List of Romani people
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This is a list of notable Romani people and people of Romani origin.
Politicians and activists
- Cécilia Attias – French spouse of president Nicolas Sarkozy
- László Berényi – Hungarian politician
- James Carver – member of the European Parliament
- Dávid Daróczi – (1972–2010) Government Spokesperson of the Republic of Hungary
- Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia – ex-member of the European Parliament, founder of the Romani Union, Spain
- Damian Draghici – (born 1970) current Member of the European Parliament, former MP Romanian Parliament – senator, adviser of the Prime Minister on Roma issues
- Rajko Đurić – (born 1947) Serbian writer and academic, leader of Roma Union of Serbia
- Flórián Farkas – Hungarian politician
- James Farnell – (1825-1888) Australian politician
- Bajram Haliti – Kosovar activist
- Ian Hancock – Romani scholar and activist, born in UK, living in USA, professor at the University of Texas
- Amber L. Hollibaugh – American writer, filmmaker and activist.
- Lívia Járóka – Hungarian Member of the European Parliament
- Orbán Kolompár – Hungarian politician and activist
- Ali Krasniqi – Albanian writer and activist
- Juscelino Kubitschek – Brazilian president, his mother was of Czech and Roma descent
- Ronald Lee – (born 1934, in Montreal), Canadian Romani novelist, activist and U.N. delegate
- Mihály Lukács – (1954–2012) Hungarian politician
- Washington Luís – Brazilian president of Portuguese and Romani descent
- Alfonso Mejia-Arias – musician, writer and politician, Mexico
- Viktória Mohácsi – (born 1975) Hungarian Member of the European Parliament
- Ágnes Osztolykán – Hungarian politician
- Nicolae Păun – Romanian politician
- Soraya Post – (born 1956) Swedish politician for the Feminist Initiative party.[1]
- Ştefan Răzvan – (?–1595) Prince of Moldavia, ruled Moldavia for four months (Romani father)
- Sani Rifati – Serbian activist
- Ernest Rogers – (1914–2004) English communist
- Romani Rose – German Sinto activist
- Rudolf Sarközi – chairman of the Austrian Romani association Kulturverein
- Baroness Tonge – British Liberal Democrat peer and former member of parliament
- József Varga – Hungarian politician
- Mădălin Voicu – (born 1952) Romanian politician. His father, Ion Voicu, is Romani
Authors and writers
- Veijo Baltzar – Finnish writer[2]
- John Bunyan – Christian author[3]
- Edward Dębicki – Polish poet
- Rajko Djuric – (born 1947) Serbian writer & activist
- Louise Doughty – British writer
- Karen Finley – American performance artist, musician and poet
- Delia Grigore – (born 1972) Romanian writer, academic and activist
- Caren Gussoff – American writer, claims Romani and mixed heritages.
- Bajram Haliti – Kosovan author
- Lafcadio Hearn – Irish writer[4]
- Usin Kerim – Bulgarian poet
- Menyhért Lakatos (1926-2007) – Hungarian Romani writer
- Ronald Lee – Canadian writer, Romani activist and lecturer at the University of Toronto.[5]
- Baja Saitovic Lukin – poet
- Oksana Marafioti – American writer of Armenian and Romani descent
- Matéo Maximoff – French writer
- Mehmed Merejan – Bulgarian poet
- David Morley – British poet, critic, anthologist, editor and ecologist[6]
- Anton Pann – Romanian musicologist, composer and poet
- Muharem Serbezovski – Bosnian singer and writer
- Charlie Smith – poet
- Eleanor Smith – (1902-1945) British writer
- Ceija Stojka – (born 1933) Austrian author and painter
- Katarina Taikon – (1932-1995) Swedish children's writer
- Bronisława Wajs – (1908–1987) AKA "Papusza", Polish poet and singer
- Mikey Walsh – British author
Musicians
- Carmen Amaya – (1913–1963) Spanish flamenco dancer
- Remedios Amaya – Spanish flamenco singer
- Gitano Antón – Spanish rapper and member of La Excepción
- Ayọ – German born singer of Nigerian and Romani descent.
- Azis – (1978-) Bulgarian chalga (pop-folk) singer.
