List of people from Bucharest
Coat of arms of Bucharest This is a list of native Bucharesters .
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Otto Ackermann (1909–1960), conductorAnda Adam (born 1980), singer and modelGheorghe Adamescu (1869–1942), literary historian and bibliographerOlivia Addams (born 1996), singerAdena , singerViorica Agarici (1886–1979), nurse and philanthropist, Righteous Among the Nations Adolf Albin (1848–1920), chess playerMircea Albulescu (1934–2016), actorRadu Aldulescu (born 1954), novelistDan Andrei Aldea (1950–2020), singerLiana Alexandra (1947–2011), composer, pianist, and music educatorAndrei Alexandrescu (born 1969), Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and authorGeorge Alexandru (1957–2016), actorNicoleta Alexandru (born 1968), singerFlorin-Alexandru Alexe (born 1979), economist and politicianMarius Alexe (born 1990), footballerPaul Alexiu (1893–1963), generalBarbu Alinescu (1890–1952), generalMosko Alkalai (1931–2008), Israeli actorRadu Almășan (born 1980), singerMelek Amet (1960–2008), modelDoru Ana (1954–2022), actorDavid Andelman (born 1955), Israeli theoretical physicistAurelian Andreescu (1942—1986), singerEva Andrei , American physicistIon Andreescu (1850–1882), painterMihail Andricu (1894–1974), singerIon Valentin Anestin (1900–1963), graphic artist, engraver, painter, sculptor, journalist, and dramatistLuminița Anghel (born 1968), dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, and politicianBabis Angourakis (1951–2014), Greek politicianEdward Aninaru (born 1976), photographerConstantin Anton (1894–1993), generalKristaq Antoniu (1907–1979), singerMitzura Arghezi (1924–2015), actress and politicianDan Apostol (1957–2013), writerCarol Ardeleanu (1883–1949), writerTudor Arghezi (1880–1967), writerCostache Aristia (1800–1880), poet, actor, and translatorȘtefan Arteni (1947–2020), artist, painter, calligrapher, architect, philosopher, historian, essayist, and translatorConstantin C. Arion (1855–1923), politicianBazil Assan (1860–1918), engineer, explorer, and economistAlina Astafei (born 1969), track and field athleteAlexandru Athanasiu (born 1955), politician and juristGenica Athanasiou (1897–1966), Romanian-French actressVera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officerBogdan Aurescu (b. 1973), lawyer, diplomat and politicianColette Avital (born 1940), Israeli diplomat and politicianAna-Maria Avram (born 1961), composerChris Avram (1931–1989), actor
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Emanoil Bacaloglu (1830–1891), mathematician, physicist, and chemistLaura Badea-Cârlescu (b. 1970), fencer, Olympic, World and European champion in foil, International Fencing Hall of Famer Constantin Banu (1873–1940), writer, journalist, and politicianElisheva Barak-Ussoskin (born 1936), Israeli judgeEugen Barbu (1924–1993), novelist, short story writer, and journalistLinda Maria Baros (born 1981), poet, translator, and literary criticCezar Bădiță (born 1979), swimmerAlexander Bălănescu (born 1954), violinistNicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852), soldier, historian, and journalistRadu Bălescu (1932–2006), Romanian and Belgian scientistIrina-Camelia Begu (born 1990), tennis playerAlexandra Bellow (born 1935), mathematicianJoana Benedek (born 1972), Romanian-Mexican actressMarthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French writer, socialite, and political hostessAndreea Bibiri (born 1975), actressIngrid Bisu (born 1987), actressClaudiu Bleonț (born 1959), actorLucian Boia (born 1944), historianCezar Bolliac (1813–1881), archaeologist, journalist, and poetDan Bordeianu (born 1975), actorMircea Bornescu (born 1980), footballerConstantin Bosianu (1815–1882), jurist and politicianAna Maria Brânză (born 1984), épée fencerVintilă Brătianu (1867–1930), construction engineer, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania Emilian Bratu (1904–1991), chemical engineerFlorin Bratu (born 1980), footballerRoxana Briban (1971–2010), operatic sopranoSilviu Brucan (1916–2006), communist politicianDionis Bubani (1926–2006), Albanian writer, playwright, humorist, and translatorDragoș Bucur (born 1977), actorGheorghe Bucur (born 1980), football playerDoina Bumbea (1950–1997), artist and abductee in North Korea
