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This is a list of some of the most prominent Romanians. It contains historical and important contemporary figures (athletes, actors, directors etc.).

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

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Historical and political figures

Medieval

Basarab I the Founder, first voivode of Wallachia
Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Elder), voivode of Wallachia
Neagoe Basarab, voivode of Wallachia
Nicolaus Olahus, Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Kingdom of Hungary
Ștefan cel Mare, voivode of Moldavia
Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula), voivode, Dracula inspiration
Alexandru cel Bun, voivode of Moldavia
Petru Rareș, voivode of Moldavia
Mihai Viteazul, prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania

Renaissance Age

Antioch Kantemir; poet and Russian ambassador
Dimitrie Cantemir; ruler of Moldavia, historian, writer, and music composer
Constantin Brancoveanu^[1]

Modern era

Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
King Carol I of Romania, of German origins
King Ferdinand I of Romania
King Carol II of Romania
King Mihai of Romania

Politicians

Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister and Conducător (Leader) during World War II
Alexandru Averescu, general and politician
Nicolae Bălcescu, historian, revolutionary
Antoine Bibesco, diplomat, writer
Ion I. C. Brătianu
Lascăr Catargiu
Ion Duca, Prime Minister in interbellum Romania
Petre Dumitrescu, general
Avram Iancu, revolutionary in 1848 Revolution
Take Ionescu, Prime Minister in interbellum Romania
Mihail Lascăr, WWII general, Minister of Defense
Mihail Manoilescu, economist and
Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Prime Minister during the 1907 Romanian Peasants' revolt
Alexandru Marghiloman, Prime Minister during World War I
Gheorghe G. Mironescu, Prime Minister in interbellum Romania
Nicolae Rădescu, Prime Minister during World War II
Dimitrie Sturdza
Octavian Goga, writer, former Prime Minister
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea, former mayor of Bucharest
Mugur Isărescu, economist, former Prime Minister

National Peasants' Party

Emil Constantinescu, former President of Romania
Radu Vasile, economist and politician, former Prime Minister
Gheorghe Ciuhandu, Mayor of Timișoara, National Peasants' Party
Ion Rațiu, politician, National Peasants' Party
Corneliu Coposu, politician, National Peasants' Party
Doina Cornea, noted dissident and intellectual, National Peasants' Party
Iuliu Maniu, politician, one of the creators of the National Peasants' Party
Ion Mihalache, politician, National Peasants' Party

National Liberal Party

Former members before November 1947, when the Romanian Communists dissolved the party:

Ion C. Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania
Ion I. C. Brătianu, politician, one of the founders of the Liberal movement in Romania, Prime Minister, son of Ion C. Brătianu
Ion G. Duca, Prime Minister, assassinated by Iron Guard
Ion Ghica, mathematician, diplomat, Prime Minister
Mihail Kogălniceanu, lawyer, historian, publicist, Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Internal Affairs
C. A. Rosetti, publicist

Former members after 1989:

Theodor Stolojan, leader of the party 2002–2004, expelled in 2006
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004–2007, head of Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service 2007-2012

Current members:

Radu Câmpeanu, first leader of the party after the 1989 revolution
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, former Prime Minister
Crin Antonescu, former leader of the party

Romanian Communist Party

Petru Groza
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu
Gheorghe Gaston Marin, (previously Grossmann) politician, vice-president of the Government under Gheorghiu Dej
Elena Ceaușescu, deputy premier under her husband
Nicolae Ceaușescu, the last Romanian Communist head of state
Gheorghe Apostol, deputy Prime Minister of Romania and a former leader of the Communist Party, noted for his rivalry with Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Alexandru Bârlădeanu, prominente communist and later Senate President
Emil Bobu
Emil Bodnăraș
Petre Borilă
George Macovescu
Corneliu Mănescu, Romanian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania 1961-1972
Manea Mănescu
Ion Iliescu
See also: list of Romanian communists

Democratic Liberal Party

Traian Băsescu, former President of Romania
Theodor Stolojan, economist and politician, former Prime Minister
Emil Boc, former Prime Minister and president of the Democratic Liberal Party
Vasile Stoica, politician
Vasile Blaga

