Radu is a masculine

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

n given name of Slavic etymological origin, derived from the Old Church Slavonic root ''rad-'' (cf. '' радъ'' "glad"). Radu became widespread among the (non-Slavic) Romanians because of Radu Negru's status as legendary founder 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 s ...

, a historical Romanian state. Many Wallachian and some

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centra ...

n voivodes or princes have been named Radu. Notable people named Radu include:

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* Radu Albot (born 1989), Moldovan tennis player * Radu Aldulescu (1922–2006), Romanian-Italian cellist * Radu Aldulescu (born 1954), Romanian novelist *

Radu Almășan Radu Almășan () is a Romanian singer, most notable for his work in the band Bosquito, which he has led as the primary vocalist since its inception in 1999. He is also a founding member of the American alternative rock band Madame Hooligan. ...

(born 1980), Romanian singer of the band Bosquito *

Radu Aricescu Alexandru Radu Aricescu, known by his middle name, is a Romanian-British molecular neuroscientist based at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge; Prior to 2017, he worked at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University ...

, Romanian-British molecular neuroscientist

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Radu Barbu Radu Barbu (born 29 August 1989) is a Romanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadia ...

(born 1989), Romanian football player *

Radu Băldescu Radu Băldescu (16 October 1888 – 2 December 1953) was a Romanian major general during World War II. Biography Băldescu was born on 16 October 1888, at Mihăileștii de Sus, a village that now belongs to Scornicești, Olt County, Romania, ...

(1888–1953), Romanian general during World War II * Radu Bălescu (1932–2006), Romanian and Belgian physicist * Radu Beligan (1918–2016), Romanian actor and director *

Radu Berceanu Radu Mircea Berceanu (; born 5 March 1953) is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Dolj County from 1990 to 2004, and sat in the Romanian ...

(born 1953), Romanian engineer and politician *

Radu Gioan Bey Mihnea III Radu ( tr, Radu Gioan Bey; 1613 – 5 April 1660), was a Prince of Moldavia, and ruler of Wallachia from March 1658 to November 1659. His father was alleged to have been the Voivode Radu Mihnea. Family Ancestry claims Radu's ancestry ...

(1613–1660), Prince of Moldavia * Radu Bîrzan (born 1999), Romanian football player *

Radu Boboc Radu Ștefăniță Boboc (born 24 April 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a full-back. Career statistics Club Honours Viitorul Constanța *Cupa României: 2018–19 *Supercupa României: 2019 File:2019 collage v1 ...

(born 1999), footballer *

Radu Boureanu Radu Boureanu (March 9, 1906 – September 5, 1997) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. Biography Born in Bucharest, his parents were Eugen Boureanul and his wife Jeanne (''née'' Michel), who was a schoolteacher of French orig ...

(1906–1997), Romanian poet and writer *

Radu Budișteanu Constantin-Radu Budișteanu (October 11, 1902–1991) was a Romanian lawyer and activist of the Iron Guard. Born in Târgu Jiu,Philippe Henri Blasen, "The Roman Catholic Bishopric of Iași and the Jews (1941-1944)", in ''Archiva Moldaviae'', vol. ...

(1902–1991), activist of the Iron Guard *

Radu Buzescu Radu Buzescu was a boyar (noble) of Wallachia during the reign of Michael the Brave. Biography Radu took part in important political and military events at the time. His brothers were Preda and Stroe Buzescu, the three forming the group of the Buz ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

c. 1593–1601), boyar of Wallachia during the reign of Michael the Brave

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* Radu Câmpeanu (1922–2016), Romanian politician and jurist *

Radu Catan Radu Catan (born 30 May 1989, Chișinău, Moldova), is a Moldovan professional football player who currently plays for FC Zimbru Chișinău in the Moldovan National Division. Honours ;Zimbru Chișinău *Moldovan Cup (1): 2013–14 *Moldovan Sup ...

(born 1989), Moldovan football player *

Radu Chiriac Radu Ioan Chiriac (born 4 January 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Astra Giurgiu.Radu Ciobanu Radu Eduard Ciobanu (born 1 September 1975) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a centre back. Playing in his first years for Aerostar Bacău, Ciobanu was transferred to FCM Bacău, where he played for ten years in the first two foot ...

(born 1975), Romanian football player * Radu Ciuceanu (1928–2022), Romanian historian and politician *

Radu Crișan Radu Crișan (born 27 April 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga II club Gloria Buzău . Honours Hermannstadt *Cupa României runner-up: 2017–18 Astra Giurgiu *Cupa României runner-up: 2018–19 * ...

(born 1996), Romanian football player

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* Radu Dărăban (born 1983), Romanian fencer * Traian Rafael Radu Demetrescu (1866–1896), Romanian writer *

Radu Doicaru Radu Doicaru (born 26 February 1979) is a Romanian former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of foot ...

