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

Lidia Isac, pop-singer

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

Ion Aldea-Teodorovici, singer

Eugen Coca

Eugen Doga

Arkady Luxemburg

Gavriil Musicescu

Stefan Neaga

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)

References

List of Moldovans Wikipedia

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