List of Famous people born in Romania

Alexandru Cicâldău is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Romania national team.

Markus Frohnmaier, is a German politician of Alternative for Germany. He is member of Deutscher Bundestag and was chairperson of the party's youth organisation "Young Alternative for Germany". He shares the right-wing extremist positions of the Flügel and is part of the nationalistic and pro-Russian movement of AfD.

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.

Emil Cioran was a Romanian-born philosopher and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, and frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism. Among his best-known works are On the Heights of Despair (1934) and The Trouble with Being Born (1973). Cioran's first French book, A Short History of Decay, was awarded the prestigious Rivarol Prize in 1950. The Latin Quarter of Paris was his permanent residence and he lived much of his life in seclusion with his partner Simone Boué.

Anghel Iordănescu, also known as "Tata Puiu", is a Romanian former footballer and former manager of the Romania national team, who played as a forward. In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following February, after his predecessor resigned, he became a member of the Romanian Senate, sitting on the Social Democratic Party benches. On 26 December 2011, he became an independent senator, affiliated to the National Union for the Progress of Romania. His son, Edward Iordănescu, is also a former footballer and current manager.

Sarmiza or Sarmisegetuza or Sarmisa Bilcescu was a Romanian lawyer, the first European woman ever to obtain a license and a PhD in Law from the University of Paris, and the first one in her country to practice law. She was married to the engineer Constantin Alimănişteanu.

Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu is a Romanian professional football manager and former footballer.

Larisa Andreea Iordache is a Romanian artistic gymnast. As of 2019, she is the current leader of the Romanian women's artistic gymnastics team.

Andreea Mădălina Răducan is a retired gymnast from Bârlad, Romania. She currently works as a sports announcer and journalist.

Ana Maria Popescu, formerly known as Ana Maria Brânză, is a Romanian left-handed épée fencer, 2013 individual European champion, four-time Olympian, 2008 individual Olympic silver medalist, and 2016 team Olympic champion.