List of Famous people born in Bucharest, Romania

Anton Ciprian Tătărușanu is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club AC Milan.

Cristian Ionuț Săpunaru is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Kayserispor mainly as a central defender. He can also be deployed as a right back or a defensive midfielder.

Corneliu Vadim Tudor also known as "Tribunul", was the leader of the Greater Romania Party, poet, writer, journalist and a Member of the European Parliament. He was a Romanian Senator from 1992 to 2008. He was born and died in Bucharest.

Ionuț Andrei Radu, known as Ionuț Radu or Andrei Radu, is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan.

Oana Dariana Pellea is a Romanian actress, the daughter of actor Amza Pellea.

Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religious studies that persist to this day. His theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential. One of his most instrumental contributions to religious studies was his theory of eternal return, which holds that myths and rituals do not simply commemorate hierophanies, but, at least to the minds of the religious, actually participate in them.

Paula Mitrache, known by the stage name Haiducii, is a Romanian-Italian singer, model and actress. She released her debut single "Dragostea din tei" in 2004, acting as a cover of O-Zone's homonymous 2003 single. A copyright infringement lawsuit followed on the matter and resulted in Haiducii paying fees for copyright infringement. Commercially, "Dragostea din tei" reached widespread commercial success, reaching number one in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Sweden, as well as the top ten in eight other countries. It was also certified Gold and Platinum in several territories. In late 2004 and 2005, Haiducii released "Mne s Toboy Horosho" and "More 'N' More ", her last singles that managed to chart on a record chart, reaching numbers five and eight in Italy, respectively. Paula Mitrache in Haiducii, the singer's debut studio album, followed in 2008.

Dan Mircea Geoană is a Romanian politician and former ambassador who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011. From 21 April 2005 until 21 February 2010 he was the head of the Partidul Social Democrat, Romania's largest party. He was the candidate of the party for the position of President of Romania in the 2009 presidential election.

Tudor Arghezi was a Romanian writer, best known for his unique contribution to poetry and children's literature. Born Ion N. Theodorescu in Bucharest, he explained that his pen name was related to Argesis, the Latin name for the Argeș River.