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Alexandru is the
Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language ** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...
form of the name
Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu.


Origin

Etymologically Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words an ...
, the name is derived from the
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
"Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men", a compound of the verb "ἀλέξω" (alexō), "to ward off, to avert, to defend" and the noun "ἀνδρός" (andros), genitive of "ἀνήρ" (anēr), "man". It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek (or Indo-European more generally) names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy
battle line The line of battle is a tactic in naval warfare in which a fleet of ships forms a line end to end. The first example of its use as a tactic is disputed—it has been variously claimed for dates ranging from 1502 to 1652. Line-of-battle tacti ...
. The earliest attested form of the name is the
Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the most ancient attested form of the Greek language, on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC), before the hypothesised Dorian invasion, often cited as the '' terminus ad quem'' for th ...
feminine noun ''a-re-ka-sa-da-ra'', (transliterated as '' Alexandra''), written in Linear B syllabic script. The name was one of the titles ("epithets") given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the
Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the '' Odys ...
, the character
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
is known also as Alexander.Ἀλέξανδρος
Georg Autenrieth, ''A Homeric Dictionary'', on Perseus Digital Library The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of King Alexander III, commonly known as "Alexander the Great".


Rulers

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Alexandru cel Bun Alexander the Good ( ro, Alexandru cel Bun or ''Alexandru I Mușat''; c. 1375 – 1 January 1432) was a Voivode (Lord) of Moldavia, reigning between 1400 and 1432, son of Roman I Mușat. He succeeded Iuga to the throne, and, as a ruler, init ...
(d.1432), Prince of Moldavia 1400-1432 *
Alexandru I Aldea Alexander I Aldea (1397 – December 1436) was a Voivode of Wallachia (1431–1436) from the House of Basarab, son of Mircea the Elder. He came to rule Wallachia during an extremely turbulent time when rule of the country changed hands by violenc ...
(1397-1436), Prince of Wallachia 1431-1436 *
Alexandru Lăpuşneanu Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu. Origin Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men" ...
Prince of Moldavia 1552-1561 and 1564-1568 *
Alexandru II Mircea Alexandru II Mircea (3 March 1529 – 11 September 1577) was a Voivode or Prince of Wallachia from 1568 to 1574 and 1574 to 1577. He was the father of Mihnea II Turcitul. His parents were Mircea III Dracul and Maria Despina. Raised by the Turks ...
, Hospodar of Wallachia 1568-1574 and 1574-1577 *
Alexandru Ghica Alexandru Scarlat Ghica (? – after 1768) was Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from December 1766 to October 1768. He succeeded Scarlat Ghica Scarlat Grigorie Ghica (1715 – 2 December 1766) was a Prince of Moldavia (2 March 1757 – 7 August 1 ...
, Prince of Wallachia 1766-1768 *
Alexandru Suţu Alexandros Soutzos (, , 1758 – January 18/19, 1821, Bucharest) was a Phanariote Greek who ruled as Prince of Moldavia (July 10, 1801 – October 1, 1802 and Prince of Wallachia (July 2, 1802 – August 30, 1802; August 24, 1806 – October 15, ...
(1758-1821), Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia *
Alexandru II Ghica Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica (1 May 1796 – January 1862), a member of the Ghica family, was Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842 and later caimacam (regent) from July 1856 to October 1858. Family He was son of Demetriu Ghica ...
(1796-1862), Prince of Wallachia *
Alexandru Ioan Cuza Alexandru Ioan Cuza (, or Alexandru Ioan I, also anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first ''domnitor'' (Ruler) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as prince of Moldavia on 5 Janua ...
(1820-1873), Prince of Moldavia, Domnitor of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia 1859-1866


Prime ministers

* Alexandru Athanasiu *
Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu (; 9 March 1859 – 2 October 1938) was a Romanian marshal, diplomat and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets (as well as being ''inter ...
* Alexandru G. Golescu *
Alexandru Marghiloman Alexandru Marghiloman (4 July 1854 – 10 May 1925) was a Romanian conservative statesman who served for a short time in 1918 (March–October) as Prime Minister of Romania, and had a decisive role during World War I. Early career Born in Buz ...
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Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod (27 February 1872 – 19 March 1950) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the Union of Transylvania with Romania, union of Transylvania (before 1920 part of ...


