Famous People with Name Alexandru

Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol: was a Romanian scholar, economist, philosopher, historian, professor, sociologist, and author. Among his many major accomplishments, he is credited with being the Romanian historian credited with authoring the first major synthesis of the history of the Romanian people.

Alexandru Ghika            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Alexandru Ghika: was a Romanian mathematician, founder of the Romanian school of functional analysis.

Alexandru Ioan Odobescu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Alexandru Ioan Odobescu: Romanian author, archaeologist and politician, was born in Bucharest, the second child of General Ioan Odobescu and his wife Ecaterina. After attending Saint Sava College and, from 1850, a Paris lycée, he took the baccalauréat in 1853 and studied literature and archaeology at the University of Paris, graduating two years later. In 1858 he married Pavel Kiselyov's daughter Alexandra (Sasa) Prejbeanu; they had one daughter, Ioana. He was often apart from his wife and had affairs with other women. Odobescu served as cabinet minister for religion and education in 1863, as head clerk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1865, and as prosecutor at the Court of Appeal. In 1870 he travelled in Switzerland and Italy, in connection with his discovery and description of the Pietroasele treasure, a collection of objects made from precious metals, of Gothic origin, found on Romanian territory; he also travelled to several other countries, including Denmark, Russia and Turkey.

Alexandru Macedonski            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Alexandru Macedonski: , the grandson of Dimitrie Macedonski, was a Romanian writer and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism in his native country, and influenced by the works of Gérard de Nerval, Charles Baudelaire, and Parnassian poets. He was one of the first Romanian poets to have used blank verse and vers libre.

Alexandru Orascu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Alexandru Orascu: was a Romanian architect famous for his Neoclassicist and Renaissance-revival works. He studied architecture in Berlin and Munchen. He was the president of the Romanian Architects’ Society.

Ioan Alexandru            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ioan Alexandru: was a Romanian poet and publicist and a member of the PNTCD (The Romanian National Peasants' Party).

Nicoleta Alexandru            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Nicoleta Alexandru: whose stage name is Nicola, is a famous Romanian singer. She is a star in her native country. Outside of Romania, she is remembered for representing her country at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest.