Alexandru is the
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
form of the name
Alexander
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
. Common diminutives are
Alecu
Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu.
Origin
Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men" ...
,
Alex
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis.
People
Multiple
*Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
*Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple pe ...
, and
Sandu.
Origin
Etymologically
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words an ...
, the name is derived from the
Greek
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"Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men", a compound of the verb "ἀλέξω" (alexō), "to ward off, to avert, to defend" and the noun "ἀνδρός" (andros), genitive of "ἀνήρ" (anēr), "man". It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek (or Indo-European more generally) names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy
battle line
The line of battle is a tactic in naval warfare in which a fleet of ships forms a line end to end. The first example of its use as a tactic is disputed—it has been variously claimed for dates ranging from 1502 to 1652. Line-of-battle tacti ...
.
The earliest attested form of the name is the
Mycenaean Greek
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feminine noun ''a-re-ka-sa-da-ra'', (transliterated as ''
Alexandra
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
''), written in
Linear B
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syllabic script.
The name was one of the titles ("epithets") given to the Greek goddess
Hera
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; grc-gre, Ἥρα, Hḗrā; grc, Ἥρη, Hḗrē, label=none in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she ...
and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the
Iliad
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, the character
Paris
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is known also as Alexander.
Ἀλέξανδρος
Georg Autenrieth, ''A Homeric Dictionary'', on Perseus Digital Library The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of King Alexander III, commonly known as "Alexander the Great".
Rulers
(in chronological order)
*Alexandru cel Bun
Alexander the Good ( ro, Alexandru cel Bun or ''Alexandru I Mușat''; c. 1375 – 1 January 1432) was a Voivode (Lord) of Moldavia, reigning between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I Mușat. He succeeded Iuga to the throne, and, as a ruler, init ...
(d.1432), Prince of Moldavia 1400-1432
*Alexandru I Aldea
Alexander I Aldea (1397 – December 1436) was a Voivode of Wallachia (1431–1436) from the House of Basarab, son of Mircea the Elder. He came to rule Wallachia during an extremely turbulent time when rule of the country changed hands by violence ...
(1397-1436), Prince of Wallachia 1431-1436
*Alexandru Lăpuşneanu
Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu.
Origin
Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men", ...
Prince of Moldavia 1552-1561 and 1564-1568
*Alexandru II Mircea
Alexandru II Mircea (3 March 1529 – 11 September 1577) was a Voivode or Prince of Wallachia from 1568 to 1574 and 1574 to 1577. He was the father of Mihnea II Turcitul. His parents were Mircea III Dracul and Maria Despina. Raised by the Turks i ...
, Hospodar of Wallachia 1568-1574 and 1574-1577
*Alexandru Ghica
Alexandru Scarlat Ghica (? – after 1768) was Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from December 1766 to October 1768. He succeeded Scarlat Ghica.
References
Alexandru
Alexandru is the Romanian language, Romanian form of the name Alexander. ...
, Prince of Wallachia 1766-1768
*Alexandru Suţu
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(1758-1821), Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia
*Alexandru II Ghica
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Family
He was son of Demetriu Ghica ...
(1796-1862), Prince of Wallachia
*Alexandru Ioan Cuza
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(1820-1873), Prince of Moldavia, Domnitor of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia 1859-1866
Prime ministers
*Alexandru Athanasiu
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Athanasiu previously served ...
*Alexandru Averescu
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*Alexandru G. Golescu
Alexandru G. Golescu (1819 – 15 August 1881) was a Romanian politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania in 1870.
Life
Early life
Born in the Golescu family of boyars in Bucharest, Wallachia, he was the cousin of the brothers Ștef ...
*Alexandru Marghiloman
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Early career
Bo ...
*Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
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Religious leaders
*Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu
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*Alexandru Șafran
Alexandru Şafran (or Alexandre Safran; 12 September 1910 – 27 July 2006) was a Romanian and, after 1948, Switzerland, Swiss rabbi. As chief rabbi of Romania (1940–1948), he intervened with authorities in the Fascism, fascist government of Ion ...
*Alexandru Todea
Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mureș County–22 May 2002, Târgu Mureș) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, ...
Other people
*Alexandru Antemireanu
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Born in Tomșani, Prahova County, his father Antemir Damian was a Romanian Orthodox priest. He was sent to ...
