List of people executed in Romania
This is a list of people executed in Romania. The list includes judicial executions carried out on the territory of present-day Romania, whether by that state or its antecedents.
Earlier jurisdictions
- Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526)
- György Dózsa, peasant revolt leader, 1514
- Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)
- Sándor Kendi, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594
- Balthasar Báthory, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594
- Farkas Kovacsóczy, anti-Habsburg noble, 1594
- Starina Novak, prisoner of war, 1601
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Horea and Cloșca, leaders of the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan, 1785
- Norbert Ormay, colonel in the 1848 revolution, 1849
- The 13 Martyrs of Arad, generals in the 1848 revolution, 1849
- Moldavia
- Luca Arbore, diplomat, 1523
- Bartolomeo Brutti, diplomat, 1592
- Andronikos Kantakouzenos, statesman, 1601
- Nichifor Beldiman, statesman, ca. 1616
- Alexandru Coci, statesman, 1653
- Vasile Gheuca and Gavril Costachi, statesmen, 1680
- Manolache Bogdan and Ioniță Cuza, statesmen, 1778
- Wallachia
- Udrea Băleanu, statesman, 1600 or 1601
- Leca of Cătun, statesman, 1616
- Hrizea of Bogdănei, pretender, 1657
- Istratie Leurdeanu, statesman, 1658
- Diicul Buicescul, pretender, 1659
- Constantin I Cantacuzino, statesman, 1663
- Staico Bucșanu, statesman, ca. 1691
- Ottoman Empire
- Lupu Mehedințeanu, statesman, 1618
- Constantine Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia, 1799
- Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- Stephan Ludwig Roth, 1848 revolutionary, 1849
- Ioan Buteanu, 1848 revolutionary, 1849
- Austria-Hungary
- Emil Rebreanu, military officer, 1917
Kingdom of Romania
- Filimon Sârbu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1941
- Francisc Panet, communist activist, 1941
- Pompiliu Ștefu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942
- Nicolae Mohănescu, socialist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942
- Petre Gheorghe, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1943
- Ion Antonescu, World War II-era dictator, 1946
- Mihai Antonescu, foreign minister under Ion Antonescu, 1946
- Gheorghe Alexianu, governor of Transnistria, 1946
- Constantin Vasiliu, military general, 1946
Communist period
- Nicolae Dabija, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1949
- Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, purged justice minister, 1954
- Eugen Țurcanu, Pitești prison figure, 1954
- Iosif Capotă, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1958
- Oliviu Beldeanu, lead participant in the Berne incident, 1960
- Ioanid Gang, group of five bank robbers, 1962
- Gheorghe Arsenescu, anti-communist resistance fighter, 1962
- Ion Rîmaru, serial killer, 1971
- Gheorghe Ştefănescu, businessman convicted of economic crimes, 1981
- Ion Pistol, convicted murderer, 1987
Romanian Revolution
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator, 1989
- Elena Ceaușescu, wife of Nicolae, 1989