List of Romanians

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This is a list of prominent Romanians. It contains historical people, and important contemporary figures (sports people, actors, directors etc).

Most of the people listed here are of Romanian ethnicity, and whose native tongue is Romanian. There are also a few mentioned who were born in Romania and who can speak Romanian, though not being of Romanian ethnicity.

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[edit] Historical and political figures

[edit] Ancient and Medieval

Anthim the Iberian, Archbishop of Wallachia
Basarab I
Neagoe Basarab
Iancu de Hunedoara, voivod of Transylvania
Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary; father was ethnically Romanian (Wallachian)
Mihai Viteazul
Mircea cel Bătrân
Ştefan cel Mare, voivod of Moldavia
Vlad Ţepeş

[edit] Renaissance Age

Dimitrie Cantemir; ruler of Moldavia, historian, writer, and music composer
Antioch Kantemir; poet and Russian ambassador

[edit] Modern royalty

(Alexandru Ioan Cuza was prince of both Moldavia and Wallachian before they were formally united as the Kingdom of Romania; the others were Romanian royalty; none of these individuals were ethnically Romanian.)

[edit] Politicians

Ion Antonescu, prime minister and Conducător (Leader) during World War II
Alexandru Averescu, general and politician
Nicolae Bălcescu, historian, revolutionary
Traian Băsescu, the current president of Romania
Antoine Bibesco, diplomat, writer
Emil Boc, the current mayor of Cluj-Napoca and president of the Democratic Party (Romania)
Ion C. Brătianu, politician, one of the founders of the Liberal movement in Romania
Ion I. C. Brătianu
Gheorghe Funar, politician
Lascăr Catargiu
Elena Ceauşescu - deputy premier under her husband, pseudo-intellectual.
Nicolae Ceauşescu, the last Romanian Communist head of state
Victor Ciorbea, trade union leader, politician, former Prime minister National Peasants' Party
Gheorghe Ciuhandu, Mayor of Timişoara, National Peasants' Party
Emil Constantinescu, professor, politician, former President
Corneliu Coposu, politician, National Peasants' Party
Doina Cornea, noted dissident and intellectual, National Peasants' Party
Ion Duca, prime minister in interbellum Romania
Petre Dumitrescu, general
Mircea Geoană, former Foreign Minister, president of the Social Democratic Party
Avram Iancu, revolutionary
Ion Iliescu, politician, first post-Communist President
Mihail Lascăr, WWII general, Minister of Defense
Gheorghe Gaston Marin, (previously Grossmann) politician, vice-president of the Government under Gheorghiu Dej
Béla Markó, politician, Vice Premier and leader of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
Mugur Isărescu, economist, former Prime Minister
Iuliu Maniu, politician, one of the creators of the National Peasants' Party
Mihail Manoilescu, economist and politician
Ion Mihalache, politician, National Peasants' Party
Adrian Năstase, politician, former Prime minister
Leonard Orban, Romanian European Commissioner, European Commissioner for Multilingualism
Ion Raţiu, politician, National Peasants' Party
Nicolae Rădescu, prime minister during WWII
Petre Roman, politician, first post-Communist prime minister
Vasile Stoica, politician
Theodor Stolojan, economist and politician, former prime minister
Dimitrie Sturdza
Nicolae Titulescu, diplomat, politician National Peasants' Party
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, former prime minister; former president of the National Liberal Party
Corneliu Vadim Tudor, politician
Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu, Foreign Minister
Radu Vasile, economist and politician, former Prime Minister
Nicolae Văcăroiu, economist, former Prime Minister
Adriean Videanu, Mayor of Bucharest
Dan Voiculescu, Leader of the Conservative Party(PC), Media owner

[edit] Arts

[edit] Architecture

Petre Antonescu, triumphal arch
Horia Creangă, Modernism
Octav Doicescu, Modernism
Marcel Iancu, Modernism
Duiliu Marcu, Modernism
Ion Mincu, Neoromanesc
Alexandru Oraşcu, Neoclassicism
Paul Smarandescu, Modernism

[edit] Choreography

Sergiu Anghel, choreographer, director, scenarist
Nicolai Apetri, dance innovator
Oleg Danovschi, choreographer
Răzvan Mazilu, choreographer, dancer

