Voicu is mostly a Romanian surname derived from Slavic ''Vojko''. Notable people with this surname include: *

Adrian Voicu Adrian is a form of the Latin language, Latin given name Adrianus (given name), Adrianus or Hadrianus (disambiguation), Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria (river), Adria from the Venetic language, Venetic and ...

(Q111524276) (born 1970), Romanian writer *

(born 1992), Romanian footballer *

Andreea Voicu Andreea Voicu (born 16 January 1996) is a Romanian football defender currently playing for FCU Olimpia Cluj. She played most of her career in the First League for Olimpia Cluj, with which she has also played the Champions League. She made h ...

(born 1996), Romanian footballer * Angelo Voicu (1897–1932), Bulgarian poet * Bogdan Voicu (born 1981), former Romanian rugby union football player *

Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen Voicu-Jagodzinsky (née Voicu; born 25 April 1981) is a Romanian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2006) who won the German Women's Chess Championship (2020). Biography She was successful early on in International Girls' Chess Tournaments ...

(née Voicu; born 1981), Romanian chess master * Cătălin Voicu (born 1965), Romanian politician * Elena Voicu (born 1990), Romanian handballer *

Gheorghe Voicu Gheorghe Voicu (born 5 September 1950) is a Romanian biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Inns ...

(born 1950), Romanian former biathlete * Ioana Voicu (born 1972), Romanian former diver *

Ion Voicu Ion Voicu (; October 8, 1923 – February 24, 1997) was a Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor of Romani ethnicity. In 1969 he founded the award-winning Bucharest Chamber Orchestra, which is now conducted by his son Mădălin Voicu. Life ...

(1923–1997), Romanian violinist and conductor *

Ion Voicu (footballer) Ion Voicu (born 1 November 1975) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a right defender. Honours Rapid București *Divizia A: 1998–99, 2002–03 *Cupa României: 2001–02 *Supercupa României: 1999, 2002 Rocar București *Cupa R ...

(born 1975), Romanian former footballer *

Ionuț Voicu Ionuț Cosmin Voicu (born 2 August 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary ...

(born 1984), Romanian footballer * Irinel Voicu (born 1977), Romanian former footballer *

Mădălin Voicu Mădălin Ştefan Voicu (born 10 July 1952, in Bucharest) is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He ...

(born 1952), Romanian musician and politician * Mircea Voicu (born 1980), Romanian former footballer * Nicolae Voicu (born 1955), Romanian former middle-distance runner * Pavel Voicu (born 1973), Moldovan politician Voicu is also the

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

attributed by the Romanian historiography to the father of

John Hunyadi John Hunyadi (; ; ; ; ; – 11 August 1456) was a leading Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian military and political figure during the 15th century, who served as Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526), Kingdom of Hungary ...

, who is called "

Voyk The House of Hunyadi was one of the most powerful noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary during the 15th century. A member of the family, Matthias Corvinus, was King of Hungary from 1458 until 1490, King of Bohemia (ruling in Moravia, Low ...

" in Latin-language 15th century documents.

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{{surname, Voicu Romanian-language surnames

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