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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.
Dustin Hoffman – actor and filmmaker (part Romanian-Jewish descent) [15] Harvey Keitel – actor and producer (Romanian Jewish mother) Tristan Leabu – actor; Andrea Marcovicci – actress and singer; Carl Reiner – comedian and actor (Romanian Jewish mother) Edward G. Robinson – actor (Romanian-Jewish descent) [16] [17] Sebastian Stan ...
After the 1980 Olympics, Károlyi clashed with Romanian Federation officials, and tension escalated. During a 1981 gymnastics tour, Romanian team choreographer Géza Pozsár and the Károlyis defected and sought political asylum in the US, temporarily leaving their seven-year-old daughter Andrea with relatives in Romania. [6] They settled in Texas.
Ian Hancock - University of Texas linguist, scholar, and activist [5] Amber L. Hollibaugh - writer, film-maker and political activist [6] Tini Howard - comics writer [7] Eugene Hütz - Ukrainian-born singer; Johns family - subjects of the National Geographic Channel reality television series "American Gypsies" Priscilla Kelly - professional ...
Researcher and professor of the history of religions, Orientalist and novelist. 8 Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820–1873) The first ruler of the United Principalities of Romania after the union of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859; his reforms started the modernization of Romania. 9 Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) Famous modern sculptor. 10 Nadia ...
Häns'che Weiss, famous for his Gypsy jazz style, won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis; Hüsnü Şenlendirici – Turkish musician; Ion Voicu (1923–1997) – Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra; Irini Merkouri (born 1981) – Greek pop singer; Iva Bittová – Czech singer and violinist
14 January 1934 in Bucharest, Romania 1933 "for work on immunity reaction on invertebrates and contact immunity." [15] E. Techoueyres el al. [k] France: Literature: Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol: 23 March 1847 in Iași, Romania 27 February 1920 in Bucharest, Romania 1901, 1909: The History of the Romanians in Trajan's Dacia (1888–93)
Sámuel Teleki (1845–1916) — nobleman of Hungarian origin, he led the first European expedition in northern Kenya —discovering Lake Rudolf (now called Lake Turkana) — then Tanzania and Ethiopia; he was the first man to attempt climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, up to 5,300 feet (1,600 metres), and Mount Kenya, up to 4,300 feet (1,300 metres).