List of people from Bucharest

This is a list of native Bucharesters.

A

 * Otto Ackermann (1909–1960), conductor
 * Anda Adam (born 1980), singer and model
 * Gheorghe Adamescu (1869–1942), literary historian and bibliographer
 * Olivia Addams (born 1996), singer
 * Adena, singer
 * Viorica Agarici (1886–1979), nurse and philanthropist, Righteous Among the Nations
 * Adolf Albin (1848–1920), chess player
 * Mircea Albulescu (1934–2016), actor
 * Radu Aldulescu (born 1954), novelist
 * Dan Andrei Aldea (1950–2020), singer
 * Liana Alexandra (1947–2011), composer, pianist, and music educator
 * Andrei Alexandrescu (born 1969), Romanian-American C++ and D language programmer and author
 * George Alexandru (1957–2016), actor
 * Nicoleta Alexandru (born 1968), singer
 * Florin-Alexandru Alexe (born 1979), economist and politician
 * Marius Alexe (born 1990), footballer
 * Paul Alexiu (1893–1963), general
 * Barbu Alinescu (1890–1952), general
 * Mosko Alkalai (1931–2008), Israeli actor
 * Radu Almășan (born 1980), singer
 * Melek Amet (1960–2008), model
 * Doru Ana (1954–2022), actor
 * David Andelman (born 1955), Israeli theoretical physicist
 * Aurelian Andreescu (1942—1986), singer
 * Eva Andrei, American physicist
 * Ion Andreescu (1850–1882), painter
 * Mihail Andricu (1894–1974), singer
 * Ion Valentin Anestin (1900–1963), graphic artist, engraver, painter, sculptor, journalist, and dramatist
 * Luminița Anghel (born 1968), dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, and politician
 * Babis Angourakis (1951–2014), Greek politician
 * Edward Aninaru (born 1976), photographer
 * Constantin Anton (1894–1993), general
 * Kristaq Antoniu (1907–1979), singer
 * Mitzura Arghezi (1924–2015), actress and politician
 * Dan Apostol (1957–2013), writer
 * Carol Ardeleanu (1883–1949), writer
 * Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967), writer
 * Costache Aristia (1800–1880), poet, actor, and translator
 * Ștefan Arteni (1947–2020), artist, painter, calligrapher, architect, philosopher, historian, essayist, and translator
 * Constantin C. Arion (1855–1923), politician
 * Bazil Assan (1860–1918), engineer, explorer, and economist
 * Alina Astafei (born 1969), track and field athlete
 * Alexandru Athanasiu (born 1955), politician and jurist
 * Genica Athanasiou (1897–1966), Romanian-French actress
 * Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer
 * Bogdan Aurescu (b. 1973), lawyer, diplomat and politician
 * Colette Avital (born 1940), Israeli diplomat and politician
 * Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961), composer
 * Chris Avram (1931–1989), actor

B

 * Emanoil Bacaloglu (1830–1891), mathematician, physicist, and chemist
 * Laura Badea-Cârlescu (b. 1970), fencer, Olympic, World and European champion in foil, International Fencing Hall of Famer
 * Constantin Banu (1873–1940), writer, journalist, and politician
 * Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin (born 1936), Israeli judge
 * Eugen Barbu (1924–1993), novelist, short story writer, and journalist
 * Linda Maria Baros (born 1981), poet, translator, and literary critic
 * Cezar Bădiță (born 1979), swimmer
 * Alexander Bălănescu (born 1954), violinist
 * Nicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852), soldier, historian, and journalist
 * Radu Bălescu (1932–2006), Romanian and Belgian scientist
 * Irina-Camelia Begu (born 1990), tennis player
 * Alexandra Bellow (born 1935), mathematician
 * Joana Benedek (born 1972), Romanian-Mexican actress
 * Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), Romanian-French writer, socialite, and political hostess
 * Andreea Bibiri (born 1975), actress
 * Ingrid Bisu (born 1987), actress
 * Claudiu Bleonț (born 1959), actor
 * Lucian Boia (born 1944), historian
 * Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881), archaeologist, journalist, and poet
 * Dan Bordeianu (born 1975), actor
 * Mircea Bornescu (born 1980), footballer
 * Constantin Bosianu (1815–1882), jurist and politician
 * Ana Maria Brânză (born 1984), épée fencer
 * Vintilă Brătianu (1867–1930), construction engineer, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania
 * Emilian Bratu (1904–1991), chemical engineer
 * Florin Bratu (born 1980), footballer
 * Roxana Briban (1971–2010), operatic soprano
 * Silviu Brucan (1916–2006), communist politician
 * Dionis Bubani (1926–2006), Albanian writer, playwright, humorist, and translator
 * Dragoș Bucur (born 1977), actor
 * Gheorghe Bucur (born 1980), football player
 * Doina Bumbea (1950–1997), artist and abductee in North Korea

