Ioan
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Ioan (ˈjo.an) is a variation on the name John found in the Welsh language
and in the Romanian language
. It is usually masculine. The female equivalent in Romanian is Ioana
.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
and in the Romanian language
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
. It is usually masculine. The female equivalent in Romanian is Ioana
Ioana
Ioana is a female given name. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew name Yochanan, meaning "God is gracious"...
.
Romanian
- Ioan AlexandruIoan AlexandruIoan Alexandru was a Romanian poet, essayist and politician. After the Romanian revolution in 1989, Ioan Alexandru became a founding member and vice president of the PNŢCD...
, poet - Ioan AndoneIoan AndoneIoan Andone is a Romanian football coach and former player.-Career:He made his Divizia A debut with Corvinul Hunedoara in 1979. He later went to Dinamo Bucureşti where he helped win the league title in 1984 and 1990 and the cup title in 1984, 1986 and 1990. In 1990 he was bought by Spanish team...
, footballer and coach - Ioan ApostolIoan ApostolIoan Apostol is a Romanian luger who competed in four Winter Olympics.He was born in Valea Doftanei, Prahova County.He earned his best finish of fourth in the men's doubles event at Albertville in 1992....
, luger - Ioan BabaIoan BabaIoan Baba is an ethnic Romanian Serbian poet, journalist, publicist, and translator.In 2003, he became vice president of the Societăţii Române de Etnografie şi Folclor in Voivodina....
, poet - Ioan Teodor CallimachiIoan Teodor CallimachiIoan Teodor Callimachi was Prince of Moldavia from 1758 to 1761.-Early years:Ioan was the second son of Teodor Calmăşul. Teodor, born Calmăşul, changed the family name to Callimachi. Ioan's older brother, Gavriil Callimachi was a monk at Putna Monastery. Ioan pursued his studies at Lvov...
, Prince of Moldavia - Ioan CantacuzinoIoan CantacuzinoIoan C. Cantacuzino was a renowned Romanian physician and bacteriologist, a professor at the Romanian School of Medicine and Pharmacy and a member of the Romanian Academy...
, microbiologist - Ioan Gheorghe Caragea, Prince of Wallachia
- Ioan Mihai CochinescuIoan Mihai CochinescuIoan Mihai Cochinescu is a Romanian novelist and essayist. He is also a film script author and director, an art photographer, teacher, musicologist and composer.-Study:...
, novelist - Ioan CondrucIoan CondrucIoan Condruc is a Romanian former football player, who played for FC Baia Mare, UTA Arad and U Cluj. Condruc was the team captain during the FC Baia Mare golden period between 1977 and 1981.-References:...
, footballer - Ioan P. CulianuIoan P. CulianuIoan Petru Culianu or Couliano was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer...
, historian and philosopher - Ioan DumitracheIoan DumitracheIoan Dumitrache was a Romanian Major General during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
, World War II general - Ioan Fiscuteanu, actor
- Ioan FlueraşIoan FluerasIoan Flueraş was a Romanian social democratic politician and a victim of the communist regime.-Early activities:...
, politician - Ioan GherghelIoan GherghelIoan Gherghel is an Olympic butterfly swimmer from Romania. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008....
, swimmer - Ioan Iacob HeraclidIoan Iacob HeraclidIoan Iacob Heraclid , also known as Jacob Heraclides, was a Greek soldier and ruler of Moldavia from November 1561 to November 1563, most notable for being the first officially Protestant monarch in Eastern Europe....
, ruler of Moldavia - Ioan HolenderIoan HolenderIoan Holender is a Romanian born Austrian opera administrator.Holender was born in Timişoara, Romania. His family is of Jewish ancestry, and growing up, he spoke 3 languages. His father owned a factory in Timişoara, which was expropriated in 1948. Holender studied mechanical engineering at the...
, opera administrator - Ioan HoraIoan HoraAdrian Ioan Hora , is a Romanian football player, currently under contract with CFR Cluj.-External links:*...
, footballer - Ioan HristeaIoan HristeaIoan Hristea was a Romanian Officer during World War II.-Awards:* Iron Cross 2nd ans 1st Class* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross -References:...
, World War II officer - Ioan IgnaIoan IgnaIoan Igna is a retired Romanian football referee. He is known for having refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, including the quarterfinal epic match between Brazil and France, when he made a controversial call when in the penalty shootout he ruled a goal when Bruno Bellone's...
, football referee - Ioan LupaşIoan LupasIoan Lupaş was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian historian, academic, politician, Orthodox theologian and priest. He was a member of the Romanian Academy.-Biography:...
, historian and politician - Ioan LupescuIoan LupescuIoan Angelo Lupescu , widely known as Ionuţ Lupescu is a former Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. He became a member of FIFA's Technical and Development Committee in early 2008.-Club career:...
, footballer - Ioan ManuIoan ManuIoan M. Manu, also known as Iancu Manu , was a Romanian boyar and politician.-Biography:He was the son of Mihail G. Manu, born into a family of Venetian origins that had moved from Istanbul to Wallachia in the mid-18th century, where it was one of the noble families of Phanariotes...
, politician - Ioan MireaIoan MireaIoan Mirea was a Romanian painter and graphic artist, member of the Iron Guard.-External links:*...
, artist - Ioan T. MorarIoan T. MorarIoan T. Morar is a Romanian journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, literary and art critic, and civil society activist. He is a founding member of the satirical magazine Academia Caţavencu and, since 2004, a senior editor for Cotidianul...
, journalist - Ioan PălăghiţăIoan PalaghitaIoan Pălăghiţă was a Romanian Officer during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
, World War II officer - Ioan Mircea PaşcuIoan Mircea Pascu"Ioan Pascu" redirects here. For the actor, see Ioan Gyuri PascuIoan Mircea Pașcu is a Romanian politician, a Member of the European Parliament and a former Minister of Defense in the Adrian Năstase cabinet...
, politician - Ioan PotcoavăIoan PotcoavaIoan al IV-lea Potcoavă was a Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks , and Voivode of Moldavia...
, Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks - Ioan PuşcaşIoan PuscasIoan Puşcaş is a gastroenterologist, born in Treznea, Sălaj, Romania. In the 1970s, he proposed the use of carbonic anhydrase inhibitor acetazolamide to heal peptic ulcers., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 429 -References:...
, gastroenterologist - Ioan Mihail RacoviţăIoan Mihail RacovitaIoan Mihail Racoviţă was a Romanian Major General during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.He may have commanded the First Army ...
, World War II general - Ioan SabăuIoan SabauIoan Ovidiu Sabău is a former Romanian football midfielder, who was born in Câmpia-Turzii and debuted in Divizia A with U Cluj in 1986. He is currently manager of FCM Târgu Mureş....
, footballer and coach - Ioan SlaviciIoan SlaviciIoan Slavici was a Transylvanian-born Romanian writer and journalist. He made his debut in Convorbiri literare , with the comedy Fata de birău...
, writer and journalist - Ioan Sterca-ŞuluţiuIoan Sterca-SulutiuIoan Sterca-Şuluţiu was an ethnic Romanian bureaucrat in the administration of Imperial Austrian Transylvania, owner of gold mines at Abrud, and the brother of Greek-Catholic Metropolitan Alexandru Sterca-Şuluţiu...
, Austrian noble - Ioan SturdzaIoan SturdzaIoan Sturdza was a Prince of Moldavia and the most famous descendant of Alexandru Sturdza...
, Prince of Moldavia - Ioan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu Suciu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his team mate and pommel horse Olympic champion Marius Urzică, who was defeated by Suciu in Ljubljana, 2004, when the latter won the title while Urzică took 8th place...
, gymnast - Ioan TalpeşIoan TalpesIoan Talpeș is a Romanian Army general, military historian and politician. He served as head of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service from 1992 to 1997. In 1997-8, Talpeș served as Ambassador to Bulgaria and acted as an advisor to President Ion Iliescu from 1999 to 2000...
, army general and military historian - Ioan TănăsescuIoan TanasescuIoan Tănăsescu was a Romanian chemist.He discovered the Lehmstedt-Tanasescu reaction, which was improved by Karl Lehmstedt. He studied at the University of Bucharest and the University of Cluj....
, chemist - Ioan ŢepeleaIoan TepeleaIoan Ţepelea is the current president of the international Academy of Sciences, Literature and Arts , based in Oradea, Romania.Ţepelea was born in 3 June 1949, in the village of Beznea, near Bratca, Bihor, Romania...
, scientist - Ioan Vodă cel CumplitIoan Voda cel CumplitJohn III the Terrible , also John III the Brave or John III the Armenian was Voivode of Moldavia between February 1572 and June 1574....
, Voivode of Moldavia - Ioan Sumedrea commander navy / merchant marine
See also
- IonIon (name)Ion is a common Romanian given name for males. It is equivalent to the English name John and has the same etymology as "John", tracing back to a Hebrew name. Ion can also be a surname in Romanian....
, another Romanian variation - Ifan, another Welsh variation
- Ianto, another Welsh variation