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The Aromanians (
The term "Vlachs" is used in Greece and in other countries to refer to the Aromanians, with this term having been more widespread in the past to refer to all Romance-speaking peoples of the
Their vernacular, Aromanian, is an Eastern Romance language very similar to Romanian, which has many slightly varying dialects of its own.[19] It descends from the Vulgar Latin spoken by the Paleo-Balkan peoples (Romanized Thracians and the related Dacians for example) subsequent to their Romanization. The Aromanian language shares many common features with Albanian, Bulgarian and Greek; however, although it has many loanwords from Greek, Slavic, and Turkish, its lexicon remains majority Romance in origin.[20]
Names and classification
Ethnonyms
The term Aromanian derives directly from the Latin Romanus, meaning Roman citizen. The initial a- is a regular epenthetic vowel, occurring when certain consonant clusters are formed, and it is not, as folk etymology sometimes has it, related to the negative or privative a- of Greek (also occurring in Latin words of Greek origin). The term was coined by Gustav Weigand in his 1894 work Die Aromunen. The first book to which many scholars have referred to as the most valuable to translate their ethnic name is a grammar printed in 1813 in Vienna by Mihail G. Boiagi. It was titled Γραμματική Ρωμαϊκή ήτοι Μακεδονοβλαχική/Romanische oder Macedonowlachische Sprachlehre ("Romance or Macedono-Vlach Grammar").
The term Vlach is an
The term "Vlach" was used in medieval Balkans as an exonym for all the Romance-speaking (Romanized) people of the region, as well as a general name for
Groups
German academic Thede Kahl, expert on Aromanian studies, divides the Aromanians into two main groups, the "Rrãmãnji" and "Armãnji", which are further divided into sub-groups.[12]
Rrãmãnji
- Muzãchiars, from Muzachiasituated in southwestern-central Albania.
- Fãrshãrots (or Fãrsherots), mostly concentrated in Epirus, from the Frashër (Aromanian Farshar) area in south-eastern Albania.
- Moscopolitans or Moscopoleans, from the city of Moscopole, once an important urban center of the Balkans, now a village in southeastern Albania.
Armãnji
- Pindeans, concentrated in and around the Pindus Mountains of Northern and Central Greece.
- Gramustians (or Gramosteans, gr. grammostianoi), from Gramos Mountains, an isolated area in south-eastern Albania, and north-west of Greece.
Nicknames
The Aromanian communities have several nicknames depending on the country where they are living.
- Gramustians and Pindians are nicknamed Koutsovlachs (Greek: Κουτσόβλαχοι). This term is sometimes taken as derogatory, as the first element of this term is from the Greek koutso- (κουτσό-) meaning "lame". Following a Turkish etymology where küçük means "little" they are the smaller group of Vlachs as opposed to the more numerous Vlachs (Daco-Romanians).
- Fãrsherots, from Frashër (Albania), Moscopole and Muzachia are nicknamed "Frasariotes" (Greek: Φρασαριώτες Βλάχοι) or Arvanitovlachs (Greek: Αρβανιτόβλαχοι), meaning "Albanian Vlachs" referring to their place of origin.[23]
In the South Slavic countries, such as Serbia, North Macedonia and Bulgaria, the nicknames used to refer to the Aromanians are usually Vlasi (South Slavic for Vlachs and Wallachians) and Tsintsari (also spelled Tzintzari, Cincari or similar), which is derived from the way the Aromanians pronounce the word meaning five, tsintsi. In Romania, the demonym Macedoni, Machedoni or Macedoromâni is also used. In Albania, the terms Vllah or Vlleh ("Vlach") and Çoban or Çobenj (from Turkish çoban, "shepherd") are used.[24]
Population
Settlements
The
A Romanian research team concluded in the 1960s that Albanian Aromanians migrated to Tirana, Stan Karbunarë, Skrapar, Pojan, Bilisht and Korçë, and that they inhabited Karaja, Lushnjë, Moscopole, Drenovë (Aromanian Dãrnova) and Boboshticë (Aromanian Bubushtitsa).[23] There was an important community of Aromanians in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina that was probably assimilated by local dwellers. Initially they were Christians but around year 1000 they adhered to Bogomil/Patarene Christian sect and were Serbianized. After the Turkish occupation, the Aromanians of Bosnia and Herzegovina converted to Islam faith due to economic and religious motifs.[26] There are many artifacts of Aromanians in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mainly in their necropolises. These necropolises cover all Bosnia and consist of funerary monuments, generally without crosses.
