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, traditiona ...
masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, a form of the South Slavic name Mirče (Мирче) that derives from the Slavic word ''mir'', meaning 'peace'. It may refer to:
Mircea II of Wallachia
Mircea II (1428–1447) was the Voivode, or prince, of Wallachia in 1442. He was the oldest son of Vlad II Dracul and brother of Vlad Țepeș and Radu the Handsome. He was the grandson of his namesake Mircea cel Bătrân.
Early life
Mircea ...
(1428–1447), grandson of Mircea I
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Mircea III Dracul
Mircea is a Romanian masculine given name, a form of the South Slavic name Mirče (Мирче) that derives from the Slavic word ''mir'', meaning 'peace'. It may refer to:
People Princes of Wallachia
* Mircea I of Wallachia (1355–1418), ...
, Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia in 1510
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Mircea the Shepherd
Mircea the Shepherd ( ro, Mircea Ciobanul, d. 25 September 1559), was the Voivode (or Prince) of Wallachia three times: January 1545 (he entered Bucharest on 17 March)–16 November 1552; May 1553–28 February 1554 (leaving Bucharest ...
(died 1559), son of Radu cel Mare
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Alexander 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 ...
, Voivode of Wallachia from 1568 to 1574 and 1574 to 1577
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Prince Mircea of Romania
Prince Mircea of Romania (; 3 January 19132 November 1916) was the third son and last child of King Ferdinand of Romania and his wife, Marie of Edinburgh and a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother. He died aged three in 1916.
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(1913–1916)
Others
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Mircea Albulescu
Iorgu Constantin Albulescu (4 October 1934 – 8 April 2016), known professionally as Mircea Albulescu (), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (''Uniunea Scriitorilor'' ...
, professional name of Iorgu Constantin Albulescu (1934–2016), Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet and writer
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Mircea Badea
Mircea Radu Badea (; born February 24, 1974, in Bucharest, Romania. He is a Romanian political satirist, television host, media critic, radio personality and occasional actor. He is widely known as host of ''În gura presei'' (The Talk of Th ...
(born 1974), Romanian political satirist, television host, media critic, radio personality and occasional actor
* Mircea Baniciu (born 1949), Romanian musician, singer and songwriter
* Mircea Brînzea (born 1986), Romanian aerobic gymnast
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Mircea Cărtărescu
Mircea Cărtărescu (; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist.
Biography
Born in Bucharest in 1956, he attended Cantemir Vodă National College during the early 1970s. During his scho ...
(born 1956), Romanian poet, novelist, literary critic and essayist
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Mircea Ciumara
Mircea Ciumara (13 September 1943, Călărași, Călărași County, Kingdom of Romania–14 January 2012, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian politician and former cabinet minister in two governments led by the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR), ...
(1943–2012), Romanian politician and former cabinet minister
* Mircea Coșea (born 1942), Romanian politician, economist, diplomat, essayist, journalist and professor
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Mircea Costache II
Mircea Costache II (2 May 1940 – 16 February 2016) was a Romanian handball player and coach who played as a pivot for Dinamo București and for the national team. He scored the winning goal in the 1961 World Championship final.
After retiring ...
(1940–2016), Romanian handball player and coach
* Mircea Crișan (1924–2013), Romanian comedian and comedic actor
* Mircea Damian (1899–1948), Romanian writer and journalist
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Mircea Daneliuc
Mircea Daneliuc (; born 7 April 1943) is a Romanian film director, screenwriter and actor. He has directed 19 films since 1975. In 1993 his film '' The Conjugal Bed'' was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Two years later, ...
(born 1943), Romanian film director, screenwriter and actor
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Mircea David
Mircea David (16 October 1914 – 12 October 1993) was a Romanian football player, who played as a goalkeeper. After a match between Romania and Italy, played in Rome, he was nicknamed by the Italian football fans ''Il Dio'', because of his incr ...
(1914–1993), Romanian football goalkeeper
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Mircea Demetriade
Mircea Constantin Demetriade (; also rendered as Demetriad, Dimitriade, Dimitriadi, or Demitriadi; September 2, 1861 – September 11, 1914) was a Romanian poet, playwright and actor, one of the earliest animators of the local Symbolist movement. ...
(1861–1914), Romanian poet, playwright and actor
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Mircea Diaconu
Mircea Diaconu (; born 24 December 1949) is a Romanian actor, writer, and politician. First appearing on stage in 1970, and on screen two years later, Diaconu pursued a lengthy career in both formats, working with a series of prominent directors ...
(born 1949), Romanian actor and politician
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Mircea Dinescu
Mircea Dinescu (; born November 11, 1950) is a Romanian poet, journalist, and editor.
Biography
Early life and poetry
He was born in Slobozia, the son of Ştefan Dinescu, a metalworker, and Aurelia (born Badea). Dinescu studied at the Faculty ...
(born 1950), Romanian poet, journalist and editor
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Mircea Druc
Mircea Druc (born 25 July 1941, in Pociumbăuți, Rîșcani District) is a Moldovan and Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Moldova between 26 May 1990 and 22 May 1991.
He was appointed as Prime Minister after the opposition wa ...
(born 1949), Moldovan and Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Moldova between 1990 and 1991
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Mircea Drăgan
Mircea Drăgan (3 October 1932 – 31 October 2017) was a Romanian film director. He directed 23 films between 1955 and 1992. His 1961 film ''Thirst (1961 film), Thirst'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where it w ...
(born 1932), Romanian film director
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Mircea Dușa
Mircea Dușa (1 April 1955 – 19 December 2022) was a Romanian economist and politician, who was the minister of the Interior from 6 August to 21 December 2012, and then Minister of National Defense from 21 December 2012 to 17 November 2015, ...
(born 1955), Romanian economist and politician
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Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (; – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religiou ...
(1907–1986), Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher and professor
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Mircea Florian
Mircea Florian (; April 1, 1888 – October 31, 1960) was a Romanian philosopher and translator. Active mainly during the interwar period, he was noted as one of the leading proponents of rationalism, opposing it to the '' Trăirist'' philosophy o ...
(1888–1960), Romanian philosopher and translator
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Mircea Florian (musician)
Mircea Florian (; born December 5, 1949), also known as Florian din Transilvania, M. A. N. Florian, Mihai Plămădeală in ''Observator Cultural'', Nr. 463, February 2009 and FloriMAN, Luiza Vasiliu"Berlinul în două zile și ceva", in '' Dilema ...
(born 1949), Romanian musician, multimedia artist and computer scientist
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Mircea Frățică
Mircea Frăţică (born 14 July 1957) is a retired Romanian middleweight judo
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(born 1957), Romanian retired judoka
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Mircea Fulger
Mircea Fulger (born 26 January 1959) is a retired light-welterweight boxer from Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, ...
(born 1959), Romanian retired boxer
* Mircea Geoană (born 1958), Romanian politician
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Mircea Gesticone
Mircea Gesticone (May 3, 1902 – August 5, 1961) was a Romanian novelist and poet.
Born in Bucharest, he was the fifth child of Filip Gesticone and his wife Zamfira (''née'' Ursachi). His father, a lawyer, came from a family of Ploiești me ...
(1902–1961), Romanian novelist and poet
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Mircea Grosaru
Mircea Grosaru (June 30, 1952 – February 3, 2014) was a Romanian politician, MP (2000–2014), and lawyer.
Born in Buhuși, he was a 1974 graduate in mathematics and physics from the Pedagogical Institute of Bacău He earned a law degree fro ...
(1952–2014), Romanian politician
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Mircea Ionescu-Quintus
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus (; 18 March 1917 – 15 September 2017) was a Romanian politician who served as a senator and Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agenc ...
(born 1917-2017), Romanian politician and Minister of Justice from 1991 to 1992
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Mircea Irimescu
Mircea Irimescu (born 13 May 1959) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played for Universitatea Craiova. He earned 9 caps for the Romania national team and participated in UEFA Euro 1984.
Irimescu spent most of his playing career ...
(born 1959), Romanian retired footballer
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Mircea Lucescu
Mircea Lucescu (; born 29 July 1945) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently head coach of Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time.
Lucescu is also ...
(born 1945), Romanian football manager and former player
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Mircea Monroe
Mircea Monroe (born March 11, 1982) is an American model and actress, known for her roles on the TV series '' Episodes'' as Morning Randolph (2011–2017), ''Hart of Dixie'' as Tansy Truitt (2011–2015), '' Impastor'' as Alexa Cummings (2015–2 ...
(born 1982), American model and actress
* Mircea Mustață (born 1971), Romanian mathematician
* Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999), Romanian short-story writer, novelist, essayist and literary critic
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Mircea Oltean
Mircea Teodor Oltean (born 8 January 1982) is a Romanian former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a des ...
(born 1982), Romanian former football goalkeeper
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Mircea Oprea
Mircea Vasile Oprea (born 20 April 1980) is a Romanian former football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of f ...
(born 1980), Romanian former footballer
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Mircea Păcurariu
Mircea Păcurariu (30 July 1932 – 13 January 2021) was a Romanian theologian, historian and priest in the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Biography
Born in Ruși, Hunedoara County, he was the son of the village priest. He enrolled in the History ...
(born 1932), Romanian theologian, historian and Romanian Orthodox priest
* Mircea Pârligras (born 1980), Romanian chess Grandmaster
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Mircea Puta
Mircea Puta (February 1, 1950 —July 26, 2007) was a Romanian mathematician, the 1983 recipient of the Simion Stoilow Prize of the Romanian Academy. He is the author of over 190 articles and two books.
Puta started his undergraduate studies ...
(1950—2007), Romanian mathematician
* Mircea Răceanu (born 1935), Romanian diplomat
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Mircea Rednic
Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian football coach and former player who played as a defender.
Club career
Mircea Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul" was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tenn ...
(born 1962), Romanian football manager and former player
* Mircea Romașcanu (born 1953), Romanian former cyclist
* Mircea Rus (born 1978), Romanian former footballer
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Mircea Sasu
Mircea Sasu, (5 October 1939 – 17 October 1983), was a Romanian football striker, who played for Minerul Baia Mare, UT Arad, Dinamo Bucharest, Farul Constanţa in Romania and Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey.
He was famous in Turkey
Turk ...
(1939–1983), Romanian footballer
* Mircea Șimon (born 1954), Romanian retired heavyweight boxer
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Mircea Snegur
Mircea Snegur (; born 17 January 1940) is a Moldovan politician who was served as President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), first President of Moldova from 1990–1997. Before that, he served as President of Moldova, Chairman o ...
(born 1940), first President of Moldova (1990–1997), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1990) and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet in 1990
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Mircea Streinul
Mircea Streinul (2 January 1910 – 17 April 1945) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer and poet.
Biography
Born in Cuciurul Mare, in the Bukovina region, his parents were the Romanian Orthodox priest Gavril Streinul and his ...
(1910–1945), Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer and poet
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Mircea Veroiu
Mircea Veroiu (; 29 April 1941 – 26 December 1997) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1968 and 1997. He was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
Selected filmograph ...
(1941–1997), Romanian film director and screenwriter
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Mircea Voicu
Mircea Voicu (born 17 April 1980) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for various Romanian clubs such as: Universitatea Craiova, Jiul Petroşani, Pandurii Târgu Jiu or Gaz Metan Mediaş, among others.
Honours
;Jiul P ...
(born 1980), Romanian former footballer
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Mircea Vulcănescu
Mircea Aurel Vulcănescu (3 March 1904 – 28 October 1952) was a Romanian philosopher, economist, ethics teacher, sociologist, and far-right politician. Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance from 1941 to 1944 in the Nazi-aligned govern ...
(1904–1952), Romanian philosopher, economist, ethics teacher and sociologist arrested in 1946 and convicted under the Communist regime.
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