Sibiu, Habsburg Monarchy
1. Klaus Iohannis (1959)
Romanian Politician
In 2014, elected as a political Independent, Iohannis took office as Romania's fifth President. Previously, he had served as Mayor of Sibiu and as leader of two different Romanian political...
2. Florin Barbu (1974)
Romanian Musician
Barbu is a Romanian bass player. Barbu played in Romanian pop rock bands Proconsul and Blazzaj and currently plays in an alternative rock band Partizan. He has live collaborations with...
3. Sabina Cojocar (1985)
Romanian Gymnast
Sabina Carolina Cojocar is a retired international elite artistic gymnast from Romania as well as a singer. She is a world gold medalist with the team and a five-time medalist...
4. Radu Niculescu (1975)
Footballer
Radu Horia Niculescu is a former Romanian football player. He played for European clubs such as Galatasaray Steaua Bucureşti Dinamo Bucharest Universitatea Craiova FC National Bucharest and Rapid Bucharest.
5. Claudia Presăcan (1979)
Gymnast
Claudia Maria Presăcan is a world-class Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the senior international level between 1994 and 2000. She was a three-time team gold medalist at the World...
6. Elisabeth Pavel (1990)
Basketball Player
Elisabeth Pavel is a Romanian professional female basketball player. She plays as a center for the Austrian AWBL club Flying Foxes Post SV Wien. Pavel is a member of Romania...
7. Cornel Vena (1932)
Modern Pentathlete
Cornel Vena is a Romanian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1954 he won the first Romanian Pentathlon Championship. Vena was the first Romanian national champion...
8. Alexandru Barbu (1987)
Romanian Alpine Skier
Alexandru Barbu is an alpine skier from Romania. He will compete for Romania at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom.
9. Markus Krauss (1987)
German Footballer
Markus Krauss is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stuttgarter Kickers.
10. Alexandru Curtean (1987)
Footballer
Alexandru Curtean is a Romanian footballer currently under contract for Bulgarian side Botev Plovdiv. He plays as a midfielder.
11. Ignác Gyulay (1763)
Hungarian General & Statesma
Count Ignác Gyulay de Marosnémeti et Nádaska Ignácz Gyulay Ignaz Gyulai or Ignjat Đulaj was a Hungarian military officer joined the army of Habsburg Austria fought against Ottoman Turkey and...
12. Monica Stoian (1982)
Athletics (sport) Competitor
Monica Stoian is a female javelin thrower from Romania. She finished seventh at the 1999 World Youth Championships and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. She also...
13. Doru Buican (1982)
Footballer
Doru Claudiu Buican is a Romanian football defender who plays for the Romanian Liga I team CSU Voinţa Sibiu.
14. Florin Diacu (Unknow)
Canadian Mathematician
Diacu born 1959 Sibiu Romania is a Canadian mathematician and author.
15. Emil Hurezeanu (1955)
Romanian Writer And Dissident
Emil Horaţiu Hurezeanu is a Romanian journalist and writer.
16. Károly Soós (Minister of Defence) (1869)
Austro-hungarian General
Vitéz Károly Soós de Bádok was a Hungarian military officer and politician who served as Minister of Defence in 1920. He participated in the working of revolutionary counter-government organizations on...
17. Mircea Oprea (1980)
Footballer
Mircea Oprea is a Romanian football player currently under contract with Unirea Alba Iulia.
18. Alexandru Zotincă (1977)
Footballer
Alexandru Zotincă is a former Romanian-American soccer defender who most recently played for C. D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer in the United States.
19. Ioan Silviu Suciu (1977)
Gymnast
Ioan Silviu Suciu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his team mate and pommel horse Olympic champion...
20. Ronny Philp (1989)
German Footballer
Ronny Philp is a Romanian-German footballer who plays for FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga. Philp made his professional debut in the opening fixture of the 2011–12 3. Liga season for...
21. Steve Holmes (1961)
Actor
Steve Holmes was born on March 23, 1961 in Sibiu, Romania as Christian Christof. He is an actor and director.
22. Eugen Beza (1978)
Footballer
Eugen Beza is a Romanian professional football player. As of January 2010 he plays for Voinţa Sibiu.
23. Steliana Nistor (1989)
Gymnast
Steliana Nistor is a retired Romanian gymnast. She is an Olympic and a world bronze medalist with the team. Individually she is a world all around and beam silver medalist...
24. Dan Dănilă (1954)
Romanian Artist
Dan Dănilă is a Romanian poet translator and painter living in Leonberg Germany since 1990. He was born in 1954 in the village of Șura Mică near Sibiu where he...
25. Oskar Pastior (1927)
German Poet
Oskar Pastior was a Romanian-born German poet and translator. He was the only German member of Oulipo. Born into a Transylvanian Saxon family in Sibiu he was deported in January...
26. Radu Vasile (1942)
Prime Minister Of Romania
Radu Vasile was a Romanian politician historian and poet. Originally a member of the National Peasants' Party Vasile served as the Prime Minister of Romania between April 17 1998 and...
27. László Listi (Unknow)
Hungrian Poet
Count László Listi de Köpcsény et Jánosháza was a Hungarian poet and criminal who was executed for counterfeiting coins in 1662.
28. Michael Hissmann (Unknow)
German Philosopher
Michael Hissmann was a German philosopher a radical materialist who translated Condillac and Joseph Priestley into German. Hissmann studied philosophy at Erlangen and Göttingen. From 1778 to 1783 he edited...
29. Iosif Tâlvan (1972)
Football Midfielder
Iosif Ovidiu Tâlvan is a retired Romanian football midfielder.
30. Dan Burincă (1972)
Gymnast
Dan Burincă is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who specialized in rings. He is a silver Olympic medalist and a multiple world medalist on rings. After retirement he coached at...
31. Marius Gherman (1967)
Gymnast
Marius Costel Gherman is a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1988 Olympic Games and at the 1992 Olympic Games. His best event was the horizontal bar for...
32. Mihai Stoica (1965)
Romanian Football Club President
Mihai Stoica commonly known as Meme Stoica or MM Stoica is a former president of Oţelul Galaţi and former general manager of Unirea Urziceni. Since November 2010 until September 2011...
33. Carmen Bunaciu (1961)
Olympic Swimmer
Carmen Bunaciu is a retired Romanian swimmer who won four bronze medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the European and World Championships of 1977–1982. She also...
34. Sebastian Strasser (1967)
German Film Director
Sebastian Strasser Romania) is a German director of commercials and films. Strasser achieved more than 60 international advertising awards. For example: 8 Lions in Cannes multiple Gold and Silver at...