List of Famous people born in Romania

Hildegard Carola Puwak was a Romanian politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party, who served as the Minister for European Integration from 2000 until October 2003. Puwak was of German ethnicity (Swabian) and represented Timiș County in the Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 2004.

Gheorghe "Gică" Popescu is a retired Romanian former professional football defender, former captain of FC Barcelona and key part of the Romania national team in the 1990s. He played for a string of European clubs in that period, including a four-year stint at PSV Eindhoven and winning the Uefa cup with Galatasaray SK. His tactical knowledge as a defender made him a valuable team member in top European competitions until he reached his late-thirties. Beside from his defending skills, he was also capable starting attacks. He is the brother-in-law of fellow Romanian international Gheorghe Hagi.

Adrian Popa is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger. His nickname is "Motoreta" which means Motorbike due to his speed.

Marthe, Princess Bibesco was a celebrated Romanian-French writer, socialite, style icon and political hostess.

Tudor Arghezi was a Romanian writer, best known for his unique contribution to poetry and children's literature. Born Ion N. Theodorescu in Bucharest, he explained that his pen name was related to Argesis, the Latin name for the Argeș River.

Larisa Roxana Giurgiu, known professionally as Roxen, is a Romanian singer signed to Global Records. She rose to prominence upon being featured on Romanian producer Sickotoy's "You Don't Love Me" (2019), which reached number three in Romania and received radio airplay in several other countries. Her following singles, "Ce-ți cântă dragostea" and "Spune-mi", eventually peaked atop the national chart.

Tiberiu Brediceanu was a Romanian composer. He is the father of the composer and conductor Mihai Brediceanu.

Isidor Kaufmann was an Austro-Hungarian painter of Jewish themes. Having devoted his career to genre painting, he traveled throughout Eastern Europe in search of scenes of Jewish, often Hasidic life.