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, July 20, 1514
 * Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)
 * Sándor Kendi, anti-Habsburg noble, August 30, 1594
 * Balthasar Báthory, anti-Habsburg noble, September 11, 1594
 * Farkas Kovacsóczy, anti-Habsburg noble, September 11, 1594
 * István Jósika, statesman, September 11, 1598
 * Starina Novak, prisoner of war, February 5, 1601
 * Habsburg monarchy
 * Horea and Cloșca, leaders of the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan, February 28, 1785
 * Norbert Ormay, colonel in the 1848 revolution, August 22, 1849
 * The 13 Martyrs of Arad, generals in the 1848 revolution, October 6, 1849
 * Moldavia
 * Luca Arbore, diplomat, April 1523
 * Bartolomeo Bruti, diplomat, 1591
 * Andronikos Kantakouzenos, statesman, 1601
 * Nichifor Beldiman, statesman, c. 1616
 * Alexandru Coci, statesman, 1653
 * Vasile Gheuca and Gavril Costachi, statesmen, 1680
 * Manolache Bogdan and Ioniță Cuza, statesmen, August 18, 1778
 * Wallachia
 * Udrea Băleanu, statesman, c. May 1601
 * Leca of Cătun, statesman, February or March 1616
 * Hrizea of Bogdănei, pretender, April to September 1657
 * Istratie Leurdeanu, statesman, 1658
 * Diicul Buicescul, pretender, July 1659
 * Constantin I Cantacuzino, statesman, 1663
 * Staico Bucșanu, statesman, June 7, 1693
 * Ottoman Empire
 * Lupu Mehedințeanu, statesman, 1618
 * Constantine Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia, February 18, 1799
 * Hungarian State
 * Stephan Ludwig Roth, 1848 revolutionary, May 11, 1849
 * Ioan Buteanu, 1848 revolutionary, May 23, 1849
 * Austria-Hungary
 * Emil Rebreanu, military officer, May 14, 1917

Kingdom of Romania

 * Filimon Sârbu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, July 19, 1941
 * Francisc Panet, communist activist, November 7, 1941
 * Pompiliu Ștefu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, March 28, 1942
 * Nicolae Mohănescu, socialist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942
 * Petre Gheorghe, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, February 8, 1943
 * Ion Antonescu, World War II-era dictator, June 1, 1946
 * Mihai Antonescu, foreign minister under Ion Antonescu, June 1, 1946
 * Gheorghe Alexianu, governor of Transnistria, June 1, 1946
 * Constantin Vasiliu, general and Gendermarie commander, June 1, 1946

Communist period

 * Nicolae Dabija, anti-communist resistance fighter (together with 6 other members of his group), October 28, 1949
 * Remus Koffler, communist activist, April 17, 1954
 * Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, purged justice minister, April 17, 1954
 * Eugen Țurcanu, Pitești Prison figure, December 17, 1954
 * Iosif Capotă, anti-communist resistance fighter, September 2, 1958
 * Toma Arnăuțoiu, anti-communist resistance fighter (together with his brother and 14 other members of his group), July 18, 1959
 * Oliviu Beldeanu, lead participant in the 1955 seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern, February 18, 1960
 * Ioanid Gang, group of five bank robbers, 1960
 * Gheorghe Arsenescu, anti-communist resistance fighter, May 29, 1962
 * Ion Rîmaru, serial killer, October 23, 1971
 * Gheorghe Ștefănescu, businessman convicted of economic crimes, December 14, 1981
 * Ion Pistol, convicted murderer, May 12, 1987
 * Vasile Trifan, convicted murderer, May 13, 1987

Romanian Revolution

 * Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator, December 25, 1989
 * Elena Ceaușescu, wife of Nicolae, December 25, 1989