Cristea is a common family name in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. 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 Alexandru Cristea (1890–1942) was the composer of the music for "Limba Noastră", current national anthem of Moldova. Biography A choir director, a composer and music teacher. Taught at the "Vasile Kormilov" music school (1928) with Gavrii ...

, Romanian composer *Andreea Cristea, Romanian killed in the

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in London *

Andrei Cristea Andrei Cristea (; born 15 May 1984) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Although deployed as a forward, Cristea is better known for his pace and his range of passing instead of his goalscoring abilities, and represent ...

, Romanian footballer *

Călin Cristea Călin Virgil Cristea (born 6 May 1988) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Unirea Alba Iulia.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 Ludmila Cristea (born March 27, 1986 in Ştefan Vodă) is an amateur Moldovan freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's lightweight category. Since 2006, Cristea had won a total of four medals (three silver and one bronze) for the 55 k ...

, 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 unifie ...

, first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church * Nicolae Cristea, one of two individuals *

Olga Cristea Olga Cristea (born 13 December 1987) is a Moldovan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 2:00.12 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She was born in Chişinău. She won the silver medal at the 20 ...

, Moldovan runner *

P. G. Cristea Petre G. Cristea (31 January 1909 – 6 July 1995) is considered by many to be Romania's best racing driver, winner of the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally. Cristea was born in Bucharest, Romania. Having a passion for motor vehicles, he forged his ID ...

, Romanian racing driver

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