Famous jewish personalities of Balassagyarmat
Rabbis, scholars:
Rabbi Ezekiel Baneth z'tl (Óbuda, 1773 - Nyitra, 1854)
Rabbi Mordechai Baneth z'tl (Óbuda, 1872 - Stomfa, 1849/50)
Rabbi Benjamin Ze'ev Wolf Boskowitz z'tl (Boskowitz, 1740 - Bonyhád, 1818)
Chief Rabbi Aharon David Deutsch z'tl (Raudnitz, 1812 - Balassagyarmat, 1878)
Chief Rabbi David (Chaim Aron David) Deutsch z'tl (Balassagyarmat, 1898 - Auschwitz/Mauthausen?, 1944)
Chief Rabbi Joseph Israel (Yosef Yisroel) Deutsch z'tl (Pozsony, 1843 - Balassagyarmat, 1927.)
Chief Rabbi Moshe Deutsch z'tl (Pozsony, 1844 - Salgótarján, 1931.)
Chief Rabbi Menachem Zvi Deutsch z'tl (Balassagyarmat, 1898 - Auschwitz, 1944)
Chief Rabbi Meir Eisenstadter z'tl, also known as "Maharam Ash" (Sasvár, 1780- Ungvár, 1852)
Rabbi Judah Leib Engel z'tl
Rabbi Moses Engel z'tl (Balassagyarmat, 1739- Pilisvörösvár, 1820) rabbi, poet.
Rabbi Pinkász Kálmán z'tl (Balassagyarmat, 1917- Jerusalem, 2011)
Rabbi Joseph Rosenberg z'tl (Balassagyarmat, 1829 - Püspökladány, 1905)
Rav Yochanan Sofer, Rebbe of the Erlau Yeshiva in Jerusalem (Eger,1923 - )
Rabbi Gyula Sámuel Spiegler z'tl (Balassagyarmat, 1838- Budapest, ?)
Chief Rabbi Maier Zipser z'tl (Balassagyarmat 1815 - Rohonc, 1869)
Leaders of the Jewish Community
Lajos Bakos z'l (Balassagyarmat, 1925 - Budapest, 1998)
Mór Boros z'l teacher (Balassagyarmat, 1887 - Auschwitz, 1944)
Mór Brett z'l school-principal (Balassagyarmat, 1841 - Balassagyarmat, 1919)
Mihály Lázár z'l Chairman of the Jewish Community (Balassagyarmat, 1886 - Auschwitz, 1944 )
József Róth z'l, Chairman of the Jewish Community (Deménd, 1913 - Balassagyarmat, 2003)
Artists , entertainers
József Gábor, opera singer (Balassagyarmat, 1879 – Illéspuszta, 1929)
Michel Gyarmathy, scene and costume designer, art director of the Paris Folies Bergere (Balassagyarmat, 1908 - Paris, 1996)
Ernő Kondor, composer, violinist, founder of the first Hungarian cabaret (Balassagyarmat, 1881 - Budapest, 1951)
Iván Markó, ballet-dancer, choreographer (Balassagyarmat, 1947 -)
Márk Rózsavölgyi, composer, violinist, the "father of Czardas Dance"(Balassagyarmat, 1789 - Pest, 1848)
Physicians, jurists
Dr. Gyula Gábor jurist, historian (Balassagyarmat, 1868 – Budapest, 1936)
Dr. Manó Hasenfeld physician, balneologist, private lecturer (Balassagyarmat, 1836 – Budapest, 1905)
Dr. Ármin Neumann jurist (Nagyvárad, 1845 - Budapest, 1909)
Dr. József Somló, lawyer, politician (Balassagyarmat, 1883 - ?, 1944)
Jewish physicians of Balassagyarmat (summarizing study)
Engineers, architects
Dezső Magos (Munk) architect (Balassagyarmat, 1884 - Aszód, 1944)
Authors, journalists
Andor Gaál novelist, journalist (Balassagyarmat 1895 - Auschwitz, 1944)
Jenő Wallesz novelist, journalist (Balassagyarmat, 1871 – Budapest, 1943)
Gabriel Wells publisher, author, collector (Balassagyarmat, 1861 - New York 1946)