Radu 411274 218423268 2008-06-10T16:11:41Z Alexscho 1793225 adding: de '''Radu''' is a relatively common [[Romania]]n [[given name]] for males. It could also be a Romanian [[surname]], although it is a less frequent surname than many others. Radu-in Slavonic meaning "The happy one" ==People named Radu== * [[Radu Beligan]] (b. 1918), academician, actor, educator, professor and theatre director * [[Radu Florescu]], historian and academic of Romanian origin, Emeritus Professor of History at Boston College * [[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 Lupu]] (b. 1945), pianist. * [[Radu Manicatide]] (1912–2004), engineer and aircraft constructor * [[Radu Ştefan Mazăre]] (b. 1968), politician * [[Radu Mihăileanu]], film maker * [[Radu Sîrbu]] (b. 1978), pop singer, formerly of the boy band O-Zone * [[Radu Tudoran]] (1910–1992), novelist and translator * [[Radu Vasile]] (b. 1942), politician, historian and poet, former prime minister of Romania ===Romanian rulers=== * [[Radu Negru]], (''Radu the Black'')(~ the 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 Ţepeş of Drãculeşti (Dracula). * [[Radu cel Mare]] (''Radu the Great'') - son of Vlad Călugărul, September 1495 - April 1508 * [[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 Bădică]] - son of Radu cel Mare, November 1523 - January 1524 * [[Radu Paisie]] - son of Radu cel Mare, September - November 1534; June 1535 - March 1545 * [[Radu Ilie]], November 1552 - May 1553 * [[Radu Mihnea]] - son of Mihnea Turcitul, September 1601 - March 1602, March - May 1611, September 1611 - August 1616, August 1620 - August 1623 * [[Radu Şerban]], August 1602 - December 1610, June - September 1611 * [[Radu Iliaş]] - son of Alexandru Iliaş, July 1632 - September 1632 * [[Radu Leon]], December 1664 - March 1669 ==Other== * [[Radu (god)]], in ancient Arabic mythology, the ''god of the evening star'' * [[Radu (codename)]], the codename of a radiation weapon by Ceauşescu's Romania against critics and dissenters {{disambig}} [[Category:Romanian given names]] [[Category:Surnames]] [[de:Radu]] [[ro:Radu (dezambiguizare)]]