Origins
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Language
The Aromanian language is related to the Vulgar Latin spoken in the Balkans during the Roman period.[27] It is hard to establish the history of the Vlachs in the Balkans, with a gap between the barbarian invasions and the first mentions of the Vlachs in the 11th and 12th centuries.[28] Byzantine chronicles are unhelpful, and only in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries does the term Vlach become more frequent, although it proves problematic to distinguish sorts of Vlachs as it was used for various subjects, such as the empire of the Asen dynasty, Thessaly, and Romania across the Danube.[28] It has been assumed that Vlachs are descendants of Roman soldiers or Latinized original populations (Greeks, Illyrians, Thracians or Dacians), due to the historical Roman military presence in the territory inhabited by the community.[27][29] Many Romanian scholars maintain that the Aromanians were part of a Daco-Romanian migration from the north of the Danube between the 6th[30] and 10th centuries, supporting the theory that the 'Great Romanian' population descend from the ancient Dacians and Romans.[31] Greek scholars view the Aromanians as descendants of Roman legionaries that married Greek women.[30] There is no evidence for either theory, and Winnifrith deems them improbable.[30] The little evidence that exists points that the Vlach (Aromanian) homeland was within the Latin sphere of influence in the Northern Balkans, north of the Jireček Line, which roughly demarcated the areas of influence of Latin and Greek.[32] With the Slavic breakthrough of the Danube frontier in the 7th century, Latin-speakers were pushed further southwards.[32] Based on linguistic considerations, Olga Tomic concludes that Aromanians moved from Thrace to their present locations after the Slavic invasion of Thrace, though before the Megleno-Romanians.[33]
Genetic studies
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In 2006 Bosch et al. attempted to determine if the Aromanians are descendants of Latinised Dacians, Greeks, Illyrians, Thracians or a combination of these, but it was shown that they are genetically indistinguishable from the other Balkan populations. Linguistic and cultural differences between Balkan groups were deemed too weak to prevent gene flow among the groups.[34]
- Y-DNA haplogroups[34]
Sample population | Sample size | R1b |
R1a |
I |
E1b1b |
E1b1a |
J | G |
N |
T |
L |
Unknown (Y-DNA) |
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Aromanians from Dukas, Albania[34] | 39 | 2.56% (1/39) | 2.56% (1/39) | 17.95% (7/39) | 17.95% (7/39) | 0.0 | 48.72% (19/39) | 10.26% (4/39) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Aromanians from Andon Poçi, Albania[34] | 19 | 36.84% (7/19) | 0.0 | 42.11% (8/19) | 15.79% (3/19) | 0.0 | 5.26% (1/19) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Aromanians from Kruševo, North Macedonia[34] | 43 | 27.91% (12/43) | 11.63% (5/43) | 20.93% (9/43) | 20.93% (9/43) | 0.0 | 11.63% (5/43) | 6.98% (3/43) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Aromanians from Štip, North Macedonia[34] | 65 | 23.08% (15/65) | 21.54% (14/65) | 16.92% (11/65) | 18.46% (12/65) | 0.0 | 20.0% (13/65) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Aromanians in Romania[34] | 42 | 23.81% (10/42) | 2.38% (1/42) | 19.05% (8/42) | 7.14% (3/42) | 0.0 | 33.33% (14/42) | 0.0 | — | — | — | – 14.29% (6/42) |
Aromanians in Balkan Peninsula | 39+ 19+ 43+ 65+ 42= 208 |
21.63% (45/208) | 10.1% (21/208) | 20.67% (43/208) | 16.35% (34/208) | 0.0 | 25% (52/208) | 3.37% (7/208) | — | — | — | – 2.88% (6/208) |
History and self-identification
The Aromanians or Vlachs first appear in medieval
