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Nina Arbore (1888–1942), painter and illustrator •
George Arion (b. 1946), writer • (1907–1978), historian •
Eugen Boureanul (1885–1971), prose writer •
Gabriel Bujor (b. 1990), handball player •
Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu (1887–1929), first woman aviator in Romania •
Cristina Carp (b. 1997), footballer •
Henri Cihoski (1872–1950), politician and general • (b. 1947), actor • (1893–1976), jurist, lawyer and professor •
Costică Donose (b. 1952), footballer •
Mișu Dulgheru (1909–2002), communist activist and spy •
Alina Gorghiu (b. 1978), lawyer and former president of the
National Liberal Party (PNL) •
Calistrat Hogaș (1847–1917), writer •
Iorgu Iordan (1888–1986), linguist, philologist and communist politician •
Dimitrie Lecca (1832–1888), officer and politician •
Mihail Manoilescu (1891–1950), publicist, economist, and politician •
Vasile Mihai (b. 1995), footballer •
Alexandru Mironescu (1903–1973), prose writer •
Henri Moscovici (b. 1944), mathematician •
Dinu Negreanu (1917–2001), film director • (1969–2021), musician •
Claudiu Pamfile (b. 1997), footballer •
Oana Pantelimon (b. 1972), high jumper •
Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah (1833–1898), historian, politician, and academician •
Gheorghe Petrașcu (1872–1949), painter and academician •
N. Petrașcu (1859–1944), diplomat, writer, memoirist, publicist, art historian and critic •
Ion Petrovici (1882–1972), philosopher, essayist, memoirist, writer, orator, and politician •
Theodor Șerbănescu (1839–1901), poet and translator •
Simona Sharoni (b. 1961), feminist scholar and activist •
Victor Stănculescu (1928–2016), general •
Catalin Tecuceanu (b. 1999), middle-distance runner == Museums ==