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Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...

. It contains historical and important contemporary figures (athletes, actors, directors etc.). Most of the people listed here are of Romanian

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, whose native tongue is

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language ** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...

. There are also a few mentioned who were born in Romania and can speak Romanian, though not of Romanian ethnicity.

Historical and political figures

Medieval

* Alexander I the Good (1375–1432), Domn of Moldavia (1400–1432) * Basarab I the Founder (1270–1352), first independent Domn of Wallachia (1310–1352) *

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

(1558–1601), Domn of Wallachia (1593–1601), Domn of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600) * Mircea I the Elder (1355–1418), Domn of Wallachia (1386–1394, 1397–1418) * Neagoe Basarab V (1459–1521), Domn of Wallachia (1512–1521) *

Nicolaus Olahus Nicolaus Olahus (Latin for ''Nicholas, the Vlach''; hu, Oláh Miklós; ro, Nicolae Valahul); 10 January 1493 – 15 January 1568) was the Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Catholic prelate, humanist and historiog ...

(1493–1568), Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Kingdom of Hungary * Stephen III the Great (1433–1504), Domn of Moldavia (1457–1504) *

Vlad II Dracul Vlad II ( ro, Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul () or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Im ...

(before 1395-1447), Domn of Wallachia (1436-1442, 1443-1447) *

Vlad III the Impaler Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler ( ro, Vlad Țepeș ) or Vlad Dracula (; ro, Vlad Drăculea ; 1428/311476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often considered one of the most imp ...

(1431–1477), Domn of Wallachia (1448, 1456–1462, 1476–1477)

Renaissance Age

Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir (, russian: Дмитрий Кантемир; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Romanian prince, statesman, and man of letters, regarded as one of the most significant e ...

, ruler of Moldavia, historian, writer, and music composer * Antioch Kantemir, poet and Russian ambassador *

Constantin Brancoveanu Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname. For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name). See also * Constantine (name) * Konstantin The first name Konsta ...

, Prince of Wallachia (1688-1714)

Modern era

Tudor Vladimirescu Tudor Vladimirescu (; c. 1780 – ) was a Romanian revolutionary hero, the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821 and of the Pandur militia. He is also known as Tudor din Vladimiri (''Tudor from Vladimiri'') or, occasionally, as Domnul Tudo ...

* Prince

Gheorghe Bibescu Gheorghe Bibescu (;April 26th 1804 – 1 June 1873) was a ''hospodar'' (Prince) of Wallachia between 1843 and 1848. His rule coincided with the revolutionary tide that culminated in the 1848 Wallachian revolution. Early political career Born in ...

* Prince

Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei (), also written as ''Stirbey'', (17 August 1799 – April 13, 1869), a member of the Bibescu boyar family, was a hospodar (Prince of Wallachia) on two occasions, between 1848 and 1853, and between 1854 and 1856.I ...

* Prince

Alexandru Ioan Cuza Alexandru Ioan Cuza (, or Alexandru Ioan I, also anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first ''domnitor'' (Ruler) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as prince of Moldavia on 5 Januar ...

* King

Carol I of Romania Carol I or Charles I of Romania (20 April 1839 – ), born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (''Domnitor'') from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914. He w ...

* King

Ferdinand I of Romania Ferdinand (Ferdinand Viktor Albert Meinrad; 24 August 1865 – 20 July 1927), nicknamed ''Întregitorul'' ("the Unifier"), was King of Romania from 1914 until his death in 1927. Ferdinand was the second son of Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern and ...

* King

Carol II of Romania Carol II (4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. The eldest son of Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I in 1914. He was the first of th ...

* King

Michael I of Romania Michael I ( ro, Mihai I ; 25 October 1921 – 5 December 2017) was the last King of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947. Shortly after Michael's ...

* Queen Elizabeth of Romania * Queen

Marie of Romania Marie (born Princess Marie Alexandra Victoria of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875 – 18 July 1938) was the last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I. Marie was born into the British royal family. Her parents were Prince Alfred, D ...

Politicians and militarymen

* Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister and ''Conducător'' (Leader) during World War II *

Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu (; 9 March 1859 – 2 October 1938) was a Romanian marshal, diplomat and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets (as well as being ''inter ...

, general and politician *

Nicolae Bălcescu Nicolae Bălcescu () (29 June 181929 November 1852) was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution. Early life Born in Bucharest to a family of low-ranking nobility, he used his mother' ...

, historian, revolutionary *

Antoine Bibesco Prince Antoine Bibesco ( ro, Prințul Anton Bibescu; July 19, 1878 – September 2, 1951) was a Romanian people, Romanian aristocrat, lawyer, diplomat, and writer. Biography His father was Prince Alexandre Bibesco, the last surviving son of ...

, diplomat, writer *

Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (22 September 1833 – 22 March 1913), was a Romanian politician and lawyer, one of the leading Conservative Party policymakers. Among his political posts were minister of public instruction in Romania, presid ...

, Prime Minister during the 1907 Romanian Peasants' revolt *

Lascăr Catargiu Lascăr Catargiu ( or Lascăr Catargi; 1 November 1823 – ) was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, ...

Constantin Cristescu Constantin Cristescu (2 December 1866 — 9 May 1923) was a Romanian lieutenant general during World War I, and Chief of Staff of the Romanian Army. Biography Early life He was born on 2 December 1866 in Pădureți village, in Argeș County. H ...

, general, Chief of Staff *

Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea ; pen name of Barbu Ștefan; April 11, 1858 in Bucharest – April 29, 1918 in Iași) was a Romanian writer and poet, considered one of the greatest figures in the National awakening of Romania. Early life and ...

, former mayor of

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

Ion Dragalina Ioan Dragalina (16 December 1860 – 9 November 1916) was a Romanian general, who died during the World War I in the First Battle of the Jiu Valley. Dragalina was born in the city of Karansebesch (now Caransebeș, Romania), which at the time ...

, general *

Petre Dumitrescu Petre Dumitrescu (; 18 February 1882 – 15 January 1950) was a Romanian general during World War II who led the Romanian Third Army on its campaign against the Red Army in the Eastern Front. Early life and military career Dumitrescu was born i ...

, general *

Octavian Goga Octavian Goga (; 1 April 1881 – 7 May 1938) was a Romanian politician, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Life and politics Goga was born in Rășinari, near Sibiu. Goga was an active member in the Romanian nationalisti ...

, writer, former Prime Minister * Avram Iancu, revolutionary in 1848 Revolution *

Take Ionescu Take or Tache Ionescu (; born Dumitru Ghiță Ioan and also known as Demetriu G. Ionnescu; – 21 June 1922) was a Romanian centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat, who also enjoyed reputation as a short story author. Starting his ...

, Prime Minister in interbellum Romania *

Mugur Isărescu Constantin Mugur Isărescu (; born 1 August 1949) is the Governor of the National Bank of Romania, a position he has been holding since September 1990, with the sole exception of a period of time of eleven months (16 November 1999 to 28 October 2 ...

, economist and member of the Club of Rome, former Prime Minister *

Mihail Lascăr Mihail Lascăr (; November 8, 1889 – July 24, 1959) was a Romanian general during World War II and Romania's Minister of Defense from 1946 to 1947. He was born in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, Kingdom of Romania, and graduated from the Infantry ...

, WWII general, Minister of Defense *

Mihail Manoilescu Mihail Manoilescu (; December 9, 1891 – December 30, 1950) was a Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician and memoirist, who served as Foreign Minister of Romania during the summer of 1940. An active promoter of and contributor to f ...

, economist and Foreign Minister *

Alexandru Marghiloman Alexandru Marghiloman (4 July 1854 – 10 May 1925) was a Romanian conservative statesman who served for a short time in 1918 (March–October) as Prime Minister of Romania, and had a decisive role during World War I. Early career Born in Buz ...

, Prime Minister during World War I * Gheorghe G. Mironescu, Prime Minister in interbellum Romania *

David Praporgescu David Praporgescu (13 December 1865 – 13 October 1916) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War I, who was killed in action at the start of the Battle of the Southern Carpathians. Biography Early life He was born in Turnu Măgurele, ...

, general *

Constantin Prezan Constantin Prezan (January 27, 1861 – August 27, 1943) was a Romanian general during World War I. In 1930 he was given the honorary title of Marshal of Romania, as a recognition of his merits during his command of the Northern Army and of the ...

, general in World War I,

Marshal of Romania Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society. As marshals became trusted members of the courts of Medieval Europe, the title grew in reputation. During the last few centuries, it has been used for elevated o ...

Nicolae Rădescu Nicolae Rădescu (; 30 March 1874 – 16 May 1953) was a Romanian army officer and political figure. He was the last pre-Communist Romania, communist rule List of Prime Ministers of Romania, Prime Minister of Romania, serving from 7 December 1944 ...

, Prime Minister during World War II *

Radu R. Rosetti Radu R. Rosetti ( – June 2, 1949) was a Romanian brigadier general, military historian, librarian, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Early years Born in Căiuți, Bacău County, he was part of the old ''boyar'' Rosetti fam ...

, general *

Ecaterina Teodoroiu Ecaterina Teodoroiu (; born Cătălina Toderoiu; 15 January 1894 – 3 September 1917) was a Romanian woman who fought on the front and died in World War I, and is regarded as a heroine of Romania. A Romanian Scouts member, she had initially wo ...

, soldier and heroine during World War I

National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party (also known as the National Peasant Party or National Farmers' Party; ro, Partidul Național Țărănesc, or ''Partidul Național-Țărănist'', PNȚ) was an agrarian political party in the Kingdom of Romania. It w ...

Emil Constantinescu Emil Constantinescu () (born 19 November 1939) is a Romanian professor and politician, who served as the President of Romania, from 1996 to 2000. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Constantinescu became a founding member and vice president ...

, former

President of Romania The president of Romania ( ro, Președintele României) is the head of state of Romania. Following a modification to the Constitution of Romania, Romanian Constitution in 2003, the president is directly elected by a two-round system and serves ...

Corneliu Coposu Corneliu (Cornel) Coposu () (20 May 1914 – 11 November 1995) was a Christian Democratic and liberal conservative Romanian politician, the founder of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party ( ro, Partidul Național Țărănesc Creșt ...

, politician,

National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party (also known as the National Peasant Party or National Farmers' Party; ro, Partidul Național Țărănesc, or ''Partidul Național-Țărănist'', PNȚ) was an agrarian political party in the Kingdom of Romania. It w ...

Doina Cornea Doina Cornea (; 30 May 1929 – 3 May 2018) was a Romanian human rights activist and French language professor. She was a dissident during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu. She was co-founder of the Democratic Anti-totalitarian Forum of ...

