List of Moldovans
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This is a list of notable people, of all ethnicities, born in the Republic of Moldova, the Moldovan SSR or the historical province of Bessarabia.
Painters, sculptors, architects, photographers
- Baruch Agadati (1895–1976), Palestinian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director
- Nachum Gutman (1898-1980), Teleneşti-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author
- Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect
- Alexandru Plămădeală, sculptor
- Mihai Petric, painter
- Iurie Platon, painter
- Tudor Cataraga, sculptor
Writers
- Alexandru Donici, poet and translator
- Alexei Mateevici, poet and publicist
- Alexandru Hâjdeu, writer
- Alecu Russo, writer
- Bogdan Petriceicu-Hașdeu, writer and historian
- Constantin Stamati, writer and translator
- Constantin Stamati-Ciurea, writer and translator
- Constantin Stere, writer
- Dumitru Matcovschi, poet
- Grigore Vieru, poet and writer
- Ion Druță, novelist
- Ion Vatamanu, poet
- Ion Hadârcă, writer
- Liviu Damian, poet
- Petru Cărare, poet and epigrammatist
- Sorana Gurian, writer
- Vasile Vasilache, writer
- Victor Teleucă, writer and poet
- Vladimir Beșleagă, novelist
Musicians
- Valentina Naforniță,soprano opera singer
- Dan Bălan, pop-singer
- Natalia Barbu, pop-singer
- Maria Bieșu, opera singer
- Geta Burlacu, singer
- Maria Cebotari, opera-singer
- Mihai Dolgan, pop-singer
- Valeriu Găină, guitarist
- Radu Marian, opera singer
- Sofia Rotaru, pop-singer
- Radu Sîrbu, pop-singer
- Pavel Stratan, folk singer
- Vika Jigulina, pop singer made famous for her hit Stereo Love
- Mark Zeltser, concert pianist
- Andrew Rayel, trance producer and DJ
- Sergey Stepanov, the epic sax guy
Composers
Scientists
- Lev Berg, Russian biologist and geographer
- Ștefan Ciobanu, historian
- Nicolae Donici, astronomer
- Jerzy Neyman, Polish statistician
- Sergiu Rădăuțan, physicist
- Nikolay Sclifosovsky, Russian surgeon and physiologist
- Nicolae Testemițanu, physician, surgeon and hygienist
- Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy, Russian chemist
- George de Bothezat (Gheorghe Botezatu), engineer and pioneer of helicopter flight
Sportsmen
- Olga Bolşova
- Alexandru Bratan
- Serghei Covalciuc
- Vitalie Grușac
- Fedor Kassapu
- Boris Polak (born 1954), Israeli world champion and Olympic sport shooter
- Naum Prokupets
- Alex Sherman
- Andrei Tchmil
- Vadim Vacarciuc
- Nicolae Juravschi
Businessmen
- Dorian Berdos
- Nicolae Ciornîi
- Vlad Filat
- Vladimir Plahotniuc
- Vladimir Smirnov
- Anatol Stati
- Gabriel Stati
- Ion Sturza
- Oleg Voronin
- Sam Zemurray
Politicians
- Dumitru Braghiș, former chairman of the Party for Social Democracy, former MP, former Prime Minister of Moldova
- Dorin Chirtoacă, mayor of Chișinău
- Dumitru Diacov, honorary chairman of the Democratic Party, MP, former speaker of Parliament
- Vladimir Filat, former Prime Minister of Moldova, the Liberal-Democratic Party leader
- Mihai Ghimpu, chairman of the Liberal Party, MP
- Victor Guzun, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Estonia
- Avigdor Lieberman, Moldovan-born Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Petru Lucinschi,former President of Democratic Party, MP, former speaker of the Parliament
- Alexandru Moșanu, historian, former speaker of Parliament
- Iurie Roșca, chairman of the Christian-Democratic Peoples Party, former deputy speaker of the Parliament
- Oleg Serebrian, political scientist and diplomat, former chairman of the Social-Liberal Party, former MP
- Mircea Snegur, former President of Moldova (3 Sept 1990 - 15 Jan 1997)
- Vasile Tarlev, former Prime Minister of Moldova
- Stepan Topal, Gagauz politician and activist
- Serafim Urechean, former chairman of the "Our Moldova Alliance", former MP
- Vladimir Voronin, former President of Moldova (7 Apr 2001 - 11 Sep 2009)
See also
- Moldovans
- Romanians
- List of Romanians
- List of Jews
- Bessarabia
- Benderli Pashas
- List of rulers of Moldavia
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