List of Famous people born in Romania

Sebastian Stan

First Name Sebastian
Last Name Stan
Born on August 13, 1982 (age 42)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Sebastian Stan is a Romanian-American actor. On television, he has played Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl, Prince Jack Benjamin in Kings, Jefferson in Once Upon a Time, and T.J. Hammond in Political Animals. The latter earned him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.

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Simona Halep

First Name Simona
Born on September 27, 1991 (age 33)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Simona Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019. In total, she has been No. 1 for 64 weeks, which ranks tenth in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Halep was the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. She has finished each year ranked no lower than No. 4 since 2014 and has the longest active streak of being ranked in the top 10. She has won 22 WTA singles titles and has finished runner-up 17 times. Halep has won two Grand Slam singles titles: the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

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Peter Maffay

Peter Alexander Makkay
First Name Peter
Last Name Maffay
Born on August 30, 1949 (age 75)

Peter Alexander Makkay, known as Peter Maffay, is a Romanian-born German musician, singer, and composer.

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Corina Crețu

First Name Corina
Born on June 24, 1967 (age 57)
Born in Romania

Corina Crețu is a Romanian politician and a former European Commissioner for Regional Policy. Crețu is a member of the Romanian PRO Romania and former Member of the European Parliament. Between June 2014 and October 2014, she served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament.

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Nadia Comăneci

Nadia Elena Comăneci
First Name Nadia
Last Name Comăneci
Born on November 12, 1961 (age 63)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

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.

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Vlad III

First Name Vlad
Last Name III
Died on December 14, 1476

Vlad III, most commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula, was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death. He is often considered one of the most important rulers in Wallachian history and a national hero of Romania.

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Johnny Weissmuller

Peter Johann Weißmüller
First Name Johnny
Born on June 2, 1904
Died on January 20, 1984 (aged 79)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Johnny Weissmuller was an Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer, water polo player and actor. He was known for playing Edgar Rice Burroughs' ape man Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s and for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century.

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Robert Bobroczky

First Name Robert
Last Name Bobroczky
Born on July 17, 2000 (age 24)
Born in Romania, Arad County

Robert Bobroczkyi, alternatively anglicized as Robert Bobroczky and originally Róbert Bobróczky in Hungarian, is a Romanian college basketball player of Hungarian descent. Standing 2.31 m, he has drawn attention for his exceptional height. After moving to the United States in 2016 and attending high school in Geneva, Ohio, he currently attends and plays for Rochester University in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

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Dan Petrescu

First Name Dan
Last Name Petrescu
Born on December 22, 1967 (age 57)
Born in Romania
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former footballer who played as a full back or a winger.

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Nicolae Ciucă

First Name Nicolae
Born on February 7, 1967 (age 57)
Born in Romania, Dolj County
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Nicolae Ionel Ciucă is a Romanian politician and retired general of the Romanian Land Forces. He is currently serving as Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 after receiving widespread parliamentary support.

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