[edit] Painting

[edit] Sculpture

[edit] Writing

Vasile Alecsandri, poet and playwright
Tudor Arghezi, poet
George Bacovia, poet
Ştefan Bănulescu
Ion Barbu, poet
Marthe Bibesco, writer
Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, playwright
Demostene Botez, poet
Andrew Calimach, author and activist
Paul Celan, poet
Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright
Mateiu Caragiale, novelist
Mircea Cărtărescu, writer, essayist
Emil Cioran, essayist, philosopher
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, writer, essayist
Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
George Coşbuc, poet
Ion Creangă, writer, especially of children's stories
Ioan Petru Culianu, historian of religion
Ovid Densuşianu, philologist, linguist, folklorist, literary historian, poet
Aron Densuşianu, poet, literary critic
Mircea Dinescu, poet, journalist
Dan Doboş, science fiction writer
Virgil Duda, writer, essayist, journalist
Petru Dumitriu
Mircea Eliade, historian of religion; also novelist
Mihai Eminescu, poet and journalist
Ion Istrati
Victor Emil Galan
Constantin Gane, writer
Virgil Gheorghiu, novelist
Alecu Ivan Ghilia
Octavian Goga, poet and political figure
Radu Gyr, poet
Benjamin Fondane (born Barbu Fundoianu), poet
Iulia Hasdeu, poet
Vintilă Horia
Eugène Ionesco, playwright
Nae Ionescu, philosopher, writer, logician
Nicolae Iorga, historian, politician
Isidore Isou, poet
Panait Istrati, novelist
Irving Layton (born Israel Pincu Lazarovitch), poet
Gabriel Liiceanu, writer, editor
Gherasim Luca, surrealist poet
Norman Manea, writer and intellectual
Sorbul Mihai
Nicolae Milescu, writer, diplomat
Andrei Mureşanu, poet and revolutionary
Gellu Naum, poet
Virgil Nemoianu, essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture
Constantin Noica, philosopher
Stéphane Lupasco, philosopher
Nicolae Olahus, writer, historian, Catholic Archbishop of Hungary
Horia-Roman Patapievici, writer, philosopher, essayist
Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu, philologist, linguist
Ion Pillat, poet
Andrei Pleşu, writer, philosopher, essayist, journalist
Marin Preda, novelist
Dumitru Popescu, writer
David Prodan, historian
Ion Păun-Pincio, writer
Vasile Pogor, writer
Liviu Rebreanu, writer
Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist
Mihail Sebastian, writer, playwright
Mircea-Horia Simionescu, writer
Ioan Slavici, writer
Marin Sorescu, poet, playwright
Nichita Stănescu, poet and playwright
Nicolae Steinhardt, writer
Gheorghe Tăutu, poet
Alexandru O. Teodoreanu, dramatist
Tristan Tzara, Dadaist poet and essayist
Haralambie Ţugui, writer
Petre Tutea, writer
Vasile Voiculescu, poet, writer, playwright
Urmuz, writer
Paul Goma, writer
Elie Wiesel, novelist, philosopher, humanitarian, political activist, and Holocaust survivor.

[edit] Literary critics

[edit] Historians

Gheorghe I. Brătianu
George Călinescu
Eugen Coeru
Florin Constantiniu
Constantin Daicoviciu
Nicolae Densuşianu
Constantin C. Giurescu
Dinu C. Giurescu
Nicolae Iorga
Barbu Lăzăreanu
Dumitru Murărau
Vasile Pârvan
Virgil Vătăşianu
A. D. Xenopol
Alexandru Zub

[edit] Journalists

Ion Cristoiu, former editor in chief of the daily Evenimentul Zilei
Ovidiu Ioaniţoaia, sportswriter
Leonard Miron, journalist and Romanian National TV presenter
Cornel Nistorescu, journalist
Pamfil Şeicaru, journalist and esayist, founder of the daily Curentul
Dumitru Tinu, former editor in chief of the daily Adevărul
Cristian Tudor Popescu, editor in chief of the daily Gândul
Cătălin Tolontan, sportswriter
Marius Tucă, TV talkshow host, editor in chief of the daily Jurnalul Naţional
Robert Turcescu, TV & radio talkshow host, former editor in chief of the daily Cotidianul (2004-2005)
Cristian Ţopescu, TV commentator

[edit] Linguists

Rodica Boţoman
Theodor Capidan
Eugenio Coşeriu [1]
Alexandru Graur
I.C. Massim
Emil Petrovici
Sextil Puşcariu
Lazar Şăineanu
Alexandru Rosetti

[edit] Music

See also Music of Romania, especially for contemporary pop musicians.

