List of Romanians

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 (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

National Liberal Party (after 1990)

Former members:

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

Constantin Karadja, diplomat, Righteous Among the Nations

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

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

Onisim Colta

Maxim Dumitraş

Teodor Graur

Oscar Han

Ion Irimescu

Ion Jalea

Iosif Kiraly

Ana Lupaș

Cornel Medrea

Paul Neagu

Ion Nicodim

Mihai Olos

Dimitrie Paciurea

Milița Petrașcu

Marilena Preda-Sânc

Napoleon Tiron

Paul Vasilescu

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 Flonta, 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

Nicu Alifantis, poet, singer/songwriter

Bartolomeu Anania, poet and clerical figure

Alexandru Andrieș, poet, singer/songwriter

Dimitrie Anghel, poet and playwright

Tudor Arghezi, poet, journalist

Céline Arnauld, poet (French language)

George Astaloș, poet, playwright (+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

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

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

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

Dumitru Fărcașu,

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

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

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

Yohan Kende (born 1949), Israeli Olympic swimmer

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

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