List of Famous people born in Mureș County, Romania

Tit Liviu Chinezu was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church.

Johann Michael Ackner was a Transylvanian archaeologist and nature researcher.

Mircea II (1428–1447) was a onetime Voivode of the principality of Wallachia, in the year 1442. He was the oldest son of Vlad II Dracul and brother of Vlad Țepeș and Radu the Handsome. He was the grandson of his namesake Mircea cel Bătrân.

Gyula Vályi was a Hungarian mathematician and theoretical physicist, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, known for his work on mathematical analysis, geometry, and number theory.

Iosif Hodoș, was a Romanian historian, politician, lawyer, and publisher. He was a founding member of the Romanian Academy.

Vasile Hossu was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Lugoj from 1903 to 1911 and the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of Gherla, Armenopoli, Szamos-Ujvár from 1911 to 1916.

Alexandru Rusu was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. One of twelve children born to a priest in Șăulia Commune, Mureş County, he was himself ordained a priest in 1910. Rusu was ordained Bishop of Maramureş in 1931.

Petru Maior was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania. Maior was a member of the Greek-Catholic clergy, a historian, philosopher, and linguist.