Nicolae Ceauşescu

male, deceased (1989)
death by firearm in Romania, revolutions of 1989, Cold War leader, president, executed, politician…President of Romania, CommunistRomania, Communist ruler
Nicolae Ceauşescu (IPA, in English, sometimes (and erroneously)) (January 26, 1918-December 25,1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until D...
Petru Groza

Petru Groza

male, deceased (1958)
communist party, Directory Council of Transylvania, Romanian Austro-Hungarians, Romanian Orthodox Christian, prime minister, World War I…Soviet occupation of Romania, communist regime, Romanian Communist Party, CommunistRomania, King of Romania
Petru Groza (December 7, 1884 - January 7, 1958) was a Romanian politician, best know as Prime Minister of the first Communist Party-dominated...
Paul Goma

Paul Goma

male, 74 years old
University of Bucharest alumni, Political Refugee, anti-communist, prisoner, stateless, Expatriate in France…Romania during World War II, CommunistRomania, born in Mana, Orhei, Romania
Paul Goma is a Romanian writer and leading anti-communist dissident. Currently he resides in France as a stateless political refugee.
Bran Castle

Bran Castle

male
teutonic knight, Royal family, Mircea the Old, mountain pass, Saxons, communist regime…Communist government of Romania, Castles in Romania, CommunistRomania
Bran Castle, situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, Romania, is a national monument and landmark. Commonly known as Dracula's C...

Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu

male, deceased (1954)
Political scientist, Newspaper editor, executed, World War II, Economist, romanian…communist, CommunistRomania, Communist Party of Romania, Romanian Communist government
Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his acti...
Adrian Cioroianu

Adrian Cioroianu

male, 42 years old
Magazine editor, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, Foreign Affairs Minister, Timiş County, Cold War historian, Member of the Romanian National Liberal Party…Senate of Romania, accession of Romania to the European Union, From Romania, CommunistRomania
Adrian Mihai Cioroianu (b. January 5, 1967) is a Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist. A lecturer for the History Department at...

George Coşbuc

male, deceased (1918)
Romanian Greek-Catholics, Romanian Austro-Hungarians, Austro-Hungarian immigrants to Romania, From transylvania, Magazine editor, Newspaper editor…communist, CommunistRomania
George Coşbuc (September 20 1866, Hordou, nowadays George Coşbuc in Bistriţa-Năsăud County-May 9 1918, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, trans...
Mircea Dinescu

Mircea Dinescu

male, 59 years old
Romanian magazine founder, Coup D'etat, Newspaper editor, Magazine editor, Romanian newspaper founder, Recipient of the Star of Romania Order…communist regime, CommunistRomania, President of Romania
Mircea Dinescu is a Romanian poet, editor and dissident. Nicknamed "The Jester-Poet", he is said to be the only one to have been once the doorman...