Dobrovský (1753–1829), a Czech philologist and historian Márk Rózsavölgyi (1789–1848), musician, componist Maier Zipser (1815–1869), neolog rabbi Kálmán Mikszáth (1847-1910), Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician, lived here Károly Balogh de Mankó Bük (1879-1944), Hungarian statesman and writer. Iván Nagy (hu) (1824–1898), genealogist, heraldic, historian János Zádori (1831-1887), Roman Catholic priest, Ecclesiastical writer, lived here Sigmund Streisinger (1880-1942), glazer Dezső Magos (Munk) (1884-1944), Hungarian architect Albert Kenessey surgeon (1889–1973) Rose & Jenny Dolly, Hungarian-American dancers and actresses Lőrinc Szabó (de Gáborján) (1900-1957), a poet and literary translator, lived here Lajos Ligeti (hu) (1902–1987), orientalist Michel Gyarmathy, director of Folies Bergère in Paris Ernő Zórád (hu) (1911–2004), illustrator, graphic artist, painter, comic artist Károly Jobbágy (hu) (1921–1998), poet and literary translator Iván Markó (hu) (born 1947), ballet dancer, choreographer György Udvardy (born 1960), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Veszprém Ferenc Palánki (hu) (born 1964), Roman Catholic Bishop of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza Zoltán Szlezák (born 1967), football player Péter Kőszeghy (born 1971), composer and music educator Orsolya Szatmári (hu) (born 1975), pop singer Twin towns – sister cities Balassagyarmat is twinned with: Dej, Romania Heimenkirch, Germany Lamezia Terme, Italy Ostrołęka, Poland Slovenské Ďarmoty, Slovakia Svaliava, Ukraine Pavia, Italy Gallery See also Slovenské Ďarmoty Salesians in Hungary Balassa Prison of Balassagyarmat (hu) Lutheran Church of Balassagyarmat (hu) Palóc Museum (hu) Public transport of Balassagyarmat (hu) External links Official site in Hungarian References Populated places in Nógrád County Shtetls Divided cities Holocaust locations in Hungary Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust