List of Famous people born in Mureș County, Romania

Vlad III, most commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania.

Ralph Gunesch is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Maria Ilinca Băcilă, also known as simply Ilinca, is a Romanian singer and yodeler. She is well known for her unique yodel. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, representing Romania, along with Alex Florea.

Géza Szőcs was an ethnic Hungarian poet and politician from Transylvania, Romania, who served as Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of National Resources in Hungary from 2 June 2010 to 13 June 2012.

László Bölöni is a Romanian former professional footballer of Hungarian descent and current coach of Greek side Panathinaikos.

Marie Stritt (1855–1928) was a German feminist and a leading force in the international and German women suffrage movement. She worked towards woman's education and fought against state regulated prostitution. Marie Stritt worked for changes regarding divorce laws through the Woman's Legal Aid Society. She was a big supporter of birth control and abortion.

György Sándor Ligeti was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time".

Radu III of Wallachia, commonly called Radu the Handsome or Radu the Fair, was the younger brother of Vlad III and Prince of the principality of Wallachia. They were both sons of Vlad II Dracul and his wife, Princess Cneajna of Moldavia. In addition to Vlad III, Radu also had two older siblings, Mircea II and Vlad Călugărul, both of whom would also briefly rule Wallachia.

József Madaras was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1958 and 2006.

Réka Albert is a Romanian-Hungarian scientist. She is a distinguished professor of physics and adjunct professor of biology at Pennsylvania State University and is noted for the Barabási–Albert model and research into scale-free networks and Boolean modeling of biological systems.