Top Ten Famous Musicians/Actors with Hungarian Origins
The Top Ten
1 Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer and film score composer. He is best known for being the frontman of the British band Dire Straits.
His father is hungarian.
2 Gene Simmons
Chaim Witz, known professionally by his stage name Gene Simmons, is an Israeli-American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor and television personality.
His parents were hungarians, and he speaks hungarian quite well.
3 Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Simon's fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel.
4 Drew Barrymore
Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, producer, director, author, model and entrepreneur. She is a member of the Barrymore family of actors, and the granddaughter of John Barrymore. She achieved fame as a child actress with her role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
5 Tommy Ramone
Thomas Erdelyi, better known by his stage name Tommy Ramone, was a Hungarian American record producer, musician, and songwriter.
6 Peter Falk
One of his great-grandfather was hungarian.
7 Kesha
Kesha Rose Sebert (formerly known as Ke$ha) was born on March 1st, 1987 in Los Angeles, United States. She is best known for her hits like Timber, Tik Tok, and We R Who We R.
Kesha is an animal rights activist and she works for H.S.I. (Humane Society International). Kesha also stands up for L.G.B.T. rights in America
One of her great-grandmother was hungarian
8 Veres Mariska
Her father was hungarian.
9 Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American alternative rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress.
10 Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s.
The Contenders
11 Zoltan Bathory
He is the founder, rhythm guitarist, and one of the main songwriters, for the band Five Finger Death Punch (Las Vegas-based band).
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