Popescu is a family name common in Romania. Notable people with the surname include:Adrian Popescu, football (soccer) player Alexandru Candiano-Popescu (1841–1901), soldier, journalist, and political conspirator Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, politician Cezar Popescu, rugby union player Constantin Popescu, politician Corneliu M. Popescu (1958–1977), poet and translator Cosmin Alin Popescu, university rector Cristian Popescu (poet), poet Cristian Dumitru Popescu, Romanian-American mathematician Cristian Tudor Popescu, journalist and writer Cristian Popescu Piedone, politician Dan Popescu, comic book artist Dan Ioan Popescu, politician Daniel Popescu, footballer David Popescu (1886–1955), soldier and politician Dimitrie Popescu (1961–2023), rower Dumitru Radu Popescu (1935–2023), writer and communist activist Elvira Popescu (1894–1993), actress Eufrosina Marcolini, actress and singer Eugen-Cristian Popescu, high jumper Florin Popescu, canoer Gabriel Popescu (footballer), football player Gabriel Popescu (scientist) (1971–2022), scientist and engineer Gheorghe Cartianu-Popescu (1907–1982), engineer Gheorghe Popescu (1919–2001), football (soccer) player Gheorghe Popescu, football (soccer) player Ilie Daniel Popescu, artistic gymnast Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923–1989), animator and cartoonist Irinel Popescu, surgeon Liliana Popescu, middle-distance runner Lucian Popescu (1912–1982), boxer Maria Popesco (1919–2004), victim of an alleged Swiss judicial error Marioara Popescu, rower Mihai Popescu, handballer Mircea Popescu, British engineer Mircea Popescu, Romanian table tennis player Mitică Popescu (1936–2023), actor Moş Ion Popescu (1902–1956), pseudonym of writer Ion Călugăru N. D. Popescu-Popnedea (1843–1921), writer Nicolae Popescu (1937–2010), mathematician Nicu Popescu, diplomat Rodica Popescu Bitănescu, actress Sandu Popescu, Physicist Spiridon Popescu (1864–1933), writer Ştefan Popescu, painter Stela Popescu (1935–2017), actress Stelian Popescu (1874–1954), journalist and fascist activist Vasile Popescu (1925–2003), painter Vlad Popescu, politician