List of Romani people
This is a list of notable Romani people and people of Romani descent.
Activists
- 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
- Anzhelika Bielova – Ukrainian Romani activist
Artists
- Sandra Jayat, French painter, poet and author
- Damian Le Bas, English artist
- Delaine Le Bas, English artist
- Kiba Lumberg, Finnish artist and author
- Joe Machine, English painter
- La Chunga, Spanish painter
- Tracey Emin, English artist
- Antonio Solario, Italian painter
- Otto Mueller, German painter
Athletes
Boxers
- Billy Joe Saunders – English
- Johnny Frankham - English
- Dorel Simion – Romanian
- Faustino Reyes – Spanish
- Ivailo Marinov – Bulgarian
- Marian Simion – Romanian
- Samuel Carmona Heredia – Spanish
- Serafim Todorov – Bulgarian
- Zoltan Lunka – German
- Johann Wilhelm Trollmann, German
- Jakob Bamberger, German
- Gary Buckland, Welsh
- Domenico Spada, Italian
- Michele di Rocco, Italian
Cycling
- Roger De Vlaeminck – Belgian
Kickboxers
- Václav Sivák – Czech
Professional Wrestlers
- Gigi Dolin – American
Footballers
- André-Pierre Gignac – French
- Andy Delort - mixed French and Algerian
- Antonio Amaya – Spanish
- Bănel Nicoliță – Romanian
- Carlos Martins – Portuguese
- Carlos Muñoz Cobo – Spanish
- Christos Patsatzoglou – Greek
- Dani Güiza – Spanish
- Dejan Osmanović – Serbian
- Diego Rodríguez – Spanish
- Emil Abaz – Macedonian
- Eric Cantona – French
- Eugen Bari – Slovak
- Freddy Eastwood – Welsh
- Georgi Ivanov - Gonzo – Bulgarian
- Gigi Meroni – Italian
- Giorgos Giakoumakis – Greek
- István Pisont – Hungarian
- János Farkas – Hungarian
- Jesús Navas – Spanish
- Jordan Galtier – French
- José Antonio Reyes – Spanish
- Kristián Bari - Slovak
- Lazaros Christodoulopoulos – Greek
- Marco Navas – Spanish
- Marius Lăcătuș – Romanian
- Milan Baroš – Czech
- Mykola Morozyuk – Ukrainian
- Lobo Carrasco – Spanish
- Guille Fernández – Spanish,
- Toni Fernández – Spanish
- Rafael Jiménez Jarque – Spanish
- Joaquin Fernandez Moreno – Spanish
- Petre Marin - Romanian
- Predrag Luka - Serbian
- Rab Howell – English
- Răzvan Marin - Romanian
- Ricardo Quaresma – Portuguese
- Téji Savanier – French
- Telmo Zarra – Spanish
- Nacho Novo – Spanish
- Tony Vairelles – French
- Yohan Mollo - French
Hockey players
- Dominik Lakatoš – Czech
Cinema and theater
- Hiba Abouk – Spanish actress
- Sandro de América – Argentine actor
- Saša Barbul – Serbian actor
- Gratiela Brancusi – American-Romanian actress
- Yul Brynner – Russian-American actor and honorary president of the International Romani Union
- Jesús Castro – Spanish actor
- Charlie Chaplin – English comic actor
- Lyalya Chyornaya – Russian actress
- Jan Cina – Czech actor
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish ballet and flamenco dancer
- Billy Drago – American actor
- Alba Flores – Spanish actress
- Tony Gatlif – French film director
- Rita Hayworth – American actress
- Bob Hoskins – English actor
- Manoush – French actress
- Pola Negri – Polish film actress
- Moira Orfei – Italian circus performer
- Blanca Romero – Spanish actress
- Custodia Romero – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Alina Șerban – Romanian actress
- Leonor Teles – Portuguese film director
- Tracey Ullman – British-American actress
- Anneli Sauli – Finnish actress
- Connor Swindells – English actor
- Danny Lee Wynter – British actor
- Virginia Raffaele – Italian actress
Musicians
- 100 Kila – Bulgarian rapper
- Adam Ant – English singer and musician
- Adrian Minune – Romanian singer
- Věra Bílá
- Aggelopoulos Manolis – Greek singer and actor
- Albert Lee – London born and raised country rock guitar
- Andro – Russian singer
- Antonio Flores – Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
- Ayo – A sinti and yoruba singer.
