List of Famous people born in Vâlcea County, Romania

Florin Vasile Cîțu is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between December 2020 and November 2021. Since September 2021 he has been the leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL). After a motion of no-confidence ended his premiership, Cîțu was voted President of the Senate of Romania by the new PSD-PNL-UDMR/RMDSZ coalition in Parliament. Previously, he also served as Minister of Public Finance in both the first and second cabinet of former PNL Prime Minister Ludovic Orban between 2019 and 2020.

Adrian Popa is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger. His nickname is "Motoreta" which means Motorbike due to his speed.

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.

Maria Marinela Mazilu is a Romanian skeleton racer on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She began competing in 2002 and was selected to the national team in 2004. She was the bronze medalist at the Junior World Championships at Igls in 2012 and again at Winterberg in 2014. Mazilu qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where she finished 19th, and for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where she finished 20th.

Raul Andrei Rusescu is a Romanian professional footballer who most recently played as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Romanian club Academica Clinceni.