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Otto Adler Otto Adler is the president of the Jewish Association of Romania, a Holocaust survivor and a polyglot. He can speak fluently in Romanian, Hebrew, English, French, German, Hungarian and Russian. Early life He was born in 1929 into a large Jew ...
(1929–), president of the Jewish Association of Romania * Alexandru Agache (1955–), operatic baritone *
Egon Balas Egon Balas (June 7, 1922 in Cluj, Romania – March 18, 2019) was an applied mathematician and a professor of industrial administration and applied mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University. He was the Thomas Lord Professor of Operations Research ...
(1922–2019), mathematician, professor at Carnegie Mellon University *
Edith Balas Edith Balas is a Professor of Art History, College of Humanities & Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born June 20, 1929 in Cluj, Romania, she is a Holocaust survivor, art professor and historian. Biograp ...
(1929-), art historian, professor at Carnegie Mellon University *
Oana Ban Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team. Her best events were the floor and the balance ...
(1986-), Olympic gymnast and gold medalist (2004) * Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911), Prime Minister of Hungary (1895-1899). *
Miklós Bánffy Count Miklós Bánffy de Losoncz (30 December 1873 – 5 June 1950) was a Hungarian nobleman, liberal politician, and historical novelist. His books include '' The Transylvanian Trilogy'' (''They Were Counted'', ''They Were Found Wanting'' and '' ...
(1873–1950), nobleman, novelist, Foreign Minister of Hungary (1921–1922) * Stephen Bocskay (1557–1606), Calvinist nobleman, Prince of Transylvania (1605–1606). *
Ádám Bodor Ádám Bodor (born 22 February 1936 in Cluj) is a Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin. Life and writing Bodor was born in Romania to a staunchly anti-communist father and was himself an anti-communist. In his youth he believed i ...
(1936–), author *
János Bolyai János Bolyai (; 15 December 1802 – 27 January 1860) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician, who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry. The discovery of a consisten ...
(1802–1860), mathematician * Coralia Cartis, mathematician * Ruxandra Cesereanu (1963–), poet, writer and literary critic *
Matthias Corvinus Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I ( hu, Hunyadi Mátyás, ro, Matia/Matei Corvin, hr, Matija/Matijaš Korvin, sk, Matej Korvín, cz, Matyáš Korvín; ), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several m ...
(1443–1490), King of Hungary and Croatia (1458-1490).{{Cite EB1911, wstitle= Matthias I., Hunyadi , volume= 17 , last= Bain , first= Robert Nisbet , author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain, pages = 900–901 , short=1 * Flaviu Cristian (1951–1999), Romanian-American computer scientist *
Ferenc Dávid Ferenc Dávid (also rendered as ''Francis David'' or ''Francis Davidis''; born as Franz David Hertel, c. 1520 – 15 November 1579) was a Unitarian preacher from Transylvania, the founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, and the le ...
(ca. 1510–1579), preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania * Tissa David (1921-2012), animator *
Péter Eckstein-Kovács Péter Eckstein-Kovács (born July 5, 1956) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A former member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Cluj County from 1990 to 1992 an ...
(1956-), lawyer and politician *
Agnes Esterhazy Agnes or Agness may refer to: People *Agnes (name), the given name, and a list of people named Agnes or Agness * Wilfrid Marcel Agnès (1920–2008), Canadian diplomat Places * Agnes, Georgia, United States, a ghost town *Agnes, Missouri, United ...
(1898-1956), film actress * Magda Frank (1914–2010), sculptor *
Mihai Gavrilă Mihai Gavrilă (; b. October 16, 1929, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj) is a Romanian quantum mechanics, quantum physicist and a corresponding list of members of the Romanian Academy, member of the Romanian Academy since 1974. He made fundamental contributions ...
(1929–), quantum physicist * Bela Gold (1915–2012), American academic * Ionel Haiduc (1937–), chemist, President of the Romanian Academy (2006-2014) * Michael Halász (1938–), classical conductor *Gabriella and Monica Irimia (1982–), singers known as
The Cheeky Girls The Cheeky Girls are a Romanian singing duo consisting of identical twin sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia (both born 31 October 1982). After appearing as auditionees on '' Popstars: The Rivals'', they achieved success in the UK charts with fou ...
* Emil Isac (1886-1954), poet, playwright and critic * Dezső Kalinovszky (1933 in Cluj–2009), Romanian writer *
Béla Károlyi Béla Károlyi (; born September 13, 1942) is an ethnic Hungarian Romanian-American gymnastics coach. Early in his coaching career he developed the Romanian centralised training system for gymnastics. One of his earliest protégés was Nadia C ...
(1942-), gymnastics coach * Rudolf Kastner (1906-1957), Zionist activist, journalist and lawyer *
Irina Lăzăreanu Irina Lăzăreanu (; born 8 June 1982) is a Romanian-born Canadian model and folk singer. She has been an ambassador for Chanel and a muse to designers Karl Lagerfeld and Nicolas Ghesquière. As a musician, she is closely associated with Pete D ...
(1982–), model and folk singer *
János Martonyi János Martonyi GCMG (born in Kolozsvár, Hungary (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania), 5 April 1944) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Fidesz – Hunga ...
