Famous People with Name Gheorghe

Gheorghe Asachi            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Gheorghe Asachi: was a Moldavian-born Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and polyglot, he was one of the most influential people of his generation. Asachi was a respected journalist and political figure, as well as active in technical fields such as civil engineering and pedagogy, and, for long, the civil servant charged with overseeing all Moldavian schools. Among his leading achievements were the issuing of Albina Româneasca, a highly influential magazine, and the creation of Academia Mihaileana, which replaced Greek-language education with teaching in Romanian. His literary works combined a taste for Classicism with Romantic tenets, while his version of the literary language relied on archaisms and borrowings from the Moldavian dialect.

Gheorghe Ciuhandu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Gheorghe Ciuhandu: is a Romanian politician.He has been the mayor of Timisoara since 1996 and was one of the losing candidates for president in the 2004 presidential elections, in which he represented the Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNTCD). He replaced Victor Ciorbea as president of the PNTCD in 2004, and, in 2007 he was replaced by Marian Petre Milut as president of PNTCD.

Gheorghe Dinica            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Gheorghe Dinica: is one of the most notable Romanian actors.

Gheorghe Dumitru Muresan            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Gheorghe Dumitru Muresan: is a retired Romanian professional basketball player. At 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m), he is the tallest man to ever play in the NBA, standing a few millimeters taller than Sudanese player Manute Bol. Like Bol, both his parents are of average size, but unlike Bol his great height is the result of a pituitary disorder.

Gheorghe Funar            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Gheorghe Funar: is a nationalist Romanian politician, who rose to fame as mayor of Cluj-Napoca between 1992 and 2004.

Elena Gheorghe            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Elena Gheorghe: a Romanian singer. She will represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Her breakthrough came in 2003, one of her most notable music singles is "Te Ador".

Ionut Gheorghe            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ionut Gheorghe: is a boxer from Romania.

Cornel Gheorghe            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Cornel Gheorghe: is a Romanian retired competitive figure skater who now works as a coach. As a skater, he competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 14th, and at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 21st. After retiring from competitive skating, he became

Vilmos Gheorghe            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Vilmos Gheorghe: is a Romanian biathlete who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics, 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics.