List of people from Bucharest

Coat of arms of Bucharest

This is a list of native Bucharesters.

A

• Otto Ackermann (1909–1960), conductor
• Anda Adam (born 1980), singer and model
• Gheorghe Adamescu (1869–1942), literary historian and bibliographer
• Olivia Addams (born 1996), singer
• Adena, singer
• Viorica Agarici (1886–1979), nurse and philanthropist, Righteous Among the Nations
• Adolf Albin (1848–1920), chess player
• Mircea Albulescu (1934–2016), actor
• Radu Aldulescu (born 1954), novelist
• Dan Andrei Aldea (1950–2020), singer
• Liana Alexandra (1947–2011), composer, pianist, and music educator
• Andrei Alexandrescu (born 1969), Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author
• George Alexandru (1957–2016), actor
• Nicoleta Alexandru (born 1968), singer
• Florin-Alexandru Alexe (born 1979), economist and politician
• Marius Alexe (born 1990), footballer
• Paul Alexiu (1893–1963), general
• Barbu Alinescu (1890–1952), general
• Mosko Alkalai (1931–2008), Israeli actor
• Radu Almășan (born 1980), singer
• Melek Amet (1960–2008), model
• Doru Ana (1954–2022), actor
• David Andelman (born 1955), Israeli theoretical physicist
• Aurelian Andreescu (1942—1986), singer
• Eva Andrei, American physicist
• Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), painter
• Mihail Andricu (1894–1974), singer
• Ion Valentin Anestin (1900–1963), graphic artist, engraver, painter, sculptor, journalist, and dramatist
• Luminița Anghel (born 1968), dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, and politician
• Babis Angourakis (1951–2014), Greek politician
• Edward Aninaru (born 1976), photographer
• Constantin Anton (1894–1993), general
• Kristaq Antoniu (1907–1979), singer
• Mitzura Arghezi (1924–2015), actress and politician
• Dan Apostol (1957–2013), writer
• Carol Ardeleanu (1883–1949), writer
• Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967), writer
• Costache Aristia (1800–1880), poet, actor, and translator
• Ștefan Arteni (1947–2020), artist, painter, calligrapher, architect, philosopher, historian, essayist, and translator
• Constantin C. Arion (1855–1923), politician
• Bazil Assan (1860–1918), engineer, explorer, and economist
• Alina Astafei (born 1969), track and field athlete
• Alexandru Athanasiu (born 1955), politician and jurist
• Genica Athanasiou (1897–1966), Romanian-French actress
• Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer
• Bogdan Aurescu (b. 1973), lawyer, diplomat and politician
• Colette Avital (born 1940), Israeli diplomat and politician
• Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961), composer
• Chris Avram (1931–1989), actor

B

• Emanoil Bacaloglu (1830–1891), mathematician, physicist, and chemist
• Laura Badea-Cârlescu (b. 1970), fencer, Olympic, World and European champion in foil, International Fencing Hall of Famer
• Constantin Banu (1873–1940), writer, journalist, and politician
• Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin (born 1936), Israeli judge
• Eugen Barbu (1924–1993), novelist, short story writer, and journalist
• Linda Maria Baros (born 1981), poet, translator, and literary critic
• Cezar Bădiță (born 1979), swimmer
• Alexander Bălănescu (born 1954), violinist
• Nicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852), soldier, historian, and journalist
• Radu Bălescu (1932–2006), Romanian and Belgian scientist
• Irina-Camelia Begu (born 1990), tennis player
• Alexandra Bellow (born 1935), mathematician
• Joana Benedek (born 1972), Romanian-Mexican actress
• Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French writer, socialite, and political hostess
• Andreea Bibiri (born 1975), actress
• Ingrid Bisu (born 1987), actress
• Claudiu Bleonț (born 1959), actor
• Lucian Boia (born 1944), historian
• Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881), archaeologist, journalist, and poet
• Dan Bordeianu (born 1975), actor
• Mircea Bornescu (born 1980), footballer
• Constantin Bosianu (1815–1882), jurist and politician
• Ana Maria Brânză (born 1984), épée fencer
• Vintilă Brătianu (1867–1930), construction engineer, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania
• Emilian Bratu (1904–1991), chemical engineer
• Florin Bratu (born 1980), footballer
• Roxana Briban (1971–2010), operatic soprano
• Silviu Brucan (1916–2006), communist politician
• Dionis Bubani (1926–2006), Albanian writer, playwright, humorist, and translator
• Dragoș Bucur (born 1977), actor
• Gheorghe Bucur (born 1980), football player
• Doina Bumbea (1950–1997), artist and abductee in North Korea

