List of Famous people born in Moldova

Olga Bancic was a Jewish Romanian communist activist, known for her role in the French Resistance. A member of the FTP-MOI and Missak Manouchian's Group, she was captured by Nazi German forces in late 1943, and executed soon after. Bancic was married to the writer and fellow FTP-MOI fighter Alexandru Jar.

Boris Vladimirovich Zakhoder was a Russian poet, translator and children's writer. He is best known for his translations of Winnie-the-Pooh, Mary Poppins, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other children's classics.

Alexandru Gațcan is a Moldovan international footballer who plays for Krylia Sovetov Samara and the Moldova national football team as a central midfielder.

Sergey Igorevich Stepanov, commonly known as Epic Sax Guy or Ultra Sax Guy, is a Moldovan musician and composer from Transnistria and a member of the SunStroke Project. He is ethnic Russian.

Ion Ciubuc was an economist and a Moldovan politician who served as Prime Minister of Moldova from January 1997 to February 1999.

Vitalie Damașcan is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for RKC Waalwijk and the Moldova national team.

Alexandru Epureanu is a Moldovan footballer who currently plays at İstanbul Başakşehir as a centre back.

Alexander Mikhailovich Babakov is a Russian politician and member of the Duma, the Russian state parliament. Special Presidential Representative to Russians appointed by Vladimir Putin since June 19, 2012.

Vladimir Voronin is a Moldovan politician. He was the third president of Moldova from 2001 until 2009 and has been the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He was Europe's first democratically elected communist party head of state after the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc.