This is a list of people from Timișoara, Romania (included in the list are natives as well as permanent and/or temporary residents). Arts Architecture
Ferenc Reitter (1813–1874), architect and engineer Aladár Árkay (1868–1932), architect, craftsman and painter Ernő Foerk (1868–1934), architect Károly Kós (1883–1977), architect, writer, graphic artist, ethnographer and politician Comics André François (1915–2005), cartoonist Literature and poetry
Pelbartus Ladislaus (1430–1504), Franciscan writer and preacher Osman Ağa (1670–1725), military officer and autobiographer Ioan Slavici (1848–1925), writer and journalist; he attended the German-language high school in Timișoara Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966), military officer, journalist, editor and writer Miloš Crnjanski (1893–1977), writer and diplomat; he grew up in Timișoara Camil Petrescu (1894–1957), playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet; he taught at the Higher School of Commerce in Timișoara Wilhelm Stepper-Tristis (1899–?), novelist, journalist and literary critic Ezra Fleischer (1928–2006), poet and philologist Petre Stoica (1931–2009), poet and translator; he attended high school in Timișoara Ana Blandiana (b. 1942), poet, essayist and civil rights activist Șerban Foarță (b. 1942), writer; he lives in Timișoara Dorin Tudoran (b. 1945), poet, essayist, journalist and dissident Marianne Hirsch (b. 1949), literary scholar Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (b. 1951), novelist and essayist Richard Wagner (1952–2023), novelist; he lived in Timișoara Herta Müller (b. 1953), novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature; she lived in Timișoara George Șerban (1954–1998), journalist, writer and politician; he lived in Timișoara Brîndușa Armanca (b. 1954), journalist and teacher
Painting Károly Brocky (1808–1855), painter Pavel Petrović (1818–1887), painter Ludwig Michalek (1859–1942), painter, graphic artist and engraver Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (1860–1933), painter Julius Podlipny (1898–1991), painter, drawer and teacher; he lived in Timișoara Diet Sayler (b. 1939), painter and sculptor Bogdan Achimescu (b. 1965), visual artist
Sculpture Ingo Glass (b. 1941), sculptor
Business
Meir Amigo (18th century), businessman, philanthropist and community leader; he lived in Timișoara Adam F. Poltl (1891–1969), businessman and politician Francesco Illy (1892–1956), inventor of espresso machine and founder of illy Ovidiu Tender (b. 1956), businessman Florentin Banu (b. 1967), businessman
Clergy Augustin Pacha (1870–1954), first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara Adalbert Boros (1908–2003), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara Sebastian Kräuter (1922–2008), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara Martin Roos (b. 1942), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara László Tőkés (b. 1952), pastor and politician; he was an assistant pastor in Timișoara
Criminal Emil Mătăsăreanu (1966–1997), bank robber in America
Entertainment Film, theatre and television
Aleksa Bačvanski (1832–1881), actor and theatre director J. Edward Bromberg (1903–1951), character actor Zita Johann (1904–1993), actress Silviu Stănculescu (1932–1998), actor Robert Dornhelm (b. 1947), film and television director Julieta Szönyi (1949–2025), actress Andrei Ujică (b. 1951), screenwriter and film director Florin Călinescu (b. 1956), actor, theatre director, TV host, and politician Hanno Höfer (b. 1967), film director, producer, and musician Gábor Rappert–Vencz (b. 1967), stage actor Dan Negru (b. 1971), TV presenter and host Mile Cărpenișan (1975–2010), war correspondent Anca Miruna Lăzărescu (b. 1979), film director and screenwriter Alexandru Potocean (b. 1984), actor Gratiela Brancusi (b. 1989), actress
Music