(born 1979), Romanian football player * Radu Drăgușin (born 2002), Romanian football player *

Radu Dudescu Radu Dudescu (1894 – 1983) was a Romanian architect. He was born on 10 March (23 March) 1894 in Bucharest, Romania. From 1905 to 1913 he studied at the Matei Basarab High School. He continued his studies at the Ion Mincu University of Archite ...

(1894–1983), Romanian architect

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* Radu Filipescu (born 1955), Romanian anti-communist dissident * Radu Florescu (1925–2014), Romanian historian and academic, professor at Boston College

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Radu Gabrea Radu Gabrea (20 June 1937 – 9 February 2017) was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than twenty films between 1969 and 2016. He showed his first film in the Locarno Festival. Selected filmography * ' (1981) * ' (1984) ...

(1937–2017), Romanian filmmaker * Radu Pavel Gheo (born 1969), Romanian writer * Radu Ghiță (born 1990), Romanian handball player * Radu Gînsari (born 1991), Moldovan football player * Radu Goldiș (born 1947), Romanian-American jazz guitarist *

Adrian Radu Gontariu Adrian Radu Gontariu (born May 14, 1984) is a Romanian volleyball player, a member of Romania men's national volleyball team and Romanian club Remat Zalău, four-time Romanian Champion (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007), three-time German Champion (2010, ...

(born 1984), Romanian volleyball player *

Radu Grigorovici Radu Grigorovici (November 20, 1911 – August 2, 2008) was a Romanian physicist. Biography Radu Grigorovici was born on November 20, 1911 in Chernivtsi, being the only son of the Bucovina Social Democrats Gheorghe and Tatiana Grigorovici. Aft ...

(1911–2008), Romanian physicist *

Radu Gyr Radu Gyr (; pen name of Radu Ștefan Demetrescu ; March 2, 1905, Câmpulung-Muscel – 29 April 1975, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, essayist, playwright and journalist. Biography Early life Gyr was the son of actor Ștefan "Coco" Dumitre ...

(pen name of Radu Demetrescu; 1905–1975), Romanian poet and writer

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* Radu Irimescu (1890–1975), Romanian businessman, politician, and diplomat * Radu Ivan (born 1969), Romanian judo practitioner

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Radu Jercan Radu Jercan (24 October 1945 – 29 September 2012) was a Romanian football forward and manager. International career Radu Jercan played two friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Ola in a 4– ...

(1945–2012), Romanian football player * Radu Jude (born 1977), Romanian filmmaker

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Radu Klapper Radu Klapper ( he, ראדו קלפר; 14 September 1937 in Bucharest Romania – 30 October 2006 in Tel Aviv Israel) was a Romanian-Israeli poet and author. Career Radu Klapper was born in 1937 in Bucharest in a Jewish-Romanian family and gre ...

(1937–2006), Romanian-Israeli poet and author * Radu Korne (1895–1949), Romanian general during World War II

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Radu Lazăr Radu Lazăr (born 21 December 1947) is a Romanian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Muni ...

(born 1947), Romanian water polo player * Radu Lecca (1890–1980), Romanian spy and journalist * Radu Lefter (born 1970), Romanian football player *

Radu Leonte Radu Traian Leonte (born 16 June 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II side FC Brașov. In his career, Leonte also played for teams such as Forex Brașov, FCM Baia Mare, Olimpic Cetate Râșnov or C ...

(born 1991), Romanian football player * Radu Lupu (born 1945), Romanian pianist

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* Radu Malfatti (born 1943), Austrian trombone player and composer * Radu Manicatide (1912–2004), Romanian engineer and aircraft constructor *

Radu Marculescu Radu Marculescu is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Laura Jennings Turner Chair in Engineering. He moved to the University of Texas from Carnegie Mellon University Carn ...

, electrical engineer *

Radu Mareș Radu Mareș (March 3, 1941 – March 26, 2016) was a Romanian prose writer and journalist. Bibliography * ''Anna sau pasărea paradisului'' (1972) * ''Vine istoria'' (1972) * ''Cel iubit'' (1975) * ''Caii sălbatici'' (1981) * ''Pe cont propriu ...

(1941–2016), Romanian writer and journalist * Radu Marian (born 1977), Moldavian singer sopranist *

Radu Ștefan Mazăre Radu may refer to: People * Radu (given name), Romanian masculine given name * Radu (surname), Romanian surname * Rulers of Wallachia, see * Prince Radu of Romania (born 1960), disputed pretender to the former Romanian throne Other uses * Radu ( ...

(born 1968), Romanian politician * Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), Romanian-French actor and filmmaker *

Radu Mîțu Radu Mîțu (born 4 November 1994) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian amateur side Vadese. Club career After spending his entire career with Milsami Orhei, Mîțu signed for Swedish Division 1 club Vasalunds IF in ...

