GEORGE ENESCU GEORGE ENESCU (born in August 19, 1881, Liveni-Varnav, today George Enescu, Botosani, Romania - deceased in May 4, 1955, Paris, France) was a composer, violinist, teacher, pianist and conductor. He is considered the most important Romanian musician.

In Bucharest there is a National Museum "George Enescu”. Near Moine ş ti, there is the Tescani mansion, donated by Enescu’s wife to the Romanian State providing that it would build here a cultural center for artists. Indeed, camps dealing with painting and philosophy are held every year. There is also a George Enescu Memorial House in Sinaia.

GEORGE EMIL PALADE GEORGE EMIL PALADE (November 19, 1912 – October 8, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist. He was described as "the most influential cell biologist ever", in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, together with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. The prize was granted for his innovations in electron microscopy and cell fractionation which together laid the foundations of modern molecular cell biology, the most notable discovery being the ribosomes of the endoplasmic reticulum – which he first described in 1955.

Palade Palade also received the U.S. National Medal of Science in Biological Sciences for "pioneering discoveries of a host of fundamental, highly organized structures in living cells" in 1986, and was previously elected a Member of the US National Academy of Science in 1961.

Nadia Elena Com ă neci Nadia Elena Com ă neci (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world. In 2000 Com ă neci was named as one of the athletes of the century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (born September 27, 1952) is a retired Romanian cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz 40. In May 1981 they completed an eight-day space mission on board Soyuz 40 where they completed scientific experiments in the fields of astrophysics, space radiation, space technology, space medicine and biology. Prunariu became the 103rd human being to fly into the Outer Space. Prunariu is a co-author of several books regarding space technology and space flight. His PhD thesis produced new developments in the field of space flight dynamics.

Constantin Brâncui Constantin Brâncui (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux- Arts in Paris. His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Famous Brâncui works include the Sleeping Muse (1908), The Kiss (1908), Prometheus (1911), Mademoiselle Pogany (1913), The Newborn (1915), Bird in Space (1919) and The Column of the Infinite, (1938). Considered a pioneer of modernism, Brâncui is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. Brâncui's works are housed in the National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest), the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and other museums around the world. The Philadelphia Museum of Art holds the largest collection of Brâncui sculptures in the United States.

the Sleeping MuseThe Kiss Mademoiselle Pogany The Newborn Bird in Space The Column of the Infinite

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