Radu may refer to:

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Radu (given name) Radu is a masculine Romanian given name of Slavic etymological origin, derived from the Old Church Slavonic root ''rad-'' (cf. ''wikt:радъ, радъ'' "glad"). Radu became widespread among the (non-Slavic) Romanians because of Radu Negru's st ...

, Romanian masculine given name *

Radu (surname) Radu is a Romanian surname, and may refer to: * Alexandru Radu (born 1982), Romanian football player * Alexandru Radu (born 1997), Romanian football player * Andrei Radu (born 1996), Romanian football player * Carmen Radu (21st century), Roman ...

, Romanian surname * Rulers of Wallachia, see *

Prince Radu of Romania Prince Radu of Romania (born Radu Duda on 7 June 1960, formerly known as Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen from 1999 to 2007) is the husband of Margareta of Romania, who is the head of the House of Romania and a disputed pretender to the f ...

(born 1960), disputed pretender to the former Romanian throne

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Radu (weapon) Radu was, according to Ion Mihai Pacepa, a radiological weapon used against dissenters and critics by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Securitate. "Radu" is a Romanian name for boys and, in this context, it is a reference to "radiation". The supposed weap ...

, a Romanian radiological weapon * Radu, Iran (disambiguation), multiple places * A tributary of the

Mraconia The Mraconia is a small left tributary of the river Danube in Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary ...

in Mehedinți County, Romania * A tributary of the

Tarcău Tarcău is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Ardeluța, Brateș, Cazaci, Schitu Tarcău, Straja, and Tarcău. The commune is located in the southwestern part of the county, on the border with ...

in Neamț County, Romania * Radu Vladislas, a fictional vampire and the primary antagonist of the ''

Subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ...

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