List of known Roma
This list contains personalities who consider themselves or are considered to be Roma .
politics
- Romeo Franz (* 1966 ) in Kaiserslautern direct candidate Bündnis 90 / die Grünen, board member of the Hildegard Lagrenne Foundation
- Rudko Kawczynski (* 1954 in Krakow ), President of the European Roma and Traveler Forum in Strasbourg
- Mario Mettbach (* 1952 in Hamburg ), German politician, former Senator for Construction and Transport for the City of Hamburg.
- Romani Rose (* 1946 in Heidelberg ), German civil rights activist and chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma
- Otto Rosenberg (* 1927 in Draugupönen, Pillkallen district (East Prussia, today Oblast Kaliningrad ); † 2001 in Berlin ), survivor of the Porajmos in the Auschwitz , Buchenwald , Dora-Mittelbau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps , long-time chairman of the regional association of German Sinti and Roma in Berlin-Brandenburg, board member in the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma , author of the autobiography Das Brennglas .
- Rudolf Sarközi (* 1944 in the Lackenbach stopping camp ), chairman of the cultural association of Austrian Roma, chairman of the Roma ethnic group, Austrian survivor of the Porajmos
- Ewald Hanstein (* 1924 in Oels (Silesia) ; † 2004 in Bremen ), survivor of the Porajmos in the concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau , Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau and a death march , long-time chairman of the Bremen Sinti Association in the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Board member of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma and member of the inmate advisory board of the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial.
literature
- Rahim Burhan (* 1949 in Skopje ), Macedonian theater director
- Philomena Franz , (* 1922 in Biberach an der Riss ) is a German Auschwitz survivor , contemporary witness and author .
- Menyhért Lakatos (* 1926 in Vésztő ; † 2007 in Budapest ), Hungarian writer
- Ronald Lee (* 1934 ), Canadian writer and journalist
- Matéo Maximoff (* 1917 in Barcelona , † 1999 in Romainville , France ), French writer
- Nedjo Osman (* 1958 in Skopje ), Macedonian actor, director, journalist and poet, lives in Germany
- Ceija Stojka (* 1933 in Kraubath an der Mur ; † 2013 in Vienna ), Austrian author, musician and painter
- Bronisława Wajs (* 1910 , † 1987 ), known as "Papusza" ( Romanes : doll ), Polish poet
music
- Elek Bacsik (* 1926 in Budapest; † 1993 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois near Chicago, USA), jazz musician
- Šaban Bajramović (* 1936 in Niš; † 2008 ibid), Serbian singer
- Věra Bílá , (* 1954 in Rokycany, † 2019 in Pilsen), Czech singer
- Ljiljana Buttler (actually: Ljiljana Petrović; * 1944 in Belgrade; † 2010 in Düsseldorf), Yugoslav or Bosnian singer
- Camarón de la Isla (born 1950 in San Fernando, Province of Cádiz, † 1992 in Badalona, Province of Barcelona), Spanish flamenco singer
- Diego el Cigala (actually: Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar; * 1968 in Madrid), Spanish flamenco singer
- Joaquín Cortés (* 1969 in Córdoba), Spanish flamenco dancer
- György Cziffra (* 1921 in Budapest, † 1994 in Senlis (Oise)), Hungarian-French classical pianist, outstanding Liszt interpreter
- Angelo Debarre (* 1962 in Saint-Denis), French jazz guitarist
- Farruquito (* 1982 in Seville), Spanish flamenco dancer
- Hojok Merstein (* 1923 in Karlsruhe), German Sinti jazz bassist, with Häns'che Weiss
- Menowin Fröhlich (* 1987 in Munich), German pop singer
- Adrian Coriolan Gaspar (* 1987 in Moldova-Nouă, Romania), Romanian-Austrian jazz pianist and composer
- Sarah Cross (* 1989 in Bergheim), German singer who in May 2009 as the runner-up from the sixth season of the talent show looking for Germany the superstar emerged
- Jelena Krstic (* 1981 in Kovin), Serbian singer (jazz, Roma music)
- Biréli Lagrène (* 1966 in Soufflenheim), Alsatian guitarist, composer and jazz musician
- Tony Lakatos (* 1958 in Budapest), Hungarian jazz saxophonist, whose father and brother Roby are known as violinists
