List of natives and inhabitants of Satu Mare:

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B Antal Bánhidi (1903 – 1994), aviator László Bánhidi (1906 – 1984), actor János Barna (Budapest, November 15, 1880 – November 14, 1934, Budapest), translator, poet

C Corneliu Chisu (born February 13, 1949), Romanian-Canadian politician

D Gábor Darvas (1911–1985), composer Daniel David (born 23 November 1972), psychologist and academic András Domahidy (born February 23, 1920), novelist, living in Australia since 1950 Jenő Dsida (May 17, 1907 – Cluj, June 7, 1938), poet, translator

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F Mircea Florian (born December 5, 1949), musician Miriam Fried (born September 9, 1946), Israeli classical violinist and pedagogue

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Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), American basketball player and executive

H Ferenc Hoffmann (Stahlavy, January 6, 1873 – Budapest July 28, 1945), composer.

I Iuliu Ilyés (born April 25, 1957), engineer and politician

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K Ernest Klein (July 26, 1899 – Ottawa February 4, 1983), linguist, author, and rabbi Victor Kord (born 1935), American painter and educator József Kürthy (July 14, 1881 – June 18, 1939), actor

L Zsolt Láng (born October 17, 1958), politician Gyula Lengyel (1888–1941), politician

M Simona Miculescu (born 4 July 1959), diplomat

N Vince Nagy (March 4, 1886 – New York City, June 1, 1965), lawyer, politician, Minister of Internal Affairs during the First Hungarian Republic György Nyisztor (22 December 1869 – Budapest, 7 January 1956), politician, People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic

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P Ioan Mircea Pașcu (born 17 February 1949), politician and Member of the European Parliament

R Aharon Roth (Uzhhorod, 1894 − Jerusalem, 1947), Hasidic rabbi, founder of the Shomrei Emunim and Toldot Aharon Hasidic sects

S Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi (born December 12, 1962), politician Sergiu Suciu (born 8 May 1990), footballer András Szántó (born May 25, 1946), graphician

T Joel Teitelbaum (Sighet, Hungary (now Romania), January 18, 1887 − Kiryas Joel, USA, August 19, 1979): Hasidic rabbi, founder of the Satmar Hasidic sect

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W Peter Wertheimer (July 21, 1947 – January 5, 2020), musician Moshe Dovid Winternitz (1855–1944), Head of the Beth din Rabbinical Court in Satu Mare

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