This is a list of native Bucharesters.

A

* Otto Ackermann (1909–1960), conductor *

Anda Adam Anda Adam (born 27 April 1980) is a Romanian singer and model. She is best known for her singles " My Love on You" and " Panda Madam". Anda began her music career in 1999, after collaborating with Romanian band R.A.C.L.A. on the songs "Nu mă u ...

(born 1980), singer and model *

Gheorghe Adamescu Gheorghe Adamescu (July 23, 1869 – March 4, 1942) was a Romanian literary historian and bibliographer. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Romanian Orthodox priest Andrei Adamovici and his wife Angelina (''née'' Teodorescu). He attended Saint ...

(1869–1942), literary historian and bibliographer *

Olivia Addams Adriana Livia Opriș (born 17 September 1996), known professionally as Olivia Addams, is a Romanian singer, songwriter, and member of the band Jealous Friend. She gained the greatest popularity in 2020 after releasing the single "Dumb". Early l ...

(born 1996), singer * Adena, singer *

Viorica Agarici Viorica Agarici (1886–1979) was a Romanian nurse, the chairwoman of the local Red Cross in the city of Roman during World War II and the Ion Antonescu regime. A protector of the Jewish population during the implementation of the Holocaust in Ro ...

(1886–1979), nurse and philanthropist, Righteous Among the Nations *

Adolf Albin Adolf Albin (14 September 1848 – 22 March 1920) was a Romanian chess player. He is best known for the countergambit that bears his name and for authoring the first chess book written in Romanian. Life He was born in Bucharest, Romania t ...

(1848–1920), chess player *

Mircea Albulescu Iorgu Constantin Albulescu (4 October 1934 – 8 April 2016), known professionally as Mircea Albulescu (), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (''Uniunea Scriitorilor'' ...

(1934–2016), actor * Radu Aldulescu (born 1954), novelist *

Dan Andrei Aldea Dan Andrei Aldea (9 March 1950 – 18 January 2020) was a Romanian multi-instrumentalist (guitars, violin, and keyboards, mainly) and vocalist, best known for his work with the band Sfinx, but also for his solo career. Aldea was born in Buchar ...

(1950–2020), singer *

Liana Alexandra Liana Alexandra (born Liana Moraru; 27 May 1947 – 10 January 2011) was a Romanian composer, pianist and music educator. Biography Alexandra was born in Bucharest, Romania, on 27 May 1947. From 1965 to 1971, she studied at the Ciprian ...

(1947–2011), composer, pianist, and music educator *

Andrei Alexandrescu Andrei Alexandrescu (born 1969) is a Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author. He is particularly known for his pioneering work on policy-based design implemented via template metaprogramming. These ideas are articulated in ...

(born 1969), Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author * George Alexandru (1957–2016), actor * Nicoleta Alexandru (born 1968), singer * Florin-Alexandru Alexe (born 1979), economist and politician *

Marius Alexe Marius Silviu Alexe (born 22 February 1990) is a Romanian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker. Club career Dinamo București Alexe started his football career when he was 10 years old at D ...

(born 1990), footballer *

Paul Alexiu Paul Alexiu (April 8, 1893 in Bucharest – September 30, 1963, in Bucharest) was a major-general in the Romanian Armed Forces during World War II. After attending the Artillery Military School in Bucharest (1911–1913), he graduated with t ...

(1893–1963), general *

Barbu Alinescu Barbu Alinescu (20 January 1890–30 November 1952) was a major general of the Romanian Armed Forces during World War II. He was born in Bucharest in 1890. After graduating from military school with the rank of second lieutenant, he participat ...

(1890–1952), general * Mosko Alkalai (1931–2008), Israeli actor *

Radu Almășan Radu Almășan () is a Romanian singer, most notable for his work in the band Bosquito, which he has led as the primary vocalist since its inception in 1999. He is also a founding member of the American alternative rock band Madame Hooligan. ...