, noted dissident and intellectual,

Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu (; 8 January 1873 – 5 February 1953) was an Austro-Hungarian-born lawyer and Romanian politician. He was a leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, playing an important role in the U ...

, politician, one of the creators of the

Ion Mihalache Ion Mihalache (; March 3, 1882 – February 5, 1963) was a Romanian agrarian politician, the founder and leader of the Peasants' Party (PȚ) and a main figure of its successor, the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ). Early life A schoolteacher bor ...

, politician,

Ion Rațiu Ion Rațiu (; 6 June 1917 – 17 January 2000) was a Romanian lawyer, diplomat, journalist, businessman, writer, and politician as well as the official presidential candidate of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD) in the ...

, politician,

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod (27 February 1872 – 19 March 1950) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the Union of Transylvania with Romania, union of Transylvania (before 1920 part of ...

, politician, Prime Minister of Romania,

Radu Vasile Radu Vasile (; 10 October 1942 – 3 July 2013) was a Romanian politician, historian, and poet. Originally a member of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD), Vasile served as the Prime Minister of Romania between 17 April 1 ...

, economist and politician, former Prime Minister

National Liberal Party (1875–1950)

Dinu Brătianu Dinu Brătianu (January 13, 1866 – May 20, 1950), born Constantin I. C. Brătianu, was a Romanian engineer and politician who led the National Liberal Party (PNL) starting in 1934. Life Early career Born at the estate of ''Florica'', in ...

, president of the National Liberal Party, arrested and imprisoned without trial by the communists, dying in 1950, probably at

Sighet Prison The Sighet prison, located in the city of Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County, Romania, was used by Romania to hold criminals, prisoners of war, and political prisoners. It is now the site of the Sighet Memorial Museum, part of the Memorial ...

* Ion C. Brătianu,

Prime Minister of Romania The prime minister of Romania ( ro, Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania ( ro, Prim-ministrul Guvernului României, link=no), is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was s ...

* Ion I. C. Brătianu, politician, one of the founders of the Liberal movement in Romania, Prime Minister, son of Ion C. Brătianu *

Vintilă Brătianu Vintilă Ion Constantin Brătianu (16 September 1867 – 22 December 1930) was a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between 24 November 1927 and 9 November 1928. He and his brothers Ion I. C. Brătianu and Dinu Brătianu ...

, politician, Prime Minister of Romania, son of Ion C. Brătianu *

Ion G. Duca Ion Gheorghe Duca (; 20 December 1879 – 29 December 1933) was Romanian politician and the Prime Minister of Romania from 14 November to 29 December 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement. ...

, Prime Minister, assassinated by Iron Guard *

Ion Ghica Ion Ghica (; 12 August 1816 – 7 May 1897) was a Romanian statesman, mathematician, diplomat and politician, who was Prime Minister of Romania five times. He was a full member of the Romanian Academy and its president many times (1876–1882, ...

, mathematician, diplomat, Prime Minister *

Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863 ...

, lawyer, historian, publicist, Prime Minister,

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

Minister of Internal Affairs Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of governme ...

* C. A. Rosetti, publicist,

Mayor of Bucharest The Mayor of Bucharest ( ro, Primarul General al Municipiului București), sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, the ...

Dimitrie Sturdza Dimitrie Sturdza (, in full Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza-Miclăușanu; 10 March 183321 October 1914) was a Romanian statesman and author of the late 19th century, and president of the Romanian Academy between 1882 and 1884. Biography Born in Iași ...

, president of the National Liberal Party and president of the

Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its byl ...

National Liberal Party (after 1990)

Crin Antonescu George Crin Laurențiu Antonescu (; born 21 September 1959) is a Romanian politician, who was President of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from 2009 to 2014. He also served as the country Acting President after the impeachment of Traian Băsesc ...

, former leader of the party (2009–2014) *

Radu Câmpeanu Radu-Anton Câmpeanu (; 28 February 1922 - 19 October 2016) was a Romanian politician who was also jurist and economist by profession, after graduating from the University of Bucharest in November 1945. During the interwar period and up until 19 ...

, first leader of the party after the 1989 revolution *

Neagu Djuvara Neagu Bunea Djuvara (; 18 August 1916 – 25 January 2018) was a Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. Biography Early life A native of Bucharest, he was descended from an aristocratic Aromanian family ...

, former historian *

Eduard Hellvig Eduard Raul Hellvig (born 27 October 1974) is a Romanian political scientist, journalist and politician who has served as director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) since 2015. A former member of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and pre ...

, current director of the

Romanian Intelligence Service The Romanian Intelligence Service ( ro, Serviciul Român de Informații, abbreviated SRI) is Romania's main domestic intelligence service. Its role is to gather information relevant to national security and hand it over to relevant institutions, ...

Klaus Iohannis Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; also spelled Johannis; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist and former teacher who has been serving as the president of Romania since 2014. He became leader of the National Liberal Party (Romania), Na ...

, current President of Romania, former leader of the party (2014) * Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, leader of the party (1993–2001) *

Nicolae Manolescu Nicolae Manolescu (; b. 27 November 1939, Râmnicu Vâlcea) is a Romanian literary critic. As an editor of '' România Literară'' literary magazine, he has reached a record in reviewing books for almost 30 years. Elected a corresponding member ...

, literary critic *

Siegfried Mureșan Siegfried Mureșan (born 20 September 1981) is a Romanian economist and politician, vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) since November 2019, vice-president of the European People's Party Group (EPP Group) in the European Parliamen ...

, MEP and current spokesman of the

European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily Ch ...

(EPP) *

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 December 2004 to 22 December 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-pre ...

, former Prime Minister, former leader of the party (2004–2009) *

Cătălin Predoiu Cătălin Marian Predoiu (; born 27 August 1968, Buzău) is a Romanian lawyer who served as the ad interim Prime Minister of Romania from February 6 to 9 February 2012, following the resignation of Emil Boc. He had previously been the Minister o ...

, lawyer, former Justice Minister *

Theodor Stolojan Theodor Dumitru Stolojan (; born 24 October 1943) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992. An economist by training, he was also one of the presidents of the National Liberal Party (PNL) bef ...

, former Prime Minister, leader of the party (2002–2004) *

Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (; born 22 September 1968) is a Romanian historian, politician and former Prime Minister of Romania. He was the foreign minister of Romania from 28 December 2004 to 12 March 2007, and he was appointed as Director of the F ...

(2004–2007), head of Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (2007–2012) *

Renate Weber Renate Weber (born 3 August 1955 in Botoșani, Botoșani County, Romania) is a Romanian lawyer and human rights activist who, in November 2007, was elected as Member of the European Parliament. She is the first Romanian appointed as Chief of a ...

, former lawyer, current MEP

Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party ( ro, Partidul Comunist Român, , PCR) was a communist party in Romania. The successor to the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to a communist revolution that woul ...

Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Apostol (16 May 1913 – 21 August 2010) was a Romanian politician, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party (PCR), noted for his rivalry with Nicolae Ceaușescu. Early life Apostol was born near T ...

, General Secretary *

Alexandru Bârlădeanu Alexandru Bârlădeanu (or ''Bîrlădeanu''; 25 January 1911 – 13 November 1997) was a Romanian Marxian economist and statesman who was prominent during the communist regime until being sidelined in 1968. In his later years, following the collap ...

Emil Bobu Emil Bobu (22 February 1927 – 12 July 2014) was a Romanian Communist activist and politician, who served as Interior Minister from 1973 to 1975 and as Labor Minister from 1979 to 1981. He was an influential figure in the later years of the ...

Emil Bodnăraș Emil Bodnăraș (10 February 1904 – 24 January 1976) was a Romanian communist politician, an army officer, and a Soviet agent, who had considerable influence in the Romanian People's Republic.''Final Report'', p. 646 Early life Bodnăraș was ...

Silviu Brucan Silviu Brucan (born Saul Bruckner; 18 January 1916 – 14 September 2006) was a Romanian Communist politician. He became a critic of the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. After the Romanian Revolution, Brucan became a political analyst. Ear ...

Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu (; ; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also ...

, wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu *

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( , ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He was ...

, General Secretary *

Miron Constantinescu Miron Constantinescu (13 December 1917 – 18 July 1974) was a Romanian communist politician, a leading member of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR, known as PMR for a period of his lifetime), as well as a Marxist sociologist, historian, academic, ...

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (; 8 November 1901 – 19 March 1965) was a Romanian communist politician and electrician. He was the first Communist leader of Romania from 1947 to 1965, serving as first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party ...

, General Secretary and Prime Minister *

Petru Groza Petru Groza (7 December 1884 – 7 January 1958) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Commu ...

, Prime Minister *

Corneliu Mănescu Corneliu Mănescu (8 February 1916 – 26 June 2000) was a Romanian diplomat born in Ploiești. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 1961 to 1972 and as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 19 September 19 ...

* Manea Mănescu, Prime Minister *

Ion Gheorghe Maurer Ion Gheorghe Iosif Maurer (23 September 1902 – 8 February 2000) was a Romanian communist politician and lawyer, and the 49th Prime Minister of Romania. He is the longest serving Prime Minister in the history of Romania (having served for ...

, Prime Minister * Paul Niculescu-Mizil *

Ana Pauker Ana Pauker (born Hannah Rabinsohn; 13 February 1893 – 3 June 1960) was a Romanian communist leader and served as the country's foreign minister in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Ana Pauker became the world's first female foreign minister whe ...

Constantin Pîrvulescu Constantin Pîrvulescu (November 10, 1895, Olănești, Vâlcea County – July 11, 1992, Roman) was a Romanian communist politician, one of the founders of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR), who, as time went on, became an active opponent ...

Leonte Răutu Leonte Răutu (until 1945 Lev Nikolayevich (Nicolaievici) Oigenstein; February 28, 1910 – 1993) was a Bessarabian-born Romanian communist activist and propagandist. He was chief ideologist of the Romanian Communist Party ("Workers' Party") ...

Vladimir Tismăneanu Vladimir Tismăneanu (; born July 4, 1951) is a Romanian American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. A specialist in political systems and comparative politics, he is di ...

Democratic Liberal Party

Teodor Baconschi Teodor Baconschi (, also spelled Teodor Baconsky or Baconski) (born 14 February 1963) is a Romanian politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania between December 2009 and January 2012. Early years Baconschi was born in Buchares ...

, former Foreign Affairs Minister *

Traian Băsescu Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a conservative Romanian politician who served as President of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian Minister of Transport on multiple occasions between 1991 ...

