Pressburg Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) – a composer and virtuoso pianist born in Pressburg Gustáv Husák (1913–1991) – Slovak politician and the last communist president of Czechoslovakia born in Pressburg Janko Jesenský (1874–1945) – Slovak poet, writer and translator, who lived in Bratislava since 1929 and died there Karl Jetting (1730–1790) – the "Robinson of Pressburg", born in Pressburg, was shipwrecked many times and was living on an isolated island Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734–1804) – inventor, born in Pozsony Eduard Nepomuk Kozics (1829–1874) – important photographer Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727) – founder of the Hamburg Opera, composer, born in Pressburg Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary of Jagiellon (1456–1516) – King of Bohemia and Hungary, spent most of his life in Pressburg Philipp Lenard (1862–1949) – physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905, born and raised in Pressburg Imi Lichtenfeld (1910–1998) – founder of the Israeli martial art Krav Maga, grew up in Pressburg / Bratislava Franz Liszt (1811–1886) – Hungarian composer, who played many concerts in Pozsony and was fond of the town Sigismund of Luxemburg (1368–1437) – Holy Roman Emperor, gave many important privileges to the town and had the Pressburg castle reconstructed Rodion Malinovsky (1898–1967) – Soviet leader of the troops that occupied Bratislava in April 1945, see above Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724–1796) – Austrian painter working in Pressburg Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783) – sculptor, who lived and died in Pressburg Samuel Mikoviny (1700–1750) – scientist and technician, founder of scientific cartography in Hungary, spent 10 years in Pressburg Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) – gave his only concert in Hungary in Pressburg Jozef Murgaš (1864–1929) – Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, patriot, and one of the founders of radiotelegraphy, studied in Presssburg Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930) – composer and conductor, director of the Slovak National Theatre; (1923–1930) – conductor of the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra Adam Friedrich Oeser (1717–1799) – painter and sculptor, studied in Pressburg Ottakar II (see above 1271) Paracelsus (1493–1541) – chemist, scientist and doctor, visited Pressburg in 1537) Péter Pázmány (1570–1637) – archbishop of Esztergom, founded the University of Nagyszombat, built Jesuit colleges and schools in Pozsony Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849) – important Hungarian poet, who often visited Pozsony Ignatius Paul Pollaky (1828-1918) – private investigator/detective who moved to England in 1850 and became known as "Paddington" Pollaky - mentioned in Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" (Act 1). Alajos Rigele (1879–1940) –