Bellu
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Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
.
It is located on a plot of land donated to the local administration by Baron Barbu Bellu
Barbu Bellu
Barbu Bellu was a Romanian baron, minister of culture, and minister of justice. Bellu, the most famous cemetery in Romania, sits on a plot of land donated by Barbu Bellu to the local administration....
. It has been in use since 1858.
Notable interments
- Theodor AmanTheodor AmanTheodor Aman was a Romanian painter of Armenian descent. His style is often considered to be a predecessor of Impressionism.He is buried in Bellu cemetery.-External links:...
- George BacoviaGeorge BacoviaGeorge Bacovia was a Romanian symbolist poet. While he initially belonged to the local Symbolist movement, his poetry came to be seen as a precursor of Romanian Modernism and eventually established him in critical esteem alongside Tudor Arghezi, Lucian Blaga and Ion Barbu as one of the most...
- Ion BarbuIon BarbuIon Barbu was a distinguished Romanian mathematician and poet.He was born in Câmpulung-Muscel, Argeş County, the son of Constantin Barbilian and Smaranda, born Şoiculescu. He attended Ion Brătianu High School in Piteşti and Gheorghe Lazăr High School in Bucharest...
- Andrei Blaier
- Dimitrie BrândzăDimitrie BrândzaDimitrie Brândză was a Romanian botanist. He founded the Botanical Garden of Bucharest which is now named in his honor.He was a professor at the University of Iaşi and the University of Bucharest, as well as a member of the Romanian Academy....
- Marius BunescuMarius BunescuMarius Bunescu was a Romanian painter, organizer of the National Museum of Art, and director of the Anastase Simu Museum....
- Scarlat CallimachiScarlat Callimachi (communist activist)Scarlat Callimachi or Calimachi was a Romanian journalist, essayist, futurist poet, trade unionist, and communist activist, a member of the Callimachi family of boyar and Phanariote lineage...
- Aristide Caradja
- Ion Luca CaragialeIon Luca CaragialeIon Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...
- Toma CaragiuToma CaragiuToma Caragiu was a prolific Romanian theatre, television and film actor.He was born in an Aromanian family, in the Greek village of Aetomilitsa, in the region of Epirus on August the 21st 1925. Toma Caragiu was one of the best Romanian actors, with a rich activity in both film and theatre...
- Panait CernaPanait CernaPanait Cerna was a Romanian poet, philosopher, literary critic and translator...
- Dina CoceaDina CoceaDina Cocea was a Romanian stage actress and occasional movie star with a career that spanned 50 years. Among other activities, Cocea was an actor in residence at Bucharest's National Theatre for 17 years, a university professor, writer and columnist, playwright, political activist and...
- Corneliu CoposuCorneliu Coposu-Early life:Coposu was born in Bobota, Sălaj County to the Romanian Greek-Catholic archpriest Valentin Coposu and his wife Aurelia Coposu...
- George CoşbucGeorge CosbucGeorge Coşbuc was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also its occasions for joy....
- Hariclea DarcléeHariclea DarcléeHariclea Darclée was a celebrated Romanian operatic soprano. She possessed an agile, powerful, and beautiful voice that was wielded with a fine technique. An extremely beautiful woman, Darclée's stage presence was as elegant and refined as her singing...
- Anghel DemetriescuAnghel DemetriescuAnghel Demetriescu was a Romanian historian, writer and literary critic, member of the Romanian Academy in 1902.-Childhood and studies:...
- Ovid DensusianuOvid DensusianuOvid Densusianu was a Romanian poet, philologist, linguist and folklorist. He is known for introducing new trends of European modernism into Romanian literature.He was a professor at the University of Bucharest, and a member of the Romanian Academy....
- Ion DiaconescuIon DiaconescuIon Diaconescu was a Romanian anti-Communist activist and politician. He was imprisoned as a political prisoner for seventeen years from 1947 to 1964 during Romania's Communist era...