*Alexandru Antoniuc
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Club career
He made his professional debut on 13 July 2007 against Politehnica Chișinău and scored his f ...
*Alexandru Apolzan
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*Alexandru Balaban
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Early life and educat ...
*Alexandru Baltagă
Alexandru Baltagă (April 14, 1861 – August 7, 1941) was a Bessarabian Romanian Orthodox priest, a founder of the Bessarabian religious press in the Romanian language, a member of Sfatul Țării (1917–1918), a Soviet political prisoner, and, ...
*Alexandru Batcu
Alexandru Batcu (27 June 1892 – 1964) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II.
He was born in Dorohoi, Botoșani County, Kingdom of Romania.
He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1936 and colonel in 1940. From 1941 to 1943, B ...
*Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești
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*Alexandru Borza
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*Alexandru Candiano-Popescu
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Biography
He joined the military school in 1854, bec ...
*Alexandru Cantacuzino (militant)
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*Alexandru Cantacuzino (minister)
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Romanian Ministers of Finan ...
*Alexandru Caraman
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*Alexandru Cecal
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Education
Cecal was born in Cahul, Mold ...
*Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (1825–1897) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician.
Biography
Alexandru Catargiu studied finance in Paris. After returning home, he entered the State Council. During March 1862, he served as Finance Minister ...
*Alexandru Cernat
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He was born in either Galați, or in nearby Vârlezi according to other sources, the son of Eustațiu and Teodosia Cernat. After attending elementa ...
*Alexandru Ciucurencu
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Born in Tulcea, he studied from 1921 to 1926 at the National School of Fine Arts in Bu ...
*Alexandru Ciura Alexandru Ciura (15 November 1876 – 2 March 1936) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian journalist, short story writer and priest.
Born in Abrud, Ciura was descended from a long line of Greek-Catholic priests in the Țara Moților region of ...
*Alexandru Ciurcu
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*Alexandru Claudian
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*Alexandru C. Constantinescu
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Biography Background and early political activity
Born in Bucharest to a family of Wallachian lesser '' boyars'', his father Costache (b. 1811 ...
*Alexandru Dabija
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Born in Piatra Neamț, he graduated from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest. Dabija debuted in 1976 with Phili ...
*Alexandru Darie
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*Alexandru Davila
Alexandru Davila (; February 12, 1862 – October 19, 1929) was a Romanian dramatist, diplomat, public administrator, and memoirist.
Biography
The son of Carol Davila, a distinguished military physician of French origin, and Ana Racoviţă (a de ...
*Alexandru Dimca
Alexandru Dimca is a Romanian mathematician, who works in algebraic geometry at University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
Education and career
Dimca competed in the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1970, 1971, and 1972, earning two bronze medal ...
*Alexandru Dincă (journalist)
Alexandru Dincă (14 November 1936 – 1998) was a Romanian journalist, opponent of the communist regime.
Biography
Dincă was born in Bucharest on 14 November 1936. After finishing high-school he became a student at the Faculty of Law of t ...
*Alexandru Dobriceanu
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Biography Early life
He was born on 19 Septemb ...
*Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea
Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea or Alexandru Gherea (rendered in Russian as ''Александр Доброджану-Геря'' or ''Доброжану-Гере'' - ''Aleksandr Dobrodzhanu-Gerya'' /''Dobrozhanu-Gere''; July 7, 1879 —November 4 ...
* Alexandru Dragomir
*Alexandru Epureanu
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Club career
Born in Chișinau, Epureanu joined FC Sheriff Tiraspol i ...
*Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea
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*Alexandru Frim
Alexandru "Dudu" Frim (9 March 1908 – 2 December 1985) was a Romanian bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1934 FIBT World Championships. He also finished 15th in the two-man event at ...
*Alexandru Froda
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*Alexandru Gațcan
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Career Club
On 17 June 2019, Gațcan extended his contract with FC Rostov, Rostov until the summer of 20 ...
*Alexandru Ghiban
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The Romania men's national water polo team is the representativ ...
*Alexandru Ghika
Alexandru Ghika (June 22, 1902 – April 11, 1964) was a Romanian mathematician, founder of the Romanian school of functional analysis.
Life
He was born in Bucharest, into the Ghica family, the son of Ioan Ghika (1873–1949) and Elena Me ...
