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This is a list of some of the most prominent Romanians. It contains historical and important contemporary figures (athletes, actors, directors etc).
Most of the people listed here are of Romanian ethnicity, whose native tongue is Romanian. There are also a few mentioned who were born in Romania and can speak Romanian, though not of Romanian ethnicity.
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Historical and political figures
Mediaeval
- Mircea cel Bătrân
- Neagoe Basarab
- Ştefan cel Mare, voivod of Moldavia
- Vlad Ţepeş, voivod, Dracula inspiration
- Alexandru cel Bun, voivod of Moldavia
- Petru Rareş, voivod of Moldavia
- Mihai Viteazul
Renaissance Age
- Antioch Kantemir; poet and Russian ambassador
- Dimitrie Cantemir; ruler of Moldavia, historian, writer, and music composer
- Constantin Brancoveanu
Modern era
- Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
- King Carol I of Romania, of German origins
- King Carol II of Romania
- King Mihai of Romania
Politicians
- Ion Antonescu, prime minister and Conducător (Leader) during World War II
- Alexandru Averescu, general and politician
- Nicolae Bălcescu, historian, revolutionary
- Antoine Bibesco, diplomat, writer
- Ion I. C. Brătianu
- Lascăr Catargiu
- Ion Duca, prime minister in interbellum Romania
- Petre Dumitrescu, general
- Avram Iancu, revolutionary
- Mihail Lascăr, WWII general, Minister of Defense
- Mugur Isărescu, economist, former Prime Minister
- Mihail Manoilescu, economist and politician
- Nicolae Rădescu, prime minister during WWII
- Dimitrie Sturdza
- Radu Vasile, economist and politician, former Prime Minister
National Peasants' Party
- Gheorghe Ciuhandu, Mayor of Timişoara, National Peasants' Party
- Corneliu Coposu, politician, National Peasants' Party
- Doina Cornea, noted dissident and intellectual, National Peasants' Party
- Iuliu Maniu, politician, one of the creators of the National Peasants' Party
- Ion Mihalache, politician, National Peasants' Party
- Ion Raţiu, politician, National Peasants' Party
National Liberal Party (Romania)
Former members before November 1947, when the Romanian Communists dissolved the party:
- Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania
- Ion I. C. Brătianu, politician, one of the founders of the Liberal movement in Romania, Prime Minister, son of Ion C. Brătianu
- Ion G. Duca, Prime Minister, assassinated by Iron Guard
- Ion Ghica, mathematician, diplomat, Prime Minister
- Mihail Kogălniceanu, lawyer, historian, publicist, Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Internal Affairs
- Pache Protopopescu, mayor of Bucharest
- C. A. Rosetti, publicist
Former members after 1989:
- Theodor Stolojan, leader of the party 2002-2004, expelled in 2006
- Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004-2007, head of Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service since 2007
Current members:
- Radu Câmpeanu, first leader of the party after the 1989 revolution
- Mihai Mălaimare, MP, actor
Romanian Communist Party
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
- Gheorghe Gaston Marin, (previously Grossmann) politician, vice-president of the Government under Gheorghiu Dej
- Elena Ceauşescu - deputy premier under her husband
- Nicolae Ceauşescu, the last Romanian Communist head of state
- See also: list of Romanian communists
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)
- Traian Băsescu, the current president of Romania
- Theodor Stolojan, economist and politician, former prime minister
- Emil Boc, the current prime minister and president of the Democratic Liberal Party
- Vasile Stoica, politician
- Vasile Blaga
Social Democratic Party (Romania)
- Mircea Geoană, former Foreign Minister, president of the Social Democratic Party
- Cristian Diaconescu
Diplomats
- Eugen Filotti, diplomat
- Grigore Gafencu, diplomat
- Savel Rădulescu, diplomat
- Nicolae Titulescu, diplomat, politician of the National Peasants' Party
