List of Moldovans
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This is a list of notable people, of all ethnicities, born in the Republic of Moldova, the Moldovan SSR or the historical province of Bessarabia
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Bessarabia
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Painters, sculptors, architects, photographers
- Baruch AgadatiBaruch AgadatiBaruch Agadati was a Russian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director. He is considered a legendary figure in Israeli culture.-Biography:...
(1895–1976), Palestinian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director - Nachum Gutman (1898-1980), Teleneşti-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author
- Alexey ShchusevAlexey ShchusevAlexey Viktorovich Shchusev ), 1873, Chişinău—24 May 1949, Moscow) was an acclaimed Russian and Soviet architect whose works may be regarded as a bridge connecting Revivalist architecture of Imperial Russia with Stalin's Empire Style....
, Russian architect - Alexandru PlămădealăAlexandru PlamadealaAlexandru Plamădeală was a Moldovan sculptor. He was the artist responsible for the creation of the Stephen the Great Monument in Chişinău .He graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture....
, sculptor - Mihai PetricMihai PetricMihai Petric is a Moldovan painter. He studied at the "I. Repin" National School of Fine Arts in Chişinău and at the Institute of Fine Arts in Kiev, Ukraine. He is the creator of "Road to Codru" , "Dniestr at Dusk" , "White Frost" , etc.-References:...
, painter - Iurie PlatonIurie Platon- Biography :He was educated at the "Igor Vieru" National Arts School in Chişinău and the Arts Academy in Tallinn, Estonia. He began painting in 1982 and his first solo exhibition was in 1992 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain....
, painter - Tudor CataragaTudor CataragaTudor Cataraga and died December 27, 2010, was a sculptor from the Republic of Moldova. He graduated from the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1989.-Awards:*1998 - The Prize of the Union of Plastic Artists from Romania...
, sculptor
Writers
- Alexandru Donici, poet and translator
- Alexei MateeviciAlexei MateeviciAlexe Mateevici was a Moldavian poet.- Biography :He was born in the town Căinari, in Eastern Bessarabia, which was part of the Russian Empire, now in the Republic of Moldova...
, poet and publicist - Alexandru HâjdeuAlexandru HâjdeuAlexandru Hâjdeu was a writer of Romanian origin, who lived in Bessarabia . He was the father of Romanian writer and philologist Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu....
, writer - Alecu RussoAlecu RussoAlecu Russo , was a Moldavian Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist....
, writer - Bogdan Petriceicu-Haşdeu, writer and historian
- Constantin StamatiConstantin StamatiConstantin Stamati was a Romanian/Moldovan writer and translator.He settled in Chişinău, Bessarabia after the 1812 partition of Moldavia at the end of the Russo-Turkish War, but made his literary debut in Iaşi.Stamati became a civil servant and official translator under the first Russian...
, writer and translator - Constantin Stamati-CiureaConstantin Stamati-CiureaConstantin Stamati-Ciurea was a Romanian writer and translator from Bessarabia. The son of Constantin Stamati, he followed in his father's footsteps as an author of prose, plays, and translations...
, writer and translator - Constantin StereConstantin StereConstantin G. Stere or Constantin Sterea was a Romanian writer, jurist, politician, ideologue of the Poporanist trend, and, in March 1906, co-founder Constantin G. Stere or Constantin Sterea (Romanian; , Konstantin Yegorovich Stere or Константин Георгиевич Стере, Konstantin Georgiyevich Stere;...
, writer - Dumitru MatcovschiDumitru MatcovschiDumitru Matcovschi is a writer from Moldova, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was a founder of the Popular Front of Moldova.- Biography :...
, poet - Grigore VieruGrigore VieruGrigore Vieru was a Moldavian poet and writer. He is mostly known for his poems and books for children. His poetry is characterized by vivid natural scenery, patriotism, as well as a venerated image of the sacred mother...
, poet and writer - Ion DruţăIon DruţăIon Druţă, generally spelled "Ion Drutse" in English, is a writer from Moldova.Druţă has been the honorary president of the Moldovan Writers' Union since 1987.-Works:* Povara bunătăţii noastre* Frunze de dor...
, novelist - Ion VatamanuIon VatamanuIon Vatamanu was a writer and politician from Moldova. He was born to Maria and Ion and had a PhD in chimistry...
, poet - Ion HadârcăIon Hadârcă- Biography :Ion Hadârcă was born on July 17, 1949 in Sîngerei, Sîngerei District. Between 1968-1970, he carried out the compulsory military service in the Soviet army. He wast the first president of the Popular Front of Moldova...
