List of Famous people born in Bucharest, Romania
Larisa Iordache
Larisa Andreea Iordache is a Romanian artistic gymnast. As of 2019, she is the current leader of the Romanian women's artistic gymnastics team.
Radu Paisie
Radu VII Paisie, also known as Radu vodă Măjescul, Radu vodă Călugărul, Petru I, and Petru de la Argeș, was Prince of Wallachia almost continuously from June 1535 to February 1545. A man of uncertain origins, he depicted himself as an heir to the House of Basarab and the Drăculești, the son of Prince Radu the Great and half-brother of Vlad Vintilă and Radu of Afumați. The scholar Nicolaus Olahus partly supported this account and further claimed that Paisie was his own cousin. The descent is endorsed by some modern historians, whereas others suggest that Paisie was a regular member of the boyar class, or even a fishmonger. He is known to have been a monk of the Wallachian Orthodox Church before his coronation.
Iulia Hasdeu
Iulia Hasdeu was a Romanian poet, the daughter of writer and philologist Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu. From a very young age, Hasdeu wrote poems and prose in both Romanian and French, taught herself foreign languages and studied piano and opera singing. She was the first Romanian woman to study at La Sorbonne University in Paris.
Teodor Cosma
Prince Mircea of Romania
Prince Mircea of Romania was the third son and last child of King Ferdinand of Romania and his wife, Marie of Edinburgh and a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother. He died aged three in 1916.
Anca Visdei
Mihai Mălaimare
Mihai Mălaimare Jr. is a Romanian cinematographer. He is the son of the Romanian actor and former politician Mihai Mălaimare. He has been a cinematographer on films directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Thomas Anderson and Taika Waititi. He was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 24th Independent Spirit Awards for Youth Without Youth in 2008.
Luminița Anghel
Luminița Anghel is a Romanian singer, TV personality and politician. She is internationally known for representing Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 along with percussion band Sistem. Their song, "Let Me Try", reached the third place in the final after placing first in the semi-finals; their appearance marks the country's best result in the contest along with 2010's "Playing with Fire" performed by Paula Seling and Ovi.
Avraham Poraz
Avraham Poraz is an Israeli lawyer and former politician.
Laura Badea-Cârlescu
Laura Gabriela Badea-Cârlescu is a retired Romanian foil fencer, world champion in 1995 and Olympic champion in 1996. After her retirement she became a coach, then a sport administrator. She is now vice-president of the Romanian Fencing Federation and a member of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee.