76 Notable alumni of
Babes-Bolyai University
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Babes-Bolyai University is 754th in the world, 270th in Europe, and 3rd in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 76 notable alumni from Babes-Bolyai University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gheorghe Mureșan
- Occupations
- basketball playeractor
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Gheorghe Dumitru "Ghiță" Mureșan, also known as "the Giant" (Romanian: Gigantul), is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player. At 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), he is one of the two tallest players to have played in the NBA.
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Klaus Iohannis
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Studied in 1983
- Occupations
- writerschool teacherstatespersonphysics teacherschool inspector
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Klaus Werner Iohannis is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering national politics, Iohannis was a physics teacher at the Samuel von Brukenthal National College in his native Sibiu where he eventually served as mayor from 2000 to 2014 before ascending to the presidency.
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Laura Codruța Kövesi
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Studied in 1991-1995
- Occupations
- prosecutor
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Laura Codruța Kövesi is the first European Chief Prosecutor and the former chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (Romanian: Direcția Națională Anticorupție - DNA), a position she held from 2013 until she was fired on the order of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on 9 July 2018. Prior to this, between 2006 and 2012 Kövesi was the Prosecutor General of Romania (Romanian: Procuror General), attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
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Avram Iancu
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- lawyerjurist
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Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Țara Moților region and the Apuseni Mountains. The rallying of peasants around him, as well as the allegiance he paid to the Habsburg monarchy, earned him the moniker Crăișorul Munților ("The Prince of the Mountains").
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George Coșbuc
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- literary criticjournalistlinguistwritertranslator
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George Coșbuc was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also its occasions for joy. In 1916 he was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy.
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Ana Blandiana
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- poetwritertranslatorchildren's writeressayist
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Ana Blandiana is a Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure. She took her name after Blandiana, near Vințu de Jos, Alba County, her mother's home village.
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Emil Boc
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- economistlawyerpolitician
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Emil Boc is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 22 December 2008 until 6 February 2012 and is the current mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city of Transylvania, where he was first elected in July 2004. Boc was also the president of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), which proposed and supported him as Prime Minister in late 2008, from December 2004 until July 2012.
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Hunor Kelemen
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- writerpoetveterinarianpolitician
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Hunor Kelemen is a Romanian politician and Hungarian-language writer. The current president of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2000, and was nominated as his party's candidate for the 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024 presidential elections. From December 2009 to May 2012 he was Romania's Minister of Culture in the Emil Boc and Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu governments, a role he has reprised between March and October 2014 in the government headed by Victor Ponta. In 2020, he was re-elected as a member of parliament and became the deputy prime minister of Romania.
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Ioan Gyuri Pascu
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- television actorpianistactorcomposeressayist
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Ioan Gyuri Pascu was a Romanian pop music singer, producer, actor, and comedian, also known for his participation in the comedy group Divertis and for his activity in Romanian cinema and television. Moving between rock music, rhythm and blues, reggae, and jazz, the multi-instrumentalist Pascu founded a number of bands and registered success particularly during the early 1990s, when he was the lead singer of a group known as The Blue Workers. Pascu was the manager of several alternative music acts with his label Tempo Music and remained an outspoken critic of Romanian commercial radio.
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Gáspár Miklós Tamás
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- In 1972 studied philosophy
- Occupations
- opinion journalistuniversity teacherjournalistphilosopherpolitical scientist
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Gáspár Miklós Tamás, often referred to as TGM, was a Romanian-born Hungarian political philosopher and public intellectual, influenced by Marxism and libertarian socialism. He was a contributor to online newspaper Mérce and to OpenDemocracy, where he wrote primarily about political and aesthetic questions. He was the father of British poet and writer Rebecca Tamás.
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Sándor Kányádi
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- writerlinguistchildren's writertranslatorpoet
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Sándor Kányádi was a Hungarian poet and translator from the region of Transylvania, Romania. He was one of the most famous and beloved contemporary Hungarian poets. He was a major contributor to Hungarian children's literature. His works have been translated into English, Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, German, French, Romanian and Portuguese.
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Mihail Neamțu
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- essayisttelevision presentertheologianpolitician
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George-Mihail Neamțu is a Romanian theologian and politician who has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2024. A member of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party since that year, he was previously a member of the Peasants' Party from 1993 to 2012 before founding the New Republic party, which he led until 2015.
