Hajongard cemetery
Hajongard cemetery (officially Central Cemetery, in Hungarian Házsongárdi temető, from German Hasengarten), on Avram Iancu Street, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, founded in the sixteenth century. It is one of the most picturesque sights of the city. It covers an area of approximately 14 hectares (35 acres).
Notable interments
[edit]- Ion Agârbiceanu (1882–1963), writer, journalist, politician, academician and archpriest
- János Apáczai Csere (1625–1659), humanist scholar
- Gheorghe Avramescu (1884–1945), Lieutenant General during World War II
- Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950), writer, illustrator, scenographer and foreign minister of Hungary
- Matei Boilă (1926–2015), politician and priest
- Sámuel Brassai (1797–1897), linguist and teacher
- Nicolae Bretan (1887–1968), opera composer, baritone, conductor, and music critic
- Constantin Daicoviciu (1898–1973), historian, archaeologist, professor, and communist politician
- Aurel Ciupe (1900–1985), painter
- Doina Cornea (1929–2018), human rights activist and French language professor
- Gheorghe Dima (1847–1925), composer, conductor, and teacher
- Jenő Dsida (1907–1938), Hungarian poet, editor, translator
- Iuliu Hațieganu (1885–1959), physician
- Emil Isac (1886–1954), poet and literary critic
- Jenő Janovics (1872–1945), actor, scenarist, and director
- Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer
- Adrian Marino (1921–2005), essayist, critic, historian, and literary theorist
- Lajos Martin (1827–1897), mathematician and engineer
- Imre Mikó (1805–1876), governor of Transylvania
- John Paget (1808–1892), English agriculturist and author on Hungary
- Tiberiu Popoviciu (1906–1975), mathematician
- Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), savant, explorer, and founder of biospeleology
- Sándor Reményik (1890–1941), poet
- Raluca Ripan (1894–1972), chemist
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