, writer - Liviu DamianLiviu DamianLiviu Damian was a Moldovan writer.-Works:*Darul fecioarei *Sunt verb *Partea noastră de zbor *De-a Baba-Oarba *Mândrie şi răbdare...
, poet - Petru CărarePetru CărarePetru Cărare is a writer from Moldova.Petru Cărare was born to Profir Cărare and Naejda Duca. He was forbidden to publish in the 1970...
, poet and epigrammatist - Vasile Vasilache, writer
- Victor TeleucăVictor TeleucaVictor Teleucă was a Romanian writer and poet from Bessarabia...
, writer and poet - Vladimir BeşleagăVladimir BeşleagăVladimir Beşleagă is a Moldovan writer and politician.- Biography :Vladimir Beşleagă was born to Eugenia and Vasile Beşleagă on July 25, 1931, in Mălăieşti. Vladimir Beşleagă graduated from Moldova State University in 1955. He served as member of the Parliament of Moldova...
, novelist
Musicians
- AlternosferaAlternosferaAlternosfera is an alternative rock band from Chişinău, The Republic of Moldova.The history of post-Soviet rock in the Republic of Moldova is a concise one. Since 1991, only a few bands , managed to occupy solid positions on the show-business arena of the Republic of Moldova and abroad.Alternosfera...
, rock group - Dan BălanDan BalanDan Mihai Bălan is a Moldavian singer, songwriter, and producer. He was born to Mihai Bălan and Ludmila Bălan, a TV presenter. Dan Bălan has performed eurodance and commercially pop music...
, pop-singer - Natalia BarbuNatalia BarbuNatalia Barbu is a Moldovan singer.- Music career :Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians called Trigon on an alternative jazz-folk experiment...
, pop-singer - Maria BieşuMaria BiesuMaria Bieşu is one of Moldova's most important opera singers. She has won an impressive reputation for herself as a chief vocalist of the Chişinău Opera and Ballet Theater ever since her debut in 1961...
, opera singer - Geta BurlacuGeta BurlacuGeta Burlacu is a Moldovan jazz singer. Burlacu represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "A Century Of Love" but failed to get past the semi-finals...
, singer - Maria CebotariMaria CebotariMaria Cebotari was a celebrated Moldavian soprano and actress born in Bessarabia, Russian Empire , who made her career in Germany & Austria.-Biography:...
, opera-singer - Mihai DolganMihai DolganMihai Dolgan was a singer and composer from Moldova. In 1967 he set up the Noroc, which became one of the most famous bands in the Soviet Union.-Biography:...
, pop-singer - Valeriu GăinăKruizCruise is a rock band from the former Soviet Union. While the band was originally formed in 1978, they were largely unknown in the west for a number of years...
, guitarist - LegendaLegendaLegenda, or the MKRC Legenda system, is a Soviet satellite targeting system mated to the SS-N-19 missile. It consisted of the US-P SIGNIT satellites and the US-A Radar Ocean reconnaissance satellites, which were nuclear powered....
, pop-group - Radu MarianRadu MarianRadu Marian is a Romanian/Moldovan male soprano or sopranist.Marian possesses a pure soprano voice in the range of C4 to C6, and he is considered an important singer in Baroque music. His repertoire incorporates cantatas written for soprano by composers like Handel, Bononcini, Carissimi, and...
, opera singer - NorocNorocNoroc is a music group from Moldova, created in 1967 by Mihai Dolgan.-History:"Noroc" became very popular in the USSR after the release of their first album in 1968 which included the following songs:...
, pop-group - O-ZoneO-ZoneO-Zone was a Romania/Moldovan pop music trio that was active from 1998 to 2005 and consisted of Dan Bălan, Radu Sîrbu, and Arsenie Todiraş. The group gained global popularity with their song "Dragostea din tei" and their subsequent album DiscO-Zone....
, pop-group - Sofia RotaruSofia RotaruSofia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru known as Sofia Rotaru is a Soviet and Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian/Moldavian heritage....
, pop-singer - Radu Sîrbu, pop-singer
- Sergey Stepanov, epic sax
- Pavel StratanPavel StratanPavel Stratan is a Moldovan popular singer born in the village of Nişcani, Raionul Călăraşi, Moldova .In 1977, he played the guitar for the first time on stage, at school...
, folk singer - TrigonTrigon (jazz)Trigon is the name of a folk-jazz band from Moldova.The group was created in Chişinău in 1992 and debuted at the Chişinău Jazz Festival in 1993...
, ethno-jazz group - Vika JigulinaVika JigulinaVika Jigulina is a Romanian music producer, singer, and DJ. She was born in Moldova to a Russian father and a Romanian mother and graduated from the Rachmaninov School of Music. In 2000, she moved to Timişoara, Romania, where she still lives, and continued her studies there...
