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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 ...

n surname, Romanian form of Athanasius (from the ancient Greek name: Athanasios, Αθανάσιος). Originally it was a given name with the form Atanase and Atanasie (Archaic Romanian) and then took the form of Tanase. Nowadays it occurs as both first name and surname. It may refer to: *

Alexandru Tănase Alexandru Tănase (born 24 February 1971) is a Moldovan politician. He is a former president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova. He was Justice Minister in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet, and in the first several months of the ...

(b. 1971), Moldovan politician *

Anca Tănase Anca Tănase (born 15 March 1968) is a retired Romanian rower. She was part of the Romanian eights that won gold medals at the 1996 Olympics and 1989 and 1997 world championships, placing second in 1995 and third in 1994. She is married to the ...

(born 1968), Romanian rower *

Carmen Tănase Carmen Tanase (born January 18, 1961) is a Romanian actress. After graduating The Drama and Film Institute from Bucharest, in 1984, she joined the company of "Vasile Alecsandri" National Theatre in Iaşi (between 1984 and 1990) and then moved ba ...

(b. 1961), Romanian actress *

Constantin Tănase Constantin Tănase (; 5 July 1880 – 29 August 1945) was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania. Life He was born into a working-class family living in a peasant house in Vaslui, Roman ...

(1880–1945), a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania *

Cristian Tănase Cristian Tănase (; born 18 February 1987) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger or an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He spent most of his years in Romania wi ...

(b. 1987), Romanian footballer *

Florin Tănase Florin Lucian Tănase (; born 30 December 1994) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for UAE Pro League club Al Jazira. He started out as a senior in the third league at Voluntari, where he wa ...

(born 1994), Romanian footballer *

Maria Tănase Maria Tănase (; 25 September 1913 – 22 June 1963) was a Romanian singer and actress. Her music ranged from traditional Romanian music to romance, tango, chanson and operetta. Tănase has a similar importance in Romania as Édith Piaf in F ...

(1913–1963), Romanian singer of traditional and popular music *

Stelian Tănase Stelian Tănase (born February 17, 1952) is a Romanian writer, journalist, political analyst, and talk show host. Tănase was from November 2013 to October 2015 the president of TVR. Having briefly engaged in politics during the early 1990s, aft ...

(b. 1952), leading figure of Romanian civil society

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