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People we are proud of

Sándor Puhl, Hungarian international football referee, in 1946. He received the Kossuth Prize in 2012. He has

inspector, sports manager, and television commentator written more than 800 songs and four of the 10 most oft en
was born in Miskolc in 1955. As a Hungarian referee, he played songs in Hungary are connected to Rózsi Demjén.
was the only one to work at a World Cup final, as well as in According to estimates, the number of albums sold by

a Champions League final, and he was elected four times the pop music icon, a well-known singer, exceeds three
as the World’s Best Referee. To commemorate his service million.

as a referee at the World Cup final, he received a small
replica of the World Cup trophy. In 2000, he received the

Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of
Hungary for his outstanding work in promoting Hungary
worldwide, and in 2013, Emőd, the city of his childhood,
elected him honorary citizen.
Figure skater Júlia Sebestyén was the first Hungarian

woman to win the title “European Champion” in 2004.

The nine-time adult Hungarian champion, athlete from
Tiszaújváros. She participated in the Olympics in Nagano

in 1998 for the first time, where she took 15th place at

the age of 16. She finished in 8th place in Salt Lake City
in 2002; it was her best performance at the Olympics. In
2004, he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Republic
of Hungary.
Ferenc Demjén, the Kossuth Prize-winning Hungar-
ian singer, songwriter, and bassist, was born in Miskolc

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