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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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[edit] Historical and political figures
[edit] Medieval
- Basarab I the Founder, first voivode of Wallachia
- Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Elder), voivode of Wallachia
- Neagoe Basarab, voivode of Wallachia
- Ioan Corvin voivode of Transylvania and Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Nicolaus Olahus, Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Ştefan cel Mare, voivode of Moldavia
- Vlad Ţepeş (Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula), voivode, Dracula inspiration
- Alexandru cel Bun, voivode of Moldavia
- Petru Rareş, voivode of Moldavia
- Mihai Viteazul, prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania
[edit] Renaissance Age
- Antioch Kantemir; poet and Russian ambassador
- Dimitrie Cantemir; ruler of Moldavia, historian, writer, and music composer
- Constantin Brancoveanu
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- Mihail Lascăr, WWII general, Minister of Defense
- Mugur Isărescu, economist, former Prime Minister
- Mihail Manoilescu, economist and politician
- Nicolae Rădescu, prime minister during WWII
- Dimitrie Sturdza
- Octavian Goga, writer, former Prime Minister
- Barbu Ştefănescu Delavrancea, former mayor of Bucharest
[edit] National Peasants' Party
- Emil Constantinescu, former President of Romania
- Radu Vasile, economist and politician, former Prime Minister
- Gheorghe Ciuhandu, Mayor of Timişoara, National Peasants' Party
- Ion Raţiu, 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
[edit] National Liberal Party (Romania)
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 since 2007
Current members:
- Radu Câmpeanu, first leader of the party after the 1989 revolution
- Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, former Prime Minister
- Crin Antonescu, current leader of the party
[edit] Romanian Communist Party
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
- Gheorghe Gaston Marin, (previously Grossmann) politician, vice-president of the Government under Gheorghiu Dej
- Elena Ceauşescu – deputy premier under her husband
- Nicolae Ceauşescu, the last Romanian Communist head of state
- See also: list of Romanian communists
[edit] Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)
- Traian Băsescu, the current president of Romania
- Theodor Stolojan, economist and politician, former prime minister
- Emil Boc, the current prime minister and president of the Democratic Liberal Party
- Vasile Stoica, politician
- Vasile Blaga
[edit] Social Democratic Party (Romania)
- Mircea Geoană, former Foreign Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party
- Cristian Diaconescu
- Adrian Năstase, former Prime Minister
[edit] Diplomats
- Alexandru Paleologu, diplomat,writer
- Theodor Paleologu, diplomat, son of Alexnadru Paleologu, politician
- Eugen Filotti, diplomat
- Grigore Gafencu, diplomat
- Savel Rădulescu, diplomat
- Nicolae Titulescu, diplomat, politician of the National Peasants' Party
- Constantin Vişoianu, diplomat
- Cristian Diaconescu, diplomat,politician, jurist
[edit] Arts
[edit] Architecture
- Horia Creangă, Modernism
- Marcel Iancu, Modernism
- Ion Mincu
- Alexandru Oraşcu, Neoclassicism
[edit] Dance
- Sergiu Anghel, choreographer, director, scenarist
- Alina Cojocaru, ballerina
- Sergiu Pobereznic, Romanian born retired English ballet principal dancer
[edit] Painting
- Călin Alupi
- Theodor Aman
- Gheorghe Tattarescu
- Ion Andreescu
- Corneliu Baba
- Sabin Bălaşa
- Octav Băncilă
- Ignat Bednarik
- Horia Bernea
- Victor Brauner
- Marius Bunescu
- Silvia Cambir
- Henri Catargi
- Alexandru Ciucurencu
- Aurel Ciupe
- Nicolae Dărăscu
- Ştefan Dimitrescu
- Zamfir Dumitrescu
- Dumitru Ghiaţă
- Nicolae Grigorescu
- Marcel Iancu
- Iosif Iser
- Marcel Janco
- Ştefan Luchian
- Pârvu Mutu
- Paul Neagu
- Mihai Nechita
- Alexandra Nechita
- Silviu Oravitzan
- Theodor Pallady
- Gheorghe Petraşcu
- Ştefan Pelmuş
- Gabriel Popa
- Camil Ressu