- Constantin Vişoianu, diplomat
- Cristian Diaconescu, diplomat,politician, jurist
Arts
Architecture
- Horia Creangă, Modernism
- Marcel Iancu, Modernism
- Ion Mincu
- Alexandru Oraşcu, Neoclassicism
Dance
- Sergiu Anghel, choreographer, director, scenarist
- Alina Cojocaru, ballerina
Painting
- Călin Alupi
- Theodor Aman
- Gheorghe Tattarescu
- Ion Andreescu
- Corneliu Baba
- Sabin Bălaşa
- Octav Băncilă
- Ignat Bednarik
- Horia Bernea
- Victor Brauner
- Marius Bunescu
- Silvia Cambir
- Henri Catargi
- Alexandru Ciucurencu
- Aurel Ciupe
- Nicolae Dărăscu
- Ştefan Dimitrescu
- Zamfir Dumitrescu
- Dumitru Ghiaţă
- Nicolae Grigorescu
- Marcel Iancu
- Iosif Iser
- Marcel Janco
- Ştefan Luchian
- Pârvu Mutu
- Paul Neagu
- Mihai Nechita
- Alexandra Nechita
- Silviu Oravitzan
- Theodor Pallady
- Gheorghe Petraşcu
- Ştefan Pelmuş
- Gabriel Popa
- Camil Ressu
- Dumitru Rusu
- Jean Alexandru Steriadi
- Francisc Şirato
- George Ştefănescu
- Nicolae Tonitza
- Traian Trestioreanu
- Ion Ţuculescu
Sculpture
- Constantin Brancusi
- Oscar Han
- Ion Irimescu
- Ion Jalea
- Cornel Medrea
- Miliţa Petraşcu
- Dimitrie Paciurea
- Nicolae Roşu
Writing
- Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
- Andrei Pleşu, writer, philosopher, essayist, journalist
- Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu, philologist, linguist
- Horia-Roman Patapievici, writer, philosopher, essayist
- Ion Pillat, poet, publicist, academic
- Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, playwright
- Marin Sorescu, poet, playwright
- Nae Ionescu, philosopher, writer, logician
- Nichita Danilov, poet, essayist, novelist
- Nichita Stănescu, poet and playwright
- Nicolae Olahus, writer, historian, Catholic Archbishop of Hungary
- Petre Ţuţea
- Tristan Tzara, Dadaist poet and essayist
- Vasile Alecsandri, poet and playwright
- Vasile Voiculescu, poet, writer, playwright
- Virgil Nemoianu, essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture
Philosophers
- Constantin Noica, philosopher
- Emil Cioran, essayist, philosopher
- Stéphane Lupasco, philosopher
Poets
- Nichita Stanescu, poet
- Mircea Dinescu, poet, journalist
- Tudor Arghezi, poet
- George Bacovia, poet
- Ion Barbu, poet
- Paul Celan, poet (German language)
- George Coşbuc, poet
- Mihai Eminescu, poet and journalist
- Octavian Goga, poet and political figure
- Radu Gyr, poet
- Iulia Hasdeu, poet
- Isidore Isou, poet
- Irving Layton , poet
- Gherasim Luca, surrealist poet
- Andrei Mureşanu, poet and revolutionary
- Gellu Naum, poet
Writers
- Marthe Bibesco, writer
- Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright
- Mateiu Caragiale, novelist
- Mircea Cărtărescu, writer, essayist
- Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, writer, essayist
- Ion Creangă, writer, especially of children's stories
- Ioan Petru Culianu, historian of religion
- Mircea Eliade, historian of religion; also novelist
- Mihail Fărcăşanu, writer, novelist
- Virgil Gheorghiu, novelist
- Paul Goma, writer
- Vintilă Horia, prominent writer
- Eugène Ionesco, playwright
- Herta Müller, writer, 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Oskar Pastior, writer
- Marin Preda, novelist
- Vasile Pogor, writer
- Liviu Rebreanu, writer
- Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist
- Mihail Sebastian, writer, playwright
- Ioan Slavici, writer
- Panait Istrati, novelist
- Nicolae Iorga, historian, politician
- Gabriel Liiceanu, writer, editor
- Nicolae Milescu, writer, diplomat
- Urmuz, writer
- Richard Wagner (novelist), writer
Literary critics
Historians
- Gheorghe I. Brătianu
- George Călinescu
- Constantin Daicoviciu
- Nicolae Densuşianu
- Constantin C. Giurescu
- Nicolae Iorga
- Vasile Pârvan
- A. D. Xenopol
- Alexandru Zub
Journalists
- Eugen Filotti, journalist, Director of the Press
- Leonard Miron, journalist and Romanian National TV presenter
Linguists
Music
See also Music of Romania, especially for contemporary pop musicians.
