Graduates

Thousands of young people have passed through our benches over the years. Our predecessors and we do everything so that every young person can later be successful in their personal or professional life.

Websites for graduates of Gamče, through which you can stay in touch with your old school and at the same time help it, are I’m a graduate resp. collection.

Below we publish a continuously updated list of important and publicly known graduates and teachers of the school:

1626

Peter Pázmaň
(1570 – 1637)

founder of the school; Ostrihom archbishop and cardinal, philosopher, educator, writer, politician and Jesuit
Wikipedia

1648

František Vešeléni
(1605 – 1667)

school director 1646/47; palatine and husband of Žofia Bosniaková
Wikipedia

169x

Samuel Timon
(1675 – 1736)

polyhistorian and pedagogue, founder of critical historiography
Wikipedia

173x

Juraj Pray
(1723 – 1801)

historian and librarian, founder of Hungarian historiography
Wikipedia

176x

František Handerla
(1747 – 1783)

historian, pedagogue and author of textbooks, dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Buda

František Rausch
(1743 – 1816)

mathematician and dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Buda, royal councilor
Wikipedia

1780

Anton Bernolák
(1762 – 1813)

priest, linguist and codifier of the Slovak language
Wikipedia

1795

Adam Liszt
(1776 – 1827)

father of Franz Liszt
Wikipedia

1850

Martin Hatalla
(1821 – 1903)

professor of Slovak 1850~61; theologian, linguist, pedagogue and Štúrovec
Wikipedia

1856

Martin Čulen
(1823 – 1894)

professor of mathematics and physics 1856-59; nationalist, mathematician and educator
Wikipedia

186x

Ján Nepomuk Batka
(1845 – 1917)

musicologist and critic, city archivist
Wikipedia, Profile Bratislavské rožky o.z.

1873

Fridrich Dohnány
(1843 – 1909)

professor of mathematics and physics 1873-1905; educator, naturalist and stenographer
Wikipedia

189x

Ernest Dohnány
(1877 – 1960)

music composer, conductor and pianist
Wikipedia

1899

Béla Bartók
(1881 – 1945)

music composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist
Wikipedia

1922

Ivan Horváth
(1904 – 1960)

writer, columnist, politician and diplomat
Wikipedia

1923

Ján Červeňanský
(1905 – 1977)

founder of modern orthopedics in Slovakia, university professor (LF UK), doctor and academician
SOTS profile

Branislav Varsik
(1904 – 1994)

university professor (FF UK), historian, archivist and scientist
Wikipedia, MUOP, Záhorské múzeum

1925

Alexander Húščava
(1906 – 1969)

historian, pioneer assistant of historical sciences in Slovakia, university professor (FF UK) and archivist
Wikipedia

1926

Ján Jamnický
(1908 – 1972)

actor, director, screenwriter and teacher
Wikipedia

1927

Jozef Černáček
(1909 – 2006)

founder of neurology in Slovakia, university professor (LF UK), doctor and academician
Nekrológ

1928

Gejza Dusík
(1907 – 1988)

music composer and co-founder of Slovak operetta
Wikipedia

1929

Juraj Haluzický
(1911 – 1991)

vice-rector of the University of Musical Arts, dean of the Faculty of Music of VŠMU, conductor and music teacher
HC profile

Ľudovít Ilečko
(1910 – 2010)

painter and illustrator
Nekrológ

1933

Mária Kišoňová-Hubová
(1915 – 2004)

opera singer
Wikipedia

Gustáv Husák
(1913 – 1991)

president of the Czechoslovak Republic, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Czech Republic and a communist politician
Wikipedia

Dezider Kardoš
(1914 – 1991)

composer, director of the Slovak Philharmonic and university teacher (HF VŠMU)
Wikipedia

193x

Julián Podoba
(1916 – 2005)

endocrinologist, founder of endocrinology in Slovakia and scientist (SAV)
Nekrológ

194x

Jozef Minárik
(1922 – 2008)

historian of literature
Wikipedia

Mikuláš Gažo
(1922- 2014)

biochemist, co-founder of animal biochemistry in Slovakia and an enthusiastic Bratislava historian
Nekrológ

Július Kozma
(1929 – 2009)

the first Slovak international chess master and editor-in-chief of the daily Šport
Wikipedia

Gustáv Čatár
(1927-2017)

biologist, parasitologist, university professor, dean (LF UK) and vice-rector (UK)
Consilium LIFE

195x

Ján T. Vilček
(born 1933)

microbiologist and university professor (School of Medicine, New York University, USA), philanthropist
Vilček Foundation profile, Wikipedia

Dušan Škvarenina
(1939-1997)

track cyclist, world record holder and Olympian
Wikipedia

1956

Lucia Poppová
(1939-1993)

opera singer
Wikipedia, Classical Music

1957

Milan Lasica
(1940-2021)

humorist, playwright, novelist, lyricist, actor, director, presenter and singer
Štúdio L+S profile , Wikipedia, Book profile

1959

Božidara Turzonovová
(born 1942)

actress and university teacher
Wikipedia

1976

Vladimír Palko
(born 1957)

politician and university teacher, former Minister of the Interior of the SR
Wikipedia

1978

Vladimír Burjan
(born 1960)

education expert, founder and director of EXAM testing, ex. Gamčák professor of mathematics
Personal page

Martin Mojžiš
(born 1960)

theoretical physicist and university teacher (FMFI UK), journalist (weekly) and writer
Wikipedia, Book profile

1981

Róbert Redhammer
(born 1963)

Chairman of the Executive Board of the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education, former rector of STU and electrical engineer
STUBA profile

1982

Lucia Žitňanská
(born 1964)

lawyer and former Minister of Justice of the Slovak Republic
Blog, Wikipedia

198x

Boris Kollár
(born 1965)

chairman of the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic, entrepreneur (also owner of Fun radio)

1987

Ľuboš Fellner
(born 1969)

traveler, founder and director of CK Bubo

1990

Tomáš Szalay
(born 1971)

health expert (HPI) and former journalist (TV Markíza)
HPI stránka, Blog

1991

Ivan Jakabovič
(born 1972)

co-founder and vice-chairman of the board of directors of J&T
J&T profile

Patrik Tkáč
(born 1973)

co-founder and vice-chairman of the board of directors of J&T
J&T profile, Wikipedia

Daniel Lipšic
(born 1973)

lawyer, former Minister of Justice and member of the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic
Personal page, Wikipedia

1992

Roman Baranovič
(born 1974)

director of CZŠ Narnia
Narnia profile

Peter Halák
(born 1973)

education expert (o.i. Indícia), manager of ZŠ Félix
Indícia profile, Félix profile

1995

Stanislav Boledovič
(born 1976)

co-founder and manager of Nexteria and Teach For Slovakia
Teach For Slovakia profile

Miroslav Beblavý
(born 1977)

member of the National Assembly of the Slovak Republic, expert on social affairs and teacher
Personal page, Wikipedia, Článok o hájení Gamče

Michal Hvorecký
(born 1976)

writer and columnist
Personal page, Wikipedia, Book profile

Peter Brüll
(born 1976)

sports director of the European Olympic Committees
EOC profile

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