C

• Alexandra Cadanțu (born 1990), tennis player
• Nicolae Cajal (1919–2004), Jewish physician, academic, politician and philanthropist
• Rukmini Maria Callimachi (born 1973), Romanian-American journalist and poet
• Christian Calson (born 1975), Romanian-American independent filmmaker
• Constantin Cantacuzino (1905–1958), aviator
• Catherine Caradja (1893–1993), aristocrat and philanthropist
• Costache Caragiale (1815–1877), actor and theatre manager
• Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936), poet and prose writer
• Toma Caragiu (1925–1977), theatre, television and film actor
• Ion Caramitru (1942–2021), stage and film actor
• Nae Caranfil (born 1960), film director and screenwriter
• Barbu Catargiu (1807–1862), politician and journalist
• Paul Cazan (born 1951), football player
• Vera Călin (1921–2013), Romanian-American literary critic, essayist and translator
• George Călinescu (1899–1965), literary critic, historian, novelist and journalist
• Ion I. Câmpineanu (1841–1888), politician, mayor of Bucharest and the first head of the National Bank of Romania
• Gabriel Cânu (born 1981), footballer
• Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956), poet, novelist and essayist
• Nicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), the youngest child of Romanian leader Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
• Remus Cernea (born 1974), activist
• Nicole Cherry (born 1998), singer
• Hristu Chiacu (born 1986), footballer
• Maia Ciobanu (born 1952), composer and music educator
• Victor Ciocâltea (1932–1983), chess master
• Liviu Ciulei (1923–2011), theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume, and set designer
• Henri Coandă (1886–1972), inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft
• Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), ballet dancer
• Dragoș Coman (born 1980), swimmer
• Sergiu Comissiona (1928–2005), Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinist
• Corneliu Coposu (1914–1995), politician and communist detainee
• Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (1852–1935), military officer, War Minister, and member of the Romanian Academy
• Michael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian–German musician
• Nicolae Crețulescu (1812–1900), medical doctor and politician, second Prime Minister of Romania following the assassination of Barbu Catargiu; one of the first presidents of the Romanian Academy
• Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), social democratic politician

D

• Horia Damian (1922–2012), painter and sculptor
• Alexandru Darie (1959–2019), theater director
• Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer, and teacher of piano
• Henrieta Delavrancea (1897–1987), architect
• Lucia Demetrius (1910–1992), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator
• Cristian Diaconescu (born 1959), jurist and politician
• Gheorghe Dinică (1934–2009), actor
• Neagu Djuvara (1916–2018), historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat
• Dora d'Istria (1828–1888), Wallachian-born Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian descent
• Ion G. Duca (1879–1933), prime minister of Romania (1933)
• Florea Dumitrache (1948–2007), football player and twice winner of the Romanian Footballer of the Year award

E

• Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), historian of religion, fiction writer, and philosopher
• David Emmanuel (1854–1941), mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy

F

• Ștefan Fălcoianu (1835–1905), army general who served as Chief of the Romanian General Staff and War Minister
• Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865), novelist and short-story writer
• Nicolae Filipescu (1862–1916), politician, mayor of Bucharest
• Răzvan Fodor (born 1975), singer and actor

G

• Grigore Gafencu (1892–1957), politician, diplomat and journalist
• Moses Gaster (1856–1939), Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar and a Hebrew linguist
• Cristian Gațu (b. 1945), former handball player, twice winner of the World Championship with Romania and twice winner of the European Champions Cup with Steaua București
• Alex Geana (born 1979), Romanian-American photographer and writer
• Mircea Geoană (born 1958), politician
• Dudu Georgescu (b. 1950), football player and twice winner of the European Golden Shoe
• Haralamb H. Georgescu (1908–1977), modernist architect
• Spiridon Georgescu (1887–1974), sculptor
• Florin Gheorghiu (born 1944), chess player
• Dimitrie Ghica (1816–1897), army officer, police prefect, politician, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania
• Ion Ghica (1816–1897), revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politician
• Alexandru Ghika (1902–1964), mathematician
• Dinu C. Giurescu (1927–2018), historian and politician, son of Constantin C. Giurescu
• Alexandru G. Golescu (1819–1881), politician
• Gheorghe Gruia (1940–2015), handball player and twice world champion, named Greatest Handball Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation (IHF)

H

• Clara Haskil (1895–1960), classical pianist
• Nicolae Herlea (1927–2014), opera singer, baritone
• Dragomir Hurmuzescu (1865–1954), physicist and inventor
• John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer

I

• Andrei Iancu (born 1968), Romanian-American engineer and intellectual property attorney
• Andrew Ilie (born 1976), tennis player
• Cristina Ionda, actress
• Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea (1923–2021), mathematician
• Andrei Ioniță (born 1994), cellist
• Anghel Iordănescu (born 1950), footballer and manager of the national football team
• Edward Iordănescu (born 1978), football manager and former player
• Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă (born 1975), Romanian lawyer and politician
• Iosif Iser (1881–1958), painter and graphic artist
• Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887), folklorist and publicist
• Nora Iuga (born 1931), poet, writer, and translator

J

• Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist

K

• Ioan Kalinderu (1840–1913), law professor, writer, silviculturist, confidant of King Carol I and head of the Romanian Academy
• Karmen (born 1997), singer
• Marin Karmitz (born 1938), French businessman
• Sergiu Klainerman (born 1950), mathematician
• Franz Kneisel (1865–1926), Romanian-American violinist
• Alex Kozinski (born 1950), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

L

• Traian Lalescu (1882–1929), mathematician
• Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), Romanian-born German actress
• Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), classical pianist and composer
• Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), essayist, short story writer, literary critic, translator and journalist
• Gherasim Luca (1913–1994), Surrealist theorist and poet
• Mircea Lucescu (b. 1945), former football player and coach

M

• Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920), poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic
• Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer
• Roxana Maracineanu (born 1975), Romanian-born French backstroke swimmer
• Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), neurologist
• Draga Olteanu Matei (1933–2020), film and stage actress
• Cezar Mateus (born 1961), Romanian-American luthier
• Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), communist politician and lawyer
• Preda Mihăilescu (born 1955), mathematician
• Ion Minulescu (1881–1944), avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright
• Octavian Morariu (b. 1961), President of Rugby Europe
• Jacob L. Moreno (1889–1974), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist, thinker and educator
• Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), film and stage actress

N

• Gellu Naum (1915–2001), surrealist writer
• Adrian Năstase (born 1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania from 2000 to 2004
• Ilie Năstase (born 1946), tennis player
• Cristina Neagu (b. 1988), handball player. She has a record four IHF World Player of the Year awards.
• Eddy Novarro (c. 1925–2003), photographer, collector and cosmopolitan

O

• Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895), archaeologist, author and politician
• Ion Oncescu (b. 1978), prolific arm wrestler, hall of famer

P

• Sașa Pană (1902–1981), avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer
• Theodor Paleologu (b. 1973), historian, diplomat and politician, son of Alexandru Paleologu
• Cristina Pasaroiu (born 1987), soprano
• Margareta Pâslaru (b. 1943), actress and singer
• Marcel Pauker (1896–1938), communist militant
• Nicolae Paulescu (1869–1931), physiologist and politician
• Camil Petrescu (1894–1957), playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet
• Dan Petrescu (1953–2021), Romanian businessman and billionaire, one of the richest persons in Romania at the time
• Gică Petrescu (1915–2006), singer and composer
• Andrei Pleșu (born 1948), philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic
• Valentin Poénaru (born 1932), Romanian–French mathematician
• Ana Maria Popescu (b. 1984), fencer, Olympic, World and European champion, former World No. 1 in épée
• Elvira Popescu (1894–1993), Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director
• Petru Popescu (born 1944), Romanian-American writer, director and movie producer
• Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923–1989), graphic artist and animator
• Emanoil Protopopescu-Pake (1845–1893), law professor, police prefect and politician, mayor of Bucharest
• Cristi Puiu (born 1967), film director and screenwriter

R

• Connect-R (born 1982), musician
• Victor Rebengiuc (born 1933), film and stage actor
• Lia Roberts (born 1949), politician
• Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973), Romanian-American actor
• Gideon Rodan (1934–2006), Romanian-American biochemist
• Alexandru Rosetti (1895–1990), linguist, editor, and memoirist
• C. A. Rosetti (1816–1885), writer, politician and leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848; the Romanian Academy was founded on his initiative.
• Leon Rotman (born 1950), sprint canoer
• Angelica Rozeanu (1921–2006), one of the most successful female table tennis players in the history of the sport

S

• Răzvan Sabău (born 1977), tennis player
• Nicolae Saramandu (born 1941), Romanian linguist and philologist
• Paul Schwartz (born 1940), politician, Jewish Community president, mechanical engineer and inventor
• Alec Secăreanu (born 1984), actor
• Alina Șerban (born 1987), actress
• Serge Spitzer (1951–2012), Romanian-American artist
• Saviana Stănescu (born 1967), Romanian-American poet, playwright and journalist
• Sorin Stati (1931–2008), linguist
• Simion Stoilow (1873–1961), mathematician
• Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea (1858–1918), writer and poet

T

• Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca (1941–2017), historian and philologist
• Maria Tănase (1913–1963), singer and actress
• Toni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actor
• Cicerone Theodorescu (1908–1974), poet
• George Topîrceanu (1886–1937), poet, short story writer and humourist
• Nicolas Trifon (1949–2023), academic, editor and linguist
• Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949-2015), politician, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament
• Șerban Țițeica (1908–1985), quantum physicist
• Cristian Țopescu (1937–2018), sports commentator, journalist and politician

U

• Ana Ularu (born 1985), actress and model

V

• Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), Romanian-French aristocrat writer
• Vazken I of Bucharest (1908–1994), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1953–1994)
• Ion Vianu (born 1934), writer and psychiatrist
• Ion Vîlcu (born 1966), software engineer, academic, administrator and diplomat
• Dan-Virgil Voiculescu (born 1949), mathematician
• Ion Vitner (1914–1991), literary critic and historian
• Cătălin Voicu (born 1965), politician
• George Vraca (1896–1964), stage and film actor
• Alexandru Vulpe (1931–2016), historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy

W

• Eugen Weber (1925–2007), Romanian-born American historian
• Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001), minister

Z

• George Mihail Zamfirescu (1898–1939), prose writer and playwright