List of Famous people born in Moldova

Sergey Valeryevich Aksyonov is the Head of the Republic of Crimea from 9 October 2014 which is an internationally disputed federal subject of Russia located on the Crimean Peninsula. Member of the Bureau of the Supreme Council of the party United Russia.

Sofia Polcanova is an Moldovan-Austrian table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Jian Fang Lay, and as part of the Austrian team in the women's team event.

Sergiu Toma is a Moldovan-born Emirati judoka. He competed for the United Arab Emirates in the 81 kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games and defeated Takanori Nagase to enter the semi-finals. He lost his semi-final match to Khasan Khalmurzaev, but then beat Matteo Marconcini in the bronze medal match. At the 2008 and 2012 Olympics he competed for Moldova but was eliminated in the early rounds.

Metodie Bujor is a classically trained baritone and popular Russian singer.

Ivan Vakarchuk was a Ukrainian and Soviet physicist, politician and social activist. From 1990 to 2007 and again between 2010 and 2013 he was Rector of the Lviv University. In 2007–2010 he was Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. Hero of Ukraine, he was father of the leader of the rock band Okean Elzy Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.

Sofía Ímber was a Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist and supporter of the arts. She was the founder of the Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas.

Dina Vierny was an artists' model who became a singer, French art dealer, collector and museum director.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist.

Veaceslav Platon is a Moldovan businessman and former member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He also holds Russian citizenship.

Vladimir Mitrofanovich Purishkevich was a right-wing politician in Imperial Russia, noted for his monarchist, ultra-nationalist, antisemitic and anticommunist views. Because of his restless behaviour, he was regarded as a loose cannon. At the end of 1916, he participated in the killing of Grigori Rasputin.