- Dumitru Rusu
- Jean Alexandru Steriadi
- Francisc Şirato
- George Ştefănescu
- Nicolae Tonitza
- Traian Trestioreanu
- Ion Ţuculescu
[edit] Sculpture
- Constantin Brâncuşi
- Oscar Han
- Ion Irimescu
- Ion Jalea
- Cornel Medrea
- Miliţa Petraşcu
- Dimitrie Paciurea
[edit] Writing
- Ion Luca Caragiale
- Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
- Andrei Pleşu, writer, philosopher, essayist, journalist
- Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu, philologist, linguist
- Horia-Roman Patapievici, writer, philosopher, essayist
- Ion Pillat, poet, publicist, academic
- Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, playwright
- Marin Sorescu, poet, playwright
- Nae Ionescu, philosopher, writer, logician
- Nichita Danilov, poet, essayist, novelist
- Nichita Stănescu, poet and playwright
- Petre Ţuţea
- Vasile Alecsandri, poet and playwright
- Vasile Voiculescu, poet, writer, playwright
- Virgil Nemoianu, essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture
- George Cǎlinescu, literary critic
[edit] Philosophers
- Constantin Noica, philosopher
- Emil Cioran, essayist, philosopher
- Stéphane Lupasco, philosopher
- Theodor Paleologu, politician, philosopher
[edit] Poets
- Mihai Eminescu, poet and journalist
- Nichita Stănescu, poet
- Mircea Dinescu, poet, journalist
- Tudor Arghezi, poet
- George Bacovia, poet
- Ion Barbu, poet
- Paul Celan, poet (German language)
- George Coşbuc, poet
- Octavian Goga, poet and political figure
- Radu Gyr, poet
- Iulia Hasdeu, poet
- Isidore Isou, poet
- Irving Layton , poet
- Gherasim Luca, surrealist poet
- Andrei Mureşanu, poet and revolutionary
- Gellu Naum, poet
[edit] Writers
- Marthe Bibesco, writer
- Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright
- Mateiu Caragiale, novelist
- Mircea Cărtărescu, writer, essayist
- Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, writer, essayist
- Ion Creangă, writer, especially of children's stories
- Ioan Petru Culianu, historian of religion
- Mircea Eliade, historian of religion; also novelist
- Mihail Fărcăşanu, writer, novelist
- Virgil Gheorghiu, novelist
- Paul Goma, writer
- Vintilă Horia, prominent writer
- Eugène Ionesco, playwright
- Petre Ispirescu, writer
- Herta Müller, writer, 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Oskar Pastior, writer
- Marin Preda, novelist
- Vasile Pogor, writer
- Doina Ruşti, novelist
- Liviu Rebreanu, writer
- Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist
- Mihail Sebastian, writer, playwright
- Ioan Slavici, writer
- Panait Istrati, novelist
- Nicolae Iorga, historian, politician
- Gabriel Liiceanu, writer, editor
- Nicolae Milescu, writer, diplomat
- Urmuz, writer
- Richard Wagner (novelist), writer
[edit] Literary critics
[edit] Historians
- Gheorghe I. Brătianu
- George Călinescu
- Constantin Daicoviciu
- Nicolae Densuşianu
- 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.[1]
- Nicolae Iorga
- Vasile Pârvan
- A. D. Xenopol
- Alexandru Zub
[edit] Journalists
- Eugen Filotti, journalist, Director of the Press
- Leonard Miron, journalist and Romanian National TV presenter
- Cristian Tudor Popescu, journalist and science-fiction writer
- Ion Cristoiu
[edit] Linguists
[edit] Music
See also Music of Romania, especially for contemporary pop musicians.
[edit] Composers
- George Enescu, composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher
- Pascal Bentoiu, composer
- Tiberiu Brediceanu, composer and conductor
- Nicolae Bretan, opera composer
- Nicolae Brânzeu,composer and conductor
- 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
- Nonna Otescu, composer
- Anton Pann, composer
- Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
- Cornel Trailescu, composer
[edit] Musicians
- Silviu Castron, Punk bass player, rapist
- Dan Andrei Aldea, rock guitarist, composer, singer
- Christian Badea, conductor
- Lucian Ban, jazz composer & pianist
- Sergiu Celibidache, orchestra conductor
- Marin Constantin, conductor of the Madrigal chamber choir
- Nicu Covaci, rock guitarist, composer, vocalist
- Michael Cretu, musician (Enigma)
- Grigoraş Dinicu, violinist, composer
- George Georgescu, orchestra conductor
- Valeriu Găină, ghitarist
- Clara Haskil, pianist
- Hugo Jan Huss, orchestra conductor and violinist
- Ovidiu Lipan, drummer (Phoenix)
- Dinu Lipatti, pianist, composer
- Radu Lupu, pianist
- 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
- Cristian Vasile, tango singer
- Dorin Liviu Zaharia, composer and singer
- Gheorghe Zamfir, pan flute musician
- Vlad Gheorghiu, guitarist of the band Jet Lag Gemini
- Matei Gheorghiu, bassist of the band Jet Lag Gemini
- Tudor Gheorghe, musician, composer and singer
[edit] Classic
- Dinu Lipatti, pianist and composer
- Radu Lupu, pianst
- Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
- Hariclea Darclée, soprano
- Ileana Cotrubaş, soprano
- Mariana Nicolescu, soprano
- Virginia Zeani, soprano
[edit] Folk and derivatives
- Maria Tănase, Romanian popular music singer
[edit] Hip hop
[edit] Instruments
- Alexander Bălănescu, violinist
- Gheorghe Zamfir, panpipes player
- Ion Voicu, violinist
- Johnny Răducanu, jazz pianist
[edit] Pop/Techno
- Loredana Groza, pop singer
- Nicoleta Alexandru, pop/techno singer
[edit] Film and theatre
- Mircea Albulescu, actor
- Ştefan Bănică, Jr., actor
- Monica Bârlădeanu, actress
- Radu Beligan, actor, director
- Joana Benedek, actress
- Ion Luca Caragiale, playwright
- Ion Caramitru, actor
- Mircea Crișan, actor, comic, cabaretist
- Gheorghe Dinică, actor
- Maria Filotti, actress
- Luminiţa Gheorghiu, actress
- Marcel Iureş, actor
- Elena-Cristina Marchisano, actress
- Alexandra Maria Lara, actress
- Anamaria Marinca, actress
- Nicolas Masson, director
- Nicolae Massim, director
- George Mihăiţă, actor
- Cătălin Mitulescu, film director
- Maia Morgenstern, actress
- Florentina Mosora, movie actress and later scientist and professor of medical biophysics
- Cristian Mungiu, film director
- Jean Negulescu, film director, Oscar nominee
- Sergiu Nicolaescu, film director
- Amza Pellea, actor
- Florin Piersic, actor, movies
- Florian Pittiş, actor
- Elvira Popescu, actress
- Corneliu Porumboiu, film director
- Cristi Puiu, film director
- Victor Rebengiuc, actor
- Edward G. Robinson, actor
- Andrei Şerban, 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
- Tora Vasilescu, actress
- Johnny Weissmuller, actor
[edit] Religion
- Arsenie Boca
- Teoctist Arăpaşu, 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 Făgăraş and Alba Iulia
- Alexandru Todea, Greek-Catholic Metropolitan bishop of the Archdiocese of Făgăraş 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, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
[edit] Sports
[edit] Athletics
- Iolanda Balaş, high jump
- Paula Ivan
- Lia Manoliu, discus thrower
- Gabriela Szabo
- Violeta Beclea-Szekely
- Doina Melinte, 3000 m
[edit] Basketball
- Ernie Grunfeld, NBA guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion[2]
- Gheorghe Mureşan
[edit] Boxing
- Lucian Bute
- Adrian Diaconu
- Leonard Doroftei
- Mihai Leu
- Francisc Vaştag
- Victor Zilberman, Olympic welterweight boxer, bronze medal
[edit] 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
[edit] Chess
[edit] Football
- Ioan Andone
- Ilie Balaci
- Ladislau Bölöni
- Cristian Chivu
- Cosmin Contra
- Nicolae Dica
- Nicolae Dobrin
- Helmuth Duckadam
- Ilie Dumitrescu
- Bolborea Dumitru, assistant coach of Steaua Bucharest
- Ioan Viorel Ganea
- Dorin Goian
- Gheorghe Hagi
- Cătălin Hâldan
- Adrian Iencsi
- Adrian Ilie
- Anghel Iordănescu
- Emerich Jenei
- Michael Klein
- Miodrag Belodedici
- Marius Lăcătuş
- Mircea Lucescu
- Silviu Lung
- Viorel Moldovan
- Dorinel Munteanu
- Adrian Mutu
- Claudiu Niculescu
- Gheorghe Popescu
- Florin Răducioiu
- Ioan Sabău
- Tibor Selymes
- Bogdan Stelea
- Florin Prunea
[edit] Gymnastics
- Simona Amânar
- Oana Ban
- Octavian Belu – former women's coach
- Sabina Cojocar
- Nadia Comăneci
- Aurelia Dobre
- Marian Drăgulescu
- Emilia Eberle
- Alexandra
- Gina Gogean
- Sandra Izbaşa
- Marta Károlyi, gymnastics coach
- Alexandra Marinescu
- Lavinia Miloşovici
- Dominique Moceanu – Born in U.S. to Romanian immigrants.