, former President of Romania and president of the Democratic Liberal Party *

Emil Boc Emil Boc (; born 6 September 1966) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 22 December 2008 until 6 February 2012 and is the current Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city of Transylvania, where he was first elected in Ju ...

, former Prime Minister and president of the Democratic Liberal Party *

Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga (; born 26 July 1956) is a Romanian politician who was Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, from 2011 to 2012. He also served as Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice as Minister of Ad ...

, former Internal Affairs Minister and president of the Democratic Liberal Party * Daniel Funeriu, former Education Minister *

Monica Macovei Monica Luisa Macovei (; born 4 February 1959) is a Romanian politician, lawyer and former prosecutor, and former Member of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists and formerly a member of the Romanian Democratic L ...

, former Justice Minister *

Theodor Paleologu Theodor Paleologu (; born July 15, 1973) is a Romanian historian, diplomat and politician. An independent who was formerly a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), the People's Movement Party (PMP) and the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), ...

, former Culture Minister

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

* Ana Birchall, current Justice Minister *

Titus Corlățean Titus Corlățean (; born 11 January 1968) is a Romanian politician and diplomat, former Minister of Justice and of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the Party of European Socialists, and was elected to ...

, former Foreign Affairs Minister *

Cristian Diaconescu Cristian Diaconescu (; born 2 July 1959) is a Romanian jurist and politician. He previously belonged to the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), as well as to the People's Movement Party (PMP) ...

, former Foreign Affairs Minister *

Mircea Geoană Dan Mircea Geoană (; born 14 July 1958) is a Romanian politician and former ambassador who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011. From 21 ...

, former Foreign Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party and current deputy secretary general of

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

Ion Iliescu Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as President of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, Iliescu ...

, former President of Romania, former president of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

Adrian Năstase Adrian Năstase (; born 22 June 1950) is a Romanian jurist, academic/professor, blogger, and former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Romania from October 2000 to December 2004. He competed in the 2004 presidential election as th ...

, former Prime Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party *

Victor Ponta Victor Viorel Ponta (; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian jurist and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015. A former member of ...

, former Prime Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party

Diplomats

Bogdan Aurescu Bogdan Lucian Aurescu (born 9 September 1973) is a Romanian diplomat serving as the minister of foreign affairs in the Ciucă Cabinet since 25 November 2021. He was Presidential Advisor for Foreign Policy to the President of Romania from May 2 ...

Adrian Cioroianu Adrian Mihai Cioroianu (born January 5, 1967, Craiova, Romania) is a Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist. A lecturer for the History Department at the University of Bucharest, he is the author of several books dealing with R ...

, historian * Eugen Filotti *

Grigore Gafencu Grigore Gafencu (; January 30, 1892 – January 30, 1957) was a Romanian politician, diplomat and journalist. Political career Gafencu was born in Bârlad. He studied law and received his Ph.D. in law from the University of Bucharest. During W ...

Constantin Karadja Prince Constantin Jean Lars Anthony Démétrius Karadja (24 November 1889 in The Hague – 28 December 1950 in Bucharest) was a Romanian diplomat, barrister-at-law, bibliographer, bibliophile and honorary member (1946) of the Romanian Academy. He ...

Teodor Meleșcanu Teodor Viorel Meleșcanu (; born 10 March 1941) is a Romanian politician, diplomat, and jurist. He served as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (Romania), Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania (SIE) between 2012 and 2014. He was a t ...

Alexandru Paleologu Alexandru Paleologu (; March 14, 1919 – September 2, 2005) was a Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat, and politician. He is the father of historian Theodor Paleologu. Biography Paleologu was born in Bucharest, into an ancient Romanian ...

, essayist and literary critic * Vasile Pușcaș, historian * Savel Rădulescu *

Nicolae Titulescu Nicolae Titulescu (; 4 March 1882 – 17 March 1941) was a Romanian diplomat, at various times government minister, finance and foreign minister, and for two terms president of the General Assembly of the League of Nations (1930–32). Early ye ...

, professor of law and former President of the General Assembly of the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

(1930–32) *

Constantin Vișoianu Constantin Vișoianu (4 February 1897 – 3 January 1994) was a Romanian jurist, diplomat, and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War II. He later emigrated to the United States, where he served as Preside ...

Arts

Architecture

Dance

Iris Barbura Iris Barbura (born November 4, 1912 in Arad, Romania; d. June 13, 1969 in Ithaca, New York) was a Romanian-German-American dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. Life and Work Barbura began her dance studies in 1931 in Bucharest at the Natio ...

, dancer and choreographer *

Alina Cojocaru Alina Cojocaru (born 27 May 1981) is a Romanian ballet dancer. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lead principal with the English National Ballet. Early years Alina Cojocaru was born and raised in Bucharest, Roman ...

, ballerina *

Eugenia Popescu-Județ Eugenia Popescu-Județ (also spelled Popescu-Judetz; 1925–2011) was a Romanian dancer, dance teacher, choreographer and folklorist. Trained in ballet, she performed as a solo dancer for several professional theatres in Bucharest and became a fa ...

, ballerina, dance teacher, choreographer, manuscript specialist

Fashion

* Ioana Ciolacu, awarded fashion designer *

Narcisa Pheres Narcisa Pheres is an entrepreneur and creative director and founder of PHERES and Narcisa Pheres Fine Jewelry, Italian luxury brand. Biography Pheres was born and raised in Romania. She graduated from University of Bucharest and then went on to ...

Photography

Costică Acsinte Costică Acsinte (born Constantin Axinte; July 4, 1897 in a village of Perieți, Ialomița County, Romania – January 7, 1984 in Slobozia, Romania) was a Romanian photographer. Life Constantin Axinte was born on July 4, 1897, in the village ...

* Iosif Berman * Alexandra Croitoru * Samoilă Mârza

Sculpture

Constantin Brâncuși Constantin Brâncuși (; February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian Sculpture, sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th-century and a pioneer of ...

Oscar Han Oscar Han (December 3, 1891 in Bucharest – February 14, 1976 in Bucharest) was a Romanian sculptor and writer. A student of Dimitrie Paciurea at the Academy of Arts in Bucharest, he was a member of ''the Group of Four'' together with painters ...

* Ion Irimescu *

Ion Jalea Ion Jalea (; 19 May 1887 – 7 November 1983) was a Romanian sculptor, medallist, titular member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Artistic studies Jalea was born on 19 May 1887 in the little town of Casimcea, Tulcea County. His family ...

* Ana Lupaș *

Cornel Medrea Cornel Medrea (; March 8, 1888–July 25, 1964) was a Romanian sculptor. Biography Artistic studies He was born on March 8, 1888, in Miercurea Sibiului, then in Szeben County, Kingdom of Hungary, now Sibiu County, Romania. After moving with hi ...

Paul Neagu Paul Neagu (1938-2004) was a Romanian artist living in England who worked in diverse media such as drawing, sculpture, performance art and watercolor. He died on 16 June 2004 in London. His influences included Cubism, Marcel Duchamp, Constantin ...

* Mihai Olos *

Dimitrie Paciurea Dimitrie Paciurea (; 2 November (1873 or 1875) – 14 July 1932) was a Romanian sculptor. His representational and symbolic style contrasts strongly to the more abstract style of his contemporary and co-national Constantin Brâncuși. Born in ...

Milița Petrașcu Milița Petrașcu, also known as Militza Pătrascu (31 December 1892 25 January 1976), was a Romanian portrait artist and sculptor, part of the Romanian "avant-garde movement" during the interwar period which evolved around the "Contimporanul" magaz ...

* Marilena Preda-Sânc *

Marian Zidaru Marian Zidaru (born 22 August 1956, Balotești, Ilfov, Romania) is a Romanian artist. Studies * 1991–1995 Assistant to Sculpture Department of Bucharest National University of Arts * 1977–1981 Fine Arts Institute "Nicolae Grigorescu – ta ...

Writing

Vasile Alecsandri Vasile Alecsandri (; 21 July 182122 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat. He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in Moldavia and Wallachia. He fought for the unification of the Romani ...

, poet and playwright *

Lucian Blaga Lucian Blaga (; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. Biography Blaga was born on 9 May 1895 ...

, philosopher, poet, playwright *

Ion Luca Caragiale Ion Luca Caragiale (; commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale; According to his birth certificate, published and discussed by Constantin Popescu-Cadem in ''Manuscriptum'', Vol. VIII, Nr. 2, 1977, pp. 179-184 – 9 June 1912) was a Romanian playw ...

* Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist *

Nichita Danilov Nichita Danilov (born April 7, 1952, in Climăuţi village, Suceava County) is a Romanian poet. He served as the acting ambassador of Romania to Moldova in 1999. Early life Danilov graduated from the Architecture College and the Faculty of ...

, poet, essayist, novelist *

Nae Ionescu Nae Ionescu (, born Nicolae C. Ionescu; – 15 March 1940) was a Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist. Near the end of his career, he became known for his antisemitism and devotion to far right politics, in t ...

, philosopher, writer, logician * Virgil Nemoianu, essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture *

Horia-Roman Patapievici Horia-Roman Patapievici (; born March 18, 1957) is a Romanian physicist and essayist who served as the head of the Romanian Cultural Institute from 2005 until August 2012. Between 2000 and 2005, he was a member of the National Council for the Stud ...

, writer, philosopher, essayist * Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu, philologist, linguist *

Ion Pillat Ion Pillat (31 March 1891 – 17 April 1945) was a distinguished Romanian poet. He is best known for his volume ''Pe Argeș în sus'' (''Upstream on the Argeș'') and ''Poeme într-un vers'' (''One-line poems''). His maternal grandfather wa ...

, poet, publicist, academic *

Andrei Pleșu Andrei Gabriel Pleșu (; born 23 August 1948) is a Romanian philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic. He has been intermittently involved in politics, having been appointed Minister of Culture (1989–91), Minister of Foreign A ...

, writer, philosopher, essayist, journalist *

Marin Sorescu Marin Sorescu (; 29 February 1936 – 8 December 1996) was a Romanian poet, playwright, and novelist. His works were translated into more than 20 countries, and the total number of his books that were published abroad rises up to 60 books. He ha ...

, poet, playwright *

Nichita Stănescu Nichita Stănescu (; born Nichita Hristea Stănescu; 31 March 1933 – 13 December 1983) was a Romanian poet and essayist. Biography Stănescu's father was Nicolae Hristea Stănescu (1908–1982). His mother, Tatiana Cereaciuchin, was Russian ...

, poet and playwright * Petre Țuțea *

Vasile Voiculescu Vasile Voiculescu (, literary pseudonym V. Voiculescu; 27 November 1884 – 26 April 1963) was a Romanian poet, short-story writer, playwright, and physician. Biography Early life and education Voiculescu was born in Pârscov, Buzău County ...

