People from Romania

14 people remembered here.

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  Nicolas Simion

  1959 – 2026 · Jazz saxophonist

  He carried Transylvanian song into the language of jazz.

  73 candles · 7 tributes
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  Ileana Cotrubaș

  1939 – 2026 · Operatic soprano

  She sought truth in song, not polish: Mimì and Violetta for the ages.

  43 candles · 5 tributes
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  Ionel Haiduc

  1937 – 2026 · Chemist

  Romanian chemist who led the Academy and built a world school of organometallic chemistry in Cluj.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  János Basa

  1944 – 2026 · Ice hockey player and coach

  Olympian, champion coach and teacher who gave his life to hockey in Miercurea Ciuc.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Mircea Lucescu

  1945 – 2026 · Footballer and football manager

  Il Luce. Romania's captain and the master coach of 38 trophies, who never stopped teaching the game he loved.

  7 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ilie Datcu

  1937 – 2026 · Football goalkeeper and coach

  Goalkeeper who let in just six goals in a season. Dinamo and Fenerbahçe champion, Romanian by birth, Turkish by choice.

  5 candles · 1 tributes
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  Béla Balogh

  1936 – 2026 · Historian and archivist

  Archivist and historian who gave Baia Mare back its past.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Viorel Păunescu

  1935 – 2026 · Businessman and sports administrator

  Handball international, hotelier and Steaua president who said he would live it all again.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Florin Cotora

  1972 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper) and DJ

  Sibiu's goalkeeper who helped Alba Iulia reach the top flight, then kept the music playing.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Lajos Nagy

  1933 – 2026 · Country doctor

  Réty's doctor for half a century, who then wrote down the story of his villages and his generation.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Constantin Dram

  1958 – 2026 · Literary critic

  A demanding voice and a warm teacher, who served Romanian literature with discretion and passion.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Dumitru Marcu

  1950 – 2026 · Footballer and football manager

  The Motorbike of Craiova, who helped bring the club its first title.

  4 candles · 1 tributes
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  Árpád Néda

  1937 – 2026 · Physicist

  The Cluj physicist whose clear lectures and textbooks taught generations of Hungarian students.

  3 candles · 1 tributes
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  Patrick André de Hillerin

  1974 – 2026 · Romanian journalist

  Youngest Cațavencu founder whose sharp satire and Gândul editorials marked Romanian press for 35 years.

  3 candles · 1 tributes