A Romanian warlord of the Fifteenth Century who ruled as Prince of Wallachia, Vlad III was noted for dispatching his enemies by impaling them on long stakes.
The version of Dracula that most people think of is that of 1931's film directed by Tod Browning, and starring Romanian actor Bela Lugosi as the Count.
The most famous Dracula, of course, remains the 1931 movie in which the Count is played by Transylvanian (Romanian) Bela Lugosi.
Residents of the Romanian village where Borat scenes were filmed filed a suit asserting that they were misrepresented.