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'''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
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