Famous People with Name Ioan

Ioan Slavici            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ioan Slavici: was a Transylvanian-born Romanian writer and journalist.Slavici was born in the village of Siria, near Arad, in 1848, the Revolutionary year throughout Europe, with ramifications in Transylvania (then part of the Austrian Empire). Until 1868, Slavici studied at local Orthodox school and various other institutions in Transylvania, being taught in either Hungarian or German, as teaching in Romanian was strictly forbidden.

Ioan Viorel Ganea            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ioan Viorel Ganea: is a Romanian football striker with FCU Poli Timisoara.

Ioan Gruffudd            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Ioan Gruffudd: Educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he came to international attention as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe in the film Titanic (1997), and as Lt. John Beales in Black Hawk Down (2001). However, he is probably best known for playing the role of Horatio Hornblower in Hornblower, the British made-for-TV films (1998û2003) based on C.S. Forester's novels.Gruffudd's recent notable film roles include Lancelot in King Arthur (2004), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) in Fantastic Four (2005) and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and British slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace (2006).

Ioan Condruc            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ioan Condruc: a former Romanian football player, who played for FC Baia Mare, UT Arad and U Cluj.Condruc was the team captain during the FC Baia Mare golden period between 1977 and 1981

Ioan Angelo Lupescu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Ioan Angelo Lupescu: was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. His clubs included Dinamo Bucuresti, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach. Ioan made 74 appearances for the Romanian national team, scoring 6 goals, and retired in 2002. He became a member of FIFA's Technical and Development Committee in early 2008.