- Elek Bacsik – (1926–1993) Hungarian jazz violinist and guitarist
- Šaban Bajramović – (1936–2008) Serbian singer
- Janika Balázs – (1925–1988) was a Serbian musician
- Tonino Baliardo – Franco-Spanish guitar player; also a member of the Gipsy Kings
- Kálmán Balogh – Hungarian musician
- Radoslav Banga – of Czech group Gypsy.cz
- Vierka Berkyová – Slovak singer
- János Bihari – (1764–1827) Hungarian violinist
- Věra Bílá – (born 1954) Czech folk and pop singer
- Iva Bittová – (born 1958) Czech singer, violinist and composer
- Robi Botos – Canadian musician and composer from Hungary
- Georges Boulanger – Romanian violinist
- Sibel Can – Turkish singer
- Manolo Caracol – (1909–1973) Spanish flamenco singer
- Antonio Carbonell – Spanish singer and songwriter
- Panna Cinka – (1711–1772) Hungarian Violinist, born in Kingdom of Hungary in modern Slovakia
- Fanfare Ciocărlia – Romanian Romani band
- Connect-R – Romanian rapper, singer, record producer and actor[7]
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Georges Cziffra – (1921–1994) Hungarian composer and pianist
- Pista Dankó – (born 1858–1903) Hungarian-born bandleader and composer
- Sandro de América – (1945–2010) Argentinian singer and actor
- Camarón de la Isla – (1950–1992) Spanish flamenco singer
- Manitas de Plata – (1921–2014) French flamenco guitarist
- Angelo Debarre – French guitarist
- Drafi Deutscher – (1946–2006) German Sinto songwriter, singer and composer
- Grigoraş Dinicu – Romanian composer and violinist
- Damian Draghici – Romanian, composer and Jazz panflute player, Politician
- Sébastien El Chato – French singer and guitarist
- Diego El Cigala – Dominican flamenco guitarist
- Tracey Emin – British singer
- Christian Escoudé – French jazz guitarist
- Vicente Escudero – Spanish flamenco singer, dancer and choreographer; occasionally painter, writer and actor
- Rafael Ojeda Rojas alias Falete – Spanish singer
- Ermal Fejzullahu – Kosovan male pop singer
- Antonio Flores – (1961–1995) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
- Lolita Flores – (1958) Spanish singer and actress
- Rosario Flores – (born 1963) Spanish singer and actress, Latin Grammy award winner
- Cornelis Fuhler – (1964) Dutch/Australian musician and composer
- Kendji Girac – French singer of Romani and Spanish descent
- Edyta Górniak – (born 1972) Polish singer
- César Guerra-Peixe – (1914-1993) Brazilian composer
- Nicolae Guță – Romanian manele singer
- Taraful Haiducilor – (Taraf de Haïdouks) Romanian band, formed 1989
- Kostas Hatzis – Greek musician
- Neon Hitch – British singer[8]
- Eugene Hütz – Ukrainian singer, guitarist, writer and actor
- Jentina – British rapper
- Natalia Jiménez – (born 1981) Spanish pop singer (Portuguese mother of "Cigano" descent)
- Kal – Romani world music Band from Serbia
- Kesha – American singer of partial Hungarian and Romani descent.[9]
- Ketama – Spanish new-flamenco band
- 100 Kila – Bulgarian rapper
- Cher Lloyd – British international pop singer/rapper of Romani descent.
- Angel Jordanov Kapsov – (1957-2014) Bulgarian pop-folk singer
- Didem Kınalı – Turkish belly dancer and singer
- Sasha Kolpakov – (born 1943) Russian guitarist
- Mónika Juhász Miczura – Hungarian folk singer
- Fapy Lafertin – Belgian jazz guitarist
- Biréli Lagrène – (born 1966) French jazz guitarist, violinist and bassist
- Denny Laine – British musician (The Moody Blues, Wings)
- Félix Lajkó – (born 1974) Hungarian-Serbian violinist and composer (part Romani)
- Roby Lakatos – Hungarian violinist
- Albert Lee – (born 1943) London born and raised country rock guitar legend. His father is Romanichal.[10]
- Pyotr Leshchenko – Russian (born 1858–1903)
- Joe Longthorne – (born 1955) English singer and impressionist
- Los Niños de Sara – French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players
- Fănică Luca – (1894–1968) Romanian musician*Georges Boulanger – (1893–1958) Romanian violinist
- Gabi Luncă – (born 1938) Romanian singer (Urban Lăutarească Music)
- Aggelopoulos Manolis – (1939–1989) Greek singer and actor
- Sofi Marinova – Bulgarian singer
- Boban Marković – Serbian brass bandleader and trumpet player
- Jerry Mason – American rock singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Alfonso Mejia-Arias – (1961-) Mexican musician and activist.[11]
- Irini Merkouri – (born 1981) Greek pop singer
- Ionică Minune – Romanian accordionist
- Carlos Montoya – (1903–1993) Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ramón Montoya – (1889–1949) Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ferus Mustafov – Macedonian saxophonist
- Nicolae Neacşu ("Culai") – Lăutar, was the leader of Taraf de Haïdouks