Religious leaders

* Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu *
Alexandru Șafran Alexandru Şafran (or Alexandre Safran; 12 September 1910 – 27 July 2006) was a Romanian and, after 1948, Switzerland, Swiss rabbi. As chief rabbi of Romania (1940–1948), he intervened with authorities in the Fascism, fascist government of Ion ...
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Alexandru Todea Alexandru Todea (5 June 1912, Teleac, Mureș County–22 May 2002, Târgu Mureș) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of the Alba Iulia Diocese and later cardinal. He was also a victim of the communist regime, suffering at Jilava, Sighet, ...


Other people

* Alexandru Antemireanu * Alexandru Antoniuc *
Alexandru Apolzan Alexandru Apolzan (6 February 1927 – 23 December 1982) was a Romanian footballer, who played as a defender, mainly for Steaua București and also for Romania. He has been credited with the invention of the sweeper role and is considered one ...
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Alexandru Balaban Alexandru T. Balaban (born April 2, 1931 in Timișoara) is a Romanian chemist who made significant contributions to the fields of organic chemistry, theoretical chemistry, mathematical chemistry, and chemical graph theory. Early life and educat ...
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Alexandru Baltagă Alexandru Baltagă (April 14, 1861 – August 7, 1941) was a Bessarabian Romanian Orthodox priest, a founder of the Bessarabian religious press in the Romanian language, a member of Sfatul Țării (1917–1918), a Soviet political prisoner, and, ...
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Alexandru Batcu Alexandru Batcu (27 June 1892 – 1964) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II. He was born in Dorohoi, Botoșani County, Kingdom of Romania. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1936 and colonel in 1940. From 1941 to 1943, B ...
* Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești * Alexandru Borza * Alexandru Candiano-Popescu * Alexandru Cantacuzino (militant) * Alexandru Cantacuzino (minister) *
Alexandru Caraman Aleksandr Akimovich Karaman (russian: Алекса́ндр Аки́мович Карама́н, ; born 26 July 1956) is a Transnistrian politician and later the Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during August 2014. He was the ...
* Alexandru Cecal *
Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (1825–1897) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician. Biography Alexandru Catargiu studied finance in Paris. After returning home, he entered the State Council. During March 1862, he served as Finance Minister ...
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Alexandru Cernat Alexandru Cernat (17 January 1828 – 8 December 1893) was a Romanian general and politician. He was born in either Galați, or in nearby Vârlezi according to other sources, the son of Eustațiu and Teodosia Cernat. After attending element ...
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Alexandru Ciucurencu Alexandru Ciucurencu (; 27 September 1903 – 27 December 1977) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. Born in Tulcea, he studied from 1921 to 1926 at the National School of Fine Arts in Bu ...
* Alexandru Ciura *
Alexandru Ciurcu Alexandru N. Ciurcu (29 January 1854, Şercaia – 22 January 1922, Bucharest) was a Romanian inventor and publisher, known for his invention with the French journalist of a reaction engine. It used rocket propulsion and was briefly used to pow ...
* Alexandru Claudian *
Alexandru C. Constantinescu Alexandru C. "Alecu" Constantinescu (4 September 1859 – 18 November 1926) was a Romanian politician. Biography Background and early political activity Born in Bucharest to a family of Wallachian lesser '' boyars'', his father Costache (b. 1811 ...
* Alexandru Dabija *
Alexandru Darie Alexandru Darie (14 June 1959 – 18 September 2019) was a Romanian theater director. Born into an acting family, the son of Iurie Darie and Consuela Roșu, he graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Buch ...
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Alexandru Davila Alexandru Davila (; February 12, 1862 – October 19, 1929) was a Romanian dramatist, diplomat, public administrator, and memoirist. Biography The son of Carol Davila, a distinguished military physician of French origin, and Ana Racoviţă (a de ...
* Alexandru Dimca * Alexandru Dincă (journalist) * Alexandru Dobriceanu *
Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea or Alexandru Gherea (rendered in Russian as ''Александр Доброджану-Геря'' or ''Доброжану-Гере'' - ''Aleksandr Dobrodzhanu-Gerya'' /''Dobrozhanu-Gere''; July 7, 1879 —November 4 ...
* Alexandru Dragomir * Alexandru Epureanu *
Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea, also known as Aleco Filipescul, Alecsandru R. Filipescu or Alexandru Răducanu Filipescu (1775 – November 1856), was a Wallachian administrator and high-ranking boyar, who played an important part in the politics of the l ...
* Alexandru Frim *
