List of Famous people born in Romania

Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Cosmina Stratan is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichiţa in Beyond the Hills.

László Bölöni is a Romanian former professional footballer of Hungarian descent and current coach of Greek side Panathinaikos.

Ion Horia Leonida Caramitru, OBE was a Romanian stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure. He was Minister of Culture between 1996 and 2000, in the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) cabinets of Victor Ciorbea, Gavril Dejeu, Radu Vasile, Alexandru Athanasiu, and Mugur Isărescu. He was married to actress Micaela Caracaș and had three sons: Ștefan, Andrei, and Matei Caramitru.

Lazăr Edeleanu was a Romanian chemist of Jewish origin. He is known for being the first chemist to synthesize amphetamine at the University of Berlin and for inventing the modern method of refining crude oil.

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.

László Rajk was a Hungarian Communist politician, who served as Minister of Interior and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was an important organizer of the Hungarian Communists' power, but he eventually fell victim to Mátyás Rákosi's show trials.

Marie Stritt (1855–1928) was a German feminist and a leading force in the international and German women suffrage movement. She worked towards woman's education and fought against state regulated prostitution. Marie Stritt worked for changes regarding divorce laws through the Woman's Legal Aid Society. She was a big supporter of birth control and abortion.

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.

Peter George Oliver Freund was a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Chicago. He made important contributions to particle physics and string theory. He was also active as a writer.