- Neshko Neshev – Bulgarian accordionist
- Mary Nótár – Hungarian musician
- Gergő Oláh – Hungarian singer
- Ginesa Ortega – Spanish flamenco singer
- Isabel Pantoja – Spanish singer
- Ivo Papazov – (born 1952) Bulgarian jazz clarinetist
- Aladár Pege – (1939–2006) Hungarian jazz musician
- Pere Pubill Calaf "Peret" – (1935-2014) Catalan Spanish singer, guitar player and composer
- Zlata Petrović – Serbian pop folk singer
- Robert Plant – (born 1948) English singer and songwriter (former vocalist of Led Zeppelin). Romanichal mother
- Valentina Ponomaryova – (born 1939) Russian singer
- Elvis Presley – (1935-1977) American singer believed to have Scottish Romanichal ancestry.[12]
- Romica Puceanu – (1928–1996) Romanian singer (Urban Lăutarească Music)
- Gigi Radics – Hungarian pop singer
- Johnny Răducanu – (born 1931) Romanian jazz musician
- Džej Ramadanovski – born 1964 in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), modern Serbian folk singer
- "Rayito" Antonio Rayo – Spanish Guitarist, singer and composer. Father Gitano (Iberian Kalo) and Japanese mother
- Esma Redzepova – (born 1943) Macedonian singer and songwriter
- Babik Reinhardt – French guitarist
- Django Reinhardt – (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) Belgian-born pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called 'hot' jazz guitar) that has since become a living musical tradition within French Manouche culture
- Nicolas Reyes (born 1958) – Franco-Spanish singer, guitar player; lead singer for the Grammy Award winning group Gipsy Kings, a band made up mostly of members of his extended family
- Reyhan – (1986–2005) Bulgarian singer
- Jimmy Rosenberg – (born 1980) Dutch swing guitarist
- Marianne Rosenberg – (born 1955) German singer and songwriter. Daughter of German Gypsy who survived Auschwitz.
- Sabicas – (1912-1990) Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Sinan Sakić – Serbian Folk singer of Romani descent
- Florin Salam – Romanian musician
- Tanja Savić – Serbian pop-folk singer
- Paulus Schafer – (born 1978) Dutch jazz guitarist
- Tchavolo Schmitt – (born 1954) French jazz guitarist
- Hüsnü Şenlendirici – Turkish musician
- Selim Sesler – (1957–2014) Turkish clarinetist
- Anjeza Shahini – Albanian
- Harri Stojka – Austrian jazz guitarist
- Wally Tax – Dutch rock singer, of The Outsiders. Son of a Dutch father and a Russian Romani mother
- Tomatito – Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Manuel Torre – (1878–1933) Spanish flamenco musician
- Mariska Veres – (1947–2006) Lead singer of the Dutch rock group Shocking Blue. Daughter of Hungarian Romani violinist Lajos Veres and Franco-Russian mother
- Ion Voicu – (1923–1997) Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
- Mădălin Voicu – Romanian musician
- Sotis Volanis – Greek singer
- Ronnie Wood – British musician[13]
- Yuri Yunakov – Turkish-Bulgarian musician
- Joe Zawinul – Austrian musician. His grandmother was a Hungarian Romani, and his grandfather was from southern Moravia
Cinema and theater
- Rocío Jurado – Spanish actress
- Fairuza Balk – American actress
- Ştefan Bănică, Jr. – Romanian actor and musician
- Ştefan Bănică, Sr. – Romanian actor
- Eric Cantona – French actor and former footballer
- Angelo Evans – American actor and protagonist of the 1983 Romani film Angelo My Love.
- Lolita Flores – Spanish actress
- Elena Furiase – Spanish actress
- Tony Gatlif – French film director
- Jill Hennessy – Canadian actress and musician
- Óscar Jaenada – Spanish actor
- Marcia Nicole Barandyai known as Manoush – French-German actress. Her mother is of Manouche origin
- Helen Mirren – British actress
- Nikolai Slichenko – Russian actor
- Rosa Taikon – Swedish actress
- Tracey Ullman – British born American actress
Artists
- Micaela Flores Amaya, La Chunga, Flamenco dancer and painter
- Helios Gómez – Spanish artist, writer and poet
- Joe Machine – (1973) British Stuckist
- Otto Mueller – painter and printmaker, Sinti mother
- Antonio Solario – Italian artist
Athletes
- Ilie Năstase – Romanian tennis player of selfdeclared Romani descent
- Mirko Petrović – Serbian long-distance runner
Boxers
- Jakob Bamberger – German amateur boxer
- Johnny Frankham – British Boxer
- Zoltan Lunka – Germany
- Ivailo Marinov – also known as Ismail Mustafov, Ismail Huseinov or Ivailo Khristov) is a Roma Bulgarian boxer
- Michele di Rocco – Italian Light Welterweight Boxing Champion
- Billy Joe Saunders – British Boxing, represented Great Britain in the 2008 Olympics
- Serafim Todorov – was a Bulgarian/Georgian boxer at the 1996 Summer Olympics who won a silver medal.
