List of Rroma people

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This is a list of famous ethnic Roma and other 'Gipsy' people.

Contents 1 Roma people 1.1 Politicians and activists 1.1.1 Joaquín Cortés 1.1.2 Jovan Damjanović 1.1.3 Nadezhda Demeter 1.1.4 Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia 1.1.5 Rajko Djuric 1.1.6 David Essex 1.1.7 Ian Hancock 1.1.8 Lívia Járóka 1.1.9 Čedomir Jovanović 1.1.10 Ronald Lee 1.1.11 Viktória Mohácsi 1.1.12 Ştefan Răzvan 1.1.13 Romani Rose 1.1.14 Mădălin Voicu 1.1.15 Damian Draghici 1.2 Writers 1.2.1 Jánoś Balaś 1.2.2 Veijo Baltzar 1.2.3 Emil Demeter 1.2.4 Rajko Djuric 1.2.5 Philomena Franz 1.2.6 Delia Grigore 1.2.7 Menyhért Lakatos 1.2.8 Ronald Lee 1.2.9 Matéo Maximoff 1.2.10 Olga Pankova 1.2.11 Oleg Petrovich 1.2.12 Ivan Rom-Lebedev 1.2.13 Ceija Stojka 1.2.14 Katarina Taikon 1.2.15 Bronisława Wajs 1.3 Musicians 1.3.1 Carmen Amaya 1.3.2 Sandro de América 1.3.3 Adam Ant 1.3.4 Azis 1.3.5 Elek Bacsik 1.3.6 Saban Bajramovic 1.3.7 Kálmán Balogh 1.3.8 János Bihari 1.3.9 Věra Bílá 1.3.10 Iva Bittová 1.3.11 Alyona Buzylyova 1.3.12 Diego El Cigala 1.3.13 Joaquín Cortés 1.3.14 Lyalya Chornaya 1.3.15 Panna Cinka 1.3.16 Sakis Coucos 1.3.17 Kostas Pavlidis 1.3.18 Kostas Hatzis 1.3.19 Georges Cziffra 1.3.20 Vladislav Demeter 1.3.21 Peter Demeter 1.3.22 Drafi Deutscher 1.3.23 Damian Drăghici 1.3.24 Miro Duna 1.3.25 Mikhail Erdenko 1.3.26 Nikolai Erdenko 1.3.27 Sergei Erdenko 1.3.28 Leoncia Erdenko 1.3.29 David Essex 1.3.30 Fanfare Ciocărlia 1.3.31 Zoltan Farkas 1.3.32 Lajko Felix 1.3.33 Lola Flores 1.3.34 Rosario Flores 1.3.35 Güllü 1.3.36 Ksanthiotis Giorgos 1.3.37 Camarón de la Isla 1.3.38 Kal 1.3.39 Gipsy Kings 1.3.40 Ida Kelarová 1.3.41 Ketama 1.3.42 Kibariye 1.3.43 Sasha Kolpakov 1.3.44 Vadim Kolpakov 1.3.45 Bireli Lagrene 1.3.46 Robi Lakatos 1.3.47 Marcel Loeffler 1.3.48 Joe Longthorne 1.3.49 Eirini Merkouri 1.3.50 Aggelopoulos Manolis 1.3.51 Sofi Marinova 1.3.52 Boban Marković 1.3.53 Jerry Mason 1.3.54 Tarık Mengüç 1.3.55 Carlos Montoya 1.3.56 Ramón Montoya 1.3.57 Anton Pann 1.3.58 Ivo Papazov 1.3.59 La Paquera de Jerez 1.3.60 Manitas de Plata 1.3.61 Valentina Ponomaryova 1.3.62 Romica Puceanu 1.3.63 Aladár Rácz 1.3.64 Dzej Ramadanovski 1.3.65 Johnny Răducanu 1.3.66 Esma Redzepova 1.3.67 Django Reinhardt 1.3.68 Franz Reinhardt 1.3.69 Jimmy Rosenberg 1.3.70 Marianne Rosenberg 1.3.71 Patrick Saussois 1.3.72 Diana Savelyeva 1.3.73 Tchavolo Schmitt 1.3.74 Sergey Selivanov 1.3.75 Ferenc Snetberger 1.3.76 Taraful Haiducilor 1.3.77 Wally Tax 1.3.78 Martin Taylor 1.3.79 Evalyna Tolstoy 1.3.80 Manuel Torre 1.3.81 Vasily Vasilyev 1.3.82 Ion Voicu 1.3.83 Sotis Volanis 1.3.84 Yuri Yunakov 1.3.85 Harri Stojka 1.4 Actors 1.4.1 Florijan Ajdini 1.4.2 Dmitry Buzylyov 1.4.3 Bob Hoskins 1.4.4 Marcia Nicole Lakatos 1.4.5 Soledad Miranda 1.4.6 Bajram Severdzan 1.4.7 Nikolai Slichenko 1.5 Boxers 1.5.1 Johnny Frankham 1.5.2 Jem Mace 1.5.3 Johann Wilhelm Trollmann 1.6 Henry Wharton 1.7 Soccer players 1.7.1 Freddy Eastwood 1.7.2 Raby Howell 1.7.3 Banel Nicolita 1.7.4 Christos Patsatzoglou 1.7.5 Andrea Pirlo 1.7.6 Ricardo Quaresma 1.7.7 José Antonio Reyes 1.8 Other 1.8.1 János Balázs 1.8.2 Augustine Bearce 1.8.3 David Beeri 1.8.4 Flórián Botos 1.8.5 Keomi Gray 1.8.6 Tony Gatlif 1.8.7 Jimmy Marks 1.8.8 Tamas Peli 1.8.9 Katarzina Polok 1.8.10 Settela Steinbach 2 External links