(1944-), politician, Foreign Minister of Hungary (1998-2002; 2010–2014) * Elena Moldovan Popoviciu (1924-2009), mathematician *
Ibrahim Muteferrika Ibrahim Müteferrika ( tr, İbrahim Müteferrika; 1674–1745 CE) was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist, and the first Muslim to run a printing press with movable Arabic ty ...
(1674-1745), Ottoman diplomat, printer and historian * Ion Negoițescu (1921–1993), literary critic and memoirist * Adrian Papahagi (1976–), medievalist and politician * Sergiu P. Pașca (1982–), neuroscientist *
Florin Piersic Florin Piersic (; born 27 January 1936) is a well-known Romanian actor and TV personality. He is particularly famous for his leading roles in ''The White Moor'' and the ''Margelatu'' series films. He has a reputation, often parodied in popular ...
(1936-), theater and film actor * Sándor Reményik (1890–1941), poet *
Rudolph von Ripper Rudolph Charles von Ripper (January 29, 1905 – July 9, 1960) (born Rudolph Carl von Ripper, sometimes Rudolph RipperAfter the abolition of the Austrian nobility in 1919, Austrian nobles were no longer entitled to use 'von' in their names. How ...
(1905–1960), artist and soldier * Daniela L. Rus (1963–), American computer scientist * Lívia Rusz (1930–), graphic artist * Heinrich Schönfeld (born 1900), Austrian football player *
István Szamosközy Stefan Zamosius (Szamosközy) (1570–1612) was a Hungarian humanist and historian. Life Szamosközy was born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) to a Calvinist family. He completed his studies at Heidelberg and Padova. In 15 ...
(1570-1612), historian *
László Tőkés László Tőkés ( ; born 1 April 1952) is an ethnic Hungarian pastor and politician from Romania. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 to 2019. Tőkés served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2010 to 2 ...
(1952-), Calvinist bishop, 1989 revolutionary, politician *
Sándor Végh Sándor Végh (17 May 19126 January 1997) was a Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the twentieth century. Education Sándor Végh was born in 1912 in Kolozsvár, Tr ...
(1912-1997), violinist and conductor *
Abraham Wald Abraham Wald (; hu, Wald Ábrahám, yi, אברהם וואַלד;  – ) was a Jewish Hungarian mathematician who contributed to decision theory, geometry, and econometrics and founded the field of statistical sequential analysis. One ...
(1902-1950), mathematician


Inhabitants

* Endre Ady (1877-1919), poet *
Ion Agârbiceanu Ion Agârbiceanu (first name also Ioan, last name also Agărbiceanu and Agîrbiceanu; September 12, 1882 – May 28, 1963) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest. Born among the ...
(1882-1963), novelist * Bartolomeu Anania (1921-2011), Orthodox bishop *
Lucian Blaga Lucian Blaga (; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. Biography Blaga was born on 9 May 1895 ...
(1895-1961), poet and philosopher *
Nicolae Bocșan Nicolae Bocșan (24 September 1947 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian historian who specialized in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Banat and Transylvania and who also wrote extensively about the Revolution of 1848 in Transylvania ...
(1947-2016), historian, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (2004–2008) *
Alexandru Borza Alexandru Borza (1887, in Alba Iulia – 3 September 1971, in Cluj) was a Romanian botanist, Greek-Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered colle ...
(1887-1971), botanist, founder of the Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden *
Corneliu Coposu Corneliu (Cornel) Coposu () (20 May 1914 – 11 November 1995) was a Christian Democratic and liberal conservative Romanian politician, the founder of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party ( ro, Partidul Național Țărănesc Creșt ...
(1914-1995), founder of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party, anti-communist political prisoner * Doina Cornea (1929-), dissident *
Constantin Daicoviciu Constantin Daicoviciu (; March 1, 1898 – May 27, 1973) was a Romanian historian and Archaeology, archaeologist, professor at the Babeș-Bolyai University, University of Cluj, and titular member of the Romanian Academy. He was born in Constant ...
(1898-1973), historian, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (1956–1968) *
Horia Demian Horia Demian (1942–1989) was a Romanian basketball player who played for U Cluj (Ştiinţa Cluj between 1951–1965, currently U-BT Cluj-Napoca) from 1960 until 197 During that period, U Cluj finished second in one season and third in four sea ...
(1942-1989), basketball player *
Gheorghe Funar Gheorghe Funar (; born September 29, 1949 in Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a nationalist Romanian politician, who rose to fame as a controversial mayor of Cluj-Napoca between 1992 and 2004. Biography He became ...
(1949-), mayor of Cluj-Napoca (1992-2004) *
Onisifor Ghibu Onisifor Ghibu (May 31, 1883 – October 3, 1972) was a Romanian teacher of pedagogy, member of the Romanian Academy, and politician. Biography Early life Born into a peasant family in Szelistye (now Săliște, Romania), near Nagyszeben (now Si ...
(1883-1972), teacher of pedagogy and politician *
Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam (January 10, 1905 – June 18, 1994) was an Orthodox rabbi and the founding rebbe of the Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidic dynasty. Halberstam was one of the youngest rebbes in Europe, leading thousands of followers in the ...
