Mircea Eliade (1925) - Renowned historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.
Eugen Ionescu (1933) - Playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost figures of the Theatre of the Absurd.
Elie Wiesel (1948) - Holocaust survivor, writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate in Peace (1986).
George Emil Palade (1930) - Cell biologist, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1974) for his work on the structure and function of organelles in cells.
