Craiova

Important Persons

Here is a short list of the most important persons of this town:

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• Petrache Poenaru (1799-1875), the founder of the national colleges of Bucharest and Craiova, the leader of the schooling in Wallachia during 3 decades, the inventor of the fountain-pen;
• the diplomat Nicolae Titulescu, the single diplomat who was twice elected in 1930 and 1931 the President of the United Nations League, member of the Romanian Academy, Honoris Causa Doctor of the Universities of Athena and Bratislava, President of International Diplomatic Academy;
• the engineer Gogu Constantinescu, inventor, the creator of the science of sonicity;
• the famous scientist Henri Coanda, inventor of the jet, the father of "the Coanda effect", important member of the Royal British Academy;
• mathematicians Gheorghe Titeica and Traian Lalescu;
• the astronomer Nicolae Coculescu, the founder of the Astronomical Observatory of Bucharest, laureate of the Academy of Science of Paris;
• the doctors Dimitrie Gerota, Demetru Paulian;
• the writers Alexandru Macedonski, Traian Demetrescu, Gib I. Mihaescu, Alexandru Mitru, Marin Sorescu;
• the philosopher C.Radulescu-Motru the last president of the Romanian Academy;
• the famous sculptor Constantin Brancusi;
• the painters Theodor Aman, Constantin Lecca, Eustatiu Stoenescu, Ion Tuculescu;
• the composer Ion Vasilescu;
• the tenor Grigore Gabrielescu;
• Gheorghe Mitrea (1934- ), entrepreneur and philantropist;