List of Famous people born in Mureș County, Romania

Alexandru Todea was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, and Pitești prisons.

Vilmos Apor de Altorja was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor Family, and served as a bishop during World War II. He became famous for protesting against the persecution of the Hungarian Jewish population and for his steadfast commitment to the poor. His outreach also extended to abuse victims with a particular emphasis on the protection of women - it would be this latter point that saw him sustain fatal injuries leading to his death. The bishop dedicated himself to being an opponent of both communism and Nazism and used his sermons as a chance to condemn them though coming at a great personal risk to himself. But he was a beloved figure in his diocese where people hailed him as a great saint upon learning of his death which came as a profound shock and loss to the diocese he served during the course of most of the war.

Virgil Bercea is the Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church since 1997.

Rudolf Wagner-Régeny was a composer, conductor, and pianist. Born in Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, since 1920 Romania, he became a German citizen in 1930, and then East German after 1945.

George Guțiu was a bishop of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church.

Jean Aurel was a Romanian-born French film director and scriptwriter. Notably, he co-wrote La Femme d'à côté with François Truffaut and Suzanne Schiffman.

Sanda Ladoși is a Romanian singer.

Count István Bethlen de Bethlen was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931.