Hajongard cemetery
# 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

* 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 [ro] (1847–1925), composer, conductor, and teacher
* Iuliu Hațieganu (1885–1959), physician
* Jenő Janovics (1872–1945), actor, scenarist, and director
* Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer
* Adrian Marino [ro] (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
* Raluca Ripan (1894–1972), chemist
