Popescu ( Francisized as Popesco) is a family name common in

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(derived from ''popă'', meaning priest). Notable people with the surname include: *

Adrian Popescu Adrian Mihai Popescu (born 26 July 1960) is a former Romanian Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), right-back. Club career He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with FC Universitatea Crai ...

(born 1960), football (soccer) player * Alexandru Candiano-Popescu (1841–1901), soldier, journalist, and political conspirator *

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania, prime minister of Romania from 2004 to 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (Romania), Na ...

(born 1952), politician * Cezar Popescu (born 1976), rugby union player * Constantin Popescu, politician *

Corneliu M. Popescu Corneliu M. Popescu (; May 16, 1958 – March 4, 1977) was a Romanian translator of poetry who died at the age of 18 in the earthquake of 1977. A poetry translation prize was established in 2003 in commemoration of his work. Called the Popescu P ...

(1958–1977), poet and translator *

Cosmin Alin Popescu Cosmin Alin Popescu (born March 19, 1974, in Babșa, Timiș County) is a Romanian environmental scientist, University Professor and Rector of the Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. Professor Popescu was reelected ...

(born 1974), university rector *

Cristian Popescu (poet) Cristian Popescu (; 1 June 1959 – 21 February 1995) was one of the most important Romanian poets of the 1990s. Born in Bucharest, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ...

(c. 1959–1995), poet *

Cristian Dumitru Popescu Cristian Dumitru Popescu (born 1964) is a Romanian-American mathematician at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests are in algebraic number theory, and in particular, in special values of L-functions. Education and ca ...

(born 1964), Romanian-American mathematician *

Cristian Tudor Popescu Cristian Tudor Popescu (; also known as CTP; born 1 October 1956) is a Romanian journalist, essayist, engineer, short-story writer and political commentator. Author of science fiction stories during his youth, he also hosted talk shows for vari ...

(born 1956), journalist and writer *

Cristian Popescu Piedone Cristian Victor Popescu Piedone (born 15 February 1963) is a Romanian businessman and politician who served as mayor of Bucharest's Sector 4 from 2008 until 4 November 2015, when he resigned following the Colectiv nightclub fire and the subsequ ...

(born 1963), politician * Dan Popescu (born 1988), comic book artist * Dan Ioan Popescu (born 1948), politician * Daniel Popescu, footballer *

David Popescu David Popescu (25 May 1886 – 11 April 1955) was a Romanian general during World War II and Interior Minister in 1940. Biography He was born in 1886 in Comarnic, Prahova County, Kingdom of Romania, the son of Iulian (a priest) and Maria. He at ...

(1886–1955), soldier and politician * Dimitrie Popescu (1961–2023), rower *

Dumitru Radu Popescu Dumitru Radu Popescu (; 19 August 1935 – 2 January 2023) 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 W ...

(1935–2023), writer and communist activist *

Elvira Popescu Elvira Popescu (; in French, Elvire Popesco; 10 May 1894 – 11 December 1993) was a Romanian- French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number of French comedy films. Life and career Popes ...

(1894–1993), actress * Eufrosina Marcolini (born ''Eufrosina Popescu'', 1821–1900), actress and singer *

Eugen-Cristian Popescu Eugen-Cristian Popescu (born 12 August 1962) is a retired Romanian high jumper. He finished seventh at the 1983 European Indoor Championships and at the 1986 European Championships, eighth at the 1987 European Indoor Championships and eleventh ...

(born 1962), high jumper *

Florin Popescu Florin Popescu (born 30 August 1974 in Iancu Jianu, Olt) is a Romanian canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1990s to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two Olympic medals at Sydney in 2000 with teammate Mitică Pricop (gold: C- ...

(born 1974), canoer *

Gabriel Popescu (footballer) Gabriel "Gabi" Popescu (born 25 December 1973) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Popescu represented the Romania national team 15 times and scored one goal. The undoubted highlight of his internati ...

(born 1973), football player * Gabriel Popescu (scientist) (1971–2022), scientist and engineer * Gheorghe Cartianu-Popescu (1907–1982), engineer * Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1919) (1919–2001), football (soccer) player *

Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967) Gheorghe "Gică" Popescu (; born 9 October 1967) is a Romanian former professional football player who played as a defender. He notably played in La Liga, where he was a former captain of FC Barcelona. He played for a string of European clubs ...