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Alexandra Cadanțu (born 1990), tennis playerNicolae Cajal (1919–2004), Jewish physician, academic, politician and philanthropistRukmini Maria Callimachi (born 1973), Romanian-American journalist and poetChristian Calson (born 1975), Romanian-American independent filmmakerConstantin Cantacuzino (1905–1958), aviatorCatherine Caradja (1893–1993), aristocrat and philanthropistCostache Caragiale (1815–1877), actor and theatre managerMateiu Caragiale (1885–1936), poet and prose writerToma Caragiu (1925–1977), theatre, television and film actorIon Caramitru (1942–2021), stage and film actorNae Caranfil (born 1960), film director and screenwriterBarbu Catargiu (1807–1862), politician and journalistPaul Cazan (born 1951), football playerVera Călin (1921–2013), Romanian-American literary critic, essayist and translatorGeorge Călinescu (1899–1965), literary critic, historian, novelist and journalistIon I. Câmpineanu (1841–1888), politician, mayor of Bucharest and the first head of the National Bank of Romania Gabriel Cânu (born 1981), footballerMircea Cărtărescu (born 1956), poet, novelist and essayistNicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), the youngest child of Romanian leader Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu Remus Cernea (born 1974), activistNicole Cherry (born 1998), singerHristu Chiacu (born 1986), footballerMaia Ciobanu (born 1952), composer and music educatorVictor Ciocâltea (1932–1983), chess masterLiviu Ciulei (1923–2011), theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume, and set designerHenri Coandă (1886–1972), inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraftAlina Cojocaru (born 1981), ballet dancerDragoș Coman (born 1980), swimmerSergiu Comissiona (1928–2005), Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinistCorneliu Coposu (1914–1995), politician and communist detaineeGrigore C. Crăiniceanu (1852–1935), military officer, War Minister, and member of the Romanian AcademyMichael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian–German musicianNicolae Crețulescu (1812–1900), medical doctor and politician, second Prime Minister of Romania following the assassination of Barbu Catargiu ; one of the first presidents of the Romanian Academy Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), social democratic politician
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Horia Damian (1922–2012), painter and sculptorAlexandru Darie (1959–2019), theater directorCella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer, and teacher of pianoHenrieta Delavrancea (1897–1987), architectLucia Demetrius (1910–1992), novelist, poet, playwright, and translatorCristian Diaconescu (born 1959), jurist and politicianGheorghe Dinică (1934–2009), actorNeagu Djuvara (1916–2018), historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomatDora d'Istria (1828–1888), Wallachian-born Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian descentIon G. Duca (1879–1933), prime minister of Romania (1933)Florea Dumitrache (1948–2007), football player and twice winner of the Romanian Footballer of the Year award
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Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), historian of religion, fiction writer, and philosopherDavid Emmanuel (1854–1941), mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy
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Grigore Gafencu (1892–1957), politician, diplomat and journalistMoses Gaster (1856–1939), Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar and a Hebrew linguistCristian Gațu (b. 1945), former handball player, twice winner of the World Championship with Romania and twice winner of the European Champions Cup with Steaua BucureștiAlex Geana (born 1979), Romanian-American photographer and writerMircea Geoană (born 1958), politicianDudu Georgescu (b. 1950), football player and twice winner of the European Golden Shoe Haralamb H. Georgescu (1908–1977), modernist architectSpiridon Georgescu [ro ] (1887–1974), sculptorFlorin Gheorghiu (born 1944), chess playerDimitrie Ghica (1816–1897), army officer, police prefect, politician, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania Ion Ghica (1816–1897), revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politicianAlexandru Ghika (1902–1964), mathematicianDinu C. Giurescu (1927–2018), historian and politician, son of Constantin C. Giurescu Alexandru G. Golescu (1819–1881), politicianGheorghe Gruia (1940–2015), handball player and twice world champion, named Greatest Handball Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation (IHF)
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Andrei Iancu (born 1968), Romanian-American engineer and intellectual property attorneyAndrew Ilie (born 1976), tennis playerCristina Ionda , actressCassius Ionescu-Tulcea (1923–2021), mathematicianAndrei Ioniță (born 1994), cellistAnghel Iordănescu (born 1950), footballer and manager of the national football teamEdward Iordănescu (born 1978), football manager and former playerDiana Iovanovici Șoșoacă (born 1975), Romanian lawyer and politicianIosif Iser (1881–1958), painter and graphic artistPetre Ispirescu (1830–1887), folklorist and publicistNora Iuga (born 1931), poet, writer, and translator
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Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist
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Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920), poet, novelist, dramatist and literary criticAureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writerRoxana Maracineanu (born 1975), Romanian-born French backstroke swimmerGheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), neurologistDraga Olteanu Matei (1933–2020), film and stage actressCezar Mateus (born 1961), Romanian-American luthierIon Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), communist politician and lawyerPreda Mihăilescu (born 1955), mathematicianIon Minulescu (1881–1944), avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwrightOctavian Morariu (b. 1961), President of Rugby Europe Jacob L. Moreno (1889–1974), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist, thinker and educatorMaia Morgenstern (born 1962), film and stage actress
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Sașa Pană (1902–1981), avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writerTheodor Paleologu (b. 1973), historian, diplomat and politician, son of Alexandru Paleologu Cristina Pasaroiu (born 1987), sopranoMargareta Pâslaru (b. 1943), actress and singerMarcel Pauker (1896–1938), communist militantNicolae Paulescu (1869–1931), physiologist and politicianCamil Petrescu (1894–1957), playwright, novelist, philosopher and poetDan Petrescu (1953–2021), Romanian businessman and billionaire, one of the richest persons in Romania at the timeGică Petrescu (1915–2006), singer and composerAndrei Pleșu (born 1948), philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art criticValentin Poénaru (born 1932), Romanian–French mathematicianAna Maria Popescu (b. 1984), fencer, Olympic, World and European champion, former World No. 1 in épéeElvira Popescu (1894–1993), Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre directorPetru Popescu (born 1944), Romanian-American writer, director and movie producerIon Popescu-Gopo (1923–1989), graphic artist and animatorEmanoil Protopopescu-Pake (1845–1893), law professor, police prefect and politician, mayor of BucharestCristi Puiu (born 1967), film director and screenwriter
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Connect-R (born 1982), musicianVictor Rebengiuc (born 1933), film and stage actorLia Roberts (born 1949), politicianEdward G. Robinson (1893–1973), Romanian-American actorGideon Rodan (1934–2006), Romanian-American biochemistAlexandru Rosetti (1895–1990), linguist, editor, and memoiristC. A. Rosetti (1816–1885), writer, politician and leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 ; the Romanian Academy was founded on his initiative.Leon Rotman (born 1950), sprint canoerAngelica Rozeanu (1921–2006), one of the most successful female table tennis players in the history of the sport
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Răzvan Sabău (born 1977), tennis playerNicolae Saramandu (born 1941), Romanian linguist and philologistPaul Schwartz (born 1940), politician, Jewish Community president, mechanical engineer and inventorAlec Secăreanu (born 1984), actorAlina Șerban (born 1987), actressSerge Spitzer (1951–2012), Romanian-American artistSaviana Stănescu (born 1967), Romanian-American poet, playwright and journalistSorin Stati (1931–2008), linguistSimion Stoilow (1873–1961), mathematicianBarbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea (1858–1918), writer and poet
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Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca (1941–2017), historian and philologistMaria Tănase (1913–1963), singer and actressToni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actorCicerone Theodorescu (1908–1974), poetGeorge Topîrceanu (1886–1937), poet, short story writer and humouristNicolas Trifon (1949–2023), academic, editor and linguistCorneliu Vadim Tudor (1949-2015), politician, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European ParliamentȘerban Țițeica (1908–1985), quantum physicistCristian Țopescu (1937–2018), sports commentator, journalist and politician
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Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), Romanian-French aristocrat writerVazken I of Bucharest (1908–1994), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1953–1994)Ion Vianu (born 1934), writer and psychiatristIon Vîlcu (born 1966), software engineer, academic, administrator and diplomatDan-Virgil Voiculescu (born 1949), mathematicianIon Vitner (1914–1991), literary critic and historianCătălin Voicu (born 1965), politicianGeorge Vraca (1896–1964), stage and film actorAlexandru Vulpe (1931–2016), historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy
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