(born 1994), Romanian football player *

Radu Motreanu Radu Motreanu (born 22 June 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He played for the Romania U-17 team between 2012 and 2016. Early life Radu Motreanu was born and raised in Timișoara, Timiș County of Romania. ...

(born 1998), Romanian football player * Radu Muntean (born 1971), Romanian filmmaker

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Radu Negulescu Radu Negulescu (born 22 March 1941, in Bistrița) is a former Romanian table tennis player who won 23 national and 17 international titles. He started playing table tennis at the age of nine. In his youth, he also played soccer and handball at th ...

(born 1941), Romanian table tennis player *

Radu Neguț Radu Mircea Neguț (born 3 July 1981) is a Romanian former football forward.- - - Honours Pandurii Târgu Jiu *Divizia B: 2004–05 Al Ettifaq * GCC Champions League: 2006 Voința Sibiu *Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III ...

(born 1981), Romanian football player *

Radu Niculescu Radu Horia Niculescu (born 2 March 1975 in Sibiu) is a former Romanian football player. He played for European clubs such as Galatasaray, Steaua București, Dinamo Bucharest, Universitatea Craiova, FC National Bucharest and Rapid Buchares ...

(born 1975), Romanian football player *

Radu Nunweiller Radu Nunweiller (born 16 November 1944) is a former Romanian central midfield football player and manager. Club career Radu Nunweiller was born in Bucharest on 16 November 1944. He had an Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in ...

(born 1944), Romanian football player

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* Radu Paladi (1927–2013), Romanian composer, pianist, and conductor *

Radu Paliciuc Radu Paliciuc (born September 13, 1988) is a Romanian basketball player for CSU Sibiu and the Romanian national team The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's ...

(born 1988), Romanian basketball player * Radu Pamfil (1951–2009), Romanian football player *

Miron Radu Paraschivescu __NOTOC__ Miron Radu Paraschivescu (; 2 October 1911 – 17 February 1971) was a Romanian poet, essayist, journalist, and translator. Born in Zimnicea, Teleorman County, he went to high school in Ploiești, after which he studied fine arts, f ...

(1911–1971), Romanian writer * Radu Petrescu (born 1980), Romanian rugby referee * Radu Marian Petrescu (born 1982), Romanian football referee *

Radu Podgorean Radu Podgorean (born 22 March 1955 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician. From 2000 to 2008, he represented Sibiu County in the Chamber of Deputies. During 2007, he served as a Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democ ...

(born 1955), Romanian politician * Radu Poklitaru (born 1972), Moldovan choreographer *

Dumitru Radu Popa Dumitru Radu Popa (born October 26, 1949) is a Romanian-born writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. In 1985, he defected to the US, asking for political asylum. Education Popa obtained a Master of Arts in Romance Languages and Li ...

(born 1949), Romanian-American writer *

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 ...

(born 1935), Romanian writer * Mihai Radu Pricop (1950–2018), Romanian politician

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Radu Rebeja Radu Rebeja (born 8 June 1973 in Chişinău) is a Moldovans, Moldovan football (soccer), football player who played as defensive midfielder or defender (football), centre-back. He has been a leader and captain of the Moldova national football te ...

(born 1973), Moldovan football player * Radu Rogac (born 1995), Moldovan football player * Prince Radu of Romania (born 1960 as Radu Duda), husband of Margareta of Romania, pretender to the Romanian throne * Radu Rosetti (1853–1926), Moldavian and Romanian politician and writer *

Radu D. Rosetti Radu D. Rosetti or Rossetti (December 13Constantin Ciopraga, ''Literatura română între 1900 și 1918'', pp. 296–297. Iași: Editura Junimea, 1970 or December 18,Șerban Cioculescu, "Amintiri. Radu D. Rosetti", in ''România Literară'', Issu ...

(1874–1964), Romanian writer *

Radu R. Rosetti Radu R. Rosetti ( – June 2, 1949) was a Romanian brigadier general, military historian, librarian, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Early years Born in Căiuți, Bacău County, he was part of the old ''boyar'' Rosetti fam ...

(1877–1949), Romanian general and historian

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* Radu Sabău (born 1968), Romanian water polo player *

Radu Sabo Radu Sabo (born 13 September 1971) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Universitatea Cluj was the team where Sabo started his football career. His first trainer was the club's legend Andrei Sepci. Between 198 ...

(born 1971), Romanian football player *

Radu Scîrneci Radu Scârneci (20 September 1926 − 3 August 2015)Radu Scoarță Radu Scoarță (born 3 July 1999) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a midfielder. He also holds Russian citizenship. Club career He made his Moldovan National Division debut for Zimbru Chișinău on 13 August 2017 in a game against Zaria Băl ...

