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Stefan Odobleja - created and promoted the concept of cybernetics
Anastase Dragomir - the inventor of the ejection seat, which changed military aviation
Aurel Vlaicu - launched the world’s first aerodynamic fuselage plane
eng. Gheorghe Botezatu - calculated the possible Earth-Moon trajectories used for the preparation of Apollo programmes
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu - became the first female engineer in Europe in 1912
Elena Caragiani Stoenescu - the first Romanian woman aviator with a licence received in France
Aurora Gruescu - the first forest engineer in the world
Elena Văcărescu - the first Romanian woman member of the French Academy
Sofia Ionescu - a woman who became famous in the field of medicine as the first female doctor who performed brain surgery
Smaranda Brăescu - the first woman aviator to surpass, in 1931, the world record for women’s parachuting by a jump from 6,000 metres
Florica Bagdasar - the first female minister in Romania
Constantin Ion Parhon - remarkable personality in Romanian endocrinology
Gheorghe Marinescu - the author of the first scientific neurology treaty in the world
Grigore Moisil - the visionary who introduced computer science in Romania
Spiru Haret - the most important organiser of the Romanian education system
Gheorghe Zamfir - an artist applauded by the entire planet
Mariana Nicolesco - the soprano singer who appeared in the largest number of premieres
Dumitru Prunariu - the only Romanian who ever flew in the outer space
Gheorghe Hagi - the best Romanian football player
Nicolae Titulescu - the Minister of Foreign Affairs of a small country who was recognised in big politics
Gheorghe Mureșan - the only Romanian who ever played in the world’s most importance basketball championship, NBA
Ion I. C. Bratianu - dominated the political scene for two decades and had an essential role in the realisation of the Great Union in 1918
Lucian Blaga - the only Romanian philosopher with a system, the most accomplished Romanian thinker, created a kind of poetry open to miracles, governed by his philosophical ideas and theories
Anghel Saligny - the architect of the Cernavodă bridge, the longest bridge in Europe at that time, he was an excellent expert in the science of metallic and reinforced concrete constructions
Mihai Eminescu - judged by Romanian readers and the posthumous literary critics as the most important poetic voice in Romanian literature
Alexandru Ioan Cuza - the first ruler of the United Principalities and of the national state of Romania
Nicolae Iorga - played the most important role in the Romanian culture in the first decades of the 20th century
Ion Luca Caragiale - the greatest Romanian playwright and one of the most important Romanian writers
Ferdinand I of Romania - became king of the Kingdom of Romania, being called theCountry Enhancer
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