# List of people from Cluj-Napoca

This is a list of people from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

## Natives

* Otto Adler (1929–2014), president of the Jewish Association of Romania
* Alexandru Agache (1955–), operatic baritone
* Egon Balas (1922–2019), mathematician, professor at Carnegie Mellon University
* Edith Balas (1929–), art historian, professor at Carnegie Mellon University
* Oana Ban (1986–), Olympic gymnast and gold medalist (2004)
* Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911), Prime Minister of Hungary (1895-1899).
* Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950), nobleman, novelist, Foreign Minister of Hungary (1921–1922)
* Stephen Bocskay (1557–1606), Calvinist nobleman, Prince of Transylvania (1605–1606).
* Ádám Bodor (1936–), author
* János Bolyai (1802–1860), mathematician
* Rada Mihalcea, Computer Scientist and Professor at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
* Coralia Cartis, mathematician
* Ruxandra Cesereanu (1963–), poet, writer and literary critic
* Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), King of Hungary and Croatia (1458-1490).
* Flaviu Cristian (1951–1999), Romanian-American computer scientist
* Ferenc Dávid (ca. 1510–1579), preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
* Tissa David (1921–2012), animator
* Péter Eckstein-Kovács (1956–), lawyer and politician
* Agnes Esterhazy (1898–1956), film actress
* Magda Frank (1914–2010), sculptor
* Mihai Gavrilă (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
* Emil Isac (1886–1954), poet, playwright and critic
* Dezső Kalinovszky (1933 in Cluj–2009), Romanian writer
* Béla Károlyi (1942–), gymnastics coach
* Rudolf Kastner (1906–1957), Zionist activist, journalist and lawyer
* Irina Lăzăreanu (1982–), model and folk singer
* János Martonyi (1944–), politician, Foreign Minister of Hungary (1998-2002; 2010–2014)
* Elena Moldovan Popoviciu (1924–2009), mathematician
* Ibrahim Muteferrika (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 (1936–), theater and film actor
* Sándor Reményik (1890–1941), poet
* Rudolph von Ripper (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 (1570–1612), historian
* László Tőkés (1952–), Calvinist bishop, 1989 revolutionary, politician
* Sándor Végh (1912–1997), violinist and conductor
* Abraham Wald (1902–1950), mathematician

## Inhabitants

* Endre Ady (1877-1919), poet
* Ion Agârbiceanu (1882-1963), novelist
* Bartolomeu Anania (1921-2011), Orthodox bishop
* Lucian Blaga (1895-1961), poet and philosopher
* Nicolae Bocșan (1947-2016), historian, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (2004–2008)
* Alexandru Borza (1887-1971), botanist, founder of the Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden
* Corneliu Coposu (1914-1995), founder of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party, anti-communist political prisoner
* Doina Cornea (1929-2018), dissident
* Constantin Daicoviciu (1898-1973), historian, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (1956–1968)
* Horia Demian (1942-1989), basketball player
* Gheorghe Funar (1949-), mayor of Cluj-Napoca (1992-2004)
* Onisifor Ghibu (1883-1972), teacher of pedagogy and politician
* Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam (1905-1994), Orthodox Jewish rabbi
* Emil Hațieganu (1878-1959), politician and jurist
* Iuliu Hațieganu (1885-1959), doctor, tuberculosis researcher
* Iuliu Hossu (1885-1970), Greek-Catholic bishop, political prisoner
* Antal Kagerbauer (1814-1872), architect
* Olga Lengyel (1908-2001), Auschwitz prisoner, memoirist
* Scott Long (1963-), lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activist
* Ioan Lupaș (1880-1967), historian, politician and Orthodox priest
* Augustin Maior (1882-1963), physicist, educator and inventor
* Iuliu Maniu (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 (1968-), football player and manager
* Gheorghe Mureșan (1971-), basketball player
* Ioan Gyuri Pascu (1961-2016), pop singer, actor and comedian
* Emil Racoviță (1868-1947), biologist and explorer of Antarctica
* Ion Rațiu (1917-2000), politician and exile activist
* Raluca Ripan (1894-1972), chemist, rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (1951–1956)
* Dumitru D. Roșca (1895-1980), philosopher and professor
* Ioan Sabău (1968-), football player
* Emil Simon (1936-2014), conductor and composer
* Raoul Șorban (1912-2006), painter, writer and academic
* Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872-1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1919-1920)