Social Democratic Party

Mircea Geoană, former Foreign Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party
Adrian Năstase, former Prime Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party
Victor Ponta, current Prime Minister, president of the Social Democratic Party
Ion Iliescu, former President, first president of Romania after the Romanian Revolution
Liviu Dragnea
Adrian Păunescu, poet and political figure

Diplomats

Nicolae Titulescu, diplomat, politician of the National Peasants' Party
Constantin Vișoianu, diplomat
Alexandru Paleologu, diplomat,writer
Vasile Pușcaș, diplomat, scholar
Eugen Filotti, diplomat
Grigore Gafencu, diplomat
Savel Rădulescu, diplomat
Corneliu Mănescu

Arts

Architecture

Main article: List of Romanian architects

Dance

Sergiu Anghel, choreographer, director, scenarist
Alina Cojocaru, ballerina
Eugenia Popescu-Județ, ballerina, dance teacher, choreographer, manuscript specialist

Fashion

Ioana Ciolacu, awarded fashion designer

Photography

Sculpture

Constantin Brâncuși
André Cadere
Onisim Colta
Maxim Dumitraş
Teodor Graur
Oscar Han
Ion Irimescu
Ion Jalea
Iosif Kiraly
Ana Lupaș
Cornel Medrea
Paul Neagu
Ion Nicodim
Mihai Olos
Dimitrie Paciurea
Milița Petrașcu
Marilena Preda-Sânc
Napoleon Tiron
Marian Zidaru

Writing

Vasile Alecsandri, poet and playwright
Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, playwright
Ion Luca Caragiale
Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
Nichita Danilov, poet, essayist, novelist
Nae Ionescu, philosopher, writer, logician
Virgil Nemoianu, essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture
Horia-Roman Patapievici, writer, philosopher, essayist
Andrei Pleșu, writer, philosopher, essayist, journalist
Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu, philologist, linguist
Ion Pillat, poet, publicist, academic
Marin Sorescu, poet, playwright
Nichita Stănescu, poet and playwright
Petre Țuțea
Vasile Voiculescu, poet, writer, playwright

Philosophers

Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, playwright
Emil Cioran, essayist, philosopher
Vasile Conta, philosopher
Mircea Flonta, philosopher
Mircea Florian, philosopher
Nae Ionescu, orthodox philosopher
Stéphane Lupasco, philosopher
Constantin Noica, philosopher
Theodor Paleologu, politician, philosopher
Camil Petrescu, essayist, philosopher, writer
Petre Țuțea, philosopher
Tudor Vianu, philosopher of culture, critic, writer