[edit] Composers

Ana-Maria Avram, composer, conductor, musicologist
Lucian Ban, jazz composer & pianist
Pascal Bentoiu, composer
Constantin Bobescu, violinist, conductor, composer
Florin Bogardo, pop music composer
Tiberiu Brediceanu, composer and conductor
Nicolae Bretan, opera composer
Leonida Constantin Brezeanu, conductor, composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist
Dumitru Capoianu, composer
Eduard Caudella, composer
Paul Constantinescu, composer
Dimitrie Cuclin, composer
Dan Dediu, contemporary composer
Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, cellist
Sabin Dragoi, composer
Iancu Dumitrescu, composer, conductor, musicologist
George Enescu, composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher
Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, violinist, conductor, pedagogue
Iosif Ivanovici, composer
Dinu Lipatti, pianist, composer
Liviu Marinescu, composer
Nonna Otescu, composer
Anton Pann, composer
Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
Horatio Radulescu, composer
Ioan Scarlatescu, composer
Cornel Trailescu, composer
Ion Vidu, composer

[edit] Musicians

Nicoleta Alexandru, pop/techno singer
Dan Andrei Aldea, rock guitarist, composer, singer
Aurelian Andreescu, pop singer
Horia Andreescu, conductor
Christian Badea, conductor
Luiza Borac, pianist
Alexander Bălănescu, violinist
Jean Bobescu, conductor
Sergiu Celibidache, orchestra conductor
Marin Constantin, conductor of the Madrigal chamber choir
Iosif Conta, orchestra conductor
Ileana Cotrubaş, soprano
Nicu Covaci, rock guitarist, composer, vocalist
Michael Cretu, musician (Enigma)
Hariclea Darclée, soprano
Grigoraş Dinicu, violinist, composer
Dumitru Fărcaş, folk musician
George Georgescu, conductor
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Valentin Gheorghiu, pianist
Dan Grigore, pianist
Loredana Groza, pop singer
Clara Haskil, pianist
Nicolae Herlea, baritone
Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor and violinist
Aurora Ienei, pianist
Radu Lupu, pianist
Sherban (Şerban) Lupu, violinist
Cristian Mandeal, orchestra conductor
Emil Marinescu, tenor
Cristi Minculescu, rock singer
Maria Moreanu, mezzo-soprano
Mariana Nicolescu, soprano
David Ohanesian, baritone
Dimitrie Onofrei, tenor
Richard Oschanitzky, jazz pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator, orchestra conductor [2], [3]
Jonel (Ionel) Perlea, conductor
Dimitrie Popovici-Bayreuth, baritone
Valentin Radu, conductor, Vox AmaDeus
Johnny Răducanu, jazz pianist
Stefan Ruha, violinist
Constantin Silvestri, orchestra conductor and composer
Pavel Stratan, songwriter, singer
Maria Tănase, traditional music singer
Ovidiu Lipan Ţăndărică, drummer (Phoenix), performer of several Balkan ethnic musics
Aura Urziceanu (also known as Aura Rully, Aura Borealis), jazz singer
Cristian Vasile, tango singer
Ion Voicu, violinist
Gheorghe Zamfir, panpipes player
Virginia Zeani, soprano
The Cheeky Girls, pop singers

[edit] Movie and Theatre

List of Romanian Actors

Mircea Albulescu, actor
George Bănica, actor, director and playwright
Ştefan Bănică, Jr., actor
Monica Bârlădeanu, actress
Radu Beligan, actor, director
Oana Botez-Ban, designer for theater, film, opera and dance
Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright
Ion Caramitru, actor
Gheorghe Dinică, actor
Luminiţa Gheorghiu, actress
Marcel Iureş, actor
Alexandra Maria Lara
Nicolas Masson, director
Nicolae Massim, director
George Mihăiţă, actor
Maia Morgenstern, actress
Jean Negulescu, film director, Oscar nominee
Sergiu Nicolaescu, film director
Irina Niculescu, director
Amza Pellea, actor
Florin Piersic, actor
Florian Pittiş, actor
Victor Rebengiuc, actor
Edward G. Robinson, actor
Andrei Şerban, director of theatre and opera
Saviana Stănescu, playwright
Traian Stoica, introduced radio theater, edited many plays for radio
Constantin Tănase, cabaretist
Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, actor
Tora Vasilescu, actress
Johnny Weissmuller, actor