, poet, writer, playwright

Philosophers

Petre Andrei Petre Andrei (June 29, 1891 – October 4, 1940) was a Romanian sociologist, philosopher and politician. Biography Origins and work Born in Brăila into a family of low-ranking civil servants, Andrei attended Nicolae Bălcescu High School from ...

, philosopher *

, philosopher, poet, playwright *

Emil Cioran Emil Mihai Cioran (, ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorisms. H ...

, essayist, philosopher *

Vasile Conta Vasile Conta (; hy, Վասիլե Գրիգորեիի Կոնտա (Գոնտա); November 15, 1845 – April 21, 1882) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, and politician. He was born in Ghindăoani, a village in Bălțătești commune, Neamț County ...

, philosopher *

Mircea Eliade Mircea Eliade (; – April 22, 1986) was a Romanians, Romanian History of religion, historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who establ ...

, philosopher *

Mircea Florian Mircea Florian (; April 1, 1888 – October 31, 1960) was a Romanian philosopher and translator. Active mainly during the interwar period, he was noted as one of the leading proponents of rationalism, opposing it to the '' Trăirist'' philosophy o ...

, philosopher *

, orthodox philosopher * Stéphane Lupasco, philosopher *

Constantin Noica Constantin Noica (; – 4 December 1987) was a Romanian philosopher, essayist and poet. His preoccupations were throughout all philosophy, from epistemology, philosophy of culture, axiology and philosophic anthropology to ontology and logics, ...

, philosopher *

, politician, philosopher *

Camil Petrescu Camil Petrescu (; 9/21 April 1894 – 14 May 1957) was a Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet. He marked the end of the traditional novel era and laid the foundation of the modern novel era in Romania. Life Petrescu was born in Bu ...

, essayist, philosopher, writer *

Dumitru D. Roșca Dumitru D. Roṣca (January 29, 1895 – August 25, 1980) was a Romanian philosopher, professor and member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Dumitru Roşca attended philosophy classes in Paris at Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (bui ...

, philosopher, professor * Petre Țuțea, philosopher *

Tudor Vianu Tudor Vianu (; January 8, 1898 – May 21, 1964) was a Romanian literary critic, art critic, poet, philosopher, academic, and translator. He had a major role on the reception and development of Modernism in Romanian literature and art. He was m ...

, philosopher of culture, critic, writer

Poets

, playwright, poet and revolutionary *

Grigore Alexandrescu Grigore Alexandrescu (; 22 February 1810, Târgovişte – 25 November 1885 in Bucharest) was a nineteenth-century Romanian poet and translator noted for his fables with political undertones. He founded a periodical, ''Albina Româneascǎ'' ...

, poet *

Ioan Alexandru Ioan Alexandru (; born Ion Șandor , December 25, 1941 – September 16, 2000) was a Romanian poet, essayist and politician. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he became a founding member and vice-president of the Christian Democratic Nation ...

, poet and political figure * Bartolomeu Anania, poet and clerical figure *

Dimitrie Anghel Dimitrie Anghel (; July 16, 1872 – November 13, 1914) was a Romanian poet. Anghel was of Aromanian descent from his father. His first poem was published in ''Contemporanul'' (1890). His debut editorial ''Traduceri din Paul Verlaine'' was publi ...

, poet and playwright *

Tudor Arghezi Tudor Arghezi (; 21 May 1880 – 14 July 1967) was a Romanian writer, best known for his unique contribution to poetry and children's literature. Born Ion N. Theodorescu in Bucharest, he explained that his pen name was related to ''Argesis'', th ...

, poet, journalist *

Céline Arnauld Céline Arnauld (born Carolina Goldstein on 20 September 1885, Călăraşi (Romania), died on 23 December 1952 by suicide in Paris) was a writer associated with Dadaism. Arnauld’s poetry appears earliest in her first published volume of 1914, ...

, poet (French language) * Anatol E. Baconsky, poet *

George Bacovia George Bacovia (; the pen name of Gheorghe Vasiliu ; – 22 May 1957) was a Romanian symbolist poet. While he initially belonged to the local Symbolist movement, launched as a poet by Alexandru Macedonski with the poem and poetry collection ( ...

, poet * Vasile Baghiu, novelist and poet * Cezar Baltag, poet and essayist *

Ion Barbu Ion Barbu (, pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895 –11 August 1961) was a Romanian mathematician and poet. His name is associated with the Mathematics Subject Classification number 51C05, which is a major posthumous recognition reserved ...

, poet and mathematician *

Mihai Beniuc Mihai Beniuc (; 20 November 1907 – 24 June 1988) was a Romanian socialist realist poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was born in 1907 in Sebiș, Arad County (at the time in Austria-Hungary), and attended the Moise Nicoară High School in Arad ...

, poet and Communist Party figure *

, poet, philosopher, playwright, translator *

Ana Blandiana Ana Blandiana (; pen name of Otilia Valeria Coman; born 25 March 1942, in Timișoara) is a Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure. She is considered one of the famous contemporary Romanian authors. She took her name after Blandiana, nea ...

, poet, journalist *

Eta Boeriu Eta Boeriu (born Margarita Caranica; February 23, 1923 in Turda – November 13, 1984 in Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian poet, literary critic and translator. Involved in the Sibiu Literary Circle (which disbanded in 1945),Petru Poantă, ''Cercul ...

, poet, literary critic, translator * Geo Bogza, poet, journalist *

Dimitrie Bolintineanu Dimitrie Bolintineanu (; 14 January 1819 (1825 according to some sources), Bolintin-Vale – 20 August 1872, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, though he wrote in many other styles as well, diplomat, politician, and a participant in the revoluti ...

, novelist, poet, and revolutionary *

Cezar Bolliac Cezar Bolliac or Boliac, Boliak (March 23, 1813 – February 25, 1881) was a Wallachian and Romanian radical political figure, amateur archaeologist, journalist and Romantic poet. Life Early life Born in Bucharest as the son of Anton Bogliako ...

, poet and revolutionary *

Emil Botta Emil Botta (; 15 September 1911, Adjud – 24 July 1977, Bucharest) was a Romanian actor and writer. Together with Emil Cioran, Eugen Ionescu, and , he was a member of the literary group called ''Corabia cu ratați'' ("The Losers' Ship"). Bo ...

, actor, poet *

Emil Brumaru Emil Brumaru (; 25 December 1938 – 5 January 2019) was a Romanian writer and poet. He was renowned for his erotic poetry. Early life Born in Bahmutea, Bessarabia, Brumaru studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Iași before turn ...

, poet *

Scarlat Cantacuzino Scarlat A. Cantacuzino (June 6, 1874 – August 8, 1949) was a Romanian poet, essayist and diplomat. Early life and education Born in Bucharest to the magistrate Adolf Cantacuzino and his wife Ecaterina (''née'' Iarca), he was a scion of the Cant ...

, poet, essayist and diplomat *

Ion Caraion Ion Caraion (pen name of Stelian Diaconescu; May 24, 1923–July 21, 1986) was a Romanian poet, essayist and translator. Born in Rușavăț, Buzău County, he attended primary school at Râmnicu Sărat from 1930 to 1934, followed by Bogdan P ...

, poet *

Vasile Cârlova Vasile Cârlova (; February 4, 1809 – September 18, 1831) was a Wallachian officer and early Romantic poet. Biography Born into a low-ranking Romanian boyar family in Buzău, Cârlova remained an orphan in 1816, and, after being adopted by ...

, poet * Magda Cârneci, poet, art critic and historian *

Mircea Cărtărescu Mircea Cărtărescu (; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist. Biography Born in Bucharest in 1956, he attended Cantemir Vodă National College during the early 1970s. During his sch ...

, poet, essayist *

Nina Cassian Nina Cassian (pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru; 27 November 1924, in Galați – 14 April 2014, in New York City) was a Romanian poet, children's book writer, translator, journalist, accomplished pianist and composer, and film critic. ...

, poet, translator (+English language) *

Paul Celan Paul Celan (; ; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born German-language poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel to a Jewish family in Cernăuți (German: Czernowitz), in the then Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, U ...

, poet (German language) *

George Coșbuc George Coșbuc (; 20 September 1866 – 9 May 1918) was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also its occasions for joy. In 19 ...

, poet, translator * Traian T. Coșovei, poet *

Aron Cotruș Aron Cotruș (; 2 January 1891 – 1 November 1961) was a Romanian poet, diplomat, and member of the fascist Iron Guard. Life He was born in 1891 in Hașag, Sibiu County, at the time in Austria-Hungary. After attending secondary school in Blaj ...

, poet *

Nichifor Crainic Nichifor Crainic (; pseudonym of Ion Dobre ; 22 December 1889, Bulbucata, Giurgiu County – 20 August 1972, Mogoșoaia) was a Romanian writer, editor, philosopher, poet and theologian famed for his traditionalist activities. Crainic was a ...

, essayist, poet, journalist, theologian, and political figure *

, poet *

Leonid Dimov Leonid Dimov (; bg, Леонид Димов) (January 11, 1926 – December 5, 1987) was a Romanian postmodernist poet and translator born in Izmail, Bassarabia. The son of Nadejda Dimov and Naum Mordcovici, he was one of the main representatives ...

, poet *

Mircea Dinescu Mircea Dinescu (; born November 11, 1950) is a Romanian poet, journalist, and editor. Biography Early life and poetry He was born in Slobozia, the son of Ştefan Dinescu, a metalworker, and Aurelia (born Badea). Dinescu studied at the Faculty ...

, poet, journalist *

Ștefan Augustin Doinaș Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (; pen name of Ștefan Popa) (April 26, 1922 – May 25, 2002) was a Romanian Neoclassical poet of the Communist era. Doinaș was born in Cherechiu, Bihor County. After completing high school in Arad, he studied philol ...

, poet, translator and political figure *

Geo Dumitrescu Geo Dumitrescu (born Gheorghe Dumitrescu; May 17, 1920 – September 28, 2004) was a Romanian poet and translator. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Vasile Oprea (who changed his name to Vasile Dumitrescu), a craftsman and owner of a small s ...

, poet *

Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active memb ...

, poet, essayist, journalist *

Șerban Foarță Șerban Nicolae Foarță (; born 8 July 1942, in Turnu Severin) is a contemporary Romanian writer. A translator, essayist, playwright, prose writer and even illustrator, he is most widely known for his poetry books. Style Described by the critic ...

, poet, essayist, translator *

Benjamin Fondane Benjamin Fondane () or Benjamin Fundoianu (; born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B.; November 14, 1898 – October 2, 1944) was a Romanian and France, French poet, critic and Existentia ...

, poet, essayist (+French language) *

Emilian Galaicu-Păun Emilian Galaicu-Păun (22 June 1964) is an author and editor from Chișinău, member of the Writers' Union of Romania The Writers' Union of Romania (), founded in March 1949, is a professional association of writers in Romania. It also has a sub ...

, poet, essayist and novelist *

, poet and political figure *

Radu Gyr Radu Gyr (; pen name of Radu Ștefan Demetrescu ; March 2, 1905, Câmpulung-Muscel – 29 April 1975, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, essayist, playwright and journalist. Biography Early life Gyr was the son of actor Ștefan "Coco" Dumitres ...

, poet *

Iulia Hasdeu Iulia Hasdeu (; 14 November 1869 – 29 September 1888) was a Romanian poet, the daughter of writer and philologist Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. From a very young age, Hasdeu wrote poems and prose in both Romanian and French, taught herself forei ...

, poet *

Ion Heliade-Rădulescu An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electric charge, electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be po ...

, poet and revolutionary *

Ștefan Octavian Iosif Ștefan Octavian Iosif (; 11 October 1875 – 22 June 1913) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian poet and translator. Life Born in Brașov, Transylvania (part of Austria-Hungary at the time), he studied in his native town and in Sibiu befor ...

, poet, translator *

Isidore Isou Isidore Isou (; 29 January 1925 – 28 July 2007), born Isidor Goldstein, was a Romanian-born French poet, dramaturge, novelist, film director, economist, and visual artist who lived in the 20th century. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art ...

, poet * Nora Iuga, poet *

Mircea Ivănescu Mircea Ivanescu (; March 26, 1931 – July 21, 2011) was a Romanian poet, writer and translator, and a forerunner of Romanian postmodernism, which was characteristic of the 1980s. His translations from global literature into Romanian include James ...

, poet and translator *

Eugen Jebeleanu Eugen Jebeleanu (; 24 April 1911 – 21 August 1991) was a Romanian poet, translator, journalist and scholar. Biography He was born in Câmpina, where he attended elementary school. After graduating from high school in Braşov at age 11 in 19 ...

, poet * Claudiu Komartin, poet and translator *

Nicolae Labiș Nicolae Labiș () (December 2, 1935 in Poiana Mărului, Suceava County, Romania – December 22, 1956 in Bucharest) was a Romanian poet. Early life His father, Eugen, was the son of a forest brigade soldier and himself fought in World War II; ...

, poet *

Leonida Lari Leonida Lari (26 October 1949 – 11 December 2011) was a Moldovan poet, journalist, and politician who advocated for the reunion of Bessarabia with Romania. She published 24 volumes of poetry and prose and was a prolific translator of key works ...

, poet and political figure * Irving Layton, poet *

Gherasim Luca Gherasim Luca (; 23 July 1913 – 9 February 1994) was a Romanian surrealist theorist and poet. Born Salman Locker in Romania and also known as Costea Sar, and Petre Malcoci, he became an apatrid after leaving Romania in 1952. Biography Born ...

, poet *

Alexandru Macedonski Alexandru Macedonski (; also rendered as Al. A. Macedonski, Macedonschi or Macedonsky; 14 March 1854 – 24 November 1920) was a Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism in h ...

, poet *

Adrian Maniu Adrian Maniu (February 6, 1891 – April 20, 1968) was a Romanian poet, prose writer, playwright, essayist, and translator. Born in Bucharest, his father Grigore, a native of Lugoj, was a jurist and professor of commercial law at the University of ...

, poet * Angela Marinescu, poet * Dumitru Matcovschi, poet *

Virgil Mazilescu Virgil Mazilescu (; born 11 April 1942, Corabia, Olt County, Romania — died 10 August 1984, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian poet, essayist and translator. Life After finishing the "Spiru Haret” High School in Bucharest in 1957, he enroll ...

, poet *

Ion Minulescu Ion Minulescu (; 6 January 1881 – 11 April 1944) was a Romanian avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic, and playwright. Often publishing his works under the pseudonyms I. M. Nirvan and Koh-i-Noor (the latte ...

, poet and novelist *

Andrei Mureșanu Andrei Mureșanu (; November 16, 1816 in Bistrița – October 12, 1863 in Brașov) was a Romanian poet and revolutionary of Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867), Transylvania. Born in a family of a small business owner in the count ...

, poet and revolutionary * Alexandru Mușina, poet, essayist and translator *

Gellu Naum Gellu Naum (1 August 1915 – 29 September 2001) was a Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator. He is remembered as the founder of the Romanian Surrealist group. The artist Lygia Naum, his wife, was the inspiration a ...

, poet, playwright and translator *

Sașa Pană Sașa Pană (; pen name of Alexandru Binder; 8 August 1902—22 August 1981) was a Romanian avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer. Biography Born to a Jewish family in Bucharest, he trained as a physician in Iași and Bucharest, b ...

, poet *

Oskar Pastior Oskar Pastior (; 20 October 1927 – 4 October 2006) was a Romanian-born German poet and translator. He was the only German member of Oulipo. Biography Born into a Transylvanian Saxon family in Sibiu (Hermannstadt), he was deported in January 19 ...

, poet (German language) *

Adrian Păunescu Adrian Păunescu (; 20 July 1943 – 5 November 2010) was a Romanian writer, publisher, cultural promoter, translator, and politician. A profoundly charismatic personality, a controversial and complex figure, the artist and the man are almost im ...

, poet and political figure * Cristian Popescu, poet *

, poet and novelist *

Radu Stanca Radu Stanca (March 5, 1920 – December 26, 1962) was a Romanian poet, playwright, theatre director, theatre critic and theoretician. He was born in Sebeș and died in Cluj-Napoca. Stanca was member of the Sibiu Literary Circle, a movement of ...

, director, playwright, poet and essayist *

, poet, essayist, translator * Valeriu Sterian, singer-songwriter * Constant Tonegaru, poet *

George Topîrceanu George Topîrceanu (; March 20, 1886 – May 7, 1937) was a Romanian poet, short story writer, and humourist. Biography He was born in Bucharest, the son of Ion Topîrceanu, a furrier and his wife, Paraschiva (née Cosma), a carpet weaver. Th ...

, poet *

Tristan Tzara Tristan Tzara (; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, comp ...

, poet (+French language) *

Grigore Vieru Grigore Vieru (; 14 February 1935, Pererîta, Hotin County, Kingdom of Romania – 18 January 2009, Chișinău, Moldova, Republic of Moldova) was a Moldovans, Moldavian poet, writer and unification of Moldova and Romania, unionist advocate. Known ...

, poet *

Ion Vinea Ion Vinea (born Ioan Eugen Iovanaki, sometimes Iovanache; April 17, 1895 – July 6, 1964) was a Romanian poet, novelist, journalist, literary theorist, and political figure. He became active on the modernist scene during his teens—his poetic wo ...

, poet *

Matei Vișniec Matei Vișniec ; born 29 January 1956 in Rădăuți) is a Romanian-French playwright, poet and journalist living in Paris. He is internationally known especially for his writings in the French language. He graduated in 1980 from the History and ...

, playwright and poet (+French language) *

Gelu Vlașin Gelu Vlașin (born 30 August 1966) is a Romanian poet and essayist. Born in Telciu, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania on 30 August 1966, he is married to Cristina Maria Vlasin (music teacher and jazz singer) and has a son Darius Andrei Vlasin (b ...

, poet *

Ilarie Voronca Ilarie Voronca (pen name of Eduard Marcus; 31 December 1903, Brăila—8 April 1946, Paris) was a Romanian avant-garde poet and essayist. life and career Voronca was of Jewish ethnicity. In his early years, he was connected with Eugen Lovine ...

, poet (+French language)

Writers

* Gabriela Adameșteanu * Radu Aldulescu * George Bălăiță *

Eugen Barbu Eugen Barbu (; 20 February 1924 – 7 September 1993) was a Romanian modern novelist, short story writer, journalist, and correspondent member of the Romanian Academy. The latter position was vehemently criticized by those who contended tha ...

* Marthe Bibesco, writer (+French language) *

Nicolae Breban Nicolae Breban (; born February 1, 1934, in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Transylvania, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a Romanian novelist and essayist of partial German descent. Biography He is the son of Vasile Breban, a Greek Catholic pr ...

Augustin Buzura Augustin Buzura (; September 22, 1938 – July 10, 2017) was a Romanian novelist and short story writer, also known as a journalist, essayist and literary critic. A member of the Romanian Academy, he has been the president of the Romanian Cultural ...

, playwright *

Mateiu Caragiale Mateiu Ion Caragiale (; – January 17, 1936), also credited as Matei or Matheiu, or in the antiquated version Mateiŭ,Sorin Antohi"Romania and the Balkans. From Geocultural Bovarism to Ethnic Ontology" in ''Tr@nsit online'', Institut für die ...

, novelist *

, writer, essayist *

Pavel Chihaia Pavel Chihaia (; 23 April 1922, Corabia – 18 June 2019, Munich) was a Romanian novelist. His first novel, ''Blocada'' ("The Blockade"), was published in 1947, shortly before the advent of his country's Communist regime. An opponent thereof, he ...

* George Coandă, writer, historian, novelist and poet * Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, writer, essayist *

Gheorghe Crăciun Gheorghe Crăciun (8 May 1950, Zărnești – 30 January 2007, Constanța) was a Romanian writer and translator. Crăciun was born in Tohanu Vechi, now part of Zărnești, Brașov County. In addition to being a novelist and a translator, he was a ...

* Ion Creangă, writer, especially of children's stories *

Ioan Petru Culianu Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano (5 January 1950 – 21 May 1991) was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. He served as professor of the history of religions at the ...

, historian of religion *

Petru Dumitriu Petru Dumitriu (; 8 May 1924 – 6 April 2002) was a Romanian-born novelist who wrote both in Romanian and in French. Biography Dumitriu was born in Baziaș, in the Banat region of Romania. His father was a Romanian army officer and his moth ...

, historian of religion; also novelist *

Mihail Fărcășanu Mihail Fărcășanu (November 10, 1907 – July 14, 1987) was a Romanian journalist, diplomat and writer. He was president of the ''National Liberal Youth'' from 1937 to 1946. Pursued by the authorities due to his anti-communist actions, he ma ...

, writer, novelist *

Nicolae Filimon Nicolae Filimon (; 6 September 1819 – 19 March 1865) was a Wallachian Romanian novelist and short-story writer, remembered as the author of the first Realist novel in Romanian literature, ''Ciocoii vechi şi noi'' ("The Old and the New Parvenu ...

