Cristea is a common family name in

Romania 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 the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

. Persons named Cristea include: *

Adrian Cristea Adrian Cristea (born 30 November 1983) is a Romanian retired professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Adrian Cristea, nicknamed "Prințul" ''(The Prince)'', started his career in his hometown, Iași, playing in Divizia B fo ...

, Romanian footballer * Alexandru Cristea, Romanian composer *Andreea Cristea, Romanian killed in the 2017 Westminster attack in London * Andrei Cristea, Romanian footballer * Călin Cristea, Romanian footballer *

Cătălina Cristea Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001, before returning in 20 ...

, Romanian tennis player * Ludmila Cristea, Moldovan wrestler *

Miron Cristea Miron Cristea (; monastic name of Elie Cristea ; 20 July 1868 – 6 March 1939) was a Romanian cleric and politician. A bishop in Hungarian-ruled Transylvania, Cristea was elected Metropolitan-Primate of the Orthodox Church of the newly unifi ...

, first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church * Nicolae Cristea, one of two individuals * Olga Cristea, Moldovan runner * P. G. Cristea, Romanian racing driver

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