Notable Romanian Germans
- Horst Köhler (Bessarabian German), the former President of Germany, whose parents were from Romania
- Herta Müller (Banat Swabian), Nobel Prize-winning author who has depicted the history of Romanian Germans
- Klaus Iohannis (Transylvanian Saxon), a 2009 opposition candidate for Prime Minister of Romania
- Hermann Oberth (Transylvanian Saxon), inventor of spacerocketry
- Helmuth Duckadam (Banat Swabian), former football goalkeeper
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