contemporary artist Stefan Ramniceanu (b. 1954), painter and visual artist Film and television Jean Aurel (1925–1996), film director and screenwriter Claude Berri (1934–2009), film director, producer and screenwriter (Romanian mother) Lorànt Deutsch (b. 1975), actor (Romanian mother) Julie Dreyfus (b. 1966), actress Jany Holt (1909–2005), actress Eva Ionesco (b. 1965), actress, film director and screenwriter Michèle Laroque (b. 1960), actress and screenwriter (Romanian mother) Lana Marconi (1917–1990), actress Alexandre Mihalesco (1883–1974), actor Radu Mihăileanu (b. 1958), film director and screenwriter Elvira Popescu (1894–1993), actress Josiane Stoléru (b. 1949), actress Laurent Terzieff (1935–2010), actor Anamaria Vartolomei (b. 1999), actress Literature Linda Baros (b. 1981), poet Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), poet Emil Cioran (1911–1995), essayist Petru Dumitriu (1924–2002), novelist Constantin Gheorghiu (1916–1992), novelist Paul Goma (1935–2020), novelist Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994), playwright Salim Jay (b. 1951), novelist (Romanian mother) Anna de Noailles (1876–1933), poet Dumitru Țepeneag (b. 1937), novelist Tristan Tzara (1896–1963), poet, playwright and founder of the Dada movement Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet Matei Vișniec (b. 1956), novelist Music Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996), conductor and composer Marius Constant (1925–2004), composer and conductor Vladimir Cosma (b. 1940), composer, conductor and violinist Francis Dreyfus (1940–2010), record producer George Enescu (1881–1955), composer, violinist, pianist, and conductor Mareva Galanter (b. 1979), singer and former Miss France 1999 Costin Miereanu (b. 1943), composer Horațiu Rădulescu (1942–2008), composer Lydie Solomon (b. 1982), pianist Pierre Vassiliu (1937–2014), singer and songwriter Politics Lionnel Luca (b. 1954), member of the National Assembly of France Roxana Mărăcineanu (b. 1975), current Minister of Youth and Sports of France Lionel Stoléru (1937–2016), politician Nicolae Titulescu (1882–1941), politician Sports Anne-Marie Bănuță (b. 1991), footballer Ania Monica Caill (b. 1995), alpine skier Alexandra Dascalu (b. 1991), volleyball player Ana Filip, (b. 1989), basketball player (b. 1985), rugby union player (Romanian mother) Viorel Moldovan (b. 1972), footballer and manager Victoria Muntean (b. 1997), tennis player Rodica Nagel (b. 1970), long-distance runner Cédric Pioline (b. 1969), tennis player (Romanian mother) Rudi Prisăcaru (b. 1970), handballer Jean-Charles Skarbowsky (b. 1975), kickboxer (Romanian mother) (b. 1993), rugby union player Cynthia Vescan (b. 1992), freestyle wrestler Victor Zvunka (b. 1951), footballer and manager Other Antoine Bibesco (1878–1951), diplomat Henri Coandă (1886–1972), inventor and aerodynamics pioneer Paul Cornu (1881-1944), engineer designing the world's first successful manned rotary wing aircraft Mattei Dogan (1920–2010), sociologist Cyprien Iov (b. 1989), comedian and YouTube personality Constantin Levaditi (1874–1953), microbiologist Eli Lotar (1905–1969), photographer and cinematographer Henri Negresco (1870–1920),