Ionescu ( Francisized as Ionesco or Jonesco) is a

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, 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, journalist * Constantin Ionescu, chess grandmaster *

Corneliu Ionescu Corneliu Ionescu (born 20 February 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 pain ...

, painter * Cristian Ionescu, politician * Eduard Ionescu, table tennis player * Elisabeta Ionescu, handball player *

Emanoil Ionescu Emanoil Ionescu (17 March 1893 – 13 July 1949) was a Romanian General during World War II and commander of the Royal Romanian Air Force's between September 1943 and March 1945. Biography Early life and military career Emanoil Ionescu, nickname ...

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

Gheorghe Ionescu Gheorghe Ionescu (born 31 January 1943) is a Romanian professional handball manager. He graduated from the I.E.F.S. and is nicknamed "Gică". He is best known for coaching Mureșul Târgu Mureș and Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea women's teams, b ...

, painter *

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

, violinist and conductor *

Ion Ionescu-Căpățână Ion Ionescu-Căpățână, often shortened to Ion Căpățână or Căpățînă (1914 – 1942 or 1943), was a Romanian writer, publisher, and political activist. A promoter of vegetarianism, he also discovered libertarianism and individual anarchi ...

, writer and anarchist activist * Ion Ionescu de la Brad, agronomist and economist *

Marian Ionescu Marian Ion Ionescu (21 August 1929 – 12 October 2023) was 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 valves ...

, 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. Life Born in Brăila, Ionescu studied Letters at the University of Bucharest until 1912. Upon graduati ...

, 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 se ...

, politician and academic *

Ovidiu Ionescu Ovidiu George Ionescu (born 28 June 1989) is a Romanian professional table tennis player who plays with Post SV Mühlhausen and SCM Gloria Buzău. Career Ionescu competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the singles event, in which he was eliminat ...

, table tennis player *

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 T ...

, 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 is widely considered one of the greatest three-point shooters in ...

, 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 Bucharest on 2 ...

, actor * Silviu Ionescu, diplomat *

Ștefan Ionescu Ștefan Ionescu (17 February 1935 − 30 October 2022)Take Ionescu Take or Tache Ionescu (; born Dumitru Ghiță Ioan and also known as Demetriu G. Ionnescu; – 21 June 1922) was a Romanian Centrism, centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat, who also enjoyed reputation as a short story author. Sta ...

, politician * Theodor V. Ionescu, physicist * Valentin Ionescu, politician * Valeriu Ionescu, writer, published under the name I. Valerian * Vali Ionescu, long jumper

Ionesco/Jonesco

* Carmen Ionesco, Canadian discus thrower of Romanian descent *

Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; ; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...

, playwright *

Eva Ionesco Eva Ionesco (born 18 July 1965) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is the daughter of photographer Irina Ionesco and came to international prominence as a child model after being featured in her mother's works. Early life Ionesco was born t ...

, actress * Gia Ionesco * Irina Ionesco, photographer * Karine Ionesco * (1923–2008), French actress * Petrika Ionesco

Others

Sanda Movilă Sanda Movilă (pen name of Maria Ionescu-Aderca; January 7, 1900–September 13, 1970) was a Romanian poet and novelist. Born in Cerbu, Argeș County, her parents were Ion Ionescu, a small-scale tradesman, and his wife Maria (''née'' Nicules ...

(born ''Maria Ionescu''), novelist * N. Porsenna (born ''Nicu Porsena Ionescu''), writer and politician *

Urmuz Urmuz (, pen name of Demetru Dem. Demetrescu-Buzău, also known as Hurmuz or Ciriviș, born Dimitrie Dim. Ionescu-Buzeu; March 17, 1883 – November 23, 1923) was a Romanian writer, lawyer and civil servant, who became a cult hero in Romania's av ...

(born ''Dimitrie Dim. Ionescu-Buzeu''), writer

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