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The title of Honorary Citizen of Bucharest is the highest civic distinction, which rewards the talent and the special contributions of a person, Romanian or foreign, granted by the General Council of Bucharest. [1] The title is granted, as the case may be, at the initiative of the Mayor General or the members of the General Council of Bucharest. The first person rewarded with this distinction was soprano Mariana Nicolesco in 1991.

Year Name Portrait Comments Country Ref.
1991 Mariana Nicolesco
(born 1948)		 Soprano and honorary member of the Romanian Academy, named UNESCO Artist for Peace and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador   Romania [2]
1992 George Emil Palade
(1912–2008)		 Physician and scientist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974   Romania/  United States
Viorica Cortez
(born 1935)		 Mezzo-soprano   Romania/  France
Ileana Cotrubaș
(born 1939)		 Soprano   Romania
Marina Krilovici
(born 1942)		 Soprano   Romania
Ionel Pantea Opera singer and stage director, distinguished with the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg   Romania
1994 National football team, coaches, doctor and president of the Romanian Football Federation Quarterfinalist in the 1994 FIFA World Cup   Romania
Nadia Comăneci
(born 1961)		 Gymnast, first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic event and first Romanian sportswoman included in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame   Romania/  United States
1995 Ion Irimescu
(1903–2005)		 Sculptor, professor and honorary member of the Romanian Academy   Romania
Knights of the Order of Michael the Brave   Romania
1996 Paul Călinescu
(1902–2000)		 Director and screenwriter   Romania
Marin Sorescu
(1936–1996)		 Writer and Minister of Culture (1993–1995), member of the Romanian Academy and laureate of the Herder Prize   Romania
1997 Pierre Mauroy
(1928–2013)		 Mayor of Lille (1973–2001) and Prime Minister of France (1981–1984)   France
Ion Voicu
(1923–1997)		 Violinist and director of George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra   Romania
Dumitrașcu Lăcătușu
(1891–1999)		 Last Romanian veteran of the First World War   Romania
Livia S. Sylva Holocaust survivor, cosmetic designer and commissioner of New York City Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol   Romania/  United States
Bill Clinton
(born 1946)		 President of the United States (1993–2001)   United States
Jacques Chirac
(1932 - 2019)		 President of France (1995–2007)   France
Gabriela Szabo
(born 1975)		 Olympic athlete and Minister of Youth and Sports (2014–2015), named in 1999 the world's best athlete   Romania
Nicolae Herlea
(1927–2014)		 Baritone   Romania
1998 Liviu Ciulei
(1923–2011)		 Director, actor, scenographer, architect, professor and corresponding member of the Romanian Academy   Romania
Nursultan Nazarbayev
(born 1940)		 President of Kazakhstan (1991–present)   Kazakhstan
2000 Gold, silver and bronze medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics   Romania
2001 Migry Avram Nicolau Stage director   Romania
Tiberiu Simionescu Founding member of the Ion Dacian National Theater of Operetta and Musical   Romania
Nicolae Ionescu-Dodo Founding member of the Ion Dacian National Theater of Operetta and Musical   Romania
George Zaharescu
(1927–2007)		 Opera director, director of the Ion Dacian National Theater of Operetta and Musical   Romania
Iolanda Balaș
(1936–2016)		 Olympic athlete, president of the Romanian Athletics Federation (1988–2005)   Romania
Radu Beligan
(1918–2016)		 Actor and honorary member of the Romanian Academy   Romania
Gheorghe Dinică
(1934–2009)		 Actor   Romania
Marin Moraru
(1937–2016)		 Actor   Romania
Tamara Buciuceanu
(1929–2019)		 Actress   Moldova/  Romania
Carmen Stănescu
(1925–2018)		 Actress   Romania
Damian Crâșmaru
(1931–2019)		 Actor   Romania
Mircea Albulescu
(1934–2016)		 Actor, professor, publicist, poet and writer   Romania
Olga Tudorache
(1929–2017)		 Actress and professor   Romania
Marcela Rusu
(1926–2002)		 Actress   Romania
Ion Zamfirescu
(1907–2001)		 Theater historian and professor   Romania
Ileana Berlogea
(1931–2002)		 Theater historian, professor and critic   Romania
Ion Toboșaru
(1930–2016)		 Film critic, esthetician and theatrologist   Romania
Horea Popescu
(1925–2010)		 Director   Romania
Margareta Niculescu
(1926–2018)		 Puppetteer, professor, director and theater director   Romania
Dinu Săraru
(born 1932)		 Theater director, playwright, essayist, publicist, novelist and writer   Romania
Ștefan Iordache
(1941–2008)		 Actor   Romania
Dan Iordăchescu
(1930–2015)		 Baritone   Romania
Adela Mărculescu
(born 1938)		 Actress   Romania
Draga Olteanu Matei
(1933–2020)		 Actress   Romania
Ludovic Spiess
(1938–2006)		 Tenor, Minister of Culture (1991–1992) and director of the Romanian National Opera (2001–2005)   Romania
Florin Piersic
(born 1936)		 Actor   Romania
Gheorghe Zamfir
(born 1941)		 Musician and composer, self-described "master of the pan flute"   Romania
Veta Biriș
(born 1949)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Achim Nica
