Famous Romanians in History

1673-10-26 Dimitrie Cantemir, Romanian historian and Monarch of Moldova (1710-11), born in Silişteni, Moldavia (d. 1723)

1788-03-01 Gheorghe Asachi, Moldovian-Romanian author, poet, polyglot and humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), born in Hertsa, Principality of Moldavia (d. 1869)

1802-01-06 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian writer (Gramatica), born in Târgoviște, Romania (d. 1872)

1808-07-21 Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician, born in Bocșa, Sălaj, Ottoman Empire (d. 1864)

1819-09-06 Nicolae Filimon, Romanian writer and critic (Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1865)

1821-06-02 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (Premier of Romania 1876-88), born in Pitești, Principality of Wallachia (d. 1891)

1821-07-21 Vasile Alecsandri, Romanian foreign minister, diplomat and poet, born in Bacau, Moldova (d. 1890)

1823-12-23 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, Romanian composer, born in Iaşi, Romania (d. 1898)

1836-02-22 Eduard Wachmann, Romanian composer, conductor and university professor, born in Bucharest, Wallachia (d. 1908)

1837-03-01 Ion Creanga, Moldovian-born Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie), born in Humulești, Principality of Moldavia (d. 1889)

1841-06-03 Eduardo Caudella, Romanian composer, born in Iași, Moldavia (d. 1924)

1843-12-13 George Stephănescu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1925)

1847-03-19 Constantin Dimitrescu, Romanian composer (Dans ţănănesc), born in Blejoi, Romania (d. 1928)

1847-10-10 Gheorghe Dima, Romanian composer, born in Șcheii Brașovului, Romania (d. 1925)

1850-01-15 Mihail Eminesco [Eminovici], Romanian poet (Samanul Dionis), born in Botoșani, Romania (d. 1889)

1852-01-29 Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor and playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa), born in Haimanalele, Ploiesti, Romania (d. 1912)

1853-10-14 Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer, born in Șipotele Sucevei, Duchy of Bukovina, Austrian Empire (d. 1883)

1854-03-14 Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer, born in Bucharest (d. 1920)

1854-07-04 Victor Babeş, Romanian physician and bacteriologist, born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1926)

1857-07-29 Iacob Mureșianu, Romanian composer, born in Brașov, Austrian Empire (d. 1917)

1863-12-17 Ion Vidu, Romanian composer and conductor, born in Mânerău, Arad district, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romainia) (d. 1931)

1866-03-18 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, Romanian composer known for sacred choral works, and ethnomusicologist, born in Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities (d. 1928)

1870-09-01 Timotei Popovici, Romanian priest, choral director, and composer, born in Tincova, Romania (d. 1950)

1871-06-17 Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer, literature historian and Prime Minister of Romania, born in Botoșani, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1940)

1873-01-08 Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)

1875-10-11 Stefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), born in Brașov, Romania (d. 1913)

1876-02-19 Constantin Brancusi, Romanian French sculptor (Princesse X), born in Hobita (d. 1957)

1880-05-21 Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)

1881-08-19 George Enescu, Romanian violinist, conductor, composer (Romanian Dances), and teacher, born in Liveni, Dorohoi, Romania (d. 1955)

1881-10-13 George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet and composer (Plumb), born in Bacău, Romania (d. 1957)

1882-02-11 Gheorghe Cucu, Romanian composer, born in Puiești, Romania (d. 1932)

1882-03-04 Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and former President of the League of Nations (d. 1941)

1882-06-14 Ion Antonescu, Romanian army officer (Marshall; Cheif of Staff, 1933-34), authoritarian politician (Prime Minister and Conducător, 1940-44), and war criminal, born in Argeș County, Romania (d. 1946)

1883-03-17 Urmuz, Romanian writer (d. 1923)

1883-07-14 Alexandru Zirra, Romanian composer (On the Plain of Moldova), and pedagogue (Treaty of Harmony), born in Roman, Romania (d. 1946)

1884-08-10 Panait Istrati, Romanian writer ("Adrian Zografu” cycle), born in Brăila, Romania (d. 1935)

1884-12-07 Petru Groza, Austro-Hungarian born Romanian communist and President of Romania (1945-58), born in Băcia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)

1885-04-05 Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer, born in Galați County, Romania (d. 1978)

1886-01-28 Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)

1886-06-07 Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1972)

