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            Avram Iancu - the actual leader of Țara Moților in 1849, commanding the Army of the Transylvanian Romanians
Mary of Romania - the wife of King Ferdinand I, a queen that loved Romanian people dearly
Elisabeta Rizea - a heroine of the anticommunist fight in Romania, niece of the peasant leader Gheorghe Şuţa, who was killed by the Communists in 1948
Gică Petrescu - a singer and songwriter of traditional folk music, with a career of over 70 years
Nicolae Bălcescu - historian, writer and revolutionary. Along with his younger brother, Barbu, he took part in the 1848 Revolution
Constantin Noica - a philosopher, poet, essayist, journalist and writer. Post-mortem member of the Romanian Academy (since 1990)
Ciprian Porumbescu - one of the greatest Romanian composers
Maria Tănase - a great performer of traditional folk, pop, gypsy, musical theatre and romance music. She was nicknamed the Enchanted Bird by Nicolae Iorga in 1938
Octavian Paler - writer, journalist, columnist and politician
Ivan Patzaichin - the greatest Roman canoeist of all times, four times winner of the gold medal in the Summer Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1980 and 1984
Tudor Gheorghe - singer, composer and actor. Between 1969, the year of the first show, and 1996, Tudor Gheorghe had no less than 22 music and poetry performances
Carol I of Romania - the king who ruled the Romanian Principalities and then Romania after the forced abdication of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, as a result of a coup d’état
Mihai Viteazul - the de facto ruler of the three 54
major medieval countries making up today’s Romania: Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldova
Nicolae Tonitza - one of the greatest Romanian painters, he left behind an impressive work
Helmuth Duckadam - entered the book of records after defending 4 consecutive free kicks in a final of the European Champions Cup
Ioan Holender - headed the Vienna State Opera for 19 years, the absolute record of the institution that is more than 150 years old
Eremia Grigorescu - remained in the history of Romania as the ‘Hero of Mărăşeşti’
Maria Cuţarida Crăunescu - the first female doctor in Romania
Dinu Lipatti - the greatest Romanian pianist of all times
Lia Manoliu - the first woman to attend six consecutive Olympics Games
Gheorghe Leonida - sculptor of the Rio de Janeiro symbol
Grigore Antiproman - laid the foundations of modern fish farming
Nicolae Linca - the only Olympic boxing champion of Romania
Iosif Sîrbu - the first Olympic champion of Romania
Justin Capră - the inventor of the flying backpack
Dragomir Hurmuzescu - the father of the Romanian radio
Iuliu Hossu - the man who read the proclamation by which Transylvania became forever a part of Romania
Samoilă Mârza - the photographer who took the pictures of the Great National Assembly in Alba Iulia on 1 December 1918






































































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