List of Romanians

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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.

Historical and political figures[]

Medieval[]

Alexander I the Good (1375–1432), Domn of Moldavia (1400–1432)
Basarab I the Founder (1270–1352), first independent Domn of Wallachia (1310–1352)
John Hunyadi (1406–1456), Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary
Matthias I Corvinus (1443–1490), King of Hungary and Croatia (1458–1490), King of Bohemia (1469–1490), and Duke of Austria (1487–1490)
Michael the Brave (1558–1601), Domn of Wallachia (1593–1601), Domn of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600)
Mircea I the Elder (1355–1418), Domn of Wallachia (1386–1394, 1397–1418)
Neagoe Basarab V (1459–1521), Domn of Wallachia (1512–1521)
Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568), Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Kingdom of Hungary
Stephen III the Great (1433–1504), Domn of Moldavia (1457–1504)
Vlad III the Impaler (1431–1477), Domn of Wallachia (1448, 1456–1462, 1476–1477)

Renaissance Age[]

Dimitrie Cantemir; ruler of Moldavia, historian, writer, and music composer
Antioch Kantemir; poet and Russian ambassador
Constantin Brancoveanu^[1]

Modern era[]

Tudor Vladimirescu
Prince Gheorghe Bibescu
Prince Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei
Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza
King Carol I of Romania
King Ferdinand I of Romania
King Carol II of Romania
King Michael I of Romania
Queen Marie of Romania

Politicians and Militarymen[]

Ion Antonescu, Prime Minister and Conducător (Leader) during World War II
Alexandru Averescu, general and politician
Nicolae Bălcescu, historian, revolutionary
Antoine Bibesco, diplomat, writer
Lascăr Catargiu
Constantin Cristescu, general, Chief of Staff
Ion Dragalina, general
Petre Dumitrescu, general
Avram Iancu, revolutionary in 1848 Revolution
Take Ionescu, Prime Minister in interbellum Romania
Ecaterina Teodoroiu, soldier and heroine during World War I
Mihail Lascăr, WWII general, Minister of Defense
Mihail Manoilescu, economist and Foreign Minister
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
David Praporgescu, general
Constantin Prezan, general in World War I, Marshal of Romania
Nicolae Rădescu, Prime Minister during World War II
Radu R. Rosetti, general
Octavian Goga, writer, former Prime Minister
Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea, former mayor of Bucharest
Mugur Isărescu, economist and member of the Club of Rome, former Prime Minister

National Peasants' Party[]

Emil Constantinescu, former President of Romania
Radu Vasile, economist and politician, former Prime Minister
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 (1875–1950)[]

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
Dimitrie Sturdza, president of the National Liberal Party and president of the Romanian Academy
Dinu Brătianu, president of the National Liberal Party, arrested and imprisoned without trial by the communists, dying in 1950, probably at Sighet Prison

National Liberal Party (after 1990)[]

Radu Câmpeanu, first leader of the party after the 1989 revolution
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, leader of the party (1993–2001)
Theodor Stolojan, former Prime Minister, leader of the party (2002–2004)
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004–2007), head of Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (2007–2012)
Crin Antonescu, former leader of the party (2009–2014)
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, former Prime Minister, former leader of the party (2004–2009)
Klaus Iohannis, current President of Romania, former leader of the party (2014)
Cătălin Predoiu, lawyer, former Justice Minister
Siegfried Mureșan, MEP and current spokesman of the European People's Party (EPP)
Renate Weber, former lawyer, current MEP
Eduard Hellvig, current director of the Romanian Intelligence Service
Neagu Djuvara, former historian
Nicolae Manolescu, literary critic

Romanian Communist Party[]

Petru Groza, Prime Minister
Ana Pauker
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, General Secretary and Prime Minister
Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary
Elena Ceaușescu, wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu
Gheorghe Apostol, General Secretary
Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Prime Minister
Manea Mănescu, Prime Minister
Emil Bobu
Miron Constantinescu
Emil Bodnăraș
Leonte Răutu
Alexandru Bârlădeanu
Corneliu Mănescu
Constantin Pîrvulescu
Silviu Brucan
Paul Niculescu-Mizil
Vladimir Tismăneanu

Democratic Liberal Party[]

Traian Băsescu, former President of Romania and president of the Democratic Liberal Party
Emil Boc, former Prime Minister and president of the Democratic Liberal Party
Vasile Blaga, former Internal Affairs Minister and president of the Democratic Liberal Party
Daniel Funeriu, former Education Minister
Theodor Paleologu, former Culture Minister
Teodor Baconschi, former Foreign Affairs Minister
Monica Macovei, former Justice Minister

Social Democratic Party[]

Ion Iliescu, former President of Romania, former president of the Social Democratic Party
Adrian Năstase, former Prime Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party
Victor Ponta, former Prime Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party
Mircea Geoană, former Foreign Minister, former president of the Social Democratic Party and current deputy secretary general of NATO
Cristian Diaconescu, former Foreign Affairs Minister
Titus Corlățean, former Foreign Affairs Minister
Ana Birchall, current Justice Minister

Diplomats[]

Constantin Karadja
Antoine Bibesco
Nicolae Titulescu, professor of law and former President of the General Assembly of the League of Nations (1930–32).
Constantin Vișoianu
Eugen Filotti
Grigore Gafencu
Savel Rădulescu
Corneliu Mănescu
Alexandru Paleologu, essayist and literary critic
Vasile Pușcaș, historian
Bogdan Aurescu
Adrian Cioroianu, historian
Teodor Meleșcanu

Arts[]

Architecture[]

Dance[]

Alina Cojocaru, ballerina
Eugenia Popescu-Județ, ballerina, dance teacher, choreographer, manuscript specialist
Iris Barbura, dancer and choreographer

Fashion[]

Ioana Ciolacu, awarded fashion designer
Narcisa Pheres

Photography[]

Sculpture[]

Constantin Brâncuși^[2]
Oscar Han
Ion Irimescu
Ion Jalea
Ana Lupaș
Cornel Medrea
Paul Neagu
Mihai Olos
Dimitrie Paciurea
Milița Petrașcu
Marilena Preda-Sânc
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
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
Bartolomeu Anania, poet and clerical figure
Dimitrie Anghel, poet and playwright
Tudor Arghezi, poet, journalist
Céline Arnauld, poet (French language)
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
Scarlat Cantacuzino, poet, essayist and diplomat
Ion Caraion, poet
Vasile Cârlova, poet
Magda Cârneci, poet, art critic and historian
Mircea Cărtărescu, poet, essayist
Nina Cassian, poet, translator (+English language)
Paul Celan,^[3] poet (German language)
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
Geo Dumitrescu, poet
Mihai Eminescu, poet, essayist, journalist
Șerban Foarță, poet, essayist, translator
Benjamin Fondane, poet, essayist (+French language)
Emilian Galaicu-Păun, poet, essayist and novelist
Octavian Goga, poet and political figure
Radu Gyr, poet
Iulia Hasdeu, poet
Ion Heliade-Rădulescu, poet and revolutionary
Ștefan Octavian Iosif, poet, translator
Isidore Isou, poet
Nora Iuga, poet
Mircea Ivănescu, poet and translator
Eugen Jebeleanu, poet
Claudiu Komartin, poet and translator
Nicolae Labiș, poet
Leonida Lari, poet and political figure
Irving Layton, poet
Gherasim Luca, poet
Alexandru Macedonski, poet
Adrian Maniu, poet
Angela Marinescu, poet
Dumitru Matcovschi, poet
Virgil Mazilescu, poet
Ion Minulescu, poet and novelist
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
Cristian Popescu, poet
Marin Sorescu, poet and novelist
Radu Stanca, director, playwright, poet and essayist
Nichita Stănescu, poet, essayist, translator
Valeriu Sterian, singer-songwriter
Constant Tonegaru, poet
George Topîrceanu, poet
Tristan Tzara, poet (+French language)
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
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
George Coandă, writer, historian, novelist and poet
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, writer, essayist
Gheorghe Crăciun
Ion Creangă, writer, especially of children's stories
Ioan Petru Culianu, historian of religion
Petru Dumitriu
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)
Eugène Ionesco, playwright (+French language)
Petre Ispirescu, writer
Panait Istrati, novelist (+French language)
Claudiu Komartin
Gabriel Liiceanu, writer, publi
Herta Müller, writer (German language), 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
Mircea Nedelciu
Bujor Nedelcovici
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
Camil Petrescu
Cezar Petrescu
Radu Petrescu
Marin Preda, novelist
Vasile Pogor, writer
Doina Ruști, novelist
Liviu Rebreanu, writer
Mihail Sadoveanu, novelist
Dinu Săraru
Mihail Sebastian, writer, playwright
Ioan Slavici
Bogdan Suceavă
Lucian Dan Teodorovici
Dumitru Țepeneag, novelist (+French language)
Nicolae Iorga, historian, politician
Nicolae Milescu, writer, diplomat
Urmuz, writer
Richard Wagner, writer
Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American writer, professor, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor.

