Benesch, architect Ion Besoiu, actor Andrei Blaier, director and scenarist Corneliu Bogdan, diplomat Lucian Bolcaș [ro], lawyer and politician Emil Botta,
the song "Magistrala Albastră" ("The Blue Freeway"), performed by Dan Spătaru and Mirabela Dauer and using the Canal as its setting, was frequently broadcast