Actually, there were/are a lot of famous and not famous at all Hungarians/Americans with Hungarian ancestry, who have lived/live in American and made their adopted nation better.
Leo Szillard, who was part of inventing "THE BOMB" that ended WW II, was the uncle of a woman my grandmother was friends with and I played with her sons, when I was very little. Yes, I knew and met the great man, when he visited his family, but at that age, he was just another adult to me.
Many old films stars, directors, and owners of movie studios were Hungarian immigrants or of Hungarian descent. But most people have very little knowledge of Hungary and couldn't pick someone out of a lineup, who they thought looked Hungarian, if their lives depended on it. Well, perhaps the Gabor girls, but that's about it. LOL
I do agree with you that Eva was the best of the lot, but it was ZsaZsa who had the fun name. ZsaZsa. What fun. Magda was the third sister, I remember. They were a story, for sure. Gabor, I wonder if that was their true name. It was a different but pretty name, given the girls were beautiful, it rolled off the tongue like a lyric.
I read a long story on them last year and enjoyed it so much.
> But most people have very little knowledge of Hungary and couldn’t pick someone out of a lineup, who they thought looked Hungarian, if their lives depended on it. <
Sadly, that’s true. Hungarian history is filled with stories of resistance against invaders. Take 1956 as just one example. But to pick an Hungarian out of a lineup, that’s easy. Just pick the best-looking person. (My grandparents were Hungarian, so maybe I’m a little bit biased here!)