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.^[4]^{[better source needed]}
Nicolae Iorga
Vasile Pârvan
A. D. Xenopol
Alexandru Zub

Journalists[]

Teodor Brateș, radio host and television journalist
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[]

See also Music of Romania, especially for contemporary pop musicians.

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
Connect-R, rapper
Marius Constant, originator of the Twilight Zone theme
Marin Constantin, conductor
Nicu Covaci, rock guitarist, composer, vocalist
Michael Cretu, musician founder of (Enigma)
Grigoraș Dinicu, violinist, composer
Adrian Erlandsson, drummer (At the Gates). Swedish with Romanian background.
Daniel Erlandsson, drummer (Arch Enemy). Swedish with Romanian background.
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
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[]

Zeno Costa, tenor
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

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[]

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, director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days^[5]
Jean Negulescu, film director, Oscar nominee
Sergiu Nicolaescu, film director
Amza Pellea, actor
Florin Piersic, actor
Florian Pittiș, actor
Alina Plugaru, pornographic actress
Elvira Popescu, actress
Corneliu Porumboiu, film director
Cristi Puiu, film director
Victor Rebengiuc, actor
Edward G. Robinson, actor
Alec Secăreanu, actor
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

Sports[]

Athletics[]

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

Basketball[]

Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), NBA guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion^[6]
Tal Karpelesz (born 1990), Israeli-Romanian basketball player
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[]

Elisabeta Polihroniade
Adolf Albin
Florin Gheorghiu
Georg Marco
Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
Victor Ciocâltea

Football[]

Gymnastics[]

Rowing[]

Tennis[]

Ilie Năstase, 1972 French Open winner, 1973 US Open winner
Victor Hănescu
Dinu Pescariu
Răzvan Sabău
Ion Țiriac, also a businessman
Horia Tecău
Florin Mergea
Marius Copil
Adrian Ungur
Virginia Ruzici, 1978 French Open winner
Simona Halep, 2018 French Open winner, 2019 Wimbledon Winner
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 (born 1970), Romanian fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition
Mathew Dumba (born 1994), NHL ice hockey player
Luminița Dinu-Huțupan handball player
Alina Dumitru, Olympic judo champion
Yohan Kende (born 1949), Israeli Olympic swimmer
Alina Popa, IFBB professional bodybuilder
Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin; 1921–2006), Romanian-Israeli 17-time world table tennis champion; ITTF Hall of Fame
Andre Spitzer (1945–1972), Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics fencing coach and victim of the Munich massacre
Timea Toth (born 1968), Romanian-born Israeli Olympic swimmer

Science[]

Astronomy[]

Cristiana Dumitrache

Biology[]

