Ionescu ( Francisized as Ionesco or Jonesco) is a

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surname, derived from the male given name

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. It may refer to:

Ionescu

* Alexandru Ionescu, bobsledder * Alexandru Ionescu, socialist militant * Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea, mathematician * Claudiu Eugen Ionescu, handball player *

Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion (, born Constantin Alexandru Ionescu and commonly known as Caion; 1882 – November or December 1918) was a Romanian journalist and poet, primarily remembered for his legal dispute with humorist Ion Luca Caragiale. H ...

, journalist * Constantin Ionescu, chess grandmaster *

Corneliu Ionescu Corneliu Ionescu ( February 20, 1956) is a Romanian painter, famous for his ballerinas. He was born in Pitești, Argeș County. He attended the Bucharest National University of Arts in the class of Gheorghe Șaru. He was trained by the painters ...

, painter *

Cristian Ionescu Cristian Ionescu (born 1 March 1978) is a Romanian former footballer. He played as a left back. Honours *Sheriff Tiraspol: **Moldovan National Division: 2005–06 **Moldovan Cup: 2006 **Moldovan Super Cup: 2005 * FC Brașov: **Liga II The ...

, politician * Elisabeta Ionescu, Romanian handball player *

Emanoil Ionescu Emanoil Ionescu (17 March 1887 – 14 June 1949) was a Romanian General during World War II and commander of the Royal Romanian Air Force's ''Corpul I Aerian''. Biography He was born in 1887 in Tămpeni, now Movileni, Olt County. After attending ...

, soldier * Eugen Ionescu, also Eugène Ionesco, absurdist playwright * Gheorghe Ionescu, painter *

Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești (16 October 1885–4 June 1967) was a Romanian agronomer. He was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1936,Ilarion Ionescu-Galați Ilarion Ionescu-Galați (born 17 September 1937) is a Romanian violinist and orchestra Conducting, conductor. Early years Born in Iași, he started to study music with his father (an amateur musician). He graduated from the National University ...

, violinist and conductor *

Ion Ionescu de la Brad Ion Ionescu de la Brad (June 24, 1818 – December 16, 1891), born Ion Isăcescu, was a Moldavian, later Romanian revolutionary, agronomist, statistician, scholar, and writer. Born in Roman, Romania, Roman, he was the son of a Moldavian Romani ...

, agronomist and economist *

Marian Ionescu Marian Ion Ionescu (born 21 August 1929 in Târgoviște) is a Romanian-born British cardiac surgeon. His interest in heart surgery covered several aspects of this specialty. He was an inventor of surgical devices, mostly artificial heart valve ...

, pioneer cardiac surgeon * Mircea Ionescu Quintus, politician *

Nae Ionescu Nae Ionescu (, born Nicolae C. Ionescu; – 15 March 1940) was a Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist. Near the end of his career, he became known for his antisemitism and devotion to far right politics, in t ...

, philosopher *

Nicolae Ionescu Nicolae Ionescu (1820 in Bradu, Neamț County – January 24, 1905 in Bradu) was a Romanian politician, jurist and publicist, brother of the agronomist Ion Ionescu de la Brad. He was leader of the Free and Independent Faction, serving sev ...

, politician *

Raicu Ionescu-Rion Raicu Ionescu-Rion (born Raicu Ionescu; August 24, 1872 – April 19, 1895) was a Romanian literary critic and socialist commentator. Born in Bălăbănești, Galați County, he came from a poor peasant family. He attended primary school in ...

, socialist journalist, sociologist and art critic *

Sabrina Ionescu Sabrina Elaine Ionescu (born December 6, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. She is the NCAA all- ...

, American basketball player *

Șerban Ionescu Șerban Ionescu (; 23 September 1950 – 21 November 2012) was a Romanian actor, born in Corabia, Olt County.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409588 Ionescu was diagnosed with ALS in 2011 and died at Floreasca Emergency Hospital in Buchares ...

, actor *

Silviu Ionescu The Singapore Romanian diplomat incident occurred on 15 December 2009, when three pedestrians were struck in a hit-and-run in the Singapore suburb of Bukit Panjang. The vehicle, a black Audi A6 bearing diplomatic license plates, was later identif ...

, Romanian diplomat * Ștefan Ionescu, ice hockey player *

Take Ionescu Take or Tache Ionescu (; born Dumitru Ghiță Ioan and also known as Demetriu G. Ionnescu; – 21 June 1922) was a Romanian centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat, who also enjoyed reputation as a short story author. Starting his ...

, politician * Theodor V. Ionescu, physicist * Valentin Ionescu, politician *

Valeriu Ionescu I. Valerian (born Valeriu Ionescu; August 1, 1895 – November 21, 1980) was a Romanian writer and journalist. Born in Ivești, Galați County, the son of Fotache, a worker and clerk active in Ivești and Tecuci, and his wife Amalia, he spent ...

, writer, published under the name I. Valerian *

Vali Ionescu Valeria "Valy" Ionescu (later Constantin, born 31 August 1960) is a retired long jumper from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Eu ...

, long jumper

Ionesco

Carmen Ionesco Carmen Ionesco (birth name Carmen Ionescu; born July 28, 1951, in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired discus thrower and shot putter, who competed for Romania and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three t ...

, Canadian discus thrower of Romanian descent * Eugène Ionesco, playwright *

Eva Ionesco Eva Ionesco (born 18 July 1965) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Romanian-French photographer Irina Ionesco and came to international prominence as a child model after being featured in her mother's wo ...

, actress *

Irina Ionesco Irina Ionesco (3 September 1930 – 25 July 2022) was a French photographer born in Paris. She traveled and painted for several years before discovering photography and eventually became known for her erotic photography and most controversially ...

, photographer

Others

* Sanda Movilă (born ''Maria Ionescu''), novelist *

N. Porsenna N. Porsenna (pen name of Nicu Porsena Ionescu, also known as Nicu Porsenna or Porsena; 13 January 1892 – 18 January 1971) was a Romanian lawyer, writer, publisher, social psychologist, and political figure, also active as a paranormal investig ...

(born ''Nicu Porsena Ionescu''), writer and politician * Urmuz (born ''Dimitrie Dim. Ionescu-Buzeu''), writer {{surname Romanian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names