# Petru

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**Petru** is a given name, and may refer to:

- [Petru I of Moldavia](/source/Petru_I_of_Moldavia) (Petru Mușat, 1375–1391), ruler of Moldavia
- [Petru Aron](/source/Petru_Aron) (died 1467), ruler of Moldavia
- [Petru Bălan](/source/Petru_B%C4%83lan) (born 1976), Romanian rugby union footballer
- [Petru Cărare](/source/Petru_C%C4%83rare) (1935–2019), writer from Moldova
- [Petru Cercel](/source/Petru_Cercel) (died 1590), voivode of Wallachia, polyglot
- [Petru Dugulescu](/source/Petru_Dugulescu) (1945–2008), Romanian Baptist pastor, poet, and politician
- [Petru Filip](/source/Petru_Filip) (born 1955), current mayor of the municipality of Oradea
- [Petru Fudduni](/source/Petru_Fudduni) (c. 1600–1670), poet
- [Petru Giovacchini](/source/Petru_Giovacchini) (1910–1955), Corsican hero
- [Petru Groza](/source/Petru_Groza) (1884–1958), Romanian politician and Prime Minister
- [Petru Lucinschi](/source/Petru_Lucinschi) (born 1940), Moldova's second president
- [Petru Luhan](/source/Petru_Luhan) (born 1977), Romanian politician
- [Petru Maior](/source/Petru_Maior) (c. 1756–1821), Romanian writer
- [Petru Mocanu](/source/Petru_Mocanu) (1931–2016), Romanian mathematician
- [Petru Pavel Aron](/source/Petru_Pavel_Aron) (1709–1764), Romanian Greek-Catholic cleric and intellectual
- [Petru Poni](/source/Petru_Poni) (1841–1925), Romanian chemist
- [Petru Rareș](/source/Petru_Rare%C8%99) (c. 1487–1546), ruler of Moldavia
- [Petru Stoianov](/source/Petru_Stoianov) (born 1931), Romanian composer
- [Petru Țurcaș](/source/Petru_%C8%9Aurca%C8%99) (born 1976), Romanian footballer

- [Ryszard Petru](/source/Ryszard_Petru) (born 1972), Polish politician

## See also

- [Peter (disambiguation)](/source/Peter_(disambiguation))
- [Petr (disambiguation)](/source/Petr_(disambiguation))
- [Petra (disambiguation)](/source/Petra_(disambiguation))
- [Petre](/source/Petre)
- [Petri](/source/Petri)
- [Petro (disambiguation)](/source/Petro_(disambiguation))

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