The University of Bucharest, commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making one of the oldest modern Romanian universities. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium.
Șerban Vodă Cemetery is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania.
The Saint Sava National College, Bucharest, named after Sabbas the Sanctified, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious high schools in Romania. It was founded in 1694, under the name of the Royal Academy of Bucharest.
In 2006, Romanian Television conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considered the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time, in a version of the British TV show 100 Greatest Britons. The resulting series, Great Romanians, included individual programmes on the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme. It concluded with a debate. On 21 October, TVR announced that the "greatest Romanian of all time" according to the voting was Stephen the Great.
Popescu is a family name very common in Romania. Used on its own, it may refer to:
The Carol I National College is a high school located in central Craiova, Romania, on Ioan Maiorescu Street. It is one of the most prestigious secondary education institutions in Romania. Between 1947 and 1997 it operated under the name of Nicolae Bălcescu High School.
Ion is a masculine given name. The written form corresponds to two names that are different and unrelated in origin.
Rădulescu is a family name that is common in Romania.
Marin or Marín is a common surname in Romance-speaking Europe and Latin America, while also being a given name in Croatia, Albania and Bulgaria. It is a variant of the Latin name Marinus.
Dumitrescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Barbu is a male Romanian given name or a surname; of obscure origin, it may derive from either the word barbă ("beard") or serve as the masculine form of Barbara.
Ciobanu is a Romanian surname, common in Romania and Moldova. Notable persons with the surname include:
Munteanu is a Romanian language surname. When transliterated from Russian, in may be spelled as Muntyanu. It is commonly found in Romania and Moldova and literally translates as "highlander". Notable people with this surname include:
Radu is a Romanian surname, and may refer to:
Events from the year 1940 in Romania.
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