Năstase Negrule - Hanging scene in Alexăndria, 1790

This is a list of people executed in Romania. The list includes judicial executions carried out on the territory of present-day

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 ...

, whether by that state or its antecedents.

Earlier jurisdictions

Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526) In the Late Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Hungary, a country in Central Europe, experienced a period of interregnum in the early 14th century. Royal power was restored under Charles I (1308–1342), a scion of the Capetian House of Anjou. Gold ...

** György Dózsa, peasant revolt leader, 1514 *

Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) The Principality of Transylvania ( hu, Erdélyi Fejedelemség; la, Principatus Transsilvaniae; german: Fürstentum Siebenbürgen; ro, Principatul Transilvaniei / Principatul Ardealului; tr, Erdel Voyvodalığı / Transilvanya Prensliği) was a ...

Sándor Kendi Sándor Kendi de Szarvaskend (''Kendy''; ? – 30 August 1594)Markó 2006, p. 113. was a Hungarian noble in the Principality of Transylvania, member of the Royal Council, who served as Governor of Transylvania for the underage voivode Sigi ...

, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594 **

Balthasar Báthory Balthasar Báthory de Somlyó ( hu, Báthory Boldizsár; 1560 – 11 September 1594) was a Transylvanian politician from the Báthory family, and like his brother, prince Andrew Báthory, an opponent of the Habsburgs in Transylvania. Biogra ...

, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594 ** Farkas Kovacsóczy, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594 ** István Jósika, statesman, 1598 ** Starina Novak, prisoner of war, 1601 * Habsburg monarchy **

Horea Vasile Ursu Nicola (1731 in Arada, Principality of Transylvania (now Horea, Romania) – 28 February 1785 in Karlsburg (now Alba Iulia, Romania), commonly known as Horea (in Hungarian sometimes ''Hóra'') was a Transylvanian peasant who, with ...

and Cloșca, leaders of the

Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan The Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan (; 31 October – 14 December, 1784) began in the Metaliferi Mountains, Transylvania, but it soon spread throughout all Transylvania and the Apuseni Mountains. The leaders were Horea (Vasile Ursu Nicola ...

, 1785 ** Norbert Ormay, colonel in the 1848 revolution, 1849 **

The 13 Martyrs of Arad The Thirteen Martyrs of Arad ( hu, aradi vértanúk) were the thirteen Hungarian rebel generals who were executed by the Austrian Empire on 6 October 1849 in the city of Arad, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Romania), after the H ...

, generals in the 1848 revolution, 1849 *

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...

Luca Arbore Luca Arbore or Arbure (Old Cyrillic: ; Renaissance Latin: ''Herborus''Nicolae Iorga, "Cronică", in ''Revista Istorică'', Issues 7–9/1934, p. 291 or ''Copacius''; died April 1523) was a Moldavian boyar, diplomat, and statesman, several times c ...

, diplomat, 1523 ** Bartolomeo Brutti, diplomat, 1592 ** Andronikos Kantakouzenos, statesman, 1601 ** Nichifor Beldiman, statesman, ca. 1616 ** Alexandru Coci, statesman, 1653 ** Vasile Gheuca and Gavril Costachi, statesmen, 1680 ** Manolache Bogdan and Ioniță Cuza, statesmen, 1778 *

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...

** Udrea Băleanu, statesman, 1600 or 1601 **

Leca of Cătun Leca or Lecca of Cătun, also known as Leca of Leurdeni, Leca Rudeanu, Comisul Leca, Aga Leca or Postelnico Leka (? – February or March 1616), was a Wallachian political figure, prominent under Princes Michael the Brave, Radu Șerban, and Ra ...

, statesman, 1616 ** Hrizea of Bogdănei, pretender, 1657 ** Istratie Leurdeanu, statesman, 1658 **

Diicul Buicescul Diicul or Dicul Buicescul, also known as Diicu Buicescu and Diicu din EpoteștiStoicescu, p. 130 (? – ca. July 1659), was a Wallachian statesman, noted as the designated heir of List of rulers of Wallachia, Prince Matei Basarab. A commoner on hi ...

, pretender, 1659 ** Constantin I Cantacuzino, statesman, 1663 ** Staico Bucșanu, statesman, ca. 1691 *

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

** Lupu Mehedințeanu, statesman, 1618 **

Constantine Hangerli Constantine Hangerli ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Χατζερής, ''Konstantinos Chatzeris''; c. 1760 – 18 February 1799), also written as Constantin Hangerliu, was a Prince of Wallachia between 1797 and the time of his death. He was the b ...

