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Also Known As Vlad III Dracula • Vlad Ţepeș • Vlad III Drăculea • Vlad III
Born 1431 • Sighișoara • Romania
Died 1476 (aged 45) • Bucharest • Romania

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Anthimus of Iberia
Romanian bishop and writer
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Michael
prince of Walachia
Tudor Vladimirescu
Walachian leader
Matthew Basarab
prince of Walachia
Ienăchiƫă Văcărescu
Romanian author
Bela Karolyi
Romanian gymnastics coach
Iancu Văcărescu
Romanian author
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi
Romanian-French sculptor
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade
Romanian religious historian and author
Negulesco, Jean
Jean Negulesco
Romanian-born artist and director
Nicolas C. Paulescu
Romanian physiologist
Paul Celan
Paul Celan
Romanian-born poet
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu
president of Romania
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
American author
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
French dramatist
Iannis Xenakis, 1965.
Iannis Xenakis
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Romanian gymnast
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