List of Famous people born in Cluj County, Romania

Abraham Wald was a Hungarian Jewish mathematician who contributed to decision theory, geometry, and econometrics, and founded the field of statistical sequential analysis. One of the well known statistical works of his during World War 2 was how to minimize the damage to bomber aircraft taking into account the survivorship bias in his calculations. He spent his researching years at Columbia University.

Ladislaus Löb was a writer, translator, Holocaust survivor, scholar of the literature and drama of the German Enlightenment and Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Sussex in England. He was the author of From Lessing to Hauptmann: Studies in German Drama (1974); a monograph, in German, on the nineteenth-century dramatist Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1996); and Dealing with Satan: Rezső Kasztner's Daring Rescue Mission (2008), in which he recounts his experiences an 11-year old boy sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and freed as the result of a controversial deal that Rezső Kasztner brokered with Adolf Eichmann.

Eugen Cicero, born Eugen Ciceu, nicknamed "Mister Golden Hands", was a Romanian-German jazz pianist who performed in the mixed classical-swing style.

Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458 to 1490. After conducting several military campaigns, he was elected King of Bohemia in 1469 and adopted the title Duke of Austria in 1487. He was the son of John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary, who died in 1456. In 1457, Matthias was imprisoned along with his older brother, Ladislaus Hunyadi, on the orders of King Ladislaus the Posthumous. Ladislaus Hunyadi was executed, causing a rebellion that forced King Ladislaus to flee Hungary. After the King died unexpectedly, Matthias's uncle Michael Szilágyi persuaded the Estates to unanimously proclaim Matthias king on 24 January 1458. He began his rule under his uncle's guardianship, but he took effective control of government within two weeks.

Benjamin Adekunle Miron Adegbuyi is a Romanian kickboxer and professional boxer. He is a two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship challenger and three-time winner of heavyweight tournament. Adegbuyi is also Superkombat World Grand Prix III 2012 tournament winner and 2018 Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament runner-up. A professional since 2011, he also fought in K-1.

Emil Gabriel Jula was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan, also known as "Big Ghiță", is a Romanian retired professional basketball player. At 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), he is the tallest player ever to have played in the NBA.

Olimpiu Vasile Moruțan is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Romania national team.

Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship.

Yehoshua Blau was an Israeli scholar of Arabic language and literature, previously Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.