Simonyi was born 16 May 1952 in Budapest to a Catholic Mother and a Jewish father. As a four-year-old, he witnessed Soviet tanks roll past his home during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Simonyi was born on May 16, 1952, in Budapest to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father. As a four-year-old, he witnessed Soviet tanks rolling past his home during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.