Famous People

This is a list of famous people from the Republic of Moldova.

Musicians

• Dan Balan, pop-singer
• Maria Biesu, opera singer
• Maria Cebotari, opera-singer
• Eugen Coca, composer
• Legenda, pop-group
• Radu Marian, opera singer
• Gavril Musicescu, Moldovan-born Romanian composer
• Stefan Neaga, composer
• Noroc, pop-group
• O-Zone, pop-group
• Sofia Rotaru, pop-singer
• Anton Rubinstein, Moldovan-born Russian composer
• Trigon, ethno-jazz group
• Zdob si Zdub, rock-group

Painters, Sculptors and Architects

• Mihai Petric, painter
• Alexandru Plamadeala, Moldovan-born Romanian sculptor
• Iurie Platon, painter
• Mircea Puscas, sculptor
• Alexey Shchusev, Moldovan-born Russian architect
• Ghenadie Sontu Dor, painter

Politicians

• Dumitru Braghis, chairman of the Party for Social Democracy, MP, former Prime Minister of Moldova
• Petru Lucinschi, former President of Moldova
• Alexandru Mosanu, historian, former speaker of the Moldovan Parliament
• Iurie Rosca, chairman of the Christian-Democratic Peoples Party, deputy speaker of the Moldovan Parliament
• Oleg Serebrian, political scientist, chairman of the Social Liberal Party, MP
• Mircea Snegur, former Presedint of Moldova
• Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister of Moldova
• Serafim Urechean, chairman of the "Our Moldova Alliance", MP
• Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova

Scientists

• Lev Berg, Moldovan-born Russian biologist and geographer
• Nicolae Donici, Moldovan-born Romanian astronomer
• Jerzy Neyman, Moldovan-born Polish statistician
• Sergiu Radautan, physicist
• Nikolay Sclifosovsky, Moldovan-born Russian surgeon and physiologist
• Nicolae Testemitanu, physician, surgeon and hygienst
• Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy, Moldovan-born Russian chemist

Sportsmen

• Olga Bolsova
• Serghei Covalciuc
• Vitalie Grusac
• Andrei Tchmil

Writers

• Alexandru Donici, Moldovan-born Romanian poet and translator
• Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu, Moldovan-born Romanian writer and historian
• Alexei Mateevici, poet and publicist
• Alecu Russo, Moldovan-born Romanian writer
• Constantin Stamati, Moldovan-born Romanian writer and translator
• Constantin Stamati-Ciurea, writer and translator
• Constantin Stere, writer
• Grigore Vieru, poet and writer