[edit] Religion

Iuliu Hossu, Greek-Catholic bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese and later cardinal
Dumitru Stăniloae, priest, translated the Philokalia into Romanian
Vasile Suciu, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
Alexandru Todea, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and later cardinal
László Tőkés, former pastor (now bishop) in the Hungarian Reformed Church, whose stand against eviction in Timişoara helped to trigger the Romanian Revolution of 1989
Richard Wurmbrand, pastor, author of Tortured for Christ

[edit] Sports

[edit] Athletics

Iolanda Balaş, high jump
Paula Ivan
Lia Manoliu, discus thrower
Ion Moina
Gabriela Szabo (Hungarian: Szabó)
Violeta Beclea-Szekely

[edit] Basketball

Ernie Grunfeld

Gheorghe Mureşan

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Chess

[edit] Football

[edit] Gymnastics

Lavinia Agache
Simona Amânar
Oana Ban
Octavian Belu - former women's coach
Mariana Bitang - former women's coach
Andreea Cacovean
Sabina Cojocar
Nadia Comăneci
Laura Cutina
Aurelia Dobre
Marian Drăgulescu
Rodica Dunca
Emilia Eberle
Alexandra Eremia
Gina Gogean
Dan Grecu
Anca Grigoraş
Sandra Izbasa
Béla Károlyi, gymnastics coach
Marta Károlyi, gymnastics coach
Anca Kiss
Floarea Leonida
Alexandra Marinescu
Lavinia Miloşovici
Dominique Moceanu - Romanian-born, competed for U.S.
Aura Andreea Munteanu
Steliana Nistor
Maria Olaru
Cătălina Ponor
Celestina Popa
Eugenia Popa
Daniel Popescu
Dan Potra
Claudia Presăcan
Andreea Răducan
Melita Ruhn
Monica Roşu
Razvan Selariu
Daniela Silivaş
Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie
Silvia Stroescu
Ioan Silviu Suciu
Ekaterina Szabo
Dumitrita Turner
Corina Ungureanu
Teodora Ungureanu
Marius Urzică

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Tennis

Ilie Năstase
Andrei Pavel
Victor Hănescu
Magda Rurac
Virginia Ruzici 1978 French Open winner
Răzvan Sabău
Ion Ţiriac; also a very successful businessman

[edit] Other sports

Mihai Claudiu Covaliu, fencing
Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
Angelica Rozeanu, world table tennis champion

[edit] Science

[edit] Biology

Grigore Antipa, hydrobiologist
Ana Aslan, geriatrics researcher
Victor Babeş, biologist
Dimitrie Brândză, botanist
Carol Davila, physician
Dinischiotu family, several famous Romanian physicians and professors;
Ioan Cantacuzino, microbiologist
Iuliu Haţieganu, physician
Wilhelm Knechtel, botanist
Nicolae Leon, biologist
Gheorghe Marinescu, neurologist
Mina Minovici, forensic scientist
Constantin Parhon, endocrinologist
George Emil Palade, 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner
Nicolae Paulescu, discovered insulin
Emil Racoviţă, biologist and speleologist
Târpa family, several famous Romanian physicians

[edit] Chemistry

Ion Atanasiu, electrochemist
Mircea Desideriu Banciu (1941-2005), chemist
Emilian Bratu (1904-1991), founder of the Romanian school of Chemical Engineering
Aurelian Căluşaru, specialist in electrochemistry and isotope chemistry
Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
Petre T. Frangopol, chemist and biophysicist
Henrick Kacser, physical chemist
Petru Poni, Mineralogist
Raluca Ripan (1894-1975), chemist
Cristofor I. Simionescu, specialist in polymer chemistry [4]

