Iván T. Berend: key obituary facts
Is Iván T. Berend dead? Yes. Iván T. Berend died on August 30, 2026, at age 95.
Cause of death: Iván T. Berend's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Iván T. Berend known for?
He was a Hungarian economics historian (1930–2026).
More about Iván T. Berend
Born: 11 December 1930.
Place of birth: Budapest.
Place of death: Los Angeles.
Gender: male.
Occupation: historian, university teacher, economist, politician.
Nationality: Hungary.
Education: Corvinus University of Budapest, Eötvös Loránd University.
Employer: University of California, Los Angeles, Corvinus University of Budapest.
Awards: Kossuth Prize, honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow.
Children: Nora Berend.
Also known as: Iván Tibor Berend, Iván Berend, Ivan T. Berend, Ivan Tibor Berend, Ivan Berend.
Occupations: Historian, economist, university professor, politician.
Iván T.
Berend, the Hungarian historian who led the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and later taught at UCLA, died on August 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Budapest on December 11, 1930, he built a career as an economics historian focused on the economic and social history of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Berend served as president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1985 to 1990 and was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party’s Central Committee between 1988 and 1989. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and continued teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles. His honors included Hungary‘s Kossuth Prize, an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015.