List of Famous people born in Bacău County, Romania

Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner, known professionally as Nadia Comăneci, is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976 at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games, she received six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Comăneci won two more gold medals and attained two more perfect 10s. During her career, Comăneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals.

Vlad Iulian Chiricheș is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Sassuolo, and captains the Romania national team. Primarily a central defender, he is also comfortable as a right back or a defensive midfielder.

Costel Fane Pantilimon is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Denizlispor in the Süper Lig and the Romania national team.

Daniel Solomon Dines is a Romanian entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of UiPath, a robotic process automation platform. According to Forbes, his net worth is about $1.3 billion. He is nicknamed Boss of the Bots, becoming the first bot billionaire.

Lavinia Agache is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She won 10 medals at major international events, including a team gold medal at the 1984 Olympics and a team silver at the 1983 World Championships.

Monica Roşu is a former artistic gymnast from Romania. During her career, she won two Olympic gold medals, a silver medal with the Romanian team at world championships, and two gold medals at the European Championships.

Anton Coşa is a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chişinău in Moldova. Born into a peasant family in Valea Mare village, Bacău County, he finished high school in the Hemeiuș Commune.