Notable Alumni of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University [Sorted List]

1. Petre Iorgulescu-Yor

1890-1939 (aged 49)

painter

Petre Iorgulescu-Yor was a Romanian Expressionist painter of Jewish and Greek ancestry.

2. Gheorghe Zane

1897-1978 (aged 81)

historian economist

Gheorghe Zane was a Romanian economist and historian.

3. Avram Steuerman-Rodion

1872-1918 (aged 46)

propagandist journalist literary critic political activist essayist

Avram Steuerman-Rodion, born Adolf Steuerman or Steuermann and often referred to as just Rodion, was a Romanian poet, anthologist, physician and socialist journalist. A member of Romania's Jewish community, he was a lifelong militant for Jewish emancipation and assimilation, noted for poems which attack the prevailing antisemitism of his day. For a while, he was active as a propagandist of...

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4. Ion Costin

1887-1940 (aged 53)

lawyer politician journalist

Ion T. Costin was a Bessarabian Romanian politician. He was born at a time when his native region, as the eastern half of Moldavia, had been taken over by the Russian Empire and organized into a Bessarabia Governorate. Following the October Revolution, he took part in the affairs of the Moldavian Democratic Republic as a member of Sfatul Țării, voting...

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5. Octav Mayer

1895-1966 (aged 71)

mathematician

Octav Mayer was a Romanian mathematician, the first to earn a doctorate in Romania.

6. Nicolai Costenco

1913-1993 (aged 80)

translator writer

Nicolai Costenco was a writer from Moldova. He was managing editor of Viaţa Basarabiei (1934–1940) and was deported to Siberia în 1941.

7. Vladimir Andrunakievich

1917-1997 (aged 80)

mathematician pedagogue

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Andrunakievich was a Soviet and Moldovan mathematician, known for his work in abstract algebra. He was a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences (1958), academician (1961) and vice-president (1964—1969, 1979—1990) of the Moldavian Soviet Academy of Sciences. Laureate of the State Prize of the Moldavian SSR (1972).

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8. Alexandru Lambrior

1845-1883 (aged 38)

romanist philologist linguist university teacher

Alexandru Lambrior was a Romanian philologist and folklorist. A native of Fălticeni in Moldavia, he studied at Iași University and, after beginning a career as a teacher, in Paris. He resumed teaching in 1878, but died of tuberculosis five years later. A pioneer of linguistics in his country, he revered the Romanian of the old medieval chronicles, deploring what he...

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9. Alexis Nour

1877-1939 (aged 62)

journalist spy linguist translator human rights defender

Alexis Nour was a Bessarabian-born Romanian journalist, activist and essayist, known for his advocacy of Romanian-Bessarabian union and his critique of the Russian Empire, but also for controversial political dealings. Oscillating between socialism and Russian nationalism, he was noted as founder of Viața Basarabiei gazette. Eventually affiliated with Romania's left-wing form of cultural nationalism, or Poporanism, Nour was a long-term...

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10. Petru Bogdan

1873-1944 (aged 71)

chemist

Petru Bogdan was a Romanian chemist, educator, and politician. In 1926, he was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy.

11. Theodor Speranția

1856-1929 (aged 73)

poet children's writer

Theodor Dimitrie Speranția was a Romanian playwright, humorist, folklorist and journalist.

12. Ciprian Teleman

1969-. (aged 57)

politician geologist geophysicist researcher engineer

Ciprian Sergiu Teleman is a Romanian politician who has been serving as Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization in the Cîțu Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Florin Cîțu, as of 23 December 2020.

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13. Arthur Gorovei

1864-1951 (aged 87)

writer ethnographer folklorist politician

Arthur Gorovei was a Romanian writer, folklorist and ethnographer. In 1940, he was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

14. Gheorghe Spacu

1883-1955 (aged 72)

university teacher chemist

Gheorghe Spacu was a Romanian inorganic chemist.

15. Mihnea Moroșan

1950-. (aged 76)

mathematician

Gheorghe Moroșanu is a Romanian mathematician known for his works in Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Nonlinear Analysis, Calculus of Variations, Fluid Mechanics, Asymptotic Analysis, Applied Mathematics. He earned his Ph.D. in 1981 from the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași.

