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 (1929–2024), 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 ( 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 (1933–2009), writer Béla Károlyi (1942–2024), 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 (1930–2020), 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 (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 (1935–2012), theater and film director Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872–1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1919–1920)

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