Cultural Production in
Present Day
Romania
Romania
Romania ranks 29th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Denmark, Greece, and Switzerland. Memorable people born in present day Romania include Vlad the Impaler, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Leo I the Thracian. Memorable people who died in Romania include Ovid, Vlad the Impaler, and Nicolae Ceaușescu. Romania has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. The top cities in Romania by number of biographies are Bucharest, Timișoara, Iași, Cluj-Napoca, and Craiova.
People
Between 0 and 2005, present day Romania was the birth place of 1,048 globally memorable people, including Vlad the Impaler, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Leo I the Thracian. Additionaly, 278 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Romania including Ovid, Vlad the Impaler, and Nicolae Ceaușescu.
People Born in Present Day Romania
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Vlad the Impaler
INSPIRATION
1431 - 1476
HPI: 86.37
Rank: 1
Nicolae Ceaușescu
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1989
HPI: 85.32
Rank: 2
Leo I the Thracian
POLITICIAN
401 - 474
HPI: 81.08
Rank: 3
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 4
Eugène Ionesco
WRITER
1909 - 1994
HPI: 79.45
Rank: 5
Michael I of Romania
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2017
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 6
Stephen Báthory
POLITICIAN
1533 - 1586
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 7
Alaric I
POLITICIAN
376 - 410
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 8
Emil Cioran
PHILOSOPHER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 9
John Hunyadi
POLITICIAN
1407 - 1456
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 10
Tristan Tzara
WRITER
1896 - 1963
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 11
Ion Antonescu
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1946
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Romania
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Nicușor Dan
MATHEMATICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 73
Călin Georgescu
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 107
Ilie Bolojan
POLITICIAN
1969 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 153
George Simion
POLITICIAN
1986 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 292
Elena Lasconi
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 420
Maria von Tasnady
ACTOR
1911 - 2001
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 422
Colette Avital
POLITICIAN
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 434
Kemal Karpat
HISTORIAN
1924 - 2019
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 481
Teodora Ungureanu
GYMNAST
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 542
Iosif Rotariu
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 570
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
ATHLETE
1967 - 2025
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 575
Ștefan Iovan
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 586
People Deceased in Present Day Romania
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Ovid
WRITER
43 BC - 17
HPI: 86.87
Rank: 1
Vlad the Impaler
INSPIRATION
1431 - 1476
HPI: 86.37
Rank: 2
Nicolae Ceaușescu
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1989
HPI: 85.32
Rank: 3
Eduard Buchner
CHEMIST
1860 - 1917
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 4
Ion Antonescu
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1946
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 5
Marie of Romania
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1938
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 6
Ferdinand I of Romania
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1927
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 7
Elena Ceaușescu
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1989
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 8
Radu cel Frumos
POLITICIAN
1438 - 1475
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 9
Vlad II Dracul
POLITICIAN
1395 - 1447
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 10
Grigory Potemkin
POLITICIAN
1739 - 1791
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 11
Kwame Nkrumah
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1972
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Romaniawere soccer players (228), athletes (191), politicians (183), writers (63), and gymnasts (49), while most who died were politicians (109), soccer players (40), writers (34), athletes (13), and religious figures (11).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Romania, including Mircea Lucescu, Gheorghe Hagi, and Anghel Iordănescu. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Romania, including Mircea Lucescu, Gheorghe Hagi, and Ștefan Kovács.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Romania since 1700.