- Gheorghe DinicăGheorghe DinicaGheorghe Dinică was a Romanian actor.Dinică showed an early interest in acting, being part of different amateur theater troupes since he was 17. In 1957, he entered The National Institute of Theatre and Cinematography Art in Bucharest. He graduated in 1961, already drawing public attention with...
- Octav Doicescu
- Ion DolanescuIon DolănescuIon Dolănescu was a Romanian singer of popular music and politician.-Songs:* M-am născut printre Carpaţi* Gorjule, grădină dulce* De când sunt pe-acest pământ* Mândro, când ne iubeam noi...
- Mihai EminescuMihai EminescuMihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...
- Paul EveracPaul EveracPaul Everac was a prolific Romanian drama writer who wrote under his birth name, Petre Constantinescu.He was Chairman of the Romanian Television between 1993 and 1994...
- Eugen FilottiEugen FilottiEugen Filotti was a Romanian diplomat, journalist and writer. As a diplomat he worked at the League of Nations in Geneva and then as minister plenipotentiary in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary. As minister plenipotentiary to Budapest he issued transit visas for Jews during the Holocaust...
- EvlogiEvlogi GeorgievEvlogi Georgiev was a major Bulgarian merchant, banker and benefactor. The main building of the Sofia University was built with a large financial donation by him and his brother Hristo Georgiev.-Biography:...
and Hristo Georgievi - Dimitrie GustiDimitrie GustiDimitrie Gusti was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iaşi and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister of Education in 1932-1933...
- Bogdan Petriceicu HasdeuBogdan Petriceicu HasdeuBogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu was a Romanian writer and philologist, who pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history. Hasdeu is considered to have been able to understand 26 languages .-Life:...
- Iulia HasdeuIulia HasdeuIulia Haşdeu had a famous father in the person of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, a Romanian writer and philologist. Even though she died of tuberculosis at the age of 18, Iulia made many significant achievements. She wrote poems and prose, taught herself foreign languages and studied piano and canto....
- Nae IonescuNae IonescuNae Ionescu was a Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist. Near the end of his career, he became known for his antisemitism and devotion to far right politics, in the years leading up to World War II.-Life:...
- Iorgu IordanIorgu IordanIorgu Iordan was a Romanian linguist, philologist, diplomat, journalist, and left-wing agrarian, later communist, politician. The author of works on a large variety of topics, most of them dealing with issues of the Romanian language and Romance languages in general, he was elected a full member...
- Nicolae IorgaNicolae IorgaNicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...
- Petre IspirescuPetre IspirescuPetre Ispirescu was a Romanian printer and publicist.-Biography:Born in Bucharest, his parents wanted him to be a priest and he was entrusted to study with a monk at the Metropolitan Church, after he studied with a priest at the Doamna Bălaşa Church....
- Panait IstratiPanait IstratiPanait Istrati was a Romanian writer of French and Romanian expression, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky of the Balkans. Istrati was first noted for the depiction of one homosexual character in his work.-Early life:...
- Ştefan Octavian IosifStefan Octavian IosifŞtefan Octavian Iosif was a Romanian poet and translator of Aromanian origin.-Life:Born in Braşov, Transylvania , he studied in his native town and in Sibiu before completing his education in Paris. While in France, he met Dimitrie Anghel, who would became a long-time friend...
- Nicolae LabişNicolae LabisNicolae Labiș was a Romanian poet.-Early life:His father, Eugen, was the son of a forest brigade soldier and himself fought in World War II; he became a schoolteacher in 1931. His mother Ana-Profira, the daughter of a peasant killed in the Battle of Mărășești, was also a schoolteacher...
- Ştefan LuchianStefan LuchianȘtefan Luchian or Lukian was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works.-Early life:He was born in Ștefănești, a village of Botoșani County, as the son of Major Dumitru Luchian and of Elena Chiriacescu. The Luchian family moved to Bucharest in 1873 and his mother desired...
- Alexandru MacedonskiAlexandru MacedonskiAlexandru Macedonski was a Wallachian-born Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism in his native country, and for leading the Romanian Symbolist movement during its early decades...
- Lia ManoliuLia ManoliuLia Manoliu was a Romanian discus thrower who won three Olympic medals, including one gold. She was the first Track & Field athlete to compete at six Olympics....
- Ion MinulescuIon MinulescuIon Minulescu was a Romanian avant-garde poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, literary critic, and playwright. Often publishing his works under the pseudonyms I. M. Nirvan and Koh-i-Noor , he journeyed to Paris, where he was heavily influenced by the growing Symbolist movement and...
- Ovidiu Iuliu MoldovanOvidiu Iuliu MoldovanOvidiu Iuliu Moldovan was a Romanian actor known for his work in Romanian film and television roles. However, Moldovan focused almost exclusively on theater and stage roles during the later years of his career....
- Theodor PalladyTheodor PalladyTheodor Pallady was a Romanian painter.-Biography:Pallady was born in Iaşi, but at a young age, his family moved to Dresden, where he studied engineering at the Dresden University of Technology between 1887 and 1889. At the same time, he studied art with Erwin Oehme, who, recognising his artistic...
- Nicolae PaulescuNicolae PaulescuNicolae Paulescu was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine, the discoverer of insulin . The "pancreine" was a crude extract of bovine pancreas in salted water, after which some impurites were removed with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.-Early life and activities:Born in Bucharest,...
- Adrian PăunescuAdrian PaunescuAdrian Păunescu was a Romanian poet, journalist, and politician. Though criticised for praising dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Păunescu was called "Romania's most famous poet" in a Associated Press story, quoted by the New York Times.-Life:Born in Copăceni, Bălţi County, in what is now the Republic...
- Amza PelleaAmza PelleaAmza Pellea was one of the most important Romanian actors, being remarked both for his theatre and his film acting.Born in Băileşti, in Oltenia, he attended the Carol I High School...
- Camil PetrescuCamil PetrescuCamil Petrescu was a Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet. He marked the end of the traditional novel era and laid the foundation of the modern novel era.- Life :...
- Cezar PetrescuCezar PetrescuCezar Petrescu was a Romanian journalist, novelist and children's writer.He was inspired by the works of Honoré de Balzac, attempting to write a Romanian novel cycle that would mirror Balzac's La Comédie humaine...
- Constantin Titel PetrescuConstantin Titel PetrescuConstantin Titel Petrescu was a Romanian politician and lawyer. He was the leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party.He was born in Craiova, the son of an employee of the National Bank in Bucharest...
- Gică PetrescuGica PetrescuGică Petrescu was a prolific Romanian popular music composer and performer. He made his debut at age 18 by joining a student band, having just graduated from the "Gheorghe Şincai" high school in Bucharest. His official debut was made by performing for radio audiences in 1937...
- Florian PittişFlorian PittisFlorian Pittiş was a Romanian stage and television actor, theatre director, folk music singer, and radio producer.He attended the Gheorghe Lazăr High School in Bucharest and in 1968 he graduated from the Institute of Theatre...
- Marin PredaMarin PredaMarin Preda was a Romanian novelist, one of the best-known post-WWII Romanian writers.Preda was born in Teleorman county, in a village called Siliştea-Gumeşti, into a family of peasants. He first studied at school in his home village, then schools in Abrud and Cristur-Odorhei...
- George PruteanuGeorge PruteanuGeorge Mihail Pruteanu was a Romanian literary critic, university professor, and politician.His father, Paul Pruteanu, was a medical doctor and a university professor who researched the history of Moldavian medicine. His mother, Sofia Pruteanu, was an office worker...
- Nicolae RădescuNicolae RadescuNicolae Rădescu was a Romanian army officer and political figure. He was the last pre-communist rule Prime Minister of Romania, serving from December 7, 1944 to March 1, 1945....
