Dora Apșan Sorell (b. 1921) – writer
I.Ardeleanu Mecena() – teacher, poet, writer, publicist
Arthur Anderco (1908-1943) – journalist and diplomat
Ioan (Jean) Bălin (1947-2005) – university professor, philosopher, ambassador, journalist
Traian Bilțiu Dăncuș (1899-1975) – painter
Ludovic Bruckstein (1920-1988) – playwright and prose writer
Titus Bud (1846-1917) – Greek Catholic vicar and writer
Ioan I. Bușita (1875-1953) – teacher, painter and musician
Gheorghe Chivu (1912-1986) – poet, painter, teacher
Arthur Coman (1881-1972) – topographical engineer, botanist
Alexandru Filipașcu (1902-1952) – theologian and historian
Frid Geza (1904-1989) – teacher, musician and composer
Hers Leib Gotlieb (1850-1933) – poet and publicist
Hollosy Simon (1857-1918) – painter
Alexandru Ivasiuc (1933-1977) – novelist and essayist
Vasile Kazar (1913-1988) – graphic artist, teacher
Ilie Lazar (1895-1976) – politician, jurist, publicist
Leovey Klara (1821-1897) – teacher, pedagogue
Hari Maiorovici (1918-2000) – musician, composer
Mihai Marina (1907-1980) – diplomat, jurist, historian, journalist
Ioan Mihaly de Apșa (1844-1914) – jurist, historian, academic
Leonard Mociulschi (1889-1979) – brigadier general
Mihai Pop (1907-200) – academician, folklorist, ethnographer
Prielle Kornelia (1826-1906) actress
Dezso Schon (1906-2000) – writer
Szilagyi Istvan (1819-1897) – academician, poet, prose writer, linguist, literary historian
Laurentiu Ulici (1943-2000) – literary critic, essayist, poet
Elie Wiesel (1928) – teacher, prose writer, laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize (1986)