Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
List of Roma people
This is a list of famous Roma people
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Musicians
- Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer
- Kálmán Balogh , Hungarian cimbalom player & bandleader
- János Bihari, Hungarian violinist
- Vera Bila , Czech singer
- Iva Bittova , Czech singer
- Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist
- Fanfare Ciocarlia , Romanian brass band
- Lola Flores, Spanish singer, actress
- Rosario Flores , Spanish singer, actress
- Gipsy Kings, French new flamenco band
- Edyta Gorniak , Polish singer (Roma father)
- Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer
- Ketama , Spanish new flamenco band
- La Paquera de Jerez , Spanish flamenco singer (Roma father)
- Bireli Lagrene , French jazz guitarist
- Boban Markovic , Serbian brass bandleader
- Andy McCoy, Finnish guitarist for Hanoi Rocks (Roma father)
- Carlos Montoya, Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ramón Montoya, Spanish flamenco guitarist
- Ivo Papasov, Bulgarian clarinetist
- Manitas de Plata , French guitarist
- Johnny Răducanu , Romanian jazz singer
- Django Reinhardt, Belgian jazz guitarist
- Esma Redzepova , Macedonian singer
- Jimmy Rosenberg , Dutch swing guitarist
- Ferenc Snetberger , Hungarian jazz guitarist
- Taraful Haiducilor, Romanian band
- Manuel Torre , Spanish flamenco dancer
- Yuri Yunakov , Bulgarian saxophonist
- Ion Voicu, Romanian violinist
- Joe Zawinul, Austrian/American jazz musician (Roma grandmother)
Media
- Fairuza Balk, American actress (Roma mother)
- Charlie Chaplin, British actor & director (Roma mother)
- George Bramwell Evens, British natural history broadcaster (Roma mother)
- Tony Gatlif , French/Algerian director (Roma father)
- Rita Hayworth, American actress (Roma grandfather?)
- Bob Hoskins, British actor (Roma mother)
Writers
- Veijo Baltzar , Finnish writer
- Rajko Djuric , Yugoslav writer & activist
- Philomena Franz , German writer
- Matéo Maximoff , French writer
- Mariella Mehr , Swiss author
- Ceija Stojka , Austrian author & painter
- Katarina Taikon , Swedish children's writer
- Bronislawa Wajs ("Papusza"), Polish poet
Other
- Margita Bangova, Canadian panhandler
- Augustine Bearce , early Plymouth colonist & American ancestor
- Ian Hancock , British scholar & activist
- Jem Mace, British boxing champion, IBHoF
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