List of Famous people born in Timiș County, Romania

Ramona Pop is a Romanian-born German politician and a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens party. Since 8 December 2016, she serves as a deputy mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economy, Energy, and Enterprises.

Miss Platnum, formerly known as Platnum, is a Romanian-German singer, songwriter and musician, currently signed to Virgin Records Germany.

Andrei Gabriel Torje is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Bandırmaspor. He is a versatile right winger with the ability to swap onto the left side of the field during games.

Cosmin Marius Contra is a Romanian football manager and former player.

Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf, Timiș County in Romania, her native language is German. Since the early 1990s, she has been internationally established, and her works have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Cristian Măcelaru is a Romanian conductor.

Ioan Holender is a Romanian born Austrian opera baritone and administrator.

György Kurtág is a Hungarian classical composer and pianist. He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993.

George Lusztig is an American-Romanian mathematician and Abdun Nur Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a Norbert Wiener Professor with the Department of Mathematics from 1999 to 2009.

Paul Constantin Codrea is a Romanian football manager and former player, who currently manages CSC Ghiroda in Liga III. A former midfielder, he was part of the Romanian squad at UEFA Euro 2008.