1886-11-02 Gheorge Tatarescu, Romanian politician (Prime Minister, 1933-37 and 1939-40; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1945-48), born in Târgu Jiu, Romania (d. 1957)

1887-09-12 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, born in Sulina, Romania (d. 1964)

1888-12-03 Ion Nonna Otescu, Romanian composer and educator (Bucharest Conservatory, 1913-40), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1940)

1889-02-05 Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, Romanian composer and conductor, born in Cernavodă, Romainia (d. 1980)

1889-04-03 Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian violin virtuoso and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1949)

1890-10-01 Constantin C. Nottara, Romanian violinist and composer (Peace Poem), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1951)

1891-03-31 Ion Pillat, Romanian poet and senator (Umbra timpului), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1945)

1891-08-02 Mihail Jora, Romanian composer, born in Roman, Romania (d. 1971)

1892-01-30 Grigore Gafencu, Romanian Minister of Foreign affairs (1938-39), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1957)

1893-01-29 Martian Negrea, Romanian composer and conductor, born in Valea Viilor, Romania (d. 1973)

1893-02-13 Ana Pauker, Romanian communist leader and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1947-52), the world's 1st female Foreign Minister, born in Codăești, Vaslui County, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1960)

1893-06-06 Ludovic Feldman, Romanian composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 1987)

1893-08-14 Alfred Alessandrescu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (d. 1959)

1893-12-12 Edward G. Robinson [Goldenberg], Romanian actor (Double Indemnity, The Stranger, The Ten Commandments), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1973)

1894-03-26 Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian operatic soprano, the favorite of Richard Strauss, born in Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austrian Empire (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) (d. 1985)

1894-05-06 Filip Lazar, Romanian composer, born in Craiova, Romania (d. 1936)

1894-06-06 Sabin Drăgoi, Romanian composer, born in Seliște, Romania (d. 1968)

1894-12-22 Mihail Andricu, Romanian pianist, composer, violinist, and music professor (Bucharest Conservatory, 1926-59), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1974)

1895-01-07 Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist, born in Bucharest, Hungary (d. 1960)

1895-05-09 Lucian Blaga, Romanian philosopher and poet (Dogmatic Aeon), born in Lámkerék, Szeben County, Austria-Hungary (d. 1961)

1896-04-04 Tristan Tzara [Samuel Rosenfeld] Romanian-French poet (Approximate Man), born in Moinești, Romania (d. 1963)

1896-04-29 Jacques Wolfe, Romanian-American composer, born in Botoşani, Romania (d. 1973)

1897-12-06 Oscar Walter Cisek, Romanian writer and diplomat, born in Bucharest (d. 1966)

1898-11-14 Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)

1899-06-19 George Călinescu [Gheorghe Vișan], Romanian poet, novelist (Lauda lucrurilor (In Praise of Things); Enigma Otiliei (Otilia's Riddle)), and literary critic and historian, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1965)

1899-09-13 Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (founder and leader of the Iron Guard), born in Huși, Vaslui County, Romania (d. 1938)

1900-02-26 Jean Negulesco, Romanian-American film director (How to Marry a Millionaire), born in Craiova, Dolj (d. 1993)

1900-10-08 Zeno Vancea, Romanian composer, born in Bocsa, Romania (d. 1990)

1900-11-04 Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist, born in Bacău, Romania (d. 1954)

1900-12-13 Jonel Perlea, Romanian opera conductor, born in Ograda, Romania (d. 1970)

1901-04-11 Theodor Rogalski, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1954)

1901-11-08 Gheorge Gheorghiu-Dej, Romanian communist politician (President of the State Council 1961-65), born in Bârlad, Romania (d. 1965)

1902-09-22 John Houseman, Romanian actor (The Paper Chase, Rollerball, The Fog), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1988)

1903-11-04 Ion Vasilescu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1960)

1904-04-10 Nick Stuart, Romanian-born American bandleader and actor (Secrets of Chinatown), born in Abrudbánya, Alsó-Fehér County, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973)

1904-06-02 (Johann) Johnny Weissmuller, Romanian-American actor (Tarzan) and swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1924, 28), born in Freidorf, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) (d. 1984)

1904-12-24 Joseph Moses Juran, Romanian-born American industrial engineer and philanthropist, born in Brăila, Romania (d. 2008)

1906-09-07 Philip Herschkowitz, Romanian composer, born in Iași, Romania (d. 1989)

1907-03-13 Mircea Eliade, Romanian religious historian (Le Yoga) and author, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1986) [O.S. 02-28]