C

 * Alexandra Cadanțu (born 1990), tennis player
 * Nicolae Cajal (1919–2004), Jewish physician, academic, politician and philanthropist
 * Rukmini Maria Callimachi (born 1973), Romanian-American journalist and poet
 * Christian Calson (born 1975), Romanian-American independent filmmaker
 * Constantin Cantacuzino (1905–1958), aviator
 * Catherine Caradja (1893–1993), aristocrat and philanthropist
 * Costache Caragiale (1815–1877), actor and theatre manager
 * Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936), poet and prose writer
 * Toma Caragiu (1925–1977), theatre, television and film actor
 * Ion Caramitru (1942–2021), stage and film actor
 * Nae Caranfil (born 1960), film director and screenwriter
 * Barbu Catargiu (1807–1862), politician and journalist
 * Paul Cazan (born 1951), football player
 * Vera Călin (1921–2013), Romanian-American literary critic, essayist and translator
 * George Călinescu (1899–1965), literary critic, historian, novelist and journalist
 * Ion I. Câmpineanu (1841–1888), politician, mayor of Bucharest and the first head of the National Bank of Romania
 * Gabriel Cânu (born 1981), footballer
 * Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956), poet, novelist and essayist
 * Nicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), the youngest child of Romanian leader Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
 * Remus Cernea (born 1974), activist
 * Nicole Cherry (born 1998), singer
 * Hristu Chiacu (born 1986), footballer
 * Maia Ciobanu (born 1952), composer and music educator
 * Victor Ciocâltea (1932–1983), chess master
 * Liviu Ciulei (1923–2011), theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume, and set designer
 * Henri Coandă (1886–1972), inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft
 * Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), ballet dancer
 * Dragoș Coman (born 1980), swimmer
 * Sergiu Comissiona (1928–2005), Romanian-Israeli-American conductor and violinist
 * Corneliu Coposu (1914–1995), politician and communist detainee
 * Grigore C. Crăiniceanu (1852–1935), military officer, War Minister, and member of the Romanian Academy
 * Michael Cretu (born 1957), Romanian–German musician
 * Nicolae Crețulescu (1812–1900), medical doctor and politician, second Prime Minister of Romania following the assassination of Barbu Catargiu; one of the first presidents of the Romanian Academy
 * Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), social democratic politician

D

 * Horia Damian (1922–2012), painter and sculptor
 * Alexandru Darie (1959–2019), theater director
 * Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, writer, and teacher of piano
 * Henrieta Delavrancea (1897–1987), architect
 * Lucia Demetrius (1910–1992), novelist, poet, playwright, and translator
 * Cristian Diaconescu (born 1959), jurist and politician
 * Gheorghe Dinică (1934–2009), actor
 * Neagu Djuvara (1916–2018), historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat
 * Dora d'Istria (1828–1888), Wallachian-born Romantic writer and feminist of Albanian descent
 * Ion G. Duca (1879–1933), prime minister of Romania (1933)
 * Florea Dumitrache (1948–2007), football player and twice winner of the Romanian Footballer of the Year award

E

 * Mircea Eliade (1907–1986), historian of religion, fiction writer, and philosopher
 * David Emmanuel (1854–1941), mathematician, member of the Romanian Academy

