List of Székelys

This is a list of notable Székelys (a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania, estimated to number about 500,000–700,000 as of 2022  ) and of people of Székely descent, sorted by field and name:

Athletes

 * Francisc Balla (born 1932), freestyle wrestler, won silver medals at the 1965 and 1967 World Wrestling Championships and a silver medal (1967) and bronze medal (1968) at the European Wrestling Championships
 * Mihály Bodosi (1909 – 2005), athlete, competed in the men's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics
 * László Bölöni (born 1953), Romanian football player and manager of Hungarian ethnicity
 * Zsolt Erőss (1968 – 2013), mountain climber
 * Réka Forika (born 1989), Romanian biathlete of Hungarian ethnicity, won a gold medal at the Biathlon Junior World Championships 2010
 * Csaba Györffy (1943 – 2018), Romanian international footballer
 * Mónika György (born 1982), Romanian cross-country skier of Hungarian ethnicity
 * Kálmán Hazai (1913 – 1996), water polo player, won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics
 * Ferenc Ilyés (born 1981), Hungarian international handball player
 * Emil Imre (born 1996), Romanian short track speed skater of Hungarian ethnicity, won a gold medal at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
 * Kriszta Incze (born 1996), freestyle wrestler, won a silver medal at the 2019 European Championships, a bronze medal at the 2021 European Championships, a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships, and another bronze medal at the 2019 European Games
 * Zoltán Kádár (born 1966), Romanian international football player of Hungarian ethnicity
 * Zoltán Kelemen (born 1986), Romanian figure skater
 * Lajos Keresztes (1900 – 1978), wrestler, won a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics
 * Katalin Kristó (born 1983), Romanian short track speed skater of Hungarian ethnicity
 * Csaba László (born 1964), Romanian-Hungarian professional football manager
 * Márton Lőrincz (1911 – 1969), wrestler, won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics
 * Tímea Lőrincz (born 1992), Romanian cross-country skier of Hungarian ethnicity
 * Edit Matei (born 1964), Austrian-Romanian international handball player
 * Edit Miklós (born 1988), Hungarian-Romanian World Cup alpine ski racer of Hungarian ethnicity; she began skiing at age five, participating in World Cup races for children by the age of 12, and making her World Cup debut in December 2005 at age 17
 * Endre Molnár (born 1945), water polo player, won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and another bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
 * Roland Niczuly (born 1995), Romanian professional football player, captain of Sepsi OSK
 * Carol-Eduard Novak (born 1976), Romanian road and track racing cyclist of Hungarian ethnicity
 * Tibor Selymes (born 1970), Romanian international football player
 * Iozefina Ștefănescu (1932 – 2015), Romanian handball player
 * Ecaterina Szabo (born 1967), artistic gymnast, won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals, including four Olympic golds
 * Éva Székely (1927 – 2020), swimmer, won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics
 * Bernadette Szőcs (born 1995), Romanian professional table tennis player
 * Emőke Szőcs (born 1985), Romanian-born biathlonist
 * Éva Tófalvi (born 1978), Romanian biathlete of Hungarian ethnicity
 * Maria Török-Duca (born 1959), professional handball player and manager, regarded by some as the greatest Romanian playmaker of all time
 * Levente Vajda (born 1981), chess player, Grandmaster
 * Szidonia Vajda (born 1979), chess player, with FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster
 * Lajos Vákár (1910 – 1993), ice hockey player and coach

Science and Humanities

 * János Apáczai Csere (1625 – 1659), polyglot, pedagogist, philosopher and theologian
 * Márton Balázs (1929 – 2016), Romanian mathematician of Hungarian descent
 * Albert-László Barabási (born 1967), Romanian-born Hungarian-American physicist, known for his discoveries in network science and network medicine
 * Ákos Birtalan (1962 – 2011), economist and politician
 * Péter Bod (1712 – 1768), theologian and historian
 * Farkas Bolyai (1775 – 1856), mathematician
 * János Bolyai (1802 – 1860), mathematician who developed absolute geometry
 * László Borbély (born 1954), economist and politician
 * Edmond Bordeaux Szekely (1905 – 1979), philologist, linguist, psychologist
 * Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784 – 1842), philologist and Orientalist
 * Endre Fülei-Szántó (1924 – 1995), linguist, author and professor
 * György Frunda (born 1951), jurist and politician
 * Erasmus Julius Nyárády (1881 – 1966), botanist
 * Tivadar Puskás (1844 – 1893), inventor, telephone pioneer, and inventor of the telephone exchange
 * István Szamosközy (1570 – 1612), humanist and historian
 * Gyula Vályi (1855 – 1913), mathematician and theoretical physicist
 * Attila Verestóy (1954 – 2018), chemical engineer and politician

Musicians

 * Bíborka Bocskor (born 1982), singer and songwriter
 * Boldizsár Csiky (born 1937), composer
 * Annamari Dancs (born 1981), singer
 * János Koós (1937 – 2019), pop singer
 * Kálmán Mihalik (1896 – 1922), physician and composer, set the music for Székely himnusz
 * Imre Palló (1891 – 1978), baritone, opera house manager
 * Anne Roselle (1894 – 1989), opera singer and actress

Artists

 * Miklós Barabás (1810 – 1898), painter
 * Attila Bartis (born 1968), writer, photographer, dramatist and journalist
 * André de Dienes (1913 – 1985), photographer, noted for his work with Marilyn Monroe
 * Manyi Kiss (1911 – 1971), theater and film actress
 * Róza Laborfalvi (1817 – 1886), theater actress, noblewoman
 * Louis C.K. (born 1967), American comedian of Hungarian origin
 * Ferenc Márton (1884 – 1940), painter
 * János Mattis-Teutsch (1884 – 1960), painter, sculptor, graphic artist, art critic and poet, father of Székely origins
 * Imre Nagy (1893 – 1976), painter
 * István Nagy (1873 – 1937), artist who specialized in landscapes and figure painting
 * Bertalan Székely (1835 – 1910), history and portrait painter
 * Gábor Tompa (born 1957), theater and film director

Writers

 * Gloria Álvarez (born 1985), radio and television presenter, author, and libertarian political commentator, mother of Székely origin
 * Olga Bede (1908 – 1925), writer
 * Elek Benedek (1859 – 1929), journalist and writer
 * Domokos Bölöni (born 1946), writer and journalist
 * György Csanády (1895 – 1952), poet, journalist and radio director, the author of Székely himnusz
 * György Dragomán (born 1973), author and translator
 * György Enyedi (1555 – 1597), Unitarian bishop, moderator, and writer
 * Sándor Bölöni Farkas (1795 – 1842), writer
 * Attila György (born 1971), writer, journalist, literary editor
 * Sándor Kányádi (1929 – 2018), poet and translator, one of the most famous and beloved Hungarian poets in his lifetime
 * Kelemen Mikes (1690 – 1761), political figure and essayist
 * József Nyírő (1889 – 1953), writer of popular short stories and novels
 * Balázs Orbán (1829 – 1890), author, ethnographic collector, parliamentarian, correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
 * Erno Polgar (1954 – 2018), writer, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017
 * Dávid Baróti Szabó (1739 – 1819), poet, linguist, Jesuit priest and teacher
 * Géza Szőcs (1953 – 2020), poet and politician
 * Áron Tamási (1897 – 1966), Hungarian writer, famous for his stories written in original Székely style

Military

 * János Czetz (1822 – 1904), military commander
 * György Dózsa (1470 – 1514), man-at-arms
 * Áron Gábor (1814 – 1849), artillery officer
 * Albert Király (fl. 1595), military leader
 * Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon (1884 – 1976), commanding general of the Royal Hungarian Army, Hungarian Minister of Defense, military theorist and historian
 * Moses Székely (c. 1553 – 1603), nobleman and military leader

Politicians

 * József Dudás (1912 – 1957), politician and resistance fighter
 * Sámuel Kálnoky (1640 – 1706), Chancellor of Transylvania
 * Attila Kelemen (1948 – 2022), Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament
 * Hunor Kelemen (born 1967), politician and writer
 * Károly Király (1930 – 2021), politician
 * Elek Köblös (1887 – 1938), activist and political leader
 * Vasile Luca (1898 – 1963), Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian and Soviet politician of Székely origin
 * Béla Markó (born 1951), Romanian politician
 * Imre Mikó (1805 – 1876), statesman, politician, economist, historian and patron
 * Zsolt Nagy (born 1971), Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity
 * László Rajk (1909 – 1949), politician, Hungarian Minister of Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Barna Tánczos (born 1976), politician
 * Lóránt Vincze (born 1977), politician

Other

 * Attila Ambrus (born 1967), bank robber
 * Florence Baker (1841 – 1916), explorer
 * Zoltán Dani (born 1956), Yugoslav army officer, father of Székely origin
 * Sándor Demján (1943 – 2018), businessman, entrepreneur, the second richest person in Hungary according to Forbes
 * Gergely Kovács (born 1968), archbishop of the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia.
 * Áron Márton (1896 – 1980), Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alba Iulia
 * Moses Székely the Younger (1603 – c. 1658), nobleman, Prince of Transylvania