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Eduard Raul Hellvig
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- journalistpolitician
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Eduard Raul Hellvig is a Romanian political scientist, journalist and politician who served as director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) from 2015 to 2023. A former member of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and previously of the Conservative Party (PC), he represented Bihor County in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2004 to 2008, and sat for Ilfov County from 2012 to 2013. In the Victor Ponta cabinet, he was Minister of Regional Development and Tourism in 2012. In 2007, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Romania, a position he once again took up in 2013, and which he left upon becoming SRI director.
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Victor Ciorbea
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerjudgetrade unionist
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Victor Ciorbea is a Romanian jurist, politician, and civil/public servant. He was the Mayor of Bucharest between 1996 and 1997 and, after his resignation from this public dignity/position, Prime Minister of Romania from 12 December 1996 to 30 March 1998. He had also served as the Ombudsman between 2014 and 2019.
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Doina Cornea
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Studied in 1948
- Occupations
- university teacherdissidentwriterhuman rights defendertranslator
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Doina Cornea was a Romanian human rights activist and French language professor. She was a dissident during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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Ioan-Aurel Pop
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- historianmedievalistart historianuniversity teacher
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Ioan-Aurel Pop is a Romanian historian. Pop was appointed Professor of History at Babeș-Bolyai University in 1996. He has since been Chairman of the Department of Medieval History and the History of Premodern Art at Babeș-Bolyai University. Since 2012, Pop has been Rector at Babeș-Bolyai University. In 2018 he was elected President of the Romanian Academy and re-elected in 2022.
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Cozmin Gușă
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- geopolitical analystjournalistbusinesspersonjudokapolitical adviser
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Cozmin Horea Gușă is a Romanian physicist, journalist, and politician. A member of the National Initiative Party (PIN), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from 2004 to 2008.
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Pavel Bartoș
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- actorfilm actor
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Pavel Bartoș is a Romanian actor and television presenter, best known for hosting Românii au talent (Romanian's Got Talent) and The Voice of Romania.
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Vasile Dîncu
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- writersociologistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Vasile Sebastian Dîncu is a Romanian politician, sociologist, professor and writer who served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Cioloș Cabinet and was Minister of National Defence in the Ciucă Cabinet.
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Emil Hurezeanu
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- In 1979 studied jurisprudence
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- jurist-consultantpolitical scientistjournalistdiplomatlawyer
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Emil Horațiu Hurezeanu is a Romanian journalist, writer, politician and diplomat. He served as the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2024 to 2025. He has previously served as Romania's ambassador in Germany and Austria.
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Andrian Candu
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- politician
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Andrian Candu is a former Moldovan politician, who served as President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova between 2015 and 2019. He left political life and went back to consultancy business, being focused on advisory and business project development, where previously he has built a successful career. Candu served as Vice President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova from 30 May 2013 to 11 July 2014, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Moldova from 2 July 2014 – 23 January 2015, President of the Parliament Of the Republic of Moldova between 23 January 2015 – 24 February 2019, deputy of the PDM faction in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in 3 consecutive legislatures: 24 December 2010 – 11 July 2014, 9 December 2014 - 9 March 2019, 9 March 2019 – 19 February 2020. On 20 February 2020, together with five Members of the Parliament, Andrian Candu formed the Pro Moldova Parliamentary Group, which was later registered as a political party, which he chaired for 1.5 years.
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Ion Cristoiu („Coroiul”)
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- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Ion Cristoiu is a conservative Romanian journalist, writer, and political analyst.
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Rareș Bogdan
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- journalistpolitician
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Ioan-Rareș Bogdan is a conservative Romanian politician who has been a PNL member of the European Parliament for Romania since 2019. He was the leader of the National Liberal Party's electoral list for the 2019 elections. He sits with the European People's Party group (EPP for short).
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Géza Szőcs
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Studied in 1978
- Occupations
- writerpoetjournalistpolitician
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Géza Szőcs was an ethnic Hungarian poet and politician from Transylvania, Romania, who served as Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of National Resources in Hungary from 2 June 2010 to 13 June 2012.
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Lucian Bode
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- politician
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Lucian Bode is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cîțu Cabinet from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as Minister for Transport, Information and Communications in the first cabinet and second cabinet led by Ludovic Orban. He is affiliated with the National Liberal Party (PNL).
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Béla Markó
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- writerpoetliterary translatorpolitician
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Béla Markó is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. He is married with three children. He is reportedly, a follower of reformed Christianity. The former leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania in the second cabinet of Emil Boc from 2009 to 2012; he had also been Minister of State in the first cabinet of Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between 2004 and 2007, in charge of culture, education and research and European integration.
