List of Famous people born in Iași County, Romania
Cosmina Stratan
Cosmina Stratan is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichiţa in Beyond the Hills.
Anamaria Marinca
Anamaria Marinca is a Romanian actress. She made her screen debut with the Channel 4 film Sex Traffic, for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Marinca is also known for her performance in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, earning several awards for her performance, and was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress, London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. In 2008, at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival, she was presented the Shooting Stars Award by the European Film Promotion.
Cristian Mungiu
Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director, at the 2012 and 2016 Cannes Film Festivals, for his films Beyond the Hills and Graduation.
Daniel Pancu
Daniel Gabriel Pancu is a Romanian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder or a forward.
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is a Romanian historian, politician and former Prime Minister of Romania. He was the foreign minister of Romania from 28 December 2004 to 12 March 2007, and he was appointed as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service later in 2007. Following the resignation of the Emil Boc government he was appointed Prime Minister serving through April 2012 when his cabinet was dismissed following a parliamentary vote of no-confidence. He was confirmed by the Parliament for a second term as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, after President Klaus Iohannis nominated him in June 2015 but he resigned in September 2016, citing health issues.
Prince Radu, Prince of Romania
Prince Radu of Romania is the husband of Margareta of Romania, head of the House of Romania and a disputed pretender to the former Romanian throne. On 1 January 1999, he was given the name, not title, of "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" by Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, the Head of the Sigmaringen branch of the Hohenzollern family. He has also called himself "Radu Hohenzollern-Veringen-Duda". Since 2007, when he had his legal name changed from "Radu Duda" to "Radu al României Duda", Radu no longer uses the name of Hohenzollern. The Fundamental Rules of the Romanian Royal Family, proclaimed by former King Michael I on 30 December 2007, gave Radu the title of "Prince of Romania", with the style of "Royal Highness", which King Michael had given him earlier on 5 January 2005.
Laurențiu Roșu
Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu is a Romanian retired footballer who played as either a forward or winger, and is a manager.
Florentin Crihălmeanu
Florentin Crihălmeanu was a Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch.
Cristina Flutur
Cristina Flutur is a Romanian film and theatre actress.
Daniela Nane
Daniela Nane is a Romanian actress and director. She was the Miss Romania in 1991 and was the first contestant from Romania in the Miss Universe pageant (1992).