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Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...
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Vasile Adamachi Vasile Adamachi (January 1, 1817–March 8, 1892) was a Moldavian-born Romanian philanthropist and man of letters. Born in Iași, he was descended from ''boyar'' families on both sides. His father's first name was originally Adam but became ...
* Alexandra Agiurgiuculese *
Elena Albu Elena Albu (September 1, 1949 – March 16, 2003) was a Romanian stage and film actress. She graduated from Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography The Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest ( ro, Universi ...
* Dimitrie Alexandresco *
Călin Alupi Calin Alupi (1906–1980) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, cited along with Corneliu Baba or Alexandru Ciucurencu Alexandru Ciucurencu (; 27 September 1903 – 27 December 1977) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter, and a correspo ...
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Ilinca Amariei Ilinca Dalina Amariei (born 30 July 2002) is a Romanian tennis player. Amariei has a career-high singles ranking of 317 by the WTA, achieved on 18 March 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 396, achieved on 26 February 2024. ...
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Jean Ancel Jean Ancel (1940 – 30 April 2008) was a Romanian-born Israeli author and historian; with specialty in the history of the Jews in Romania between the two World wars, and the Holocaust of the Jews of Romania. Biography Jean Ancel was born to Jewi ...
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Cabiria Andreian Cazacu Cabiria Andreian Cazacu (February 19, 1928 – May 22, 2018) was a Romanian mathematician known for her work in complex analysis. She held the chair in mathematical analysis at the University of Bucharest from 1973 to 1975, and was dean of the fa ...
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Robert Asăvoaei Robert Gabriel Asăvoaei (born 2 October 1998) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for CS Dante Botoșani, Dante Botoșani. Club career Politehnica Ia ...
* George Assaky *
Teodor Axinte Teodor Axinte (born 2 February 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a desi ...


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* Narcis Bădic *
Octav Băncilă Octav Băncilă (; 4 February 1872 – 3 April 1944) was a Romanian realist painter and left-wing activist. He was the brother of Sofia Nădejde, a feminist journalist, and the brother-in-law of Ioan Nădejde (an atheist and socialist think ...
* Gheorghe Bănciulescu *
Mansi Barberis Mansi (Clemensa) Barberis (March 12, 1899–October 11, 1986) was a Romanian violinist, music educator, conductor, and composer. Life Clemensa Barberis was born in Iași, the daughter of Giuseppe Barberis and Marguerita Cazaban. She began to im ...
* Mădălina Bereș * Monica Bîrlădeanu *
Ovidiu Bobîrnat Ovidio Bobîrnat (born 4 May 1978) is a Romanian and Cypriot boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Representing Cyprus, he won a silver medal in the 2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean G ...
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George Bogdan George Bogdan (1859–1930) was a Romanian physician and university professor. Bogdan attended the National College in Iași, graduating in 1876. He studied medicine in France, and earned a doctorate in psychiatry there. After returning home, h ...
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Teodor Boldur-Lățescu   Teodor Boldur-Lățescu (; also written ''Teodor Boldour-Lățăscu'', ''Boldour-Latzesko'', ''Toderiță Lățescu'', or ''T. B. Lățescu''; 1837 – June 1891) was a Romanian politician, essayist and newspaper publisher, best known for his v ...
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H. Bonciu H. Bonciu, or Horia Bonciu (; reportedly born Bercu, Beniamin or Hieronim Haimovici, Alina Ianchiș"Un excentric cu pretenții: H. Bonciu" in Caiete Silvane'', August 2010Irimescu, p.49Florina Pîrjol in ''Observator Cultural'', Nr. 279, July 2005 ...
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Octav Botez Octav Botez (born Panaite-Octavian Botez; May 15, 1884–September 25, 1943) was a Romanian literary critic and historian. Born in Iași, his father Panait was a general in the Romanian Army, his mother was Smaranda (''née'' Nastasachi) and ...
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Gheorghe Brăescu Gheorghe Brăescu (30 January 1871, Iaşi - 15 March 1949) was a 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 n ...
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Dumitru Bughici Dumitru Bughici (; Hebrew: 'דומיטרו בוגיץ) (November 14, 1921, Iași – June 10, 2008, Jerusalem) was a Jewish Romanian composer, pianist, conductor and educator. Early life Dumitru Bughici was born in Iași under the name Iosif Bu ...
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Simion Bughici Simion Bughici (b. Simon David, December 14, 1914 – February 1, 1997) was a Romanian communist politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. Life and career Bughici was born in Iași to a Jewish family of klezmer mu ...
* Alexandru Buhuși *
Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor (November 8, 1881 – June 17, 1964) was a Romanian lawyer, journalist and socialist militant. An important figure in the early Romanian labour movement, he embraced communism during World War I and organised Romanian armed ...
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Theodor Burghele Theodor Burghele (12 February 1905 – 3 June 1977) was a Romanian surgeon and urologist, titular member and President of the Romanian Academy, and Minister of Health. He was born in Iași in an old Moldavian boyar family, the son of Theodor ...
* Nathan Burkan *
Cătălin Burlacu Cătălin Burlacu (born July 7, 1977) is a Romanian professional basketball player for SCM U Craiova in the Romanian League The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association foot ...
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Tudor Butnariu Tudor Gabriel Butnariu (born 12 March 1995) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker for professional SuperLiga club Steaua București. Career Butnariu played during his career for Politehnica Iași from where he transferred t ...