Mircea Eliade, philosopher

Poets

Vasile Alecsandri, playwright, poet and revolutionary
Grigore Alexandrescu, poet
Ioan Alexandru, poet and political figure
Nicu Alifantis, poet, singer/songwriter
Bartolomeu Anania, poet and clerical figure
Alexandru Andrieș, poet, singer/songwriter
Dimitrie Anghel, poet and playwright
Golgona Anghel, poet (Portuguese language)
Tudor Arghezi, poet, journalist
Céline Arnauld, poet (French language)
George Astalos, poet, playwright (+French language)
Anatol E. Baconsky, poet
George Bacovia, poet
Vasile Baghiu, novelist and poet
Cezar Baltag, poet and essayist
Ion Barbu, poet and mathematician
Mihai Beniuc, poet and Communist Party figure
Lucian Blaga, poet, philosopher, playwright, translator
Ana Blandiana, poet, journalist
Eta Boeriu, poet, literary critic, translator
Geo Bogza, poet, journalist
Dimitrie Bolintineanu, novelist, poet and revolutionary
Cezar Bolliac, poet and revolutionary
Emil Botta, actor, poet
Emil Brumaru, poet
Ion Caraion, poet
Magda Cârneci, poet, art critic and historian
Mircea Cărtărescu, poet, essayist
Nina Cassian, poet, translator (+English language)
Paul Celan, poet (German language)
Dan Coman, poet
George Coșbuc, poet, translator
Traian T. Coșovei, poet
Aron Cotruș, poet
Nichifor Crainic, essayist, poet, journalist, theologian and political figure
Nichita Danilov, poet
Leonid Dimov, poet
Mircea Dinescu, poet, journalist
Ștefan Augustin Doinaș, poet, translator and political figure
Rodica Draghincescu, poet, translator (+French language)
Geo Dumitrescu, poet
Mihai Eminescu, poet, essayist, journalist
Dinu Flămând, poet, essayist, translator (+French language)
Șerban Foarță, poet, essayist, translator
Benjamin Fondane, poet, essayist (+French language)
Emilian Galaicu-Păun, poet, essayist and novelist
Octavian Goga, poet and political figure
Bogdan Ghiu, poet, art critic, essayist and translator
Radu Gyr, poet
Iulia Hasdeu, poet
Ion Heliade-Rădulescu, poet and revolutionary
Marius Ianuș, poet
Florin Iaru, poet and short story writer
Ștefan Octavian Iosif, poet, translator
Isidore Isou, poet
Nora Iuga, poet
Cezar Ivănescu, poet
Mircea Ivănescu, poet and translator
Eugen Jebeleanu, poet
Claudiu Komartin, poet
Nicolae Labiș, poet
Leonida Lari, poet and political figure
Irving Layton, poet
Gherasim Luca, poet
Alexandru Macedonski, poet
Ileana Mălăncioiu, poet and dissident
Adrian Maniu, poet
Angela Marinescu, poet
Dumitru Matcovschi, poet
Virgil Mazilescu, poet
Gabriela Melinescu, poet, journalist
Marin Mincu, critic, essayist, novelist, poet and translator (+Italian language)
Ion Minulescu, poet and novelist
Ion Mureșan, poet
Andrei Mureșanu, poet and revolutionary
Alexandru Mușina, poet, essayist and translator
Gellu Naum, poet, playwright and translator
Sașa Pană, poet
Oskar Pastior, poet (German language)
Adrian Păunescu, poet and political figure
Ioan Es. Pop, poet
Cristian Popescu, poet
Simona Popescu, poet
Dan Sociu, poet, translator
Marin Sorescu, poet and novelist
Radu Stanca, director, playwright, poet and essayist
Nichita Stănescu, poet, essayist, translator
Margareta Sterian, painter, poet, translator
Valeriu Sterian, singer/songwriter
Virgil Teodorescu, poet and translator
Constant Tonegaru, poet
George Topîrceanu, poet
Tristan Tzara, poet (+French language)
Radu Vancu, poet, essayist and translator
Grigore Vieru, poet
Ion Vinea, poet
Matei Vișniec, playwright and poet (+French language)
Gelu Vlașin, poet
Vasile Voiculescu, poet
Ilarie Voronca, poet (+French language)

Writers

Gabriela Adameșteanu
Ștefan Agopian
Radu Aldulescu
George Bălăiță
Eugen Barbu
Marthe Bibesco, writer (+French language)
Nicolae Breban
Augustin Buzura
Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright
Mateiu Caragiale, novelist
Mircea Cărtărescu, writer, essayist
Pavel Chihaia
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, writer, essayist
Gheorghe Crăciun
Ion Creangă, writer, especially of children's stories
Ioan Petru Culianu, historian of religion
Petru Dumitriu
Alexandru Ecovoiu
Mircea Eliade, historian of religion; also novelist
Mihail Fărcășanu, writer, novelist
Nicolae Filimon
Filip Florian
Virgil Gheorghiu, novelist
Paul Goma, writer
Anton Holban
Vintilă Horia, prominent writer( +French language)
Eugène Ionesco, playwright (+French language)
Petre Ispirescu, writer
Panait Istrati, novelist (+French language)
Gabriel Liiceanu, writer, editor
Herta Müller, writer (German language), 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
Mircea Nedelciu
Bujor Nedelcovici
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
Camil Petrescu
Cezar Petrescu
Dumitru Radu Petrescu
Radu Petrescu
Marin Preda, novelist
Vasile Pogor, writer
Doina Ruști, novelist
Liviu Rebreanu, writer
Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist
Dinu Săraru
Mihail Sebastian, writer, playwright
Mircea Horia Simionescu
Ioan Slavici, writer
Lucian Dan Teodorovici
Dumitru Țepeneag, novelist (+French language)
Nicolae Iorga, historian, politician
Nicolae Milescu, writer, diplomat
Urmuz, writer
Richard Wagner (novelist), writer (+German language)

