46.7779° N, 23.5638° E
CLUJ-NAPOCA
Most Famous People Born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Notable people
- 381
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1943
- Most distinctive
- Fencer 19.1×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cluj-Napoca during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Cluj-Napoca Is Known For
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Football is Cluj-Napoca's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (57).
Cluj-Napoca over-indexes on fencer — 19.1× the global rate.
Cluj-Napoca under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Cluj-Napoca's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Science
- Art & Design
- Other
Matthias Corvinus
1443 - 1490
János Bolyai
1802 - 1860
Béla IV of Hungary
1206 - 1270
Abraham Wald
1902 - 1950
Stephen Bocskai
1557 - 1606
Rezső Kasztner
1906 - 1957
Miklós Bánffy
1873 - 1950
László Tőkés
Born 1952
Răzvan Cociș
Born 1983
Martin Munkácsi
1896 - 1963
Eugen Cicero
1940 - 1997
Béla Károlyi
Born 1942
Gáspár Miklós Tamás
Born 1948
Ibrahim Muteferrika
1674 - 1745
Florin Piersic
Born 1936
Sándor Veress
1907 - 1992
Olga Lengyel
1908 - 2001
Ferenc Dávid
1510 - 1579
Sándor Végh
1912 - 1997
Margit Bara
1928 - 2016
Bertalan Székely
1835 - 1910
Ana Caterina Morariu
Born 1980
Dezső Szabó (writer)
1879 - 1945
George Florescu
Born 1984
Ion Negoițescu
1921 - 1993
Irina Lăzăreanu
Born 1982
János Martonyi
Born 1944
Sergiu Buș
Born 1992
Ádám Bodor
Born 1936
Sándor Reményik
1890 - 1941
Ágnes Esterházy
1891 - 1956
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
1913 - 1998
Andre de Dienes
1913 - 1985
Dezső Bánffy
1843 - 1911
François Gall
1912 - 1987
Paul Martin (director)
1899 - 1967
Cristian Dulca
Born 1972
Kinga Gál
Born 1970
Pál Gyulai
1826 - 1909
Hilde von Stolz
1903 - 1973
Joshua Blau
1919 - 2020
Denis Sinor
1916 - 2011
Laurențiu Rus
Born 1985
Bianca Răzor
Born 1994
Ruxandra Cesereanu
Born 1963
Gáspár Bekes
1520 - 1579
Csaba Böjte
Born 1959
Anca Barna
Born 1977
Daniela L. Rus
Born 1963
Emil Isac
1886 - 1954
Ileana Silai
Born 1941
Egon Balas
1922 - 2019
Stella Roman
1904 - 1992
Gabriel Giurgiu
Born 1982
Sámuel Gyarmathi
1751 - 1830
Olimpiu Moruțan
Born 1999
Gabriel Sîncrăian
Born 1988
Alexander Uriah Boskovich
1907 - 1964
Ladislaus Löb
Born 1933
Melchior Cibinensis
Died 1531
Oana Ban
Born 1986
Tudor Giurgiu
Born 1972
Emil Jula
1980 - 2020
Christian Saceanu
Born 1968
Pintea the Brave
1670 - 1703
Laurențiu Buș
Born 1987
Vlad Călugărul
1425 - 1495
István Szamosközy
1570 - 1612
Vanda Hădărean
Born 1976
Zsófia Balla
Born 1949
Bogdan Mitrea
Born 1987
Olga Szabó-Orbán
Born 1938
Andrea Miklós
Born 1999
Zsolt Muzsnay
Born 1965
László Surján
Born 1941
Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei
Born 1946
Magda Frank
1914 - 2010
Carol Szathmari
1812 - 1887
Yoel Palgi
1918 - 1978
Péter Csaba
Born 1952
Ionel Haiduc