F

 * Ștefan Fălcoianu (1835–1905), army general who served as Chief of the Romanian General Staff and War Minister
 * Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865), novelist and short-story writer
 * Nicolae Filipescu (1862–1916), politician, mayor of Bucharest
 * Răzvan Fodor (born 1975), singer and actor

G

 * Grigore Gafencu (1892–1957), politician, diplomat and journalist
 * Moses Gaster (1856–1939), Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar and a Hebrew linguist
 * Cristian Gațu (b. 1945), former handball player, twice winner of the World Championship with Romania and twice winner of the European Champions Cup with Steaua București
 * Alex Geana (born 1979), Romanian-American photographer and writer
 * Mircea Geoană (born 1958), politician
 * Dudu Georgescu (b. 1950), football player and twice winner of the European Golden Shoe
 * Haralamb H. Georgescu (1908–1977), modernist architect
 * Spiridon Georgescu (1887–1974), sculptor
 * Florin Gheorghiu (born 1944), chess player
 * Dimitrie Ghica (1816–1897), army officer, police prefect, politician, mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania
 * Ion Ghica (1816–1897), revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and politician
 * Alexandru Ghika (1902–1964), mathematician
 * Dinu C. Giurescu (1927–2018), historian and politician, son of Constantin C. Giurescu
 * Alexandru G. Golescu (1819–1881), politician
 * Gheorghe Gruia (1940–2015), handball player and twice world champion, named Greatest Handball Player of All Time by the International Handball Federation (IHF)

H

 * Clara Haskil (1895–1960), classical pianist
 * Nicolae Herlea (1927–2014), opera singer, baritone
 * Dragomir Hurmuzescu (1865–1954), physicist and inventor
 * John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor and film producer

I

 * Andrei Iancu (born 1968), Romanian-American engineer and intellectual property attorney
 * Andrew Ilie (born 1976), tennis player
 * Cristina Ionda, actress
 * Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea (1923–2021), mathematician
 * Andrei Ioniță (born 1994), cellist
 * Anghel Iordănescu (born 1950), footballer and manager of the national football team
 * Edward Iordănescu (born 1978), football manager and former player
 * Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă (born 1975), Romanian lawyer and politician
 * Iosif Iser (1881–1958), painter and graphic artist
 * Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887), folklorist and publicist
 * Nora Iuga (born 1931), poet, writer, and translator

J

 * Marcel Janco (1895–1984), Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist

K

 * Ioan Kalinderu (1840–1913), law professor, writer, silviculturist, confidant of King Carol I and head of the Romanian Academy
 * Karmen (born 1997), singer
 * Marin Karmitz (born 1938), French businessman
 * Sergiu Klainerman (born 1950), mathematician
 * Franz Kneisel (1865–1926), Romanian-American violinist
 * Alex Kozinski (born 1950), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

L

 * Traian Lalescu (1882–1929), mathematician
 * Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), Romanian-born German actress
 * Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950), classical pianist and composer
 * Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), essayist, short story writer, literary critic, translator and journalist
 * Gherasim Luca (1913–1994), Surrealist theorist and poet
 * Mircea Lucescu (b. 1945), former football player and coach

M

 * Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920), poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic
 * Aureliu Manea (1945–2014), theatre director, actor, and writer
 * Roxana Maracineanu (born 1975), Romanian-born French backstroke swimmer
 * Gheorghe Marinescu (1863–1938), neurologist
 * Draga Olteanu Matei (1933–2020), film and stage actress
 * Cezar Mateus (born 1961), Romanian-American luthier
 * Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902–2000), communist politician and lawyer
 * Preda Mihăilescu (born 1955), mathematician
 * Ion Minulescu (1881–1944), avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright
 * Octavian Morariu (b. 1961), President of Rugby Europe
 * Jacob L. Moreno (1889–1974), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist, thinker and educator
 * Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), film and stage actress

N

 * Gellu Naum (1915–2001), surrealist writer
 * Adrian Năstase (born 1950), politician, Prime Minister of Romania from 2000 to 2004
 * Ilie Năstase (born 1946), tennis player
 * Cristina Neagu (b. 1988), handball player. She has a record four IHF World Player of the Year awards.
 * Eddy Novarro (c. 1925–2003), photographer, collector and cosmopolitan

