Famous People with Name Nicolae

Nicolae Darascu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Nicolae Darascu: was a Romanian painter. He was influenced by Impressionism and Neo-impressionism.he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1902 and 1906, in the class of George Demetrescu Mirea. After graduation, he was awarded a scholarship to the Académie Julian in Paris (which, as an admirer of its former students Nicolae Grigorescu and Stefan Luchian, he had wanted to attend). He studied under Jean-Paul Laurens and a year later, in 1907 at the École des Beaux-Arts under Luc-Olivier Merson.

Nicolae Densusianu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Nicolae Densusianu: was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian ethnologist and collector of Romanian folklore. His main work, for which he is chiefly remembered, was the posthumously printed Dacia Preistorica (1913), with a preface contributed by C. I. Istrati; in Dacia Preistorica Densusianu combined the studies of folklore and comparative religion with archaeology to construct a theory about the Prehistoric cultures of Dacia. The work has drawn criticism for unprofessionalism and evidence of nationalism, and for standing at the source of Protochronism.[1]

Nicolae Dobrin            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Nicolae Dobrin: was a Romanian football player. Dobrin is considered by many to be the best Romanian player of the 1960s and 1970s and one of the most talented players ever to play the game. Nicolae Dobrin Stadium in Pitesti is named after him.

Nicolae Dorin Goian            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Nicolae Dorin Goian: is a Romanian football player. He is renowned for scoring a lot of goals even though he is a center back. He currently plays for Steaua Bucharest and for the Romanian national football team. He is known to Steaua's fans as "Goe", a nickname derived from his given name.

Nicolae Filimon            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Nicolae Filimon: was a Wallachian Romanian novelist and short-story writer, remembered as the author of the very first Realist novel in Romanian literature, Ciocoii vechi si noi ("The Old and the New Boyars"), which was centered on the self-seeking figure of Dinu Paturica (who drew comparisons with Stendhal's Julien Sorel). He was also a noted travel writer, folklorist, musician, and the very first musical critic in his country.

Bogdan Nicolae            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Bogdan Nicolae: a Romanian football player who currently plays for FC Brasov. He is a central defender.

Catalin Nicolae            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Catalin Nicolae: is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing. Nicolae has 11 caps for Romania, since his debut in 2003, but has yet to score his first points. He was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing a single match in the 14-10 win over Portugal.

Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu: is a Romanian film director, actor and politician. He is best known for his historical movies, such as Mihai Viteazul (1970, released in English both under the equivalent title Michael the Brave and also as The Last Crusade), Dacii (1966, Les Guerriers), Razboiul Independentei (1977, War of Independence), as well as for his series of thrillers that take place in the interwar Kingdom of Romania, such as Un Comisar Acuza (1973, A Police Inspector Calls). He is one of the most popular film directors in Romania.