List of Famous people born in Romania

Leopoldina Bălănuţă was a Romanian actress.

Dorinel Ionel Munteanu is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager.

Eliezer Berkovits, was a rabbi, theologian, and educator in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism.

Ştefan Gheorghiu was a Romanian musician, violinist and teacher, born in Galați, Romania.

Thomas Pavel is a literary theorist, critic, and novelist currently teaching at the University of Chicago.

Vilmos Apor de Altorja was a Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, born as a baron in the noble Apor Family, and served as a bishop during World War II. He became famous for protesting against the persecution of the Hungarian Jewish population and for his steadfast commitment to the poor. His outreach also extended to abuse victims with a particular emphasis on the protection of women - it would be this latter point that saw him sustain fatal injuries leading to his death. The bishop dedicated himself to being an opponent of both communism and Nazism and used his sermons as a chance to condemn them though coming at a great personal risk to himself. But he was a beloved figure in his diocese where people hailed him as a great saint upon learning of his death which came as a profound shock and loss to the diocese he served during the course of most of the war.

Dan Dumitru Stângaciu, is a retired Romanian football goalkeeper and a current coach. He is best known for his spell with Steaua Bucharest in the 1980s and 1990s where he won the European Cup in 1986 and the European Super Cup in 1987.

Rudolf Wagner-Régeny was a composer, conductor, and pianist. Born in Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, since 1920 Romania, he became a German citizen in 1930, and then East German after 1945.

Constantin Mugur Isărescu is the Governor of the National Bank of Romania, a position he held since September 1990, with the exception of an eleven months period, during which he served as Prime Minister of Romania. He is a member of the Romanian Academy.