List of Famous people born in Romania

Valentin Plătăreanu was a Romanian actor, director and drama teacher.

Matyas Szabo is a German sabre fencer. He is an Olympian, a world champion, and two-time European champion.

Joanna Marie Valentina "Zizi" Lambrino was the first wife of the later King Carol II of Romania. They had one son, Carol, born in 1920, in Bucharest.

Radu Beligan was a Romanian actor, director, and essayist, with an activity of over 70 years in theatre, film, television, and radio. On 15 December 2013, confirmed by Guinness World Records, the actor received the title of "The oldest active theatre actor" on the planet. He was elected honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 2004.

Ioan Holender is a Romanian born Austrian opera baritone and administrator.

Sorin Mihai Cîmpeanu is a Romanian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Education in Cîțu Cabinet. He had previously hold the same position in Ponta IV cabinet, and, between 5 and 17 November 2015, acted as Prime Minister of Romania, after President Klaus Iohannis accepted Prime Minister Ponta's resignation. Klaus Iohannis's appointment of Sorin Cîmpeanu was just a stopgap measure until a new candidate for the post was selected.

Mihail Sadoveanu was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting head of state for the communist republic. One of the most prolific Romanian-language writers, he is remembered mostly for his historical and adventure novels, as well as for his nature writing. An author whose career spanned five decades, Sadoveanu was an early associate of the traditionalist magazine Sămănătorul, before becoming known as a Realist writer and an adherent to the Poporanist current represented by Viața Românească journal. His books, critically acclaimed for their vision of age-old solitude and natural abundance, are generally set in the historical region of Moldavia, building on themes from Romania's medieval and early modern history. Among them are Neamul Șoimăreștilor, Frații Jderi and Zodia Cancerului. With Venea o moară pe Siret..., Baltagul and some other works of fiction, Sadoveanu extends his fresco to contemporary history and adapts his style to the psychological novel, Naturalism and Social realism.

Szabolcs Baranyi was a professional tennis player from Hungary. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in two doubles events, on both occasions partnering compatriot Péter Szőke.

Alexandra Bellow is a Romanian-American mathematician, who has made contributions to the fields of ergodic theory, probability and analysis.

Countess Katinka Kendeffy de Malomvíz Andrássy was a Hungarian noblewoman and the wife of Gyula Andrássy, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary (1867–1871) and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1871–1879). After the coronation of King Franz Joseph I, she became Hungarian marshalless and an intimate friend of Queen Consort Elisabeth (Sissy). She died in 1896, two years after her husband.