Szentes
# Szentes

Szentes is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád county, near the Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region.

## Notable people

* Árpád Balázs (born 1937), classical music composer
* János Bácskai 1954. november 27, actor
* János Berkes (born 1946 May 24) opera singer (tenor)
* István Bugyi (1898-1981) surgeon - The local hospital named after him
* Dóra Dúró (born 1987), politician
* Jozsef Gera (born 1937) aircraft engineer, former chief of the Dynamics and Controls Branch at NASA
* László Gyimesi (born 1948), pianist
* Mihály Horváth (1809–1878), Roman Catholic bishop
* Tamás Kecskés (born 1986), footballer
* Zsolt Koncz (born 1977), footballer
* László Márkus (1881-1948), drama author, director, member of the Hungarian Opera
* András Mészáros (born 1941), former cyclist
* Ibolya Nagy (1864–1946), actress
* Lajos Őze (1935–1984), actor
* László Papp (1905–1989), wrestler
* István Szelei (born 1960), fencer
* Lajos Szilassi (born 1942), mathematician
* Konrád Verebélyi (born 1995), footballer
* Zséda (born 1974), singer
* László Terney (1947-1998) architect
* László Ujréti (born 1942) actor, voice actor
* Péter Szalay (born 1962), quantum chemist, theoretical chemist

## Twin towns – sister cities

Szentes is twinned with:

* Bačka Topola, Serbia
* Buñol, Spain
* Dumbrăvița, Romania
* Hof Ashkelon, Israel
* Kaarina, Finland
* Markgröningen, Germany
* Sankt Augustin, Germany
* Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
* Skierniewice, Poland
* Svätuše, Slovakia