1908-05-17 Sigismund Toduţă, Romanian composer, born in Simeria, Romania (d. 1991)

1908-08-08 Chivu Stoica, Romanian politician (Premier of Romania 1955-61), born in Smeeni, Romania (d. 1975)

1909-01-31 Miron Grindea, Romanian-born literary editor (ADAM International Review), born in Târgu Ocna, Moldavia (d. 1995)

1909-07-13 Paul Constantinescu, Romanian composer (Ballad of the Outlaw for cello and orchestra), and pedagogue, born in Ploiești, Romania (d. 1963)

1909-11-26 Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), born in Slatina, Romania (d. 1994)

1910-02-17 Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer, and conductor (Romanian National Opera, 1944-63), and teacher, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1966)

1910-06-22 Wilhelm Demian, Romanian composer and conductor, born in Braşov, Transylvania, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1994)

1910-08-04 Hedda Sterne, Romanian born American artist, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)

1911-04-08 Emil Mihai Cioran, Romanian born writer and aphorist, born in Resinár, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1995)

1912-03-12 Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet (A Red Carpet for the Sun), born in Târgu Neamţ, Romania (d. 2006)

1912-06-28 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor, composer, educator (Munich Philharmonic 1979-1996), born in Roman, Moldavia, Romania (d. 1996)

1912-11-19 George E. Palade, Romanian-American cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974), born in Iași, Romania (d. 2008)

1913-03-21 Ghita Ionescu, Romanian politician scientist (Communism in Romania), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1996)

1913-04-12 Gabor Jodal, Romanian composer, born in Székelyudvarhely (d. 1989)

1913-05-20 Ion Dumitrescu, Romanian classical and film score composer (The Sun Rises), born in Otesani, Romania (d. 1996)

1914-05-20 Corneliu Coposu, Romanian politician (Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party), born in Bobota, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1995)

1914-06-15 Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist and illustrator (The New Yorker), born in Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, Romania (d. 1999)

1914-10-17 Albert Markos, Romanian composer (Torso I), born in Székelykeresztúr, Hungary (now Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania) (d. 1981)

1915-04-21 Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), born in Transylvania, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2005)

1917-03-19 Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)

1919-12-29 Roman Vlad, Romanian-born Italian composer, born in Cernauti, Romania (d. 2013)

1920-11-23 Paul Celan [Antschell], German-Romanian poet (Collected Prose), born in Cernăuți, Romania (d. 1970)

1921-10-15 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World C'ship gold x 17; singles 1950-55), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2006)

1921-11-01 Jan Tausinger, Romanian-Czech violist and composer, born in Piatra Neamţ, Romania (d. 1980)

1922-02-11 Tudor Jarda, Romanian composer, born in Cluj (d. 2007)

1923-11-23 Nadia Gray [Nadia Kujnir-Herescu], Romanian actress (Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1994)

1924-04-12 Sergiu Natra [Nadler], Romanian-Israeli composer (Symphony in Red, Blue, Yellow and Green), and music professor (Tel Aviv University, 1975-85), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2021)

1925-01-12 Laurentiu Profeta, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2006)

1925-02-07 Marius Constant, Romanian-born French composer and conductor (founded Ars Nova), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2004)

1926-06-08 Anatol Vieru, Romanian-Jewish composer (Ultimele zile, ultimele ore/The Last Days, the Last Hours), and pedagogue, born in Iasi, Romania (d. 1998)

1926-07-02 Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist who criticized the Communist regime, born in Lisa, Romania (d. 2007)

1926-07-25 Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian classical music and film score composer, born in Galați, Romania (d. 2014)

1926-09-05 Carmen Petra-Basacopol, Romanian composer and educator Bucharest Conservatory (1962-2003), born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania (d. 2023)

1927-04-22 Pascal Bentoiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2016)

1927-05-01 Gary Bertini [Shloyme Golergant], Romanian-Israeli composer, and conductor (Israel Chamber Orchestra, 1965-75; Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-86; Israeli Opera, 1988-97; Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, 1998- 2005), born in Bricheva, Romania (d. 2005)

1927-07-31 Ștefan Niculescu, Romanian composer, born in Moreni, Dâmbovita, Romania (d. 2008)

1927-08-17 Bernard Cornfeld, Romanian American financier (Fund of Funds), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1995)

1927-10-20 Oskar Pastior, Romanian-born German writer (Oulipo), born in Sibiu (d. 2006)

