Famous people who grew up or lived in Romania
3 notable people grew up or lived in Romania. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Elie Wiesel1928–1944
📍 Strada Dragos Voda, Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș, Romania
I was born in 1928 in Sighet, a small Transylvanian city then part of Romania, in a Hasidic Jewish community of extraordinary spiritual richness. In 1944, when I was fifteen, the entire…
Nadia Comaneci1961–1976
📍 Onesti, Bacau, Romania
Nadia Elena Comăneci was born in November 1961 in Onești, an industrial town in the Bacău region of Romania, at the foot of the Carpathians. She was a lively, energetic child, and at about…
Vlad the Impaler1431–1436
📍 Casa Vlad Dracul, Piața Cetății 5, Sighișoara 545400, Romania
I was born around 1431, it is said, in the yellow-walled house on Citadel Square in Sighișoara, a Saxon merchant town on a hill in Transylvania, its walls studded with guild towers. My…