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George Maior
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- diplomatlawyerpolitician
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George-Cristian Maior is a Romanian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Romanian Parliament, elected as a senator from the Social Democrat Party. He was the head of the Romanian Intelligence Service between October 2006 – January 2015 and ambassador to the United States since September 17, 2015. His father, Liviu Maior, is the former Minister of Education (1992–1996) and ambassador to Canada.
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Dumitru Radu Popescu
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- screenwriterpoliticianwriterplaywrightpoet
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Dumitru Radu Popescu was a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and short story writer. He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and was, between 1980 and 1990, Chairman of the Romanian Writers' Union.
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Augustin Lazăr
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- juristnon-fiction writeruniversity teachermagistrate
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Augustin Lazăr is a university professor and author of legal publications, career magistrate. Lazăr served as the Prosecutor General of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania from April 28, 2016, until 27 April, 2019.
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Liviu Pop
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Studied in 1996
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Liviu-Marian Pop is a Romanian politician. He was a very controversial Romanian interim Education Minister in the cabinet of Victor Ponta.
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Gavril Dejeu
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- lawyerpolitician
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Gavril Dejeu is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Interior in Victor Ciorbea's cabinet. He was also acting (or ad interim) Prime Minister of Romania from 30 March to 17 April 1998.
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Angela Moldovan
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- singer
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Angela Moldovan was a Romanian singer of popular music and, to a lesser public knowledge, an accomplished opera singer, but also an actress, mostly known for her roles in the musical Veronica and its sequel Veronica se întoarce.
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Andrei Pippidi
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- university teacher
- Biography
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Andrei-Nicolae Pippidi is a Romanian historian and professor emeritus at the University of Bucharest. He specialised in South-Eastern European history of the 15th–19th century, in Romanian history of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, and in the relationship between South-Eastern Europe and the Occident.
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Anatol E. Baconsky
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- 1945-1949 studied jurisprudence
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- literary criticwriterlinguisttranslatorpoet
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Anatol E. Baconsky, also known as A. E. Bakonsky, Baconschi or Baconski, was a Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher, literary and art critic. Praised for his late approach to poetry and prose, which transgresses the genres and introduces an aestheticized, original and progressively dark perspective to Romanian literature, he was also criticized for his early commitment to Socialist Realism and communism. Much of his work belongs to the field of travel literature, recording his experiences in the Eastern Bloc, the Far East and Soviet Union, and finally Central Europe. He was also a critically acclaimed translator of foreign works, including the Mahābhārata and poems by Jorge Semprún, Artur Lundkvist and others, the author of world literature anthologies, and the editor of monographs on Romanian and foreign painters.
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Ion Negoițescu
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- philologistlibrarianliterary historianpoetliterary critic
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Ion Negoiţescu was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading members of the Sibiu Literary Circle. A rebellious and eccentric figure, Negoiţescu began his career while still an adolescent, and made himself known as a literary ideologue of the 1940s generation. Moving from a youthful affiliation to the fascist Iron Guard, which he later came to regret, the author became a disciple of modernist doyen Eugen Lovinescu, and, by 1943, rallied the entire Sibiu Circle to the cause of anti-fascism. He was also one of the few openly homosexual intellectuals in Romania to have come out before the 1990s—an experience which, like his political commitments, is recorded in his controversial autobiographical writings.
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Constantin Daicoviciu
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- politicianuniversity teacherhistorian of classical antiquityarchaeologisteditor
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Constantin Daicoviciu was a Romanian historian and archaeologist, professor at the University of Cluj, and titular member of the Romanian Academy.
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Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- 1940-1945 studied philosophy
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- playwrightwritermineressayistphilosopher
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Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu was a Romanian philosopher, novelist, essayist, and dramatist. An academic and theater critic, he was a victim of the communist regime, spending about 14 years as a political prisoner.
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Daniel Barbu
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- In 1980 studied art history
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- museologistsociologistuniversity teacherpublisherpolitician
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Daniel-Constantin Barbu was a Romanian political scientist, publisher, essayist, journalist, and professor of political science at the University of Bucharest. He served as dean of the Faculty of Political Science and director of the Institute for Political Research at the University of Bucharest. He was the author as of June 2007 of eight books and many more articles on political science, and a contributor to the magazine Sfera Politicii.