Alexandru Froda Alexandru Froda (July 16, 1894 – October 7, 1973) was a Romanian mathematician with contributions in the field of mathematical analysis, algebra, number theory and rational mechanics. In his 1929 thesis he proved what is now known as Froda's ...
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Alexandru Gațcan Alexandru Gațcan (born 27 March 1984) is a Moldovan former international Football (soccer), footballer who played as a central midfielder. Career Club On 17 June 2019, Gațcan extended his contract with FC Rostov, Rostov until the summer of 20 ...
* Alexandru Ghiban * Alexandru Ghika *
Alexandru Giugaru Alexandru Giugaru (; 23 June 1897 – 15 March 1986) was a Romanian stage and film actor. Early life Born in Huși, Fălciu (present day Vaslui County), Romania, Giugaru began his stage career in 1916 after graduating from school in Cuza Vodă ...
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Alexandru Golban Alexandru Golban (born 28 February 1979 in Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired footballer and also former member of Moldova national team. He holds dual Moldovan-Romanian nationality. Career Club career At club level, he w ...
* Alexandru Graur * Alexandru Greab * Alexandru Groapă * Alexandru Hrisoverghi *
Alexandru Ioanițiu Alexandru Ioanițiu (2 February 1890 – 17 September 1941) was a Romanian major general. He led Romanian troops against the Soviet Union during World War II, and was killed when he accidentally stepped into the moving propeller of his aircraft up ...
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Alexandru Koller Alexandru Koller (German: Alexander Köller), (born 20 April 1953 in Cehu Silvaniei, Sălaj, Romania), is a former football player turned businessman. He played for Unirea Zalău, ASA Târgu Mureş and FC Baia Mare. Koller won five caps for ...
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Alexandru Leșco Alexandru Leșco (born February 21, 1955, Coșernița) is a Moldovan activist, famous for being sentenced by the separatist Transnistrian government for actions which have been described as Moldovan state-sponsored terrorism by Transnistrian gove ...
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Alexandru Ioan Lupaș Alexandru Ioan Lupaș (5 January 1942 – 14 August 2007) was a Romanian mathematician. He was born in Arad, Romania, Arad, where he attended the Moise Nicoară National College, Moise Nicoară High School. He pursued his studies at Babeș-Bolya ...
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Alexandru Macedonski Alexandru Macedonski (; also rendered as Al. A. Macedonski, Macedonschi or Macedonsky; 14 March 1854 – 24 November 1920) was a Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism in h ...
* Alexandru Marin *
Alexandru Mironescu Alexandru Mironescu (July 23, 1903–January 20, 1973) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Tecuci, his parents were Victor Mironescu and his wife Elena. After attending Dimitrie Cantemir High School in Bucharest, he obtained degrees in chemis ...
* Alexandru Moghioroș * Alexandru Ioan Morțun * Alexandru Moşanu *
Alexandru Nicolschi Alexandru Nicolschi (born Boris Grünberg, his chosen surname was often rendered as Nikolski or Nicolski; russian: Александр Серге́евич Никольский, ; June 2, 1915 – April 16, 1992) was a Romanian communist activist, ...
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Alexandru Odobescu Alexandru Ioan Odobescu (; 23 June 1834 – 10 November 1895) was a Romanian author, archaeologist and politician. Biography He was born in Bucharest, the second child of General Ioan Odobescu and his wife Ecaterina. After attending Saint Sava ...
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Alexandru Orăscu Alexandru Hristea Orăscu (30 July 1817 – 16 December 1894) was a Romanian architect famous for his Neoclassicism, Neoclassicist and Renaissance-revival works. He was born in Bucharest in 1817 to Serdar (Ottoman rank), serdar Hristea Orăs ...
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Alexandru Paleologu Alexandru Paleologu (; March 14, 1919 – September 2, 2005) was a Romanian essayist, literary critic, diplomat, and politician. He is the father of historian Theodor Paleologu. Biography Paleologu was born in Bucharest, into an ancient Romanian ...
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Alexandru Papadopol Alexandru Papadopol (; born 5 April 1975, in Râmnicu Vâlcea) is a Romanian actor. At the beginning of the year 2000 he appeared in the films ''Marfa şi banii'' (''Goods and Money'' or '' Stuff and Dough'') and ''Occident'', after which he app ...
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Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah (with spelling variants Papadopolu, Papadopulo, Papadopul, as well as Callimach, Callimac, and Callimachi; January 15, 1833 – June 18, 1898) was a Moldavian-born Romanian historian, jurist, and journalist, who served ...
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Alexandru Papiu Ilarian Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian (27 September 1827 – ) was a Romanian revolutionary, lawyer and historian. Papiu Ilarian was born in Bezded ( hu, Bezdédtelek), Kingdom of Hungary (today part of Gârbou, Romania) on 27 September 1827. His father wa ...
* Alexandru Pastia *
Alexandru Philippide Alexandru I. Philippide (; May 1, 1859 – August 12, 1933) was a Romanian linguist and philologist. Educated in Iași and Halle, he taught high school for several years until 1893, when he secured a professorship at the University of Iași tha ...
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Alexandru A. Philippide Alexandru A. Philippide (; April 1, 1900 – February 8, 1979) was a Romanian poet. The son of linguist Alexandru Philippide, he was born in Iași. He studied law, literature, philosophy and political economy at the University of Iași, of ...
* Alexandru Plămădeală *
Alexandru Popovici (Moldovan footballer) Alexandru Popovici (born 9 April 1977) is a Moldovan association football, footballer who plays for FC Iskra Rîbnița, Iskra Rîbnița as striker. Between 1996 and 2005 Popovici played for the Moldova national football team 21 matches, scorin ...
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Alexandru Adrian Popovici Alexandru Adrian Popovici (born 6 September 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for CSM Slatina.Alexandru Proca Alexandru Proca (16 October 1897 – 13 December 1955) was a Romanian physicist who studied and worked in France. He developed the vector meson theory of nuclear forces and the Relativistic wave equations, relativistic quantum field equations tha ...
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Alexandru Repan Alexandru Repan (; born 26 February 1940) is a Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania ** Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, varian ...
* Alexandru Sahia *
Alexandru Sătmăreanu Alexandru Ștefan Sătmăreanu (born 9 March 1952) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Oradea, Alexandru Sătmăreanu started his career in his hometown at Crișul, making his Divizia A debut on 21 S ...
* Alexandru Săvulescu (architect) *
Alexandru Șerbănescu Alexandru "Alecu" Șerbănescu (17 May 1912 in Colonești, Olt County – 18 August 1944 in Rușavăț, Buzău County) was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. At the end of Romania's campaign on the side of the ...
* Alexandru Șoltoianu * Alexandru Sturdza * Alexandru Suciu *
Alexandru A. Suțu Alexandru A. Suțu (November 30, 1837–September 1919) was a Wallachian-born Romanian psychiatrist. Biography Origins and activity at Mărcuța He was born in Bucharest into the aristocratic Soutzos family; his father Alexandru Sutzu was hig ...
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Alexandru Terheș Alexandru Terheș (born 25 July 1960) is a Romanian former football player, who currently works for FRF. He played for Minerul Cavnic, Baia Mare, Sportul Studențesc, Brașov and Bihor Oradea. Terheş won 2 caps for Romania in 1978 agains ...
* Alexandru Toma * Alexandru Tudor-Miu * Alexandru Tudose * Alexandru Tyroler * Alexandru Usatiuc-Bulgăr *
Alexandru Vulpe Alexandru Vulpe (June 16, 1931 – February 9, 2016) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy and director of the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology. Life Vulpe was born in 1931 in Bucharest, the son of a ...
* Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol *
Alexandru Zaharescu Alexandru Zaharescu (born June 4, 1961) is a Romanian mathematician. He is a professor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy ...
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Alexandru Zub Alexandru Zub (born October 12, 1934) is a Romanian historian, biographer, essayist, political activist and academic. A former professor at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Iași, noted for his contribution to the study of cultural ...


People with the surname

* Constantin Alexandru (1953–2014), Romanian sport wrestler * Iliaș Alexandru, Ruler of Moldova *
Ioan Alexandru Ioan Alexandru (; born Ion Șandor , December 25, 1941 – September 16, 2000) was a Romanian poet, essayist and politician. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, he became a founding member and vice-president of the Christian Democratic Nation ...
(1941–2000), Romanian poet and politician *
Maria Alexandru Maria Alexandru (née Golopența) (born 30 December 1939 in Plugova) is a former Romanian table tennis player. Table tennis career From 1957 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Champi ...
(born 1939), Romanian table tennis player * Marian Alexandru (born 1977), Romanian footballer *
Nicoleta Alexandru Nicoleta Alexandru (; born 5 November 1968), whose stage name is Nicola (), is a Romanian singer. She is best known for representing Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest. Life and career Nicoleta Alexandru was born in Bucharest, Romania ...
(born 1968), Romanian singer * Sadie Alexandru (born 1977), American actress and model * Valentin Alexandru (born 1991), Romanian footballer * Vasile Alexandru (born 1935), Romanian footballer


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