List of people from Bucharest

This is a list of native Bucharesters.

A

Otto Ackermann (1909–1960), conductor
Adolf Albin (1848–1920), chess player
Mircea Albulescu (1934–2016), actor
Liana Alexandra (1947–2011), composer, pianist and music educator
Andrei Alexandrescu (born 1969), Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author
Nicoleta Alexandru (born 1968), singer
Marius Alexe (born 1990), footballer
Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), painter
Luminița Anghel (born 1968), dance/pop recording artist, songwriter and politician
Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967), writer
Alina Astafei (born 1969), track and field athlete
Alexandru Athanasiu (born 1955), politician and jurist
Colette Avital (born 1940), Israeli diplomat and politician
Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961), composer

B

Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin (born 1936), Israeli judge
Eugen Barbu (1924–1993), novelist, short story writer and journalist
Linda Maria Baros (born 1981), poet, translator and literary critic
Cezar Bădiță (born 1979), swimmer
Alexander Bălănescu (born 1954), violinist
Nicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852), soldier, historian and journalist
Radu Bălescu (1932–2006), Romanian and Belgian scientist
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 1990), tennis player
Alexandra Bellow (born 1935), mathematician
Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French writer, socialite and political hostess
Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881), archaeologist, journalist and poet
Mircea Bornescu (born 1980), footballer
Constantin Bosianu (1815–1882), jurist and politician
Ana Maria Brânză (born 1984), épée fencer
Emilian Bratu (1904–1991), chemical engineer
Florin Bratu (born 1980), footballer
Roxana Briban (1971–2010), operatic soprano
Silviu Brucan (1916–2006), communist politician
Dionis Bubani (1926–2006), Albanian writer, playwright, humorist and translator
Gheorghe Bucur (born 1980), football player

C

Alexandra Cadanțu (born 1990), tennis player
Nicolae Cajal (1919–2004), Jewish physician, academic, politician and philanthropist
Rukmini Maria Callimachi (born 1973), Romanian-American journalist and poet
Christian Calson (born 1975), Romanian-American independent filmmaker
Constantin Cantacuzino (1905–1958), aviator
Catherine Caradja (1893–1993), aristocrat and philanthropist
Costache Caragiale (1815–1877), actor and theatre manager
Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936), poet and prose writer
Toma Caragiu (1925–1977), theatre, television and film actor
Ion Caramitru (born 1942), stage and film actor
Nae Caranfil (born 1960), film director and screenwriter
Barbu Catargiu (1807–1862), politician and journalist
Paul Cazan (born 1951), football player
Vera Călin (born 1921), Romanian-American literary critic, essayist and translator
George Călinescu (1899–1965), literary critic, historian, novelist and journalist
Gabriel Cânu (born 1981), footballer
Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956), poet, novelist and essayist
Nicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), the youngest child of Romanian leader Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
Remus Cernea (born 1974), activist
Hristu Chiacu (born 1986), footballer
Maia Ciobanu (born 1952), composer and music educator
Victor Ciocâltea (1932–1983), chess master
Liviu Ciulei (1923–2011), theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer
Henri Coandă (1886–1972), inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and builder of an experimental aircraft
Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), ballet dancer
Dragoș Coman (born 1980), swimmer
Sergiu Comissiona (1928–2005), Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinist
Michael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian–German musician
Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), social democratic politician

D

Cristian Diaconescu (born 1959), jurist and politician
Gheorghe Dinică (1934–2009), actor
Dora d'Istria (1828–1888), Wallachian-born Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian descent
Ion G. Duca (1879–1933), prime minister of Romania (1933)

E

Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), historian of religion, fiction writer and philosopher

F

Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865), novelist and short-story writer
Răzvan Fodor (born 1975), singer and actor

G

Grigore Gafencu (1892–1957), politician, diplomat and journalist
Moses Gaster (1856–1939), Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar and a Hebrew linguist
Alex Geana (born 1979), Romanian-American photographer and writer
Mircea Geoană (born 1958), politician
Florin Gheorghiu (born 1944), chess player
Ion Ghica (1816–1897), revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politician
Alexandru Ghika (1902–1964), mathematician
Alexandru G. Golescu (1819–1881), politician

H

John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer

I

Andrew Ilie (born 1976), tennis player
Andrei Ioniță (born 1994), cellist
Iosif Iser (1881–1958), painter and graphic artist

J

Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist

K

Marin Karmitz (born 1938), French businessman
Franz Kneisel (born 1865), Romanian-American violinist
Alex Kozinski (born 1950), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

L

Traian Lalescu (1882–1929), mathematician
Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), Romanian-born German actress
Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), classical pianist and composer
Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), essayist, short story writer, literary critic, translator and journalist
Gherasim Luca (1913–1994), Surrealist theorist and poet

M

Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920), poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic
Roxana Maracineanu (born 1975), Romanian-born French backstroke swimmer
Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), neurologist
Cezar Mateus (born 1961), Romanian-American luthier
Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), communist politician and lawyer
Ion Minulescu (1881–1944), avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright
Jacob L. Moreno (1889–1974), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist, thinker and educator
Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), film and stage actress

N

Adrian Năstase (born 1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania from 2000 to 2004
Ilie Năstase (born 1946), tennis player

P

Sașa Pană (1902–1981), avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer
Cristina Pasaroiu (born 1987), soprano
Marcel Pauker (1896–1938), communist militant
Nicolae Paulescu (1869–1931), physiologist and politician
Camil Petrescu (1894–1957), playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet
Andrei Pleșu (born 1948), philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic
Petru Popescu (born 1944), Romanian-American writer, director and movie producer
Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923–1989), graphic artist and animator
Cristi Puiu (born 1967), film director and screenwriter

R

Connect-R (born 1982), musician
Victor Rebengiuc (born 1933), film and stage actor
Lia Roberts (born 1949), politician
Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973), Romanian-American actor
Gideon Rodan (born 1934), Romanian-American biochemist
Leon Rotman (born 1950), sprint canoer

S

Răzvan Sabău (born 1977), tennis player
Alec Secăreanu (born 1984), actor
Serge Spitzer (born 1951), Romanian-American artist
Saviana Stănescu (born 1967), Romanian-American poet, playwright and journalist
Sorin Stati (1931–2008), linguist
Simion Stoilow (1873–1961), mathematician
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea (1858–1918), writer and poet

T

Maria Tănase (1913–1963), singer and actress
George Topîrceanu (1886–1937), poet, short story writer and humourist
Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949-2015), politician, poet, writer, journalist and a Member of the European Parliament

V

Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), Romanian-French aristocrat writer
Vazken I of Bucharest (1908 - 1994), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1953-1994)

W

Eugen Weber (born 1925), Romanian-born American historian
Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001), minister