(born 1980), singer *

Melek Amet Melek Amet (4 October 1960 - 22 May 2008) was a Romanian model. As the first Crimean Tatar fashion model in Romania, she broke down barriers and became the symbol of a cultural shift. Biography Melek, which in Crimean Tatar language means ''A ...

(1960–2008), model *

Doru Ana Doru Ana (28 February 1954 – 11 October 2022) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1980. Ana died in Bucharest on 11 October 2022, at the age of 68. Selected filmography References External links * * ...

(1954–2022), actor * David Andelman (born 1955), Israeli theoretical physicist *

Aurelian Andreescu Aurelian Andreescu (; 12 May 1942 in Bucharest – 22 July 1986 in Constanța) was a Romanian singer. He is considered by some the greatest voice in Romanian history. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture. Initially, he worked in a design ...

(1942—1986), singer * Eva Andrei, American physicist *

Ion Andreescu Ion Andreescu (; 15 February 1850 – 22 October 1882) was a Romanian painter. Biography He was the son of Andrei Dobrescu and Anastasia Pencovico. It is unknown if he was born in Bucharest or in another one of his parents' residences in the vic ...

(1850–1882), painter *

Mihail Andricu Mihail Andricu (22 December 1894, Bucharest - 4 March 1974, Bucharest ) was a Romanian composer, violinist, and pianist. He studied with Alfonso Castaldi, Robert Klenck and Dumitru Kiriac. Andricu graduated from the National University of Music B ...

(1894–1974), singer *

Ion Valentin Anestin Ion Valentin Anestin (December 24, 1900 – December 6, 1963) was a Romanian graphic artist, engraver, painter, sculptor, journalist and dramatist. Noted as a caricaturist and art critic, he was the father of Ion Nuni Anestin, himself a visual ar ...

(1900–1963), graphic artist, engraver, painter, sculptor, journalist, and dramatist * Luminița Anghel (born 1968), dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, and politician * Babis Angourakis (1951–2014), Greek politician *

Edward Aninaru Edward Aninaru (born January 4, 1976) is a Romanian commercial and portrait photographer and music video director, currently living and working in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for being the official photographer of Romanian singer-son ...

(born 1976), photographer * Constantin Anton (1894–1993), general * Kristaq Antoniu (1907–1979), singer *

Mitzura Arghezi Mitzura Domnica Arghezi (also spelled Mițura, born Domnica Theodorescu; 10 December 1924 – 27 October 2015) was a Romanian actress, visual artist and politician, also active as a ballerina, book editor, and museum curator. She was the daughter ...

(1924–2015), actress and politician *

Dan Apostol Dan Apostol (12 July 1957 Bucharest – 4 March 2013 Bucharest) was a Romanian writer and researcher, specialized in several border domains of aviation, history, archeology, ancient civilisations, art, biology, anthropology, palaeontology and cry ...

(1957–2013), writer *

Carol Ardeleanu Carol Ardeleanu (March 16, 1883–November 23, 1949) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Bucharest, his formal education was limited, finishing in the early years of high school. His first published work appeared in 1907 in ''Viața literară ...

(1883–1949), writer * Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967), writer * Costache Aristia (1800–1880), poet, actor, and translator * Ștefan Arteni (1947–2020), artist, painter, calligrapher, architect, philosopher, historian, essayist, and translator *

Constantin C. Arion Constantin C. Arion (also known as Costică Arion; Constantin Țoiu"Fără șase 1OO (II)", in ''România Literară'', Nr. 37/2003 June 18, 1855 – June 27, 1923) was a Romanian politician, affiliated with the National Liberal Party, the ...

(1855–1923), politician * Bazil Assan (1860–1918), engineer, explorer, and economist *

Alina Astafei Alina Astafei (known before 1995 as Galina Astafei; born 7 June 1969) is a Romanian-German track and field athlete who attained German citizenship in 1995. She was one of the world's leading high jumpers in the 1990s. Representing Romania, sh ...

(born 1969), track and field athlete *

Alexandru Athanasiu Alexandru Athanasiu (; born 1 January 1955) is a Romanian politician and jurist. A former leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), he has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2001. Athanasiu previously served ...

(born 1955), politician and jurist * Genica Athanasiou (1897–1966), Romanian-French actress * Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer * Bogdan Aurescu (b. 1973), lawyer, diplomat and politician *

Colette Avital Colette Avital ( he, קולט אביטל, born 1 May 1939) is a Romanian-Israeli diplomat and politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and One Israel between 1999 and 2009. Biography Born in Bucharest, Romania, Avit ...

(born 1940), Israeli diplomat and politician *

Ana-Maria Avram Ana-Maria Avram (1961–2017) was a Romanian composer, pianist, conductor and musicologist. Biography Avram was born in 1961 in Bucharest, Romania.Schell Michael. "Women in (New) Music: Remembering Ana Maria Avram (1961–2017)", Second Inversio ...

(born 1961), composer * Chris Avram (1931–1989), actor

B

Emanoil Bacaloglu Emanoil Bacaloglu (; – 30 August 1891) was a Wallachian and Romanian mathematician, physicist and chemist. Born in Bucharest and of Greek origin, he studied physics and mathematics in Paris and Leipzig, later becoming a professor at the Univer ...

(1830–1891), mathematician, physicist, and chemist *

Laura Badea-Cârlescu Laura Gabriela Badea-Cârlescu (née Badea on 28 March 1970) is a retired Romanian foil fencer, world champion in 1995, olympic champion in 1996 and european champion in 1996,1997, 2004.International Fencing Hall of Famer *

Constantin Banu Constantin Gheorghe Banu (March 20, 1873 – September 8, 1940) was a Romanian writer, journalist and politician, who served as Arts and Religious Affairs Minister in 1922–1923. He is remembered in literary history as the founder of ''Flacăra'' ...

(1873–1940), writer, journalist, and politician *

Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin ( he, אלישבע ברק-אוסוסקין; born 13 October 1936) is an Israeli retired judge. She sat on the Regional Labor Courts in Jerusalem and Beersheba from 1990 to 1995, and served as judge on the National Labor C ...

(born 1936), Israeli judge *

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 ...

(1924–1993), novelist, short story writer, and journalist *

Linda Maria Baros Linda Maria Baros (born 6 August 1981 in Bucharest) is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic, one of the most powerful new voices on today's poetry scene (the famous French literary award ''Prix Guillaume Apollinaire'' – 2007 ...

(born 1981), poet, translator, and literary critic *

Cezar Bădiță Cezar Bădiţă (born 12 April 1979 in Bucharest) is an international medley swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Prior to that tournament, at the 2000 European Aquatics Cham ...

(born 1979), swimmer *

Alexander Bălănescu Alexander Bălănescu () (born 11 June 1954) is a Romanian violinist, and founder of the Balanescu Quartet. Biography Bălănescu was born in Bucharest, and at the age of seven went to the Special School for Music there. His teachers in Romania we ...

(born 1954), violinist *

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's ...

(1819–1852), soldier, historian, and journalist *

Radu Bălescu Radu Bălescu (Bucharest, 18 July 1932 – 1 June 2006, Bucharest) was a Romanian and Belgian (since 1959) scientist and professor at the ''Statistical and Plasma Physics'' group of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He studied at the Tit ...

(1932–2006), Romanian and Belgian scientist *

Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu ...

(born 1990), tennis player *

Alexandra Bellow Alexandra Bellow (née Bagdasar; previously Ionescu Tulcea; born 30 August 1935) is a Romanian-American mathematician, who has made contributions to the fields of ergodic theory, probability and analysis. Biography Bellow was born in Bucharest ...

(born 1935), mathematician * Joana Benedek (born 1972), Romanian-Mexican actress *

Marthe Bibesco Princess Martha Bibescu (Martha Lucia; ''née'' Lahovary; 28 January 1886 – 28 November 1973) also known outside of Romania as Marthe Bibesco, was a celebrated Romanian-French writer, socialite, style icon and political hostess. She spent her c ...