- Johann Wilhelm Trollmann – German light-heavyweight boxer killed during the Porajmos
- Tyson Fury - British boxer.
Football players
- Pierre-Yves André – French (Retired)
- Aljoša Asanović – Croatian (Retired)
- Eugen Bari – Slovak
- Richard Carpenter – English (Retired)
- Dumitru Copil – Romanian
- Freddy Eastwood – Welsh (Free Agent)
- János Farkas – Hungarian
- André-Pierre Gignac – French (Olympique Marseille)
- Dani Güiza – Spanish (Getafe)
- Rab Howell – English
- Ruzin Kerimov – Bulgarian
- Vital Lanko – Belarusian
- Mircea Lucescu – Romanian (Retired)
- Răzvan Lucescu – Romanian (Retired)
- Predrag Luka – Serbian
- José Mari – Spanish (Xerez CD)
- Petre Marin – Romanian (Retired)
- Marcos Márquez – Spanish (Retired)
- José Rodríguez Martínez – Spanish
- Gerd Mueller – German (Munich)[14]
- Jesús Navas – Spanish (Manchester City)[15]
- Bănel Nicoliță – Romanian (Nantes)
- Nacho Novo – Spanish (Carolina Railhawks)
- Oleksandr Noyok – Ukrainian
- Marian Ognyanov – Bulgarian
- Dejan Osmanović – Serbian (Retired)
- Christos Patsatzoglou – Greek (Iraklis Psachna)
- István Pisont – Hungarian (Retired)
- Ricardo Quaresma – Portuguese (Porto)[16]
- José Antonio Reyes – Spanish (Sevilla)[17][18]
- Dragoslav Šekularac – Serbian (Retired)
- Emra Tahirović – Bosnian
Various
- Alfie Best – British millionaire and businessman
- Florin Cioabă – (1954 –2013) Romanian pentecostal
- Ceferino Giménez Malla – Spanish beatified Catholic catechist
- Paul Henry – New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
- Sofia Kovalevskaya – Russian mathematician of 1/4 Romani descent
- Hristo Kyuchukov – Bulgarian specialist
- Jimmy Marks – litigant in a lawsuit against the city of Spokane, Washington
- Róisín Mullins – Irish dancer and choreographer
- Kerope Patkanov – Armenian Garachi scientist
- Juliette Peirce – Wife of mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce
- Francisca Cortés Picazo more commonly known as "La Paca" – Spanish drug lord
- Ștefan Răzvan – Ruler of Moldovia
- Sophia Santi – Canadian pornographic actress
- Rodney "Gipsy" Smith – (1860–1947), British evangelist
- James Squire – Australian convict
- Settela Steinbach – Holocaust victim
References
- ^ *Harold Lush – USA Romani Activist of AGRI & Political Candidate Years 2006 & 2014.
- ^ "Members of IRWA". International Romani Writers Association (IRWA). Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ Mayall, David. Gypsy identities, 1500-2000: from Egipcyans and moon-men to the ethnic Romany. 2003. Routledge. Page 156. Google Books. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ McWilliams, Vera (2007). Lafcadio Hearn. Published by READ BOOKS. pp. 476 pages. ISBN 978-1-4067-2796-8. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ "My Current Bio". Romano Kopachi, the Romani Tree. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "David Morley blog". University of Warwick.
- ^ Roma rap: Meet Connect-R. Euronews. September 9, 2010
- ^ KNOW NOW: NEON HITCH. Elle magazine. April 16, 2012.
- ^ Facebook status 10150358299259459. Kesha's verified Facebook account. August 31, 2011.
- ^ Watts, Derek; Eric Clapton (2008). Country boy: a biography of Albert Lee. McFarland. pp. 4–10, 14, 17. ISBN 978-0-7864-3658-3.
- ^ "Famous Gypsies". imninalu.net.
- ^ "Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies)". google.com.
- ^ Interview: Ronnie Wood | Music | The Guardian. The Guardian. August 25, 2007.
- ^ Müller Sinti
- ^ "Manchester City's Jesus Navas revealed by brother and Bury midfielder Marco – Daily Mail Online". Mail Online.
- ^ Famous Romani players in world football. May 27, 2013
- ^ British sports minister Richard Caborn wants Spain coach Luis Aragones to be punished after his latest outburst. BBC. January 02, 2005.
- ^ Reyes is gunning for glory The Guardian. January 31, 2004.
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