List of Romanian Jews

This is a list of Romanian Jews who are or were Jewish or of Jewish ancestry.

Academics

 * Aaron Aaronsohn, botanist
 * J. J. Benjamin, historian
 * Martin Bercovici, energy engineer
 * Randolph L. Braham, political scientist, historian
 * Nicolae Cajal, virologist and Jewish community leader
 * Gedeon Dagan, hydrologist
 * Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea, sociologist and Marxist theorist
 * Lazăr Edeleanu, chemist
 * Zicman Feider, biologist, acarologist
 * Herman Finer, political scientist
 * Peter Freund, theoretical physicist
 * Moses Gaster, hakham (Sephardi scholar & Rabi), linguist (Hebrew, Romanian), early Zionist leader
 * Lucien Goldmann, philosopher, critic, sociologist
 * Alexandru Graur, linguist
 * Michael Harsgor, historian
 * Joseph M. Juran, industrial engineer
 * Ernest Klein, linguist
 * Charles H. Kremer, dentist and war-crimes investigation activist
 * Liviu Librescu, physicist
 * Mario Livio, astrophysicist
 * Edward Luttwak, economist and historian
 * Norman Manea, writer and college professor
 * Meinhard E. Mayer, physicist
 * Serge Moscovici, social psychologist
 * Victor Neumann, historian and political analyst
 * Andrei Oișteanu, historian and anthropologist
 * Zigu Ornea, literary critic
 * Julius Popper, explorer
 * Lazăr Șăineanu, (Eliezer Schein) linguist and folklorist
 * Itamar Singer (1946–2012), Israeli historian
 * Heimann Hariton Tiktin, linguist
 * Vladimir Tismăneanu, historian and political analyst
 * David Wechsler, psychologist
 * Avram Leib Zissu, political leader, Zionist activist, author, opinion journalist

Mathematicians

 * Peter Constantin, mathematician
 * David Emmanuel, mathematician
 * Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024), mathematician and lawyer
 * Sergiu Hart, mathematician, economist
 * George Lusztig, mathematician
 * Sergiu Klainerman, mathematician
 * Solomon Marcus, mathematician
 * Isaac Jacob Schoenberg, mathematician

Artists

 * Avigdor Arikha, painter
 * Victor Brauner, painter and photographer
 * Sorel Etrog, sculptor
 * André François, painter and graphic artist
 * Idel Ianchelevici, sculptor
 * Marcel Iancu, architect and painter
 * Iosif Iser, painter
 * Isidore Isou, Letterist
 * Alex Leon, painter
 * Moissaye Marans, sculptor
 * M. H. Maxy, painter
 * Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, painter
 * Reuven Rubin, painter
 * Herman Sachs, muralist
 * Arthur Segal, painter
 * Saul Steinberg, cartoonist
 * Hedda Sterne, painter, sculptor and graphic artist
 * Nicolae Vermont, painter and graphic artist
 * Jean Weinberg, photographer
 * Medi Dinu, painter

Business people

 * Max Auschnitt, financier
 * Emil Calmanovici, financier and communist activist
 * Safra Catz, business executive
 * Solomon Leibovici, financier
 * Eduardo Saverin (grandson of a Romanian Jew), co-founder of Facebook

Film and stage figures

 * Israil Bercovici, playwright
 * Lauren Bacall, actress
 * Lucian Bratu, director/film producer
 * Christian Calson, director/writer
 * Winona Ryder, actress


 * Yael Stone, actress
 * I.A.L. Diamond, screenwriter
 * Abraham Goldfaden, founder of Yiddish-language theater
 * Marin Karmitz, director, producer
 * Elina Löwensohn, actress
 * Sigmund Mogulesko
 * Maia Morgenstern (1962 - ) film and stage actress
 * Bernard Natan, film producer
 * Ovitz family, circus actors and traveling musicians
 * Edward G. Robinson, actor
 * Abba Schoengold
 * Dumitru Solomon, playwright
 * Jacob Sternberg, director

Miscellaneous

 * Iancu Țucărman, Holocaust and Iași pogrom survivor

Musicians

 * Art Garfunkel, composer, singer-songwriter
 * Dana International, Israeli singer and musician
 * Shlomo Artzi, musician now living in Israel
 * Dan Bittman, singer
 * Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer
 * Dumitru Bughici composer, pianist
 * Sergiu Comissiona, conductor, violinist
 * Alma Gluck, soprano
 * Sarah Gorby singer
 * Clara Haskil, pianist
 * Philip Herschkowitz, music theorist and composer
 * Gabriel Iranyi, composer
 * Mindru Katz, pianist
 * Max Leibowitz violinist and bandleader
 * Sammy Lerner, composer
 * Yoel Levi, conductor
 * Sergiu Luca, violinist
 * Radu Lupu, pianist
 * Silvia Marcovici, violinist
 * Ion Marin, conductor
 * Abraham Moskowitz, singer and theatre actor
 * Joseph Moskowitz, klezmer musician
 * Moishe Oysher, cantor and singer
 * Simon Paskal singer, cantor and theatre actor
 * Mendi Rodan. conductor, composer and violinist.
 * Beverly Sills, opera singer