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16. Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor

1881-1964 (aged 83)

lawyer politician journalist

Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor was a Romanian lawyer, journalist and socialist militant. A notable figure regarding the early Romanian labour movement, he embraced communism during World War I and organised Romanian armed detachments in Odesa in support of the October Revolution, hoping to incite a revolution in his native country. A political prisoner in Romania throughout much of the interwar period...

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17. Isaac Coren

1911-1994 (aged 83)

lawyer essayist politician trade unionist

Yitzhak Coren was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and the Alignment.

18. Dimitrie D. Pătrășcanu

1872-1937 (aged 65)

opinion journalist writer politician

Dimitrie D. Pătrășcanu was a Romanian prose writer and dramatist.

19. D. I. Suchianu

1895-1985 (aged 90)

actor economist literary critic translator film critic

Dumitru Ion Suchianu or Sucheanu, most often shortened to D. I. Suchianu or D.I.S., was a Romanian essayist, translator, economist and film theorist, also noted for his participation in politics. The son of a distinguished Armenian teacher-editor and his Romanian socialist wife, he was acquainted with, and inspired by, writer Ion Luca Caragiale, who visited his childhood home. Attending Iași's...

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20. Calypso Botez

1879-1933 (aged 54)

women's rights activist writer

Calypso Botez, was a Romanian writer, suffragist and women's rights activist.

21. Ioan Borcea

1879-1936 (aged 57)

naturalist entomologist zoologist

Ioan Borcea was a Romanian zoologist. Born in Buhoci, Bacău County, he entered secondary school at the National College in Iași before going on to the Costache Negruzzi Boarding High School, from which he graduated in 1897. He then entered the natural sciences section of Iași University's sciences faculty, graduating in 1900. Initially a teaching assistant in the animal morphology...

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22. Dorin Drăguțanu

1974-. (aged 52)

politician economist

Dorin Drăguțanu is an economist from Moldova. He was born in Chișinău and served as the head of the National Bank of Moldova from November 2009 until April 2016, when he was replaced by Sergiu Cioclea.

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23. Ilie Moscovici

1885-1943 (aged 58)

human rights defender military physician medic translator politician

Ilie B. Moscovici was a Romanian socialist militant and journalist, one of the noted leaders of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR). A socialist since early youth and a party member since its creation in 1910, he returned from captivity in World War I to lead the PSDR from Bucharest, and involved himself in a violent clash with the Romanian...

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24. Nichita Smochină

1894-1980 (aged 86)

folklorist university teacher historian human rights defender linguist

Nichita Smochină was an ethnic Romanian activist, scholar, and political figure from what is now Transnistria. He is especially noted for campaigning on behalf of Romanians in the Soviet Union. He was first active in the Russian Empire, serving with distinction in World War I. He turned to Romanian nationalism in 1917 when he was serving as an officer in...

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25. Andrei Glavina

1885-1925 (aged 40)

writer politician

Andrei Glavina was an Austro-Hungarian-born Istro-Romanian writer, professor and politician born in Šušnjevica. Known as the "Apostle of the Istro-Romanians", he is recognized for his struggle for the Istro-Romanian culture and language, being notable his book Calindaru lu rumeri din Istrie, the first in history written in this language in collaboration with Constantin Diculescu. He also managed the creation of...

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26. Petre Constantinescu-Iași

1892-1977 (aged 85)

historian art historian university teacher politician

Petre Constantinescu-Iași was a Romanian historian, academic and communist politician.

27. Raluca Ripan

1894-1972 (aged 78)

chemist

Raluca Ripan was a Romanian chemist, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy. She wrote many treatises, especially in the field of analytical chemistry.

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28. Gheorghe Panu

1848-1910 (aged 62)

literary critic jurist lawyer writer politician

George Panu 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, but made a name for himself in politics and journalism. His outlook was a radical one that shared common goals with the socialist movement. Noted for his...

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29. Viorel Ștefan

1954-. (aged 72)

politician economist

Viorel Ștefan is a Romanian politician and economist who served as a Member of the European Court of Auditors for Romania from 2019 to 2025. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania from 2018 to 2019 and as Minister of Public Finance from January to June 2017.

