List of Famous people born in Romania
Marius Copil
Marius Copil is a Romanian professional tennis player playing on the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour and a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. Copil is known for his extremely powerful and consistent serve.
Octavian Ursu
Octavian Ursu is a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union and mayor of Görlitz since June 2019.
Daniel Prodan
Daniel Claudiu Prodan was a Romanian footballer who played mainly as a central defender.
Benjamin Adegbuyi
Benjamin Adekunle Miron Adegbuyi is a Romanian kickboxer and professional boxer. He is a two-time Glory Heavyweight Championship challenger and three-time winner of heavyweight tournament. Adegbuyi is also Superkombat World Grand Prix III 2012 tournament winner and 2018 Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament runner-up. A professional since 2011, he also fought in K-1.
Vlad Chiricheș
Vlad Iulian Chiricheș is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Sassuolo, and captains the Romania national team. Primarily a central defender, he is also comfortable as a right back or a defensive midfielder.
Anastasia Soare
Anastasia Soare is a Romanian-American billionaire businesswoman, and the CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills, known as the "Eyebrow Queen".
Ilinca Băcilă
Maria Ilinca Băcilă, also known as simply Ilinca, is a Romanian singer and yodeler. She is well known for her unique yodel. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, representing Romania, along with Alex Florea.
Vladimir Cosma
Vladimir Cosma is a Romanian-born French composer, conductor and violinist.
Henry Chapier
Henry Chapier was a French journalist, film critic, television presenter and feature film director.
Viorica Dăncilă
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă is a Romanian politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party, and was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 January 2018 to 4 November 2019. She was the first woman in Romanian history to hold both the office of Prime Minister and president of the PSD. In 2014, she was elected as a member in the European Parliament for a second term from the PSD. Viorica Dăncilă was also the president of the Social Democratic Women's Organization (OFSD) between 2015 and 2018.