Political figures

 * Martin Abern, Trotskyist activist
 * Colette Avital, Israeli politician
 * Davicion Bally, public servant
 * Olga Bancic, communist activist
 * Silviu Brucan, communist politician and dissident
 * Simion Bughici, communist politician
 * Avram Bunaciu, communist politician
 * Iosif Chișinevschi, communist politician
 * Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea, communist activist
 * Mișu Dulgheru, communist activist, spy
 * Miriam Eshkol, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
 * Max Goldstein, communist activist
 * Michael Howard, British politician
 * Serge Klarsfeld, anti-Nazi activist
 * David Korner, Trotskyist activist
 * Alex Kozinski, judge
 * Leon Lichtblau, communist activist
 * Samuel Leibowitz, attorney
 * Vasile Luca, communist politician
 * Gheorghe Gaston Marin, communist politician
 * Nati Meir, politician
 * Ghiță Moscu, communist activist and politician
 * Alexandru Nicolschi, communist politician
 * Ana Pauker, communist politician
 * Marcel Pauker, communist politician
 * Mircea Răceanu, diplomat and dissident (Jewish father)
 * Leonte Răutu, communist politician
 * Valter Roman, communist politician
 * Petre Roman, politician (Jewish father)
 * Leonte Tismăneanu, communist politician
 * Ghizela Vass, communist activist

Religious figures

 * Moses Gaster, rabbi, philologist, community leader, early Zionist
 * David L. Genuth, rabbi
 * Ernest Klein, rabbi
 * Moses Rosen, rabbi
 * Moses Josef Rubin, rabbi
 * Alexandru Șafran, rabbi
 * Meir Shapiro, rabbi
 * Nicolae Steinhardt, Christian Orthodox monk (Jewish father)
 * Richard Wurmbrand, minister of religion

Baseball

 * Harry Feldman
 * Hank Greenberg
 * Bud Selig
 * Kevin Youkilis

Basketball

 * Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion

Boxing

 * Victor Zilberman, boxer

Canoeing

 * Leon Rotman, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles

Chess

 * Abraham Baratz, chess player
 * Alexandru Tyroler, chess player
 * Bernardo Wexler, chess player

Fencing

 * Andre Spitzer, fencing master and coach

Football

 * Itay Shechter, soccer player
 * Avi Strool, soccer player
 * Samuel Zauber, late soccer player
 * Rudolf Wetzer, late soccer player
 * Jack Moisescu, late soccer player
 * Elemer Hirsch, late soccer player
 * Norberto Höfling, late soccer player

Table tennis

 * Angelica Rozeanu (Adelstin), Romania/Israel, 17x world champion, ITTFHoF

Writers

 * Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018), novelist and Holocaust survivor
 * Iuliu Barasch, physician and writer
 * Zelig Bardichever, poet and songwriter
 * Max Blecher, writer
 * Srul Bronshtein, poet
 * Nina Cassian, poet
 * Paul Celan, poet
 * Andrei Codrescu, poet and essayist
 * Vladimir Colin, short story writer and novelist
 * Benjamin Fondane, poet, playwright, and literary critic
 * Abraham Goldfaden, poet and playwright
 * Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman, songwriter, journalist and actor
 * D. Iacobescu, poet
 * Isidore Isou, poet
 * Irving Layton, poet
 * Stan Lee (1922–2018) born Stanley Martin Lieber, writer, editor, publisher, and co-creator of most of the Marvel Comics Universe.
 * Gherasim Luca, poet
 * Isac Ludo, novelist
 * Norman Manea, novelist
 * Cilibi Moise, storyteller and humorist
 * Florin Mugur, author (poetry, prose, essays)
 * Sașa Pană, poet and short story writer
 * Maurice Samuel, novelist
 * Elias Schwarzfeld, historian and novelist
 * Mihail Sebastian, playwright
 * Nicolae Steinhardt, writer (Jewish father)
 * Alexandru Toma, poet
 * Tristan Tzara, poet and essayist, founder of Dadaism
 * Tudor Vianu, literary critic
 * Ilarie Voronca, poet and essayist
 * Elie Wiesel, writer
 * Haralamb Zincă (Hary Isac Zilberman), writer
 * Gellu Naum, poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator (Jewish Mother, Maria Naum née Rosa Gluck)