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30. Ion Th. Simionescu

1873-1944 (aged 71)

geologist paleontologist politician

Ion Th. Simionescu was a Romanian geologist, paleontologist and naturalist.

31. Constantin Niță

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher economist politician

Constantin Niță is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Brașov County since 2000. In the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment from 2008 to 2009.

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32. Alexandru A. Philippide

1900-1979 (aged 79)

translator poet essayist writer

Alexandru A. Philippide was a Romanian poet.

33. Theodor V. Ionescu

1899-1988 (aged 89)

physicist

Theodor V. Ionescu was a Romanian physicist and inventor who made remarkable discoveries in plasma physics, ionosphere physics, ion coupling electrons in dense plasmas, masers, magnetron amplifiers, and Zeeman effects related to controlled nuclear fusion and quantum emission mechanisms in hot plasmas. He was a member of the Romanian Academy from December 21, 1935.

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34. Gheorghe Vrănceanu

1900-1979 (aged 79)

university teacher mathematician Chartered Building Surveyor

Gheorghe Vrănceanu was a Romanian mathematician, best known for his work in differential geometry and topology. He was titular member of the Romanian Academy and vice-president of the International Mathematical Union.

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35. Ella Negruzzi

1876-1948 (aged 72)

lawyer

Ella Negruzzi was a Romanian lawyer and women's rights activist, and the first female lawyer in Romania (1913). She was a co-founder of the women's organization Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (1917), the Group of Democratic Lawyers (1935) and the Women's Front (1936).

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36. Nichita Danilov

1952-. (aged 74)

writer poet novelist diplomat

Nichita Danilov is a Romanian poet. He served as the acting ambassador of Romania to Moldova in 1999. Nichita Danilov is ethnically Lipovan.

37. Petre Andrei

1891-1940 (aged 49)

philosopher sociologist university teacher politician

Petre Andrei was a Romanian sociologist, philosopher, and politician who served as Education Minister in 1938–1940.

38. Demostene Botez

1893-1973 (aged 80)

politician lawyer writer translator poet

Demostene Botez was a Romanian poet and prose writer.

39. Gheorghe Buzatu

1939-2013 (aged 74)

historian politician

Gheorghe Buzatu was a Romanian historian, politician, and professor of history at the University of Iași. Elected to the Romanian Senate for Iași County in 2000 on the lists of the nationalist party Greater Romania Party, he served as a vice president of that body over the next four years. He is best known for his controversial publications about the...

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40. Alexandru Tănase

1971-. (aged 55)

Alexandru Tănase is a Moldovan politician. He is a former president of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova. He was Justice Minister in the First Vlad Filat Cabinet, and in the first several months of the Second Filat Cabinet.

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41. Andrei Lupan

1912-1992 (aged 80)

poet writer politician

Andrei Lupan was a Soviet and Moldovan writer, poet, politician, and chairman of Moldovan Writers' Union (1946–1955; 1958–1961).

42. Alina l'Ami

1985-. (aged 41)

chess player

Alina l'Ami is a Romanian chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

43. Dimitar Agura

1849-1911 (aged 62)

historian politician

Dimitar Dimitrov Agura was a Bulgarian historian, one of the first professors of history at Sofia University and a rector of that same institution. He was born in the Russian Empire as a member of the Bessarabian Bulgarian diaspora; when southern Bessarabia was absorbed back into Moldavia in 1856, he became a Moldavian subject, and acquired fluency in Romanian. His...

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44. Tudor Chiuariu

1976-. (aged 50)

lawyer politician

Tudor-Alexandru Chiuariu is a Romanian lawyer and politician. An independent, he served as Justice Minister in the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet from April to December 2007. He represented Bacău County in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2012, and has represented Mehedinți County in the Romanian Senate since 2012.

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45. Ion Buzdugan

1887-1967 (aged 80)

translator poet lawyer politician

Ion Alion Buzdugan was a Bessarabian-Romanian poet, folklorist, and politician. A young schoolteacher in the Russian Empire by 1908, he wrote poetry and collected folklore emphasizing Bessarabia's links with Romania, and associated with various founding figures of the Romanian nationalist movement, beginning with Ion Pelivan. Buzdugan was a far-left figure during the February Revolution, but eventually rallied with the National...

