List of Aromanians
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This is a list in progress of world famous or important Aromanians and people having Aromanian ancestry.
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[edit] Art
- Camil Ressu, Romanian painter
- Manakis brothers (Yanaki and Milton), film and photography;pioneers in the Balkans, from the Ottoman region of Macedonia;
- Alexandru Arsinel, well known Romanian actor and comediant;
- Sultana Maitec, Romanian sculptor;
- Stere Gulea, Romanian film maker and Governmenet official;
- Cristian Hadji-Culea, Romanian theatre director and former President of the State Television TVR;
- Alexandru Boiangiu, Romanian film director and writer (Filmography on IMDb);
- Tomislav Osmanli FYR Macedonian director and writer
[edit] Actors
- Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor;
- Ion Caramitru, Romanian actor, former minister of culture;
- Tasko Nacic, Serbian actor;
- Alexandru Arsinel, well known Romanian actor and comediant
- Stere Gulea, Romanian film maker and Governmenet official
- Cristian Hadji-Culea, Romanian theatre director and former President of the State Television TVR
[edit] Clergy
- Irinej Bulovic, Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Bachka;
- Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople
- Ioachim Mărtineanu, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan, described martyrized Moscopole;
- Andrei Şaguna, Romanian patriot, bishop, baron of Şaguna, then Metropolitan - Romanian Orthodox Church of Transylvania;
- Agnes Gongea Boiagiu, Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity;
[edit] Commerce and business
- Darvari family, famous philanthropists and Austrian Imperial bankers;
- Dumba family, famous philanthropists and Austrian Imperial bankers;
- Hagi Meitani, Austrian Imperial baron, Wallachian stateman;
- Mocioni family, famous philanthropists and Austrian Imperial bankers;
- Marcu Puiu, Austrian philanthropist and nobleman in the 18th century;
- Simon Sina (1782-1856), Austrian financial magnate;
- Sina family, famous philanthropists and Imperial bankers, also members of the Hungarian nobility;
- Hagi Moscu, Austrian Imperial baron, Wallachian stateman;
- Emanoil Gojdu, Romanian-Hungarian lawyer and philantropist;
- Toma Fila, famous serbian lawyer;
[edit] Music
- Apostolos Kaldaras, Greek composer;
- Toše Proeski, Popular singer, Macedonian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004
- Kaliopi Bukle, Popular singer in Republic of Macedonia
[edit] Politicians
- Apostol Margarit, leader of the pro-Romanian faction of the Vlachs of Greece, inspector of the Romanian schools and member of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest [1].
- Evangelos Averoff, former Greek minister and former leader of the New Democracy party;
- Bellu family, emigrating from martyrized Moscopole, offered several Wallachian statemen and one Romanian Prime Minister (conservative);
- George Becali, Romanian politician
- Ioan Gheorghe Caragea, Wallachian Voivode (1812-1818);
- Nicolae Caragea, Wallachian Voivode (1782-1783);
- Michael Dukakis, American Governor of Massachusetts and former presidential candidate (Greek Aromanian mother)[1]
- Ghica family, Wallachian and Moldavian voivodes and Romanian Prime Ministers;
- Octavian Goga, famous Romanian author, poet and former Prime Minister of Romania;
- Ştefan Octavian Iosif, famous Romanian author;
- Ioannis Kolettis General, obtained Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire,Greek Prime Minister -;
- Lazar Paču, economist and politician in Kingdoms of Serbia and Yugoslavia;
- Nikola Pašić, politician and prime minister in Kingdoms of Serbia and Yugoslavia;
- George Padioti[2], famous Vlach minority rights activist in Greece;
- Rigas Velestinlis-Fereos, Greek poet and revolutionaire;
- Aleksandar Cincar-Markovic, Serbian minister of foreign affairs 1939-1941;
- Kosta Kumanudi, Serbian minister of finances 1921-1922;
- Hari Kostov, Macedonian Prime Minister June 2004 - November 2004, Minister of Internal Affairs 2002 - 2004
- Pitu Guli, Bulgarian/Macedonian revolutionary, died defending the Krushevo Republic during the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903. His memory is celebrated Republic of Macedonia's national anthemn.
- Emanoil Gojdu, lawyer and politician in the Austrian Empire.
- Vangel Dinu, President of the first Macedonian government formed during the Krushevo Republic in 1903
- Taki Fiti, Macedonian Minister of Finance, 1996-1998, Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Skopje
- Eftimie Murgu, Transylvanian Romanian leader of the 1848 revolution
- Betty Tamposi, Vlach-American politician and community activist. Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, current trustee of the University of New Hampshire.
- Christos Folias, Greek businessman, former New Democracy MEP and current vice-minister of Econony.
- Alkiviadis Diamandi di Samarina, fascist politician born in Samarina, Consul of the Kingdom of Romania in Korce, Albania between the two world wars and later leader of the autonomous Vlach statelet Principality of Pindus.
- Baron Gyula Milványi-Csesznegi, Hungarian born politician, Prince Regent of the Principality of Pindus. His grand-father was an Aromanian merchant.
[edit] Science
- Ion Juvara, famous Romanian surgeon, professor and head of University Department;
- Dinischiotu family, several famous Romanian physicians and professors;
- Târpa family, several famous Romanian physicians;
- Jovan Karamata, Serbian mathematician (1902-1967)
- Elie Carafoli, Romanian educated, born in Greece, aerodynamics inovatior, university teacher.
- Mina Minovici, Romanian forensic scientist, director of the first Romanian Institute of Legal Medicine, and the founder of the modern medico-legal system.
[edit] Sports
- Gigi Becali, owner of FC Steaua Bucureşti football club
- Ioan Becali, former president of FC Dinamo Bucureşti football club and cousin of Gigi
- Victor Becali, football impresario and brother of Ioan
- Gheorghe Hagi, famous Romanian soccer player;
- Joshko Milenkovski, manager of the Macedonian Volleyball Team, Manager of Rabotnicki Fersped, the Macedonian volleyball champion;
[edit] Writers
- Cavaliotti family, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
- Daniil family, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
- Matyla Ghyka, famous Romanian prince, polymath, architect, mathematician and author;
- Garabet Ibrăileanu, novelist
- Mitrush Kuteli, Albanian poet
- Iosipos Moisiodax, Greek author
- Constantin Noica, Romanian philosopher
- Branislav Nušić (Aromanian: Alkibiad Nushi), Serbian novelist and playwright
- Pericle Papahagi, outstanding Romanian intellectual;
- Lasgush Poradeci, Albanian poet
- Gheorghe Constantin Roja, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
- Constantin Ucuţa, Moscopolitan Orthodox father, Viennese and Prussian intellectual;
- Ucuţa family, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
- Jovan Sterija Popović (serb. Јован Стерија Поповић), serbian novelist
[edit] Poets
- Constantin Belimace, poet, author Dimândarea părintească;
- Constantin Papanace, government minister, member of the Romanian parliament, poet, author born in Veria Mica Antologie Aromânească;
- George Murnu, poet and professor at the University of Bucharest, translator of Iliad and Odyssey born in Veria;
- Gellu Naum, Romanian surrealist poet
- Pashko Vasa, Albanian poet
- Konstantinos Krystallis, Greek bucolic poet
[edit] Philologists
- Mihail G. Boiagi, philologist, grammarian, author, first Aromanian grammar and cultural hero;
- Theodor Capidan, linguist, wrote studies on Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian languages
- Tache Papahagi, linguist, and outstanding Romanian intellectual;
- Daniel Moscopolites, Greek philologist, author of famous lexicon;
- Matilda Caragiu Marioţeanu, linguist, poet and outstanding Romanian intellectual.
[edit] Historians
- Neagu Djuvara, Romanian diplomat and historian
- A. D. Xenopol, Romanian historian.
[edit] References
- ^ Tapping another ethnic group, in The New York Times, October 17, 1988