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* Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu *
Ottoi Călin Ottoi Călin (March 1886 – 1 April 1917) was a Romanian physician, journalist and socialist militant, considered one of the theoreticians of the Romanian workers' movement during the early 20th century. Early life and education Călin was bo ...
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Gheorghe Călugăreanu Gheorghe Călugăreanu (16 June 1902 – 15 November 1976) was a Romanian mathematician, professor at Babeș-Bolyai University, and full member of the Romanian Academy. He was born in Iași, the son of physician, naturalist, and physiologist Di ...
* Mirel Cană *
Liviu Cangeopol Liviu Cangeopol (born March 28, 1954) is a Romanian writer, journalist, and political analyst. Biography Born in Iași, Liviu Cangeopol studied Languages and Literature at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in his home town and Accounting and Busi ...
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Ion C. Cantacuzino (politician) C. Cantacuzino (also, Ioan C. Cantacuzino; 12 September 1825 – 20 April 1878) was a Romanian politician and Minister of Justice. Of Wallachian origins, Cantacuzino was born in Iași, Moldavia in 1825, the son of Constantin Canacuzino and Z ...
* Gheorghe Caranda *
Petre P. Carp Petre P. Carp (; also Petrache Carp, Francized ''Pierre Carp'', Ioana Pârvulescu"O adresă high-life", in ''România Literară'', Nr. 25/2010 occasionally ''Comte Carpe''; 28 Mircea Dumitriu"Petre P. Carp – un suflet, un caracter, o idee", in ...
* Lascăr Catargiu *
Eduard Caudella Eduard Caudella (22 May (or 3 June) 1841 – 15 April 1924) was a Romanian opera composer, also a violin virtuoso, conductor, teacher and critic. He studied with Henri Vieuxtemps Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps ( 17 February 18206 June 1881 ...
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Alexandru Cazaban Alexandru Cazaban (October 6, 1872–May 24, 1966) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Iași to François Cazaban, who was of French origin, he graduated from the city's National College in 1895, following which he entered an architecture ...
* Maria Chefaliady-Taban * Marius Chelaru * Iulian Chifu *
Radu Chiriac Radu Ioan Chiriac (born 4 January 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Astra Giurgiu.Harry Lionel Churchill Harry Lionel Churchill (1860–1924) was a physician and British diplomat. Family and early life He was born on 12 September 1860 in Jassy, Romania, the son of Henry Adrian Churchill (1828–1886), an archaeological explorer and British di ...
* Maria Cicherschi Ropală * Sebastian Ciobanu *
Ioana Ciolacu Ioana Ciolacu Miron (; born November 21, 1982) is a Romanian fashion designer. She received a Designer for Tomorrow Award from Stella McCartney, and has founded her own sustainable fashion Ioana Ciolacu label. Early life Ciolacu was born in Ia ...
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Grigore Cobălcescu Grigore Cobălcescu (September 22, 1831 – May 21, 1892) was a Moldavian, later Romanian geologist and paleontologist who is credited with introducing both fields into his country. Born in Iași, he graduated from the local Engineering and Arc ...
* Mihai Codreanu *
Petru Comarnescu __NOTOC__ Petru Comarnescu (born 23 November 1905, Iași - d. 27 November 1970, Bucharest) was a Romanian literary and art critic and translator. Born in Iași into a family that was related to the metropolitan bishop Veniamin Costache, he studied ...
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Roxana Cogianu Roxana Gabriela Cogianu (born 21 September 1986 in Iași) is a Romanian rower. Competing in the women's eight she finished 4th in the eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics, having finished in 9th in the women's double sculls at the 2008 Summer Ol ...
* Traian Cogut * Gabriela Coman *
Roxana Condurache Roxana Condurache (born August 28, 1987 in Iași) is a Romanian actress.
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Grigore Constantinescu Grigore D. Constantinescu (February 15, 1875 in Iaşi – April 7, 1932 in Năpădeni) was a priest and journalist from Romania. He was the director of Glasul Basarabiei. Biography Grigore D. Constantinescu was born on February 15, 1875, in ...
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Petre Constantinescu-Iași Petre Constantinescu-Iași (25 November 1892 – 1 December 1977) was a Romanian historian, academic and communist politician. Biography Early life and education Petre Constantinescu was born in the city of Iași, in a modest family of teache ...
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Teodor Corban Teodor Corban (; born 28 April 1957 in Iași) is a Romanian actor. Filmography * ''One Floor Below'' (2015) - Pătrașcu * ''Aferim!'' (2015) - Constantin * ''A Very Unsettled Summer'' (2013) - The Boss (as Teo Corban) * ''Child's Pose (film)'' ...
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Constantin Corduneanu Constantin Corduneanu (July 26, 1928 – December 26, 2018) was a Romanian-American mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. In 2015, he was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy; he was a ...
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Constantin Corduneanu (wrestler) Constantin Corduneanu (23 April 1969, Iași – 15 April 2024, Târgu Mureș) was a Romanian freestyle wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Biography Born into a poor family with eleven children, Cor ...
* Alexandra Cornilescu * Mioara Cortez *
Viorica Cortez Viorica Cortez (born 26 December 1935) is a noted Romanian-born mezzo-soprano, later French by naturalisation. Starting her operatic and concert career in the mid-1960s, she went on to become one of the most prominent female performers of the '7 ...
* Victor Costache *
Emil Costinescu Emil Costinescu (March 12, 1844–July 6, 1921) was a Romanian economist, businessman and politician. Born in Iași, Costinescu was the self-taught son of the architect and engineer , professor at the Academia Mihăileană and later the direc ...
* Adrian Covic *
Valentina Cozma Valentina Cozma (born 14 August 1963) is a retired Romanian handball player, considered one of the best pivots in the history of Romanian handball. Achievements * Women's EHF Champions League: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica) * EHF Women ...
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Ion Creangă Ion Creangă (; also known as Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei, Ion Torcălău and Ioan Ștefănescu; March 1, 1837 – December 31, 1889) was a Moldavian, later Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th-century Romania ...
* Florentin Crihălmeanu * Adrian Cristea *
Mihail Cruceanu Mihail Cruceanu (December 13, 1887 – July 7, 1988) was a Romanian poet. He was born in Iași to Mihail Cruceanu, a doctor, and his wife Ecaterina (''née'' Petrovanu). He attended high school in Ploiești and Pitești, earning his degree i ...
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Matilda Cugler-Poni Matilda Cugler-Poni (April 2, 1851 – September 9, 1931) was a Romanian poet. Born in Iași, her parents were Carol von Cugler, an architect of Austrian origin, and his wife Matilda (''née'' Hefner), of Czech origin. She had a careful educa ...
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Ioan Petru Culianu Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano (5 January 1950 – 21 May 1991) was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. He served as professor of the history of religions at the ...
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Nicolae Culianu Nicolae Culianu (August 28, 1832 – November 28, 1915) was a Moldavian, later Romanian mathematician and astronomer. A native of Iași, he enrolled in the University of Paris after graduating from ''Academia Mihăileană'' in 1855, and earned h ...
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A. C. Cuza Alexandru C. Cuza (8 November 1857 – 3 November 1947), also known as A. C. Cuza, was a Romanian far-right politician and economist. Early life Born in Iași, Cuza attended secondary school in his native city and in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, ...
* Elena Cuza