- Azis – Bulgarian singer
- Biréli Lagrène – French jazz guitarist, violinist and bassist
- Boban Marković – Serbian brass bandleader and trumpet player
- Bódi Guszti – Hungarian musician
- Calle Jularbo – Swedish accordionist
- Camarón de la Isla – Spanish flamenco singer
- Carlos Montoya – Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Carmen Amaya – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Cher Lloyd – English singer
- Christian Escoudé – French jazz guitarist
- Connect-R – Romanian singer
- Damian Drăghici – Romanian musician
- Dani Mocanu – Romanian manele singer
- Denny Laine – British musician
- Didem – Turkish bellydancer
- Diego el Cigala – Spanish flamenco singer
- Django Reinhardt – Belgian guitarist
- Drafi Deutscher – German Sinto songwriter, singer and composer
- Džej Ramadanovski – born in Belgrade, modern Serbian folk singer
- Edyta Górniak – Polish singer
- Elek Bacsik – Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist
- Eleni Vitali – Greek singer and composer
- Esma Redžepova – Macedonian singer and songwriter
- Eugene Hütz – Ukrainian singer, guitarist, DJ and actor
- Falete – Spanish singer
- Fanfare Ciocărlia – Romanian brass band
- Félix Lajkó – Hungarian-Serbian violinist and composer
- Florin Salam – Romanian singer
- György Cziffra – Hungarian virtuoso pianist
- Gigi Radics – Hungarian singer
- Haris Džinović – Bosnian folk singer
- Harri Stojka – Austrian jazz guitarist
- Häns'che Weiss, famous for his Gypsy jazz style, won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
- Hüsnü Şenlendirici – Turkish musician
- Ion Voicu – Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
- Irini Merkouri – Greek pop singer
- Iva Bittová – Czech singer and violinist
- Ivo Papazov – Bulgarian jazz clarinetist
- János Bihari – Hungarian violinist
- Jentina – English rapper
- Jerry Mason – American singer, guitarist
- Jimmy Rosenberg – Dutch swing guitarist
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Joe Longthorne – English singer and impressionist
- Joe Zawinul – Austrian jazz keyboardist
- Johnny Răducanu – Romanian jazz musician
- Kal – Romani world music band from Serbia
- Kibariye – Turkish singer of Romani descent
- Kostas Hatzis – Greek singer-songwriter and musician
- Lolita Flores – Spanish singer and actress
- Los Niños de Sara – French rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players
- Manitas de Plata – Spanish guitarist
- Manolis Angelopoulos – Greek singer
- Marianne Rosenberg – German singer-songwriter; daughter of German Gypsy who survived Auschwitz
- Marija Šerifović – Serbian singer, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- Mariska Veres – Dutch singer
- Mercedes Bentso – Finnish rapper
- Mónika Lakatos – Hungarian singer
- Montse Cortés – Spanish flamenco singer
- Natalia Jiménez – Spanish singer-songwriter
- Nicole Cherry – Romanian singer
- Nicolae Guță – Romanian manele singer
- Nicolae Neacșu – Lăutar, was the leader of Taraf de Haïdouks
- Nicolas Reyes – 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 Czinka – Hungarian violinist, born in Kingdom of Hungary in modern Slovakia
- Patrik Vrbovský - "Rytmus", slovak hip hop artist, active since '92
- Paulus Schäfer – Dutch jazz guitarist
- Pere Pubill Calaf "Peret" – Catalan Spanish singer, guitar player and composer
- Pista Dankó – Hungarian composer
- Radoslav Banga – of Czech group Gypsy.cz
- Rafet El Roman – Turkish singer
- Ramón Montoya – Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Rayito – Spanish guitarist, singer and composer. Father Gitano and mother Japanese
- Remedios Amaya – Spanish singer
- Remu Aaltonen - Finnish drummer and singer
- Robert Plant – English singer and songwriter. Romanichal mother
- Robi Botos – Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist
- Romica Puceanu – Romanian singer
- Rosa López – Spanish singer
- Rosario Flores – Spanish singer and actress, Latin Grammy award winner
- Šaban Bajramović – Serbian singer
- Sandu Ciorbă – Romanian singer
- Santino Spinelli – Italian singer and musician
- Sasha Kolpakov – Russian guitarist
- Schnuckenack Reinhardt, Related to virtuoso Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt. He is accredited with being the pioneer of sinti jazz and music in Germany and directly or indirectly inspired many of the succeeding generation of gypsy jazz players in that country, as well as preserving on record a great many folkloric and gypsy compositions for future generations.
