List of Romanian Americans

See also: Romanian-American

This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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Academics

Linguists

• Matei Călinescu – professor at Indiana State University

Mathematics

• Richard Wurmbrand – minister, author and educator
• Adrian Bejan – professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University
• Ciprian Foias - mathematician
• Tudor Ganea – mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology
• George Lusztig – mathematician, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ciprian Manolescu – mathematician
• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen – mathematician, statistician, and economist
• Dan-Virgil Voiculescu – mathematician, professor at the University of California, Berkeley

Historians, sociologists and philosophers

• Eugene Borza – professor of history at Pennsylvania State University
• Radu Florescu – emeritus professor of history at Boston College
• Ioan Petru Culianu – historian of religion
• Mircea Eliade – philosopher, writer, historian of religions

Architect

• Max Abramovitz – architect of Avery Fisher Hall
• Haralamb H. Georgescu -architect

Businessman

• John DeLorean – engineer, founder of the DeLorean Motor Company
• M. B. "Bud" Seretean – former businessman and author, he founded Coronet Industries, a subsidiary of the RCA Corporation, and served as its President and Chairman of the Board.

Entertainment

Actors

• Allysin Chaynes – adult film actress
• Sebastian Stan – actor
• Edward G. Robinson – actor
• Adrian Zmed – actor best known from the T.J. Hooker television series.

Screenwriter, directors and producer of films and theatre

• Jean Negulesco – film director and screenwriter
• Petru Popescu – screenwriter from Hollywood and best-selling author
• Andrei Şerban – director of theater and opera

Musician

• Sergiu Comissiona – conductor and musician
• Lucian Ban – jazz piano player, composer
• Shelby Cinca – punk rock guitarist
• Angela Gheorghiu – soprano
• Alma Gluck – soprano
• Virginia Zeani – soprano
• Beverly Sills – soprano

Sports

Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg

• Nadia Comăneci – Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics (defected to the United States in 1989)
• Hank Greenberg - Baseball Hall of Famer
• Corina Morariu – female former professional tennis player
• Dominique Moceanu – US Olympic gymnast
• Gheorghe Mureşan – former NBA player; lives in USA
• Sam Paulescu – NFL punter
• Jessica Popa - 2011 Fairview Warriors JV player of the year
• Zoltan Mesko - NFL Punter
• Lou Groza - (January 25, 1924 – November 29, 2000) was an American football placekicker and offensive tackle who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns.

Comics Writers

• Will Eisner – comics writer, artist, and entrepreneur .
• Sandu Florea – illustrator, comic book, and comic strip creator

Militaries

• George Pomutz – Union Brigadier General, commanded the 15th Iowa Regiment in the American Civil War
• Alexander Vraciu – World War II Navy pilot; ace

Religious

• Nathaniel Popp – Romanian Orthodox Archbishop
• Marian Gh. Simion – Romanian-American scholar in religion, politics and conflict resolution
• Valerian Trifa – former archbishop of Romanian Orthodox Church of America and Canada
• Alexander Ratiu – former Romanian Greek-Catholic priest, political prisoner, and author.
• Solomon Schechter – educator and theologian
• Alexander Raţiu – author, priest, and political prisoner.
• Solomon Schechter – educator and theologian

Scientifics

• George Emil Palade – Nobel Prize-winning biologist
• Nicolae Popescu – doctor, scientific researcher at the National Institute of Health
• Gideon Rodan – biochemist and osteopath
• Horaţiu Năstase – physicist and professor in the High energy physics group at Brown University in Providence, RI, USA.
• Napoleon Săvescu – physician

Writers

• Ştefan Baciu – poet and writer
• Ion Cârja – writer and anti-communist activist
• Nina Cassian – poet, journalist, film critic
• Andrei Codrescu – poet, writer, radio host
• Thomas Pavel – literary theorist, critic, and novelist currently teaching at the University of Chicago.
• Norman Manea – writer
• Valery Oişteanu poet, art critic, writer, essayist, and photographer
• Virgil Nemoianu – essayist, literary critic, and philosopher of culture
• Saviana Stănescu – writer (poet, playwright)
• Dorin Tudoran – poet, writer, journalist
• Naomi Wolf – american author

Others

• Steven Cojocaru – fashion critic, entertainment TV shows commentator, and celebrity interviewer
• Alexandra Nechita – painter
• Michael Radu – Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia
• Mircea Răceanu – diplomat
• Andrei Alexandrescu – C++ programmer and author
• Florin Felecan – chess FIDE Master
• Ion Mihai Pacepa – writer, columnist
• Dan Moldea – author and investigative journalist
• Catherine Caradja – philanthropist, aristocrat, Romanian expatriate to the U.S.
• Daniel Negreanu – Professional Poker Player
• Vladimir Tismăneanu – specialist in political systems and compared politics