The memory of György Dózsa is preserved by a statue on the square of his native village, Dálnok, near the Reformed Church.

The exact date of his birth was not preserved, but according to contemporary sources he was forty years old at the time of his death, counting from about 1470 in Dálnok, where he spent his childhood.

György Dózsa was a Székely noble horse, not a peasant. He served in Nándorfehérvár as a cavalry captain, receiving the noble coat of arms from the king for his valor. In 1514 he was appointed leader of the crusade against the Turks announced by Archbishop Tamás Bakócz. After the campaign was suppressed, and no further recruitment banned, the gatherers turned against the ruling regime seeking to force them back to mowing, and ruined many noble castles. After their initial successes they were defeated by the noble troops led by János Szapolyai.

The person of György Dózsa later became a symbol of the struggle against oppressive noble power.