* Filip Florian * Virgil Gheorghiu, novelist *

Paul Goma Paul Goma (; October 2, 1935 – March 24, 2020) was a Romanian writer, known for his activities as a dissident and leading opponent of the communist regime before 1989. Forced into exile by the communist authorities, he became a political refu ...

, writer *

Anton Holban Anton Holban (; 10 February 1902, in Huşi – 15 January 1937, in Bucharest) was a Romanian novelist. He was the nephew of Eugen Lovinescu. The son of Gheorghe Holban (whom had from his father’s side Germanic ancestry) and Antoaneta Lovin ...

Vintilă Horia Vintilă Horia (; December 18, 1915 – April 4, 1992) was a Romanian writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt. His best known novel is ''God Was Born in Exile'' (1960). Life and career Horia was born in Segarcea, a small town in Dolj County, Roman ...

, prominent writer( +French language) *

Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco inst ...

, playwright (+French language) *

Petre Ispirescu Petre Ispirescu (; January 1830 – 21 November 1887) was a Romanian editor, folklorist, printer, and publicist. He is best known for his work as a gatherer of Romanian folk tales, recounting them with a remarkable talent. Career Petre Ispiresc ...

, writer *

Panait Istrati Panait Istrati (; sometimes rendered as ''Panaït Istrati''; August 10, 1884 – April 16, 1935) was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed ''The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans''. Istrati appears to be the ...

, novelist (+French language) * Claudiu Komartin *

Gabriel Liiceanu Gabriel Liiceanu (; b. May 23, 1942, Râmnicu Vâlcea) is a Romanian philosopher. He graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Philosophy in 1965, and from Faculty of Classical Languages in 1973. He earned a doctorate in philosop ...

, writer, publi *

Herta Müller Herta Müller (; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (german: Nitzkydorf, link=no), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is G ...

, writer (German language), 2009

Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , ...

Mircea Nedelciu Mircea Nedelciu (; November 12, 1950 – July 12, 1999) was a Romanian short-story writer, novelist, essayist and literary critic, one of the leading exponents of the '' Optzeciști'' generation in Romanian letters. The author of experimental p ...

* Bujor Nedelcovici * Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu *

Cezar Petrescu Cezar Petrescu (; December 1, 1892–March 9, 1961) was a Romanian journalist, novelist, and children's writer. He was born in Hodora, Iași County, the son of Dimitrie Petrescu, an engineer and a teacher. After attending elementary school ...

Radu Petrescu Radu Marian Petrescu (born 12 November 1982) is a Romanian football referee who officiates in the Liga I. He has been a FIFA referee since 2012, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee. Refereeing career In 2007, Petrescu began officiati ...

Vasile Pogor Vasile V. Pogor ( Francized ''Basile Pogor''; August 20, 1833 – March 20, 1906) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet, philosopher, translator and liberal conservative politician, one of the founders of ''Junimea'' literary society. Raised in t ...

, writer *

Marin Preda Marin Preda (; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County, Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of Cartea Românească publis ...

, novelist * Doina Ruști, novelist *

Liviu Rebreanu Liviu Rebreanu (; November 27, 1885 – September 1, 1944) was a Romanian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and journalist. Life Born in Felsőilosva (now Târlișua, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania), then part of the Kingd ...

, writer *

Mihail Sadoveanu Mihail Sadoveanu (; occasionally referred to as Mihai Sadoveanu; November 5, 1880 – October 19, 1961) was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting head of state for the communis ...

, novelist *

Dinu Săraru Dinu Săraru (born 30 January 1932) is a Romanian novelist and playwright. He was born in Slătioara, Vâlcea County. A member of Writers' Union of Romania, he belonged to the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party prior to 1989, ...

Mihail Sebastian Mihail Sebastian (; born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist. Life Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila, the son of Mendel and Clara Hechter. After ...

, writer, playwright *

Ioan Slavici Ioan Slavici (; 18 January 1848 – 17 August 1925) was a Romanians, Romanian writer and journalist from Hungary, later from Romania. He made his debut in ''Convorbiri literare'' ("Literary Conversations") (1871), with the comedy ''Fata de biră ...

* Bogdan Suceavă * Lucian Dan Teodorovici *

Dumitru Țepeneag Dumitru Țepeneag (also known under the pen names Ed Pastenague and Dumitru Tsepeneag; b. February 14, 1937) is a contemporary Romanian novelist, essayist, short story writer and translator, who currently resides in France. He was one of the found ...

, novelist (+French language) *

Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga (; sometimes Neculai Iorga, Nicolas Jorga, Nicolai Jorga or Nicola Jorga, born Nicu N. Iorga;Iova, p. xxvii. 17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet ...

, historian, politician *

Nicolae Milescu Nikolai Spathari (russian: Николай Гаврилович Спафарий, Nikolai Gavrilovich Spathari; 1636–1708), also known as Nicolae Milescu and Nicolae Milescu Spătaru (, first name also ''Neculai'', signing in Latin as Nicolaus ...

, writer, diplomat * Urmuz, writer *

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

, writer *

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel (, born Eliezer Wiesel ''Eliezer Vizel''; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored Elie Wiesel b ...

, Romanian-born American writer, professor,

Nobel laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

, and

Holocaust survivor Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...

Literary critics

George Călinescu George Călinescu (; 19 June 1899, Bucharest – 12 March 1965, Otopeni) was a Romanian literary critic, historian, novelist, academician and journalist, and a writer of classicist and humanist tendencies. He is currently considered one of the mos ...

* Matei Călinescu *

Paul Cernat Paul Cernat (born August 5, 1972 in Bucharest) is a Romanian essayist and literary critic. He has a Ph.D. summa cum laude in philology. Cernat has been a member of the Writers' Union of Romania since 2009. As of 2013, he is lecturer of Romanian li ...

Mihai Cimpoi Mihai Cimpoi (born 3 September 1942, Larga, Hotin County) is a Moldovan politician, a distinguished cultural scientist, Romanian academician, critic and literary historian, eminescologist, literary editor and Bessarabian essayist. ''"Emeritus of ...

Șerban Cioculescu Șerban Cioculescu (; 7 September 1902 – 25 June 1988) was a Romanian literary critic, literary historian and columnist, who held teaching positions in Romanian literature at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, as well as m ...

* Pompiliu Constantinescu * Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu *

Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea (born Solomon Katz; 1855, village of Slavyanka near Yekaterinoslav (modern Dnipro), then in Imperial Russia – 1920, Bucharest) was a Romanian Marxist theorist, politician, sociologist, literary critic, and j ...

Garabet Ibrăileanu Garabet Ibrăileanu (; May 23, 1871 – March 11, 1936) was a Romanian-Armenians in Romania, Armenian Literary criticism, literary critic and theorist, writer, translator, sociologist, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Iași professor ...

Virgil Ierunca Virgil Ierunca (; born Virgil Untaru ; August 16, 1920, Lădești, Vâlcea County – September 28, 2006, Paris) was a Romanian literary critic, journalist and poet. He was married to Monica Lovinescu. Both Ierunca and Lovinescu worked for severa ...

Eugen Lovinescu Eugen Lovinescu (; 31 October 1881 – 16 July 1943) was a Romanian modernist literary historian, literary critic, academic, and novelist, who in 1919 established the ''Sburătorul'' literary club. He was the father of Monica Lovinescu, and the u ...

Titu Maiorescu Titu Liviu Maiorescu (; 15 February 1840 – 18 June 1917) was a Romanian literary critic and politician, founder of the ''Junimea'' Society. As a literary critic, he was instrumental in the development of Romanian culture in the second half of ...

Ovidiu Papadima Ovidiu Papadima (June 23, 1909, Sinoe, Constanța County – May 26, 1996, Bucharest) was a Romanian literary critic, folklorist, and essayist. He studied at the Alexandru Papiu Ilarian High School in Târgu Mureș, graduating at the top of his ...

* Edgar Papu *

Ovidiu Pecican Ovidiu Coriolan Pecican (born January 8, 1959) is a Romanian historian, essayist, novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, playwright, and journalist of partly Serbian origin. He is especially known for his political writings on disput ...

Perpessicius Perpessicius (; pen name of Dumitru S. Panaitescu, also known as Panait Șt. Dumitru, D. P. Perpessicius and Panaitescu-Perpessicius; October 22, 1891 – March 29, 1971) was a Romanian literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction wri ...

Historians

Gheorghe I. Brătianu Gheorghe (George) I. Brătianu (January 28 1898 – April 23–27, 1953) was a Romanian politician and historian. A member of the Brătianu family and initially affiliated with the National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875), National Liberal Par ...

Constantin Daicoviciu Constantin Daicoviciu (; March 1, 1898 – May 27, 1973) was a Romanian historian and Archaeology, archaeologist, professor at the Babeș-Bolyai University, University of Cluj, and titular member of the Romanian Academy. He was born in Constant ...

Nicolae Densușianu Nicolae Densușianu (; 18 April 1846 – 24 March 1911) was a Transylvanian, later Romanian ethnologist and collector of Romanian folklore. He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, with a specialty in history. His main work, for ...

Constantin C. Giurescu Constantin C. Giurescu (; 26 October 1901 – 13 November 1977) was a Romanian historian, member of the Romanian Academy, and professor at the University of Bucharest. Born in Focșani, son of historian Constantin Giurescu (historian), Constant ...

* Dinu C. Giurescu, Member of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences and Member of the Romanian Academy since 2002. *

Vasile Pârvan Vasile Pârvan (; 28 September 1882, Perchiu, Huruiești, Bacău County – 26 June 1927, Bucharest) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist. Biography Vasile Pârvan came from a modest family, being the first child of the teacher Andrei P ...

* A. D. Xenopol *

Alexandru Zub Alexandru Zub (born October 12, 1934) is a Romanian historian, biographer, essayist, political activist and academic. A former professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Iași, noted for his contribution to the study of cultural ...

Journalists

* Teodor Brateș, radio host and television journalist * Ion Cristoiu * Eugen Filotti, journalist, Director of the Press * Leonard Miron, journalist and Romanian National TV presenter *

Cristian Tudor Popescu Cristian Tudor Popescu (; often referred to as CTP; born October 1, 1956) is a Romanian journalist, essayist, engineer, short-story writer and political commentator. Author of science fiction stories during his youth, he also hosted talk shows f ...

, journalist and science-fiction writer * Pamfil Șeicaru, journalist (Gândirea, Bucovina) member of Romanian Parliament, Director of Curentul

Linguists

Eugenio Coșeriu Eugenio Coșeriu ( ro, Eugen Coșeriu, ; July 27, 1921 – September 7, 2002) was a linguist who specialized in Romance languages at the University of Tübingen, author of over 50 books, honorary member of the Romanian Academy. In 1970 he coined ...

