List of Romani people
This is a list of notable Romani people and people of Romani descent.
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Activists
- Alba Flores – Spanish actress
- Nicolae Gheorghe - Romanian Roma Movement founder
- Pastora Filigrana – Spanish labour lawyer, trade unionist, feminist, columnist, and human rights activist
- Alfonso Mejia-Arias – Mexican musician and politician
- Ceija Stojka – Austrian artist and writer
- Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor – Romanian historian, archeologist, anthropologist and writer
- Ian Hancock – English linguist
- Vasile Ionescu - Romanian Activist
- Katarina Taikon – Swedish actress and author
- Marcel Courthiade – French linguist
- Milena Hübschmannová – Czech professor
- Paul Polansky – American writer
- Ronald Lee – Canadian writer
- Saša Barbul – Serbian actor and film director
Artists
- Sandra Jayat, French painter, poet and author
- Damian Le Bas, English artist
- Delaine Le Bas, English artist
- Joe Machine, English painter
- La Chunga, Spanish painter
- Tracy Emin, English artist
Athletes
Boxers
- Billy Joe Saunders – English[1]
- Randolph Turpin – English
- Dick Turpin – English
- Dorel Simion – Romanian[2]
- Faustino Reyes – Spanish[3]
- Ivailo Marinov – Bulgarian[4]
- Marian Simion – Romanian[2]
- Samuel Carmona Heredia – Spanish
- Serafim Todorov – Bulgarian[5]
- Zoltan Lunka – Hungarian[6]
Kickboxers
- Nieky Holzken – Dutch
- Václav Sivák – Czech
Professional Wrestlers
- Gigi Dolin – American
Footballers
- André-Pierre Gignac – French[7]
- Artur Quaresma – Portuguese
- Bănel Nicoliță – Romanian[8]
- Carlos Martins – Portuguese[9]
- Carlos Muñoz Cobo – Spanish[10]
- Christos Patsatzoglou – Greek[11]
- Dani Güiza – Spanish[12]
- Dejan Savićević – Montenegrin[9]
- Diego Rodríguez – Spanish[9]
- Dragoslav Šekularac – Serbian[9]
- Freddy Eastwood – Welsh[13]
- Georgi Ivanov - Gonzo – Bulgarian[9]
- Gigi Meroni – Italian[14]
- István Pisont – Hungarian[15]
- János Farkas – Hungarian[16]
- Jesús Navas – Spanish[17]
- José Antonio Reyes – Spanish[18]
- José Mari – Spanish[9]
- Marius Lăcătuș – Romanian[9]
- Milan Baroš – Czech[9]
- Mykola Morozyuk
- Lobo Carrasco – Spanish[9]
- Rab Howell – English[19]
- Rafael van der Vaart – Dutch[20]
- Ricardo Quaresma – Portuguese[21]
- Telmo Zarra – Spanish[9]
- Tony Vairelles – French[22]
- Zvonimir Boban – Croatian[9]
Hockey players
- Dominik Lakatoš – Czech[23]
Cinema and theater
- Hiba Abouk – Spanish actress
- Sandro de América – Argentine actor
- Gratiela Brancusi – American-Romanian actress
- Yul Brynner – Russian-American actor and honorary president of the International Romani Union
- Michael Caine – English actor
- Jesús Castro- Spanish actor
- Charlie Chaplin – English comic actor[24]
- Jan Cina – Czech actor[25]
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish ballet and flamenco dancer
- Alba Flores – Spanish actress
- Tony Gatlif – French film director
- Rita Hayworth – American actress
- Bob Hoskins – English actor
- Manoush – French actress
- Blanca Romero – Spanish actress
- Alina Șerban – Romanian actress
- Leonor Teles – Portuguese film director
- Tracey Ullman – British-American actress
Musicians
- 100 Kila – Bulgarian rapper[26]
- "Falete" Rafael Ojeda Rojas – Spanish singer
- "Rayito" Antonio Rayo – Spanish guitarist, singer and composer. Father Gitano (Iberian Kalo) and mother Japanese
- Adam Ant – English singer and musician
- Adrian Minune – Romanian singer
- Aggelopoulos Manolis (1939–1989) – Greek singer and actor
- Albert Lee (born 1943) – London born and raised country rock guitar legend. His father is Romanichal.[27]
- Antonio Flores (1961–1995) – Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
- Azis - Bulgarian singer
- Biréli Lagrène (born 1966) – French jazz guitarist, violinist and bassist
- Boban Marković – Serbian brass bandleader and trumpet player
- Bódi Guszti – Hungarian musician
- Camarón de la Isla (1950–1992) – Spanish flamenco singer
- Carlos Montoya (1903–1993) – Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Carmen Amaya – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Cher Lloyd – English singer[28]
- Connect-R – Romanian singer
- Denny Laine – British musician (The Moody Blues, Wings)
- Didem – Turkish bellydancer
- Diego el Cigala – Spanish flamenco singer
- Django Reinhardt – Belgian guitarist
- Drafi Deutscher – (1946–2006) German Sinto songwriter, singer and composer
- Džej Ramadanovski (1964–2020) – born in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), modern Serbian folk singer
- Edyta Górniak (born 1972) – Polish singer
- Elek Bacsik – Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist
- Elvis Presley – American, Rock and Roll
- Esma Redzepova (1943–2016) – Macedonian singer and songwriter
- Eugene Hütz – Ukrainian singer, guitarist, DJ and actor
- Fanfare Ciocărlia (formed 1996) – Romanian brass band
