Radu (given name)
Radu is a masculine Romanian given name of Slavic origin, derived from the word root rad- (cf. радъ "glad"). It may refer to:
| 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 |
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
See also
- Radu (surname)
- Rădulescu (surname)
- Răducan (surname)
- Răducanu (surname)
- Rădeni (disambiguation)
- Rădești (disambiguation)
- Răduțești (disambiguation)
- Rădulești (disambiguation)
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