*Alexandru Giugaru
Alexandru Giugaru (; 23 June 1897 – 15 March 1986) was a Romanian stage and film actor.
Early life
Born in Huși, Fălciu (present day Vaslui County), Romania, Giugaru began his stage career in 1916 after graduating from school in Cuza Vodă ...
*Alexandru Golban
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He holds dual Moldovan-Romanian nationality.
Career
Club career
At club level, he w ...
*Alexandru Graur
Alexandru Graur (; July 9, 1900 – July 9, 1988) was a Romanian linguist.
Born into a Jewish family in Botoșani, Graur graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest and the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (1 ...
* Alexandru Greab
*Alexandru Groapă
Alexandru Groapă (14 August 1879, Chirileni - 1940) was a Bessarabian politician.
Biography
He served as Member of the Sfatul Țării, Moldovan Parliament (1917–1918).
Gallery
Image:Stamp of Moldova 227.gif, Moldovan stamp, 1998
Bibliogra ...
*Alexandru Hrisoverghi
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*Alexandru Ioanițiu
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*Alexandru Koller
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He played for Unirea Zalău, ASA Târgu Mureș (1962), ASA ...
*Alexandru Leșco
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*Alexandru Ioan Lupaș
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He was born in Arad, Romania, Arad, where he attended the Moise Nicoară National College, Moise Nicoară High School. He pursued his studies at Babeș-Bolya ...
*Alexandru Macedonski
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*Alexandru Marin
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Marin was born in Fr ...
*Alexandru Mironescu Alexandru Mironescu (July 23, 1903–January 20, 1973) was a Romanian prose writer.
Born in Tecuci, his parents were Victor Mironescu and his wife Elena. After attending Dimitrie Cantemir High School in Bucharest, he obtained degrees in chemis ...
*Alexandru Moghioroș
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* Alexandru Ioan Morțun
*Alexandru Moşanu
Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu.
Origin
Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men", ...
*Alexandru Nicolschi
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*Alexandru Odobescu
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Biography
He was born in Bucharest, the second child of General Ioan Odobescu and his wife Ecaterina. After attending Saint Sava ...
*Alexandru Orăscu
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He was born in Bucharest in 1817 to Serdar (Ottoman rank), serdar Hristea Orăs ...
*Alexandru Paleologu
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Biography
Paleologu was born in Bucharest, into an ancient Romanian b ...
*Alexandru Papadopol
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At the beginning of the year 2000 he appeared in the films ''Marfa şi banii'' (''Goods and Money'' or '' Stuff and Dough'') and ''Occident'', after which he app ...
*Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah
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*Alexandru Papiu Ilarian
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Papiu Ilarian was born in Bezded ( hu, Bezdédtelek), Kingdom of Hungary (today part of Gârbou, Romania) on 27 September 1827. His father wa ...
*Alexandru Pastia
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He was born in Fălticeni, then in Baia County (now in Suceava County); his mother was Olga Pastia, née Millo. He graduated in 1907 from the Alecu Don ...
*Alexandru Philippide
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*Alexandru A. Philippide
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The son of linguist Alexandru Philippide, he was born in Iași. He studied law, literature, philosophy and political economy at the University of Iași, of ...
*Alexandru Plămădeală
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He graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architectur ...
*Alexandru Popovici (Moldovan footballer)
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Between 1996 and 2005 Popovici played for the Moldova national football team 21 matches, scoring three goals.
International goals
:'' ...
*Alexandru Adrian Popovici
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*Alexandru Repan
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Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variant ...
*Alexandru Sahia
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Biography
Born in Mânăstirea, Călărași County, as the son of a small landowner, he was enrolled in th ...
*Alexandru Sătmăreanu
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Club career
Born in Oradea, Alexandru Sătmăreanu started his career in his hometown at Crișul, making his Divizia A debut on 21 S ...
*Alexandru Săvulescu (architect)
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*Alexandru Șerbănescu
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*Alexandru Șoltoianu
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Biography
He graduated at Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1965 and became a ...
*Alexandru Sturdza
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*Alexandru Suciu
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International career
Suciu played one friendly game for Romania in 1985 when coach Mircea Lucescu send him on the field in the 46th ...
*Alexandru A. Suțu
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Biography
Origins and activity at Mărcuța
He was born in Bucharest into the aristocratic Soutzos family; his father Alexandru Sutzu was hig ...
