List of Romanian Americans

Samuel Bronston - film producer
Lauren Bacall - actress^[2]
Christian Calson - filmaker
Steven Cojocaru - fashion critic, entertainment TV shows commentator, and celebrity interviewer ^[3]
I.A.L. Diamond - screenwriter^[4]
John Houseman - actor and film producer
Stan Lee - comic book creator ^[5]
Harvey Keitel - actor: Taxi Driver, Thelma and Louise, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction - just a few of his films ^[6]
Jean Negulesco - director^[7]
John Randolph - actor: Serpico, Prizzi's Honor. He is also a Tony Award winning actor [7]
Edward G. Robinson - actor^[8]
Adrian Zmed - actor

Chris Lauzen - Illinois State Senator and Congressional candidate^[10]
Martin Abern - politician
Ion Mihai Pacepa - the highest-ranking intelligence official ever to have defected from the Eastern bloc
Mircea Răceanu - diplomat
Lia Roberts - former chairperson of the Nevada Republican Party, Honorary Consul for Romania in Las Vegas, and former Romanian presidential candidate

Nicholas Apostola - Romanian Protopop
Nicolae Condrea - Romanian Orthodox Archbishop residing in Chicago
Eugen Pentiuc - Theologian and linguist teaching in the Boston Area
Nathaniel Popp - Romanian Orthodox Archbishop
Marian Gh. Simion - Romanian-American scholar in religion, politics and conflict resolution
Valerian Trifa - former archbishop of Romanian Orthodox Church of America and Canada

Andrei Alexandrescu
Albert-László Barabási - ethnic Hungarian scientist
Ion C. Baianu- PhD (Physics/Biophysics, University of London) - professor of food physical chemistry and nuclear radiological imaging at the University of Illinois at Urbana
Adrian Bejan - professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University
Andrei Filotti - PhD, water and environmental engineer, Chief Technical Advisor to the Secretariat of the United Nations Organization
Tudor Ganea - mathematician, known for his work in algebraic topology
Liviu Librescu - professor of engineering at Virginia Tech
George Lusztig - mathematician, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ciprian Manolescu - mathematician
Alexandru Marin - physicist
George Emil Palade - Nobel Prize-winning biologist
Nicolae Popescu - doctor - scientific researcher at the National Institute of Health
Gideon Rodan - biochemist and osteopath
Napoleon Săvescu - physician
Emil Simiu - PhD, engineer, researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Florentin Smarandache- professor of mathematics and science at the University of New Mexico
David Wechsler - psychologist
Carmen Vlad - PhD, mathematician, professor la PACE University
Dan-Virgil Voiculescu - mathematician, professor at the University of California, Berkeley

Dominick Trinchera - powerful Bonanno crime family capo
Tony Alamo - controversial preacher, entrepreneur, singer
Catherine Caradja - philanthropist, aristocrat, Romanian expatriate to the U.S.
George Pomutz - Union Brigadier General, commanded the 15th Iowa Regiment in the American Civil War
Alexander Vraciu - World War II Navy pilot; ace^[11]
Daniel Negreanu - Professional Poker Player
Vladimir Socor - specialist in the former republics of the USSR, CIS affairs and ethnic conflicts
Vladimir Tismăneanu - specialist in political systems and compared politics
Joshua Perper- forensic pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner in Broward County

[edit] References

^ CORA - Congress of Romanian Americans
^ [1] Maternal Romanian-Jewish ancestry
^ [2]
^ I.A.L. Diamond - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
^ [3] ".. Born in 1922 to poor working-class Jewish immigrants from Romania.. "
^ [4]
^ Your Online Portal to Romania
^ [5] "In 1904, as a 10-year-old Romanian Jewish immigrant named Manny Goldenberg, he was debating whether to become a rabbi or a lawyer. Instead, to our good fortune as movie fans, he became Edward G. Robinson, the movie star."
^ Juilliard | The Juilliard Journal Online
^ Andrei Badin, "Românul care bate la uşa Congresului" ("The Romanian Who Is Knocking on the Door of Congress"), Jurnalul Naţional, December 28, 2007.
^ [6]