(1886–1973), Romanian-French writer, socialite, and political hostess *

Andreea Bibiri Andreea Bibiri (born May 3, 1975) is a Romanian film and stage actress, dubber and theatre director. She graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1996 and has won two UNITER Prize awards as an actress. She ...

(born 1975), actress * Ingrid Bisu (born 1987), actress * Claudiu Bleonț (born 1959), actor * Lucian Boia (born 1944), historian * Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881), archaeologist, journalist, and poet * Dan Bordeianu (born 1975), actor * Mircea Bornescu (born 1980), footballer * Constantin Bosianu (1815–1882), jurist and politician * Ana Maria Brânză (born 1984), épée fencer * Vintilă Brătianu (1867–1930), construction engineer, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania * Emilian Bratu (1904–1991), chemical engineer * Florin Bratu (born 1980), footballer * Roxana Briban (1971–2010), operatic soprano * Silviu Brucan (1916–2006), communist politician * Dionis Bubani (1926–2006), Albanian writer, playwright, humorist, and translator * Dragoș Bucur (born 1977), actor * Gheorghe Bucur (born 1980), football player * Doina Bumbea (1950–1997), artist and abductee in North Korea

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* Alexandra Cadanțu (born 1990), tennis player * Nicolae Cajal (1919–2004), Jewish physician, academic, politician and philanthropist * Rukmini Maria Callimachi (born 1973), Romanian-American journalist and poet * Christian Calson (born 1975), Romanian-American independent filmmaker * Constantin Cantacuzino (aviator), Constantin Cantacuzino (1905–1958), aviator * Catherine Caradja (1893–1993), aristocrat and philanthropist * Costache Caragiale (1815–1877), actor and theatre manager * Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936), poet and prose writer * Toma Caragiu (1925–1977), theatre, television and film actor * Ion Caramitru (1942–2021), stage and film actor * Nae Caranfil (born 1960), film director and screenwriter * Barbu Catargiu (1807–1862), politician and journalist * Paul Cazan (born 1951), football player * Vera Călin (1921–2013), Romanian-American literary critic, essayist and translator * George Călinescu (1899–1965), literary critic, historian, novelist and journalist * Ion I. Câmpineanu (1841–1888), politician, mayor of Bucharest and the first head of the National Bank of Romania * Gabriel Cânu (born 1981), footballer * Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956), poet, novelist and essayist * Nicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), the youngest child of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu * Remus Cernea (born 1974), activist * Hristu Chiacu (born 1986), footballer * Maia Ciobanu (born 1952), composer and music educator * Victor Ciocâltea (1932–1983), chess master * Liviu Ciulei (1923–2011), theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume, and set designer * Henri Coandă (1886–1972), inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft * Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), ballet dancer * Dragoș Coman (born 1980), swimmer * Sergiu Comissiona (1928–2005), Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinist * Corneliu Coposu (1914–1995), politician and communist detainee * Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (1852–1935), military officer, War Minister, and member of the Romanian Academy * Michael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian–German musician * Nicolae Crețulescu (1812–1900), medical doctor and politician, second Prime Minister of Romania following the assassination of Barbu Catargiu; one of the first presidents of the Romanian Academy * Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), social democratic politician

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* Horia Damian (1922–2012), painter and sculptor * Alexandru Darie (1959–2019), theater director * Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer, and teacher of piano * Henrieta Delavrancea (1897–1987), architect * Lucia Demetrius (1910–1992), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator * Cristian Diaconescu (born 1959), jurist and politician * Gheorghe Dinică (1934–2009), actor * Neagu Djuvara (1916–2018), historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat * Dora d'Istria (1828–1888), Wallachian-born Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian descent * Ion G. Duca (1879–1933), prime minister of Romania (1933) * Florea Dumitrache (1948–2007), football player and twice winner of the Romanian Footballer of the Year (Gazeta Sporturilor), Romanian Footballer of the Year award

