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Famous Romanian people

The following is a list of famous people of Romanian origin.

Ion Antonescu, prime-minister during WWII
Simona Amanar, gymnast
Constantin Brancusi, sculptor
Ion Luca Caragiale[?], writer, playwright
Nicolae Ceausescu, dictator
Henri Coanda, aviation pioneer, invented jet engine
Nadia Comaneci, gymnast
Matei Corvin[?], King of Hungary, saved Europe from the Turkish invasion
Ileana Cotrubas, soprano
Mircea Eliade, philosopher, novelist
Mihai Eminescu, poet
George Enescu[?], composer
Nicolae Grigorescu[?], painter
Gheorghe Hagi, football player
Eugen Ionescu, playwrighter
Hermann Oberth, aviation pioneer, built first modern rocket
Michael of Romania, Romanian king
Sergiu Nicolaescu[?], director
Camil Ressu[?], painter
Edward G. Robinson, actor
Constantin Silvestri, Orchestra conductor
Vlad Tepes (Vlad III Dracula), Wallachian ruler, known for the vampire legen
Nicolae Tonitza[?], painter
Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist
Traian Vuia[?], aviation pioneer, first heavier-than-air flight
Johnny Weissmuller, actor
Iannis Xenakis, composer
Gheorghe Zamfir, musician

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