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Romania ranks 29th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Denmark, Switzerland, 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 Ovid, Vlad the Impaler, 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 under 18.9 million inhabitants (2023). 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, followed by 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 665 globally memorable people, including Vlad the Impaler, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Béla Bartók. Additionaly, 236 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Romania including Ovid, Vlad the Impaler, and Nicolae Ceaușescu.
1431 - 1476
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 1
1918 - 1989
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 2
1881 - 1945
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 3
376 - 410
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 4
1909 - 1994
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 5
1407 - 1456
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 6
1533 - 1586
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 7
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 8
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 9
1916 - 1989
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 10
1921 - 2017
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 11
1882 - 1946
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 12
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 83
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 164
1582 - 1619
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 170
1397 - 1436
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 201
1860 - 1934
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 210
1580 - 1654
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 218
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 228
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 242
1891 - 1956
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 252
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 258
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 267
1876 - 1931
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 275
43 BC - 17
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 1
1431 - 1476
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 2
1918 - 1989
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 3
1916 - 1989
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 4
1739 - 1791
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 5
1882 - 1946
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 6
1487 - 1540
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 7
1395 - 1447
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 8
1860 - 1917
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 9
1865 - 1927
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 10
1433 - 1504
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 11
100 - 106
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 12
1477 - 1534
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 66
1305 - 1319
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 82
1306 - 1367
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 85
1722 - 1794
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 86
1397 - 1436
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 120
1482 - 1521
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 123
1580 - 1654
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 128
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 132
1910 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 145
1946 - 2021
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 159
1816 - 1863
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 162
1739 - 1813
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 169
Most individuals born in present day Romania were politicians (160), soccer players (139), writers (56), athletes (47), and gymnasts (27), while most who died were politicians (107), writers (30), soccer players (28), painters (8), and mathematicians (7).
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, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Romania, including Nicolae Ceaușescu, Alaric I, and John Hunyadi.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Romania since 1700.