- Félix Lajkó (born 1974) – Hungarian-Serbian violinist and composer (part Romani)
- Florin Salam – Romanian singer
- Georges Cziffra (1921–1994) – Hungarian virtuoso pianist
- Gigi Radics – Hungarian singer
- Haris Džinović (born 1951) – Bosnian folk singer
- Harri Stojka – Austrian jazz guitarist
- Ion Voicu (1923–1997) – Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
- Irini Merkouri (born 1981) – Greek pop singer
- Iva Bittová – Czech singer and violinist
- Ivo Papazov (born 1952) – Bulgarian jazz clarinetist
- János Bihari – Hungarian violinist
- Jentina – English rapper
- Jerry Mason – American singer, guitarist
- Jimmy Rosenberg (born 1980) – Dutch swing guitarist
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Joe Longthorne (born 1955) – English singer and impressionist
- Joe Zawinul – Austrian jazz keyboardist
- Johnny Răducanu (1931–2011) – Romanian jazz musician
- Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin – Ayọ (stage name), German singer
- Kal – Romani world music band from Serbia
- Kibariye – Turkish singer of Romani descent
- Lolita Flores (1958) – Spanish singer and actress
- Los Niños de Sara – French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players
- Manitas de Plata (born 1921) – Spanish guitarist
- Marianne Rosenberg (born 1955) – German singer-songwriter; daughter of German Gypsy who survived Auschwitz
- Mariska Veres – Dutch singer
- Mónika Lakatos – Hungarian singer
- Natalia Jiménez – Spanish singer-songwriter
- Nicole Cherry – Romanian singer
- Nicolae Guță – Romanian manele singer
- Nicolae Neacşu ("Culai") – Lăutar, was the leader of Taraf de Haïdouks
- Nicolas Reyes (born 1958) – Franco-Spanish singer, guitar player; lead singer for the Gipsy Kings, a band made up mostly of members of his extended family
- Nikolai Shishkin – Russian guitarist and singer
- Niña Pastori – Spanish flamenco singer
- Panna Cinka (1711–1772) – Hungarian violinist, born in Kingdom of Hungary in modern Slovakia
- Paulus Schafer (born 1978) – Dutch jazz guitarist
- Pere Pubill Calaf "Peret" (1935–2014) – Catalan Spanish singer, guitar player and composer
- Pista Dankó – Hungarian composer
- Radoslav Banga – of Czech group Gypsy.cz
- Ramón Montoya (1889–1949) – Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Remedios Amaya – Spanish singer
- Robert Plant (born 1948) – English singer and songwriter (former vocalist of Led Zeppelin). Romanichal mother
- Robi Botos – Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist
- Romica Puceanu (1928–1996) – Romanian singer (urban Lăutarească music)
- Rosa López (born 1981) – Spanish singer
- Rosario Flores (born 1963) – Spanish singer and actress, Latin Grammy award winner
- Šaban Bajramović – Serbian singer
- Sandu Ciorbă – Romanian singer
- Sasha Kolpakov (born 1943) – Russian guitarist
- Sinan Sakić – Serbian singer
- Sofi Marinova – Bulgarian singer
- Sotis Volanis – Greek pop folk singer
- Stochelo Rosenberg (born 19 February 1968) – Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the Rosenberg Trio
- Taisto Tammi – Finland
- Taraful Haiducilor – (Taraf de Haïdouks) Romanian band, formed 1989
- Toni Iordache – Romanian musician
- Tonino Baliardo – Franco-Spanish guitar player; also a member of the Gipsy Kings
- Valentina Ponomaryova (born 1939) – Russian singer
- Věra Bílá – Czech vocalist
- Vicente Escudero – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Viki Gabor - Polish singer
- Wally Tax – Dutch rock singer, of The Outsiders; son of a Dutch father and a Russian Romani mother
- Tzancă Uraganu – Romanian singer
- Žarko Jovanović – Serbian musician
Politicians
- Ágnes Osztolykán – Hungarian politician
- Carlos Miguel – Portuguese minister and mayor
- Idália Serrão – Portuguese secretary of state and MP
- Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia – Spanish MEP
- Juscelino Kubitschek – 21st President of Brazil
- Lívia Járóka – Hungarian MEP
- Washington Luís – 13th President of Brazil
Various
- Michael Costello – American fashion designer[29]
- Ceferino Giménez Malla – Spanish beatified Roman Catholic catechist
- Timofey Prokofiev – Soviet marine infantryman, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Rodney Smith – English evangelist
- Simon Smith – English evangelist
- Mother Teresa – Albanian nun[30]
- Alfie Best – British businessman
- Mystic Meg – English astrologer
- Róisín Mullins – Irish television presenter
- Francisco Rivera Ordóñez – Spanish bullfighter
Writers
- Bronisława Wajs – Polish
- Caren Gussoff – American
- Charlie Smith – English
- David Morley – English
- Elena Lacková – Slovak
- Hillary Monahan – American
- Louise Doughty – English
- Mariella Mehr – Swiss
- Matéo Maximoff – French
- Menyhért Lakatos – Hungarian
- Muharem Serbezovski – Macedonian
- Nina Dudarova – Russian
- Rajko Đurić – Serbian
- Veijo Baltzar – Finnish
- Hedina Tahirović-Sijerčić – Bosnian
- Vita Sackville-West – English
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