Literary critics

Historians

Gheorghe I. Brătianu
George Călinescu
Constantin Daicoviciu
Nicolae Densușianu
Constantin C. Giurescu
Neagu Djuvara
Adrian Cioroianu
Dinu C. Giurescu, Member of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences and Member of the Romanian Academy since 2002.^[2]
Nicolae Iorga
Vasile Pârvan
A. D. Xenopol
Alexandru Zub

Journalists

Ion Cristoiu
Eugen Filotti, journalist, Director of the Press
Leonard Miron, journalist and Romanian National TV presenter
Pamfil Șeicaru, journalist (Gândirea, Bucovina) member of Romanian Parliament, Director of Curentul
Cristian Tudor Popescu, journalist and science-fiction writer

Linguists

Music

Main article: List of Romanian musicians

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

Composers

Main article: List of Romanian composers

George Enescu, composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher
Ana-Maria Avram, composer
Pascal Bentoiu, composer
Tiberiu Brediceanu, composer and conductor
Nicolae Bretan, opera composer
Eduard Caudella, composer
Paul Constantinescu, composer
Dimitrie Cuclin, composer
Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, cellist
Sabin Dragoi, composer
Iancu Dumitrescu, composer, conductor, musicologist
Iosif Ivanovici
Dinu Lipatti
Liviu Marinescu, composer
Octavian Nemescu, composer
Ștefan Niculescu, composer
Nonna Otescu, composer
Anton Pann, composer
Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
Horațiu Rădulescu, composer
Octave Octavian Teodorescu, composer
Cornel Trailescu, composer
Iannis Xenakis, composer born in Romania

Musicians

Alexandra Stan, singer-songwriter, musician, entertainer, model, dancer
Dan Andrei Aldea, rock guitarist, composer, singer
Christian Badea, conductor
Lucian Ban, jazz composer & pianist
Sergiu Celibidache, orchestra conductor
Marius Constant, originator of the Twilight Zone theme
Marin Constantin, conductor of the Madrigal chamber choir
Nicu Covaci, rock guitarist, composer, vocalist
Michael Cretu, musician (Enigma)
Grigoraș Dinicu, violinist, composer
George Georgescu, orchestra conductor
Valeriu Găină, guitarist
Clara Haskil, pianist
Inna, singer-songwriter, dancer
Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor and violinist
Ovidiu Lipan, drummer (Phoenix)
Dinu Lipatti, pianist, composer
Radu Lupu, pianist
Ion Marin. conductor
Cristi Minculescu, rock singer and composer
Jonel (Ionel) Perlea, conductor
Valentin Radu, conductor, Vox AmaDeus
Constantin Silvestri, orchestra conductor and composer
Laura Stoica, pop-rock singer and composer
Octave Octavian Teodorescu, 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
Tudor Gheorghe, musician, composer and singer

Classic

Dinu Lipatti, pianist and composer
Radu Lupu, pianist
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Hariclea Darclée, soprano
Ileana Cotrubaș, soprano
Nelly Miricioiu, soprano
Mariana Nicolescu, soprano
Mihaela Ursuleasa, pianist
Leontina Vaduva, soprano
Virginia Zeani, soprano

Folk and derivatives

Maria Tănase, Romanian popular music singer

Hip hop

Tataee, producer, composer, vocalist

Instruments

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

Dumitru Fărcașu,

Pop and techno

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

Film and theatre

Main article: List of Romanian actors

Iulian Moga, director
Mircea Albulescu, actor
Ștefan Bănică, Jr., actor
Monica Bârlădeanu, actress
Radu Beligan, actor, director
Joana Benedek, actress
Ion Luca Caragiale, 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, film director
Jean Negulescu, film director, Oscar nominee
Sergiu Nicolaescu, film director
Amza Pellea, actor
Florin Piersic, actor
Florian Pittiș, actor
Elvira Popescu, actress
Corneliu Porumboiu, film director
Cristi Puiu, film director
Victor Rebengiuc, actor
Edward G. Robinson, actor
Andrei Șerban, director of theatre and opera
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