, football (soccer) player *

Ilie Daniel Popescu Ilie Daniel Popescu (born 1 June 1983 in Reşiţa) is a Romanian-born former artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed ...

(born 1983), artistic gymnast *

Ion Popescu-Gopo Ion Popescu-Gopo (; 1 May 1923 – 29 November 1989) was a Romanian graphic artist and animator, but also writer, film director, and actor. He was born in Bucharest, Romania. He was a prominent personality in the Romanian cinematography and the ...

(1923–1989), animator and cartoonist * Irinel Popescu (born 1953), surgeon *

Liliana Popescu Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu (born 5 February 1982) is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres. Career Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 ...

(born 1982), middle-distance runner *

Lucian Popescu Lucian Popescu (12 January 1912 in Bucharest – 9 December 1982) was a Romanian boxer who won European titles in three different classes. Nicknamed ''Chocolate Boy'' ("băiatul de ciocolată"), he is considered to be the best Romanian boxer betw ...

(1912–1982), boxer * Maria Popesco (1919–2004), victim of an alleged Swiss judicial error *

Marioara Popescu Mărioara Popescu (later Ciobanu; born 9 November 1962) is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Olympics and won gold medals in 1984 and 1996. At the world championships she won seven medals between 1983 and 2000, in ...

(born 1962), rower *

Mihai Popescu Mihai Popescu (born 15 March 1985 in Găești) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Romanian team Potaissa Turda and the Romanian national team. He was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Citizen") of his hometown Găe� ...

(born 1985), handballer * Mircea Popescu, British engineer * Mircea Popescu (table tennis), Romanian table tennis player *

Mitică Popescu Mitică Popescu (; 2 December 1936 – 3 January 2023) was a Romanian actor. Biography Popescu was born in Bucharest on 2 December 1936. He started his studies in the mid-1950s at the Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art, but he was ...

(1936–2023), actor * ''Moş Ion Popescu'' (1902–1956), pseudonym of writer

Ion Călugăru Ion Călugăru (; born Ștrul Leiba Croitoru, Ion Călugăru, Ioan Lăcustă''"Uzina care încearcă să gonească morții". Note nepublicate (1948)'' at thMemoria Digital Library retrieved February 17, 2010 also known as Buium sin Strul-Leiba Cro ...

* N. D. Popescu-Popnedea (1843–1921), writer *

Nicolae Popescu Nicolae Popescu (; 22 September 1937 – 29 July 2010) was a Romanian mathematician and professor at the University of Bucharest. He also held a research position at the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, and was elected correspo ...

(1937–2010), mathematician *

Nicu Popescu Nicolae "Nicu" Popescu (born 25 April 1981) is a Moldovan diplomat, author, and politician, who served as Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Moldova), Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova from 6 Augu ...

(born 1981), diplomat *

Rodica Popescu Bitănescu Mihaela Rodica Popescu Bitănescu (; born 5 August 1938 in Răsuceni, Ilfov County, Romania) is a Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian langua ...

(born 1938), actress *

Sandu Popescu Sandu Popescu (born 1956 in Oradea, Romania) is a Romanian-British physicist working in the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information. Education and career He studied with Yakir Aharonov, followed by postdoctoral research ...

, Physicist (quantum information) *

Spiridon Popescu Spiridon Popescu (August 13, 1864 – May 8, 1933) was a Romanian prose writer. Born in Rogojeni, Galați County, his parents were the peasant Constantin Dumitrașcu al Popei and his wife Safta (''née'' Tofan). He attended seminary in Galați an ...

(1864–1933), writer * Ştefan Popescu (born 1993), painter * Stela Popescu (1935–2017), actress *

Stelian Popescu Stelian Popescu (February 19, 1874, in Lacu Turcului, Prahova County – March 8, 1954, in Madrid, Spain) was a nationalist Romanian journalist. Biography He was elected to Parliament many times. He was Minister of Justice in the Ionescu cab ...

(1874–1954), journalist and fascist activist * Vasile Popescu (1925–2003), painter * Vlad Popescu (born 1989), politician

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