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Vlad Danale Vlad Andrei Danale (born 28 January 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Dante Botoșani. Honours ;Aerostar Bacău *Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian ...
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Nichita Danilov Nichita Danilov (born April 7, 1952, in Climăuţi village, Suceava County) is a Romanian poet. He served as the acting ambassador of Romania to Moldova in 1999. Early life Danilov graduated from the Architecture College and the Faculty of ...
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Alexandra Dariescu Alexandra Ioana Dariescu (born 16 August 1985) is a Romanian British classical concert pianist, educator, mentor and producer. She is best known for her multimedia project ''The Nutcracker and I'' and her focus on promoting the works of female c ...
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Liviu Deleanu Liviu Deleanu (born Lipe Kligman; 21 February 1911, Iași – 12 May 1967, Chișinău) was a Moldovan and Romanian poet and playwright, a doyen of postwar Moldovan literature. Biography In Iași Liviu Deleanu was born in Iași, the capital of t ...
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Ștefan Dimitrescu Ștefan Dimitrescu (January 18, 1886 – May 22, 1933) was a Romanian Post-impressionist painter and draftsman. Biography Born in Huși into a modest family, he completed his primary and secondary studies in his hometown. In 1903, deciding t ...
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Constantin Dimitrescu-Iași Constantin Dimitrescu-Iași (November 25, 1849April 16, 1923) was a Moldavian, later Romanian philosopher, sociologist and pedagogue. Biography Born in Iași, his father was the magistrate Dimitrie Dimitrescu. He attended primary school in his nat ...
* Benone Dohot *
Tiberiu Dolniceanu Tiberiu Dolniceanu (; born 3 April 1988) is a Romanian sabre fencer, European champion in 2013 and bronze medal in the 2013 World championships. As part of Romania's sabre team, he won the team silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics and the ...
* Marian Drenceanu * Dolfi Drimer *
Cornelia Druțu Cornelia Druțu is a Romanian mathematician notable for her contributions in the area of geometric group theory. She is Professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Education and career Druțu wa ...
* Nicolae Dunca


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Joseph Edelstein Joseph Edelstein ( yi, יוסף עדלשטײן, 1858–1940) was an actor in Yiddish Theatre in America. Early life Joseph (Yozef) Edelstein was born December 10, 1858 in Iasi, Romania. His father was a bookkeeper. As a small boy he went to "che ...
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Pauline Edelstein Pauline Edelstein (February 10, 1866 – September 27, 1942) was a Yiddish theatre actress. Birth Born Pauline Finkelstein, in Iasi, Romania on February 10, 1866 and died September 27, 1942 in Manhattan, New York. Her father was a "cutter" by pr ...
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Fernanda Eliscu Fernanda Eliscu (April 24, 1880 – September 27, 1968) was a Romanian-born actress in the United States, in English and Yiddish productions on stage and screen. Early life Fernanda Eliscu was born in Iași, Romania (some sources say Buchares ...
* Ștefan Emilian *
Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanian Romantic poet from Moldavia, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active membe ...
* Constantin Eraclide * Sorel Etrog *
Eren Eyüboğlu Eren Eyüboğlu ( née Ernestine Leibovici; 1913–1988) was a Romanian-born Turkish painter, ceramicist, and mosaic artist. She is considered one of the forerunners of modernism in Turkey. Biography Ernestine Leibovici was born on 5 February ...


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Emil Fagure Emil D. Fagure (born Samuel Honigman; April 7, 1873 – March 16, 1948) was a Romanian prose writer, translator, journalist and theatre and music critic. Life Born into a Jewish family in Iași, his father was a cantor and piano teacher; his brothe ...
* Samson Fainsilber *
Anastasie Fătu Anastasie Fătu (originally Năstase Fêtu or Fĕtu, also known as Anastasius Fétul, Anastasie Fĕtul or Anastase Fătul; January 2, 1816 – March 15, 1886) was a Moldavian and Romanian physician, naturalist, philanthropist and political figure, ...
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Bonifaciu Florescu Bonifaciu Florescu (first name also Boniface, Bonifacio, Bonifati, last name also Floresco; born Bonifacius Florescu; May 1848 – December 18, 1899) was a Romanian polygraph, the illegitimate son of writer-revolutionary Nicolae Bălcescu. Born se ...
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Cristina Flutur Cristina Flutur is a Romanian film and theatre actress. In 2012 she made her debut in cinema, portraying the complex Alina Ringhis, main character in Cristian Mungiu's praised drama, Beyond the Hills. For her outstanding performance in this film ...
* Benjamin Fondane


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* Emil Gârleanu *
Ilie Gârneață Ilie Gârneață (1898 – 28 May 1971) was a lawyer and founding member of the Legionary Movement, a far-right movement in Romania. Biography Gârneață was born in Iași, Kingdom of Romania, in 1898. He served as a volunteer in the World ...
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Ioan Grigore Ghica Prince Ioan Grigore Ghica (10 December 1830 – 21 March 1881) was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania from 29 September 1862 to 29 August 1863. He also served as the Minister of N ...
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Nicolae Ghica-Budești Nicolae Ghica-Budești (December 22, 1869 – December 16, 1943) was an influential Romanian architect who helped define the Neo-Romanian style. He studied ancient monuments in Wallachia, writing four volumes documenting the architectural history o ...
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Dimitrie Ghica-Comănești Dimitrie Ghica-Comănești (also Demeter Ghica, Ghica Comăneșteanu, Prince Ghica de Roumanie; 31 December 1839 – 1923) was a Romanian nobleman, explorer, famous hunter, adventurer and politician. He was born into the Ghica family, with nobili ...
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Eugen Ghica-Comănești Eugen Ghica-Comănești (December 31, 1839 – December 20, 1914) was a Romanian explorer and politician. Biography Eugen Ghica was born to Aga Niculae Ghica-Comăneștenul (1798-1853) and Ecaterina (born Plagino). The Ghica family has given the ...
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Matyla Ghyka Prince Matila Costiescu Ghyka (; born ''Matila Costiescu''; 13 September 1881 – 14 July 1965), was a Romanian naval officer, novelist, mathematician, historian, philosopher, academic and diplomat. He did not return to Romania after World ...
* Lucian Giușcă *
Alma Gluck Alma Gluck (May 11, 1884October 27, 1938) was a Romanian-born American soprano. Biography Gluck was born as Reba Feinsohn to a Jewish family in Iași, Romania, the daughter of Zara and Leon Feinsohn. Gluck moved to the United States at a young ...
* Themistocles Gluck *
Gus Goldstein Gustave "Gus" Goldstein ( yi, גוסטאַװ גאָלדשטײן, 1882February 19, 1946) was a Romanian-born American Yiddish theatre actor, songwriter, vaudevillian, and recording artist. During the boom in Yiddish music recording in the 1910s an ...
* Dimitrie Gusti


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Dan Hanganu Dan Sergiu Hanganu, (January 27, 1939 – October 5, 2017) was a Romanian-born Canadian architect. Based in Montreal, Quebec, he designed a number of prominent Quebec buildings, including the new wing of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the HEC Mo ...
* Spiru Haret * Samuel Haus *
Alfred Hefter Alfred Hefter (last name also Hefter-Hidalgo) (1892 in Iași – 1957 in Rome) was a Romanian poet, journalist, and writer of Jewish descent. In 1935 he founded the French-language newspaper ''Le Moment'', which was published in Bucharest (besides ...
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Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman ( yi, זײדל שמואל-יהודיה העלמאַן, c. 1855 – c. 1938), who often published under the pen name Hazman (), was a Romanian Jewish actor, songwriter, journalist, and educator. In addition to working as ...
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Andrei Hergheligiu Andrei Mihai Hergheligiu (born 21 March 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga III club Corvinul Hunedoara. He also played for Liga I teams such as Politehnica Iaşi, CS Universitatea Craiova or FC Hermannst ...
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Philip Herschkowitz Philipp Herschkowitz ( ro, Filip Herşcovici; Russian: Филипп Гершкович, ''Filipp Gershkovich'') (7 September 1906 – 5 January 1989) was a Romanian-born composer and music theorist, pupil of Alban Berg and Anton Webern, who ...
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Alexandru Hrisoverghi Alexandru Hrisoverghi (February 27, 1811 – March 9, 1837) was a Moldavian Romanian-language poet and translator, whose work was influenced by Romanticism. The author of few lyrical works, he was foremost noted for his association with politica ...
* Horia Hulubei


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Magda Ianculescu Magda Ianculescu (30 March 1929 – 16 March 1995) was a Romanian operatic soprano and voice teacher. A leading singer in the Romanian National Opera for many years, she was known for her musicality and vocal technique. Her voice had a wide range a ...
* Daniel Ianuș * Traian Ichim * Marius Iftimiciuc *
Adrian Ilie Bucurel Adrian “The Cobra” Ilie (born 20 April 1974) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented the Romania national team in one World Cup and two European Championships. Club career Ilie began h ...
* Eleny Ionel *
Florin Ionescu Florin Ionescu (born 3 February 1971 in Iași) is a retired Romanian athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the st ...
* Irinel Ionescu *
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 ...
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Vasile Iordache Vasile Iordache (born 9 October 1950) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper and current assistant coach at Steaua București, being responsible with goalkeepers' training. Career As a goalkeeper, Iordache played for FC Politehnica Iași (b ...
* Dan Irimiciuc *
Magda Isanos Magda Isanos (17 April 1916 – 17 November 1944) was a Romanian poet. Biography Born in Iași, her parents were Mihail Isanos and his wife Elisabeta (née Bălan), doctors at the Costiugeni psychiatric hospital near Chișinău. Elisabeta was t ...


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Alexandru Jar Alexandru Jar (; pen name of Alexandru Avram ; November 20, 1911 – November 10, 1988) was a Romanian poet and prose writer. Born into a Jewish family in Iași, his parents were Iacob Avram and his wife Șura Bella; he was self-taught. He ma ...
* Hilda Jerea


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* Alexandros Kantakouzinos *
Antioch Kantemir Antiochus or Antioch Kantemir or Cantemir (russian: Антиох Дмитриевич Кантемир, ''Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir''; ro, Antioh Cantemir; tr, Antioh Kantemiroğlu; french: Antioche Cantemir; 8 September 1708 – 31 Mar ...
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Arthur Kaufmann Arthur Kaufmann (4 April 1872 in Iași, Romania – 25 July 1938 in Vienna) was an Austrian attorney, philosopher and chess master. Life Kaufmann was the second son of a wealthy, Jewish merchant family in Iaşi, Romania. In early childhood, he m ...
* Paul Klapper *
Leon Klepper Leon Klepper (24 April 1900 in Iași, Romania – 7 December 1991 in Freiburg Brsg., Germany) was a Romanian composer of classical music. Born to a Jewish family in Iași, Klepper studied in Vienna with Joseph Marx, in Berlin with Franz Schreker ...
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Rita Klímová Rita Klímová, née Rita Budínová (10 December 1931 – 30 December 1993) was a Czech economist and politician. She was Czechoslovakia's ambassador to the United States before that country's breakup in 1992. Early life Klímová was born ...
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Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863, ...
* Bertha Kreidmann * Jordaki Kuparenko


