Romanian Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Was a Romanian linguist and a founding member of the Romanian Academy (Academia Româna). He was bor

Was a Romanian linguist and a founding member of the Romanian Academy (Academia Româna). He was born Ion Floricel in the village of Maxineni, near the Danube port of Braila as the son of a country priest. He changed his name to Maxim derived from the name of his birth place, and then signed his books as I. C. Massimu. The crowning achievement of I.C. Massim's linguistic career was the publication in 1875, together with August Treboniu Laurian, of the first complete dictionary of the Romanian language, a monumental work that included two volumes of words of Latin origin and a comprehensive "Glossary" of words of non-Latin or "foreign" origin in the Romanian language.

Is a Romanian avant-garde composer.He began composing his mature works in the early 1970's. In 1976

Is a Romanian avant-garde composer.He began composing his mature works in the early 1970's. In 1976 he founded the Hyperion Ensemble, which he describes as "a multimedia group dedicated to experimental music." Several of Dumitrescu's early works for solo contrabass were recorded by the noted avant-garde bassist Fernando Grillo.

A Romanian football (soccer) midfielder for Dinamo Bucuresti.Internazionale paid €2.5m for the lef

A Romanian football (soccer) midfielder for Dinamo Bucuresti.Internazionale paid €2.5m for the left winger on January 2004, but left immediately on loan to Parma, as part of the deal of Adriano. After a lack of first team experience, he was loaned back to Dinamo Bucuresti in January 2005. After playing for Dinamo Bucuresti for a year,

A Romanian football player, currently playing for FC Timisoara. After appearing in all matches in th

A Romanian football player, currently playing for FC Timisoara. After appearing in all matches in the first part of the 2005/2006 season for Poli's "B" team, CFR Timisoara, he was promoted to the first team and made his debut in the Divizia A in the same season, in a match against Otelul Galati.

A retired romanian football player. He was a left back . Victor Dumitrescu begun his football career

A retired romanian football player. He was a left back . Victor Dumitrescu begun his football career at the age of 10, in the neighbour city of Deva. He played ten years for Corvinul Deva, beginning as a youth and finishing as a mature football player. In 1946, he moved to Sebes, playing well for Surianul, and after two years he signed with Flacara Medias. After three years in Medias, in 1951 he made a big movement to Steaua.

Was a Romanian painter who worked in almost every genre of painting before devoting himself purely t

Was a Romanian painter who worked in almost every genre of painting before devoting himself purely to watercolor. He was also interested in decorative art, design, interior decoration and book illustration. In his lifetime, he produced more than 3,000 works of art.

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, Lipal

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, Lipalit earned his best finish of fourth in the C-2 1000 m event at Rome in 1960.

Was a Romanian-French avant-garde poet and essayist.Voronca was of Jewish ethnicity. In his early ye

Was a Romanian-French avant-garde poet and essayist.Voronca was of Jewish ethnicity. In his early years, he was connected with Eugen Lovinescu's Sburatorul group, making his debut in 1922 in the Sburatorul literar (symbolist pieces inspired by the works of George Bacovia and Camil Baltazar). Voronca's poems of the period, gloomy and passive in tone, are in marked contrast to his later works.

Is a Romanian violinist and orchestra conductor.he started to study music with his father (an amateu

Is a Romanian violinist and orchestra conductor.he started to study music with his father (an amateur musician). He graduated from the Music Conservatory in Bucharest and became a well-known violinist, performing in concerts all over Romania and also abroad.

Is a Romanian opera soprano whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was much admired f

Is a Romanian opera soprano whose career spanned from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was much admired for her acting skills and facility for singing opera in many different languages.

Is a retired Romanian football midfielder. He was born in Bistret, Dolj County and debuted in Divizi

Is a retired Romanian football midfielder. He was born in Bistret, Dolj County and debuted in Divizia A with FC Universitatea Craiova in 1973.