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46. Iorgu Iordan

1888-1986 (aged 98)

university teacher trade unionist diplomat philologist publisher

Iorgu Iordan was a Romanian linguist, philologist, diplomat, journalist, and left-wing agrarian, later communist, politician. The author of works on a large variety of topics, most of them dealing with issues of the Romanian language and Romance languages in general, he was elected a full member of the Romanian Academy in 1945. He was head of its Institute of Linguistics...

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47. Ramona Strugariu

1979-. (aged 47)

politician

Ramona Strugariu is a Romanian politician of REPER and previous member of USR PLUS/USR who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

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48. Alexandru Philippide

1859-1933 (aged 74)

literary historian philologist linguist university teacher classical scholar

Alexandru I. Philippide was a Romanian linguist and philologist. Educated in Iași and Halle, he taught high school for several years until 1893, when he secured a professorship at the University of Iași that he would hold until his death forty years later. He began publishing books on the Romanian language around the time he graduated from university, but it...

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49. Grigore T. Popa

1892-1948 (aged 56)

translator university teacher anatomist diarist

Grigore T. Popa was a Romanian physician and public intellectual. Of lowly peasant origin, he managed to obtain a university education and become a professor at two of his country's leading universities. An anatomist by specialty, Popa worked on popularizing modern science, reforming the medical and higher education systems, and, in war hospitals, as a decorated and publicly acclaimed practitioner....

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50. Dragoș Tudorache

1975-. (aged 51)

lawyer judge politician

Dragoș Tudorache is a Romanian politician of USR PLUS/USR who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

51. Mihai Ralea

1896-1964 (aged 68)

literary historian literary critic philosopher diplomat sociologist

Mihai Dumitru Ralea was a Romanian social scientist, cultural journalist, and political figure. He debuted as an affiliate of Poporanism, the left-wing agrarian movement, which he infused with influences from corporatism and Marxism. A distinguished product of French academia, Ralea rejected traditionalism and welcomed cultural modernization, outlining the program for a secular and democratic "peasant state". Mentored by critic Garabet...

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52. Dan Lungu

1969-. (aged 57)

historian sociologist literary historian poet literary critic

Dan Lungu 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 Phlegm") and his novels Raiul găinilor ("Chicken Paradise") and Sînt o babă comunistă! ("I'm a Communist Biddy!"), he is also one of the most successful...

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53. Elena Alistar

1873-1955 (aged 82)

medic politician

Elena Alistar-Romanescu was a Bessarabian physician and politician who was part of Sfatul Țării from Bessarabia.

54. Isaac Jacob Schoenberg

1903-1990 (aged 87)

mathematician university teacher

Isaac Jacob Schoenberg was a Romanian-American mathematician, known for his invention of splines.

55. Cătălin Ivan

1978-. (aged 48)

politician

Cătălin Sorin Ivan is a Romanian politician, who since the 2009 election has been a Member of the European Parliament for Romania, representing the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Until 2015 he was the Leader of the Romanian delegation to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament. Since 2019 he is the President of the Alternativa...

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56. Gherman Pântea

1894-1968 (aged 74)

military personnel lawyer diplomat politician

Gherman Vasile Pântea was a Bessarabian-born soldier, civil servant and political figure, active in the Russian Empire and Romania. As an officer of the Imperial Russian Army during most of World War I, he helped organize the committees of Bessarabian soldiers, oscillating between loyalty to the Russian Provisional Government and the cause of Bessarabian emancipation. Pântea was subsequently Military Director...

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57. Garabet Ibrăileanu

1871-1936 (aged 65)

linguist literary critic sociologist translator editing staff

Garabet Ibrăileanu was a Romanian-Armenian literary critic and theorist, writer, translator, sociologist, University of Iași professor (1908–1934), and, together with Paul Bujor and Constantin Stere, for long main editor of the Viața Românească literary magazine between 1906 and 1930. He published many of his works under the pen name Cezar Vraja.