*Alexandru Terheș
Alexandru Terheș (born 25 July 1960) is a Romanian former football player, who currently works for FRF.
He played for Minerul Cavnic, Baia Mare, Sportul Studențesc, Brașov and Bihor Oradea.
Terheş won 2 caps for Romania in 1978 agains ...
*Alexandru Toma
Alexandru Toma (occasionally known as A. Toma, born Solomon Moscovici; February 11, 1875 – August 15, 1954) was a Romanian poet, journalist and translator, known for his communist views and his role in introducing Socialist Realism to Romanian li ...
*Alexandru Tudor-Miu Alexandru Tudor-Miu (February 25, 1901 – July 26, 1961) was a Romanian poet.
Born into a peasant family in Brazi, Prahova County, he attended primary school in his native village, followed by high school at Ploiești. Between 1918 and 1920, h ...
* Alexandru Tudose
*Alexandru Tyroler
Alexandru (Sándor) Tyroler (19 October 1891, in Garamszentkereszt, now Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia – 3 February 1973, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian-Romanian chess master.
Sándor Tyroler was born in Garamszentkereszt ( sk, Hronský Sv ...
*Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr
Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr (1915–2003) was a Moldovan activist and a political prisoner in the former Soviet Union.
Biography
Between 1969 and 1971, he was a founder of a clandestine National Patriotic Front of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina ...
*Alexandru Vulpe
Alexandru Vulpe (June 16, 1931 – February 9, 2016) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy and director of the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology.
Life
Vulpe was born in 1931 in Bucharest, the son of a ...
*Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol
Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol (; March 23, 1847, Iaşi – February 27, 1920, Bucharest) was a Romanian historian, philosopher, professor, economist, sociologist, and author. Among his many major accomplishments, he is the Romanian historian cred ...
*Alexandru Zaharescu
Alexandru Zaharescu (born June 4, 1961) is a Romanian mathematician. He is a professor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy. ...
*Alexandru Zub Alexandru Zub (born October 12, 1934) is a Romanian historian, biographer, essayist, political activist and academic. A former professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Iași, noted for his contribution to the study of cultural ...
People with the surname
*Constantin Alexandru
Constantin Alexandru (15 December 1953 – 10 August 2014) was a light-flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania who won a silver medal at the 1980 Olympics. He was the world champion in 1978 and 1979 and European champion in 1974–1975 and 1 ...
(1953–2014), Romanian sport wrestler
*Iliaș Alexandru
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In 1668 he punished Nicola ...
, Ruler of Moldova
*Ioan Alexandru
Ioan Alexandru (; born Ion Șandor , December 25, 1941 – September 16, 2000) was a Romanian poet, essayist and politician. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he became a founding member and vice-president of the Christian Democratic Nation ...
(1941–2000), Romanian poet and politician
*Maria Alexandru
Maria Alexandru (née Golopența) (born 30 December 1939 in Plugova) is a former Romanian table tennis player.
Table tennis career
From 1957 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Champio ...
(born 1939), Romanian table tennis player
*Marian Alexandru
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Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to th ...
(born 1977), Romanian footballer
*Nicoleta Alexandru
Nicoleta Alexandru (; born 5 November 1968), whose stage name is Nicola (), is a Romanian singer. She is best known for representing Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest.
Life and career
Nicoleta Alexandru was born in Bucharest, Romania ...
(born 1968), Romanian singer
*Sadie Alexandru
Sadie Sarah Jocelyn Dolan Alexandru (born December 2, 1977) is an American actress and model. Alexandru is best known for playing Scarlett, secretary for media buyer Harry Crane on AMC's drama series ''Mad Men''.
Early life
Sadie Alexandru was ...
(born 1977), American actress and model
*Valentin Alexandru
Valentin Marius Alexandru (born 17 September 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who last time played as a forward for Gloria Buzău. In his career, Alexandru also played for teams such as: Victoria Brănești, SC Popești-Leordeni, SC ...
(born 1991), Romanian footballer
*Vasile Alexandru
Vasile Alexandru (born 18 July 1935) is a Romanian former football midfielder who played for Romania in the 1960 European Nations' Cup.
Honours
;Dinamo București
*Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63
*Cupa României: 1958–59
;Dinamo Pitești
*D ...
(born 1935), Romanian footballer
References
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Romanian-language surnames
Romanian masculine given names