List of Romani people
This is a list of notable Romani people and people of Romani descent.
Activists
- Winston Sterzel — South African Youtuber who goes by the name Serpentza.
- Matthew Tye — American Youtuber who goes by the name Laowhy86.
- Delia Grigore – Romanian writer
- Constantin S. Nicolăescu-Plopșor – Romanian historian, archeologist, anthropologist and writer
- Saša Barbul – Serbian actor and film director
- Marcel Courthiade – French linguist
- Alba Flores – Spanish actress
- Ian Hancock – English linguist
- Milena Hübschmannová – Czech professor
- Ronald Lee – Canadian writer
- Alfonso Mejia-Arias – Mexican musician and politician
- Paul Polansky – American writer
- Ceija Stojka – Austrian artist and writer
- Katarina Taikon – Swedish actress
Artists
- Damian Le Bas, English artist
- Delaine Le Bas, English artist
- Joe Machine, English painter
- La Chunga, Spanish painter
Athletes
Boxers
- Ivailo Marinov – Bulgarian[1]
- Serafim Todorov – Bulgarian[2]
- Dorel Simion – Romanian[3]
- Marian Simion – Romanian[3]
- Zoltan Lunka – Hungarian[4]
- Tyson Fury - English (Irish Traveller)
- Billy Joe Saunders – English[5]
- Faustino Reyes – Spanish[6]
Kickboxers
- Nieky Holzken – Dutch
- Albert Kraus – Dutch
- Florin Lambagiu – Romanian
- Václav Sivák - Czech
Footballers
- Aljoša Asanović – Croatian[7]
- Milan Baroš – Czech[7]
- Zvonimir Boban – Croatian[7]
- Eric Cantona – French[8]
- Freddy Eastwood – Welsh[9]
- János Farkas – Hungarian[10]
- André-Pierre Gignac – French[11]
- Dani Güiza – Spanish[12]
- Rab Howell – English[13]
- Zlatan Ibrahimović – Swedish[7]
- Georgi Ivanov - Gonzo – Bulgarian[7]
- José Mari – Spanish[7]
- Marius Lăcătuș – Romanian[7]
- Carlos Martins – Portuguese[7]
- Gigi Meroni – Italian[14]
- Carlos Muñoz Cobo – Spanish[15]
- Jesús Navas – Spanish[16]
- Bănel Nicoliță – Romanian[17]
- Christos Patsatzoglou - Greek[18]
- Andrea Pirlo – Italian[7]
- István Pisont – Hungarian[19]
- Artur Quaresma – Portuguese
- Alfredo Quaresma – Portuguese[7]
- Ricardo Quaresma – Portuguese[20]
- José Antonio Reyes – Spanish[21]
- Diego Rodríguez – Spanish[7]
- Quique Sánchez Flores – Spanish[7]
- Dejan Savićević - Montenegrin[7]
- Dragoslav Šekularac – Serbian[7]
- Rafael van der Vaart – Dutch[22]
- Tony Vairelles – French[23]
- Telmo Zarra – Spanish[7]
Hockey players
- Dominik Lakatoš – Czech[24]
Cinema and theater
- Charlie Chaplin – English comic actor
- Bob Hoskins – English actor
- Tony Gatlif - French film director
- Manoush - French actress
- Óscar Jaenada- Spanish actor
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish ballet and flamenco dancer
- Leonor Teles – Portuguese film director
- Ștefan Bănică Sr. – Romanian actor
- Sandro de América – Argentine actor
Musicians
- Azis - Bulgarian singer
- Sinan Sakić - Serbian singer
- Django Reinhardt - French guitarist
- Mariska Veres – Dutch singer
- Carmen Amaya – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Vicente Escudero – Spanish flamenco dancer
- Sotis Volanis- Greek singer
- Pista Dankó – Hungarian composer
- Adam Ant – English singer and musician
- Elek Bacsik – Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist
- Robi Botos – Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist
- Joe Zawinul – Austrian jazz keyboardist
- Eugene Hütz – Ukrainian singer, guitarist, DJ and actor
- Šaban Bajramović – Serbian singer
- János Bihari – Hungarian violinist
- Iva Bittová – Czech singer and violinist
- Diego el Cigala – Spanish flamenco singer
- Joaquín Cortés – Spanish flamenco dancer
- "Rayito" Antonio Rayo – Spanish Guitarist, singer and composer. Father Gitano (Iberian Kalo) and mother Japanese
- Sandu Ciorbă – Romanian singer
- Panna Cinka – (1711–1772) Hungarian Violinist, born in Kingdom of Hungary in modern Slovakia
- Connect-R – Romanian singer
- Georges Cziffra – (1921–1994) Hungarian virtuoso pianist
- Drafi Deutscher – (1946–2006) German Sinto songwriter, singer and composer
- Fanfare Ciocărlia – (formed 1996) Romanian brass band
- "Falete" Rafael Ojeda Rojas – Spanish singer
- Lolita Flores – (1958) Spanish singer and actress.
