List of Transylvanians
List of famous Transylvanian personalities by era and by birth date. The list contains people who born or lived in Transylvania.

  Transylvania
15th century
    
- John Hunyadi, (c.1406–1456), Voivode of Transylvania, Regent of Hungary
 - Orban (–1453), Hungarian iron founder and engineer
 - Vlad the Impaler (1428/31–1476/77), Prince of Wallachia
 - Ladislaus Hunyadi (1431– 1457), Hungarian nobleman
 - Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), King of Hungary
 
15th – 16th century
    
- Stephen Báthory (1477–1534), Voivode of Transylvania
 - György Dózsa (1470–1514), Székely nobleman, leder of the peasants' revolt
 - Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568), Romanian-Hungarian writer, Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary
 - Johannes Honter (1498–1549), Saxon Renaissance humanist and Protestant Reformers
 
16th century
    
- Bálint Bakfark (1507/26–1576), Hungarian composer and lutenist of the Renaissance
 - Ferenc Dávid (1520–1579), Hungarian theologian, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
 
16th – 17th century
    
- Gábor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania
 - Stephen Bocskai, Hungarian noble from Transylvania, prince of Transylvania
 - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian theologian and writer
 - István Szamosközy, Hungarian humanist and historian
 
17th century
    
- János Apáczai Csere, Hungarian writer and educator
 - Johannes Caioni, Franciscan friar, the first ethnic Romanian composer
 
17th – 18th century
    
- Kelemen Mikes, Hungarian writer
 
18th – 19th century
    
- Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
 - Sándor Bölöni Farkas, Hungarian writer
 - Sámuel Brassai, Hungarian teacher, musician and artist
 - Samuel von Brukenthal, Saxon administrator
 - Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hungarian explorer and researcher
 - Gheorghe Lazăr, Romanian teacher
 - Stephan Ludwig Roth, Saxon pedagogue and Lutheran pastor
 - Gheorghe Șincai, Romanian historian and pedagogue
 - Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu, Romanian bishop
 - Ioan Sterca-Șuluțiu, 1848 Romanian revolutionary
 - Sámuel Teleki, Hungarian Chancellor of Transylvania, founder of the Teleki Library
 - Miklós Wesselényi, Hungarian politician and writer
 
19th century
    
- George Bariț, Romanian historian and publicist
 - Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian philosopher and politician
 - János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
 - Carl Filtsch, German pianist
 - Áron Gábor, Hungarian revolutionary
 - Avram Iancu, Romanian revolutionary
 - Zsigmond Kemény, Hungarian author
 - Andrei Mureșanu, Romanian poet and revolutionary
 - Balázs Orbán, Hungarian writer, historian and politician
 
19th – 20th century
    
- Arthur Arz von Straussenburg, Saxon soldier, last military leader of the Austro-Hungarian Army
 - Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist.
 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
 - Elek Benedek, Hungarian journalist and writer
 - István Bethlen, was a Hungarian aristocrat, statesman, Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931.
 - Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher
 - Alexandru Borza, Romanian botanist
 - Miklós Bródy, Hungarian chess master
 - Badea Cârțan, Romanian explorer
 - Octavian Codru Tăslăuanu, Romanian writer and soldier (first in the Austro-Hungarian Army and then in the Romanian Army)
 - George Coșbuc, Romanian poet
 - Aron Cotruș, Romanian poet and politician
 - Miron Cristea, Romanian Prime Minister and Patriarch of All Romania
 - Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian historian and ethnologist
 - Octavian Goga, Romanian poet and politician
 - Petru Groza, Romanian politician
 - Iuliu Hossu, Romanian bishop, cardinal
 - Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet
 - Elek Köblös, Hungarian ethnic Romanian politician
 - Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, writer and politician
 - Vasile Luca, Romanian ethnic Hungarian politician
 - Áron Márton, Hungarian Catholic bishop, anticommunist dissident
 - Traian Moșoiu, Romanian general and politician
 - Franz Nopcsa, Austrian-Hungarian paleontologist
 - József Nyírő, Hungarian writer
 - Hermann Oberth, Saxon inventor and physicist
 - Aurel Popovici, Romanian federalist
 - Sextil Pușcariu, Romanian linguist and philologist
 - Emil Rebreanu, ethnic-Romanian Austro-Hungarian Army officer
 - Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian novelist
 - Ilie Șteflea, Romanian Army Corps General and Chief of the Romanian General Staff for most of Romania's involvement in World War II
 - Vasile Suciu, Romanian bishop
 - Áron Tamási, Hungarian writer
 - Sámuel Teleki, Austrian-Hungarian explorer
 - Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician
 - Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian aviation pioneer
 
20th century
    
- Emil Cioran, Romanian essayist and philosopher
 - Ion Moța, Romanian politician and volunteer soldier, deputy leader of the Iron Guard killed during the Spanish Civil War
 - László Rajk, Hungarian politician
 - Ion Rațiu, Romanian politician
 - Horia Sima, leader of the Iron Guard and co-leader of the National Legionary State
 - Ioan Suciu, Romanian bishop
 - Sándor Veress, Hungarian composer
 - Albert Wass, Hungarian writer
 
20–21th century
    
- Ilinca Băcilă, Romanian singer/yodeller. Representative of Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, alongside Alex Florea.
 - Albert-László Barabási, Hungarian physicist
 - Oana Ban, Romanian Olympic gold medal gymnast
 - László Bölöni, Romanian ethnic Hungarian football manager
 - Victor Ciorbea, Romanian jurist, Romanian Ombudsman, ex-Prime Minister of Romania
 - Andrei Codrescu, Romanian-American writer
 - Dumitru Fărcaș, Romanian tárogató (taragot) player
 - Gheorghe Funar, Romanian politician
 - 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
 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer
 - Béla Markó, Romanian ethnic Hungarian politician
 - Gabriela and Mihaela Modorcea, twins sisters comprising the duo Indiggo
 - Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player
 - Octavian Paler, Romanian essayist
 - Florin Piersic, Romanian actor
 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
 - András Sütő, Hungarian writer
 - Gabriela Szabo, Romanian athlete
 - Alexandru Todea, Romanian bishop, cardinal
 - László Tőkés, Hungarian bishop
 
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