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 * Ilinca Băcilă, Romanian singer/yodeller. Representative of Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, alongside Alex Florea. * Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian composer and lutenist of the Renaissance * George Bariț, 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 * Gábor 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 friar, the first ethnic Romanian composer * Badea Cârțan, Romanian explorer * Emil Cioran, Romanian essayist and philosopher * Victor Ciorbea, Romanian jurist, Romanian Ombudsman, ex-Prime Minister of Romania * Octavian Codru Tăslăuanu, Romanian writer and soldier (first in the Austro-Hungarian Army and then in the Romanian Army) * Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king * Andrei Codrescu, Romanian-American writer * Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician * George Coșbuc, Romanian poet * Aron Cotruș, Romanian poet and politician * Miron Cristea, Romanian Prime Minister and Patriarch of All Romania * 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 Fărcaș, Romanian tárogató (taragot) player * Carl Filtsch, German pianist * Gheorghe Funar, Romanian politician * Áron Gábor, Hungarian revolutionary * Octavian Goga, Romanian poet and politician * 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 * Traian Moșoiu, Romanian general and politician * Ion Moța, Romanian politician and volunteer soldier, deputy leader of the Iron Guard killed during the Spanish Civil War * Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player * Andrei Mureșanu, 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 Băsești, Romanian politician * Aurel Popovici, Romanian federalist * Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut * Sextil Pușcariu, Romanian linguist and philologist * László Rajk, Hungarian politician * Ion Rațiu, Romanian politician * Emil Rebreanu, ethnic-Romanian Austro-Hungarian Army officer * Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian novelist * Stephan Ludwig Roth, Saxon pedagogue and Lutheran pastor * Ioan Slavici, Romanian writer * András Sütő, Hungarian writer * Horia Sima, leader of the Iron Guard and co-leader of the National Legionary State * Gheorghe Șincai, Romanian historian and pedagogue * Ilie Șteflea, Romanian Army Corps General and Chief of the Romanian General Staff for most of Romania's involvement in World War II * 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 Vaștag, 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 (en)
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 * Ilinca Băcilă, Romanian singer/yodeller. Representative of Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, alongside Alex Florea. * Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian composer and lutenist of the Renaissance * George Bariț, 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 * Gábor Bethlen, prince of Transylvania * István (en)