Ghencea Cemetery

Ghencea Military Cemetery
Romania
The entrance to the military section
For the Heroes of the Wars
Location	44°25′06″N26°03′12″E / 44.41833°N 26.05333°E / 44.41833; 26.05333 Bucharest, Romania
Burials by war
World War I World War II

Ghencea Cemetery is located in Ghencea neighbourhood of Bucharest, on Ghencea Boulevard, in Sector 6. The cemetery has two sections, civilian ^[1] and military. ^[2]

Notable interments

• Cabiria Andreian Cazacu (1928–2018), mathematician
• Gheorghe Argeșanu (1883–1940), general and statesman
• Niki Atanasiu  [ ro ] (1907–1967), actor
• Mihai Baicu (1975–2009), footballer
• Grigore Bălan (1896–1944), general in World War II
• Iolanda Balaș (1936–2016), athlete and Olympic champion
• Maria Butaciu (1940–2018), performer of folklore music
• Gianu Bucurescu  [ ro ] (1924–2016), Securitate officer
• Cornelia Catangă (1958–2021), singer
• Elena Ceaușescu (1916–1989), communist activist and wife of President Nicolae Ceaușescu
• Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918–1989), 1st President of Romania
• Nicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), communist politician and second son of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
• Mihai Chițac (1928–2010), general and 117th Minister of the Interior
• Lucreția Ciobanu  [ ro ] (1924–2015), folk singer from Sibiu
• Mihai Constantinescu  [ ro ] (1946–2019), musician
• Florența Crăciunescu (1955–2008), Olympic athlete
• Gheorghe Cucu  [ ro ] (1882–1932), composer, conductor, and folklorist
• Ion Dincă (1928–2007), communist politician, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mayor of Bucharest
• Eugenia Greceanu  [ ro ] (1928–2016), architect
• Aimée Iacobescu (1946–2018), actress
• Ion Iliescu (1930–2025), politician and engineer who served as the first and the third President of Romania
• Alexandru Ioanițiu (1890–1941), general
• Ioan Ioniță (1924–1987), Communist general and politician who served as Minister of Defence
• Mihaela Mitrache (1955–2008), actress
• Mariana Nicolesco (1948–2022), operatic soprano
• Angelo Niculescu (1921–2015), football player and manager
• Alexis Nour (1877–1940), journalist, activist, and essayist
• Alexandru Pastia (1893–1942), military officer
• Gheorghe Pintilie (1902–1985), 1st Director of the Securitate
• Temistocle Popa (1921–2013), composer, musician, and film actor
• Cristian Popescu (1959–1995), poet
• Tudor Postelnicu (1931–2017), communist politician, Director of the Securitate, Interior Minister
• Ilie Savu (1920–2010), footballer and coach
• Alexandru Șerbănescu (1912–1944), flying ace in World War II
• Iosif Sîrbu (1925–1964), sport shooter and Romania’s first ever Olympic champion
• Niculae Spiroiu (1936–2022), general and 78th Minister of National Defense
• Toni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actor
• Costică Toma (1928–2008), footballer and coach
• Nicolae Tonitza (1886–1940), painter and illustrator
• Cristian Țopescu  [ ro ] (1937–2018), journalist and politician
• Virgil Trofin (1926–1984), communist politician
• Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949–2015), leader of the Greater Romania Party, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament
• Olimpian Ungherea  [ ro ] (1937–2012), writer
• Doru-Viorel Ursu (1953–2024), politician and lawyer
• Ștefan Vencov  [ ro ] (1899–1955), physicist and rector of Politehnica University
• Ilie Verdeț (1925–2001), 51st Prime Minister of Romania
• Iulian Vlad (1931–2017), last Director of the Securitate

Gallery

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  Former grave of Nicolae Ceaușescu
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  Entrance to the Ghencea Civilian Cemetery
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  Grave in Ghencea cemetery, with Masonic symbol
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  Grave of Alexandru Șerbănescu
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  Grave of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu

References

1. "Cimitirul Ghencea". 25 May 2014.
2. "Google Maps". Google Maps.