1928-01-02 Tiberiu Olah, Romanian-Hungarian composer, teacher, and musicologist, born in 1928, Batar, Romania (d. 2002)

1928-06-16 Sergiu Comissiona, Romanian-Israeli-American conductor (Haifa Symphony, 1959-64; Gothenburg Symphony, 1966-77; Philharmonic; Baltimore Symphony, 1969-84), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)

1928-07-28 Adrian Ratiu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2005)

1928-10-28 Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian three-star general in the Securitate, who defected to the US, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2021)

1929-06-10 Vasile Herman, Romanian pianist and composer, born in Satu Mare, Romania (d. 2010)

1929-10-19 Dumitru Capoianu, Romanian conductor and classical and film composer (The Little Man), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2012)

1930-08-18 Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American professor (sacificed his life to save students during Virginia Tech massacre), born in Ploiești, Romania (d. 2007)

1931-04-28 Dumitru Macri, Romanian soccer defender who played 8 internationals (FC Rapid București) and coached Algeria (1974-75), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2024)

1932-04-25 Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower (Olympic gold 1968), born in Chişinău, Romania (d. 1998)

1932-05-05 Aurel Stroe, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2008)

1932-11-01 Alexandru Penciu, Romanian rugby union fullback, centre (34 caps; Locomotiva PTT, CSA Steaua București, Rugby Rovigo), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2023)

1933-03-31 Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet, born in Ploiești, Romania (d. 1983)

1934-06-20 Cornel Țăranu, Romanian composer (Garlands), born in Cluj, Romania (d. 2023)

1935-09-14 Pompeiu Hărăşteanu, Romanian basso profondo singer (Opera Bonn, 1968-72; Romanian National Opera, 1972-2012), born in Gheorgheni, Romania (d. 2016)

1936-02-19 Marin Sorescu, Romanian poet, playwright and artist (Iona, House under surveillance), born in Bulzești, Dolj County (d. 1996)

1936-06-15 Alexandru Hrisanide, Romanian composer, born in Petrila, Romania (d. 2018)

1936-12-12 Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (Olympic gold 1960), born in Timișoara, Romania (d. 2016)

1937-05-26 Yehuda Yannay, Romanian-Israeli-American composer (Exit Music at Century's End), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1970-2004), born in Timișoara, Romania

1937-10-03 Boldizsár Csiky, Romanian composer, born in Târgu Mureș, Romania

1938-10-09 Olga Szabó-Orbán, Romanian fencer (World C'ship gold women's foil individual 1962, team 1969; Olympic silver individual 1956, bronze team 1968, 72), born in Cluj, Romania (d. 2022)

1938-11-06 Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter, born in Ilişeşti, Suceava

1939-05-09 Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis manager

1939-06-09 Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano, born in Galați, Romania

1939-08-08 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian athlete (Olympic gold, long jump 1968), born in Storozhynets, Romania

1940-02-24 Nicolae Martinescu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold 100kg 1972), born in Vişani, Romania (d. 2013)

1940-04-13 Vladimir Cosma, Romanian-French violinist, conductor, and classical and film score composer, born in Bucharest, Romania

1940-10-02 Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2015)

1941-04-06 Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian pan flute player, born in Găești, Romania

1942-05-12 Dumitru Dediu, Romanian cosmonaut (Soyuz 40 backup)

1942-05-23 Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher

1945-11-30 Radu Lupu, Romanian Grammy Award-winning concert pianist (Van Cliburn Competition - gold, 1966; George Enescu Competition - 1st prize, 1967), born in Galati Romania (d. 2022)

1946-07-19 Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player (US Open 1972, French Open 1973; 5 x Grand Slam doubles titles; World #1 1973; Tour Finals x 4), born in Bucharest, Romania

1947-05-27 Liana Alexandra, Romanian pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)

1948-08-23 Andrei Pleşu, Romanian writer and essayist, born in Bucharest, Romania

1949-03-01 Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician and daughter of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu

1949-08-30 Peter Maffay, Romanian-German musician, born in Brașov, Romania

1949-11-26 Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoeist (Olympic gold C-2 1000m 1968, 80, 84; C-1 1000m 1972; World C'ship gold x 8), born in Crișan, Tulcea County, Romania (d. 2021)

1949-12-28 Gheorghe Berceanu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold light-flyweight 1972, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1969, 72), born in Cârna, Romania (d. 2022)

