List of Romanian Americans

This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans, including both original immigrants from Romania who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. == Academics == === Literary critics === Matei Călinescu – professor at Indiana University Bloomington === Mathematicians === Alexandra Bellow – mathematician, professor emeritus at Northwestern University Ana Caraiani – mathematician, member of the American Mathematical Society Ioana Dumitriu – mathematician, professor at the University of Washington Ciprian Foias – mathematician, distinguished professor at Texas A&M University Tudor Ganea – mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen – mathematician, statistician, and economist Matei Machedon – mathematician, professor at the University of Maryland Ciprian Manolescu – mathematician, professor at Stanford University Irina Mitrea – mathematician, professor at Temple University Mircea Mustață – mathematician, professor at the University of Michigan Florian Pop – mathematician, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Mihnea Popa – mathematician, professor at Northwestern University Sorin Popa – mathematician, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles Cristian Dumitru Popescu – mathematician, professor at the University of California, San Diego Ovidiu Savin – mathematician, professor at Columbia University Rodica Simion – mathematician, known for her work in combinatorics Ileana Streinu – mathematician, professor at Smith College Bogdan Suceavă – mathematician, professor at California State University Fullerton Dan-Virgil Voiculescu – mathematician, professor at the University of California, Berkeley Alexandru Zaharescu – mathematician, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign === Historians, sociologists and philosophers === Eugene Borza – professor of history at Pennsylvania State University Ioan Petru Culianu – historian of religion Mircea Eliade – philosopher, writer, historian of religions Radu Florescu – emeritus professor of history at Boston College == Art == Eugen Ciucă – sculptor Noche Crist – painter Christopher Georgesco – sculptor Cristian Gheorghiu – contemporary artist Ami James – tattoo artist De Hirsh Margules – painter (Romanian-Jewish descent) Alexandra Nechita – cubist painter == Architects == Max Abramovitz – architect of Avery Fisher Hall, of Romanian-Jewish descent Haralamb H. Georgescu – architect == Business == Micky Arison – chairman of Carnival Corporation and owner of NBA's Miami Heat Jeffrey Brotman – co-founder of Costco Wholesale Corporation (Romanian-Jewish descent) Safra Catz – CEO of Oracle Corporation Dan Dascalescu – entrepreneur, co-founder of Blueseed John DeLorean – engineer, founder of the DeLorean Motor Company Peter Georgescu – chairman emeritus of Young & Rubicam Michael Horodniceanu – engineer and businessman, former president of MTA Capital Construction Stephanie Korey – co-founder and executive chairman of Away David Marcus – former president of PayPal, and current vice president of Messaging Products at Facebook Martin Bud Seretean – founder, and former CEO of Coronet Industries Anastasia Soare – CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills Christine Valmy – founded the first esthetician school in the United States == Entertainment == === Actors === Sadie Alexandru – actress Lauren Bacall – actress (Romanian Jewish mother) Bob Balaban – actor (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Jillian Bell – actress and screenwriter Tim Conway – actor and comedian (Romanian mother) Melinda Culea – actress Illeana Douglas – actress Fran Drescher – actress and comedian (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Tim Dunigan – actor Jennifer Ehle – actress Lisa Ferraday – actress Ana Gasteyer – actress and comedian Joseph Gordon-Levitt – actor (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Oana Gregory – actress Dustin Hoffman – actor and filmmaker (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Harvey Keitel – actor and producer (Romanian Jewish mother) Tristan Leabu – actor Andrea Marcovicci – actress and singer Johnny Pacar – actor and singer David Pittu – actor Natalie Portman – Academy Award-winning actress (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Carl Reiner – comedian and actor (Romanian Jewish mother) Edward G. Robinson – actor (Romanian-Jewish descent) Sebastian Stan – actor Johnny Weissmuller – Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor Ray Wise – actor (Romanian mother) Adrian Zmed – actor best known from the T.J. Hooker television series === Screenwriter, directors and producer of films and theatre === Frieda Fishbein – literary and theatrical agent Stanley Kubrick – film director, screenwriter, producer and photographer; his father's parents and paternal grandparents were of Romanian Jewish descent Jean Negulesco – film director