, pop singer made famous for her hit Stereo LoveStereo Love"Stereo Love" is a 2009 song recorded by Romanian musician Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina, released as his debut single in late 2009 from his album The Stereo Love Show. The refrain is from "Bayatılar", composed by Azerbaijani musician Eldar Mansurov... - Zdob şi ZdubZdob si ZdubZdob şi Zdub is a Moldovan band, based in Chişinău, whose work for the last several years has combined elements of hip-hop , hardcore punk and comical lyrics with traditional Romanian folk music. The name is onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat...
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Composers
- Arkady LuxemburgArkady LuxemburgArkady Luxemburg is one of the most prolific and renowned living Moldovan composers. He received a Master of Arts degree in 1964 at the Academy of Music in Kishinev, Moldova in the former Soviet Union, where he received degrees in piano performance, composition, and music theory...
- Eugen DogaEugen DogaEugen Doga is a Moldovan/Romanian composer. After the fall of the Soviet Union he lives in Moscow, Russia.-Biography:Doga was born on March 1, 1937 in the village of Mocra in the Rîbniţa district of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic...
, famous composer - Stefan NeagaStefan NeagaŞtefan Neaga was a Moldavian composer. He was known in Russian as Степан Тимофеевич Няга.The Chişinău College of Music is named for him....
- Ion Aldea-Teodorovici, singer
- Eugen CocaEugen CocaEugen Coca was a Moldovan composer and violinist. He wrote two symphonies and two symphonic poems. One of his masterpieces is the opera Pasǎrea Maiastrǎ, based on the folk legend of Maiastra, the central character of which is a magic bird...
- Gavriil Musicescu, composer
- Anton RubinsteinAnton RubinsteinAnton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian-Jewish pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos...
, Russian composer
Scientists
- Lev Berg, Russian biologist and geographer
- Ştefan CiobanuŞtefan CiobanuŞtefan Ciobanu is a Romanian professional football striker....
, historian - Nicolae DoniciNicolae DoniciNicolae Donici was a Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia. Nicolae Donici was born into an old family of Romanian nobles from Bessarabia in the Petricani region of Chişinău. He graduated from the University in Odessa...
, astronomer - Jerzy NeymanJerzy NeymanJerzy Neyman , born Jerzy Spława-Neyman, was a Polish American mathematician and statistician who spent most of his professional career at the University of California, Berkeley.-Life and career:...
, Polish statistician - Sergiu RădăuţanSergiu RadautanSergiu Radautan was a Moldovan physicist. He was a member of Moldovan Academy of Sciences and professor at the State Technical University in Chişinău .[*http://www.radautan.info = Web-site "Sergiu Radautan"]...
, physicist - Nikolay Sclifosovsky, Russian surgeon and physiologist
- Nicolae TestemiţanuNicolae TestemitanuNicolae Testemiţanu was a Moldovan scientist, surgeon, hygienist, and politician.- Political career :...
, physician, surgeon and hygienst - Nikolay Dimitrievich ZelinskiyNikolay Dimitrievich ZelinskiyNikolay Dimitrievich Zelinsky , Russian and Soviet chemist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of USSR ....
, Russian chemist
Sportsmen
- Olga BolşovaOlga BolsovaOlga Bolşova is a retired Moldovan athlete who specialized in the high jump and triple jump....
- Alexandru BratanAlexandru BratanAlexandru Bratan is a male weightlifter from Moldova. He twice competed for his native Eastern European country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships. His brother is...
- Serghei CovalciucSerghei CovalciucSerghei Covalciuc, or Sergey Kovalchuk is a Ukrainian-Moldovan footballer who currently plays for FC Chornomorets Odessa.-Career:He spent six seasons playing for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League. Previously he played for Tiligul Tiraspol in Moldovan championship, having joined them in...
- Vitalie Gruşac
- Fedor KassapuFedor KassapuFedor Kassapu or Tudor Casapu is a Moldovan weightlifter, World Champion and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal at the 1990 World Weightlifting Championships, and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.- References :...
- Naum ProkupetsNaum ProkupetsNaum Leybovich Prokupets is a Basarabeasca, Moldovan-born Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He is Jewish.-Career:At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event....
, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze in C-2 1,000-meter event, gold in C-2 10,000-meter event at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - Alex Sherman
- Andrei TchmilAndrei TchmilAndrei Tchmil is a retired professional road bicycle racer. His family moved to Ukraine during the days of the Soviet Union. He started cycling and showed enough talent to be moved to a cycling school in Moldova...
