List of Famous people named Petru

Petru Guelfucci was a French singer.

Petru Lucinschi, also Russified with the patronymic as Pyotr Kirillovich Luchinsky is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President (1997–2001).

Petru of Moldavia was hospodar & voivode of Moldavia, and son of Alexandru cel Bun. He is traditionally believed to be the second ruler of Moldavia bearing this regnal name, though some historians have posited another Petru had ruled Moldavia in the late 14th century, making him the third Petru(Peter) in regnal order.

Petru Groza was a Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of the Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet occupation during the early stages of the Communist regime in Romania and later as the President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly from 1952 until his death in 1958.

Petru Gherghel is a Romanian prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the ninth and current Bishop of Iaşi.

Petru II Cercel, was a Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia from 1583 to 1585, legitimate son to Pătrașcu cel Bun and alleged half-brother of Mihai Viteazul. A polyglot and a minor figure as a poet, Petru is noted for having written his verses in Tuscan.

Petru Maior was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania. Maior was a member of the Greek-Catholic clergy, a historian, philosopher, and linguist.