Born 1937
Alexander II Mircea
1529 - 1577
Zvi Goldstein
Born 1947
Ferenc Máté
Born 1945
István Somodi
1885 - 1963
Ioan Alexandru
1941 - 2000
George Maior
Born 1967
Andrei Lungu
Born 1989
Raul Ciupe
Born 1983
Alin Minteuan
Born 1976
Ágnes Simon (skier)
Born 1974
Hugo II Logothetti
1852 - 1918
Adam Heller
Born 1933
Sándor Hunyady
1890 - 1942
Răzvan Martin
Born 1991
Michael Halász
Born 1938
Cornel Țăranu
-
Ioan Pop
Born 1954
Mihály Lajos Jeney
1723 - 1797
Ernő Jendrassik
1858 - 1921
Ludovic Spiess
1938 - 2006
Ștefan Tașnadi
1953 - 2018
Ion Buzea
Born 1934
Florentina Mosora
1940 - 1996
Gabriela Mărginean
Born 1987
Octavian Abrudan
Born 1984
János Kőrössy
1926 - 2013
Franz Haller
1796 - 1875
Margareta Mureșan
Born 1950
Zoltán Thury
1870 - 1906
Sonia Iovan
Born 1935
Anton von Petz
1819 - 1885
Lucian Ban
Born 1969
Johann Georg Schwarz
1751 - 1784
Alexandru Păcurar
Born 1982
Minya Csaba Gál
Born 1985
Lívia Rusz
1930 - 2020
Tibor Szász
Born 1948
Réka Szőcs
Born 1989
Andras Angyal
1902 - 1960
Adrian Papahagi
Born 1976
Carmen Amariei
Born 1978
Cristina Rus
Born 1981
Nicolae Mărgineanu
Born 1938
Endre Senkálszky
1914 - 2014
Péter Eckstein-Kovács
Born 1956
Emil Kolozsvári Grandpierre
1907 - 1992
Adam Tihany
Born 1948
Florina Pașcalău
Born 1982
Mihai Gavrilă
Born 1929
Tissa David
1921 - 2012
Loránd Lohinszky
1924 - 2013
Dan Roman (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Gusztáv Hennyey
1888 - 1977
Farkas Paneth
1917 - 2009
Heinrich Schönfeld
Born 1900
Constantin Rădulescu (footballer, born 1896)
1896 - 1981
Florina Chintoan
Born 1985
Dragomir Cioroslan
Born 1954
Daniel Tsiokas
Born 1971
Sergiu Negruț
Born 1993
Emeric Imre
Born 1965
André Scrima
1925 - 2000
Emil Grunzweig
1947 - 1983
Neluț Roșu
Born 1993
Adriana Barna
Born 1978
Tibor de Machula
1912 - 1982
Albert Bartha
1877 - 1960
Mihai Onicaș
Born 1990
Aliza Bin-Noun
Born 2015
István Bethlen (born 1946)
1946 - 2018
Ferenc László
1937 - 2010
István Szilágyi
Born 1938
Antal Nagy de Buda
Died 1437
Éva Ráduly-Zörgő
Born 1954
Bálint Tóth
Born 1955
Peter Constantin
Born 1951
Szilárd Vereș
Born 1996
Mircea Tiberian
Born 1955
Alexandru Agache
Born 1955
Gabriel Iranyi
Born 1946
David Urs de Margina
1816 - 1897
Patrick Ciorcilă
Born 1996
Vasile Suciu (footballer)
1942 - 2013
Sanda Belgyan
Born 1992
Elisabeth Hering
1909 - 1999
István Árkossy
Born 1943
Cristina Laslo
Born 1996
Matthias Dropa
1650 - 1732
Shmuel Halpert
Born 1939
Lilla von Bulyovsky
1833 - 1909
Heinrich Altvater
1902 - 1994
Sándor Szilágyi
1827 - 1899
Csongor István Nagy
Born 1979
Marius Bercea
Born 1979
György Vastagh (Bildhauer)
1868 - 1946
János Viski (Komponist)
1906 - 1961
Cristian Săuan
Born 1974
Christian Duma
Born 1982
Daniela Oltean
Born 1980
Iosif Fabian
1923 - 2008
Virgil Mihaiu
Born 1951
Zsolt Szilágyi (footballer)
Born 1981
György Selmeczi
Born 1952
Emeric Marcier
1916 - 1990
Klára Póczy
1923 - 2008
Elena Săcălici
1935 - 1959