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58. Calistrat Hogaș

1847-1917 (aged 70)

writer

Calistrat Hogaș was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer. The son of a Tecuci priest, he studied at the University of Iași before beginning an over four-decade career as a high school teacher, often at Piatra Neamț. Meanwhile, he made several false starts as a writer before finding a suitable genre, namely stories drawn from his mountain rambles that appeared...

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59. Ștefan Procopiu

1890-1972 (aged 82)

physicist university teacher

Ștefan Procopiu was a Romanian physicist and a titular member of the Romanian Academy.

60. Angel Tîlvăr

1962-. (aged 64)

politician political scientist

Angel Tîlvăr is a Romanian politician and English teacher who held the position of Minister of National Defense from 31 October 2022 until 23 June 2025. He was elected senator in the 2004–2008 legislature and then a deputy in the legislatures starting in 2008, in Vrancea County on the lists of the Social Democratic Party.

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61. Taulant Balla

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

Taulant Balla is an Albanian politician. He served as the Minister of State for Parliament Relations of Albania from July 2024 to September 2025. Previously he was Minister of Internal Affairs from July 2023 to July 2024. He is a member of the Socialist Party of Albania, and has served as a Member of the Albanian Parliament (MP) representing Librazhd...

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62. Ion Vinea

1895-1964 (aged 69)

trade unionist human rights defender writer literary critic lawyer

Ion Vinea was a Romanian poet, novelist, journalist, literary theorist, and political figure. He became active on the modernist scene during his teens—his poetic work being always indebted to the Symbolist movement—and founded, with Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco, the review Simbolul. The more conservative Vinea drifted apart from them as they rose to international fame with the Dada artistic...

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63. Marian Oprișan

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Marian Oprișan is a Romanian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been President of the Vrancea County Council twice: in 1995-1996, and from 2000 to 2020.

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64. Gheorghe Nichita

1956-. (aged 70)

diplomat engineer politician

Gheorghe Nichita is a Romanian politician, who served as the mayor of Iași from 2003 to 2015, when he was suspended over allegations of corruption. A member of the Social Democratic Party, Nichita was the national vice-president of the party, and the leader of the party's county organization.

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65. Păstorel Teodoreanu

1894-1964 (aged 70)

translator poet lawyer linguist

Păstorel Teodoreanu, or just Păstorel, was a Romanian humorist, poet and gastronome, the brother of novelist Ionel Teodoreanu and brother in law of writer Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu. He worked in many genres, but is best remembered for his parody texts and his epigrams, and less so for his Symbolist verse. His roots planted in the regional culture of Western Moldavia,...

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66. Dimitrie Gusti

1880-1955 (aged 75)

university teacher writer historian philosopher sociologist

Dimitrie Gusti was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister of Education in 1932–1933. Gusti was elected a member of the Romanian Academy in 1919, and was its president between 1944 and 1946. He was the main contributor to the creation of...

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67. Alexandru Bârlădeanu

1911-1997 (aged 86)

politician economist

Alexandru Bârlădeanu was a Romanian Marxian economist and statesman who was prominent during the communist regime until being sidelined in 1968. In his later years, following the collapse of the regime, he served as Senate President.

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68. Eugen Lovinescu

1881-1943 (aged 62)

latinist teacher historian translator literary critic

Eugen Lovinescu was a Romanian modernist literary historian, literary critic, academic, and novelist, who in 1919 established the Sburătorul literary club. He was the father of Monica Lovinescu, and the uncle of Horia Lovinescu, Vasile Lovinescu, and Anton Holban. He was elected to the Romanian Academy posthumously, in 1991.

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69. Andrei Năstase

1975-. (aged 51)

lawyer politician

Andrei Năstase is a Moldovan politician, activist, and attorney who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 8 June 2019 to 12 November 2019. He was also a member of Parliament of Moldova in 2019. Năstase was the leader of the Dignity and Truth Platform (Platforma DA) from 2015 to 2021.

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70. Cezar Petrescu

1892-1961 (aged 69)

opinion journalist writer journalist children's writer translator

Cezar Petrescu was a Romanian journalist, novelist, and children's writer.