(1905-1994), Orthodox Jewish rabbi *
Emil Hațieganu Emil Hațieganu (December 9, 1878—May 13, 1959) was a Romanian politician and jurist, a prominent member of the Romanian National Party (PNR) and of its successor, the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ); he was physician Iuliu Hațieganu's brother. ...
(1878-1959), politician and jurist *
Iuliu Hațieganu Iuliu Hațieganu (April 14, 1885 – September 4, 1959) was a Romanian internist doctor particularly recognized for research done in the field of tuberculosis. He founded in Cluj a valuable school of internal medicine. Today, Cluj University of ...
(1885-1959), doctor, tuberculosis researcher *
Iuliu Hossu Iuliu Hossu (30 January 1885 – 28 May 1970) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Cluj-Gherla. Pope Paul VI elevated Hossu to the rank of cardinal '' in pectore'', that is, secretly, in 1969 but did not publish hi ...
(1885-1970), Greek-Catholic bishop, political prisoner *
Antal Kagerbauer Antal Kagerbauer (born as Anton Kagerbauer; 5 July 1814 – 8 October 1872) was a Transylvanian Hungarian- German architect who worked in Cluj during the mid-nineteenth century. Kagerbauer studied under György Winkler in the city of Cluj ...
(1814-1872), architect *
Olga Lengyel Olga Lengyel (19 October 1908 – 15 April 2001) was a Hungarian Jewish prisoner at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, who later wrote about her experiences in her book ''Five Chimneys''. She was the only member of her immediate family to su ...
(1908-2001), Auschwitz prisoner, memoirist *
Scott Long Scott Long (born June 5, 1963, in Radford, Virginia) is a US-born activist for international human rights, primarily focusing on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. He founded the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Tra ...
(1963-), lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activist *
Ioan Lupaș Ioan Lupaș (9 August 1880 – 3 July 1967) was a Romanian historian, academic, politician, Orthodox theologian and priest. He was a member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Lupaș was born in Szelistye, now Săliște, Sibiu County (at the time ...
(1880-1967), historian, politician and Orthodox priest * Augustin Maior (1882-1963), physicist, educator and inventor *
Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu (; 8 January 1873 – 5 February 1953) was an Austro-Hungarian-born lawyer and Romanian politician. He was a leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, playing an important role in the U ...
(1873-1953), politician, three times Prime Minister of Romania (1928-1933) * Andrei Marga (1946-), political scientist and politician, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (1993–2004, 2008–2012) *
Dorinel Munteanu Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (; born 25 June 1968) is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager. A former midfielder, Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time, with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals. He played in tw ...
(1968-), football player and manager *
Gheorghe Mureșan Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan (; born 14 February 1971), also known as "Ghiță" (), is a Romanian former professional basketball player. At , he is tied with Manute Bol for the tallest player ever to have played in the NBA. Early life Mureșan was ...
(1971-), basketball player *
Ioan Gyuri Pascu Ioan Gyuri Pascu (; also credited as Ioan Ghiurico Pascu, Gyuri Pascu, and Ghyuri Pascu; August 31, 1961 – September 26, 2016) was a Romanian pop music singer, producer, actor, and comedian, also known for his participation in the comedy grou ...
(1961-2016), pop singer, actor and comedian *
Emil Racoviță Emil Gheorghe Racoviță (; 15 November 1868 – 19 November 1947) was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and Antarctic explorer. Together with Grigore Antipa, he was one of the most noted promoters of natural sciences in Rom ...
(1868-1947), biologist and explorer of Antarctica *
Ion Rațiu Ion Rațiu (; 6 June 1917 – 17 January 2000) was a Romanian lawyer, diplomat, journalist, businessman, writer, and politician as well as the official presidential candidate of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD) in the ...
(1917-2000), politician and exile activist *
Raluca Ripan Raluca Ripan (27 June 1894 – 5 December 1972) was a Romanian chemist, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy. She wrote many treatises, especially in the field of analytical chemistry. Biography She was born in Iași, in the Moldavia reg ...
(1894-1972), chemist, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (1951–1956) *
Dumitru D. Roșca Dumitru D. Roṣca (January 29, 1895 – August 25, 1980) was a Romanian philosopher, professor and member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Dumitru Roşca attended philosophy classes in Paris at Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (bui ...
(1895-1980), philosopher and professor *
Ioan Sabău Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (born 12 February 1968) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Club career Ioan Sabău, nicknamed ''Moțul'' after the people from Țara Moților because of his ambition, was born on 12 February 1968 ...
(1968-), football player *
Emil Simon Emil Simon (24 September 1936 – 25 February 2014) was a Romanian conductor and composer. Life and career Born in 1936 in Chișinău, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Emil Simon began studying the piano at the early age of 6. After acquiring more ...
(1936-2014), conductor and composer * Raoul Șorban (1912-2006), painter, writer and academic *
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod (27 February 1872 – 19 March 1950) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the Union of Transylvania with Romania, union of Transylvania (before 1920 part of ...
(1872-1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1919-1920)


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