Hungary
- Ilonka Szábo
- Dezsõ Szilágyi
- Mihály Táncsics, Hungarian politician.
- Ferenc Toldy
- Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet and translator
- Miklós Ybl, Hungarian architect.
[edit] miscellaeneous
- Branch street (Ág)
- Brave or Good street (Derék)
- Gellért Hill street
- Goldfish street (Aranyhal)
- Tokaj-Hegyalja street (Hungarian Wine Region) (Hegyalja')
- High street (Magas)
- Hyacinth (Jácint)
- Linz, city in Austria (Linzi)
- Metal street (Fém')
- Raspberry street (Málna)
- School street (Iskola)
- Seashell street (Kágylo)
- Siege street (Ostrom)
- Swan street (Hattyú)
- Woodpecker street (Harkály)

