János Szentágothai FRS[1] (31 October 1912 – 8 September 1994) was a Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian anatomist, Professor, Member of Parliament, and President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.His father was Antal Géza MD, great-grandfather was Alexander Lumniczer (whose brother-in-law was Schöpf-Merei Ágost).

The general assembly of UNESCO decided the year 2012 to be dedicated to honour the 100th birthday of János Szentágothai.

On 7 June 1938 he married Alice Biberauer, who he met in the Pro Christo Student Association.

In 1963, he returned to Budapest to lead the Semmelweis University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy.

In addition, he performed experimental research on the spinal cord and brainstem reflex mechanisms.

Ferenc Kiss, famous for his work produced for the human anatomy atlas, drew his textbook, which was translated into thirteen languages and more than a hundred editions.