List of Hungarian composers

• Ábrányi, Kornél (1822–1903)
• Ádám, Jenő (1896–1982)
• Aggházy, Károly (1855–1918)

• Bakfark, Bálint (1507–1576), also Valentin Bakfark, Bacfarc, Bakfarc, Bakfarkh, Bakffark, Backuart
• Bárdos, Lajos (1899–1986)
• Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
• Bernáth, Ferenc (born 1981)

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• Cziffra, György (1921–1994), in French Georges Cziffra

• Dohnányi, Ernő (1877–1960)
• Doppler, Ferenc (1821–1883), German Albert Franz Doppler
• Durkó, Zsolt (1934–1997)

• Egressy, Béni (1814–1851), born Galambos Benjámin
• Eötvös, Péter (born 1944)
• Erkel, Ferenc (1810–1893)
• Esterházy, Pál (1635–1713), full name Paul I, Prince Esterházy of Galántha

• Farkas, Ferenc (1905–2000)
• Fusz, János (1777–1819), German Johann Evangelist Fuss

• Gárdonyi, Zoltán (1906–1986)
• Goldmark, Károly (1830–1915), German Karl Goldmark
• Gulya, Róbert (*1973)

• Hidas, Frigyes (1928–2007)
• Horváth, Balázs (1976)
• Hubay, Jenő (1852–1937)

• Jeney, Zoltán (born 1943)
• Joachim, Joseph (1831–1907)

• Kálmán, Emmerich (1882–1953)
• Kéler, Béla (1820–1882)
• Kocsár, Miklós (1933–2019)
• Kodály, Zoltán (1882–1967)
• Kozma, József (1905-1969), French Joseph Kosma
• Kurtág, György (born 1926)

• Lajtha, László (1892–1963)
• Lehár, Ferenc (1870–1948), German Franz Lehár
• Ligeti, György (1923–2006)
• Liszt, Ferenc (1811–1886),^[3] German Franz Liszt

• Márta István (born 1962)
• Melis, László (1953–2018)
• Emánuel Moór (1863–1931)

• Orbán, György (born 1947)

• Ránki, György (1907–1992)
• Rózsa, Miklós (1907–1995)

• Sárközy, István (1920–2002)
• Sáry, László (born 1940)
• Sugár, Miklós (born 1952)
• Szervánszky, Endre (1911–1977)
• Szokolay, Sándor (1931–2013)
• Szőllősy, András (1921–2007)
• Szőnyi, Erzsébet (1924–2019)

• Tinódi Lantos, Sebestyén (1510–1556)
• Takács, Jenő (1902–2005)

• Vajda, János (born 1949)
• Vecsey, Ferenc (1893–1935), German Franz von Vecsey, Italian Ferenc de Vecsey

• Weiner, Leó (1885–1960)