List of Transylvanians
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The following is a list of Transylvanian personalities.
- Endre Ady, Hungarian poet
- János Apáczai Csere, Hungarian writer and educator
- János Arany, Hungarian poet
- George Bariţ, Romanian historian and publicist
- Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
- István Báthory, Hungarian governor
- Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher
- Stephen Bocskay, Hungarian governor
- Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
- János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician
- László Bölöni, Hungarian football manager
- Sándor Bölöni Farkas, Hungarian writer
- Samuel von Brukenthal, Transylvanian governor of German origin
- Sámuel Brassai, Hungarian teacher, musician and artist
- Emil Cioran, Romanian essayist and philosopher
- Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian Renaissance king
- Andrei Codrescu, Romanian-American writer
- George Coşbuc, Romanian poet
- György Dózsa, Hungarian revolutionary
- Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian ethnologist
- Vlad III Dracula, Transylvanian-born Wallachian prince
- Dumitru Fărcaş, Romanian folk music performer
- Áron Gábor, Hungarian revolutionary
- Octavian Goga, Romanian poet
- Johannes Honter, Renaissance humanist and Reformer
- John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary
- Avram Iancu, Romanian revolutionary
- Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet
- Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, Hungarian explorer and researcher
- György Kurtág, Hungarian composer
- Károly Kós, Hungarian architect and writer
- Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and author of the Hungarian national anthem
- Gheorghe Lazăr Romanian teacher
- György Ligeti, Hungarian composer
- Béla Lugosi, Hungarian actor
- Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician and Prime minister of Romania
- Kelemen Mikes, Hungarian writer
- Gheorghe Mureşan, Romanian basketball player
- Andrei Mureşanu, Romanian poet and revolutionary
- Hermann Oberth, German physicist
- Nicolaus Olahus, writer, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hungary
- Vlad Ølariu, lead guitarist of the Canadian band Spectra Wizard
- Péter Pázmány, Hungarian theologist and writer
- Florin Piersic, Romanian actor
- Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut
- Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian novelist
- Stephan Ludwig Roth, pedagogue and Lutheran pastor of German origin
- Ioan Slavici, Romanian writer
- András Sütő, Hungarian writer
- Áron Tamási, Hungarian writer
- Sándor Veress, Hungarian composer
- Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian aviation pioneer
- Traian Vuia, Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer
- Albert Wass, Hungarian writer
- Johnny Weissmuller, German actor
- Miklós Wesselényi, Hungarian politician and writer
- Elie Wiesel, Jewish author and Holocaust survivor
