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The first Romanian known to have been to what is now the United States was Samuel Damian (also spelled Domien), a former priest. [9] Samuel Damian's name appears as far back as 1748, when he placed an advertisement in the South Carolina Gazette announcing the electrical demonstrations he planned to give and inviting the public to attend.
Nick Denes (1906–1975) – American football and basketball coach; Eric Ghiaciuc (born 1981) – American football player; John Ghindia (1925–2012) – American football player and coach; Bill Goldberg (born 1966) – American football player and undefeated wrestler (Romanian-Jewish descent). [32] Hroniss Grasu (born 1991) – American ...
The Kalderash first arrived in the United States in the 1880s. Many of them came from Austria-Hungary, Russia and Serbia, as well as from Italy, Greece, Romania and Turkey. The arrival of the Kalderash, rudari and the other subgroups of Romani at this time more or less wiped out the Roma who had arrived in United States during the colonial period.
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Romanian ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Wikimedia Commons has media related to American people of Romanian descent .
Nettie Stanley - matriarch of the family starring in the TLC reality television series "Gypsy Sisters" Tracey Ullman - actress; Cecilia Woloch - poet [16] Yul Brynner - Russian-born American actor who was an Honorary President of the second World Romani Congress, whose mother was a Romanian Roma [17] Glenda Bailey-Mershon - writer [16]
American people of Romanian descent (4 C, 154 P) Pages in category "Romanian diaspora in the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Romanian nationals Laurentiu Baceanu and Alexandru Vasile are accused of posing as law enforcement during a series of robberies in Orange County, including in Anaheim, Tustin and Westminster.
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 [29] Lyalya Chyornaya – Russian actress; Jan Cina – Czech actor [30] Joaquín Cortés – Spanish ballet and flamenco dancer