Composers
- Pascal Bentoiu, composer
- Tiberiu Brediceanu, composer and conductor
- Nicolae Bretan, opera composer
- Eduard Caudella, composer
- Paul Constantinescu, composer
- Dimitrie Cuclin, composer
- Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, cellist
- Sabin Dragoi, composer
- Iancu Dumitrescu, composer, conductor, musicologist
- George Enescu, composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher
- Iosif Ivanovici
- Liviu Marinescu, composer
- Nonna Otescu, composer
- Anton Pann, composer
- Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
- Cornel Trailescu, composer
Musicians
- Dan Andrei Aldea, rock guitarist, composer, singer
- Christian Badea, conductor
- Lucian Ban, jazz composer & pianist
- Sergiu Celibidache, orchestra conductor
- Marin Constantin, conductor of the Madrigal chamber choir
- Nicu Covaci, rock guitarist, composer, vocalist
- Michael Cretu, musician (Enigma)
- Grigoraş Dinicu, violinist, composer
- George Georgescu, orchestra conductor
- Valeriu Găină, ghitarist
- Clara Haskil, pianist
- Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor and violinist
- Ovidiu Lipan, drummer (Phoenix)
- Dinu Lipatti, pianist, composer
- Radu Lupu, pianist
- Cristi Minculescu, rock singer and composer
- Jonel (Ionel) Perlea, conductor
- Valentin Radu, conductor, Vox AmaDeus
- Constantin Silvestri, orchestra conductor and composer
- Laura Stoica, pop-rock singer and composer
- Pavel Stratan, songwriter, singer
- Cristian Vasile, tango singer
- Dorin Liviu Zaharia, composer and singer
- Gheorghe Zamfir, pan flute musician
Classic
- Radu Lupu, pianst
- Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
- Hariclea Darclée, soprano
- Ileana Cotrubaş, soprano
- Mariana Nicolescu, soprano
- Virginia Zeani, soprano
Folk
- Grigore Leșe
- Ioan Bocsa
- Irina Loghin
- Maria Tănase, traditional music singer
- Nicolae Furdui Iancu
- Nineta Popa
- Veta Biris
Instruments
- Alexander Bălănescu, violinist
- Gheorghe Zamfir, panpipes player
- Ion Voicu, violinist
- Johnny Răducanu, jazz pianist
- Marin Cazacu, violoncelist, conservatory professor
Pop/Techno
- Loredana Groza, pop singer
- Nicoleta Alexandru, pop/techno singer
Film and theatre
- Mircea Albulescu, actor
- Ştefan Bănică, Jr., actor
- Monica Bârlădeanu, actress
- Radu Beligan, actor, director
- Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright
- Ion Caramitru, actor
- Gheorghe Dinică, actor
- Maria Filotti, actress
- Mircea Filotti, film producer
- Luminiţa Gheorghiu, actress
- Marcel Iureş, actor
- Alexandra Maria Lara, actress
- Anamaria Marinca, actress
- Nicolas Masson, director
- Nicolae Massim, director
- George Mihăiţă, actor
- Cătălin Mitulescu, film director
- Maia Morgenstern, actress
- Cristian Mungiu, film director
- Jean Negulescu, film director, Oscar nominee
- Sergiu Nicolaescu, film director
- Amza Pellea, actor
- Florian Pittiş, actor
- Elvira Popescu, actress
- Corneliu Porumboiu, film director
- Cristi Puiu, film director
- Victor Rebengiuc, actor
- Edward G. Robinson, actor
- Andrei Şerban, director of theatre and opera
- Saviana Stănescu, playwright
- Constantin Tănase, cabaretist
- Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, actor
- Tora Vasilescu, actress
- Johnny Weissmuller, actor
Religion