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György Frunda
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- lawyerpolitician
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György Frunda is a Romanian jurist, politician, and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a member of the Romanian Senate for Mureș County since 1992, and was twice the UDMR's candidate for the office of Romanian President (in 1996 and 2000). Since 1992, Frunda has been a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), serving as president of the delegation since September 2004, and sitting with the European People's Party (EPP). A member of the Constituent Assembly in 1990–1992, he served on the commission drafting the Romanian Constitution.
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Franz Halberg
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- university teacherchronobiologist
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Franz Halberg was a scientist and one of the founders of modern chronobiology. He first began his experiments in the 1940s and later founded the Chronobiology Laboratories at the University of Minnesota. Halberg published many papers also in the serials of the History Commission of International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. He also published in "Wege zur Wissenschaft, Pathways to Science". He was a member of many international bodies, was awarded five honorary doctorates and was a member of the Leibniz Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. In the 1950s, he introduced the word circadian, which derives from the Latin about (circa) a day (diem).
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Péter Eckstein-Kovács
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Péter Eckstein-Kovács is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A former member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Cluj County from 1990 to 1992 and a member of the Cluj-Napoca city council from 1992 to 1996. That year, he was elected to the Romanian Senate, where he served until 2008, except for a stint as Minister-Delegate for National Minorities in the Radu Vasile cabinet (1999) and a break until he was elected again in November 2000.
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Marcian Bleahu
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- geographergeologistpoliticianwriter
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Marcian David Bleahu (14 March 1924, in Brașov – 30 July 2019, in Bucharest) was a Romanian geologist, speleologist, geographer, alpinist, explorer, writer and politician. He is well known for his scientific contributions to the development of the theories of global tectonics (applied to the study of the geology of the Carpathian Mountains), for his pioneering in speleology and for the development of this science, but also for the popularization of science and of ecology in Romania.
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Nicolae Mărgineanu
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- psychologist
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Nicolae Mărgineanu was a Romanian psychologist. In his publications, he incorporated concepts from philosophy, literature, science and logic. A key work, Psihologia persoanei (1940), focuses on the uniqueness of the individual and his development.
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Ruxandra Cesereanu
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- essayistnovelistshort story writerresearcherpoet
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Ruxandra-Mihaela Cesereanu or Ruxandra-Mihaela Braga is a Romanian poet, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and literary critic. Also known as a journalist, academic, literary historian and film critic, Cesereanu holds a teaching position at the Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB), and is an editor for the magazine Steaua in Cluj-Napoca.
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Laura Pavel
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- linguistliterary critictranslator
- Biography
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Laura Pavel is a Romanian essayist and literary critic.
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François Bréda
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- playwrightpoetliterary critictranslatoressayist
- Biography
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François Bréda was a Hungarian-Romanian essayist, poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and theatrologist.
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Simona Miculescu
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- diplomat
- Biography
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Simona-Mirela Miculescu is a Romanian diplomat, currently serving as Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and President of the 42nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO. Prior to this she was Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade, and before that, the Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations in New York. She also served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Romania, and is the first woman in Romania's diplomatic history to be granted the rank of Ambassador.
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Ionel Haiduc
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- university teacherchemist
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Ionel Haiduc is a Romanian chemist who was elected to the Romanian Academy and Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was the President of the Romanian Academy between 2006 and 2014.
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Jur Hronec
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- mathematicianuniversity teacher
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Jur Hronec was a Slovak mathematician.
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Csaba Sógor
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- politicianReformed pastor
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Csaba Sógor is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing the Hungarian minority. He is also the member of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. Currently Sógor is the candidate for the Member of the European Parliament on behalf of the European People's Party (EPP).
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Pavel Dan
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- writerliterary critic
- Biography
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Pavel Dan was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer.
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Ovidiu Pecican
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- publisherscience fiction writerhistorianjournalistliterary critic
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Ovidiu Coriolan Pecican is a Romanian historian, essayist, novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, playwright, and journalist of partly Serbian origin. He is especially known for his political writings on disputed issues such as regional autonomy for Transylvania, and for his co-authorship of a controversial history textbook for 11th and 12th grade high-school students.
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Jean-Jacques Askenasy
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- neurologist
- Biography
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Jean-Jacques Askenasy is a Bulgarian-born Israeli neurologist.and sleep medicine specialist renowned for his pioneering research on sleep disorders in neurological conditions, particularly in patients with Parkinson's disease. He is a Member of Honor of the Romanian Academy and a Member of Honor of the Real Academy of Barcelona.
