See also: Romanian-American
This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
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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
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
- ^ CORA - Congress of Romanian Americans
- ^ [1] Maternal Romanian-Jewish ancestry
- ^ [2]
- ^ I.A.L. Diamond - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- ^ [3] ".. Born in 1922 to poor working-class Jewish immigrants from Romania.. "
- ^ [4]
- ^ Your Online Portal to Romania
- ^ [5] "In 1904, as a 10-year-old Romanian Jewish immigrant named Manny Goldenberg, he was debating whether to become a rabbi or a lawyer. Instead, to our good fortune as movie fans, he became Edward G. Robinson, the movie star."
- ^ Juilliard | The Juilliard Journal Online
- ^ Andrei Badin, "Românul care bate la uşa Congresului" ("The Romanian Who Is Knocking on the Door of Congress"), Jurnalul Naţional, December 28, 2007.
- ^ [6]
- ^ http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/823113/EXCLUSIV-EVZ-Dadaca-Fran-Noi-romanii-avem-ochii-tristi/
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