List of Romanian Americans

This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Romanian American or must have references showing they are Romanian American and are notable.

List

Arts

• William Gropper - cartoonist, lithographer, and muralist (parents ethnic Jews from Romania)
• Alexandra Nechita - painter

Business

• John DeLorean- engineer,founder of the DeLorean Motor Company
• Joseph M. Juran - philanthropist
• Fabian Pascal - consultant to large software vendors
• John Rakolta Jr. - chairman and CEO, Walbridge Aldinger^[1]

Entertainment

• Samuel Bronston - film producer
• Lauren Bacall - actress^[2]
• Christian Calson - filmaker
• Steven Cojocaru - fashion critic, entertainment TV shows commentator, and celebrity interviewer ^[3]
• I.A.L. Diamond - screenwriter^[4]
• John Houseman - actor and film producer
• Stan Lee - comic book creator ^[5]
• Harvey Keitel - actor: Taxi Driver, Thelma and Louise, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction - just a few of his films ^[6]
• Jean Negulesco - director^[7]
• Marisol Nichols - actress
• John Randolph - actor: Serpico, Prizzi's Honor. He is also a Tony Award winning actor [7]
• Edward G. Robinson - actor^[8]
• Johnny Weissmuller - actor (Tarzan), olympic swimmer
• Adrian Zmed - actor
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler, actress, paternal grandparents Jewish immigrants from Romania and Greece.

Fashion

• Michelle Deighton^{[citation needed]}

History

• Eugene Borza - professor of history at Pennsylvania State University
• Radu Florescu - emeritus professor of history at Boston College
• Juliana Geran Pilon - professor of politics and culture at the Institute of World Politics
• Michael Radu - Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia

Literature

• Ştefan Baciu -poet and writer, professor at the University of Hawaii
• Andrew Calimach
• Nina Cassian - poet, journalist, film critic
• Ion Cârja, writer and anti-communist activist
• Andrei Codrescu
• Mircea Eliade
• Norman Manea
• Virgil Nemoianu - essayist, literary critic, and philosopher of culture
• Delmore Schwartz
• Saviana Stănescu - writer (poet, playwright)
• Dorin Tudoran - writer
• Matei Călinescu - professor at Indiana State University
• Saul Steinberg
• Ioan Petru Culianu - professor of divinity at the University of Chicago
• Petru Popescu - screenwriter from Hollywood

Music

• Sergiu Comissiona - conductor and musician
• Angela Gheorghiu - soprano
• Alma Gluck - soprano
• Hugo Jan Huss - conductor
• Franz Kneisel - violinist and composer^[9]
• Boris Levenson - composer
• P.F. Sloan - rock singer^{[citation needed]}
• Virginia Zeani - soprano

Politics

• Martin Abern - Trotskyist politician (parents ethnic Jews from Romania)
• Chris Lauzen - Illinois State Senator and Congressional candidate^[10]
• Mircea Răceanu - diplomat

Religion

• Nathaniel Popp - Romanian Orthodox Archbishop
• Marian Gh. Simion - Romanian-American scholar in religion, politics and conflict resolution
• Valerian Trifa - former archbishop of Romanian Orthodox Church of America and Canada
• Richard Wurmbrand - minister, author and educator

Science

• Andrei Alexandrescu
• Albert-László Barabási - ethnic Hungarian scientist
• Adrian Bejan - professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University
• Tudor Ganea - mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology
• Liviu Librescu - professor of engineering at Virginia Tech
• George Lusztig - mathematician, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ciprian Manolescu - mathematician
• Alexandru Marin - physicist
• George Emil Palade - Nobel Prize-winning biologist
• Nicolae Popescu - doctor - scientific researcher at the National Institute of Health
• Gideon Rodan - biochemist and osteopath
• Napoleon Săvescu - physician
• Florentin Smarandache- professor of mathematics and science at the University of New Mexico
• Pantelimon Stanica--professor of mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA
• Radu Lucian Sulica, MD - Laryngologist, Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College
• David Wechsler - psychologist
• Dan-Virgil Voiculescu - mathematician, professor at the University of California, Berkeley
• Hermann Oberth - physician

Sports

• Nadia Comaneci - Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
• Ernie Grunfeld - former NBA player
• Ely Culbertson - world champion bridge player
• Florin Felecan - chess FIDE Master
• Béla Károlyi - Hungarian gymnastics coach
• Fred Lebow - founder of New York City Marathon
• Dominique Moceanu - US Olympic gymnast
• Gheorghe Mureşan - former NBA player
• Erhardt Kapp - former soccer player
• Adolph Bachmeier - former soccer player
• Alex Zotinca - former soccer player
• Stephen Negoesco - hall of fame soccer coach
• Sam Paulescu - NFL punter
• Teodora Ungureanu - gymnast
• Tim Wallach - former MLB player

Theatre

• Andrei Şerban - director of theater and opera

Other

• Tony Alamo - controversial preacher, entrepreneur, singer
• Catherine Caradja - philanthropist, aristocrat, Romanian expatriate to the U.S.
• George Pomutz - Union Brigadier General, commanded the 15th Iowa Regiment in the American Civil War
• Alexander Vraciu - World War II Navy pilot; ace^[11]
• Daniel Negreanu - Professional Poker Player
• Vladimir Socor - specialist in the former republics of the USSR, CIS affairs and ethnic conflicts
• Vladimir Tismăneanu - specialist in political systems and compared politics
• Joshua Perper- forensic pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner in Broward County
• Alexander Raţiu - author, priest, and political prisoner.
• Fran Drescher (her grandmother emigrated from Focşani and she still emphasizes her Romanian origin^[12]) - actress

References