- Adrian Cioroianu
Adrian Mihai Cioroianu (b. January 5, 1967) is a Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist. A lecturer for the History Department at the University of Bucharest, he is the author of several books dealing with Romanian history (and specifically with the history of Communist Romania). He is also noted for his contribution as co-author of a high school textbook. A member of the Group for Social Dialogue, …
- Adrian Severin
Adrian Severin (born 28 March 1954 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. A former member of the National Salvation Front and the Democratic Party, Severin was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania between 12 December 1996 and 29 December 1997, as part of the Victor Ciorbea cabinet. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Group of the Party of European Socialists, …
- Lia Manoliu
Lia Manoliu was a Romanian discus thrower who competed at a record six Summer Olympics, winning three discus medals. Manoliu not only became the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games, but she also represented her country with distinction, winning medals on three of the six occasions. Lia started her Olympic odyssey at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where she finished 6th with a throw of 42,64m.
- Alexandra Marinescu
Alexandra Marinescu is a Romanian Olympic gymnast, currently a trance DJ based in Bucharest. Marinescu was born on March 19, 1982. During her career as a competitive gymnast, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation gave her birth year as 1981; it was falsified to make her age-eligible for the 1995 Worlds/1996 Olympics. Unlike many of her Romanian teammates, Marinescu spent the bulk of her career training at her home club, Triumf in Bucharest.
- Alexandra Eremia
Alexandra Georgiana Eremia (born February 19, 1987 in Bucharest) is a Romanian artistic gymnast. Her best apparatus is the balance beam, where she has qualified to many international event finals and also collected many medals. She has an interesting routine, which starts with her trademark spilt mount which is a unique and beautiful skill. Eremia had success as a junior gymnast before establishing herself as a strong senior.
- Oana Ban
Oana Mihaela Ban (born January 11, 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired Romanian gymnast. Ban first rose to prominence as one of Romania's top junior world-class gymnasts. She competed in her first Romanian national championships in 1998, winning the floor exercise event in the junior division. The following year, she was invited to join the Romanian national team, and began working with coaches Octavian Belu and Mariana Bitang at the elite training facility in Deva.
- Maria Olaru
Maria Olaru is a retired Olympic gymnast from Romania. Olaru began gymnastics at the age of six in her hometown of Fălticeni, but quickly transferred to the local gymnastics club in Deva. She moved up to the junior national team in 1993, but after six months, she returned to her home club. In 1995 she rejoined the junior team in Bucharest. Olaru graduated to the Deva national training facility in 1996, …
- Alexandru Athanasiu
Alexandru Athanasiu (b. January 1, 1955) is a Romanian politician and jurist. A former leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), he is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2001. Athanasiu served as Prime Minister on an interim basis from December 13 to December 22, 1999, heading the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) cabinet after the resignation of Radu Vasile. On January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union, …
- Aurelia Dobre
Aurelia Dobre (born November 16, 1972 in Bucharest) is a former artistic gymnast from Romania, who was the 1987 World Champion. She is still held in high esteem by many gymnastics fans today for her clean technique as well as balletic and artistic flair. Beam routine Floor routine Vault Uneven bars She was also 1st on balance beam, 3rd on vault and floor exercise in event finals and scored a total of 5 "perfect 10's" at these championships.
- Marian-Jean Marinescu
Marian-Jean Marinescu is a Romanian politician and member of the Democratic Party (PD), part of the European People's Party–European Democrats. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Dolj County, he became a Member of the European Parliament on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. He is a Grand Officer of the "Steaua României" order.
- Leonard Doroftei
Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian and Canadian former boxer, the WBA lightweight world champion from January 5, 2002 to October 24 , 2003. Born in Ploieşti, Doroftei began boxing, at the age of 14, at the Prahova Ploieşti boxing club. From 1986 to 1988, he won every Romanian national junior title. He went on to win five national senior titles in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1997.
- Camelia Potec
Camelia Alina Potec is a Romanian swimmer, who won the Gold medal in the women's 200m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.
- Lidia Simon
Lidia Slavuteanu Simon (born September 4, 1973 in Targu Carbunesti) is a Romanian long-distance runner. Competing in marathon, she won bronze medals at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999, before finally winning in Edmonton 2001. She won the Osaka Marathon in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and a bronze medal over 10000 metres at the 1998 European Championships. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won the silver medal behind Naoko Takahashi, …
- Cristian Dumitrescu
Cristian Dumitrescu (born 24 April 1955 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
- Claudia Presecan
Claudia Presecan (born December 28, 1979 in Sibiu) is a world-class Romanian gymnast. She competed for her country from 1994 to 2000, winning a gold medal in the team competition at the 2000 Olympics, having missed the 1996 Olympics due to a broken hand. It was later revealed that she had been diagnosed with anemia prior to the 2000 Olympics, but had competed regardless. After retiring from gymnastics in 2000, she had a brief career in rowing.
- Claudiu Ionescu
Claudiu Eugen Ionescu is a former Romanian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Romanian handball team which won the bronze medal. He played five matches as goalkeeper.
- Alexandru Ioan Morţun
Alexandru Ioan Morţun is a Romanian physician, politician, and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and became an MEP on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. Between 1996 and 2000, and again from 2000, he has represented Mehedinţi County in the Romanian Senate.