Grigore Antipa, hydrobiologist
Ana Aslan, geriatrics researcher
Victor Babeș, biologist
Dimitrie Brândză, botanist
Ioan Cantacuzino, microbiologist
Melania Cristescu, biologist
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
Henrik Kacser, physical chemist
Costin Nenițescu, founder of the Romanian school of Organic Chemistry
Nicolae Teclu, inventor of the Teclu gas burner

Physicians[]

Raed Arafat, founder of SMURD (a Syrian-born Palestinian refugee living in Romania since 1981)
Bazil Assan, engineer, explorer and economist
Adrian Bejan, namesake of the Bejan number
Gheorghe Benga, physician and molecular biologist
Alexandru Ciurcu, inventor, with M.M. Just Buisson, of the first reactive engine
George Constantinescu, inventor
Leon Dănăilă, neurosurgeon
Daniel David, professor, psychologist, and psychotherapist
Carol Davila, physician
Anastase Dragomir, inventor of the parachute cell, predecessor of the ejection seat
Rodrig Goliescu, inventor of the first airplane with a tubular fuselage
Iuliu Hațieganu, internist doctor
Petrache Poenaru, inventor
Elie Radu, architect, engineer
Anghel Saligny, engineer
Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, engineer
David Wechsler, psychologist

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[]

Titu Andreescu
Emanoil Bacaloglu
Dan Barbilian
Alexandra Bellow
Julius Borcea
Liliana Borcea
Cristian S. Calude
Ana Caraiani
Zoia Ceaușescu
Alina Carmen Cojocaru
Nicușor Dan
Anton Davidoglu
Cornelia Druțu
Ciprian Foias
Alexandru Froda
Tudor Ganea
Ion Ghica
Alexandru Ghika
Emil Grosswald
Spiru Haret
Caius Iacob
Adrian Ioana
Eleny Ionel
Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea
Sergiu Klainerman
Traian Lalescu
Florian Luca
Alexandru Lupaș
George Lusztig
Ciprian Manolescu
Solomon Marcus
George Marinescu
Octav Mayer
Preda Mihăilescu
Gheorghe Mihoc
Irina Mitrea
Petru Mocanu
Grigore Moisil, Member of the Romanian Academy
Elena Moldovan Popoviciu
Gheorghe Moroșanu
Henri Moscovici
Mircea Mustață
Miron Nicolescu, Member of the Romanian Academy
Octav Onicescu
Magda Peligrad
Valentin Poénaru
Dimitrie Pompeiu
Florian Pop
Mihnea Popa
Sorin Popa
Cristian Dumitru Popescu
Nicolae Popescu, Member of the Romanian Academy
Tiberiu Popoviciu
Tudor Ratiu
Ovidiu Savin
Rodica Simion
Simion Stoilow
Ileana Streinu
Bogdan Suceavă
Gabriel Sudan
Daniel Tătaru
Gheorghe Țițeica, Member of the Romanian Academy
Monica Vișan
Dan-Virgil Voiculescu
Gheorghe Vrănceanu
Alexandru Zaharescu

Physics[]

Réka Albert
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
Ștefania Mărăcineanu
Alexandru Marin, physicist, professor
Victor Mercea
Florentina I. Mosora, biophysicist and nuclear medicine professor, Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
Horațiu Năstase
Ioan-Iovitz Popescu
Alexandru Proca, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy
Ștefan Procopiu, theoretical physicist, Member of the Romanian Academy
Șerban Țițeica, theoretical physicist, founder of the Romanian modern school of theoretical physics, Member of the Romanian Academy

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
Matei Zaharia, computer scientist
Ion Stoica, computer scientist

Others[]

Dionisie Ghermani (1922–2009), professor, writer, philanthropist, and political activist
Dimitrie Gusti, sociologist
Ernest Krausz (1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at Bar Ilan University
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
Ruxandra Sireteanu (1945—2008), neuroscientist^[7]
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
Anastasia Soare billionaire, the CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills
Dan Petrescu, businessman and billionaire

Military[]

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