[edit] Roma people

[edit] Politicians and activists

[edit] Joaquín Cortés

Ambassador of Roma in the EU, flamenco dancer, Spain

[edit] Jovan Damjanović

Serbian politician - The first Rom appointed as minister in a government anywhere in the world [1]

[edit] Nadezhda Demeter

Activist, PhD in pedagogics, writer, Russia

[edit] Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia

Ex-member of the European Parliament, founder of the Romani Union, Spain

[edit] Rajko Djuric

MP of Serbia, writer

[edit] David Essex

Past president of the Romany Union of Great Britain

[edit] Ian Hancock

Romani scholar & activist, born in UK, living in USA, Professor at the University of Texas

[edit] Lívia Járóka

Hungarian Member of the European Parliament

[edit] Čedomir Jovanović

Serbian politician - The first vice-premier ,anywhere in the world

[edit] Ronald Lee

Montreal-born Romani novelist, activist & U.N. delegate

[edit] Viktória Mohácsi

Hungarian Member of the European Parliament

[edit] Ştefan Răzvan

Prince of Moldavia, Ruled Moldavia for four months. His father was a Roma.

[edit] Romani Rose

German Sinto activist

[edit] Mădălin Voicu

Romanian politician. His father, Ion Voicu, is a Roma.

[edit] Damian Draghici

Ambassador for Equal Opportunities for All

[edit] Writers

[edit] Jánoś Balaś

Hungarian poet&artist

[edit] Veijo Baltzar

Finnish writer.

[edit] Emil Demeter

Canadian Writer from Hamilton Ontario,refugee from Czech Republic

[edit] Rajko Djuric

Serb writer & activist.

[edit] Philomena Franz

German writer.

[edit] Delia Grigore

Romanian writer, academic and activist

[edit] Menyhért Lakatos

Hungarian writer

[edit] Ronald Lee

Canadian Writer, Professor at the University of Toronto

[edit] Matéo Maximoff

French writer

[edit] Olga Pankova

Russian poet

[edit] Oleg Petrovich

Russian writer

[edit] Ivan Rom-Lebedev

Russian writer&actor

[edit] Ceija Stojka

Austrian author & painter

[edit] Katarina Taikon

Swedish children's writer

[edit] Bronisława Wajs

("Papusza"), Polish poet

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Carmen Amaya

Spanish flamenco dancer

[edit] Sandro de América

Argentinian singer and actor

[edit] Adam Ant

British punk/New Wave musician; of Romnichal stock.

[edit] Azis

Bulgarian Chalga singer, iconoclast and politician

[edit] Elek Bacsik

Hungarian violinist and guitarist

[edit] Saban Bajramovic

Serbian singer

[edit] Kálmán Balogh

Hungarian cimbalom player & bandleader

[edit] János Bihari

Hungarian violinist

[edit] Věra Bílá

Czech singer

[edit] Iva Bittová

Czech singer

[edit] Alyona Buzylyova

Russian singer

[edit] Diego El Cigala

Flamenco Singer

[edit] Joaquín Cortés

Flamenco dancer

[edit] Lyalya Chornaya

Russian singer

[edit] Panna Cinka

Hungarian Violinist

[edit] Sakis Coucos

Greek singer

[edit] Kostas Pavlidis

Greek singer

[edit] Kostas Hatzis

Greek singer

[edit] Georges Cziffra

Hungarian pianist

[edit] Vladislav Demeter

Russian leader of a chorus, the editor of Gypsy magazine "Shunen, romale!"

[edit] Peter Demeter

Russian composer

[edit] Drafi Deutscher

German Sinto songwriter

[edit] Damian Drăghici

Romanian, composer and panflute player

[edit] Miro Duna

Pianist, violinist [2], guitarist

[edit] Mikhail Erdenko

Russian violinist

[edit] Nikolai Erdenko

Russian violinist

[edit] Sergei Erdenko

Russian violinist

[edit] Leoncia Erdenko

Russian singer

[edit] David Essex

former President of the Romany Union, musician and actor.

