"The Martians" () were a group of prominent scientists (mostly, but not exclusively, physicists and mathematicians) of Hungarian Jewish descent who emigrated from Europe to the United States in the early half of the 20th century.
Leo Szilard jokingly suggested that Hungary was a front for aliens from Mars. In an answer to the question of why there is no evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth (called the Fermi paradox) despite its high probability of existence, Szilárd responded: "They are already here among us they just call themselves Hungarians." This account is featured in György Marx's book The Voice of the Martians.
- Franz Alexander
- George de Hevesy
- George Olah
- George Pólya
- John G. Kemeny
- John Harsanyi
- John Polanyi
- John von Neumann
- Leó Szilárd
- Paul Erdős
- Paul Halmos
- Paul Neményi
- Peter Carl Goldmark
- Peter Lax
- Theodore von Kármán
- Valentine Telegdi
Origin of the name
thumb|[[John von Neumann at Los Alamos]]
The original story from György Marx's book The Voice of the Martians: