Petru is a given name, and may refer to: *

Petru I of Moldavia Petru (Peter) I may have been a Voivode (prince) of Moldavia from the end of 1367 to after July 1368. Several historians, including Constantin Rezachevici and Ioan Aurel Pop, believe him to have been the son of prince Ştefan, oldest son of voivo ...

(Petru Mușat, 1375–1391), ruler of Moldavia *

Petru Aron Peter III Aaron (; died 1467), bastard son of Alexandru cel Bun, was a Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia on three occasions: October 1451 to February 1452, August 1454 to February 1455, and May 1455 to April 1457. The first two were during a civil w ...

(died 1467), ruler of Moldavia *

Petru Bălan Petru Vladimir Bălan (born 12 July 1976, in Suceava) is a Romanian retired rugby union footballer who played as a prop. Before moving to play rugby in France he played for Dinamo Bucharest in Romania, including playing for them in the 1998– ...

(born 1976), Romanian rugby union footballer *

Petru Cărare Petru Cărare (13 February 1935 – 27 May 2019) was a writer from Moldova. Petru Cărare was born to Profir Cărare and Nadejda Duca. He was forbidden to publish in the 1970s. He translated works by Ivan Krylov, , Samuil Marshak, Rasul Gamza ...

(1935–2019), writer from Moldova *

Petru Cercel Petru II Cercel (''Peter Earring'' or ''Earring Peter''; c. 1545 – March 1590) was a Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from 1583 to 1585, legitimate son to Pătrașcu cel Bun and alleged half-brother of Mihai Viteazul. A polyglot and a minor figu ...

(died 1590), voivode of Wallachia, polyglot * Petru Dugulescu (1945–2008), Romanian Baptist pastor, poet, and politician *

Petru Filip Petru Filip (; born 23 January 1955 in Slobozia, Romania) is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Since 2008, he has been a member of the Senate, representing Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (ju ...

(born 1955), current mayor of the municipality of Oradea * Petru Fudduni ( 1600–1670), poet *

Petru Giovacchini Petru Giovacchini (, ; 1 February 1910 – 29 September 1955) was a Corsican activist, born in Canale-di-Verde to an old family of the Corsican nobility with deep-rooted pro-Italian feelings. Giovacchini was the most renowned of the Corsican ...

(1910–1955), Corsican hero *

Petru Groza Petru Groza (7 December 1884 – 7 January 1958) was a Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of Romania, Prime Minister of the Romanian Communist Party, Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet Union, Soviet Sovie ...

(1884–1958), Romanian politician and Prime Minister *

Petru Lucinschi Petru Lucinschi (; born 27 January 1940) is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President from 1997 to 2001. He currently serves as the founder and head of the Lucinschi Foundation of Strategic Studies and International Relat ...

(born 1940), Moldova's second president *

Petru Luhan Petru Constantin Luhan (born 19 March 1977) is a Romanian politician, who since the 2009 election has been a Member of the European Parliament for Romania, representing the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL). He is a member of the Regional Developm ...

(born 1977), Romanian politician *

Petru Maior Petru Maior (; 1756 in Marosvásárhely ''(now Târgu Mureș, Romania)'' – 14 February 1821 in Buda) was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania (the Transylv ...

( 1756–1821), Romanian writer *

Petru Mocanu Petru T. Mocanu (1 June 1931 – 28 March 2016) was a Romanian mathematician who was elected in 2009 as a titular member of the Romanian Academy. Mocanu was born in Brăila. He studied at the Nicolae Bălcescu High School in Brăila, graduating ...

(1931–2016), Romanian mathematician *

Petru Pavel Aron Petru Pavel Aron (1709–1764) was Bishop of Făgăraş and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church from 1752 to his death in 1764. He also translated the Biblia Vulgata into Romanian (1760–1761). Life Petru Pavel Aron was born Bistra ...

(1709–1764), Romanian Greek-Catholic cleric and intellectual *

Petru Poni Petru Poni (4 January 1841 – 2 April 1925) was a Romanian chemist and mineralogist. Born into a family of ''răzeși'' (free peasants) in Săcărești, Iași County, he attended primary school in Târgu Frumos. In 1852, he enrolled in '' Acade ...

(1841–1925), Romanian chemist *

Petru Rareș Petru Rareș (; – 3 September 1546) or Petru IV was twice voivode of Moldavia from 20 January 1527 to 18 September 1538 and from 19 February 1541 to 3 September 1546. He was an illegitimate child born (probably at Hârlău) to Stephen III of ...

( 1487–1546), ruler of Moldavia *

Petru Stoianov Petru Stoianov (born October 29, 1939, in Vinga, Arad County) is a Romanian composer. Known as a modern composer, he signed a unique suite of lieds on Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June ...

(born 1931), Romanian composer *

Petru Țurcaș Petru Țurcaș (born 16 May 1976, in Timișoara) is a retired Romanian footballer. Club career Țurcaș was born on 16 May 1976 in Timișoara, Romania, starting to play junior level football at local club, Politehnica. On 6 April 1994 he made ...

(born 1976), Romanian footballer *

Ryszard Petru Ryszard Jerzy Petru (born 6 July 1972) is a Polish politician. He served as an assistant to several members of parliament in the 1990s. He has worked as an economist for the World Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers and several Polish banks. Since 201 ...

(born 1972), Polish politician

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