Filipescu is a surname common in
Romania
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, meaning "son of
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
" and may refer to:
*the Filipescu family of
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...
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boyars (also known as ''Filipide''), having among its members
Mitică Filipescu (
radical
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Politics and ideology Politics
*Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change
*Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and ...
revolutionary),
Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea (minister),
Ioan Filipescu (''
caimacam'' of Wallachia),
Nicolae Filipescu
Nicolae Filipescu (December 5, 1862 – September 30, 1916) was a Romanian politician.
Filipescu was the mayor of Bucharest between February 1893 and October 1895. It was during his term the first electric tramways circulated in Bucharest.
Betw ...
and
Grigore Filipescu
Grigore N. Filipescu (also known as Griguță Filipescu, Francization, Francized as ''Grégoire Filipesco''; October 1, 1886 – August 25, 1938) was a Romanian politician, journalist and engineer, the chief editor of ''Epoca (Romania), Epoca'' da ...
(
conservative politicians)
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Elena Filipescu
Elena may refer to:
People
* Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name
* Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician
* Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet
Geography
* Elena (town), a town in Veliko ...
(or ''Filipovici''),
communist
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militant
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Iulian Filipescu, Romanian football player
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Leonte Filipescu Leonte Filipescu (September 18, 1895 – April 13, 1922) was one of the leaders of the early Romanian communist movement, shot in custody by the Romanian authorities.
Leonte Filipescu was born in a family of workers in Bârlad, Romania. He work ...
, communist militant
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Miltidate Filipescu, geologist
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Radu Filipescu
Radu Filipescu (born December 26, 1955cpcadcr.presidency.ro/upload/Radu_Filipescu.pdf) is a former Romanian Romanian anti-communist resistance movement, anti-Communist dissident.
Radu Filipescu's maternal uncle, Victor Groza, is the brother of Pe ...
, Romanian anti-Communist dissident and inventor
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Zaharia Filipescu, actor
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