71. Emil Bodnăraș

1904-1976 (aged 72)

spy military officer politician

Emil Bodnăraș was a Romanian communist politician, an army officer, and a Soviet agent, who had considerable influence in the Romanian People's Republic.

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72. Valeriu Gafencu

1921-1952 (aged 31)

student

Valeriu Gafencu was a member of the Iron Guard who was active during the Legionnaires' rebellion. Arrested by the state authorities in 1941, he died 11 years later at Târgu Ocna Prison.

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73. Magda Isanos

1916-1944 (aged 28)

poet lawyer writer prose writer opinion journalist

Magda Isanos was a Romanian poet.

74. Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol

1847-1920 (aged 73)

economist writer sociologist university teacher philosopher

Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol was a Romanian historian, philosopher, professor, economist, sociologist, and author. Among his many major accomplishments, he is credited with authoring the first major synthesis of the history of the Romanian people. His daughter Margareta Xenopol became a well-known Romanian composer.

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75. Pan Halippa

1883-1979 (aged 96)

poet memoirist mathematician opinion journalist politician

Pantelimon "Pan" Halippa was a Bessarabian-born Romanian journalist and politician. A leading advocate of Romanian nationalism in Bessarabia and a key figure in the movement for the province’s union with Romania, he served as president of Sfatul Țării, the assembly that voted for union in 1918. Halippa later held ministerial posts in several Romanian governments before facing political persecution under...

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76. Gheorghe I. Brătianu

1898-1953 (aged 55)

historian medievalist politician

Gheorghe I. Brătianu (28 January 1898 – 23–27 April 1953) was a Romanian politician and historian. A member of the Brătianu family and initially affiliated with the National Liberal Party, he broke away from the movement to create and lead the National Liberal Party-Brătianu. A history professor at the universities of Iași and Bucharest, he was elected titular member of...

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77. Constantin Stere

1865-1936 (aged 71)

jurist journalist literary critic lawyer philosopher

Constantin G. Stere or Constantin Sterea was a Romanian writer, jurist, politician, ideologue of the Poporanist trend, and, in March 1906, co-founder (together with Garabet Ibrăileanu and Paul Bujor — the latter was afterwards replaced by the physician Ioan Cantacuzino) of the literary magazine Viața Românească. One of the central figures of the Bessarabian intelligentsia at the time, Stere was...

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78. Benjamin Fondane

1898-1944 (aged 46)

linguist literary theorist literary historian philosopher biographer

Benjamin Fondane or Benjamin Fundoianu ( Romanian: [benʒaˈmin fundoˈjanu]; born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B.; November 14, 1898 – October 2, 1944) was a Romanian and French poet, critic and existentialist philosopher, also noted for his work in film and theater. Known from his Romanian youth as a Symbolist poet...

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79. Ionel Teodoreanu

1897-1954 (aged 57)

poet lawyer writer

Ionel Teodoreanu was a Romanian novelist and lawyer. He is mostly remembered for his books on the themes of childhood and adolescence.

80. Tudorel Toader

1960-. (aged 66)

lawyer politician magistrate

Tudorel Toader is a Romanian lawyer and professor.

81. Marin Sorescu

1936-1996 (aged 60)

translator painter poet playwright

Marin Sorescu was a Romanian poet, playwright, writer, and politician. Marin Sorescu was born in Bulzești, Dolj County, and eventually graduated from the University of Iași with a degree in modern languages. His first book, a 1964 collection of parodies, gained wide attention and was followed by numerous volumes of poetry and prose that established him as a prominent literary...

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82. Vlad Filat

1969-. (aged 57)

entrepreneur politician

Vladimir Filat, commonly referred to as Vlad Filat ( Romanian: [ˈvlad fiˈlat]), is a Moldovan businessman and politician, founder of Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova. He was Prime Minister of Moldova from 25 September 2009 to 25 April 2013. He also was appointed as the interim president of Moldova for a brief period of time in 2010. Following his conviction...

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83. Marcela Topor

1976-. (aged 50)

journalist television presenter

Marcela Topor is a Romanian journalist, and the wife of Catalan politician and journalist Carles Puigdemont, the former President of Catalonia's Generalitat. She holds a degree in English philology from the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași. Topor first met her future husband at the International Festival of Amateur Theatre of Girona in 1996, in which she participated as an...

