Famous People with Name Andrei

Andrei Pavel            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Andrei Pavel: is a Romanian tennis player, who turned professional in 1990. He began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.

Andrei Serban            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Andrei Serban: is a Romanian-born American theatre director. A major name in twentieth-century theater, he is renowned for his innovative and iconoclastic interpretations and stagings. Since 1992, he is Professor of Theatre at the Columbia University School of the Arts.

Andrei Ivanovich Yeremenko            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Andrei Ivanovich Yeremenko: Soviet general during World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union, born in Markovka in the province of Kharkov in Ukraine to a peasant family. Drafted into the Imperial Army in 1913, served on the Southwest and Romanian Fronts during World War I. Joined the Red Army in 1918, where he served in the legendary “Budyonny Cavalry”. Attended the Leningrad Cavalry School and then the Frunze Military Academy, which he graduated from in 1935.

Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko: was a leading official of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in the 1970s and early 1980s among the few serving on both the Politburo (1962-1982) and Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1966-1982).He was for a while positioned as a potential successor to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, although he was a few months older than Brezhnev. However, by the time of Brezhnev's death, his longer-term protege Konstantin Chernenko had reached sufficient prominence, and the defection to Britain of a relative of Kirilenko contributed to Kirilenko's forced retirement (decided before but announced after Brezhnev's death in November 1982).

Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko: is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. Currently he is the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Yannick Andréi            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yannick Andréi: was a French director.

Laura-Ioana Andrei            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Laura-Ioana Andrei: is a professional Romanian tennis player. On April 13, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 317. On September 14, 2009, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 311. Laura-Ioana won 20 doubles ITF titles being one of the most accompl

Vasile Andrei            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Vasile Andrei: is a Romanian wrestler and Olympic Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.