Iorgu Iordan Iorgu Iordan (; also known as ''Jorgu Jordan'' or ''Iorgu Jordan''; –September 20, 1986) was a Romanian linguist, philologist, diplomat, journalist, and left-wing agrarian, later communist, politician. The author of works on a large variety of ...

* I.C. Massim *

Emil Petrovici Emil Petrovici (; 1899–1968) was a Romanian linguist, dialectologist and Slavist. He studied both Romanian and Serbian languages. His studies included Romanian phonology, and Romanian, Serbian, and other Slavic dialectology. Petrovici, of Ser ...

Music

''See also

Music of Romania Romania is a European country with a multicultural music environment which includes active ethnic music scenes. Traditional Romanian folk music remains popular, and some folk musicians have come to national (and even international) fame. Histo ...

, especially for contemporary pop musicians.''

Composers

* Ana-Maria Avram, composer *

Pascal Bentoiu Pascal Bentoiu (22 April 1927 – 21 February 2016) was a Romanian modernist composer. Life and career Bentoiu studied harmony, counterpoint and composition with Mihail Jora and piano with Theophil Demetriescu. He spent three years res ...

, composer * Tiberiu Brediceanu, composer and conductor * Nicolae Bretan, opera composer *

Eduard Caudella Eduard Caudella (22 May (or 3 June) 1841 – 15 April 1924) was a Romanian opera composer, also a violin virtuoso, conductor, teacher and critic. He studied with Henri Vieuxtemps Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps ( 17 February 18206 June 1881 ...

, composer *

Paul Constantinescu Paul Constantinescu (; 30 June 1909, Ploieşti – 20 December 1963) was a Romanian composer. Two of his main influences are Romanian folk music and Byzantine chant, both of which he used in his teaching. One of his students was composer Margar ...

, composer *

Dimitrie Cuclin Dimitrie Cuclin ( – February 7, 1978) was a Romanian classical music composer, musicologist, philosopher, translator, and writer. Biography Early life Dimitrie Cuclin was born in the city of Galaţi, a port on the left shore of the Da ...

, composer *

Constantin Dimitrescu Constantin Dimitrescu (; 19 March 1847 in Blejoi, Romania – 9 May 1928) was a Romanian classic composer and music teacher, one of the most prominent representatives of the late Romantic period. Background Born in Blejoi, Prahova County, he w ...

, composer, cellist * Sabin Dragoi, composer *

Iancu Dumitrescu Iancu Dumitrescu (born 15 July 1944) is a Romanian avant-garde composer. Life and works Dumitrescu was born in Sibiu, Romania. He received a master's degree in composition in Bucharest, where his teachers included Alfred Mendelsohn. Later, ...

, composer, conductor, musicologist *

George Enescu George Enescu (; – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, conductor and teacher. Regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history, Enescu is featured on the Romanian five lei. Biogr ...

, composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher *

Iosif Ivanovici Ion Ivanovici ( sr-cyr, Јован Ивановић) (alternatively: Jovan Ivanović, Iosif Ivanovici, Josef Ivanovich) (1845 – ) was a Romanian military band conductor and composer of Banat Serbian origin, best remembered today for his wal ...

Dinu Lipatti Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti (; 2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from effects related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. He comp ...

Liviu Marinescu Liviu Marinescu (born February 12, 1970, in Bucharest) is a Romanian composer of orchestral and chamber music. He teaches at California State University, Northridge. Early life He studied music composition at the National University of Music Buch ...

, composer * Octavian Nemescu, composer *

Ștefan Niculescu Ștefan Niculescu (July 31, 1927 – January 22, 2008) was a Romanian people, Romanian composer. Niculescu was born in Moreni, Dâmbovița County, Dâmbovita. He was credited with introducing his own brand of heterophony, a technique based on ...

, composer * Nonna Otescu, composer *

Anton Pann Anton Pann (; born Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu , and also mentioned as ''Anton Pantoleon'' or ''Petrovici''; 1790s—2 November 1854) was an Ottoman-born Wallachian composer, musicologist, and Romanian-language poet, also noted for his act ...

, composer *

Ciprian Porumbescu Ciprian Porumbescu (; born Cyprian Gołęmbiowski on 14 October 1853 – 6 June 1883) was a Romanian composer born in Șipotele Sucevei in Bukovina (now Shepit, Vyzhnytsia Raion, Ukraine). He was among the most celebrated Romanian composers ...

, composer *

Horațiu Rădulescu Horațiu Rădulescu (; 7 January 1942 – 25 September 2008) was a Romanian-French composer, best known for the spectral technique of composition. Life Rădulescu was born in Bucharest, where he studied the violin privately with Nina Alexandres ...

, composer *

Octave Octavian Teodorescu Octavian Teodorescu (born 29 January 1963), known professionally as Octave, is a Romanian musician, composer, songwriter and producer from Bucharest, Romania. He is a pioneer of electronic music and the use of computers and synthesizers in musi ...

, composer * Cornel Trailescu, composer *

Iannis Xenakis Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde ...

, composer born in Romania

Musicians

*Dan Andrei Aldea, rock guitarist, composer, singer *Christian Badea, conductor *Lucian Ban, jazz composer & pianist *Carla's Dreams, singer-, musician *Sergiu Celibidache, orchestra conductor *Nicole Cherry, singer *Connect-R, rapper *Marius Constant, originator of the Twilight Zone theme *Marin Constantin, conductor *Nicu Covaci, rock guitarist, composer, vocalist *Michael Cretu, musician founder of (Enigma (German band), Enigma) *Grigoraș Dinicu, violinist, composer *Adrian Erlandsson, drummer (At the Gates), Swedish with Romanian background *Daniel Erlandsson, drummer (Arch Enemy), Swedish with Romanian background *George Georgescu, orchestra conductor *Kruiz, Valeriu Găină, guitarist *Tudor Gheorghe, musician, composer and singer *Nicolae Guță, singer *Clara Haskil, pianist *Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor and violinist *Antonia Iacobescu, singer *Inna (singer), Inna, singer-songwriter, dancer *Ovidiu Lipan, drummer (Transsylvania Phoenix, Phoenix) *

, pianist, composer *Radu Lupu, pianist *Ion Marin, conductor *Cristi Minculescu, rock singer and composer *Jonel Perlea, Jonel (Ionel) Perlea, conductor *Valentin Radu, conductor *Florin Salam, singer *Constantin Silvestri, orchestra conductor and composer *Alexandra Stan, singer, musician, entertainer, model, dancer *Laura Stoica, pop-rock singer and composer *

, composer, vanguard rock musician, multi-instrumentist (guitars, keyboards, programmable instruments) *Cristian Vasile, tango singer *Dorin Liviu Zaharia, composer and singer *Gheorghe Zamfir, pan flute musician

= Classic

= *Zeno Costa, tenor *Ileana Cotrubaș, soprano *Hariclea Darclée, soprano *Angela Gheorghiu, soprano *

, pianist and composer *Radu Lupu, pianist *Nelly Miricioiu, soprano *Mariana Nicolescu, soprano *Mihaela Ursuleasa, pianist *Leontina Vaduva, soprano *Virginia Zeani, soprano

= Folk and derivatives

= *Maria Tănase, Romanian popular music singer

= Instruments

= *Alexander Bălănescu, violinist *Ion Miu, cimbalom player *Johnny Răducanu, jazz pianist *Ion Voicu, violinist *Gheorghe Zamfir, panpipes player

= Pop and techno

= *Nicoleta Alexandru, pop and techno singer *Loredana Groza, pop singer * Gabriela and Mihaela Modorcea, twins sisters comprising the duo Indiggo

Film and theatre

*Mircea Albulescu, actor *Ştefan Bănică, Jr., Ștefan Bănică, Jr., actor *Monica Bârlădeanu, actress *Radu Beligan, actor, director *Joana Benedek, actress *

, playwright *Ion Caramitru, actor *Ion Cojar, acting teacher, founder of the Romanian method acting school *Gheorghe Dinică, actor *Maria Filotti, actress *Marcel Iureș, actor *Cătălin Mitulescu, film director *Maia Morgenstern, actress *Cristian Mungiu, director of ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'' *Jean Negulescu, film director, Oscar nominee *Sergiu Nicolaescu, film director *Amza Pellea, actor *Florin Piersic, actor *Florian Pittiș, actor *Alina Plugaru, pornographic actress *Elvira Popescu, actress *Corneliu Porumboiu, film director *Cristi Puiu, film director *Victor Rebengiuc, actor *Edward G. Robinson, actor *Alec Secareanu, Alec Secăreanu, actor *Sebastian Stan, actor *Saviana Stănescu, playwright *Constantin Tănase, cabaretist, comic and poet, shot by the soviet army of occupation in Bucharest, in 1945 *Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, actor *Johnny Weissmuller, actor

Religion

*Teoctist Arăpașu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church *Arsenie Boca *Daniel Ciobotea, incumbent Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church *Miron Cristea, first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church *Iuliu Hossu, Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Greek-Catholic bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese and later Cardinal (Catholic Church), 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 * Lucian Mureșan, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop, later (and incumbent) Major Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia *Dumitru Stăniloae, priest, translated the Philokalia into Romanian *Vasile Suciu (bishop), Vasile Suciu, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia *Alexandru Todea, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraș 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

Swimming

* David Popovici

Athletics

* Iolanda Balaș, high jump * Violeta Beclea-Szekely * Paula Ivan * Lia Manoliu, discus thrower * Doina Melinte, 3000 m * Gabriela Szabo

Basketball

* Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), NBA guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion * Tal Karpelesz (born 1990), Israeli-Romanian basketball player * Gheorghe Mureșan

Boxing

*Lucian Bute *Adrian Diaconu *Leonard Doroftei *Mihai Leu *Francisc Vaștag * Victor Zilberman, Olympic welterweight boxer, bronze medal

Canoe

* Leon Rotman, sprint canoer, 2-time Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles

Chess

* Adolf Albin * Victor Ciocâltea * Florin Gheorghiu * Georg Marco * Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu * Elisabeta Polihroniade

Football

*Ioan Andone *Ilie Balaci *Ladislau Bölöni *Cristian Chivu *Cosmin Contra *Nicolae Dică *Nicolae Dobrin *Helmuth Duckadam *Ilie Dumitrescu *Ioan Viorel Ganea *Dorin Goian *Gheorghe Hagi *Cătălin Hâldan *Adrian Ilie *Anghel Iordănescu *Emerich Jenei *Michael Klein (footballer), Michael Klein *Miodrag Belodedici *Marius Lăcătuș *Mircea Lucescu *Silviu Lung *Viorel Moldovan *Dorinel Munteanu *Adrian Mutu *Gheorghe Popescu *Florin Răducioiu *Ioan Sabău *Bogdan Stelea

