Commerce and Business
- Sotirios Bulgaris, from Kalarrytes, Epirus, founder of the Bulgari jewelry house
- Mocioni family, also spelled as Mocsony (Hung.), were Barons, famous philanthropists and Austrian Imperial bankers. One branch established in Romania, one in Belgrade, Serbia and another in Pest, Hungary.
- Emanoil Gojdu, Romanian-Hungarian lawyer and philanthropist
- Nicolae Malaxa, was a Romanian engineer and industrialist.
- Arghir, merchant family and philanthropists, established in Pest (Budapest)
- Derra, merchant family established in Pest (Budapest)
- Grabovsky, merchant family established in Pest (Budapest)
- Lyka, merchant family established in Pest (Budapest)
- Manno, merchant family and philanthropists, established in Pest (Budapest)
- Naco or Nacu, also spelled as Nako (Hung.), merchant family established in Pest (Budapest)
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