Arsenie Boca
Teoctist Arăpașu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Miron Cristea, first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Iuliu Hossu, Greek-Catholic bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese and later cardinal
Justinian Marina, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Iustin Moisescu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Nicodim Munteanu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Dumitru Stăniloae, priest, translated the Philokalia into Romanian
Vasile Suciu, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of 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
Daniel Ciobotea, incumbent 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

Sports

Athletics

Basketball

Ernie Grunfeld, NBA guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion^[3]
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

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Tennis

Ilie Năstase
Andrei Pavel
Victor Hănescu
Dinu Pescariu
Răzvan Sabău
Ion Țiriac, also a very successful businessman
Virginia Ruzici, 1978 French Open winner
Magda Rurac
Irina Spîrlea
Ruxandra Dragomir
Sorana Cîrstea
Edina Gallovits
Monica Niculescu
Ioana Raluca Olaru
Simona Halep

Other sports

Laura Badea, Romanian fencer and olympic champion in foil competition
Luminița Dinu-Huțupan handball player
Alina Dumitru, olympic judo champion
Alina Popa, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), 17-time world table tennis champion; ITTF Hall of Fame

Science

Biology

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

Chemistry

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

Physicians

Carol Davila
Iuliu Hațieganu
Raed Arafat, the founder of SMURD (a Syrian-born Palestinian refugee living in Romania since 1981)
David Wechsler, psychologist
Daniel O David, professor, psychologist, and psychotherapist
Adrian Bejan, inventor of constructal theory
Alexandru Ciurcu, inventor, with M.M. Just Buisson, of the first reactive engine
George Constantinescu, inventor
Anastase Dragomir, inventor – parachute cell, predecessor of the ejection seat
Rodrig Goliescu, inventor – the first airplane with a tubular fuselage
Petrache Poenaru, inventor
Elie Radu, architect, engineer
Anghel Saligny, engineer
Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, engineer

Aerospace

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

Astronauts

Dumitru Prunariu, Romania's first and only cosmonaut

Mathematics

Emanoil Bacaloglu
Dan Barbilian
Anton Davidoglu
Ion Ghica
Alexandru Ghika
Spiru Haret
Traian Lalescu
Alexandru Lupaș
Octav Mayer
Gheorghe Mihoc
Grigore Moisil, Member of the Romanian Academy
Miron Nicolescu, Member of the Romanian Academy
Octav Onicescu
Preda Mihăilescu
Valentin Poénaru
Dimitrie Pompeiu
Nicolae Popescu, Member of the Romanian Academy
Simion Stoilow
Gheorghe Vrânceanu
Gheorghe Țițeica, Member of the Romanian Academy
Dan-Virgil Voiculescu

Physics

Emanoil Bacaloglu, physicist, chemist and mathematician
Victor Albert Bailey, physicist (Romanian on his mother's side)
Peter George Oliver Freund, physicist
Mihai Gavrilă, theoretical quantum physicist, professor, Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy
Horia Hulubei, atomic physicist, professor, Member of the Romanian Academy
Theodor V. Ionescu, plasma physicist, professor, Member of the Romanian Academy
Alexandru Marin, physicist, professor
Florentina I. Mosora, biophysicist and nuclear medicine professor, Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
Horațiu Năstase
Alexandru Proca, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy
Ștefan Procopiu, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy
Mircea Sabău, high-energy physicist and nuclear medicine imaging, Member of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences
Șerban Țițeica, theoretical physicist, founder of the Romanian modern school of theoretical physics, Member of the Romanian Academy
Voicu Vlad Grecu, Ph.D., nuclear physicist, professor^[4]

Computer science

Ștefan Odobleja, scientist, precursor of cybernetics
Mihai Nadin, computer scientist
Victor Toma, computer engineer, born in Romanian Bessarabia
Andrei Alexandrescu, computer scientist

Others

Dimitrie Gusti, sociologist
David Mitrany (1888–1975), political theorist
George Pomutz (1818–1882), ethnic Romanian United States general in the Civil War, and a diplomat
Emil Racoviță, polar explorer
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
Mihail Kogălniceanu, lawyer, historian, publicist, politician, cultural peacemaker

Business

Dinu Patriciu, former CEO of Rompetrol
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 Delorean DMC-12

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

References

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