Cluj-Napoca ranks 544th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pune, Oldham, and Vyborg. Memorable people born in Cluj-Napoca include János Bolyai, Stephen Bocskai, and Olga Szabó-Orbán. Memorable people who died in Cluj-Napoca include Ștefan Kovács, Starina Novak, and Lucian Blaga. Cluj-Napoca has been the birth place of many politicians and mathematicians and the death place of many soccer players and writers. Cluj-Napoca is located in Romania.
Cluj-Napoca, or simply Cluj, is the second-most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest, Budapest and Belgrade. Located in the Someșul Mic river valley, the city is considered the unofficial capital of the historical province of Transylvania. For some decades prior to the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1510 and 2000, Cluj-Napoca was the birth place of 22 globally memorable people, including János Bolyai, Stephen Bocskai, and Olga Szabó-Orbán. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Cluj-Napoca including Ștefan Kovács, Starina Novak, and Lucian Blaga.
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 1
1557 - 1606
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 2
1938 - 2022
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 3
1906 - 1957
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 5
1674 - 1745
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 6
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 7
1510 - 1579
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 8
1873 - 1950
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 9
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 10
1907 - 1992
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 11
1891 - 1956
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 12
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 10
1891 - 1956
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 12
1946 - 2021
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 14
1896 - 1981
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 16
1936 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 17
1921 - 1993
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 19
1986 - Present
HPI: 24.03
Rank: 22
1920 - 1995
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 1
1530 - 1601
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 2
1895 - 1961
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 3
1868 - 1947
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 4
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 5
1510 - 1574
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 6
1905 - 1981
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 7
1883 - 1977
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 8
1882 - 1963
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 9
Most individuals born in present day Cluj-Napoca were politicians (7), mathematicians (2), composers (2), athletes (2), and soccer players (2), while most who died were soccer players (2), writers (2), politicians (1), philosophers (1), and biologists (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Cluj-Napoca, including László Tőkés, Béla Károlyi, and Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Cluj-Napoca, including Stephen Bocskai, Rezső Kasztner, and László Tőkés.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Cluj-Napoca since 1700.