- Manitas de Plata (* 1921 in Sète, France, † 2014 in Montpellier), French-Spanish guitarist
- Daweli Reinhardt (* 1932 in Wiesbaden; † 2016 in Koblenz), German Sinto jazz guitarist, co-founder of the Schnuckenack Reinhardt Quartet, founder of the Mike Reinhardt Sixtett
- Django Reinhardt (* 1910 in Liberchies, Belgium; † 1953 in Samois-sur-Seine near Paris), Belgian jazz musician
- Schnuckenack Reinhardt (* 1921 in Weinsheim; † 2006 in Heidelberg), German Sinti jazz violinist
- Randolph Rose (* 1954 in Bamberg), German pop singer
- Marianne Rosenberg (* 1955 in Berlin-Lankwitz), German pop singer
- Stochelo Rosenberg (* 1968 in Helmond), Dutch jazz guitarist, representatives of the Gypsy Jazz style called
- Dorado Schmitt (* 1957 in Saint-Avold) French guitarist, violinist and singer
- Tchavolo Schmitt (* 1954 in Paris), French guitarist and actor
- Sido (bourgeois Paul Hartmut Würdig; * 1980 in Berlin), German rapper, actor and music producer
- Ferenc Snétberger (* 1957 in Salgótarján), Hungarian jazz guitarist in Berlin
- Harri Stojka (* 1957 in Vienna), Austrian jazz guitarist
- Mihaela Ursuleasa (* 1978 in Brașov; † August 2, 2012 in Vienna), Romanian classical pianist
- Häns'che Weiss (* 1951 in Berlin; † 2016), German jazz guitarist in the tradition of Django Reinhardt , who emerged from Schnuckenack Reinhardt's band
- Lulu Weiss (* 1959 in Illingen an der Saar), German guitarist, is considered an important representative of the gypsy jazz style called
- Holzmanno Winterstein (* 1952 in Molsheim / Alsace), German guitarist, first with Schnuckenack Reinhardt , then with Häns'che Weiss
- Titi Winterstein (* 1956; † 2008 in Offenburg), German violinist, worked with Häns'che Weiss before founding his own ensemble
- Ziroli Winterstein (* 1954 in Singen (Hohentwiel), † July 30, 2007 in Hanau), German jazz guitarist
- Ron Wood (* 1947 in Hillingdon, London) English rock guitarist with the Jeff Beck Group , The Faces , Rolling Stones
Movie
- Yul Brynner (born July 11, 1920 in Vladivostok , RSFSR , † 1985 in New York City ).
- Melanie Spitta , (* 1946 in Hasselt , Belgium ; † 2005 in Frankfurt am Main ), German film author
- Pola Negri (* 1897 in Lipno , Russian Empire , † 1987 in San Antonio , USA ), Polish actress and great star of silent films. The father was a Hungarian Roma, the mother came from the Polish majority population.
- Manoush (* 1971 in France) actress
Sports
Boxing:
- Jakob Bamberger (* 1913 - † 1989 ), German Olympic selection from 1936
- Silvio Branco (born August 26, 1966 in Civitavecchia , Italy ), twice WBA light heavyweight champion
- Boris Georgiev (born December 5, 1982 in Sofia , Bulgaria ), multiple Bulgarian champion, Olympic participant
- Kirkor Kirkorow (born March 4, 1968 in Varna , Bulgaria ), amateur boxer multiple Bulgarian champion
- Dawid Kostecki (born June 27, 1981 in Rzeszów , Poland ; † August 2, 2019), IBC World Champion
- Iwajlo Marinow (born Ismail Mustafow ( Bulgarian Ивайло Маринов); * July 12, 1960 in Varna ), Olympic champion
- Faustino Reyes (born April 4, 1975 in Marchena , Spain ), second at the Olympics
- Dorel Simion (born February 13, 1977 in Bucharest , Romania ), Olympic participant
- Marian Simion (born September 14, 1975 in Bucharest , Romania ), second at the Olympics
- Domenico Spada ( September 15, 1980 in Rome ), WBC international championship title
- Serafim Todorow (born September 6, 1969 in Peshtera , Bulgaria ), second at the Olympics
- Johann Wilhelm Trollmann (* 1907 in Wilsche near Gifhorn ; † 1944 in the Wittenberge subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp ), professional boxer
Soccer:
- Freddy Eastwood ( October 29, 1983 in Basildon )
- André-Pierre Gignac (born December 5, 1985 in Martigues )
- Walter Laubinger (born November 9, 1967 in Hamburg )
- Jesús Navas (born November 21, 1985 in Seville )
- Ricardo Quaresma (born September 26, 1983 in Lisbon )
scientist
- Ian Hancock ( Romani : Yanko le Redžosko ; * 1942 in London ), British scientist, linguist and human rights activist
- Petra Rosenberg (* 1952 in Berlin ), German functionary of the Sinti and Roma