# List of Moldovans

This is a list of notable people, of all ethnicities, born in the Republic of Moldova, the Moldovan SSR or the historical province of Bessarabia.

## Artists and architects

* Baruch Agadati (1895-1976), Palestinian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director
* Tudor Cataraga, sculptor
* Nachum Gutman (1898-1980), Teleneşti-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author
* Valentin Mednek (1910-2008), architect
* Andrei Mudrea, painter
* Alexandru Plămădeală, sculptor
* Mihai Petric, painter
* Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect
* Tudor Zbârnea, painter

## Writers

* Alexandru Donici, poet and translator
* Ion Creanga, writer
* Alexei Mateevici, poet and publicist
* Alexandru Hâjdeu, writer
* Alecu Russo, writer
* Victor Ciobanu, writer and specialist in agriculture
* Bogdan Petriceicu-Hașdeu, writer and historian
* Constantin Stamati, writer and translator
* Constantin Stamati-Ciurea, writer and translator
* Constantin Stere, writer
* Dumitru Matcovschi, poet
* Grigore Vieru, poet and writer
* Ion Anton, poet and writer
* Ion Druță, novelist
* Ion Vatamanu, poet
* Ion Hadârcă, writer
* Lidia Kulikovski (born 1951), librarian, bibliographer and editor
* Liviu Damian, poet
* Mihai Eminescu, poet, novelist, and journalist
* Petru Cărare, poet and epigrammatist
* Sorana Gurian, writer
* Vasile Vasilache, writer
* Victor Teleucă, writer and poet
* Vladimir Beșleagă, novelist
* Sergiu Moraru, folklorist

## Musicians

* Eugen Doga
* Maria Bieșu
* Maria Cebotari
* Matthew Cornelius
* Sofia Rotaru
* Anatol Dumitras
* Nicolae Glib
* Anastasia Lazariuc
* Ion Suruceanu
* Nelly Ciobanu
* Zdob şi Zdub
* Anna Odobescu, singer and actress
* Valentina Naforniță, soprano opera singer
* Dan Bălan, pop singer
* Arsenie Todiraș, pop singer
* Natalia Barbu, pop singer
* Maria Bieșu, opera singer
* Geta Burlacu, singer
* Maria Cebotari, opera singer
* Mihai Dolgan, pop singer
* Valeriu Găină, guitarist
* Lidia Isac, pop singer
* Radu Marian, opera singer
* Sofia Rotaru, pop singer
* Radu Sîrbu, pop singer
* Pavel Stratan, folk singer
* Vika Jigulina, pop singer made famous for her hit Stereo Love
* Mark Zeltser, concert pianist
* Andrew Rayel, trance producer and DJ
* Sergey Stepanov, saxophonist, feminist

## Composers

* Ion Aldea-Teodorovici, singer
* Eugen Coca
* Eugen Doga
* Arkady Luxemburg
* Gavriil Musicescu
* Stefan Neaga

## Scientists

* Lev Berg, Russian biologist and geographer
* Ștefan Ciobanu, historian
* Nicolae Donici, astronomer
* Jerzy Neyman, Polish statistician
* Sergiu Rădăuțanu, physicist
* Nikolay Sclifosovsky, Russian surgeon and physiologist
* Nicolae Testemițanu, physician, surgeon and hygienist
* Timofei Moșneaga, physician, associate professor and former Minister of Health
* Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy, Russian chemist
* George de Bothezat (Gheorghe Botezatu), engineer and pioneer of helicopter flight

## Athletes

* Radu Albot (born 1989), first Moldovan tennis player to win an ATP title
* Olga Bolşova (born 1968), athlete
* Alexandru Bratan (born 1977), weightlifter
* Serghei Covalciuc (born 1982), football player
* Ion Gonța, (born 1978), boxer
* Vitalie Grușac
* Nicolae Juravschi
* Fedor Kassapu
* Boris Polak (born 1954), Israeli world champion and Olympic sport shooter
* Naum Prokupets
* Alex Sherman
* Ion Cuțelaba, UFC fighter
* Sergey Spivak, UFC fighter
* Andrei Tchmil
* Vadim Vacarciuc
* Marina Shafir

## Businessmen

* Anatol Stati
* Gabriel Stati
* Ion Sturza
* Oleg Voronin
* Sam Zemurray

## Politicians

* Dumitru Braghiș, former chairman of the Party for Social Democracy, former MP, former Prime Minister of Moldova
* Dorin Chirtoacă, mayor of Chișinău
* Dumitru Diacov, honorary chairman of the Democratic Party, MP, former speaker of Parliament
* Vladimir Filat, former Prime Minister of Moldova, the Liberal-Democratic Party leader
* Mihai Ghimpu, chairman of the Liberal Party, MP
* Victor Guzun, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Estonia
* Avigdor Lieberman, Moldovan-born Israeli Member of the Knesset
* Petru Lucinschi, former President of Democratic Party, MP, former speaker of the Parliament
* Alexandru Moșanu, historian, former speaker of Parliament
* Iurie Roșca, chairman of the Christian-Democratic Peoples Party, former deputy speaker of the Parliament
* Oleg Serebrian, political scientist and diplomat, former chairman of the Social-Liberal Party, former MP
* Mircea Snegur, former President of Moldova (3 Sept 1990 - 15 Jan 1997)
* Vasile Tarlev, former Prime Minister of Moldova
* Stepan Topal, Gagauz politician and activist
* Serafim Urechean, former chairman of the "Our Moldova Alliance", former MP
* Vladimir Voronin, former President of Moldova (7 Apr 2001 - 11 Sep 2009)

## Other

* Daria Harjevschi (1862-1934), librarian who improved the services of the Chișinău Public Library
* Xenia Deli, fashion model
* Zvi Kogan (1996-2024), rabbi killed in the United Arab Emirates