Prince of Wallachia This is a list of rulers of Wallachia, from the first mention of a medieval polity situated between the Southern Carpathians and the Danube until the union with Moldavia in 1859, which led to the creation of Romania. Notes Dynastic rule is hard t ...

, 1799 *

Hungarian State ) was a short-lived state that existed for 4 months in the last phase of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848–49. Constitutional tensions between the Hungarian parliament and Franz Joseph On 2 December 1848 Ferdinand V of Hungary "abdicated" in fa ...

** Stephan Ludwig Roth, 1848 revolutionary, 1849 ** Ioan Buteanu, 1848 revolutionary, 1849 *

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

** Emil Rebreanu, military officer, 1917

Kingdom of Romania

Filimon Sârbu Filimon Sârbu (August 10, 1916 – July 19, 1941) was a Romanian communist activist and anti-fascist militant executed by the pro-Nazi authorities during World War II. After the war, he was acclaimed as a hero by the communist government. ...

, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1941 * Francisc Panet, communist activist, 1941 * Pompiliu Ștefu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942 * Nicolae Mohănescu, socialist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942 * Petre Gheorghe, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1943 * Ion Antonescu, World War II-era dictator, 1946 *

Mihai Antonescu Mihai Antonescu (18 November 1904 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during World War II, executed in 1946 as a war criminal. Early career Born in Nucet, Dâmbovița County, w ...

, foreign minister under Ion Antonescu, 1946 *

Gheorghe Alexianu Gheorghe Alexianu (born January 1, 1897, Străoane, Putna County; died 1 June 1946, Jilava) was a lawyer, high school teacher and associate professor who served as governor of Transnistria between 1941 and 1944. In 1946, he was accused and co ...

, governor of

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

, 1946 *{{ill, Constantin Vasiliu, ro, Constantin Z. Vasiliu, general and Gendermarie commander, 1946

Communist period

* Nicolae Dabija, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1949 * Remus Koffler, communist activist, 1954 *

Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (; November 4, 1900 – April 17, 1954) was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist. For a while, he ...

, purged justice minister, 1954 *

Eugen Țurcanu Eugen Țurcanu (8 July 1925 – 17 December 1954) was a Romanian criminal who led a group that terrorized their fellow inmates during the late 1940's at Pitești Prison in Pitești, Romania. In a well publicized trial, Turcanu and fifteen of his ...

Pitești Prison Pitești Prison ( ro, Închisoarea Pitești) was a penal facility in Pitești, Romania, best remembered for the Mind control, reeducation experiment (also known as ''Experimentul Pitești'' – the "Pitești Experiment" or ''Fenomenul Pitești'' ...

figure, 1954 *

Iosif Capotă Iosif Capotă (January24, 1912September2, 1958) was a physician who, after the Soviet occupation of Romania, became the leader of an anti-communist resistance group in the Mărgău–Huedin area. Capotă was born in the village of Mărgău, Cluj ...

, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1958 *

Toma Arnăuțoiu Toma Arnăuțoiu (14 February 1921 – 18 July 1959) was a Romanian officer who led a small group of Romanian anti-communist resistance movement, anti-communist resistance fighters in the Southern Carpathians, Southern Carpathian foothills betwee ...

, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1959 * Oliviu Beldeanu, lead participant in the 1955 seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern, 1960 * Ioanid Gang, group of five bank robbers, 1962 *

Gheorghe Arsenescu Gheorghe Arsenescu (May 31, 1907 – May 29, 1962) was a Romanian Army officer who led an anti-communist resistance movement in post-World War II Romania. Biography Early years and World War II He was born in Câmpulung. His father, Captai ...

, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1962 *

Ion Rîmaru Ion Rîmaru (; modern spelling ''Râmaru''; 12 October 1946 – 23 October 1971) was a Romanian serial killer dubbed the Vampire of Bucharest (''Vampirul din București'') or the Blondes' Killer (''criminalul blondelor''). Rîmaru terrorized Buch ...

, serial killer, 1971 * Gheorghe Ștefănescu, businessman convicted of economic crimes, 1981 * Ion Pistol, convicted murderer, 1987

Romanian Revolution

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( , ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and dictator. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last Communist leader of Romania. He ...

, dictator, 1989 *

Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu (; ; 7 January 1916 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician who was the wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania. She was also ...

, wife of Nicolae, 1989

Earlier jurisdictions

Kingdom of Romania

Communist period

Romanian Revolution

See also