List of Vlachs
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This is not a complete list (as complete as it gets) of world famous or important Vlachs (people having Aromanian descendency)
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Actors
- Costache Caragiale, actor, playwright
- Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor;
- Ion Caramitru, Romanian actor, former minister of culture;
- Tasko Nacic, Serbian actor;
Clergy
- Andrei Şaguna, Romanian patriot, bishop, baron of Şaguna, then Metropolitan - Romanian Orthodox Church of Transylvania;
- Ioachim Mărtineanu, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan, described martyrized Moscopole;
Commerce and business
- Darvari family, famous philantropists and Austrian Imperial bankers;
- Dumba family, famous philantropists and Austrian Imperial bankers;
- Hagi Meitani, Austrian Imperial baron, Wallachian stateman;
- Mocioni family, famous philantropists and Austrian Imperial bankers;
- Marcu Puiu, Austrian philantropist and nobleman in the 18th century;
- Simon Sina (1782-1856), Austrian financial magnate;
- Sina family, famous philantropists and Imperial bankers, also members of the Hungarian nobility;
- Hagi Moscu, Austrian Imperial baron, Wallachian stateman;
Music
- Apostolos Kaldaras, Greek composer;
- Tose Proeski, Popular singer, Macedonian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004
- Kaliopi Bukle, Popular singer in Macedonia
Politicians
- Evangelos Averoff, former Greek minister and former leader of the New Democracy party;
- Bellu family, emigrating from martyrized Moscopole, offered several Wallachian statemen and one Romanian Prime Minister (conservative);
- George Becali, Romanian politician
- Ioan Gheorghe Caragea, Wallachian Voivode (1812-1818);
- Nicolae Caragea, Wallachian Voivode (1782-1783);
- Ghica family, Wallachian and Moldavian voivodes and Romanian Prime Ministers;
- Octavian Goga, famous Romanian author, poet and former Prime Minister of Romania;
- Ştefan Octavian Iosif, famous Romanian author;
- Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek revolutionary;
- Ioan Coletti General, obtained Greek Independence from the Ottoman Empire - as Ioannis Kolettis, Greek Prime Minister;
- Neofit Doukas, infamous as Greek politician, for he became an enemy of the Aromanian language;
- Lazar Paču, economist and politician in Kingdoms of Serbia and Yugoslavia;
- George Padioti, famous Vlach minority rights activist in Greece;
- Rigas Velestinlis-Fereos, Greek poet and revolutionaire, depicted on the Greek 10 eurocents coin;
- Aleksandar Cincar-Markovic, Serbian minister of foreign affairs 1939-1941;
- Kosta Kumanudi, Serbian minister of finances 1921-1922;
- Hari Kostov, Macedonian Prime Minister June 2004 - November 2004, Minister of Internal Affairs 2002 - 2004
- Pitu Guli, Revolutionary, died defending the first Macedonian republic of Krushevo 1903, mentioned in the Macedonian hymn
- Vangel Dinu, President of the first Macedonian government formed during the Krushevo Republic in 1903
- Taki Fiti, Macedonian Minister of Finance, 1996-1998, Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Skopje
Science
- Ion Juvara, famous Romanian surgeon, professor and head of University Department;
- Dinischiotu family, several famous Romanian physicians and professors;
- Tārpa family, several famous Romanian physicians;
- Jovan Karamata, Serbian mathematician (1902-1967)
Sports
- Gheorghe Hagi, famous Romanian soccer player;
- Joshko Milenkovski, manager of the Macedonian Volleyball Team, Manager of Rabotnicki Fersped, the Macedonian volleyball champion.
Writers
- Cavaliotti family, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
- Daniil family, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
- Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian playwright (born in an Aromanian family originally from Macedonia);
- Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author, son of Ion Luca Caragiale;
- Matyla Ghyka, famous Romanian prince, polymath, architect, mathematician and author;
- Mitrush Kuteli, Albanian poet
- Iosipos Moisiodax, Greek author
- Constantin Noica, Romanian philosopher
- Branislav Nušić, Serbian novelist and playwright
- Pericle Papahagi, outstanding Romanian intellectual;
- Anton Pann, Romanian author
- Lasgush Poradeci, Albanian poet
- Gheorghe Constantin Roja, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
- Constantin Ucuţa, Moscopolitan Orthodox father, Viennese and Prussian intellectual;
- Ucuţa family, several famous intellectuals in the 18th century;
Poets
- Constantin Belimace, poet, author Dimāndarea părintească;
- Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet (his mother was of Aromanian origin);
- Constantin Papanace, poet, author, Mica Antologie Aromānească;
- George Murnu, poet, translator of Iliad and Odyssey;
- Gellu Naum, Romanian surrealist poet
- Pashko Vasa, Albanian poet;
Philologists
- Mihail G. Boiagi, philologist, grammarian, author, first Aromanian grammar and cultural hero;
- Tache Papahagi, linguist, and outstanding Romanian intellectual;
- Daniel Moscopolites, Greek philologist, author of famous lexicon;
Historians
- Neagu Djuvara, famous diplomat and historian
- Alexandru Xenopol, Romanian historian.
Others
- Manaki Brothers (Yanaki and Milton) film and photography pioneers in the Balkans, from present day Macedonia
Note that "Vlachs" is a term that can be used for both all the Romanic people of South-Eastern Europe, including Daco-Romanians. This list only includes Aromanians, for a list of Daco-Romanians see: List of Romanians
References
- A vastly performant, yet incomplete attempt to explain the Byzantine identity via political (Imperial), religious (Christian) and ethnical Romania by The Vlach Connection (http://www.friesian.com/decdenc2.htm) (in English)
- Manaki Brothers, a short biography (http://www.unet.com.mk/manaki97/manaki_e.htm)