List of Romanian Americans

This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans.

List

Arts

*Alexandra Nechita - painter
*Jacquea Kapralik - artist
*Antonio Luciano Pop - artist
*Amalia R. Pop - artist
*Rozalinda Vasai - artist
*Mircea Paul Goreniuc - sculptor

Business

*Peter Georgescu - chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam Inc.
*Joseph M. Juran - philanthropist
*Claudius Nan - Chairman & CEO of VX Multimedia, Inc.
*Fabian Pascal - consultant to large software vendors
*John Rakolta Jr. - chairman and CEO, Walbridge Aldinger [ [http://www.romanianamericans.org/nsltr_fall_00.html CORA - Congress of Romanian Americans ] ]

Entertainment

*Samuel Bronston - film producer
*Lauren Bacall - actress [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/983/000022917/] Maternal Romanian-Jewish ancestry]
*Christian Calson - filmaker
*Steven Cojocaru - fashion critic, entertainment TV shows commentator, and celebrity interviewer [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Cojocaru] ]
*I.A.L. Diamond - screenwriter [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9000747 I.A.L. Diamond - Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ]
*John Houseman - actor and film producer
*Stan Lee - comic book creator [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/3055733.stm] ".. Born in 1922 to poor working-class Jewish immigrants from Romania.. "]
*Harvey Keitel - actor: "Taxi Driver, Thelma and Louise, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction" - just a few of his films [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Keitel] ]
*Jean Negulesco - director [ [http://members.tripod.com/travelromania/ Your Online Portal to Romania ] ]
*John Randolph - actor: "Serpico, Prizzi's Honor". He is also a Tony Award winning actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709907/bio]
*Edward G. Robinson - actor [ [http://www.classicmovies.org/articles/egrobinson1.htm] "In 1904, as a 10-year-old Romanian Jewish immigrant named Manny Goldenberg, he was debating whether to become a rabbi or a lawyer. Instead, to our good fortune as movie fans, he became Edward G. Robinson, the movie star."]
*Johnny Weissmuller - actor (Tarzan), olympic swimmer
*Adrian Zmed - actor
*Béla Lugosi - actor

Fashion

*Michelle Deighton

History

*Eugene Borza - professor of history at Pennsylvania State University
*Radu Florescu - emeritus professor of history at Boston College
*Juliana Geran Pilon - professor of politics and culture at the Institute of World Politics
*Michael Radu - Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia

Literature

*Ştefan Baciu -poet and writer, professor at the University of Hawaii
*Andrew Calimach
*Nina Cassian - poet, journalist, film critic
*Andrei Codrescu
*Mircea Eliade
*Norman Manea
*Virgil Nemoianu - essayist, literary critic, and philosopher of culture
*Delmore Schwartz
*Saviana Stănescu - writer (poet, playwright)
*Dorin Tudoran - writer
*Matei Călinescu - professor at Indiana State University
*Saul Steinberg
*Ioan Petru Culianu - professor of divinity at the University of Chicago

Music

*Sergiu Comissiona - conductor and musician
*Michael Cretu - Musician creator of Enigma
*Angela Gheorghiu - soprano
*Alma Gluck - soprano
*Hugo Jan Huss - conductor
*Franz Kneisel - violinist and composer [ [http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/j_articles361.html Juilliard | The Juilliard Journal Online ] ]
*Boris Levenson - composer
*P.F. Sloan - rock singerFact|date=February 2007
*Virginia Zeani - soprano

Politics

*Chris Lauzen - Illinois State Senator and Congressional candidate [Andrei Badin, " [http://www.jurnalul.ro/articole/112888/romanul-care-bate-la-usa-congresului Românul care bate la uşa Congresului] " ("The Romanian Who Is Knocking on the Door of Congress"), "Jurnalul Naţional", December 28, 2007.]
*Martin Abern - politician
*Ion Mihai Pacepa - the highest-ranking intelligence official ever to have defected from the Eastern bloc
*Mircea Răceanu - diplomat
*Lia Roberts - former chairperson of the Nevada Republican Party, Honorary Consul for Romania in Las Vegas, and former Romanian presidential candidate

Religion

*Nicholas Apostola - Romanian Protopop
*Nicolae Condrea - Romanian Orthodox Archbishop residing in Chicago
*Eugen Pentiuc - Theologian and linguist teaching in the Boston Area
*Nathaniel Popp - Romanian Orthodox Archbishop
*Marian Gh. Simion - Romanian-American scholar in religion, politics and conflict resolution
*Valerian Trifa - former archbishop of Romanian Orthodox Church of America and Canada

cience

*Andrei Alexandrescu
*Albert-László Barabási - ethnic Hungarian scientist
*Ion C. Baianu- PhD (Physics/Biophysics, University of London) - professor of food physical chemistry and nuclear radiological imaging at the University of Illinois at Urbana
*Adrian Bejan - professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University
*Andrei Filotti - PhD, water and environmental engineer, Chief Technical Advisor to the Secretariat of the United Nations Organization
*Tudor Ganea - mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology
*Liviu Librescu - professor of engineering at Virginia Tech
*George Lusztig - mathematician, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
*Ciprian Manolescu - mathematician
*Alexandru Marin - physicist
*George Emil Palade - Nobel Prize-winning biologist
*Nicolae Popescu - doctor - scientific researcher at the National Institute of Health
*Gideon Rodan - biochemist and osteopath
*Napoleon Săvescu - physician
*Emil Simiu - PhD, engineer, researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
*Florentin Smarandache- professor of mathematics and science at the University of New Mexico
*David Wechsler - psychologist
*Carmen Vlad - PhD, mathematician, professor la PACE University
*Dan-Virgil Voiculescu - mathematician, professor at the University of California, Berkeley

ports

*Nadia Comaneci - Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
*Ernie Grunfeld - former NBA player
*Ely Culbertson - world champion bridge player
*Florin Felecan - chess FIDE Master
*Béla Károlyi - hungarian gymnastics coach
*Fred Lebow - founder of New York City Marathon
*Dominique Moceanu - US Olympic gymnast
*Stephen Negoesco - hall of fame soccer coach
*Sam Paulescu - NFL punter
*Teodora Ungureanu - gymnast
*Tim Wallach - former MLB player

Theatre

*Andrei Şerban - director of theater and opera

Other

*Tony Alamo - controversial preacher, entrepreneur, singer
*Catherine Caradja - philanthropist, aristocrat, Romanian expatriate to the U.S.
*George Pomutz - Union Brigadier General, commanded the 15th Iowa Regiment in the American Civil War
*Alexander Vraciu - World War II Navy pilot; ace [ [http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eaglebios/86bios/vraciu86.htm] ]
*Daniel Negreanu - Professional Poker Player
*Vladimir Socor - specialist in the former republics of the USSR, CIS affairs and ethnic conflicts
*Vladimir Tismăneanu - specialist in political systems and compared politics
*Joshua Perper- forensic pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner in Broward County

References