Mihai Butean
Born 1996
Ana Maria Covrig
Born 1994
Alexandru Roșca
1906 - 1996
Peter Klein (impresario)
Born 1945
Georgiana Birțoiu
Born 1989
Anca Damian
Born 1962
Doina Precup
Born 1971
Seif Eddine Shawkat
1913 - 1967
Septimiu Câmpeanu
Born 1957
Katinka Kendeffy
1830 - 1896
Radu-Anton Maier
Born 1934
Oana Chirilă
Born 1981
Moses the Hungarian
990 - 1043
Radu Sabo
Born 1971
Dan Matei
Born 1981
Benjamin Adegbuyi
Born 1985
Radu Dărăban
Born 1983
Moshe Nativ
1932 - 2008
Nikos Barboudis
Born 1989
Bogdan Curta
Born 1982
Zvi Nir
Born 1946
István Prihoda
1891 - 1965
Antoniu Buci
Born 1990
Ella Gmeiner
1874 - 1954
Gyula Haraszti
1858 - 1921
Sorin Macavei
Born 1956
Victor Felea
1923 - 1993
Clara Heyn
1924 - 1998
Sandu Ciorbă
-
Lucia Mureșan
1938 - 2010
Enikő Szilágyi
Born 1952
Letiția Ilea
Born 1967
Ana Maria Groza
Born 1976
Ioana Maria Aluaș
Born 1975
Thomas Jordan (Mediziner)
1539 - 1585
István Moldován
1911 - 2000
Lya Stern
Born 1950
Rareș Chintoan
Born 1983
Helga Rohra
Born 1953
Sari Szasz
1922 - 2006
Mihai Netea
Born 1968
Ciprian Petre Porumb
Born 1971
Hans Loew (Grafiker)
1919 - 2016
Marcel Socaciu
Born 1972
Oskar Paulini
1904 - 1980
George Petean
Born 1975
Rudolph Carl von Ripper
1905 - 1960
András Hóry
1883 - 1971
Vlad Constantinesco
Born 1942
Ana-Iulia Dascăl
Born 2002
Rada Mihalcea
-
Daniel Georg Neugeboren
1759 - 1822
Rareș Soporan
Born 1984
Alin Rus
Born 1975
Dezső Kalinovszky
1933 - 2009
Gheorghe Ola
1928 - 1995
Israel Amidan
1921 - 1968
Filip Lăzăreanu
Born 1981
Bogdan Dolha
Born 1984
Csilla Hegedüs
Born 1969
Maria Zaharescu
Born 1938
Visarion Aștileanu
1914 - 1984
Helmut von Werz
1912 - 1990
Horia Demian
1942 - 1989
Valentin Lustig
Born 1955
Andrei Boroștean
Born 1987
János Szántai
Born 1969
András F. Balogh
Born 1964
Hugo Glanz von Eicha
1848 - 1915
Levente Gyöngyösi
Born 1975
Adrian Sâmpetrean
Born 1983
Attila Molnár (footballer, born 1897)
Born 1897
Stefanos Santa
Born 1975
Oana Bondar
Born 1983
Ioan Cozacu
Born 1953
Rareș Jurcă
Born 1983
Grigore Răceanu
-
Vasile Lucian Pop
Born 1989
Lucian Bot
Born 1979
Corina Indrei
Born 1985
Paul Szabo (fencer)
Born 1954
Zoltan Uray
Born 1931
Adalbert Pall
1918 - 2001
Ernst Wagner (Agronom)
1921 - 1996
Yechezkel Roth
-
Tiberiu Negrean
Born 1988
Madalina Ray
Born 1979
Herman Wald
1906 - 1970
Adrian Borza
Born 1985
Imre Korody
1905 - 1969
Cătălin Baciu
Born 1988
Pierre Katz
Born 1941
Călin Moldovan
Born 1981
Daniel Dociu
-
Raphael Vago
Born 1946
Mihai Silvășan
Born 1985
György Erdélyi
1923 - 1983
Walter Korodi
1902 - 1983
Flaviu Cristian
1951 - 1999
Lucian Turcu
Born 1986
Marcel Lăzăreanu
Born 1959
Eilhard Schlesinger
1909 - 1968
György Tokay
1939 - 2016
Alin Gherman
Born 1981
Jaromir Hirtenfeld
1816 - 1872
Tudor Petruș
1949 - 2017
Andor Kovach
1915 - 2005
Irina Pop
Born 1988
Stefan von Bogdándy
Born 1890
Ștefan Micle
1820 - 1879
Zsuzsa Balint
Born 1968
Romulus Vereș
1929 - 1993
Erzsébet Heirits
Born 1938