List of Famous people born in Prahova County, Romania

Liviu Librescu

First Name Liviu
Born on August 18, 1930
Died on April 16, 2007 (aged 76)

Liviu Librescu was a Romanian–American scientist and engineer. A prominent academic in addition to being a survivor of the Holocaust, his major research fields were aeroelasticity and aerodynamics.

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Carol II of Romania

First Name Carol
Last Name Romania
Born on October 15, 1893
Died on April 4, 1953 (aged 59)

Carol II reigned as King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his abdication on 6 September 1940. He was the eldest son of Ferdinand I and became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I in 1914. He was the first of the Hohenzollern kings of Romania to be born in the country; both of his predecessors had been born in Germany and only came to Romania as adults. As such, he was the first member of the Romanian branch of the Hohenzollerns who spoke Romanian as his first language, and was also the first member of the royal family to be raised in the Orthodox faith. Carol was also a fan of football, being the Romanian Football Federation's president for almost one year from 1924 until 1925.

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Ana Bogdan

First Name Ana
Last Name Bogdan
Born on November 25, 1992 (age 31)
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Ana Bogdan is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2007, she peaked at no. 59 in the world rankings in June 2018.

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Aurora Cornu

Aurora Chitu
First Name Aurora
Last Name Cornu
Born on December 6, 1931
Died on March 14, 2021 (aged 89)

Aurora Cornu was a Romanian-born French writer, actress, film director, and translator. Her best known role is that of Aurora in Éric Rohmer's Claire's Knee.

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Prince Nicolae of Romania

First Name Prince
Last Name Romania
Born on August 5, 1903
Died on June 9, 1978 (aged 74)

Prince Nicholas of Romania, later known as Prince Nicholas of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the fourth child and second son of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his wife Queen Marie.

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Gabi Luncă

Elena Gabriela Luncă
First Name Gabi
Born on October 16, 1938
Died on April 2, 2021 (aged 82)

Gabi Luncă was a Romanian lăutar musician. Born in Vărbilău, Prahova County, Romania, she was also a folk singer.

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Geta Brătescu

First Name Geta
Last Name Brătescu
Born on May 4, 1926
Died on September 19, 2018 (aged 92)

Geta Brătescu was a Romanian visual artist with works in drawing, collage, photography, performance, illustration and film.

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Adina-Ioana Vălean

First Name Adina-Ioana
Born on February 16, 1968 (age 56)

Adina-Ioana Vălean is a Romanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Transport under the leadership of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 until 2019, where she chaired of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in 2019.

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Alina Dumitru

First Name Alina
Born on August 30, 1982 (age 42)
Born in Romania
Height 158 cm | 5'2

Alina Dumitru is a Romanian judoka, one-time Olympic champion and eight-time European champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she defeated Japanese double gold medallist Ryoko Tani, who until then had been undefeated in major international competitions for 12 years.

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Octavian Bellu

First Name Octavian
Last Name Bellu
Born on February 17, 1951 (age 73)

Octavian Ioan Atanase Bellu is the current head of the Romanian national women's artistic gymnastics team.

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