Hungarian Argentines

Hungarian Argentines

Argentínai magyarok (Hungarian) Magiar-argentino (Spanish)
Total population
Unknown (by birth) + 50,000 (by ancestry)
Regions with significant populations
Mainly in Buenos Aires
Languages
Spanish · Hungarian
Religion
Majority: Catholicism · Protestantism Minority: Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
Hungarians · Hungarian Brazilians · Hungarian Americans · Hungarian Canadians

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The presence of Hungarian Argentines (Hungarian: Argentínai magyarok) dates back to the 18th century, when a number of Hungarian Jesuit priests came to North Argentina and Paraguay and settled in Jesuit Reductions. After the fall of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 a number of Hungarian officers fled to Argentina. Among them were János Czetz, founder of the Colegio Militar de la Nación (the Argentine National Military Academy) and Alexander Asboth, who served as United States Ambassador to Argentina. Another well-known Hungarian emigrant to Argentina is László Bíró, who perfected and patented his invention, the ballpoint pen – also known as biro – after his emigration to Argentina.

Today, there are between 40,000 and 50,000 people of Hungarian descent living in Argentina, mostly in Buenos Aires. Most of them arrived in the three main emigration waves: during and after World War I, during and after World War II, and after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was crushed by the Soviet Union. They maintain 19 associations and four registered religious communities throughout the country, the Hungarian community carries musical instruments such as Violin, which have long been used in Argentina.

• Francisco Benkö (1910–2010), chess master
• László Bíró (1899–1985), inventor of the modern ballpoint pen
• Vladislao Cap (1934–1982), association football player
• János Czetz (1822–1904), organiser and first director of Argentina's national military academy
• Gisela Dulko (born 1985), professional tennis player and former world No. 1 player in doubles
• Américo Hoss (1916–1990), cinematographer
• Alexandra Keresztesi (born 1983), Hungarian-born Argentine sprint canoer
• Imre Rajczy (1911–1978), fencer and Olympic gold medalist
• Ladislao Szabo (born 1923), water polo player

• Argentina–Hungary relations
• Hungarian people
• Hungarian diaspora
• Argentines of European descent

• Az argentínai magyarság (Hungarians in Argentina) – Embassy of Hungary in Buenos Aires, Argentina (in Hungarian)

• Hungarian Argentine Chamber
• Hungarian Embassy in Buenos Aires: History of the Hungarians in Argentina (in Spanish) Archived 2009-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Buenos Aires City Government: History of the Hungarian Argentine community (in Spanish) Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine