László Detre, bornDunst^[1] (19 April 1906,Szombathely – 15 October 1974,Budapest) was aHungarian astronomer well known for his work onvariable stars.

Detre was the director for many years of theKonkoly Observatory in Budapest (assuming the role in 1943), a professor ofBudapest University, and editor of theInformation Bulletin of Variable Stars of theInternational Astronomical Union.^[2][3][4]

Discovered in 1940, asteroid1538 Detre is named after him.

His two sons were prominent sailors:Szabolcs Detre (father of windsurferDiána Detre) andZsolt Detre.

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