Gymnastics

*Simona Amânar *Oana Ban *Octavian Belu, women's coach *Mihai Brestyan, gymnastics coach *Sabina Cojocar *Nadia Comăneci *Laura Cutina *Aurelia Dobre *Marian Drăgulescu *Emilia Eberle *Gina Gogean *Sandra Izbașa *Marta Károlyi, gymnastics coach *Alexandra Marinescu *Lavinia Miloșovici *Aura Andreea Munteanu *Steliana Nistor *Maria Olaru *Cătălina Ponor *Claudia Presăcan *Andreea Răducan *Monica Roșu *Daniela Silivaș *Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie, Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie *Ioan Silviu Suciu *Ecaterina Szabo *Corina Ungureanu *Teodora Ungureanu *Marius Urzică

Rowing

*Constanța Burcică *Georgeta Damian *Elena Georgescu *Doina Ignat *Elisabeta Lipă *Ivan Patzaichin *Viorica Susanu

Tennis

*Irina Bara *Irina-Camelia Begu *Ana Bogdan *Mihaela Buzarnescu *Alexandra Cadanțu *Sorana Cîrstea *Marius Copil *Jaqueline Cristian *Ruxandra Dragomir *Alexandra Dulgheru *Edina Gallovits *Simona Halep, 2018 French Open winner, 2019 Wimbledon Winner *Victor Hănescu *Gabriela Lee *Florin Mergea *Andreea Mitu *Ilie Năstase, 1972 French Open winner, 1973 US Open winner *Monica Niculescu *Ioana Raluca Olaru *Dinu Pescariu *Magda Rurac *Gabriela Ruse *Virginia Ruzici, 1978 French Open winner *Răzvan Sabău *Irina Spîrlea *Horia Tecău *Patricia Maria Țig *Ion Țiriac, also a businessman *Adrian Ungur

Other sports

* Laura Badea (born 1970), Romanian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition * Luminița Dinu-Huțupan handball player *Mathew Dumba (born 1994), NHL ice hockey player * Alina Dumitru, Olympic judo champion *Yohan Kende (born 1949), Israeli Olympic swimmer * Alina Popa, IFBB professional bodybuilder * Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin; 1921–2006), Romanian-Israeli 17-time world table tennis champion; ITTF Hall of Fame *Andre Spitzer (1945–1972), Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics fencing coach and victim of the Munich massacre *Timea Toth (swimmer), Timea Toth (born 1968), Romanian-born Israeli Olympic swimmer

Science

Astronomy

*Cristiana Dumitrache

Biology

*Grigore Antipa, hydrobiologist *Ana Aslan, geriatrics researcher *Victor Babeș, biologist *Dimitrie Brândză, botanist *Ioan Cantacuzino, microbiologist *Melania Cristescu, biologist *Wilhelm Knechtel, botanist *Nicolae Leon, biologist *Gheorghe Marinescu, neurologist *Nicolae Minovici, forensic scientist *Mina Minovici, forensic scientist *George Emil Palade, 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner *Constantin Parhon, endocrinologist *Nicolae Paulescu, discovered insulin *Emil Racoviță, biologist and speleologist

Chemistry

*Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist *Henrik Kacser, physical chemist *Costin Nenițescu, founder of the Romanian school of Organic Chemistry *Nicolae Teclu, inventor of the Teclu gas burner

Physicians

*Raed Arafat, founder of SMURD (a Syrian-born Palestinian refugee living in Romania since 1981) *Bazil Assan, engineer, explorer and economist *Adrian Bejan, namesake of the Bejan number *Gheorghe Benga, physician and molecular biologist *Alexandru Ciurcu, inventor, with M.M. Just Buisson, of the first reactive engine *George Constantinescu, inventor *Leon Dănăilă, neurosurgeon *Daniel David, professor, psychologist, and psychotherapist *Carol Davila, physician *Anastase Dragomir, inventor of the parachute cell, predecessor of the ejection seat *Dimitrie Gerota , anatomist, physician, radiologist, urologist *Rodrig Goliescu, inventor of the first airplane with a tubular fuselage *Iuliu Hațieganu, internist doctor *Petrache Poenaru, inventor *Elie Radu, architect, engineer *Anghel Saligny, engineer *Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, engineer *David Wechsler, psychologist

Aerospace

*Elie Carafoli, aeronautics engineer *Henri Coandă, aircraft designer and discoverer of the Coanda effect of fluidics *Aurel Vlaicu, flight pioneer *Traian Vuia

Astronauts

*Dumitru Prunariu, Romania's first and only cosmonaut

Mathematics

*Titu Andreescu *Emanoil Bacaloglu *Ion Barbu, Dan Barbilian *Alexandra Bellow *Julius Borcea *Liliana Borcea *Cristian S. Calude *Ana Caraiani *Zoia Ceaușescu *Alina Carmen Cojocaru *Nicușor Dan *Anton Davidoglu *Cornelia Druțu *Ciprian Foias *Alexandru Froda *Tudor Ganea *

*Alexandru Ghika *Emil Grosswald *Spiru Haret *Caius Iacob *Adrian Ioana *Eleny Ionel *Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea *Sergiu Klainerman *Traian Lalescu *Florian Luca *Alexandru Lupaș *George Lusztig *Ciprian Manolescu *Solomon Marcus *George Marinescu (mathematician), George Marinescu *Octav Mayer *Preda Mihăilescu *Gheorghe Mihoc *Irina Mitrea *Petru Mocanu *Grigore Moisil, Member of the Romanian Academy *Elena Moldovan Popoviciu *Gheorghe Moroșanu *Henri Moscovici *Mircea Mustață *Miron Nicolescu, Member of the Romanian Academy *Octav Onicescu *Magda Peligrad *Valentin Poénaru *Dimitrie Pompeiu *Florian Pop *Mihnea Popa *Sorin Popa *Cristian Dumitru Popescu *Nicolae Popescu, Member of the Romanian Academy *Tiberiu Popoviciu *Tudor Ratiu *Ovidiu Savin *Rodica Simion *Simion Stoilow *Ileana Streinu * Bogdan Suceavă *Gabriel Sudan *Daniel Tătaru *Gheorghe Țițeica, Member of the Romanian Academy *Monica Vișan *Dan-Virgil Voiculescu *Gheorghe Vrănceanu *Alexandru Zaharescu

Physics

*Réka Albert *Emanoil Bacaloglu, physicist, chemist and mathematician *Victor Albert Bailey, physicist (Romanian on his mother's side) *Radu Dan Constantinescu, physicist, President of the Balkan Physical Union *Peter Freund, Peter George Oliver Freund, physicist *Mihai Gavrilă, theoretical quantum physicist, professor, Corresponding Member of the

*Horia Hulubei, atomic physicist, professor, Member of the Romanian Academy *Theodor V. Ionescu, plasma physicist, professor, Member of the Romanian Academy *Ștefania Mărăcineanu *Alexandru Marin, physicist, professor *Victor Mercea *Florentina Mosora, Florentina I. Mosora, biophysicist and nuclear medicine professor, Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium *Horațiu Năstase *Ioan-Iovitz Popescu *Alexandru Proca, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy *Ștefan Procopiu, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy *Șerban Țițeica, theoretical physicist, founder of the Romanian modern school of theoretical physics, Member of the Romanian Academy

Computer science

*Andrei Alexandrescu, computer scientist *Mihai Nadin, computer scientist *Ştefan Odobleja, Ștefan Odobleja, scientist, precursor of cybernetics *Mihai Pătrașcu (computer scientist), Mihai Pătrașcu, computer scientist *Ion Stoica, computer scientist *Victor Toma, computer engineer, born in Romanian Bessarabia *Matei Zaharia, computer scientist

Others

* Dionisie Ghermani (1922–2009), professor, writer, philanthropist, and political activist * Dimitrie Gusti, sociologist * Ernest Krausz (1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at Bar Ilan University * David Mitrany (1888–1975), political theorist * George Pomutz (1818–1882), ethnic Romanian United States general in the Civil War, and a diplomat * Emil Racoviță, polar explorer * Emilia Săulea (1904–1998), geologist and paleontologist. * Ruxandra Sireteanu (1945—2008), neuroscientist * Henri Stahl, stenographer * Henri H. Stahl, cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, sociologist, social historian

Polymaths

* Simion Bărnuțiu, jurist, priest, politician, publicist, lawyer, writer, professor * Matila Ghyka, famous polymath, mathematician and author *

, lawyer, historian, publicist, politician, cultural peacemaker * Bogdan Suceavă, mathematician, novelist, journalist, professor of mathematics at California State University, Fullerton

Business

*Octav Botnar, Nissan UK chairman, billionaire *Iosif Constantin Drăgan, gas tycoon, billionaire and academic *John DeLorean, US car industry executive, engineer, inventor of Pontiac GTO Muscle car and DMC DeLorean, DeLorean *Dinu Patriciu, former CEO of Rompetrol *Dan Petrescu (businessman), Dan Petrescu, businessman and billionaire *Anastasia Soare billionaire, the CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills

Military

Miscellaneous

*Ana Cumpănaș (a.k.a. Anna Sage), the "Woman in Red" who helped FBI catch John Dillinger *Iana Matei, activist and founder of Reaching Out

List of Romanians who were born outside present-day Romania

This is a list of

who were born outside present-day Romania.

Austria

*Victor Babeș, physician, biologist, bacteriologist

Republic of Moldova

*Ștefan Baștovoi, orthodox monk *Maria Cebotari, opera singer *

, president of Romania (1996–2000) *

, linguist *

, writer *Lia Manoliu, athlete *

, poet, politician

Russia

* Alexander Kolchak, partially Romanian, descendant of Iliaș Colceag, Russian Admiral; Supreme Ruler of Russia (White movement, White Guard State) (1918–1920)

Serbia

*Zoran Lilić, president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1993–1997 *Baba Novac, captain under Mihai Viteazul and hajduk *Vasko Popa, poet *

, linguist

Ukraine

, prime minister of Romania (1918, 1920–1921, 1926–1927) *Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, philologist, writer *Lucian Pintilie, film director, screenwriter *Sofia Rotaru, singer *Nicolae Văcăroiu, prime minister of Romania (1992–1996) *Sofia Vicoveanca, singer

References

{{reflist Lists of Romanian people,