- Selim Sesler – Turkish virtuoso
- Sido – Former rapper, well known for popularizing the aggro line of music in Germany in the 90s.
- Sinan Sakić – Serbian singer
- Sofi Marinova – Bulgarian singer
- Alex Velea – Romanian singer
- Sotis Volanis – Greek pop folk singer
- Stiv Bators – American vocalist
- Stochelo Rosenberg – Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the Rosenberg Trio
- Taisto Tammi – Finnish singer
- Taraful Haiducilor – Romanian band, formed 1989
- Tea Tairović – Serbian singer
- Toni Iordache – Romanian musician
- Tonino Baliardo – Franco-Spanish guitar player; also a member of the Gipsy Kings
- Joci Pápai – Hungarian singer
- Valentina Ponomaryova – 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
- Yuri Yunakov – Bulgarian musician
Politicians
- Ágnes Osztolykán – Hungarian politician
- Carlos Miguel – Portuguese minister and mayor
- Flórián Farkas – Hungarian politician
- Idália Serrão – Portuguese secretary of state and MP
- Irena Bihariová – Slovak lawyer and politician
- James Farnell – Australian politician
- Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia – Spanish MEP
- Juscelino Kubitschek – 21st President of Brazil
- Ladislas Lazaro – American politician
- Lívia Járóka – Hungarian MEP
- László Berényi – Hungarian politician
- Nazif Memedi – Croatian politician
- Gogu Rădulescu – Romanian politician
- Srđan Šajn – Serbian politician
- Talât Pasha – Turkish politician
- Özcan Purçu – Turkish politician
- Peter Pollák – Slovak politician
- Washington Luís – 13th President of Brazil
Various
- Alfie Best – British businessman
- Ceferino Giménez Malla – Spanish beatified Roman Catholic catechist
- Duško Kostić – Croatian academic
- Francisco Rivera Ordóñez – Spanish bullfighter
- Granny Boswell – Irish wise woman and healer
- GypsyCrusader – American white supremacist internet personality
- Hristo Kyuchukov – German linguist
- Michael Costello – American fashion designer
- Mystic Meg – English astrologer
- Timofey Prokofiev – Soviet marine infantryman, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Rodney Smith – English evangelist
- Róisín Mullins – Irish television presenter
- Jean Gordon – Scottish Gypsy
- Mustafa Shibil – Bulgarian Muslim
- Raymond Buckland – English writer on the subject of Wicca and witchcraft
- George Bramwell Evens – British radio broadcaster
- Jamie Macpherson – Scottish fiddler
- Rafael Gómez Ortega – Spanish bullfighter
- Petr Torak – Czech-British former police officer
- Miranda Vuolasranta – Finnish activist
- Philomena Franz – Holocaust survivor
- Zoni Weisz – Holocaust survivor
- Elisabeth Guttenberger – Holocaust survivor
- Margarethe Kraus – Holocaust survivor
- Meeri Koutaniemi – Finnish photographer and journalist
- August Krogh – Danish professor
- Hugo Höllenreiner – Holocaust survivor
Writers
- Bronisława Wajs – Polish
- Caren Gussoff – American
- Charlie Smith – English
- Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor – Romanian
- David Morley – English
- Elena Lacková – Slovak
- Kiba Lumberg – Finnish
- Hillary Monahan – American
- Louise Doughty – English
- Mariella Mehr – Swiss
- Oksana Marafioti – American
- Matéo Maximoff – French
- Menyhért Lakatos – Hungarian
- Muharem Serbezovski – Macedonian
- Nina Dudarova – Russian
- Rajko Đurić – Serbian
- Sandra Jayat – French
- Seanan McGuire – American
- Veijo Baltzar – Finnish
- Hedina Tahirović-Sijerčić – Bosnian
- Usin Kerim – Bulgarian
- Vita Sackville-West – English
- Eldra Jarman – Welsh