E

* Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), historian of religion, fiction writer, and philosopher * David Emmanuel (mathematician), David Emmanuel (1854–1941), mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy

F

* Ștefan Fălcoianu (1835–1905), army general who served as Chief of the Romanian General Staff and War Minister * Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865), novelist and short-story writer * Nicolae Filipescu (1862–1916), politician, mayor of Bucharest * Răzvan Fodor (born 1975), singer and actor

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* Grigore Gafencu (1892–1957), politician, diplomat and journalist * Moses Gaster (1856–1939), Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar and a Hebrew linguist * Cristian Gațu (b. 1945), former handball player, twice winner of the World Championship with Romania and twice winner of the European Champions Cup with Steaua București * Alex Geana (born 1979), Romanian-American photographer and writer * Mircea Geoană (born 1958), politician * Dudu Georgescu (b. 1950), football player and twice winner of the European Golden Shoe * Haralamb H. Georgescu (1908–1977), modernist architect * {{ill, Spiridon Georgescu, ro (1887–1974), sculptor * Florin Gheorghiu (born 1944), chess player * Dimitrie Ghica (1816–1897), army officer, police prefect, politician, List of mayors of Bucharest, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania * Ion Ghica (1816–1897), revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politician * Alexandru Ghika (1902–1964), mathematician * Dinu C. Giurescu (1927–2018), historian and politician, son of Constantin C. Giurescu * Alexandru G. Golescu (1819–1881), politician * Gheorghe Gruia (1940–2015), handball player and twice world champion, named ''Greatest Handball Player of All Time'' by the International Handball Federation (IHF)

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* Clara Haskil (1895–1960), classical pianist * Nicolae Herlea (1927–2014), opera singer, baritone * Dragomir Hurmuzescu (1865–1954), physicist and inventor * John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer

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* Andrei Iancu (born 1968), Romanian-American engineer and intellectual property attorney * Andrew Ilie (born 1976), tennis player * Cristina Ionda, actress * Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea (1923–2021), mathematician * Andrei Ioniță (born 1994), cellist * Anghel Iordănescu (born 1950), footballer and manager of the national football team * Edward Iordănescu (born 1978), football manager and former player * Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă (born 1975), Romanian lawyer and politician * Iosif Iser (1881–1958), painter and graphic artist * Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887), folklorist and publicist * Nora Iuga (born 1931), poet, writer, and translator

J

* Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist

K

* Ioan Kalinderu (1840–1913), law professor, writer, silviculturist, confidant of King of Romania, King Carol I of Romania, Carol I and head of the Romanian Academy * :ro:Karmen (cântăreață), Karmen (born 1997), singer * Marin Karmitz (born 1938), French businessman * Sergiu Klainerman (born 1950), mathematician * Franz Kneisel (1865–1926), Romanian-American violinist * Alex Kozinski (born 1950), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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* Traian Lalescu (1882–1929), mathematician * Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), Romanian-born German actress * Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), classical pianist and composer * Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), essayist, short story writer, literary critic, translator and journalist * Gherasim Luca (1913–1994), Surrealist theorist and poet * Mircea Lucescu (b. 1945), former football player and coach, European Coach of the Year (association football), European Coach of the Year

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* Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920), poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic * Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer * Roxana Maracineanu (born 1975), Romanian-born French backstroke swimmer * Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), neurologist * Draga Olteanu Matei (1933–2020), film and stage actress * Cezar Mateus (born 1961), Romanian-American luthier * Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), communist politician and lawyer * Preda Mihăilescu (born 1955), mathematician * Ion Minulescu (1881–1944), avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright * Octavian Morariu (b. 1961), President of Rugby Europe * Jacob L. Moreno (1889–1974), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist, thinker and educator * Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), film and stage actress

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* Gellu Naum (1915–2001), surrealist writer * Adrian Năstase (born 1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania from 2000 to 2004 * Ilie Năstase (born 1946), tennis player * Cristina Neagu (b. 1988), handball player. She has a record four IHF World Player of the Year awards. * Eddy Novarro (c. 1925–2003), photographer, collector and cosmopolitan