Franz Limmer (1808–1857), composer and conductor; he lived in Timișoara Ion Ivanovici (1845–1902), military band conductor and composer Margaret Matzenauer (1881–1963), mezzo-soprano Zeno Coste (1907–1985), singer Charles Bruck (1911–1995), conductor Johanna Martzy (1924–1979), violinist Cornel Trăilescu (1926–2019), opera composer and conductor Francisco Kröpfl (1931–2021), composer and music theorist Ferdinand Weiss (1932–2002), pianist Hugo Jan Huss (1934–2006), conductor and music director Ervin Acél (1935–2006), conductor Ioan Holender (b. 1935), operatic baritone and the longest-serving director of the Vienna State Opera Yehuda Yannay (1937–2023), composer Nicu Covaci (1947–2024), soloist and guitarist of Phoenix Eugen Gondi (b. 1947), jazz drummer Mircea Baniciu (b. 1949), vocalist and guitarist of Pasărea Colibri Bujor Hoinic (b. 1950), composer, conductor and teacher Adrian Bărar (1960–2021), vocalist and guitarist of Cargo Aura Twarowska (b. 1967), mezzo-soprano; soloist of the Timișoara National Opera between 1997 and 2010 Carmen Șerban (b. 1971), singer Pacha Man (b. 1975), hip-hopper Cristian Măcelaru (b. 1980), conductor Miss Platnum (b. 1980), singer, songwriter and musician
Military
Pippo Spano (1369–1426), condottiero and merchant; ispán of Temes County between 1404 and 1424 János Hunyadi (1407–1456), general and governor of Hungary; ispán of Temes County from 1441 Pál Kinizsi (1432–1494), general; ispán of Temes County between 1478 and 1494 György Dózsa (1470–1514), nobleman, soldier of fortune and leader of the Dózsa Rebellion of 1514; he was tortured and executed after unsuccessfully attempting to besiege the Timișoara Fortress Sava Temišvarac ( 1594–1612), vojvoda Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), field marshal; liberator of Timișoara from the Ottoman occupation (1716) Claude Florimond de Mercy (1666–1734), field marshal; first governor of the Banat of Temeswar Ernő Kiss (1799–1849), lieutenant general and one of the 13 Martyrs of Arad György Klapka (1820–1892), general Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854–1924), last commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian Army Theodore Maly (1894–1938), priest and intelligence officer
Politics
Charles Robert (1288–1342), King of Hungary and Croatia; he moved his residence to Timișoara between 1316 and 1323 Danilo Stefanović (1815–1886), Prime Minister of Serbia Vincențiu Babeș (1821–1907), lawyer, teacher, publicist and politician; he attended the German-language high school in Timișoara Fedor Nikolić (1836–1903), Civil Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, member of the Hungarian House of Magnates Carol Telbisz (1853–1914), lawyer, mayor of Timișoara and advisor to the Hungarian Royal Court Lucian Georgevici (1875–1940), lawyer and mayor of Timișoara Karl Leopold von Möller (1876–1943), writer and mayor of Timișoara Ferenc Marschall (1887–1970), politician Sorin Bottez (1930–2009), philologist, politician and diplomat Michael Harish (b. 1936), politician Viorel Oancea (b. 1944), major general and mayor of Timișoara Gheorghe Ciuhandu (b. 1947), building engineer and mayor of Timișoara Mona Muscă (b. 1949), philologist and politician; she attended the University of Timișoara Anton Anton (b. 1949), engineer and politician Nicolae Robu (b. 1955), computer scientist and mayor of Timișoara Slavoliub Adnagi (b. 1965), politician Marius Lazurca (b. 1971), diplomat Dan Mihalache (b. 1971), politician and diplomat Mihai-Bogdan Negoescu (b. 1977), politician and entrepreneur Ramona Pop (b. 1977), politician Dominic Fritz (b. 1983), conductor and mayor of Timișoara Raimond Scheirich (b. 1990), politician
Scholars Alfred von Domaszewski (1856–1927), historian Gyula Pikler (1864–1937), philosopher of law Arnold Hauser (1892–1978), art historian and sociologist Károly Kerényi (1897–1973), philologist and father of Greek mythology studies George Călinescu (1899–1965), literary critic and historian, writer, publicist and academician; he taught at the C.D. Loga High School in Timișoara Viorel Cosma (1923–2017), musicologist, lexicographer, music critic and teacher Myriam Yardeni (1932–2015), historian Andrei Markovits (b. 1948), political scientist and sociologist