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84. Teoctist Arăpașu

1915-2007 (aged 92)

Eastern Orthodox priest

Teoctist was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007.

85. Mihai Trăistariu

1976-. (aged 50)

singer

Mihai Trăistariu, also known as simply Mihai (stylized as M I H A I or MIHAI), is a Romanian singer and songwriter. He is best known for representing Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens, Greece, where he placed 4th with his song, "Tornerò". The track gained commercial success, selling over one million units worldwide and influencing...

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86. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu

1968-. (aged 58)

historian diplomat university teacher politician

Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is a Romanian historian, politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania in 2012. He was the foreign minister of Romania from 28 December 2004 to 12 March 2007, and he was appointed as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service later in 2007. Following the resignation of the Emil Boc government, he was appointed prime minister serving...

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87. Monica Bîrlădeanu

1978-. (aged 48)

model actor

Monica Elena Bîrlădeanu, professionally known as Monica Dean, is a Romanian actress and model.

88. Ioan I. Mironescu

1883-1939 (aged 56)

university teacher politician writer dermatologist physician

Ioan I. Mironescu was a Romanian prose writer and physician. A native of the Moldavia region, he headed a dermatology clinic and taught medicine at Iași, while also publishing several volumes of short humorous tales.

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89. Alina Gorghiu

1978-. (aged 48)

lawyer politician

Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu is a Romanian lawyer and politician who served as president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from December 2014 until December 2016. She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from December 2008 to December 2016. Since the latter date, she has represented Timiș County in the Romanian Senate.

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90. Cristian Mungiu

1968-. (aged 58)

screenwriter film director journalist film producer radio personality

Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director at the 2012 and 2016 Cannes Film Festivals for his films Beyond the Hills and Graduation.

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91. George Bălăiță

1935-2017 (aged 82)

writer

George Bălăiță was a Romanian novelist.

92. Igor Corman

1969-. (aged 57)

diplomat politician historian

Igor Corman is a Moldovan politician and diplomat, President of the Moldovan Parliament from 30 May 2013 until 29 December 2014.

93. Octavian Țîcu

1972-. (aged 54)

historian boxer

Octavian Țîcu is a Moldovan politician, historian, and former professional boxer serving as a Member of Parliament in Moldova since 2019. He was Ministry of Youth and Sport in 2013.

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94. Vasile Vasilache

1926-2008 (aged 82)

journalist pedagogue writer translator novelist

Vasile Vasilache was a writer from Moldova.

95. Loretta Handrabura

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Loretta Handrabura is a Moldovan philologist holding a PhD in philology, university lecturer, ethnologist and politician, who served as Minister of Youth and Sports of Moldova between 30 July 2015 and 20 January 2016, and prior to this, as Deputy Prime Minister of Education of Moldova from 20 November 2009 until July 2015.

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96. Eugenio Coșeriu

1921-2002 (aged 81)

university teacher philologist romanist philosopher of language linguist

Eugenio Coșeriu was a linguist who specialized in Romance languages at the University of Tübingen, author of over 50 books, honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

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97. Victor Spinei

1943-. (aged 83)

historian medievalist archaeologist

Victor Spinei is Emeritus Professor of history and archaeology at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and titular member of the Romanian Academy. He is a specialist on the history of Moldavia and the Moldavian people in the Early and High Middle Ages, the history of migratory peoples in Eastern and Southeastern Europe during this period, and the production and circulation...

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98. Nicolae Iorga

1871-1940 (aged 69)

linguist playwright literary critic translator orientalist

Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, albanologist, poet and playwright. Co-founder (in 1910) of the Democratic Nationalist Party (PND), he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly (1931–32) as Prime Minister. A child prodigy, polymath and polyglot, Iorga produced an unusually large body of scholarly works,...

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99. Nicolae Malaxa

1884-1965 (aged 81)

railway engineer engineer

Nicolae Malaxa was a Romanian engineer and industrialist.

100. Cornelia Druțu

mathematician

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.

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