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Romania ranks 29th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Switzerland, Norway, and Hungary. Memorable people born in present day Romania include Vlad the Impaler, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Béla Bartók. Memorable people who died in Romania include Vlad the Impaler, Ovid, and Nicolae Ceaușescu. Romania has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers.
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate, and an area of 238,397 km2 (92,046 sq mi), with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, and other major urban areas include Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 0 and 2000, present day Romania was the birth place of 572 globally memorable people, including Vlad the Impaler, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Béla Bartók. Additionaly, 199 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Romania including Vlad the Impaler, Ovid, and Nicolae Ceaușescu.
1431 - 1476
HPI: 87.70
Rank: 1
1918 - 1989
HPI: 86.71
Rank: 2
1881 - 1945
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 3
1443 - 1490
HPI: 81.90
Rank: 4
1909 - 1994
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 5
376 - 410
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 6
1533 - 1586
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 7
1896 - 1963
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 8
1407 - 1456
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 9
1882 - 1946
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 10
1916 - 1989
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 11
1907 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 12
1563 - 1599
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 100
1927 - 1989
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 112
1901 - 1956
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 113
1404 - 1453
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 130
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 134
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 138
1907 - 1945
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 158
1906 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 169
1869 - 1931
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 170
1934 - 2019
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 171
1873 - 1950
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 177
1645 - 1676
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 189
1431 - 1476
HPI: 87.70
Rank: 1
43 BC - 17
HPI: 87.59
Rank: 2
1918 - 1989
HPI: 86.71
Rank: 3
1882 - 1946
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 4
1916 - 1989
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 5
1487 - 1540
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 6
1739 - 1791
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 7
1860 - 1917
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 8
1395 - 1447
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 9
1865 - 1927
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 10
100 - 106
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 11
1433 - 1504
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 12
1563 - 1599
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 61
1369 - 1426
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 62
1927 - 1989
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 71
1901 - 1956
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 72
1672 - 1742
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 74
1907 - 1945
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 93
1869 - 1931
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 97
1350 - 1431
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 111
1885 - 1936
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 114
1831 - 1891
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 122
1898 - 1954
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 131
1677 - 1748
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 136
Most individuals born in present day Romania were politicians (140), soccer players (123), writers (49), athletes (35), and tennis players (23), while most who died were politicians (92), writers (25), soccer players (22), mathematicians (7), and military personnels (6).
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 László Bölöni. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Romania, including Nicolae Ceaușescu, Matthias Corvinus, and Alaric I.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Romania since 1700.