A Romanian former football player, who was a member of Steaua Bucharest's winning squad for the Euro

A Romanian former football player, who was a member of Steaua Bucharest's winning squad for the European Cup in 1986 and for the European Supercup in 1987. He is currently coaching young footballers at Steaua.Barbulescu played for FC Arges Pitesti at various levels between 1971 and 1982, FC Olt Scornicesti (1982-1983), Petrolul Ploiesti (1984), Steaua (1984-1987), again for Petrolul (1987) and FC Arges Pitesti (1987-1988), Dacia Pitesti (1988-1989) and Callatis Mangalia (1990-1991). He also won five caps for the Romanian national team.

Is a former Romanian football player, currently manager. A tricky forward, he shot to fame when his

Is a former Romanian football player, currently manager. A tricky forward, he shot to fame when his frontline partnership with Gheorghe Hagi and Florin Raducioiu led the Romania national football team to the 1994 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal, eliminating Argentina en route.

An Romanian footballer who plays for Liga I club Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

An Romanian footballer who plays for Liga I club Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

Is a former Romanian professional tennis player and one of the top players of the 1970s. Nastase was

Is a former Romanian professional tennis player and one of the top players of the 1970s. Nastase was the World No. 1 in 1973 according to the Association of Tennis Professionals computer rankings, which placed him first from August 23, 1973, to June 2, 1974.

A Romanian football player, who plays as a left back for Romanian club Dacia Mioveni.

A Romanian football player, who plays as a left back for Romanian club Dacia Mioveni.

A former Romanian football player who played as a goalkeeper.Ilie Savu began his career at 14 years

A former Romanian football player who played as a goalkeeper.Ilie Savu began his career at 14 years of age, playing as a striker and as a goalkeeper. He played two seasons for Prahova Ploiesti before he moved to Bucharest, where he played 5 seasons for Venus Bucuresti. In this period he played also two matches in Romania national youth team. After Venus, he signed with Corvinul Deva,

Is a Romanian Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Romanian Olympic fencer. He competed in three events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On September 27, 2010, she reached h

Is a Romanian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On September 27, 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 861.

A Romanian football player, part of the best team FC Baia Mare ever had, between 1977 and 1980. He a

A Romanian football player, part of the best team FC Baia Mare ever had, between 1977 and 1980. He also played for Minerul Baia Sprie.Szepi's best quality was his speed. His teammates revealed that he could match a time good enough to qualify him for the 100m race of the Olympic Games.

Was a Romanian poet and publicist and a member of the PNTCD (The Romanian National Peasants' Party).

Was a Romanian poet and publicist and a member of the PNTCD (The Romanian National Peasants' Party).

Is a Romanian football coach and former player.was born in Spalnaca, and made his Divizia A debut wi

Is a Romanian football coach and former player.was born in Spalnaca, and made his Divizia A debut with Corvinul Hunedoara in 1979. He later went to Dinamo Bucuresti where he helped win the league title in 1984 and 1990 and the cup title in 1984, 1986 and 1990. In 1990 he was bought by Spanish team Elche for 125.000 $.

Was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. His clubs included Dinamo Bucuresti, Bayer Lev

Was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. His clubs included Dinamo Bucuresti, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Ioan made 74 appearances for the Romanian national team, scoring 6 goals, and retired in 2002. He became a member of FIFA's Technical and Development Committee in early 2008.

Was a renowned Romanian physician and bacteriologist, a professor at the Romanian School of Medicine

Was a renowned Romanian physician and bacteriologist, a professor at the Romanian School of Medicine and Pharmacy and a member of the Romanian Academy. He was the founder of the fields of microbiology and experimental medicine in Romania, and creator of the Ioan Cantacuzino Institute.

A former Romanian football player, who played for FC Baia Mare, UT Arad and U Cluj.Condruc was the t

A former Romanian football player, who played for FC Baia Mare, UT Arad and U Cluj.Condruc was the team captain during the FC Baia Mare golden period between 1977 and 1981