Which famous people have you outlived?

Miklós Wesselényi

Hungarian politician

Died when: 53 years 103 days (639 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Miklós Wesselényi

Baron Miklós Wesselényi de Hadad (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmikloːʃ ˈvɛʃɛleːɲi]; archaically English: Nicholas Wesselényi; 20 December 1796 – 21 April 1850) was a Hungarian statesman, leader of the upper house of the Diet, member of the Board of Academy of Sciences, hero of the 1838 Pest flood.A prominent and wealthy Hungarian aristocrat, son of Baron Miklós Wesselényi and Ilona Cserei, he was born at Zsibó (now Jibou), and was educated at his father's castle by in a liberal and patriotic direction.He inherited his father's physical strength, and he further trained himself in different sports, such as horse-riding and swimming.

He was a celebrity in his age for his sportsman's accomplishments.


Related People

Lajos Batthyány
Hungarian politician
Zsigmond Perényi
Hungarian politician
Dénes Pázmándy
Hungarian politician
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License