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
 * 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 Rădăuțan, physicist
 * Nikolay Sclifosovsky, Russian surgeon and physiologist
 * Nicolae Testemițanu, physician, surgeon and hygienist
 * 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
 * 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