Famous People with Name Costin

Costin D. Nenitescu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Costin D. Nenitescu: was a prominent Romanian chemist, and a professor at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. He was a member of the Romanian Academy, a corresponding member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, and a member of the Leopoldina Academy of Natural Scientists in Halle-Saale.

Costin Lazar            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Costin Lazar: a Romanian football player. He plays as defensive midfielder at Rapid Bucuresti. Until 2006 he enjoyed a successful spell at Sportul Studentesc.He is the most impresive midfield player of Rapid Bucuresti

Costin Miereanu            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Costin Miereanu: is a French composer and musicologist of Romanian birth. Miereanu studied from 1960 to 1966 at the Music Academy of Bucharest with Alfred Mendelsohn, Dan Constantinescu, and Lazar Octavian Cosma, and later at the École des Hautes Études et Sciences Sociales, at the Schola Cantorum, and at the University of Paris VIII, where he was awarded first prizes in writing, analysis, music history, esthetics, orchestration, and composition) and earned a Doctor of Letters and a Doctor of Musical Semiotics. Between 1967 and 1969 he was a student of Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Ligeti, and Ehrhard Karkoschka at the Internationale Ferienkurse für neue Musik in Darmstadt (Cosma 2001). In 1977 he became a French citizen. Since 1981 he has been Professor of Philosophy, Aesthetics, and the Science of Art at the Sorbonne.

Miron Costin            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Miron Costin: was a Moldavian political figure and chronicler. His main work, Letopisetul Tarâi Moldovei [de la Aron Voda încoace] (The Chronicles of the land of Moldavia [from the rule of Aron Voda]) was meant to extend Grigore Ureche's narrative, covering events from 1594 to 1660. The Chronicles were first published in 1675.

Sergiu Viorel Ioan Costin            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Sergiu Viorel Ioan Costin: a Romanian football player, currently under contract with Otelul Galati.

James ("Jamie") Costin            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

James ("Jamie") Costin: is an Irish race walker from Ring, County Waterford.He has qualified to represent Ireland in the 50km Walk at three Olympic Games. Having finished 38th at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he was unable to compete at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens follo

Ion T. Costin            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Ion T. Costin: was a Moldovan politician.He served as Director General for Internal Affairs in Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet and Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet, then worked as a lawyer in Tulcea. He served also as deputy mayor and then Mayor of Chisinau (1933—1937), director of Sfatul Tarii (newspaper) and Dreptatea.

Paulo Rebelo Costinha            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Paulo Rebelo Costinha: is a Portuguese football goalkeeper, who currently plays for C.F. Os Belenenses.Costinha, a product of Boavista Futebol Clube's youth system, went on to represent Portugal giants Futebol Clube do Porto and Sporting Clube de Portugal, (being mostly a backu