List of Romanians

Note: Names that cannot be confirmed in Wikipedia database nor through given sources are subject to removal. If you would like to add a new name please consider writing about the person first. If a notable Romanian is missing and without article, please add your request for a new article here. However, this is not a list of all famous Romanians.

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.

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

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
• Traian Băsescu
• 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

• Costică Acsinte
• Iosif Berman
• Alexandra Croitoru
• Samoilă Mârza

Sculpture

• Constantin Brâncuși
• André Cadere
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• Maxim Dumitraş
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• Oscar Han
• Ion Irimescu
• Ion Jalea
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• Cornel Medrea
• Paul Neagu
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• Dimitrie Paciurea
• Milița Petrașcu
• Marilena Preda-Sânc
• Napoleon Tiron
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• 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

• Petre Andrei, philosopher
• Lucian Blaga, philosopher, poet, playwright
• Emil Cioran, essayist, philosopher
• Vasile Conta, philosopher
• Mircea Eliade, philosopher
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• Mircea Florian, philosopher
• Nae Ionescu, orthodox philosopher
• Stéphane Lupasco, philosopher
• Constantin Noica, philosopher
• Theodor Paleologu, politician, philosopher
• Camil Petrescu, essayist, philosopher, writer
• Dumitru D. Roșca, philosopher, professor
• Petre Țuțea, philosopher
• Tudor Vianu, philosopher of culture, critic, writer

Poets

• Vasile Alecsandri, playwright, poet and revolutionary
• Grigore Alexandrescu, poet
• Ioan Alexandru, poet and political figure
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• Bartolomeu Anania, poet and clerical figure
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• Dimitrie Anghel, poet and playwright
• Tudor Arghezi, poet, journalist
• Céline Arnauld, poet (French language)
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• 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)
• Florin Iaru
• Eugène Ionesco, playwright (+French language)
• Petre Ispirescu, writer
• Panait Istrati, novelist (+French language)
• Claudiu Komartin
• Gabriel Liiceanu, writer, publisher
• Norman Manea, novelist
• 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
• Bogdan Suceavă
• 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

• George Călinescu
• Matei Călinescu
• Paul Cernat
• Mihai Cimpoi
• Șerban Cioculescu
• Pompiliu Constantinescu
• Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu
• Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea
• Garabet Ibrăileanu
• Virgil Ierunca
• Eugen Lovinescu
• Titu Maiorescu
• Nicolae Manolescu
• Ovidiu Papadima
• Edgar Papu
• Ovidiu Pecican
• Perpessicius

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.
• 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

• Eugenio Coșeriu
• Iorgu Iordan
• I.C. Massim
• Emil Petrovici

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-, 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

Instruments

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

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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
• Maxim George, Orthodox Priest killed by Communists in the 1900s

Sports

Athletics

• Iolanda Balaș, high jump
• Paula Ivan
• Lia Manoliu, discus thrower
• Gabriela Szabo
• Violeta Beclea-Szekely
• Doina Melinte, 3000 m

Basketball

• Ernie Grunfeld, NBA guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion
• 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

• Adolf Albin
• Florin Gheorghiu
• Georg Marco
• Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
• Victor Ciocâltea

Football

• Ioan Andone
• Ilie Balaci
• Ladislau Bölöni
• Cristian Chivu
• Cosmin Contra
• Nicolae Dică
• 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 Lăcătuș
• Mircea Lucescu
• Silviu Lung
• Viorel Moldovan
• Dorinel Munteanu
• Adrian Mutu
• Claudiu Niculescu
• Gheorghe Popescu
• Florin Răducioiu
• Ioan Sabău
• Tibor Selymes
• Bogdan Stelea
• Florin Prunea

Gymnastics

• Simona Amânar
• Oana Ban
• Octavian Belu, women's coach
• Sabina Cojocar
• Nadia Comăneci
• Laura Cutina
• Aurelia Dobre
• Marian Drăgulescu
• Emilia Eberle
• Alexandra
• Gina Gogean
• Sandra Izbașa
• Marta Károlyi, gymnastics coach
• Alexandra Marinescu
• Lavinia Miloșovici
• Aura Andreea Munteanu
• Steliana Nistor
• Maria Olaru
• Cătălina Ponor
• Claudia Presăcan
• Andreea Răducan
• Monica Roșu
• Daniela Silivaș
• Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie
• Ioan Silviu Suciu
• Ecaterina Szabo
• Corina Ungureanu
• Teodora Ungureanu
• Marius Urzică

Rowing

• Constanța Burcică
• Georgeta Damian
• Elena Georgescu
• Doina Ignat
• Elisabeta Lipă
• Ivan Patzaichin
• Viorica Susanu

Tennis

• Ilie Năstase
• Andrei Pavel
• Victor Hănescu
• Dinu Pescariu
• Răzvan Sabău
• Ion Țiriac, also a very successful businessman
• Horia Tecău
• Florin Mergea
• Marius Copil
• Adrian Ungur
• Virginia Ruzici, 1978 French Open winner
• Simona Halep
• Magda Rurac
• Irina Spîrlea
• Ruxandra Dragomir
• Sorana Cîrstea
• Irina-Camelia Begu
• Monica Niculescu
• Alexandra Dulgheru
• Ioana Raluca Olaru
• Patricia Maria Țig
• Andreea Mitu
• Alexandra Cadanțu
• Edina Gallovits
• Ana Bogdan

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
• Timea Toth, Romanian-born Israeli Olympic swimmer

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
• Leon Dănăilă, neurosurgeon

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

Computer science

• Ștefan Odobleja, scientist, precursor of cybernetics
• Mihai Nadin, computer scientist
• Victor Toma, computer engineer, born in Romanian Bessarabia
• Andrei Alexandrescu, computer scientist
• Mihai Pătrașcu, 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
• Bogdan Suceavă, mathematician, novelist, journalist, professor of mathematics at California State University, Fullerton

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]

Military

• Paul Alexiu, Major-General in Romanian Armed Forces during World War II
• Barbu Alinescu, Brigadier General in Romanian Armed Forces during World War II

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

See also

• List of Romanian inventors and discoverers
• List of Romanian-Americans
• List of Vlachs for Vlachs from South of Danube (Aromanians)
• List of people by nationality