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* Alina l'Ami * Max Landesberg * Joseph Lateiner *
Ștefan Lătescu Ștefan Lătescu ( ja, ステファン・ラテスク; born 25 December 2001) is a Romanian professional kickboxer and boxer, and former Muay Thai and kempo practitioner, currently signed to Dynamite Fighting Show and K-1. A former amateur in t ...
* Dorin Lazăr *
Mihai Lazăr Mihăiță "Mihai" Lazăr (born 3 November 1986) is a Romanian rugby union player who plays as a prop for Liga Națională de Rugby club SCM Rugby Timișoara. He also played for the Romania national team, ''The Oaks''. Lazăr made his debut for R ...
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Andy Lehrer Andy Z. Lehrer (16 May 1930 – 6 February 2014) was a Romanian entomologist. From 1996 until his death, he worked as a research associate in the laboratory of Zoology at the University of Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel. For several years, he s ...
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Max Leibowitz Max Leibowitz ( yi, מאקס לײבאװיטש) (born c.1884 in Iași, Romania, died 1942, Bronx, New York City) was an American klezmer violinist, composer and bandleader in New York City primarily in the 1910s and 1920s. Biography Early life Le ...
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Samuel Leibowitz Samuel Simon Leibowitz (August 14, 1893 – January 11, 1978) was a Romanian-American criminal defense attorney, famously noted for winning the vast majority of his cases, who later became a justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Early ye ...
* Gheorghe N. Leon *
George Lesnea George Lesnea (born George Glod; March 25, 1902 – July 6, 1979) was a Romanian poet and translator. Born in Iași, his parents were the cart driver Iosif Glod and his wife Maria. His education consisted of primary school in his native city. ...
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Ovidiu Lipan Ovidiu Lipan 'Țăndărică' (born January 31,Cristea, Violeta.", Jurnalul Național, January 31, 2007. 1953 in Iași) is a Romanian drummer. He played between 1966 and 1975 with the Romanian rock band Roșu și Negru. In 1975 he joined Transs ...
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Isac Ludo Isac Ludo (1894–1973) was a Romanian writer and political figure. Born into a Jewish-Romanian family, Ludo was active in left-wing literary circles prior to World War II. After the Communist take-over in 1947, he rose to important position ...
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Dan Lungu Dan Lungu (; born September 15, 1969) is a Romanian novelist, short story writer, poet and dramatist, also known as a literary theorist and sociologist. The recipient of critical acclaim for his short story volume ''Cheta la flegmă'' ("Quest for ...
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Florin Lupeică Florin Alin Lupeică (born April 1972) is a Romanian fencer. He competed in the sabre events at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( ...
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Șmil Marcovici Șmil Marcovici (1893 – November 10, 1940) was a Romanian communist activist. He was born in Iași. A member of the local Jewish community, he fought in the Romanian Army in World War I until 1917, when he deserted. He fled to Odessa, whe ...
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Gheorghe Mărdărescu Gheorghe D. Mărdărescu (4 August 1866 – 5 September 1938) was a Romanian army major general during World War I, a commander during the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919, and Minister of War from 1922 to 1926. Mărdărescu was born in Iași ...
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Alexandru Marin Alexandru Adalbert "Alex" Marin (June 25, 1945 – November 14, 2005) was an American experimental particle physicist, a professor of physics at MIT, Boston University and Harvard University, and a researcher at CERN and JINR. Marin was born in Fr ...
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Anamaria Marinca Anamaria Marinca (born 1 April 1978) is a Romanian actress. She made her screen debut with the Channel 4 film ''Sex Traffic'', for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Marinca is also known for her performance in ...
* Sabina Măriuță *
Gheorghe Mârzescu Gheorghe Mârzescu (1834–April 13, 1911) was a Romanian politician and lawyer. Biography Born in Iași, he received a law degree from the University of Paris in 1858, and became professor of civil law at Iași University, before transferring ...
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Petre Mavrogheni Petre Mavrogheni (November 1819 – 20 April 1887) also known as Petru Mavrogheni was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 11 May until 13 July 1866 and as the Minister of Finance. Life and career Mavroghe ...
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Julie Mayaya Julie Mayaya Nzal A Nka (born 17 February 1986 in Iași) is a Romanian singer. She took part in the second season of Pro TV's The Voice and was crowned the winner on 26 December 2012, becoming the first female contestant to win. Julie is of ...
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Ana Măzăreanu Ana Maria Măzăreanu (born 4 February 1993) is a Romanian handball player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Gloria Bistrița and the Romanian national team. She represented Romania at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship The 202 ...
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Constantin Meissner Constantin Meissner (May 27, 1854–September 19, 1942) was a Romanian pedagogue and schoolteacher. Born in Iași in the Principality of Moldavia (present-day Romania), his family was of German origin. He studied at the private ''Institutul Ac ...
* Constantin Mille * Mărgărita Miller Verghy * Ionuț Moisă * Andu Moisi * Sabin Moldovan *
Angela Moroșanu Angela Moroșanu (born 26 July 1986 in Iași) is a Romanian athlete. Moroșanu was discovered by Albu Ştefan who became her first trainer whilst she was at school in Belcești, a village 40 km from Iaşi. She started out competing for spor ...
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Dumitru C. Moruzi Dumitru Constantin Moruzi (also known as Dimitrie Moruzi or Moruzzi; russian: Дмитрий Константинович Мурузи, ''Dmitry Konstantinovich Muruzi''; July 1 or 2, 1850 – October 9, 1914) was a Moldavian-born Imperial Russian ...
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Jennie Moscowitz Jennie Moscowitz ( – July 26, 1953) was an American actress who was known for portraying Jewish mothers and was "equally well known on the English and Yiddish stages". Early years Moscowitz was born in Iași, Romania. Her father was a tutor at ...
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Elena Moșuc Elena Moșuc (born 18 January 1964) is a Romanian operatic soprano. Associated to the Zürich Opera House, she has an active career primarily in Europe, including guest appearances at the Romanian National Operas since 1990. Life and career Ea ...
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Bernard Natan Bernard Natan (born Natan Tannenzaft; 14 July 1886 – October 1942) was a French-Romanian film entrepreneur, director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s. Natan was deported to Auschwitz after the studio he owned went bankrupt, and his reputation ...
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Émile Natan Émile Natan (1906–1962) was a Romanian-born French film producer. He was the brother of Bernard Natan, the head of Pathé-Natan.Andrew p.365 Selected filmography * '' Accused, Stand Up!'' (1930) * ''Little Lise'' (1930) * '' Levy and Compan ...
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Anton Naum Anton Naum (January 17, 1829–August 27, 1917) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet and translator. Born in Iași, his parents were Theodor Naum, a small-time merchant and landlord, and his wife Zamfira (''née'' Nactu); both were of Aromani ...
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Costache Negri Costache Negri (May 14, 1812 – September 28, 1876) was a Moldavian, later Romanian writer, politician, and revolutionary. Born in Iași, he was the son of ''vistiernic'' (treasurer) Petrache Negre. The scion of a boyar family, he was educate ...
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Iacob Negruzzi Iacob C. Negruzzi (December 31, 1842 – January 6, 1932) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet and prose writer. Born in Iași, he was the son of Constantin Negruzzi and his wife Maria (''née'' Gane). Living in Berlin between 1853 and 1863, he at ...
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Leon C. Negruzzi Leon C. Negruzzi (June 5, 1840 – July 15/16, 1890) was a Moldavian, later Romanian politician and writer. Born in Iași, he was the first child of Constantin Negruzzi.Lecca, p. 363 He began his education at ''Academia Mihăileană'', but com ...
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Bernardo Neustadt Bernardo Neustadt (, ; January 9, 1925 – June 7, 2008) was a Romanian-born Argentine journalist. For 30 years he was the TV host of the famous ( en, New Time) news program. Neustadt was the first to make political opinion journalism on televi ...
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Margareta Niculescu Margareta Niculescu (4 January 1926 in Romania, 1926 – 19 August 2018 in France, 2018) was a Romanian artist, puppeteer, director, teacher and theater director. She contributed to the renewal, since 1950s, of the art of puppetry in Europe a ...
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Jacob Itzhak Niemirower Rabbi Dr. Jacob Itzhak Niemirower (Romanian: Iacob Isaac Niemirower, born March 1, 1872, in Lemberg, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv, Ukraine – died November 18, 1939, in Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian Modern rabbi, theologis ...


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Gabriela Olărașu Gabriela Olărașu (née Stanciu, also Stanciu-Olărașu; born 7 November 1964) is a Romanian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1997). She is six times Romanian Women Chess Champion (1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003 ...
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George Emil Palade George Emil Palade (; November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist. Described as "the most influential cell biologist ever",
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Petre P. Panaitescu Petre P. Panaitescu (March 11, 1900 – November 14, 1967) was a Romanian literary historian. A native of Iași, he spent most of his adult life in the national capital Bucharest, where he rose to become a professor at its main university. A ...
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Daniel Pancu Daniel Gabriel Pancu (; born 17 August 1977) is a Romanian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder or a forward. Club career Pancu began his playing career at FC Politehnica Iași. He made his debut in the Romanian Fir ...
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Ermil Pangrati Ermil A. Pangrati (July 21, 1864 in Iaşi – September 19, 1931 in Bucharest) was a Romanian politician, engineer, mathematician, historian of science and architect. Career He was a professor of geometry at the University of Bucharest and d ...
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Ionuț Panțîru Ionuț Constantin Panțîru (born 22 March 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Liga I club FCSB. Club career Politehnica Iași In January 2017, after a year in the Romanian third league with Știința Mir ...
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Anastasie Panu Anastasie Panu (1810–1867) was a Moldavian, later Romanian politician. Born and educated in Iași, Panu spent many years in Huși, where around 1845 he was named tribunal member, later rising to president. In 1847, his political support f ...
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George Panu George Panu (March 9, 1848 – November 6, 1910) was a Moldavian, later Romanian memoirist, literary critic, journalist and politician. A native of Iași, educated there as well as in Paris and Brussels, he worked as a schoolteacher and lawyer, b ...
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Alin Pânzaru Alin Cristinel Pânzaru (born 18 January 1976) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești. Career Pânzaru made his Liga I debut on 4 December 1993, for ...
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George Poede George Poede is a Romanian political philosopher, professor emeritus at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași. In 2016 he was nominated by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of France for the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. Acad ...
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Lupu Pick Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenst ...
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Mihai Pintilii Doru Mihai Pintilii (born 9 November 1984) is a Romanian former professional association football, footballer who serves as an assistant for Liga I club FCSB. A midfielder known for his combative playing style, Pintilii started out at Viitorul H ...
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Margareta Pogonat Margareta-Caliopi Pogonat (6 March 1933 – 11 May 2014) was a Romanian theatre and film actress. Pogonat studied at the Institute of Theatre and Cinematographic Art in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest ...
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Vasile Pogor Vasile V. Pogor ( Francized ''Basile Pogor''; August 20, 1833 – March 20, 1906) was a Moldavian, later Romanian poet, philosopher, translator and liberal conservative politician, one of the founders of ''Junimea'' literary society. Raised in t ...
* Cornel Popa * Ilie Popa * Ștefan Popescu *
Gheorghe Popovici Gheorghe Popovici (5 October 1859, Iași - 24 February 1933, Iași) was a Romanian painter and designer in the Academic art, Academic style. Biography He spent his childhood in Hotin. Later, he attended the secondary schools in Iași, graduating ...
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Andreea Prisăcariu Andreea Prisăcariu (born 9 February 2000) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Prisăcariu has career-high WTA rankings of 304 in singles and 200 in doubles. She has won four singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circu ...
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Maricica Puică Maricica Puică (née Luca on 29 July 1950) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. She is the 1984 Olympic champion in the 3000 metres. One of the greatest female middle-distance runners of the 1980s, she also twice won the World Cross Co ...
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Cristian Pulhac Cristian Robert Pulhac (born 17 August 1984) is a Romanian former association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back. Club career Cristian Pulhac started his career at FC Dinamo București, Din ...


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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, head of the House of Romania and a disputed pretender to the former Roman ...
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I. M. Rașcu I. M. Rașcu (most common rendition of Ion Rașcu; – 1971) was a Romanian poet of Symbolism (arts), Symbolist verse, cultural promoter, Comparative literature, comparatist, and schoolteacher. He is remembered for his participation in the Symboli ...
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Oswald von Richthofen Oswald Samuel Konstantin Freiherr von Richthofen (13 October 1847, in Iași – 17 January 1906, in Berlin, Germany), a German diplomat and politician, served as Foreign Secretary and head of the Foreign Office from 23 October 1900 to 17 January ...
* Raluca Ripan * Mendi Rodan * Alexandru Romalo * Arnold Rosé *
Eduard Rosé Eduard Rosé (born Eduard Rosenblum (29 March 1859 – 24 January 1943) was a German cellist and concert master. Life Born in Iași (Romania), Born "Rosenblum", Rosé received his artistic education at the conservatory of the Gesellschaft der ...
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Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu Nicolae Rosetti-Bălănescu (6 December 1827 – 11 May 1884) was a lawyer and Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Principality of Romania from 29 August 1863 until 29 October 1865. Rosetti-Bălănescu was bo ...
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Radu Rosetti Radu Rosetti (Francization, Francized ''Rodolphe Rosetti''; September 14, 1853 – February 12, 1926) was a Moldavian, later Romanian, politician, historian, and novelist, father of General Radu R. Rosetti, and a prominent member of the Rosetti fa ...
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Laurențiu Roșu Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu (born 26 October 1975) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as either a forward or winger, and is a manager. After four seasons at Steaua București, he spent nine years as a professional in Spain – eight i ...


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Mihály Salbeck Salbeck Mihály (May 9, 1709 in Petris Iaşi Moldavia, (today Romania) – February 25, 1758 in Gyulafehérvár, Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867), Transylvania (today Alba Iulia Romania)) was a doctor of philosophy, priest of the Socie ...
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Irina Schrotter Irina Schrotter (born 1965 in Iași) is a Romanian fashion designer and businessperson. She studied to become a physician, but in 1990, one year after graduating, she decided to go into the fashion business. In 2008, her company employed 1,000 pe ...
* Elias Schwarzfeld * Arthur Segal * Bennett E. Siegelstein *
Vasile Simionaș Vasile Simionaș (born 16 November 1950) is a former Romanian professional football manager and football player. He usually played as a midfielder. Club career In April 1968, at the age of seventeen, Simionaș made his Divizia A debut for Din ...
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Vlăduț Simionescu Vlăduț Simionescu (born 30 April 1990 in Iași, 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 ...
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Constantin Sion Constantin Sion, also known as Costandin or Cothi Sion (September 18, 1795 – February 27, 1862), was a Moldavian political conspirator, genealogist, and polemicist. He was born into the lower ranks of the boyar aristocracy, and, though his broth ...
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Mariana Sîrbu Mariana Sîrbu (born in Iaşi, Romania) is a Romanian violinist. Biography Sîrbu started playing the violin under the supervision of her parents. She then studied with Ştefan Gheorghiu (violinist), Ştefan Gheorghiu at the "Ciprian Porumbesc ...
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Matei Socor Matei Socor (September 15, 1908 – May 30, 1980) was a Romanian composer and communist activist. Biography Born in Iași, his father was the noted journalist Emanoil Socor, who was of Armenian descent, while his mother was Jewish. He comp ...
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Constantin Stamati Constantin Stamati (1786 – 12 September 1869) was a Romanian/ Moldovan writer and translator. Born in Romania, he settled in Chişinău, Bessarabia (presently in Moldova) after the 1812 partition of Moldavia at the end of the Russo-Turkis ...
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Avram Steuerman-Rodion Avram Steuerman-Rodion, born Adolf Steuerman or Steuermann and often referred to as just Rodion (November 30, 1872 – September 19, 1918), was a Romanian poet, anthologist, physician and socialist journalist. A member of Romania's Jewish communi ...
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Cosmina Stratan Cosmina Stratan (born 20 October 1984) is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichița in Beyond the Hills. Selected filmography Awards * Best Actress Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival (with Cristina Flutu ...
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Alexandru Sturdza Prince Alexandru Sturdza (Александр Скарлатович Стурдза; Iași, Moldavia, 18 November 1791Odessa, 13 June 1854) was a Russian publicist and diplomat of Romanian origin. In his writings, he referred to himself with a Frenc ...
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Dimitri Sturdza Dimitri Sturdza (born 10 November 1938), also known as Tim Sturdza, is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Iași, Sturdza is a descendant of a Romanian aristocratic family and later settled in Lausanne. He is of Norwegia ...
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Dimitrie Sturdza Dimitrie Sturdza (, in full Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza-Miclăușanu; 10 March 183321 October 1914) was a Romanian statesman and author of the late 19th century, and president of the Romanian Academy between 1882 and 1884. Biography Born in Iași, ...
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Roxandra Sturdza Roxandra or Roxana or Roksandra Skarlatovna Edling-Sturdza (1786 – 1844) was a philanthropist and a writer. Her chief achievement was the foundation of schools and orphanages for the young and needy refugees in Odessa during the years of wars a ...
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Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu (May 19, 1839–February 6, 1920) was a Romanian historian. Born in Iași into the aristocratic Sturdza family, his parents hired private foreign tutors for his education. Sturdza thus learned French, German, Latin ...
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D. I. Suchianu Dumitru Ion Suchianu (September 2, 1895–April 17/18, 1985) was a Romanian essayist, translator, film theorist and political economist. Born in Iași, his parents were Hanes-Ogias Suchianu, a professor of Armenian origin, and his wife Lelia ( ...
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Corneliu Șumuleanu Corneliu Șumuleanu (November 4, 1869–December 15, 1937) was a Romanian chemist and far-right politician. Biography Born in Iași, he attended the city's National College, following which he enrolled in the Faculty of Physical and Chemica ...
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Victor Surdu Raul-Victor Surdu-Soreanu (July 11, 1947 – April 7, 2011) was a Romanian politician who served as the country's first post-Communist Minister of Agriculture following the 1989 Revolution. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). ...
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Ștefan Târnovanu Ștefan Târnovanu (born 9 May 2000) is a Romanian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Liga I club FCSB and the Romania national football team, Romania national team. Club ...
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Lucian Dan Teodorovici Lucian Dan Teodorovici is a Romanian writer, scriptwriter and theatre director. Biography Lucian Dan Teodorovici was born in 1975, in Rădăuți, Suceava County. He is the Manager of The National Museum of Romanian Literature Iași and the Man ...
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Bianca Tiron Bianca Elena Harabagiu (née: Tiron; born 31 May 1995 in Iași) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Gloria Buzău. References External links Profile on Liga Profesionistă de Handbal din România 1995 births Living people Sportspeop ...
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Petrișor Toderașc Petrişor Toderaşc (born 15 July 1980 in Iași) is Romanian former rugby union footballer who played as a prop. Toderaşc played in France for Oyonnax (2004/05), CA Brive (2005/10) and Stade Rochelais (2010/13). He has 50 caps for Romania, with ...
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Mihalache Toma Mihalache Toma (born 24 December 1955) is a Romanian judoka. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiy ...
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Nicolae Tonitza Nicolae Tonitza (; April 13, 1886 – February 27, 1940) was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in introducing modernist g ...
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Dan Topolinschi Dan Topolinschi (born 20 February 1966) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a left defender. Conviction After he retired from playing football, Topolinschi settled in Călărași and worked as a police officer. In 2000 he was arreste ...
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Radu Varia Radu Varia (born 1940) is a Romanian art critic and art historian. Biography Born in Iași, Varia holds a degree from the University of Bucharest and a doctorate in History of Art and Civilization from the University of Paris. A friend of Salvado ...
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Ghizela Vass Ghizela Vass (also Gisela or Gisella Vass; April 22, 1912 – 2004), a Romanian Communism, communist, was an activist and politician of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR). In its 2007 report, the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Co ...
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Nicolae Vogoride Prince Nicolae Vogoride (Romanian language, Romanian version; Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Никола or Николай Богориди, ''Nikola'' or ''Nikolay Bogoridi''; Greek language, Greek: Νικόλαος Βογορίδης, ''Nikolao ...
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Dimitrie Voinov Dimitrie Voinov (June 25, 1867 – July 7, 1951) was a Romanian zoologist, histologist and cytologist. Born in Iași, he was the adopted son of politician Nicolae Voinov.Mihai Sorin Rǎdulescu, ''Elita liberală românească, 1866-1900'', p. 10 ...
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Lascăr Vorel Lascăr Vorel (19 August 1879 – 8 February 1918) was a Romanian Post-Impressionist painter whose style was linked to Expressionism. He was the scion of a pharmacist clan in Piatra Neamț, but abandoned the family trade to take up drawing, and ...


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Adela Xenopol Adela Xenopol (1861–1939) was a Romanian feminist and writer. She published both literary works and feminist tracts, founding several magazines. In 1914, just prior to the advent of World War I she and other feminists presented a petition for wo ...
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Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol (; March 23, 1847, Iaşi – February 27, 1920, Bucharest) was a Romanian historian, philosopher, professor, economist, sociologist, and author. Among his many major accomplishments, he is the Romanian historian cred ...
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Margareta Xenopol Margareta Xenopol (January 28, 1892 – July 8, 1979) was a Romanian composer, pianist and singer. She was born in Iași, the daughter of Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol. She initially studied piano with Margareta Sakellary and Apasia Sion Burada, then s ...
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Nicolae Xenopol Nicolae Dimitrie Xenopol ( or , also Nicu Xenopol; Francized ''Nicolas Xenopol''; October 11, 1858 – December 1917) was a Romanian politician, diplomat, economist and writer, the younger brother of historian Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol and, like ...


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Leon Rene Yankwich Leon Rene Yankwich (September 25, 1888 – February 9, 1975) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Education and career Born in Iași, Romania, Yankwich received a Bachel ...


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Alexandru Iulian Zaharia Alexandru Iulian Zaharia (born 9 September 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for CSM Sighetu Marmației. Honours Dante Botoșani *Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level ...
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Florin Zalomir Florin Zalomir (; 21 April 1981 – 3 October 2022) was a Romanian sabre fencer who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics winning a silver medal in the sabre team event. Personal life After the 2003 European Fencing Championships from Bourge ...
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Paul Zarifopol Paul Zarifopol (November 30, 1874 – May 1, 1934) was a Romanian literary and social critic, essayist, and literary historian. The scion of an aristocratic family, formally trained in both philology and the sociology of literature, he emerge ...
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Ovidiu Zotta Ovidiu Zotta (1935–1996) was a Romanian writer of children's stories and an editor, scriptwriter and comic strip designer. In the late 1960s he created a character, "Dim Dunăreanu" who was a superhero for children and has been called the "Romani ...
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