Sciences
János Bolyai (1802–1860), mathematician and father of non-Euclidean geometry; he did his military service at the Austrian garrison in today's Liberty Square Pavel Vasici-Ungureanu (1806–1881), physician Traian Lalescu (1882–1929), mathematician; he taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara Dimitrie Leonida (1883–1965), energy engineer; he taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara Jovan Hadži (1884–1972), zoologist Victor Vâlcovici (1885–1970), mechanician and mathematician; he taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara Constantin Cândea (1887–1971), chemist; he worked in Timișoara Constantin C. Teodorescu (1892–1972), engineer; he taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Timisoara Constantin Dinculescu (1898–1990), energy engineer; he taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara Remus Răduleț (1904–1984), electrical engineer; he attended the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara Ioan Vlădea (1907–1976), engineer; he studied and taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara Constantin Avram (1911–1987), structural engineer; he lived in Timișoara Caius Iacob (1912–1992), mathematician; he taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara Erwin Ringel (1921–1994), psychiatrist, neurologist and founder of the International Association for Suicide Prevention Victor Mercea (1924–1987), nuclear physicist Marianne Fillenz (1924–2012), neuroscientist Zvi Laron (b. 1927), endocrinologist; he attended the Institute of Medicine of Timișoara Alexandru Balaban (b. 1931), chemist Coleta de Sabata (1935–2021), engineer; she lived in Timișoara Peter Freund (1936–2018), theoretical physicist Peter L. Hammer (1936–2006), mathematician Reuven Ramaty (1937–2001), astrophysicist Karl Fritz Lauer (1938–2018), phytopathologist and herbologist; he studied and worked in Timișoara Păun Otiman (b. 1942), agronomist and economist; he lives in Timișoara Alexandru Moisuc (b. 1942), agronomist Gheorghe Benga (b. 1944), physician and molecular biologist George Lusztig (b. 1946), mathematician Traian V. Chirilă (b. 1948), chemist; he studied in Timișoara Valeriu Tabără (b. 1949), agronomist and politician; he lives in Timișoara Tudor Ratiu (b. 1950), mathematician Adrian Ioviță (b. 1954), mathematician Paul Pîrșan (b. 1956), agronomist; he lives in Timișoara Titu Andreescu (b. 1956), mathematician Laura Baudis (b. 1969), particle astrophysicist Adrian Constantin (b. 1970), mathematician Cosmin Alin Popescu (b. 1974), environmental scientist; he lives in Timișoara
Sports Athletics
Erzsébet Vígh (b. 1935), javelin thrower Iolanda Balaș (1936–2016), Olympic high jumper Alin Firfirică (b. 1995), discus thrower
Chess Gertrude Baumstark (1941–2020), chess player Sabina-Francesca Foisor (b. 1989), chess player
Fencing
Ion Drîmbă (1942–2006), Olympic fencer Andre Spitzer (1945–1972), fencing master and coach, one of the 11 athletes and coaches killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre
Football
Rudolf Wetzer (1901–1993), football player and manager Samuel Zauber (1901–1986), football player Mihai Tänzer (1905–1993), football player Emerich Vogl (1905–1971), football player and coach Petre Steinbach (1906–1996), football player and manager Ilie Subășeanu (1906–1980), football player Vilmos Zombori (1906–1993), football goalkeeper Adalbert Steiner (1907–1984), football player Rudolf Bürger (1908–1980), football player and coach Elek Schwartz (1908–2000), football player and coach of the Netherlands national team; he played for CA Timișoara Vasile Deheleanu (1910–2003), football player and coach Gusztáv Juhász (1911–2003), football player and coach Rudolf Kotormány (1911–1983), football player and coach Dumitru Pavlovici (1912–1993), football goalkeeper Adalbert Kovács (1920–1999), football player Ștefan Kovács (1920–1995), football player and coach