List of people from Bucharest

This is a list of native Bucharesters.

A

• Otto Ackermann (1909–1960), conductor
• Adolf Albin (1848–1920), chess player
• Mircea Albulescu (1934–2016), actor
• Liana Alexandra (1947–2011), composer, pianist and music educator
• Andrei Alexandrescu (born 1969), Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author
• Nicoleta Alexandru (born 1968), singer
• Marius Alexe (born 1990), footballer
• Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), painter
• Luminița Anghel (born 1968), dance/pop recording artist, songwriter and politician
• Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967), writer
• Alina Astafei (born 1969), track and field athlete
• Alexandru Athanasiu (born 1955), politician and jurist
• Colette Avital (born 1940), Israeli diplomat and politician
• Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961), composer

B

• 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
• Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French writer, socialite and political hostess
• Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881), archaeologist, journalist and poet
• Mircea Bornescu (born 1980), footballer
• Constantin Bosianu (1815–1882), jurist and politician
• Ana Maria Brânză (born 1984), épée fencer
• 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
• Gheorghe Bucur (born 1980), football player

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 (born 1942), 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 (born 1921), Romanian-American literary critic, essayist and translator
• George Călinescu (1899–1965), literary critic, historian, novelist and journalist
• 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
• 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
• Michael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian–German musician
• Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), social democratic politician

D

• Cristian Diaconescu (born 1959), jurist and politician
• Gheorghe Dinică (1934–2009), actor
• Dora d'Istria (1828–1888), Wallachian-born Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian descent
• Ion G. Duca (1879–1933), prime minister of Romania (1933)

E

• Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), historian of religion, fiction writer and philosopher

F

• Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865), novelist and short-story writer
• 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
• Alex Geana (born 1979), Romanian-American photographer and writer
• Mircea Geoană (born 1958), politician
• Florin Gheorghiu (born 1944), chess player
• Ion Ghica (1816–1897), revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politician
• Alexandru Ghika (1902–1964), mathematician
• Alexandru G. Golescu (1819–1881), politician

H

• John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer

I

• Andrew Ilie (born 1976), tennis player
• Andrei Ioniță (born 1994), cellist
• Iosif Iser (1881–1958), painter and graphic artist

J

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

K

• Marin Karmitz (born 1938), French businessman
• Franz Kneisel (born 1865), 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

M

• Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920), poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic
• Roxana Maracineanu (born 1975), Romanian-born French backstroke swimmer
• Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), neurologist
• Cezar Mateus (born 1961), Romanian-American luthier
• Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), communist politician and lawyer
• Ion Minulescu (1881–1944), avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright
• Jacob L. Moreno (1889–1974), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist, thinker and educator
• Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), film and stage actress

N

• Adrian Năstase (born 1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania from 2000 to 2004
• Ilie Năstase (born 1946), tennis player

P

• Sașa Pană (1902–1981), avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer
• Cristina Pasaroiu (born 1987), soprano
• Marcel Pauker (1896–1938), communist militant
• Nicolae Paulescu (1869–1931), physiologist and politician
• Camil Petrescu (1894–1957), playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet
• Andrei Pleșu (born 1948), philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic
• Petru Popescu (born 1944), Romanian-American writer, director and movie producer
• Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923–1989), graphic artist and animator
• 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 (born 1934), Romanian-American biochemist
• Leon Rotman (born 1950), sprint canoer

S

• Răzvan Sabău (born 1977), tennis player
• Alec Secăreanu (born 1984), actor
• Serge Spitzer (born 1951), 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

• Maria Tănase (1913–1963), singer and actress
• George Topîrceanu (1886–1937), poet, short story writer and humourist
• Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949-2015), politician, poet, writer, journalist and a Member of the European Parliament

V

• Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), Romanian-French aristocrat writer
• Vazken I of Bucharest (1908 - 1994), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1953-1994)

W

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