List of Famous people born in Romania

Baron Sándor Hatvany-Deutsch was a leading Hungarian Jewish industrialist, business magnate, philanthropist, investor and art patron. He led the family's sugar company with its factories Nagy-Surányi Cukorgyár és Finomító Rt., Hatvani Cukorgyár Rt., Oroszkai Cukorgyár Rt., Vas megyei Cukorgyár Rt. and the Alföldi Cukorgyár Rt. which made him one of the wealthiest persons in Austria-Hungary. He founded in 1902 with Ferenc Chorin the National Alliance of Industrialists and was the first vice president of the association. According to Forbes he was the 4th richest person in Hungary on the turn of the 19th century with a net worth of 25-30 million Hungarian pengő.

Ciprian Manolescu is a Romanian-American mathematician, working in gauge theory, symplectic geometry, and low-dimensional topology. He is currently a professor of mathematics at Stanford University.

Petru Gherghel is a Romanian prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the ninth and current Bishop of Iaşi.

Naftuli Hertz "Nathan" Juran was an American film art director, and later film and television director. As an art director, he won the Oscar for Best Art Direction in 1942 for How Green Was My Valley, along with Richard Day and Thomas Little. His work on The Razor's Edge in 1946 also received an Academy nomination. In the 1950s, he began to direct, and was known for science fiction and fantasy films such as Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. He was also the brother of quality guru Joseph M. Juran.

Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu is a Romanian retired footballer who played as either a forward or winger, and is a manager.

Radu Bălescu was a Romanian and Belgian scientist and professor at the Statistical and Plasma Physics group of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

Constantina Diță, is a Romanian long-distance runner, who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She was the marathon gold medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, having previously won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She also represented her country at the Olympics in 2000 and 2004.

Magda Lupescu later officially known as Princess Elena of Romania, was the mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania.