Famous People with Name Bela

Béla Bugár            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Béla Bugár: a Magyar (ethnically Hungarian) politician in Slovakia. He was the leader of Party of the Hungarian Coalition from 1998 until 2007, with Pál Csáky as his successor. Bugar is since 1992 MP of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. He was its acting speaker from 7 February, to 4 July 2006. Béla Bugár has already announced that he is going to retire from politics by 2010.

Béla Kun            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Béla Kun: was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919.Kun fought for Austria-Hungary in World War I, and was captured and made a prisoner of war in 1916 by the Russians. He was sent to a POW camp in the Urals, where he became a Communist. In 1917, Kun was caught up in what he regarded as the romance of the Russian Revolution, the idea of which fulfilled for him certain spiritual needs previously unsatisfied. Paradoxically, he held Russians to a certain degree in contempt, feeling that Communism was much better suited to "civilized" nations such as Hungary rather than "barbaric" Russia. During his time in Russia, Kun became fluent in Russian (he was also fluent in German, and competent at English).

Béla Bácskai            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Béla Bácskai: was a Hungarian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a member of the Hungarian team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. He played one match as back.

Béla Háray            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Béla Háray: is a Hungarian ice hockey and field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.At the 1936 Summer Games he was a member of the Hungarian field hockey team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic t

Béla Bartalos            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Béla Bartalos: is a former Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.Four years later he finished sixth with the Hungarian team in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all five matc