- Gina Gogean
Gina Gogean was a Romanian gymnast who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Gogean was born on September 8 in Campuri, Romania. During her career, she competed under a passport that listed her birth year as 1977. However, in 2002 the Romanian newspaper "ProSport" obtained hospital records indicating that she had actually been born in 1978.
- Teodora Ungureanu
Teodora Ungureanu is a retired Romanian gymnast who competed at the 1976 Olympics. Ungureanu began gymnastics at the age of six. She trained in Bucharest until she was twelve, when she joined the gymnastics school run by Béla Károlyi and his wife Marta. At her first Romanian National Championships, in 1971, she placed first in the all-around in the children's division. While Ungureanu was a skilled athlete, medalling at various World Cup and international events, …
- Florin Popescu
Florin Popescu is a Romanian flatwater canoer. He won two Olympic medals in the C-2 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics with his teammate Mitică Pricop. He won a total of seven world championship gold medals as well as seven European championship golds, making him the most successful Romanian paddler of modern times. Injury forced Popescu to retire at the end of the 2005 season after winning his seventh world title (C4 500m) at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Dan Mihalache
Dan Sorin Mihalache is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
- Marian Dumitru
Marian Dumitru is a former Romanian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1980 he was a member of the Romanian handball team which won the bronze medal. He played four matches and scored nine goals. Four years later he won again the bronze medal with the Romanian team. He played all six matches and scored thirty goals. In 1992 he was part of the Romanian team which finished eighth.
- Titus Corlăţean
Titus Corlăţean is a Romanian politician and diplomat. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the Party of European Socialists, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Braşov County in the 2004 elections. He became a Member of the European Parliament on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. Corlăţean was born in Medgidia, and graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Law in 1994.
- Silvia Ciornei
Silvia Ciornei (born 27 August 1970 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Conservative Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
- Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo is a Romanian gymnast of Hungarian origin, who won multiple world and Olympic medals. Although perhaps most notable for winning the all-around silver in the 1984 Olympics after an epic clash with Mary Lou Retton of the US, Szabo won gold medals in all three of the individual events (vault, balance beam (tie), and floor exercise) for which she qualified during those games.
- Marian Oprea
Marian Oprea is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters. He won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and also at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
- Viorica Susanu
Viorica Susanu is a Romanian rower and winner of three Olympic Gold medals. Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001 and 2002, rowing with Georgeta Damian, she won the World Championships in the women's pair, setting a world's best time in 2002, while continuing to row in the eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won gold medals in both the pair and the eight.
- Georgeta Damian
Georgeta Damian is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals. Damian rowed in the Romanian Women's Eights, that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she also won the Women's Pairs. With Viorica Susanu, she won the World Championships in the pairs in 2001 and 2002, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics she won gold medals in both pairs and eights.
- Ioan Mircea Paşcu
Ioan Mircea Paşcu is a Romanian politician, a Member of the European Parliament and a former Minister of Defense in the Adrian Năstase cabinet. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
- Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi
Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi is a Romanian politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he became Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises in the second Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (April 5, 2007).
- Diana Mocanu
Diana Iuliana Mocanu is a former Romanian swimmer. She won gold medals in the 100 meter backstroke and the 200 meter backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won in the 200 meter backstroke at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.
- Corina Creţu
Corina Creţu is a Romanian politician and journalist, former Spokersperson for the President of Romania during Ion Iliescu's time in office. Elected to the Senate for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 2004, she became a Member of the European Parliament (sitting among the Party of European Socialists group) on January 1, 2007, following the accession of Romania to the European Union. She is a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
- Monica Roşu
Monica Roşu is an artistic gymnast from Romania, who started gymnastics in 1991 at age four and trained during her early years at CSS Bacău. Powerful and hardworking, Roşu was selected to train for the junior national team and left her family for Oneşti, then the site of the junior training center. The world got its first glimpse of young Roşu at the Top Gym Tournament in early 2000. When two juniors from Deva pulled out unexpectedly just days before the meet began, …
- Daniela Buruiană
Daniela Buruiană Aprodu is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Greater Romania Party, part of the Identity/Sovereignty/Transparency group, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
- Daciana Sârbu
Daciana Octavia Sârbu is a Romanian politician, lawyer, and Member of the European Parliament. Affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the Party of European Socialists, she became a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Argeş County following the 2004 elections, and became an MEP on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
- Lavinia Miloşovici
Lavinia Miloşovici (Serbian: Lavinija Milošević/Лавинија Милошевић) is a Romanian Olympic gymnast of Serbian origin. She is a double Olympic champion, five times world champion and four times a European champion, as well as multiple silver and bronze medals. Miloşovici, also known as "Milo" in the gymnastics community, was considered Romania's top gymnast of the 1990s, earning an impressive 19 World Championship and Olympic medals.
- Simona Amânar
Simona Amânar is a Romanian gymnast. A seven-time Olympic medalist, she is one of the most accomplished gymnasts in recent decades, as well as the Romanian team leader during the late 1990s and 2000. Amânar began participating in gymnastics at age 6.
- Daniel Dumitrescu
Daniel Dumitrescu (born September 23, 1968) is a Romanian boxer, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight (57 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A year later he captured the silver medal in the lightweight division (60 kg) at the 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Athens, Greece. Dumitrescu turned pro in 1993 and had little success, retiring in 1997 with a record of 5-2-0.
- Maria Petre
Maria Petre is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Democratic Party, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
- Roberta Alma Anastase
Roberta Alma Anastase is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Democratic Party, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union. She was also a contestant at the 1996 Miss Universe competition.