Radu (given name)

Radu
Pronunciation	[ˈradu]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	rad (the happy one)
Region of origin	Romania
Other names
Related names	Rada (female first name), Radoslav

Radu is a masculine Romanian given name of Slavic origin, derived from the word root rad- (cf. радъ "glad"). It may refer to:

People named Radu

Radu Albot (b. 1989), Moldovan tennis player
Radu Aldulescu (musician) (1922–2006), Romanian-Italian cellist
Radu Aldulescu (novelist) (b. 1954)
Radu Almășan (b. 1980), singer
Radu Aricescu, Romanian-British molecular neuroscientist
Radu Barbu (b. 1989), footballer
Radu Băldescu (1888–1953), Lieutenant-General during World War II
Radu Bălescu (1932–2006), Romanian and Belgian physicist
Radu Beligan (1918–2016), academician, actor, educator, professor and theatre director
Radu Berceanu (b. 1953), engineer and politician
Radu Bîrzan (b. 1999), footballer
Radu Boboc (b. 1999), footballer
Radu Boureanu (1906–1997), poet, prose writer and translator
Radu Budișteanu (1902–1991), activist of the Iron Guard
Radu Buzescu, boyar of Wallachia during the reign of Michael the Brave
Radu Florescu (1925–2014), historian and academic of Romanian origin, professor at Boston College
Radu Grigorovici (1911–2008), physicist
Radu Gyr (pen name of Radu Demetrescu, 1905–1975), poet, essayist, playwright and journalist
Prince Radu of Hohenzollern-Veringen (b. 1960 as Radu Duda), member of the Romanian Royal Family
Radu Irimescu (1890–1975), businessman, politician, and diplomat
Radu Korne (1895–1949), general
Radu Lupu (b. 1945), pianist
Radu Manicatide (1912–2004), engineer and aircraft constructor
Radu Mareș (1941–2016), writer and journalist
Radu Ștefan Mazăre (b. 1968), politician
Radu Mihăileanu (b. 1958), actor and film maker
Radu Simion (1940–2015), pan flute player
Radu Sîrbu (b. 1978), pop singer, formerly of the boy band O-Zone
Radu Stanca (1920–1962), poet, playwright, theatre director
Radu Stroe (b. 1949), navigational engineer and politician
Radu Timofte (1949–2009), soldier, politician, and spy chief
Radu Troi (b. 1949), football player
Radu Tudoran (1910–1992), novelist and translator
Radu Varia (b. 1940), art critic and art historian
Radu Vasile (1942–2013), politician, historian and poet, former prime minister of Romania
Radu Voina (b. 1950), handball player
Radu Zaharia (b. 1989), football player

Romanian rulers

Radu Negru (Radu the Black) (~13th century), Also known as Radu Negru Voievod or Radu Vodă (Voivod Radu)
Radu I of Wallachia, a ruler of the principality of Wallachia, (circa 1377 – circa 1383)
Radu II Chelul (Radu the Bald), a ruler of the principality of Wallachia in the 15th Century, ruling for 4 terms, each time preceded by Dan II
Radu cel Frumos, (Radu the Handsome) (c. 1437/1439 – 1475), was the younger brother of Vlad III the Impaler (Dracula)
Radu cel Mare (Radu the Great), son of Vlad Călugărul, September 1495 – April 1508
Radu Bădica (? – 19 January 1524), son of Radu IV the Great and Prince of Wallachia, November 1523 – January 1524
Radu de la Afumaţi (Radu of Afumaţi), son of Radu cel Mare, January - April, June - August, October 1522 - April 1523, January – June 1524, September 1524 - April 1525, August 1525 - January 1529
Radu Paisie, son of Radu cel Mare, September - November 1534; June 1535 - March 1545
Radu Mihnea, son of Mihnea Turcitul, September 1601 – March 1602, March - May 1611, September 1611 – August 1616, August 1620 – August 1623
Radu Șerban, August 1602 – December 1610, June – September 1611
Radu Iliaș, son of Alexandru Iliaș, July 1632 – September 1632
Radu Leon, December 1664 – March 1669

People named Radu

Romanian rulers

See also