List of Transylvanians
The following is a list of Transylvanian personalities.
- Endre Ady, Hungarian poet
- János Apáczai Csere, Hungarian writer and educator
- János Arany, Hungarian poet
- Arthur Arz von Straussenburg, Saxon soldier, last military leader of the Austro-Hungarian Army
- Victor Babeş, Romanian biologist
- Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian composer and lutenist of the Renaissance
- George Bariţ, Romanian historian and publicist
- Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist.
- Albert-László Barabási, Hungarian physicist
- Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
- Elek Benedek, Hungarian journalist and writer
- Bábor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania
- István Bethlen, was a Hungarian aristocrat, statesman, Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931.
- István Bocskai, Hungarian noble from Transylvania, prince of Transylvania
- Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian philosopher and politician
- István Báthory, Hungarian governor
- Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher
- Oana Ban, Romanian Olympic gold medal gymnast
- Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
- János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
- Alexandru Borza, Romanian botanist
- László Bölöni, Romanian ethnic Hungarian football manager
- Sándor Bölöni Farkas, Hungarian writer
- Stephen Bocskay, Hungarian governor
- Sámuel Brassai, Hungarian teacher, musician and artist
- Miklós Bródy, Hungarian chess master
- Samuel von Brukenthal, Saxon administrator
- Johannes Caioni, Franciscan monk, the first ethnic Romanian composer
- Badea Cârţan, Romanian explorer
- Emil Cioran, Romanian essayist and philosopher
- Victor Ciorbea, Romanian jurist, ex Prime Minister of Romania
- Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king
- Andrei Codrescu, Romanian-American writer
- Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician
- George Coşbuc, Romanian poet
- Ferenc Dávid, Nontrinitarian and Unitarian preacher, the founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
- Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian historian and ethnologist
- György Dózsa, Székely revolutionary
- Dumitru Fărcaş, Romanian tárogató (taragot) player
- Carl Filtsch, German pianist
- Gheorghe Funar, Romanian politician
- Áron Gábor, Hungarian revolutionary
- Octavian Goga, Romanian poet
- Petru Groza, Romanian politician
- Johannes Honter, Renaissance humanist and Reformer
- Iuliu Hossu, Romanian bishop, cardinal
- John Hunyadi, voivode of Transylvania and Regent of Hungary
- Avram Iancu, Romanian revolutionary
- Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet
- Gabriela Irimia, Romanian pop singer, popular in Britain, see Cheeky Girls
- Monica Irimia, Romanian pop singer, popular in Britain, see Cheeky Girls
- Sándor Kányádi, poet and translator
- Béla and Marta Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coaches
- Zsigmond Kemény, Hungarian author
- Elek Köblös, Romanian ethnic Hungarian politician
- Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hungarian explorer and researcher
- Béla Kun, Hungarian Communist politician
- György Kurtág, Hungarian composer
- Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, writer and politician
- Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and author of the Hungarian national anthem
- Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian teacher
- György Ligeti, Hungarian composer
- Vasile Luca, Romanian ethnic Hungarian politician
- Béla Lugosi, Hungarian actor
- George Lusztig, American mathematician
- Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician and Prime minister of Romania
- Béla Markó, Romanian ethnic Hungarian politician
- Áron Márton, Roman Catholic bishop, anticommunist dissident
- Kelemen Mikes, Hungarian writer
- Gabriela and Mihaela Modorcea, twins sisters comprising the duo Indiggo
- Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player
- Andrei Mureşanu, Romanian poet and revolutionary
- Franz Nopcsa, Austrian-Hungarian paleontologist
- József Nyírő, Hungarian writer
- Hermann Oberth, Saxon inventor and physicist
- Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian ethnic writer, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hungary
- Balázs Orbán, Hungarian writer, historian and politician
- Octavian Paler, Romanian essayist
- Gabriel Pascal, Hungarian film producer
- Péter Pázmány, Hungarian theologian and writer
- Florin Piersic, Romanian actor
- Gheorghe Pop de Băseşti, Romanian politician
- Aurel Popovici, Romanian federalist
- Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
- László Rajk, Hungarian politician
- Ion Raţiu, Romanian politician
- Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian novelist
- Stephan Ludwig Roth, Saxon pedagogue and Lutheran pastor
- Ioan Slavici, Romanian writer
- András Sütő, Hungarian writer
- Gheorghe Şincai, Romanian historian and pedagogue
- Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu, Romanian bishop
- Ioan Sterca-Șuluțiu, 1848 Romanian revolutionary
- Ioan Suciu, Romanian bishop
- Vasile Suciu, Romanian bishop
- Gabriela Szabo, Romanian athlete
- István Szamosközy, Hungarian humanist and historian
- Áron Tamási, Hungarian writer
- Sámuel Teleki, Hungarian Chancellor of Transylvania, founder of the Teleki Library
- Sámuel Teleki, Austrian-Hungarian explorer
- Alexandru Todea, Romanian bishop, cardinal
- László Tőkés, Hungarian bishop
- Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician
- Francisc Vaştag, first Romanian to win the supreme belt in his category
- Sándor Veress, Hungarian composer
- Vlad III Dracula, Transylvanian-born Wallachian (Romanian) prince
- Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian aviation pioneer
- Traian Vuia, Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer
- Albert Wass, Hungarian writer
- Johnny Weissmuller, Swabian actor
- István Werbőczy, jurist and statesman
- Miklós Wesselényi, Hungarian politician and writer
- Elie Wiesel, Jewish author and Holocaust survivor
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