# List of people from Bucharest

This is a list of native Bucharesters.
* Top
* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## 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 [ro] (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