Outstanding people from Roman City
Roman City is placed in the midle of Moldavian highlands , in Neamt county, Romania, at the confluence of Siret and Moldova river, and has the coordinates 46055' N latitude, 26055' E longitude. First mention is in ,,Letopisetul Novgorodului “ document, from 1387 . The first written document about Roman is a donation document from 30 of March 1392 . The name of the city is from the ruler Roman I Musat, the founder of the city. The most representative citizens of the city are :
LITERATURE
Miron Costin (1633-1691) - chronical, wrote "Letopisetul Tarii Moldovei", "De Neamul Moldovenilor".
Cezar Petrescu (1892-1961) - novelist, works : "Oras Patriarhal", "Apostol" and "Drumul cu plopi"
Otilia Cazimir (1894-1967) – poet, born Cotu-vames, childhood at Roman si neighbourhood.
Calistrat Hogas (1848-1917) – teacher and principal of "Roman-Voda” High School.
Garabet Ibraileanu (1871-1936) – critic, author of ,,Adela" ,"Amintiri din copilarie si adolescenta".
Haralamb Zinca ( Hary Isac Zilberman) – born at 1923 in Roman, novelist, specialized in ,,police’’ novels.
Savin Bratu (Barasch) ( 1925 – 1977) – historian and literature critic..
CINEMA ,ACTORS, TELEVISION
Jean Mihail (1896-1963) – movie director, former student of "Roman -Voda" high school, creator of Romanian cinema.
Nae Roman (Nicolae Constantinescu) - actor; born at Roman, former student of "Roman -Voda" High school.
Sandu Sticlaru – actor at ,,Nottara” National Theatre, played in many movies.
Alexandru Hatmanu - actor
Andreea Marin - program director at TVR, born in Roman at 22 of December 1974,
MUSIC
Mihail Jora - musician, outstanding composer, he and Enescu founded National school of composition.
Paul Ciuntu (1866-1918) – professor and director of Bucharest Conservatory , conductor and musician .
Dumitru D.Botez - conductor, born in Roman .
Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) – international conductor .
MATHEMATICS
Alexandru Cojocaru (1917-1999) - emerit Maths professor, teacher at "Roman-Voda" High school between 1947-1986.
ENGINEERING
Ion S. Antoniu (1905-1987) – teacher at Bucharest University, Electrotechnic field.
Ion Ionescu de la Brad – first Romanian engineer in agriculture field, born in Roman at 24 of June 1818. Creator of first agriculture school in Romania.
Constantin I. Istrati professor of Chemistry , researcher, born at 5 of September 1850.
Mihail Florescu – professor of Chemistry , born in 1912, member of Romanian Academy, former Ministry of Chemistry.