[edit] Fanfare Ciocărlia

Romanian brass band

[edit] Zoltan Farkas

Hungarian singer

[edit] Lajko Felix

Hungarian-Serbian violinist (part Roma)

[edit] Lola Flores

Spanish singer, actress, (Gitano father)

[edit] Rosario Flores

Spanish singer, actress

[edit] Güllü

Turkish Singer

[edit] Ksanthiotis Giorgos

Greek singer

[edit] Camarón de la Isla

Spanish flamenco singer

[edit] Kal

Romany Band from Serbia

[edit] Gipsy Kings

French (Spanish origin) Gitano new-flamenco band

[edit] Ida Kelarová

Czech singer

[edit] Ketama

Spanish new-flamenco band

[edit] Kibariye

Turkish Singer, Composer

[edit] Sasha Kolpakov

Russian guitarist

[edit] Vadim Kolpakov

Russian guitarist

[edit] Bireli Lagrene

French jazz guitarist

[edit] Robi Lakatos

Hungarian violinist

[edit] Marcel Loeffler

Jazz Accordianist

[edit] Joe Longthorne

English singer and impressionist

[edit] Eirini Merkouri

Greek singer

[edit] Aggelopoulos Manolis

Greek singer & actor

[edit] Sofi Marinova

Bulgarian singer

[edit] Boban Marković

Serbian brass bandleader

[edit] Jerry Mason

American Singer, Guitarist

[edit] Tarık Mengüç

Turkish Singer, Composer

[edit] Carlos Montoya

Spanish flamenco guitarist

[edit] Ramón Montoya

Spanish flamenco guitarist

[edit] Anton Pann

Composer and writer, composed Romania's national anthem. Probably his father was a Roma.

[edit] Ivo Papazov

Bulgarian clarinetist

[edit] La Paquera de Jerez

Spanish flamenco singer (Roma father)

[edit] Manitas de Plata

Spanish guitarist

[edit] Valentina Ponomaryova

Russian singer

[edit] Romica Puceanu

Romanian singer

[edit] Aladár Rácz

Hungarian cymbalist

[edit] Dzej Ramadanovski

Serbian folk singer

[edit] Johnny Răducanu

Romanian Jazz musician

[edit] Esma Redzepova

Macedonian singer

[edit] Django Reinhardt

Belgian/French/German Sinti jazz guitarist

[edit] Franz Reinhardt

German jazz musician

[edit] Jimmy Rosenberg

Dutch swing guitarist

[edit] Marianne Rosenberg

German singer

[edit] Patrick Saussois

French jazz guitarist

[edit] Diana Savelyeva

Russian singer

[edit] Tchavolo Schmitt

French Sinti jazz guitarist

[edit] Sergey Selivanov

Russian singer

[edit] Ferenc Snetberger

Hungarian jazz guitarist

[edit] Taraful Haiducilor

(Taraf de Haïdouks) Romanian band

[edit] Wally Tax

Dutch rock singer, of The Outsiders

[edit] Martin Taylor

British Guitarist

[edit] Evalyna Tolstoy

Singer/Songwriter

[edit] Manuel Torre

Spanish flamenco singer

[edit] Vasily Vasilyev

Russian singer

[edit] Ion Voicu

Romanian violinist

[edit] Sotis Volanis

Greek singer

[edit] Yuri Yunakov

Bulgarian saxophonist

[edit] Harri Stojka

Austrian guitarist

[edit] Actors

[edit] Florijan Ajdini

actor

[edit] Dmitry Buzylyov

Russian actor

[edit] Bob Hoskins

actor

[edit] Marcia Nicole Lakatos

actress

[edit] Soledad Miranda

Andalusian Flamenco Dancer and later Horror Film Actress from Seville, mother was Gitana.

[edit] Bajram Severdzan

Yugoslav actor

[edit] Nikolai Slichenko

Russian actor

[edit] Boxers

[edit] Johnny Frankham

British Light Heavyweight Boxer who knocked to the floor Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali) in an exhibition fight.[3]

[edit] Jem Mace

Bareknuckle Boxing Champion, Father of Modern Boxing

[edit] Johann Wilhelm Trollmann

German light-heavyweight boxer murdered during the Porajmos

[edit] Henry Wharton

English Middleweight Boxing Champion

[edit] Soccer players

[edit] Freddy Eastwood

Welsh (Southend United)

[edit] Raby Howell

British (Liverpool, Sheffield United and Preston North End)

[edit] Banel Nicolita

Romanian (Steaua)

[edit] Christos Patsatzoglou

Greek (Olympiakos)

[edit] Andrea Pirlo

Italian (Milan)

[edit] Ricardo Quaresma

Portuguese (FC Porto)

[edit] José Antonio Reyes

Spanish (Real Madrid)

[edit] Other

[edit] János Balázs

Hungarian artist&poet

[edit] Augustine Bearce

Early Plymouth colonist

[edit] David Beeri

Hungarian artist

[edit] Flórián Botos

Hungarian artist

[edit] Keomi Gray

Model for Dante Rossetti and Frederick Sandys

[edit] Tony Gatlif

French film maker

[edit] Jimmy Marks

Litigant in a lawsuit against the city of Spokane, Washington

[edit] Tamas Peli

Hungarian artist

[edit] Katarzina Polok

German artist

[edit] Settela Steinbach

Holocaust victim

[edit] External links

• Famous Gypsies – famous Roma and people of Roma ancestry.
• Romano Muy – articles about famous or outstanding Roma (in Russian)