- Antonio Flores – (1961–1995) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor.
- Rosario Flores – (born 1963) Spanish singer and actress, Latin Grammy award winner
- Camarón de la Isla – (1950–1992) Spanish flamenco singer
- Kal – Romani world music Band from Serbia
- 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
- Tonino Baliardo – Franco-Spanish guitar player; also a member of the Gipsy Kings
- Los Niños de Sara – French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players
- Sasha Kolpakov – (born 1943) Russian guitarist
- Biréli Lagrène – (born 1966) French jazz guitarist, violinist and bassist
- Denny Laine – British musician (The Moody Blues, Wings)
- Félix Lajkó – (born 1974) Hungarian-Serbian violinist and composer (part Romani)
- Albert Lee - (born 1943) London born and raised country rock guitar legend. His father is Romanichal.[25]
- Joe Longthorne – (born 1955) English singer and impressionist
- Irini Merkouri – (born 1981) Greek pop singer
- Aggelopoulos Manolis – (1939–1989) Greek singer and actor
- Sofi Marinova – Bulgarian singer
- Boban Marković – Serbian brass bandleader and trumpet player
- Jerry Mason – American Singer, Guitarist
- Carlos Montoya – (1903–1993) Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ramón Montoya – (1889–1949) Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ivo Papazov – (born 1952) Bulgarian jazz clarinetist
- Manitas de Plata – (born 1921) Spanish guitarist
- Valentina Ponomaryova – (born 1939) Russian singer
- Džej Ramadanovski – (1964-2020), born in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), modern Serbian folk singer
- Johnny Răducanu – (born 1931) Romanian jazz musician
- Esma Redzepova – (1943-2016) Macedonian singer and songwriter
- Jimmy Rosenberg – (born 1980) Dutch swing guitarist
- Marianne Rosenberg – (born 1955) German singer and songwriter. Daughter of German Gypsy who survived Auschwitz.
- Stochelo Rosenberg - (born 19 February 1968) is a Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the Rosenberg Trio.
- Florin Salam - Romanian singer
- Paulus Schafer - (born 1978) Dutch jazz guitarist
- Tchavolo Schmitt – (born 1954) French jazz guitarist
- Taraful Haiducilor – (Taraf de Haïdouks) Romanian band, formed 1989
- Nicolae Neacşu ("Culai") – Lăutar, was the leader of Taraf de Haïdouks
- Wally Tax – Dutch rock singer, of The Outsiders. Son of a Dutch father and a Russian Romani mother.
- Ion Voicu – (1923–1997) Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
- Sotis Volanis – Greek pop folk singer
- Harri Stojka – Austrian jazz guitarist
- Radoslav Banga – of Czech group Gypsy.cz
- Joy Olasunmibo Ogunmakin – Ayọ (stage name), German singer
- Didem – Turkish Bellydancer
- Romica Puceanu – (1928–1996) Romanian singer (Urban Lăutarească Music)
- Pere Pubill Calaf "Peret" – (born 1935) Catalan Spanish singer, guitar player and composer
- Edyta Górniak - (born 1972) Polish singer
- Robert Plant - (born 1948) English singer and songwriter (former vocalist of Led Zeppelin). Romanichal mother
- Kibariye - Turkish singer of Romani descent
- Ronnie Wood - (born 1947) guitarist, The Rolling Stones
Politicians
- Lívia Járóka, Hungarian MEP
- Ágnes Osztolykán, Hungarian politician
- Carlos Miguel – Portuguese minister and mayor
- Juscelino Kubitschek - 21st President of Brazil
- Washington Luís - 13th President of Brazil
- Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia - Spanish MEP
- Idália Serrão – Portuguese secretary of state and MP
Various
- Ceferino Giménez Malla – Spanish beatified Roman Catholic catechist
- Rodney Smith – English evangelist
Writers
- Louise Doughty – English
- David Morley – English
- Charlie Smith – English
- Caren Gussoff – American
- Hillary Monahan – American
- Veijo Baltzar – Finnish
- Nina Dudarova – Russian
- Rajko Đurić – Serbian
- Elena Lacková – Slovak
- Menyhért Lakatos – Hungarian
- Matéo Maximoff – French
- Mariella Mehr – Swiss
- Muharem Serbezovski – Macedonian
- Bronisława Wajs – Polish
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