(1930–2012)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Maria Butaciu
(1940–2018)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Sava Negrean Brudașcu
(born 1947)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Floarea Calotă
(born 1956)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Matilda Pascal Cojocărița
(born 1958)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Liviu Dafinescu
(1954–2004)		 Director of Doina Gorjului Folklore Ensemble (1994–2004)   Romania
Valeria Peter Predescu
(1947–2009)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Dumitru Fărcaș
(1938–2018)		 Tárogató player   Romania
Benone Sinulescu
(1937–2021)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Viorica Flintașu
(born 1939)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Elise Stan TV producer   Romania
Nicolae Furdui Iancu
(born 1955)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Floarea Tănăsescu Folk music singer   Romania
Laura Lavric
(born 1946)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Gheorghe Turda
(born 1948)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Grigore Leșe
(born 1954)		 Folk music singer and bassoon player   Romania
Liviu Vasilică
(1950–2004)		 Folk music singer and pediatrician   Romania
Ion Luican
(1907–1992)		 Folk music singer   Romania
Sofia Vicoveanca
(born 1941)		 Folk music singer, poet and actress   Ukraine/  Romania
2005 Stela Popescu
(1935–2017)		 Actress   Moldova/  Romania
2006 Cristian Gațu
(born 1945)		 Olympic handball player and president of the Romanian Handball Federation (1996–2014)   Romania
Marcel Guguianu
(1922–2012)		 Sculptor   Romania
David Esrig
(born 1935)		 Professor and theater director   Israel/  Romania
2007 Lucian Giurchescu
(born 1930)		 Director   Romania
Tudor Petrov-Popa
(born 1963)		 Politician, fighter for the territorial integrity of Moldova during the Transnistria War   Moldova
Andrei Ivanțoc
(born 1961)		 Politician, fighter for the territorial integrity of Moldova during the Transnistria War and political prisoner of the separatist regime in Tiraspol   Moldova
Alexandru Leșco
(born 1955)		 Politician, fighter for the territorial integrity of Moldova during the Transnistria War   Moldova
2008 Rică Răducanu
(born 1946)		 Footballer, played in Romania national football team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup   Romania
2009 Horia Damian
(1922–2012)		 Painter and honorary member of the Romanian Academy   Romania/  France
2014 Larisa Iordache
(born 1996)		 Olympic gymnast   Romania
2016 Maria Popa Professor   Romania
Neagu Djuvara
(1916–2018)		 Historian, diplomat, philosopher, journalist and novelist   Romania
Members of the women's handball team – CSM București Winner of the 2015–16 Women's EHF Champions League   Romania
Members of the women's volleyball team – CSM București Winner of the 2015–16 CEV Women's Challenge Cup   Romania
Members of Romania's sword team Gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics   Romania
2017 Cristian Țopescu
(1937–2018)		 Sports commentator, journalist and politician   Romania
Dinu C. Giurescu
(1927–2018)		 Historian, politician and member of the Romanian Academy   Romania
Herman Berkovits
(born 1947)		 Benjamin Netanyahu's personal physician and Viorica Dăncilă's honorary counselor   Romania/  Israel
Cătălin Badiu Cardiovascular surgeon   Romania
Cătălina Ponor
(born 1987)		 Olympic gymnast   Romania
Marian Drăgulescu
(born 1980)		 Olympic gymnast   Romania
Ileana Vulpescu
(1932–2021)		 Philologist, lexicographer, writer, novelist and translator   Romania
Alexandru Arșinel
(born 1939)		 Actor and director of Constantin Tănase Revue Theater   Romania
Ilie Ilașcu
(born 1952)		 Politician and political prisoner of the separatist regime in Tiraspol   Moldova/  Romania
Mircea Lucescu
(born 1945)		 Footballer and selector of Romania and Turkey national football teams   Romania
Cristina Neagu
(born 1988)		 Professional handball player, the only handball player in history to win three IHF World Player of the Year awards   Romania
Angela Gheorghiu
(born 1965)		 Soprano, one of the most famous opera singers in the world   Romania
Alexandra Nechita
(born 1985)		 Painter and muralist, dubbed "little Picasso"   Romania/  United States
Simona Halep
(born 1991)		 Professional tennis player, first Romanian tenniswoman to become world No. 1 on the WTA Tour   Romania
Ion Caramitru
(born 1942)		 Actor, Minister of Culture (1996–2000), president of UNITER (1990–present) and director of Ion Luca Caragiale National Theater (2005–present)   Romania
Helmuth Duckadam
(born 1959)		 Footballer and president of FC Steaua București   Romania
Dorin Petruț Lieutenant colonel injured in Camp Victory in 2007 and professional archer   Romania
Daniel Porumb
(born 1980)		 Sergeant injured in Iraq in April 2007   Romania
Eugen Valentin Pătru Corporal injured in Afghanistan in March 2014   Romania

References

  1. ^ "REGULAMENT pentru acordarea titlului de Cetățean de Onoare al Municipiului București" (PDF). Primăria Municipiului București (in Romanian).
  2. ^ "Cetățeni de onoare" (PDF). Primăria Municipiului București (in Romanian).
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