Ghencea Cemetery

Ghencea Military Cemetery
Romania
The entrance to the military section
For the Heroes of the Wars
Location44°25′06″N 26°03′12″E / 44.41833°N 26.05333°E / 44.41833; 26.05333
Bucharest, Romania
Burials by war

Ghencea Cemetery is located in Ghencea neighbourhood of Bucharest, on Ghencea Boulevard, in Sector 6. The cemetery has two sections, civilian[1] and military.[2]

Notable interments

  • Cabiria Andreian Cazacu (1928–2018), mathematician
  • Gheorghe Argeșanu (1883–1940), general and statesman
  • Niki Atanasiu (1907–1967), actor
  • Mihai Baicu (1975–2009), footballer
  • Grigore Bălan (1896–1944), general in World War II
  • Iolanda Balaș (1936–2016), athlete and Olympic champion
  • Maria Butaciu (1940–2018), performer of folklore music
  • Gianu Bucurescu (1924–2016), Securitate officer
  • Cornelia Catangă (1958–2021), singer
  • Elena Ceaușescu (1916–1989), communist activist and wife of President Nicolae Ceaușescu
  • Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918–1989), 1st President of Romania
  • Nicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), communist politician and second son of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
  • Mihai Chițac (1928–2010), general and 117th Minister of the Interior
  • Lucreția Ciobanu (1924–2015), folk singer from Sibiu
  • Mihai Constantinescu (1946–2019), musician
  • Florența Crăciunescu (1955–2008), Olympic athlete
  • Gheorghe Cucu (1882–1932), composer, conductor, and folklorist
  • Ion Dincă (1928–2007), communist politician, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mayor of Bucharest
  • Eugenia Greceanu (1928–2016), architect
  • Aimée Iacobescu (1946–2018), actress
  • Ion Iliescu (1930–2025), politician and engineer who served as the first and the third President of Romania
  • Alexandru Ioanițiu (1890–1941), general
  • Ioan Ioniță (1924–1987), Communist general and politician who served as Minister of Defence
  • Mihaela Mitrache (1955–2008), actress
  • Mariana Nicolesco (1948–2022), operatic soprano
  • Angelo Niculescu (1921–2015), football player and manager
  • Alexis Nour (1877–1940), journalist, activist, and essayist
  • Alexandru Pastia (1893–1942), military officer
  • Gheorghe Pintilie (1902–1985), 1st Director of the Securitate
  • Temistocle Popa (1921–2013), composer, musician, and film actor
  • Cristian Popescu (1959–1995), poet
  • Tudor Postelnicu (1931–2017), communist politician, Director of the Securitate, Interior Minister
  • Ilie Savu (1920–2010), footballer and coach
  • Alexandru Șerbănescu (1912–1944), flying ace in World War II
  • Iosif Sîrbu (1925–1964), sport shooter and Romania’s first ever Olympic champion
  • Niculae Spiroiu (1936–2022), general and 78th Minister of National Defense
  • Toni Tecuceanu (1972–2010), comedy actor
  • Costică Toma (1928–2008), footballer and coach
  • Nicolae Tonitza (1886–1940), painter and illustrator
  • Cristian Țopescu (1937–2018), journalist and politician
  • Virgil Trofin (1926–1984), communist politician
  • Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949–2015), leader of the Greater Romania Party, poet, writer, journalist, and a Member of the European Parliament
  • Olimpian Ungherea (1937–2012), writer
  • Doru-Viorel Ursu (1953–2024), politician and lawyer
  • Ștefan Vencov (1899–1955), physicist and rector of Politehnica University
  • Ilie Verdeț (1925–2001), 51st Prime Minister of Romania
  • Iulian Vlad (1931–2017), last Director of the Securitate

References

  1. ^ "Cimitirul Ghencea". 25 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.