- Arsenie Boca
- Teoctist Arăpaşu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Miron Cristea, first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Iuliu Hossu, Greek-Catholic bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese and later cardinal
- Justinian Marina, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Iustin Moisescu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Nicodim Munteanu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
- Dumitru Stăniloae, priest, translated the Philokalia into Romanian
- Vasile Suciu, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
- Alexandru Todea, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and later cardinal
- Lucian Turcescu, Orthodox theologian teaching at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), president of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies, 2004-2008
- Richard Wurmbrand, pastor, author of Tortured for Christ
Sports
Athletics
- Iolanda Balaş, high jump
- Paula Ivan
- Lia Manoliu, discus thrower
- Gabriela Szabo
- Violeta Beclea-Szekely
- Doina Melinte, 3000 m
Basketball
Boxing
Chess
Football
- Ioan Andone
- Ilie Balaci
- Ladislau Bölöni
- Cristian Chivu
- Cosmin Contra
- Nicolae Dica
- Nicolae Dobrin
- Helmuth Duckadam
- Ilie Dumitrescu
- Ioan Viorel Ganea
- Dorin Goian
- Gheorghe Hagi
- Cătălin Hâldan
- Adrian Iencsi
- Adrian Ilie
- Anghel Iordănescu
- Emerich Jenei
- Michael Klein
- Marius Lăcătuş
- Mircea Lucescu
- Silviu Lung
- Viorel Moldovan
- Dorinel Munteanu
- Adrian Mutu
- Claudiu Niculescu
- Gheorghe Popescu
- Florin Răducioiu
- Ioan Sabău
- Tibor Selymes
- Bogdan Stelea
Gymnastics
- Simona Amânar
- Oana Ban
- Octavian Belu - former women's coach
- Sabina Cojocar
- Nadia Comăneci
- Aurelia Dobre
- Marian Drăgulescu
- Emilia Eberle
- Alexandra
- Gina Gogean
- Sandra Izbasa
- Béla Károlyi, gymnastics coach
- Marta Károlyi, gymnastics coach
- Alexandra Marinescu
- Lavinia Miloşovici
- Dominique Moceanu - Born in U.S. to Romanian immigrants.
- Aura Andreea Munteanu
- Steliana Nistor
- Maria Olaru
- Cătălina Ponor
- Claudia Presăcan
- Andreea Răducan
- Monica Roşu
- Daniela Silivaş
- Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie
- Ioan Silviu Suciu
- Corina Ungureanu
- Teodora Ungureanu
- Marius Urzică
Rowing
- Constanţa Burcică
- Georgeta Damian
- Elena Georgescu
- Doina Ignat
- Elisabeta Lipă
- Ivan Patzaichin
- Viorica Susanu
Tennis
- Ilie Năstase
- Andrei Pavel
- Victor Hănescu
- Dinu Pescariu
- Răzvan Sabău
- Ion Ţiriac; also a very successful businessman
- Virginia Ruzici 1978 French Open winner
- Magda Rurac
- Irina Spîrlea
- Ruxandra Dragomir
- Sorana Cirstea
- Edina Gallovits
- Monica Niculescu
- Ioana Raluca Olaru
Other sports
- Luminita Hutupan handball player
- Alina Dumitru, olympic judo champion
- Laura Badea, Romanian fencer and olympic champion in foil competition
- Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- Angelica Rozeanu, world table tennis champion
Science
Biology
- Grigore Antipa, hydrobiologist
- Ana Aslan, geriatrics researcher
- Victor Babeş, biologist
- Dimitrie Brândză, botanist
- Ioan Cantacuzino, microbiologist
- Wilhelm Knechtel, botanist
- Nicolae Leon, biologist
- Gheorghe Marinescu, neurologist
- Mina Minovici, forensic scientist