O

 * Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895), archaeologist, author and politician
 * Ion Oncescu (b. 1978), prolific arm wrestler, hall of famer

P

 * Sașa Pană (1902–1981), avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer
 * Theodor Paleologu (b. 1973), historian, diplomat and politician, son of Alexandru Paleologu
 * Cristina Pasaroiu (born 1987), soprano
 * Margareta Pâslaru (b. 1943), actress and singer
 * Marcel Pauker (1896–1938), communist militant
 * Nicolae Paulescu (1869–1931), physiologist and politician
 * Camil Petrescu (1894–1957), playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet
 * Dan Petrescu (1953–2021), Romanian businessman and billionaire, one of the richest persons in Romania at the time
 * Gică Petrescu (1915–2006), singer and composer
 * Andrei Pleșu (born 1948), philosopher, essayist, journalist, literary and art critic
 * Valentin Poénaru (born 1932), Romanian–French mathematician
 * Ana Maria Popescu (b. 1984), fencer, Olympic, World and European champion, former World No. 1 in épée
 * Elvira Popescu (1894–1993), Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director
 * Petru Popescu (born 1944), Romanian-American writer, director and movie producer
 * Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923–1989), graphic artist and animator
 * Emanoil Protopopescu-Pake (1845–1893), law professor, police prefect and politician, mayor of Bucharest
 * Cristi Puiu (born 1967), film director and screenwriter

R

 * Connect-R (born 1982), musician
 * Victor Rebengiuc (born 1933), film and stage actor
 * Lia Roberts (born 1949), politician
 * Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973), Romanian-American actor
 * Gideon Rodan (1934–2006), Romanian-American biochemist
 * Alexandru Rosetti (1895–1990), linguist, editor, and memoirist
 * C. A. Rosetti (1816–1885), writer, politician and leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848; the Romanian Academy was founded on his initiative.
 * Leon Rotman (born 1950), sprint canoer
 * Angelica Rozeanu (1921–2006), one of the most successful female table tennis players in the history of the sport

S

 * Răzvan Sabău (born 1977), tennis player
 * Nicolae Saramandu (born 1941), Romanian linguist and philologist
 * Paul Schwartz (born 1940), politician, Jewish Community president, mechanical engineer and inventor
 * Alec Secăreanu (born 1984), actor
 * Alina Șerban (born 1987), actress
 * Serge Spitzer (1951–2012), Romanian-American artist
 * Saviana Stănescu (born 1967), Romanian-American poet, playwright and journalist
 * Sorin Stati (1931–2008), linguist
 * Simion Stoilow (1873–1961), mathematician
 * Barbu Ștefănescu Delavrancea (1858–1918), writer and poet

T

 * Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca (1941–2017), historian and philologist
 * Maria Tănase (1913–1963), singer and actress
 * Toni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actor
 * Cicerone Theodorescu (1908–1974), poet
 * George Topîrceanu (1886–1937), poet, short story writer and humourist
 * Nicolas Trifon (1949–2023), academic, editor and linguist
 * Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949-2015), politician, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament
 * Șerban Țițeica (1908–1985), quantum physicist
 * Cristian Țopescu (1937–2018), sports commentator, journalist and politician

V

 * Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), Romanian-French aristocrat writer
 * Vazken I of Bucharest (1908–1994), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1953–1994)
 * Ion Vianu (born 1934), writer and psychiatrist
 * Ion Vîlcu (born 1966), software engineer, academic, administrator and diplomat
 * Dan-Virgil Voiculescu (born 1949), mathematician
 * Ion Vitner (1914–1991), literary critic and historian
 * Cătălin Voicu (born 1965), politician
 * George Vraca (1896–1964), stage and film actor
 * Alexandru Vulpe (1931–2016), historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy

W

 * Eugen Weber (1925–2007), Romanian-born American historian
 * Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001), minister

Z

 * George Mihail Zamfirescu (1898–1939), prose writer and playwright