This is a list of notable Romani people and people of Romani descent.
Activists
Artists
- Sandra Jayat, French painter, poet and author
- Damian Le Bas, English artist
- Delaine Le Bas, English artist
- Kiba Lumberg, Finnish artist and author
- Joe Machine, English painter
- La Chunga, Spanish painter
- Tracey Emin, English artist
- Antonio Solario, Italian painter
- Otto Mueller, German painter
Athletes
Boxers
Cycling
Kickboxers
Professional Wrestlers
Footballers
Hockey players
Cinema and theater
Musicians
- 100 Kila â Bulgarian rapper
- Adam Ant â English singer and musician
- Adrian Minune â Romanian singer
- VÃÂra BÃÂlá
- Aggelopoulos Manolis (1939âÂÂ1989) â Greek singer and actor
- Albert Lee (born 1943) â London born and raised country rock guitar
- Andro (born 2001) â Russian singer
- Antonio Flores (1961âÂÂ1995) â Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
- Antoñita Singla - Flamenco dancer, years active: 1960âÂÂ1988
- Ayo â A sinti and yoruba singer.
- Azis â Bulgarian singer
- Biréli Lagrène (born 1966) â French jazz guitarist, violinist and bassist
- Boban Markoviàâ Serbian brass bandleader and trumpet player
- Bódi Guszti â Hungarian musician
- Calle Jularbo â Swedish accordionist
- Camarón de la Isla (1950âÂÂ1992) â Spanish flamenco singer
- Carlos Montoya (1903âÂÂ1993) â Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Carmen Amaya â Spanish flamenco dancer
- Cher Lloyd â English singer
- Christian Escoudé â French jazz guitarist
- Connect-R â Romanian singer
- Damian DrÃÂghici â Romanian musician
- Dani Mocanu â Romanian manele singer
- Denny Laine â British musician (The Moody Blues, Wings)
- Didem â Turkish bellydancer
- Diego el Cigala â Spanish flamenco singer
- Django Reinhardt â Belgian guitarist
- Drafi Deutscher â (1946âÂÂ2006) German Sinto songwriter, singer and composer
- DÃ
¾ej Ramadanovski (1964âÂÂ2020) â born in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), modern Serbian folk singer
- Edyta Górniak (born 1972) â Polish singer
- Elek Bacsik â Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist
- Eleni Vitali â Greek singer and composer
- Esma RedÃ
¾epova (1943âÂÂ2016) â Macedonian singer and songwriter
- Eugene Hütz â Ukrainian singer, guitarist, DJ and actor
- Falete (Rafael Ojeda Rojas) â Spanish singer
- Fanfare CiocÃÂrlia (formed 1996) â Romanian brass band
- Félix Lajkó (born 1974) â Hungarian-Serbian violinist and composer (part Romani)
- Florin Salam â Romanian singer
- György Cziffra (1921âÂÂ1994) â Hungarian virtuoso pianist
- Gigi Radics â Hungarian singer
- Haris DÃ
¾inovià(born 1951) â Bosnian folk singer
- Harri Stojka â Austrian jazz guitarist
- Häns'che Weiss, famous for his Gypsy jazz style, won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
- Hüsnü Ã
Âenlendirici â Turkish musician
- Ion Voicu (1923âÂÂ1997) â Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor, founder of Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
- Irini Merkouri (born 1981) â Greek pop singer
- Iva Bittová â Czech singer and violinist
- Ivo Papazov (born 1952) â Bulgarian jazz clarinetist
- János Bihari â Hungarian violinist
- Jentina â English rapper
- Jerry Mason â American singer, guitarist
- Jimmy Rosenberg (born 1980) â Dutch swing guitarist
- JoaquÃÂn Cortés â Spanish flamenco dancer
- Joe Longthorne (1955-2019) â English singer and impressionist
- Joe Zawinul â Austrian jazz keyboardist
- Johnny RÃÂducanu (1931âÂÂ2011) â Romanian jazz musician
- Kal â Romani world music band from Serbia
- Kibariye â Turkish singer of Romani descent
- Kostas Hatzis â Greek singer-songwriter and musician
- Lolita Flores (1958) â Spanish singer and actress
- Los Niños de Sara â French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players
- Manitas de Plata (born 1921) â Spanish guitarist
- Manolis Angelopoulos â Greek singer
- Marianne Rosenberg (born 1955) â German singer-songwriter; daughter of German Gypsy who survived Auschwitz
- Marija Ã
 erifoviàâ Serbian singer, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- Mariska Veres â Dutch singer
- Mercedes Bentso â Finnish rapper
- Mónika Lakatos â Hungarian singer
- Montse Cortés â Spanish flamenco singer
- Natalia Jiménez â Spanish singer-songwriter
- Nicole Cherry â Romanian singer
- Nicolae GuÃÂàâ Romanian manele singer
- Nicolae NeacÃÂu ("Culai") â LÃÂutar, was the leader of Taraf de Haïdouks
- Nicolas Reyes (born 1958) â Franco-Spanish singer, guitar player; lead singer for the Gipsy Kings, a band made up mostly of members of his extended family
- Nikolai Shishkin â Russian guitarist and singer
- Niña Pastori â Spanish flamenco singer
- Panna Czinka (1711âÂÂ1772) â Hungarian violinist, born in Kingdom of Hungary in modern Slovakia
- Patrik Vrbovský - "Rytmus", slovak hip hop artist, active since '92
- Paulus Schäfer (born 1978) â Dutch jazz guitarist
- Pere Pubill Calaf "Peret" (1935âÂÂ2014) â Catalan Spanish singer, guitar player and composer
- Pista Dankó â Hungarian composer
- Radoslav Banga â of Czech group Gypsy.cz
- Rafet El Roman â Turkish singer
- Ramón Montoya (1889âÂÂ1949) â Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Rayito (Antonio Rayo) â Spanish guitarist, singer and composer. Father Gitano (Iberian Kalo) and mother Japanese
- Remedios Amaya â Spanish singer
- Remu Aaltonen - Finnish drummer and singer
- Robert Plant (born 1948) â English singer and songwriter (former vocalist of Led Zeppelin). Romanichal mother
- Robi Botos â Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist
- Romica Puceanu (1928âÂÂ1996) â Romanian singer (urban LÃÂutÃÂreascàmusic)
- Rosa López (born 1981) â Spanish singer
- Rosario Flores (born 1963) â Spanish singer and actress, Latin Grammy award winner
- Ã
 aban Bajramoviàâ Serbian singer
- Sandu Ciorbàâ Romanian singer
- Santino Spinelli â Italian singer and musician
- Sasha Kolpakov (born 1943) â Russian guitarist
- Schnuckenack Reinhardt, Related to virtuoso Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt. He is accredited with being the pioneer of sinti jazz and music in Germany and directly or indirectly inspired many of the succeeding generation of gypsy jazz players in that country, as well as preserving on record a great many folkloric and gypsy compositions for future generations.
- Selim Sesler â Turkish virtuoso
- Sido â Former rapper, well known for popularizing the aggro line of music in Germany in the 90s.
- Sinan Sakiàâ Serbian singer
- Sofi Marinova â Bulgarian singer
- Alex Velea â Romanian singer
- Sotis Volanis â Greek pop folk singer
- Stiv Bators â American vocalist
- Stochelo Rosenberg (born 19 February 1968) â Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the Rosenberg Trio
- Taisto Tammi â Finnish singer
- Taraful Haiducilor â (Taraf de Haïdouks) Romanian band, formed 1989
- Tea Tairoviàâ Serbian singer
- Toni Iordache â Romanian musician
- Tonino Baliardo â Franco-Spanish guitar player; also a member of the Gipsy Kings
- Joci Pápai â Hungarian singer
- Valentina Ponomaryova (born 1939) â Russian singer
- VÃÂra BÃÂlá â Czech vocalist
- Vicente Escudero â Spanish flamenco dancer
- Viki Gabor - Polish singer
- Wally Tax â Dutch rock singer, of The Outsiders; son of a Dutch father and a Russian Romani mother
- TzancàUraganu â Romanian singer
- Ã
½arko Jovanoviàâ Serbian musician
- Yuri Yunakov â Bulgarian musician
Politicians
Various
Writers
References