The Văcărescu family was a boyar family of Wallachia (now part of Romania).
According to tradition it is one of the oldest noble families in Wallachia.
Enache Văcărescu (1654 - 1714) grand treasurer of Wallachia
Ienăchiță Văcărescu (1730 - 1796) poet, wrote the first Romanian grammar
Alecu Văcărescu (died 1798), poet
Nicolae Văcărescu (died 1830), poet
Barbu Văcărescu (died 1832), the last Great Ban of Craiova
Iancu Văcărescu (1786 - 1863), poet
Claymoor (Mișu Văcărescu) (ca. 1843 - 1903), journalist
Maurice Paléologue (1859 - 1944), writer and French diplomat
Elena Văcărescu (1864 - 1947), poet
