Famous People with Name Ion

Ion Cristoiu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ion Cristoiu: is a Romanian journalist with some influence in the early 1990s, famous for establishing the so called "quick journalism" - sappy stories and nude women for the readers.

Ion G. Duca            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ion G. Duca: was prime minister of Romania from November 14 to December 30, 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement.

Ion Ghica            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ion Ghica: was a Romanian revolutionary, mathematician, diplomat and twice Prime Minister of Romania (between 1866 and 1867, and between 1870 and 1871). He was a full member of the Romanian Academy and its president for four times (1876-1882, 1884-1887, 1890-1893 and 1894-1895). He was the older brother an associate of Pantazi Ghica, a prolific writer and politician.

Ion Gramada            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ion Gramada: was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, historian and journalist. A native of Bukovina, he joined the Romanian Army and died in battle during World War I.

Ion Heliade Radulescu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ion Heliade Radulescu: was a Wallachian-born Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician. A prolific translator of foreign literature into Romanian, he was also the author of books on linguistics and history. For much of his life, Heliade Radulescu was a teacher at Saint Sava College in Bucharest, which he helped reopen. He was a founding member and first president of the Romanian Academy.