He is the only survivor of the Nazis' Holocaust to serve in the US Congress.
Democrat member of the US House of Representatives from California; term of service: 3 January 1981 - 11 February 2008 (died in office).
His wife, Annette Lantos (born Tilleman), was a first cousin, once removed, of actresses Magda Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Eva Gabor. Annette was a first cousin of their mother, Jolie Gabor, Countess de Szigethy (born Janszieka Tilleman).