List of Famous people born in Romania

Octavian "Tavi" Grigore is a Romanian retired footballer. Grigore played all his career for Petrolul Ploiești, for which he scored 60 goals in 467 matches, being a legend of this club. After retirement Grigore started his football manager career and went on to teams like: Unirea Urziceni, FCM Târgovişte or Dunărea Galați, among others, but always returning to his first and only love, Petrolul Ploiești. He is the first Romanian player in the list of one-club men table, with 19 years spent at "the Yellow Wolves".

Adrian Virgil Pintea was a Romanian actor.

Rona Hartner is a Romanian actress, painter and singer. She is best known for her role in Tony Gatlif's film Gadjo dilo. Hartner currently focuses on her music career, specializing in Gypsy music.

Elena Bogdan is a professional tennis player from Romania.

Dumitru Țepeneag is a contemporary Romanian novelist, essayist, short story writer and translator, who currently resides in France. He was one of the founding members of the Oniric group, and a theoretician of the Onirist trend in Romanian literature, while becoming noted for his activities as a dissident. In 1975, the Communist regime stripped him of his citizenship. He settled down in Paris, where he was a leading figure of the Romanian exile.

Eduard Kabos was a Hungarian journalist, dramatist and writer.

Dr. Sándor Keresztes was a Hungarian diplomat and jurist, who served as president of the Christian Democratic People's Party (1989–1990) and Member of Parliament.