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, Palestinian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, and film producer and director
- Tudor Cataraga, sculptor
- Nachum Gutman, Teleneşti-born Israeli painter, sculptor, and author
- Andrei Mudrea, painter
- Alexandru Plămădeală, sculptor
- Mihai Petric, painter
- Iurie Platon, painter
- Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect
- Tudor Zbârnea, painter
Writers
- Alexandru Donici, poet and translator
- Alexei Mateevici, poet and publicist
- Alexandru Hâjdeu, writer
- Alecu Russo, writer
- 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, librarian, bibliographer and editor
- Liviu Damian, poet
- Petru Cărare, poet and epigrammatist
- Sorana Gurian, writer
- Vasile Vasilache, writer
- Victor Teleucă, writer and poet
- Vladimir Beșleagă, novelist
Musicians
Most popular in the History of the country
- Nicolae Botgros
- Eugen Doga
- Ion si Doina Aldea Teodorovici
- Maria Bieșu
- Maria Cebotari
- Ion Sulac
- Sofia Rotaru
- Anatol Dumitras
- Nicolae Glib
- Anastasia Lazariuc
- Ion Suruceanu
- Constantin Moscovici
- Iurie Sadovnic
- Anatol Mirzenco
- Zinaida Julea
- Ana Barbu
- Ana Puica
- Vitale Dani
- Ion Raiburg
- Olga Ciolacu
- Victoria Lungu
- Nelly Ciobanu
- Aura
- Irina si Anatol Bivol
- Formatia Catarsis
- Zdob şi Zdub
- Valentina Naforniță, soprano opera singer
- Dan Bălan, 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, engineer and pioneer of helicopter flight
- Vladimir Iftodi, computer science engineer, creator of the famous written in Rust
Sportsmen
- Olga Bolşova, athlete
- Alexandru Bratan, weightlifter
- Serghei Covalciuc, football player
- Ion Gonța,, boxer
- Vitalie Grușac
- Fedor Kassapu
- Boris Polak, Israeli world champion and Olympic sport shooter
- Naum Prokupets
- Alex Sherman
- Andrei Tchmil
- Vadim Vacarciuc
- Nicolae Juravschi
- Sergey "The Polar Bear" Spivak, UFC fighter
Businessmen
- Dorian Berdos
- Vladimir Plahotniuc
- Anatol Stati
- Gabriel Stati
- Ion Sturza
- Oleg Voronin
- Sam Zemurray
- Gabriela Pelin
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 Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 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
- 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
Fictional characters
- Joeki, a Moldavian prince in the Belgian comics series Robert en Bertrand by Willy Vandersteen.
Other
- Daria Harjevschi, librarian who improved the services of the Chișinău Public Library
- Elena Matei, fashion model
- Xenia Deli, fashion model
- Andrei Castravet, reality TV personality