[edit] Engineering

Ion St. Basgan, inventor, rotary well drilling apparatus
Iustin Capra, inventor
Adrian Bejan, inventor of constructal theory
Elie Carafoli, engineer
Alexandru Ciurcu, inventor - invented with M.M. Just Buisson the first Reactive Engine
Henri Coandă, inventor of jet engine
George Constantinescu, inventor
Dumitru Daponte, inventor in cinematography
Anastase Dragomir, inventor - parachute cell, predecessor of the ejection seat
Rodrig Goliescu, inventor - invented the first tubular airplane
Dragomir Hurmuzescu, specialist in radioactivity, X rays, and electricity, inventor of the first high tension dynamo
Petrache Poenaru, inventor
Elie Radu, architect, engineer
Anghel Saligny, engineer
Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, engineer
Aurel Vlaicu, flight pioneer
Traian Vuia, flight pioneer

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Physics

Marian Apostol [5]
Emanoil Bacaloglu, physicist, chemist and mathematician
Eugen Bădărău, experimental physicist
Aretin Corciovei, specialist in theory of condensed matter
Horia Hulubei, known for work in spectroscopy and nuclear physics
Theodor Ionescu, specialist in electricity, precursor of MASER, microwave amplifier
Nicholas Ionescu-Pallas
Marin Ivaşcu
Mario Livio
Augustin Maior, physicist, engineer
Alexandru Marin, physicist, professor
Constantin Miculescu, physicist
Mihai Nadin, computer scientist
Horaţiu Năstase
Dimitrie Negreanu, magnetism and mineralogy
Valeriu Novacu, theoretical physicist and historian of physics
Hermann Oberth, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Ethnic German, born in what is now Sibiu
Alexandru Proca, theoretical physicist, theory of mesons
Ioan-Iovitz Popescu, physicist
Ştefan Procopiu, key work on magnetic moment
Gelu-Claudiu Radu, physicist, journalist
Ioan Ursu, physicist
Şerban Ţiţeica, theoretical physicist

[edit] Others

Dinu Adameşteanu, Italian archeologist of Romanian origin
Gheorghe Basangeac, philanthropist
Vasile Bogrea
Constantin Budeanu
Ion Dafinoiu, psychologist
Daniel O David, professor, psychologist, and psychotherapist
Ovid Densuşeanu
Dumitru Drăghicescu, Social psychologist
Vladimir Gheorghiu, Prof. Dr., University of Giessen (a specialist in Hypnosis)
Dimitrie Gusti, sociologist
Irina Holdevici, psychologist
Nicolae Mărgineanu, psychologist
Victor Mărgineanu, psychologist
Virgil Măgureanu, sociologist
Irineu Mihălcescu (1874-1947), theologian [6]
David Mitrany (1888–1975), political theorist
Ştefan Odobleja, scientist, precursor of cybernetics
Anton Pătârlăgeanu, philologist
George Pomutz (1818-1882), ethnic Romanian United States general in the Civil War, and a diplomat
Dumitru Prunariu, cosmonaut
Emil Racoviţă, polar explorer
André Scrima (1925-2000), hermeneutist
Anastasia Soare, 'eyebrow queen' to A-list Hollywood celebrities
Henri Stahl [7] [8], sociologist
Andrei Popovici-Bîznosanu
Victor Tufescu
Ion Vianu, psychiatrist
David Wechsler, psychologist

[edit] Polymaths

Matyla Ghyka, famous polymath, architect, mathematician and author
Mihail Kogălniceanu lawyer, historian, publicist, politician, cultural pacemaker

[edit] Business

Octav Botnar, Nissan UK chairman, billionaire
Iosif Constantin Drăgan, gas tycoon, billionaire and academic
Ferenczy Károly, media tycoon
Nicolae Malaxa, Romanian tycoon in the 1930s
Verestoy Attila, finance and industry mogul

[edit] See also

List of Jewish Romanians
List of Romanian-Americans
List of Vlachs for Vlachs from South of Danube (Aromanians)
List of people by nationality

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List of Romanians

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[edit] Historical and political figures

[edit] Ancient and Medieval

[edit] Renaissance Age

[edit] Modern royalty

[edit] Politicians

[edit] Arts

[edit] Architecture

[edit] Choreography

[edit] Painting

[edit] Sculpture

[edit] Writing

[edit] Literary critics

[edit] Historians

[edit] Journalists

[edit] Linguists

[edit] Music

[edit] Composers

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Movie and Theatre

[edit] Religion

[edit] Sports

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Chess

[edit] Football

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Other sports

[edit] Science

[edit] Biology

[edit] Chemistry

[edit] Engineering

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Physics

[edit] Others

[edit] Polymaths

[edit] Business

[edit] See also

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