- Dem RădulescuDem RadulescuDem Rădulescu was a Romanian theatre, film and television actor and academic. He was also a professor at the Universitatea Naţională de Artă Teatrală şi Cinematografică – I.L. Caragiale, in Bucharest.-Personal life:...
- Constantin Rădulescu-MotruConstantin Radulescu-MotruConstantin Rădulescu-Motru was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as centre-left nationalist politician with a noted anti-fascist discourse...
- Liviu RebreanuLiviu RebreanuLiviu Rebreanu was a Romanian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and journalist.- Life :Born in Târlișua , Transylvania, then part of Austria-Hungary, he was the second of thirteen children born to Vasile Rebreanu, a schoolteacher, and Ludovica Diuganu, descendants of peasants...
- Mihail SadoveanuMihail SadoveanuMihail Sadoveanu was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting republican head of state under the communist regime . One of the most prolific Romanian-language writers, he is remembered mostly for his historical and adventure novels, as...
- Dan SpătaruDan SpataruDan George Spătaru was a Romanian singer.His songs include: "De vrei să ştii ce înseamnă", "Dragu mi-i de ţara mea, Drum bun", "Drumurile noastre toate", "În rândul patru'"', "Măicuţă, îţi mulţumesc", "Nimic nu e prea mult'"', "Nu vreau să plângi", "Prietene", "Să cântăm, chitara mea", "Spune-mi,...
- Nichita StănescuNichita StanescuNichita Stănescu was a Romanian poet and essayist. He is the most acclaimed contemporary Romanian language poet, loved by the public and generally held in esteem by literary critics.-Biography:...
- Laura StoicaLaura StoicaLaura Stoica was a Romanian singer, composer and actress.In 1986, she graduated from the "Popular Arts School" in Târgovişte with a degree in classic canto. Afterwards, she participated at all the major new-talent contests held in Romania...
- Constantin TănaseConstantin TanaseConstantin Tănase was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania.-Life:Born into a working-class family living in a peasant house in Vaslui, Romania...
- Maria TănaseMaria TanaseMaria Tănase was a renowned Romanian singer of Romanian traditional or non-contemporary folklore.-Biography:Born in the Bucharest suburb of Cărămidari, Maria Tănase's Primary School was nr. 11 Tăbăcari. She made her stage debut in Cărămidarii de Jos, at the Ion Heliade Rădulescu High School...
- Ionel TeodoreanuIonel TeodoreanuIonel Teodoreanu was a Romanian novelist and lawyer. He is mostly remembered for his books on the themes of childhood and adolescence.-Biography:...
- Alexandru Tocilescu
- Vasile VasilacheVasile VasilacheVasile Vasilache was a writer from Moldova.George Meniuc was born to Ion and Elizabeta Vasilache on May 20, 1918, in Unţeşti. In 1965 he became a member of the Moldovan Writers' Union...
- Grigore Vasiliu BirlicGrigore Vasiliu BirlicGrigore Vasiliu Birlic was one of the greatest Romanian actors, with a rich history in theatre, television and film. He was best known for comedy roles....
- Elena VăcărescuElena VacarescuElena Văcărescu or Hélène Vacaresco was a Romanian-French aristocrat writer, twice a laureate of the Académie française.-Life:...
- Artur VăitoianuArtur VaitoianuArtur or Arthur Văitoianu was a Romanian general who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about two months in 1919...
- Aurel VlaicuAurel VlaicuAurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot.-Biography:Aurel Vlaicu was born in Binţinţi , Geoagiu, Transylvania. He attended Calvinist High School in Orăştie and took his Baccalaureate in Sibiu in 1902...
- Traian VuiaTraian VuiaTraian Vuia was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, builtand flew an early aircraft. His first flight traveled about 12 m at Montesson, France on March 18, 1906...