and screenwriter Petru Popescu – screenwriter from Hollywood and best-selling author Steve Sabol – film producer and one of the founders of NFL Films Andrei Șerban – director of theater and opera Erwin Stoff – film producer and founder of 3 Arts Entertainment === Singers and musicians === Herb Alpert – lead singer, and horn player with Tijuana Brass (Romanian-Jewish descent) Lucian Ban – jazz piano player, composer Shelby Cinca – punk rock guitarist Sergiu Comissiona – conductor and musician Valery Gaina – guitarist, songwriter, composer Art Garfunkel – singer, poet, and actor (Romanian-Jewish descent) Angela Gheorghiu – soprano Alma Gluck – soprano Christina Grimmie – singer Harloe – singer Șerban Lupu – violinist Yolanda Marculescu – soprano Necro – rapper Margareta Paslaru – singer Irma Wolpe Rademacher – pianist Beverly Sills – soprano Yeat – rapper, singer, audio engineer (Romanian mother) Virginia Zeani – opera singer === Sports === Fred Arbanas (1939–2021) – American football player Danny Barbir (born 1998) – soccer player Nadia Comăneci (born 1961) – Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics (defected to the US in 1989) Sam Cosmi (born 1999) – American football player Nick Denes (1906–1975) – American football and basketball coach Annaliese Dragan (born 2005) – rhythmic gymnast Eric Ghiaciuc (born 1981) – American football player John Ghindia (1925–2012) – American football player and coach Bill Goldberg (born 1966) – American football player and undefeated wrestler (Romanian-Jewish descent) Hroniss Grasu (born 1991) – American football player Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Baseball Hall of Famer (Romanian-Jewish descent) Lou Groza (1924–2000) – Pro Football Hall of Famer Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955) – basketball player and former general manager of the Washington Wizards Red Holzman (1920–1998) – NBA Hall of Fame coach and former player (Romanian Jewish mother) Sabrina Ionescu (born 1997) – basketball player for the New York Liberty; college honors at the University of Oregon include multiple national player of the year awards in 2019 and 2020 Andrei Iosivas (born 1999) – wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) Fred Lebow (1932–1994) – founder of the New York City Marathon Dominique Moceanu (born 1981) – US Olympic gymnast Corina Morariu (born 1978) – former professional tennis player, reached the world No.

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List of Romanian Americans

This is a list of notable Romanian-Americans, including both original immigrants from Romania who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. == Academics == === Literary critics === Matei Călinescu – professor at Indiana University Bloomington === Mathematicians === Alexandra Bellow – mathematician, professor emeritus at Northwestern University Ana Caraiani – mathematician, member of the American Mathematical Society Ioana Dumitriu – mathematician, professor at the University of Washington Ciprian Foias – mathematician, distinguished professor at Texas A&M University Tudor Ganea – mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen – mathematician, statistician, and economist Matei Machedon – mathematician, professor at the University of Maryland Ciprian Manolescu – mathematician, professor at Stanford University Irina Mitrea – mathematician, professor at Temple University Mircea Mustață – mathematician, professor at the University of Michigan Florian Pop – mathematician, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Mihnea Popa – mathematician, professor at Northwestern University Sorin Popa – mathematician, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles Cristian Dumitru Popescu – mathematician, professor at the University of California, San Diego Ovidiu Savin – mathematician, professor at Columbia University Rodica Simion – mathematician, known for her work in combinatorics Ileana Streinu – mathematician, professor at Smith College Bogdan Suceavă – mathematician, professor at California State University Fullerton Dan-Virgil Voiculescu – mathematician, professor at the University of California, Berkeley Alexandru Zaharescu – mathematician, professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign === Historians, sociologists and philosophers === Eugene Borza – professor of history at Pennsylvania State University Ioan Petru Culianu – historian of religion Mircea Eliade – philosopher, writer, historian of religions Radu Florescu – emeritus professor of history at Boston College == Art == Eugen Ciucă – sculptor Noche Crist – painter Christopher Georgesco – sculptor Cristian Gheorghiu – contemporary artist Ami James – tattoo artist De Hirsh Margules – painter (Romanian-Jewish descent) Alexandra Nechita – cubist painter == Architects == Max Abramovitz – architect of Avery Fisher Hall, of Romanian-Jewish descent Haralamb H. Georgescu – architect == Business == Micky Arison – chairman of Carnival Corporation and owner of NBA's Miami Heat Jeffrey Brotman – co-founder of Costco Wholesale Corporation (Romanian-Jewish descent) Safra Catz – CEO of Oracle Corporation Dan Dascalescu – entrepreneur, co-founder of Blueseed John DeLorean – engineer, founder of the DeLorean Motor Company Peter Georgescu – chairman emeritus of Young & Rubicam Michael Horodniceanu – engineer and businessman, former president of MTA Capital Construction Stephanie Korey – co-founder and executive chairman of Away David Marcus – former president of PayPal, and current vice president of Messaging Products at Facebook Martin Bud Seretean – founder, and former CEO of Coronet Industries Anastasia Soare – CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills Christine Valmy – founded the first esthetician school in the United States == Entertainment == === Actors === Sadie Alexandru – actress Lauren Bacall – actress (Romanian Jewish mother) Bob Balaban – actor (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Jillian Bell – actress and screenwriter Tim Conway – actor and comedian (Romanian mother) Melinda Culea – actress Illeana Douglas – actress Fran Drescher – actress and comedian (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Tim Dunigan – actor Jennifer Ehle – actress Lisa Ferraday – actress Ana Gasteyer – actress and comedian Joseph Gordon-Levitt – actor (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Oana Gregory – actress Dustin Hoffman – actor and filmmaker (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Harvey Keitel – actor and producer (Romanian Jewish mother) Tristan Leabu – actor Andrea Marcovicci – actress and singer Johnny Pacar – actor and singer David Pittu – actor Natalie Portman – Academy Award-winning actress (part Romanian-Jewish descent) Carl Reiner – comedian and actor (Romanian Jewish mother) Edward G. Robinson – actor (Romanian-Jewish descent) Sebastian Stan – actor Johnny Weissmuller – Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor Ray Wise – actor (Romanian mother) Adrian Zmed – actor best known from the T.J. Hooker television series === Screenwriter, directors and producer of films and theatre === Frieda Fishbein – literary and theatrical agent Stanley Kubrick – film director, screenwriter, producer and photographer; his father's parents and paternal grandparents were of Romanian Jewish descent Jean Negulesco – film director and screenwriter Petru Popescu – screenwriter from Hollywood and best-selling author Steve Sabol – film producer and one of the founders of NFL Films Andrei Șerban – director of theater and opera Erwin Stoff – film producer and founder of 3 Arts Entertainment === Singers and musicians === Herb Alpert – lead singer, and horn player with Tijuana Brass (Romanian-Jewish descent) Lucian Ban – jazz piano player, composer Shelby Cinca – punk rock guitarist Sergiu Comissiona – conductor and musician Valery Gaina – guitarist, songwriter, composer Art Garfunkel – singer, poet, and actor (Romanian-Jewish descent) Angela Gheorghiu – soprano Alma Gluck – soprano Christina Grimmie – singer Harloe – singer Șerban Lupu – violinist Yolanda Marculescu – soprano Necro – rapper Margareta Paslaru – singer Irma Wolpe Rademacher – pianist Beverly Sills – soprano Yeat – rapper, singer, audio engineer (Romanian mother) Virginia Zeani – opera singer === Sports === Fred Arbanas (1939–2021) – American football player Danny Barbir (born 1998) – soccer player Nadia Comăneci (born 1961) – Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics (defected to the US in 1989) Sam Cosmi (born 1999) – American football player Nick Denes (1906–1975) – American football and basketball coach Annaliese Dragan (born 2005) – rhythmic gymnast Eric Ghiaciuc (born 1981) – American football player John Ghindia (1925–2012) – American football player and coach Bill Goldberg (born 1966) – American football player and undefeated wrestler (Romanian-Jewish descent) Hroniss Grasu (born 1991) – American football player Hank Greenberg (1911–1986) – Baseball Hall of Famer (Romanian-Jewish descent) Lou Groza (1924–2000) – Pro Football Hall of Famer Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955) – basketball player and former general manager of the Washington Wizards Red Holzman (1920–1998) – NBA Hall of Fame coach and former player (Romanian Jewish mother) Sabrina Ionescu (born 1997) – basketball player for the New York Liberty; college honors at the University of Oregon include multiple national player of the year awards in 2019 and 2020 Andrei Iosivas (born 1999) – wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) Fred Lebow (1932–1994) – founder of the New York City Marathon Dominique Moceanu (born 1981) – US Olympic gymnast Corina Morariu (born 1978) – former professional tennis player, reached the world No.

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