- Constantin Parhon, endocrinologist
- George Emil Palade, 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner
- Nicolae Paulescu, discovered insulin
- Emil Racoviţă, biologist and speleologist
Chemistry
- Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
- Henrick Kacser, physical chemist
- Costin Neniţescu, founder of the Romanian school of Organic Chemistry
- Nicolae Teclu, inventor of the Teclu gas burner
Physicians
- Carol Davila
- Iuliu Haţieganu
- Ioan Lascar
- Raed Arafat, the founder and of Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD), (a Syrian-born Palestinian refugee , he lives in Romania for several decades)
- David Wechsler, psychologist
- Daniel O David, professor, psychologist, and psychotherapist
- Ion Vianu, psychiatrist
Engineering
- Adrian Bejan, inventor of constructal theory
- Elie Carafoli, engineer
- Alexandru Ciurcu, inventor, with M.M. Just Buisson, of the first reactive engine
- George Constantinescu, inventor
- Anastase Dragomir, inventor - parachute cell, predecessor of the ejection seat
- Rodrig Goliescu, inventor - the first airplane with a tubular fuselage
- Petrache Poenaru, inventor
- Elie Radu, architect, engineer
- Anghel Saligny, engineer
- Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, engineer
- Iustin Capra, inventor
Avionics
- Aurel Vlaicu, flight pioneer
- Traian Vuia, flight pioneer
- Henri Coandă, inventor of the first jet engine airplane
Astronauts
- Dumitru Prunariu, Romania's first and only cosmonaut
Mathematics
- Emanoil Bacaloglu
- Dan Barbilian
- Anton Davidoglu
- Ion Ghica
- Alexandru Ghika
- Spiru Haret
- Traian Lalescu
- Octav Mayer
- Gheorghe Mihoc
- Grigore Moisil
- Miron Nicolescu
- Octav Onicescu
- Preda Mihăilescu
- Valentin Poénaru
- Dimitrie Pompeiu
- Nicolae Popescu
- Simion Stoilow
- Gheorghe Vrânceanu
- Gheorghe Ţiţeica
- Dan-Virgil Voiculescu
Physics
- Emanoil Bacaloglu, physicist, chemist and mathematician
- Victor Albert Bailey, physicist (Romanian on his mother's side)
- Peter George Oliver Freund, physicist
- Pyotr Kapitsa, physicist
- Alexandru Marin, physicist, professor
- Horaţiu Năstase
Computer Science
- Ştefan Odobleja, scientist, precursor of cybernetics
- Mihai Nadin, computer scientist
Others
- Dimitrie Gusti, sociologist
- David Mitrany (1888–1975), political theorist
- George Pomutz (1818-1882), ethnic Romanian United States general in the Civil War, and a diplomat
- Emil Racoviţă, polar explorer
- Henri Stahl, stenographer
- Henri H. Stahl, cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, sociologist, social historian
Polymaths
- Simion Bărnuţiu, jurist, priest, politician, publicist, lawyer, writer, professor
- Matyla Ghyka, famous polymath, architect, mathematician and author
- Mihail Kogălniceanu lawyer, historian, publicist, politician, cultural pacemaker
Business
- Octav Botnar, Nissan UK chairman, billionaire
- Iosif Constantin Drăgan, gas tycoon, billionaire and academic
- John De Lorean, US car industry executive, engineer, inventor of Pontiac GTO Muscle car and Delorean DMC-12
- Iosif Armas
Miscellaneous Famous People
- Ana Cumpănaş (a.k.a. Anna Sage), the "Woman in Red" who helped FBI catch John Dillinger
- Theodore Savescu
See also
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