1950-01-05 Ioan Petru Culianu, Romanian historian, born in Iași, Romania (d. 1991)

1950-07-23 Alex Kozinski, Romanian-American Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, born in Bucharest, Romania

1950-07-29 Maricica Puica, Romanian 2K runner (world record)

1950-10-01 Mihai Romilă, Romanian soccer midfielder (19 caps; Politehnica Iași 367 games), born in Huși, Romania (d. 2020)

1950-11-11 Mircea Dinescu, Romanian poet, born in Slobozia, Romania

1951-04-16 Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian writer and photographer, born in Timişoara, Romania

1951-09-04 Nicu Ceaușescu, youngest child of Romanian Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and considered the President's heir apparent, born in Scornicești, Romania

1951-09-14 Doina Rotaru, Romanian contemporary classical composer, born in Bucharest, Romania

1952-09-27 Doemitri Dorin Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut (Soyuz 40)

1953-07-13 Violeta Dinescu, Romanian pianist, composer (Tabar), and music professor, born in Bucharest, Romania

1954-07-24 Vasile Dîba, Romanian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 500m 1976; ICF World C'ships 5 x gold), born in Jurilovca, Romania (d. 2024)

1954-08-25 Șerban Nichifor, Romanian composer, cellist and music educator, born in Bucharest, Romania

1955-01-31 Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis star (1978 French Open champion), born in Campia Turzii, Romania

1955-07-08 Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2008)

1956-11-21 Mariana Simionescu, Romanian tennis player (1st wife of Björn Borg), born in Tirgu Neamt, Romania

1956-12-27 Doina Melinte, Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile indoor)

1957-05-18 Michael Cretu, Romanian-German rocker (Enigma - "Sadeness, Part 1"), born in Bucharest, Romania

1959-01-09 Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician, born in Pitești, Romania

1959-05-11 Ion Adrian Zare, Romanian soccer defender (7 caps; FC Bihor, BFC Siófok), born in Oradea, Romania (d. 2022)

1960-08-09 Viorel Turcu, Romanian soccer midfielder (7 caps; FC Argeș Pitești, Steaua București, FC Olt Scornicești), born in Popești, Romania (d. 2020)

1960-08-31 Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper, born in Turnu, Romania

1961-11-12 Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast (5X Olympic gold 1976, 1980), born in Onești, Romania

1962-06-28 Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romanian long jumper (Olympic gold 1984), born in Brăila, Romania

1963-07-20 Paula Ivan, Romanian runner (world record mile), born in Herăști, Romania

1964-03-04 Emilia Eberle, Romanian gymnast (World C'ship gold Team, floor 1979; Olympic silver Uneven bars, team 1980), born in Arad, Romania

1964-06-13 Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer and organist, born in Bucharest, Romania

1965-01-20 Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer, born in Baia Mare, Romania

1965-02-05 Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer, born in Săcele, Romania

1966-10-13 Eugene Alcalay, Romanian concert pianist, composer, and educator, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2019)

1967-01-22 Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast, born in Zagon, Romania

1967-03-06 Mihai Tudose, Romanian politician, Prime Minister (2017-), born in Brăila, Romania

1967-10-09 Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian soccer player (Barcelona), born in Calafat, Dolj County, Romania

1967-12-22 Dan Petrescu, Romanian football manager and professional football player, born in Bucharest, Romania

1968-04-27 Cristian Mungiu, Romanian filmmaker (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), born in Iași, Romania

1970-01-02 Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian pop singer ("I Admit"), born in Târgu Mureș, Transylvania, Romania.

1971-02-18 Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player, born in Bucharest, Romania

1972-01-19 Joana Benedek, Romanian-born Mexican actress, born in Bucharest, Romania

1972-05-09 Daniela Silivaș, Romanian gymnast (3 Olympic gold 1988), born in Deva, Romania

1972-10-24 Ruxandra Dragomir, Romanian tennis star (1996 Bournemouth doubles), born in Piteşti, Romania

1972-12-11 Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter, born in Piatra Neamt, Romania

1973-12-05 Sorin Grindeanu, Romanian Prime Minister (2017), born in Caransebeș, Romania

1974-03-26 Irina Spîrlea, Romanian tennis player who won 6 WTA, 5 ITF titles; World #7 1997, born in Bucharest, Romania

1974-12-07 Alex Rădulescu, Romanian tennis player, born in Bucharest, Romania

1975-12-16 Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer

1976-10-04 Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter

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