List of Transylvanians

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
* Albert-László Barabási, Hungarian physicist
* George Bariţ, Romanian historian and publicist
* Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
* Simion Bărnuţiu, Philosopher and politician
* István Báthory, Hungarian governor
* Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher
* Stephen Bocskay, Hungarian governor
* Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
* János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
* Alexandru Borza, Romanian botanist
* László Bölöni, Hungarian football manager
* Sándor Bölöni Farkas, Hungarian writer
* Sámuel Brassai, Hungarian teacher, musician and artist
* Miklos Brody, Hungarian chess master
* Samuel von Brukenthal, Saxon administrator
* Johannes Caioni, Franciscan monk, the first ethnic Romanian composer
* Badea Cârţan, famous Romanian shepherd
* Emil Cioran, Romanian essayist and philosopher
* Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king
* Andrei Codrescu, Romanian-American writer
* Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician
* George Coşbuc, Romanian poet
* Tony Poptamas, Romanian-Norwegian country-pop singer
* György Dózsa, Székely revolutionary
* Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian ethnologist
* Vlad III Dracula, Transylvanian-born Wallachian prince
* 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, Regent of Hungary
* Avram Iancu, Romanian revolutionary
* Ştefan 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
* Béla and Marta Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coaches
* Elek Köblös, Romanian ethnic Hungarian politician
* Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hungarian explorer and researcher
* 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
* Gheorghe Mureşan, Romanian basketball player
* Andrei Mureşanu, Romanian poet and revolutionary
* József Nyírő, Hungarian writer
* Franz Nopcsa, Austrian-Hungarian paleontologist
* Hermann Oberth, Saxon physicist
* Nicolaus Olahus, writer, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hungary
* Vlad Olariu, Romanian guitarist of Spectra Wizard
* 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-Şuluţiu, Romanian bishop
* Ioan Sterca-Şuluţiu, 1848 Romanian revolutionary
* Ioan Suciu, Romanian bishop
* Vasile Suciu, Romanian bishop
* Áron Tamási, Hungarian writer
* Sámuel Teleki, Austrian-Hungarian explorer
* Alexandru Todea, Romanian bishop, cardinal
* László Tőkés, Hungarian bishop
* Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician
* Sándor Veress, Hungarian composer
* Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian aviation pioneer
* Traian Vuia, Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer
* Albert Wass, Hungarian writer
* Johnny Weissmuller, Swabian actor
* Miklós Wesselényi, Hungarian politician and writer
* Elie Wiesel, Jewish author and Holocaust survivor


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