List of people from Bucharest
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This is a list of native Bucharesters.
A[]
- Otto Ackermann (1909–1960), conductor
- Anda Adam (born 1980), singer and model
- Gheorghe Adamescu (1869–1942), literary historian and bibliographer
- Olivia Addams (born 1996), singer
- Adena, singer
- Adolf Albin (1848–1920), chess player
- Mircea Albulescu (1934–2016), actor
- Radu Aldulescu (born 1954), novelist
- Dan Andrei Aldea (1950–2020), singer
- Liana Alexandra (1947–2011), composer, pianist, and music educator
- Andrei Alexandrescu (born 1969), Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author
- George Alexandru (1957–2016), actor
- Nicoleta Alexandru (born 1968), singer
- Florin-Alexandru Alexe (born 1979), economist and politician
- Marius Alexe (born 1990), footballer
- Paul Alexiu (1893–1963), general
- Barbu Alinescu (1890–1952), general
- Mosko Alkalai (1931–2008), Israeli actor
- Radu Almășan (born 1980), singer
- Melek Amet (1960–2008), model
- Doru Ana (born 1954), actor
- David Andelman (born 1955), Israeli theoretical physicist
- Aurelian Andreescu (1942—1986), singer
- Eva Andrei, American physicist
- Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), painter
- Mihail Andricu (1894–1974), singer
- Ion Valentin Anestin (1900–1963), graphic artist, engraver, painter, sculptor, journalist, and dramatist
- Luminița Anghel (born 1968), dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, and politician
- Babis Angourakis (1951–2014), Greek politician
- Edward Aninaru (born 1976), photographer
- Constantin Anton (1894–1993), general
- Kristaq Antoniu (1907–1979), singer
- Mitzura Arghezi (1924–2015), actress and politician
- Dan Apostol (1957–2013), writer
- Carol Ardeleanu (1883–1949), writer
- Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967), writer
- Costache Aristia (1800–1880), poet, actor, and translator
- Ștefan Arteni (1947–2020), artist, painter, calligrapher, architect, philosopher, historian, essayist, and translator
- Constantin C. Arion (1855–1923), politician
- Bazil Assan (1860–1918), engineer, explorer, and economist
- Alina Astafei (born 1969), track and field athlete
- Alexandru Athanasiu (born 1955), politician and jurist
- Genica Athanasiou (1897–1966), Romanian-French actress
- Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer
- Colette Avital (born 1940), Israeli diplomat and politician
- Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961), composer
- Chris Avram (1931–1989), actor
B[]
- Emanoil Bacaloglu (1830–1891), mathematician, physicist, and chemist
- Constantin Banu (1873–1940), writer, journalist, and politician
- 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
- Joana Benedek (born 1972), Romanian-Mexican actress
- Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French writer, socialite, and political hostess
- Andreea Bibiri (born 1975), actress
- Ingrid Bisu (born 1987), actress
- Claudiu Bleonț (born 1959), actor
- Lucian Boia (born 1944), historian
- Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881), archaeologist, journalist, and poet
- Dan Bordeianu (born 1975), actor
- 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
- Dragoș Bucur (born 1977), actor
- Gheorghe Bucur (born 1980), football player
- (born 2003), fashion model
- Doina Bumbea (1950–1997), artist and abductee in North Korea
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
- Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (1852–1935), military officer, War Minister, and member of the Romanian Academy
- Michael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian–German musician
- Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), social democratic politician
D[]
- Alexandru Darie (1959–2019), theater director
- Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer, and teacher of piano
- Henrieta Delavrancea (1897–1987), architect
- Lucia Demetrius (1910–1992), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator
- Cristian Diaconescu (born 1959), jurist and politician
- Gheorghe Dinică (1934–2009), actor
- Neagu Djuvara (1916–2018), historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat
- 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
- David Emmanuel (1854–1941), mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy
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
- (born 1979), Romanian-American photographer and writer
- Mircea Geoană (born 1958), politician
- (1887–1974), sculptor
- 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[]
- Clara Haskil (1895–1960), classical pianist
- John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer
I[]
- Andrew Ilie (born 1976), tennis player
- Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea (born 1923), mathematician
- Andrei Ioniță (born 1994), cellist
- Anghel Iordănescu (born 1950), footballer and manager of the national football team
- Edward Iordănescu (born 1978), football manager and former player
- Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă (born 1975), Romanian lawyer and politician
- Iosif Iser (1881–1958), painter and graphic artist
- Nora Iuga (born 1931), poet, writer, and translator
J[]
- Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist
K[]
- Marin Karmitz (born 1938), French businessman
- Sergiu Klainerman (born 1950), mathematician
- 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
- Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer
- 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
- Preda Mihăilescu (born 1955), mathematician
- 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
- Eddy Novarro (born 1925), photographer, collector and cosmopolitan
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
- Dan Petrescu (1953–2021), Romanian businessman and billionaire, one of the richest persons in Romania at the time
- Andrei Pleșu (born 1948), philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic
- Valentin Poénaru (born 1932), Romanian–French mathematician
- Elvira Popescu (1894–1993), Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director
- 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
- Alexandru Rosetti (1895–1990), linguist, editor, and memoirist
- 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
- Toni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actor
- Cicerone Theodorescu (1908–1974), poet
- 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
- Șerban Țițeica (1908–1985), quantum physicist
V[]
- Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), Romanian-French aristocrat writer
- Vazken I of Bucharest (1908–1994), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1953–1994)
- Ion Vianu (born 1934), writer and psychiatrist
- Dan-Virgil Voiculescu (born 1949), mathematician
- Ion Vitner (1914–1991), literary critic and historian
- Cătălin Voicu (born 1965), politician
- George Vraca (1896–1964), stage and film actor
- Alexandru Vulpe (1931–2016), historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy
W[]
- Eugen Weber (born 1925), Romanian-born American historian
- Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001), minister
Z[]
- George Mihail Zamfirescu (1898–1939), prose writer and playwright
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