List of Aromanians

This is a list in progress of world famous or important Aromanians and people having Aromanian ancestry.

Art

• Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian playwright and writer, representative of literary movement Junimea
• Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1790), Serbian Orthodox icon painter^[1]
• Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic (1954-1989)
• Yanaki and Milton Manaki (Yanaki and Milton Manaki), Macedonian photographers and filmmakers
• Branislav Nušić, Serbian novelist and playwright, Greek-Aromanian father^[2]
• Jovan Sterija Popović, Serbian writer, possibly Greek-Aromanian father
• Florica Prevenda, Romanian painter
• Camil Ressu, Romanian painter

Theatre and film

• Alexandru Arsinel, Romanian actor and comedian^[3]
• Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor
• Taško Načić (1934–1993), Serbian actor, of paternal Aromanian descent^[4]
• Dan Piţa, Romanian filmmaker
• Sander Prosi

Benefactors

• George Averoff (1818–1899), Vlach from Metsovo, Epirus, Greece; grand donator of Panathinaiko Stadium, battleship Averof, the Grand School of Alexandria, the Greek Cadet School
• Georgios Sinas (1783–1856), Vlach from Moscopole, lived in Vienna, Budapest and Alexandria in Egypt; businessman and former Greek Consul in Vienna; benefactor of Greece, Austria-Hungary and donator of prominent buildings in Athens, masterpieces of architecture
• Simon Sinas (1810–1876), son of George Sinas; lived in Budapest; donator and founder of the Academy of Budapest, the Athens Orthodox Cathedral, the Athens Academy

Clergy and missionaries

• Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople
• Theodore Kavalliotis^[5]
• Andrei Şaguna, Romanian patriot, bishop, baron of Şaguna, then Metropolitan - Romanian Orthodox Church of Transylvania

Commerce and business

• Emanoil Gojdu, Romanian-Hungarian lawyer and philanthropist
• Mocioni family, also spelled as Mocsony (Hung.), barons, famous philanthropists and Austrian imperial bankers, one branch established in Romania, one in Belgrade, Serbia, and another in Pest, Hungary

Music

• Elena Gheorghe, Romanian singer
• Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter of pop songs^[6]

Politicians

• Evangelos Averoff, Greek minister and leader of the New Democracy party
• Nicolae Constantin Batzaria, also spelled Besaria, Basarya or Bazaria (1874-1952), Macedonian-born Aromanian cultural activist, Ottoman statesman and Romanian writer; pen names were Moş Nae, Moş Ene and Ali Baba
• Costică Canacheu, Romanian politician, deputy in the Romanian Parliament, secretary of the Democratic Party
• Ion Caramitru, Romanian politician, former Minister of Culture
• Alcibiades Diamandi, political figure of Greece, one member of the committee who sent letters asking for an autonomous Vlach statelet in 1917 under Italian protection (later called Principality of Pindus) and during the Second World War leader of the Vlach "Roman Legion", an organization who helped the Italian army during the occupation of Greece^[7]
• Michael Dukakis, American Governor of Massachusetts and former presidential candidate (Greek Aromanian mother)^[8]
• Frashëri brothers, Abdyl, Naim and Sami, Albanian national activists^[9][10]
• Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian author
• Ioannis Kolettis, Greek Prime Minister, declared independence from the Ottoman Empire^[11]
• Apostol Mărgărit, leader of the pro-Romanian faction of the Aromanians of Greece, inspector of the Romanian schools and member of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest
• Nicolaos Matussis, politician and lawyer, leader of the collaborationist Vlach "Roman Legion" (1942-43)

Science and engineering

• Elie Carafoli, Romanian-educated, born in Greece, aerodynamics innovator, university teacher
• Jovan Karamata (1902–1967), Serbian mathematician, paternal Greek-Aromanian descent^[12]
• Mina Minovici, Romanian forensic scientist; director of the first Romanian Institute of Legal Medicine; founder of the modern medico-legal system

Historians

• Neagu Djuvara, Romanian diplomat and historian
• George Murnu, Romanian historian

Philologists

• Daniel Moscopolites, Greek philologist, author of famous lexicon

Sports

• Gigi Becali, politician; owner of the Steaua Bucureşti football club
• Cristian Gaţu, Romanian handball player^[13]
• Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian football player^[14]
• Simona Halep, tennis player from Romania, 2008 Roland Garros junior champion^[15]
• Dominique Moceanu, Romanian-American gymnast^[16]

Military

• Konda Bimbaša (ca. 1770–1813), Serbian revolutionary, possibly Greek-Aromanian
• Pitu Guli (1865–1903), IMRO commander

References

1. Dinko Davidov (1990). Spomenici Budimske eparhije. Просвета. цинцарска породица Грабован
2. Narodni muzej Smederevo (1969). Posebno izdanje. Narodni muzej Smederevo. p. 126.
3. http://www.libertatea.ro/detalii/articol/aromanii-romania-simona-halep-familie-hagi-gatu-470295.html
4. Glasnik Etnografskog instituta 52. Научно дело. 2004. p. 174. Донка је имала рођаке међу Цинцарима у Зајечару, од којих је потицао и познати глумац Та- шко Начић
5. Lloshi, Xhevat (2008). Rreth Alfabetit te shqipes. Logos. pp. 273–276. ISBN 9989582688. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
6. Tose Proeski Timeline, Legacy & History
7. Σταύρος Παπαγιάννης (Stavros Papayiannis), Τα παιδιά της λύκαινας. Οι «επίγονοι» της 5ης Ρωμαϊκής Λεγεώνας κατά τη διάρκεια της Κατοχής (1941-1944) (The children of the she-wolf. The descendants of the 5th Roman Legion during the Occupation 1941-1944), Εκδόσεις Σοκόλη. ISBN 978-960-7210-71-5, 1999, 2004
8. Tapping another ethnic group, in The New York Times, October 17, 1988
9. Arno Tanner (2004). The Forgotten Minorities of Eastern Europe: The History and Today of Selected Ethnic Groups in Five Countries. East-West Books. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-952-91-6808-8.
10. Ethnologia Balkanica. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 150–. GGKEY:ES2RY3RRUDS.
11. Richard Clogg. A Concise History of Greece. p. 47. Ioannis Kolettis, a Hellenised Vlach.
12. The Greek Communities in former Yugoslavia (17th - 20th century) republication of article of Kathimerini newspaper, from 12th of July 1998
13. http://www.ziare.com/cristian-gatu/frh/interviu-cristian-gatu-nepasarea-fata-de-sport-e-o-crima-1032834
14. http://adevarul.ro/news/sport/adevarul-live-grigore-cartianu-vorbeste-despre-cartea-hagi-distribui-joi-ziarul-adevarul-1799-lei-1_538c36090d133766a8385e3b/index.html
15. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-2479041/Simona-Halep-Heather-Watson-Justine-Henin-Roger-Federer--Queen-Aces.html
16. http://www.farsarotul.org/nl20_5.htm

• A vast, yet incomplete attempt to explain the Byzantine identity via political (Imperial), religious (Christian) and ethnical Romania by the Vlach Connection (in English)