- Vadim VacarciucVadim VacarciucVadim Vacarciuc is a retired male weightlifter from Moldova. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native Eastern European country, starting in 1996....
Politicians
- Dumitru BraghişDumitru BraghisDumitru Braghiş was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 1999 until 2001. Then, he was a member of the Parliament of Moldova, where he represented the Party Alliance Our Moldova.-Biography:...
, chairman of the Party for Social Democracy, former MP, former Prime Minister of Moldova - Dorin ChirtoacăDorin Chirtoaca- Biography :His mother is Valentina, sister of Gheorghe Ghimpu and Mihai Ghimpu. During high school he studied in Iaşi and graduated in 2001 from University of Bucharest. Between 2001 and 2003 Chirtoacă worked for Surprize, Surprize , a show broadcast on TVR1...
, mayor of Chişinău - Dumitru DiacovDumitru DiacovDumitru Diacov is a Moldovan politician.- Biography :...
, honorary chairman of the Democratic Party, MP, former speaker of Parliament - Vladimir Filat, Prime Minister of Moldova, the Liberal-Democratic Party leader
- Mihai GhimpuMihai GhimpuMihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951, Coloniţa, Moldova, is a Moldovan politician. He was Speaker of Parliament from 28 August 2009 to 30 December 2010 and Acting President from 11 September 2009 until 28 December 2010.-Family:...
, acting president - Victor GuzunVictor GuzunVictor Guzun is a Moldovan teacher, politician and diplomat. Currently, he is the Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Estonia....
, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Estonia - Petru LucinschiPetru LucinschiPetru Chiril Lucinschi was Moldova's second President .- Biography :Petru Chiril Lucinschi was born on January 27, 1940 in Rădulenii Vechi village, Soroca County, Romania...
,former President of Moldova (15 Jan 1997 - 7 Apr 2001) - Marian LupuMarian LupuMarian Lupu is a Moldovan politician and is President of Parliament and Acting President since 2010.-Background and education:...
, chairman of the Democratic Party, MP, former speaker of the Parliament - Alexandru MoşanuAlexandru MosanuAlexandru Moşanu is a Moldovan politician, historian and professor.- Biography :Alexandru Moşanu was born on July 19, 1932 in Branişte, Romania . He was the first speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova between 1990 and 1993...
, historian, former speaker of the Parliament - Iurie RoşcaIurie RoscaIurie Roşca is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party since 1994.- Biography :...
, chairman of the Christian-Democratic Peoples Party, former deputy speaker of the Parliament - Oleg SerebrianOleg SerebrianOleg Serebrian is a Moldovan politician, diplomat and political scientist .- Biography :He studied law and history at the "Ion Creangă" State University in Chişinău and international relations at the European Institute of High International Studies in Nice, France. Serebrian entered the Ministry...
, political scientist, first deputy chairman of the Democratic Party, MP - Mircea SnegurMircea SnegurMircea Ion Snegur was the first President of Moldova 1990-1996. Before that he was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 1989-1990 and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 27 April to 3 September 1990...
, former Presedint of Moldova (3 Sep 1990 - 15 Jan 1997) - Vasile TarlevVasile TarlevVasile Petru Tarlev is a Moldovan politician, and was Prime Minister of Moldova from 2001 until 2008.- Biography :He studied engineering and became a member of assorted economic councils...
, former Prime Minister of Moldova - Stepan TopalStepan TopalStepan Mikhailovich Topal is a Gagauz politician from Moldova. From 1990 to 1995 he served as Governor of Gagauzia.-Leader of Gagauzia's separatist movement:By training, Topal is a road engineer...
, GagauzGagauz peopleThe Gagauz people are Turkic speaking group living mostly in southern Moldova , southwestern Ukraine , south-eastern Romania and northeastern Bulgaria. Unlike most other Turkic speaking people, the Gagauz are predominantly Orthodox Christians...
politician and activist - Serafim UrecheanSerafim UrecheanSerafim Urechean is a Moldovan politician.-Education and career:Urechean was born on February 2, 1950, in Larga, Briceni. In 1974, he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Chişinău. He carried out the compulsory military service in the Soviet army, at Tolyatti...
, chairman of the "Our Moldova Alliance", MP - Vladimir VoroninVladimir VoroninVladimir Nicolaevici Voronin is a Moldovan politician. He was the third President of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova since 1994...
, former President of Moldova (7 Apr 2001 - 11 Sep 2009)
See also
- MoldovansMoldovansMoldovans or Moldavians are the largest population group of Moldova...
- RomaniansRomaniansThe Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
- List of famous Romanians
- List of Jews
- BessarabiaBessarabiaBessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
- Benderli Pashas
- List of rulers of Moldavia