The other nine finalists were, in descending order according to the number of votes, King Carol I; poet Mihai Eminescu; the ruler Mihai Viteazu (Michael the Brave); evangelical Christian minister Richard Wurmbrand; dictator Ion Antonescu; writer, philosopher and religious historian Mircea Eliade; ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza; sculptor Constantin Brancusi; and gymnast Nadia Comaneci.
Ostalih devet finalista bili su, po redoslijedu na temelju osvojenih glasova, kralj Carol I, pjesnik Mihai Eminescu, vladar Mihai Viteazu (Mihailo Hrabri), evangelistički svećenik Richard Wurmbrand, diktator Ion Antonescu, pisac filozof i povjesničar religije Mircea Eliade, vladar Alexandru Ioan Cuza, kipar Constantin Brancusi i gimnastičarka Nadia Comaneci.