O

* Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895), archaeologist, author and politician * Ion Oncescu (b. 1978), prolific Arm wrestling, arm wrestler, hall of famer

P

* Sașa Pană (1902–1981), avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer * Theodor Paleologu (b. 1973), historian, diplomat and politician, son of Alexandru Paleologu * Cristina Pasaroiu (born 1987), soprano * Margareta Pâslaru (b. 1943), actress and singer * Marcel Pauker (1896–1938), communist militant * Nicolae Paulescu (1869–1931), physiologist and politician * Camil Petrescu (1894–1957), playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet * Dan Petrescu (businessman), Dan Petrescu (1953–2021), Romanian businessman and billionaire, one of the richest persons in Romania at the time * Gică Petrescu (1915–2006), singer and composer * Andrei Pleșu (born 1948), philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic * Valentin Poénaru (born 1932), Romanian–French mathematician * Ana Maria Popescu (b. 1984), fencer, Olympic, World and European champion, former World No. 1 in épée * Elvira Popescu (1894–1993), Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director * Petru Popescu (born 1944), Romanian-American writer, director and movie producer * Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923–1989), graphic artist and animator * :ro:Emanoil Protopopescu-Pake, Emanoil Protopopescu-Pake (1845–1893), law professor, police prefect and politician, mayor of Bucharest * Cristi Puiu (born 1967), film director and screenwriter

R

* Connect-R (born 1982), musician * Victor Rebengiuc (born 1933), film and stage actor * Lia Roberts (born 1949), politician * Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973), Romanian-American actor * Gideon Rodan (1934–2006), Romanian-American biochemist * Alexandru Rosetti (1895–1990), linguist, editor, and memoirist * C. A. Rosetti (1816–1885), writer, politician and leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848; the Romanian Academy was founded on his initiative. * Leon Rotman (born 1950), sprint canoer * Angelica Rozeanu (1921–2006), one of the most successful female table tennis players in the history of the sport

S

* Răzvan Sabău (born 1977), tennis player * Nicolae Saramandu (born 1941), Romanian linguist and philologist * Paul Schwartz (politician), Paul Schwartz (born 1940), politician, Jewish Community president, mechanical engineer and inventor * Alec Secareanu, Alec Secăreanu (born 1984), actor * Serge Spitzer (1951–2012), Romanian-American artist * Saviana Stănescu (born 1967), Romanian-American poet, playwright and journalist * Sorin Stati (1931–2008), linguist * Simion Stoilow (1873–1961), mathematician * Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea (1858–1918), writer and poet

T

* Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca (1941–2017), historian and philologist * Maria Tănase (1913–1963), singer and actress * Toni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actor * Cicerone Theodorescu (1908–1974), poet * George Topîrceanu (1886–1937), poet, short story writer and humourist * Nicolas Trifon (1949–2023), academic, editor and linguist * Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949-2015), politician, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament * Șerban Țițeica (1908–1985), quantum physicist * :ro:Cristian Țopescu, Cristian Țopescu (1937–2018), sports commentator, journalist and politician

V

* Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), Romanian-French aristocrat writer * Vazgen I, Vazken I of Bucharest (1908–1994), Catholicos of All Armenians, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1953–1994) * Ion Vianu (born 1934), writer and psychiatrist * Ion Vîlcu (born 1966), software engineer, academic, administrator and diplomat * Dan-Virgil Voiculescu (born 1949), mathematician * Ion Vitner (1914–1991), literary critic and historian * Cătălin Voicu (born 1965), politician * George Vraca (1896–1964), stage and film actor * Alexandru Vulpe (1931–2016), historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy

W

* Eugen Weber (1925–2007), Romanian-born American historian * Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001), minister

Z

* George Mihail Zamfirescu (1898–1939), prose writer and playwright People from Bucharest, Bucharest-related lists, Bucharesters Lists of people by city in Romania, Bucharest