(born 1999), Romanian football player * Radu Simion (1940–2015), Romanian pan flute player * Radu Sîrbu (born 1978), Moldovan pop singer, formerly of the boy band O-Zone * Radu Stanca (1920–1962), poet, playwright, theatre director *

Radu Stroe Radu Stroe (born August 31, 1949) is a Romanian navigational engineer and politician. An independent, he was formerly a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). He was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Maramureș County from 2 ...

(born 1949), Romanian navigational engineer and politician *

Radu Lucian Sulica Radu Lucian Sulica is a Romanian-born American laryngologist and author. He currently serves as Professor and Chief, Laryngology and Voice Disorders at the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Su ...

, Romanian-American physician and laryngologist

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Radu Țârle Radu Ţîrle (born 17 May 1967 in Criștioru de Jos, Bihor County) is a Romanian politician. He served in the European Parliament from 2005 to 2007, first as an Observer (before Romania joined the EU) and then as a Member of the European Parliament ...

(born 1967), Romanian politician * Radu Timofte (1949–2009), Romanian soldier, politician, and spy chief *

Radu Troi Radu Troi, (12 June 1949 in Dragomireşti Vale, Ilfov), is a former Romanian professional football player. He won 15 caps for Romania and scored 3 goals. He also has one cap for Romania's Olympic team. Honours ;Steaua București *Liga I: 1 ...

(born 1949), Romanian football player *

Radu Țuculescu Radu Țuculescu (born January 1, 1949) is a Romanian novelist, playwright, translator, journalist and a theatre director. He was born in Târgu Mureș, but graduated from the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj. Radu Țuculescu belongs to the so- ...

(born 1949), Romanian novelist and playwright * Radu Tudoran (1910–1992), Romanian novelist

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Radu Varia Radu Varia (born 1940) is a Romanian art critic and art historian. Biography Born in Iași, Varia holds a degree from the University of Bucharest and a doctorate in History of Art and Civilization from the University of Paris. A friend of Salvado ...

(born 1940), art critic and historian * Radu Vasile (1942–2013), former prime minister of Romania *

Radu G. Vlădescu Radu G. Vlădescu (1886 – 1964), a Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south ...

(1886–1964), Romanian professor of veterinary medicine * Radu Voina (born 1950), Romanian handball player

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* Radu Zaharia (born 1989), football player

Romanian rulers

''This section is organized chronologically.'' * Radu Negru (''Radu the Black''; born 1269), legendary founder of Wallachia * Radu I of Wallachia (

c. 1377–1383), Voivode of Wallachia, sometimes identified as Radu Negru * Radu II of Wallachia (''Radu II Praznaglava'', ''Radu II Empty Head'', ''Radu the Bald''; died c. 1428), reigned intermittently from 1420–1427 * Radu the Handsome (''Radu cel Frumos'', Radu III of Wallachia; 1437/1439–1475), the younger brother of Vlad III the Impaler * Radu IV the Great (''Radu cel Mare''; 1467–1508), son of Vlad Călugărul, reigned 1495–1508 * Radu Bădica (died 1524), son of Radu IV the Great, reigned 1523–1524 * Radu of Afumați (''Radu de la Afumaţi''; died 1529), son of Radu cel Mare, reigned intermittently from 1522–1529 * Radu Paisie (''Radu VII Paise'', ''Petru I'';

1534-1545), son of Radu cel Mare, reigned almost continuously from 1535–1545 *

Radu Ilie Haidăul Radu Ilie Haidăul (? – 1558) was the son of Radu of Afumați and ruler of Wallachia from November 15, 1552 to May 1553. The nickname "Haidăul" means hajduk, because having the backing of the Habsburgs in taking over Wallachia, he led an ...

(died 1558), son of Radu of Afumați, reigned 1552–1553 *

Radu Mihnea Radu Mihnea (1586 – 13 January 1626) was Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between September 1601 and March 1602, and again between March and May 1611, September 1611 and August 1616, August 1620 and August 1623, and Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia ...

(1586–1626), son of Mihnea Turcitul, reigned from 1601–1602, 1611, 1611–1616, and 1620–1623 * Radu Șerban (died 1620), reigned from 1602–1610 and in 1611 *

Radu Iliaș Radu Iliaș (b.? - d. 1632) was Prince of Wallachia, between July 21/31, 1632 and September 20/30, 1632. Biography He was the son of Alexandru Iliaș, Prince of Wallachia between 1616–1618 and 1627–1629. The date of his birth and the date of ...

(died 1632), son of Alexandru Iliaș, reigned in 1632 * Radu Leon (also ''Radu the Oyster-seller''; died 1669), son of Leon Tomșa, reigned 1664–1669

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, a character in the light novel series '' Trinity Blood'' * George Ivașcu, Romanian journalist who used the pen name "Radu Vardaru" * Sofronie Drincec, Romanian Orthodox bishop born "Radu Ștefan Drincec"

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