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The first Romanian known to have been to what is now the United States was Samuel Damian (also spelled Domien), a former priest. [9] Samuel Damian's name appears as far back as 1748, when he placed an advertisement in the South Carolina Gazette announcing the electrical demonstrations he planned to give and inviting the public to attend.
This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans, including both original immigrants from Romania who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Lists of Americans By US state
Among these were Roma, who moved out of Romania and Moldova in the nineteenth century. They travelled through Austria-Hungary, Italy and the Balkans, to arrive in New York in 1881. [34] The Romanichal, the first Romani group to arrive in North America in large numbers, moved to America from Britain around 1850. The Rom were the second subgroup ...
Yul Brynner - Russian-born American actor who was an Honorary President of the second World Romani Congress, whose mother was a Romanian Roma [17] Glenda Bailey-Mershon - writer [16] Nadia Hava-Robbins - Czech Romani poet and dancer who emigrated to the United States [16]
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Romanian ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Wikimedia Commons has media related to American people of Romanian descent .
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; Iulia Baba, IFBB Professional Bikini bodybuilder 2023 & 2024 ...
Luca is a given name used predominantly for males, mainly in Latin America, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania.It is derived from the Latin name Lucas.It may also come from the Latin word "lucus" meaning "sacred wood" (a cognate of lucere).
Fanfare Ciocărlia (formed 1996) – Romanian brass band; Félix Lajkó (born 1974) – Hungarian-Serbian violinist and composer (part Romani) Florin Salam – Romanian singer; György Cziffra (1921–1994) – Hungarian virtuoso pianist; Gigi Radics – Hungarian singer; Haris Džinović (born 1951) – Bosnian folk singer; Harri Stojka ...