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Gábor Vida
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- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Gábor Vida is an ethnic Hungarian writer and editor from Romania.
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Raoul Șorban
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- painterjournalistart criticpublisher
- Biography
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Raoul Șorban was a Romanian painter, journalist, writer, essayist, art historian, academic, and memoirist.
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Nicolae Giosan
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- agronomist
- Biography
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Nicolae Giosan was a Romanian agricultural engineer and communist politician.
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Loránt Vincze
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- actorpoliticianjournalist
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Lóránt Vincze is a Romanian politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament on behalf of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ).
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Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan
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- botanical collectorscientific collectorbotanistuniversity teacher
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Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan was a Russian-born Israeli botanist, who became part of the academic staff at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studied the flora of Israel and published dozens of articles and several analytical flora books. Just after her 91st birthday, she received the 1991 Israel Prize for her unique contribution to the Land of Israel studies.
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Dora Pavel
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- In 1969 graduated with licentiate
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Dora Pavel is a Romanian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.
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Mircea Zaciu
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- screenwriterliterary historianliterary criticdiarist
- Biography
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Mircea Zaciu was a Romanian critic, literary historian and prose writer.
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Ilarion Felea
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- theologianeditorEastern Orthodox priest
- Biography
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Ilarion V. Felea was a priest and theologian of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
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Florina Ilis
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- novelistpoetwriter
- Biography
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Florina Ilis is a contemporary Romanian writer who has published haiku volumes and novels. As of March 2005 she is part of the Writers' Union of Romania.
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Oleg Balan
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- politician
- Biography
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Oleg Balan is a Moldovan jurist and politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova between 18 February 2015 and 20 January 2016.
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Gheorghe Călugăreanu
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Studied in 1921-1924
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Gheorghe Călugăreanu was a Romanian mathematician, professor at Babeș-Bolyai University, and full member of the Romanian Academy.
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Ciprian Teleman
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- politiciangeologistgeophysicistresearcherengineer
- Biography
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Ciprian Sergiu Teleman is a Romanian politician who has been serving as Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization in the Cîțu Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Florin Cîțu, as of 23 December 2020.
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Irina Petraș
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- literary criticwritertranslator
- Biography
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Irina Petraș is a Romanian writer, literary critic, essayist, translator and editor.
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Salvator Cupcea
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- anthropologistpsychiatristdiplomatpsychologist
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Salvator P. Cupcea was a Romanian psychologist, physician, and political figure. From beginnings as a researcher for the Victor Babeș University of Cluj, alongside his friend Alexandru Roșca, he became noted as a pioneer of experimental psychology and psychoanalysis, studying in particular the social marginals. He later immersed himself in the social hygiene and eugenics movement, also specializing in genetic medicine, biological anthropology, and criminology. A collaborator of Iuliu Moldovan, he taught classes at the latter's Institute for much of World War II, when he focused on studying the intelligence of various body types.
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Karol Telbizov
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- journalistlawyer
- Biography
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Karol Telbizov was a lawyer, journalist and editor-in-chief of Bulgarian newspaper Banat Bulgarian Voice issued in Romania. He was a dedicated researcher of Banat Bulgarian ethnography, culture and traditional clothing.
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Aurel Pantea
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- poetliterary critic
- Biography
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Aurel Pantea is a Romanian poet and literary critic.
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Alexandru Roșca
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- psychologistscientist
- Biography
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Alexandru Roṣca was a Romanian psychologist and professor. In 1991, he was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy.
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Marius Crainic
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- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Marius Nicolae Crainic is a Romanian mathematician working in the Netherlands.
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Iosif Matula
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- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Iosif Matula is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014.
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Károly Vekov
- Enrolled in Babes-Bolyai University
- Studied in 1966-1971
- Occupations
- historianpoliticianart historian
- Biography
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Károly Vekov was a Hungarian-Romanian historian and professor. He also served as a politician in Romania as part of the Hungarian community.
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Augustin Deac
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- historianbiographerjournalist
- Biography
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Augustin Deac was a Romanian author and history professor.
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Valeriu Moldovan
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Valeriu A. Moldovan was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian lawyer and politician.
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Ágnes Mócsy
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Ágnes Mócsy is a Professor of Physics at the Pratt Institute who works on theoretical nuclear physics. She is also a filmmaker, science communicator and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
