List of Famous people born in Romania
Gheorghe Mironescu
Gheorghe G. Mironescu, commonly known as G. G. Mironescu, was a Romanian politician, member of the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ), who served as Prime Minister of Romania for two terms.
Chris Avram
Chris Avram was a Romanian-Italian film actor.
László Böcskei
László Böcskei is a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare. Born into an ethnic Hungarian family in Gătaia (Gátalja), Timiș County, he studied at the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Alba Iulia. He was ordained in June 1990 by Bishop Sebastian Kräuter and assigned to the Timișoara Diocese. He served as assistant priest at a Timișoara parish before being assigned to the city's St. George Cathedral. In 2006, having reached the age of 75, József Tempfli announced his intention to retire as Bishop of Oradea Mare, and Pope Benedict XVI chose Böcskei as his successor. He was consecrated bishop in March 2009.
Ana Caterina Morariu
Ana Caterina Morariu is a Romanian-born Italian actress.
Traian Ionescu
Traian Ionescu was a Romanian football goalkeeper and coach.
Tala Birell
Tala Birell was a Romanian-born stage and film actress.
Birgit Kelle
Florin Balaban
Florin Balaban is a Romanian badminton player. He competed in the men's singles tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Marius Urzică
Marius Daniel Urzică is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004. His unique technique and style of performance have won him the recognition as one of the greatest masters on this piece of apparatus ever, together with Miroslav Cerar and Zoltán Magyar. Known as "The King of the Pommels" in 2001 he achieved the maximum score of 10.00 on this piece of apparatus at the Glasgow Grand Prix. Two elements in artistic gymnastics, one on pommel horse and one on parallel bars are named after him.
Marius Croitoru
Marius Marian Croitoru is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player currently in charge of Liga I club FC Botoșani. He played as a right winger and possessed a powerful shot and good ball technique.