- Aura Andreea Munteanu
- Steliana Nistor
- Maria Olaru
- Cătălina Ponor
- Claudia Presăcan
- Andreea Răducan
- Monica Roşu
- Daniela Silivaş
- Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie
- Ioan Silviu Suciu
- Corina Ungureanu
- Teodora Ungureanu
- Marius Urzică
[edit] Rowing
- Constanţa Burcică
- Georgeta Damian
- Elena Georgescu
- Doina Ignat
- Elisabeta Lipă
- Ivan Patzaichin
- Viorica Susanu
[edit] Tennis
- Ilie Năstase
- Andrei Pavel
- Victor Hănescu
- Dinu Pescariu
- Răzvan Sabău
- Ion Ţiriac; 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
[edit] Other sports
- Laura Badea, Romanian fencer and olympic champion in foil competition
- Luminiţa Dinu-Huţupan handball player
- Alina Dumitru, olympic judo champion
- Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), 17-time world table tennis champion; ITTF Hall of Fame
[edit] Science
[edit] Biology
- Grigore Antipa, hydrobiologist
- Ana Aslan, geriatrics researcher
- Victor Babeş, biologist
- Dimitrie Brândză, botanist
- Ioan Cantacuzino, microbiologist
- Wilhelm Knechtel, botanist
- Andy Lehrer, entomologist
- 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
[edit] Chemistry
- Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
- Henrick Kacser, physical chemist
- Costin Neniţescu, founder of the Romanian school of Organic Chemistry
- Petre Frangopol, physical and organic chemist/biophysical chemist, Emeritus Professor
- Nicolae Teclu, inventor of the Teclu gas burner
[edit] Physicians
- Carol Davila
- Iuliu Haţieganu
- Raed Arafat, the founder and of Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD), (a Syrian-born Palestinian refugee , he has been living in Romania for several decades)
- 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
- Vasile Vasilescu, professor, neurophysiologist specialized in membrane biophysics
[edit] Aerospace
- Henri Coandă, aircraft designer and discoverer of the Coanda effect of fluidics
- Elie Carafoli, aeronautics engineer
- Aurel Vlaicu, flight pioneer
- Traian Vuia
[edit] Astronauts
- Dumitru Prunariu, Romania's first and only cosmonaut
[edit] Mathematics
- Emanoil Bacaloglu
- Dan Barbilian
- Florin Boca, university professor of mathematics
- Anton Davidoglu
- George Georgescu, Emeritus Professor of mathematics and logic
- 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 Ţiţeica, Member of the Romanian Academy
- Dan-Virgil Voiculescu
[edit] Physics
- Ion Cristescu, reproduction of cancerous tumors, first Romanian industrial robots
- Emanoil Bacaloglu, physicist, chemist and mathematician
- Victor Albert Bailey, physicist (Romanian on his mother's side)
- Cristian Constantinescu, solid-state physicist, professor
- 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
- Horaţiu Năstase
- Alexandru Proca, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy
- Ștefan Procopiu, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy
- Dr. Carmen Sabău, Member Emeritus of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Mircea Sabău, high-energy physicist and nuclear medicine imaging, Member of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Ionel Solomon, solid-state physicist, professor, Member of the French Academy, former President of the French Physics Society
- Șerban Țițeica, theoretical physicist, founder of the Romanian modern school of theoretical physics, Member of the Romanian Academy
- Radu Pârvan, plasma physicist, Professor Emeritus.
- Voicu Vlad Grecu, Ph.D., nuclear physicist, professor[3]
[edit] Computer Science
- Ştefan Odobleja, scientist, precursor of cybernetics
- Mihai Nadin, computer scientist
- Victor Toma, computer engineer, born in Romanian Bessarabia
[edit] 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 Racoviţă, polar explorer
- Henri Stahl, stenographer
- Henri H. Stahl, cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, sociologist, social historian
[edit] Polymaths
- Simion Bărnuţiu, jurist, priest, politician, publicist, lawyer, writer, professor
- Matyla Ghyka, famous polymath, architect, mathematician and author
- Mihail Kogălniceanu lawyer, historian, publicist, politician, cultural peacemaker
[edit] Business
- Dinu Patriciu, former CEO of Rompetrol
- George Becali, owner of FC Steaua Bucharest
- 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
- Darius Muica, famous banker
[edit] Miscellaneous Famous People
- Ana Cumpănaş (a.k.a. Anna Sage), the "Woman in Red" who helped FBI catch John Dillinger
[edit] References
- ^ http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinu_C._Giurescu Biography of Acad. Dinu C. Giurescu (ro)
- ^ "Jews in Sports: Basketball". Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/basketballtoc.html. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voicu_Vlad_Grecu Biography