The medieval Vlachs (Aromanians) of Herzegovina are considered authors of the famous funerary monuments with petroglyphs (stecci in Serbian) from Herzegovina and surrounding countries. The theory of the Vlach origin was proposed by Bogumil Hrabak (1956) and Marian Wenzel[38] and more recently was supported by the archeological and anthropological researches of skeleton remains from the graves under stećci. The theory is much older and was first proposed by Arthur Evans in his work Antiquarian Researches in Illyricum (1883). While doing research with Felix von Luschan on stećak graves around Konavle, he found that a large number of skulls were not of Slavic origin but similar to older Illyrian and Arbanasi tribes, as well as noting that Dubrovnik memorials recorded those parts inhabited by the Vlachs until the 15th century.[39]
Aromanians within the Balkan nationalisms of the 19th and 20th centuries
A distinct Aromanian consciousness was not developed until the 19th century, and was influenced by the rise of other
Until then, the Aromanians, as
By the early 19th century, however, the distinct Latin-derived nature of the Aromanian language began to be studied in a series of grammars and language booklets.[43] In 1815, the Aromanians of Budapest requested permission to use their language in liturgy, but it was turned down by the local metropolitan.[43]
The establishment of a distinct Aromanian national consciousness, however, was hampered by the tendency of the Aromanian upper classes to be absorbed in the dominant surrounding ethnicities, and espouse their respective national causes as their own.
Following the establishment of independent Romania and the autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the 1860s, the Aromanians increasingly began to come under the influence of the Romanian national movement. Although vehemently opposed by the Greek church, the Romanians established an extensive state-sponsored cultural and educative network in the southern Balkans: the first Romanian school was established in 1864 by the Aromanian Dimitri Atanasescu, and by the early 20th century there were 100 Romanian churches and 106 schools with 4,000 pupils and 300 teachers.[46] As a result, Aromanians divided into two main factions, one pro-Greek, the other pro-Romanian, plus a smaller focusing exclusively on its Aromanian identity.[41]
With the support of the
At the same time, the Greek–Romanian antagonism over Aromanian loyalties intensified with the armed Macedonian Struggle, leading to the rupture of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1906. During the Macedonian Struggle, most Aromanians participated on the "patriarchist" (pro-Greek) side, but some sided with the "exarchists" (pro-Bulgarians).[47] However, following the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, Romanian interest waned, and when it revived in the 1920s it was designed more towards encouraging the Romanians' "Macedonian brothers" to emigrate to Southern Dobruja, where there were strong non-Romanian minorities.[48]
While Romanian activity declined, from
Modern Aromanian identities
The date of the announcement of the Ottoman irade of 23 May 1905 has been adopted in recent times by Aromanians in Albania, Australia, Bulgaria and North Macedonia as the "Aromanian National Day" (Dzua Natsionalã a Armãnjilor), but notably not in Greece or among the Aromanians in the Greek diaspora.[49] In Romania, every 10 May, the Balkan Romanianness Day is celebrated instead for the same event. This observance is meant for the Aromanians but also for the Megleno-Romanians and the Istro-Romanians.[50]
In modern times, Aromanians generally have adopted the dominant national culture, often with a dual identity as both Aromanian and Greek/Albanian/Bulgarian/Macedonian/Serbian/etc.[51] Aromanians are also found outside the borders of Greece. There are many Aromanians in southern Albania and in towns all over the Balkans,[49] while Aromanians identifying as Romanians are still to be found in areas where Romanian schools were active.[51] There are also many Aromanians who identify themselves as solely Aromanian (even, as in the case of the "Cincars", when they no longer speak the language). Such groups are to be found in southwestern Albania, the eastern parts of North Macedonia, the Aromanians who immigrated to Romania in 1940, and in Greece in the Veria (Aromanian Veryia) and Grevena (Aromanian Grebini) areas and in Athens.[49]
Culture
Religion
The Aromanians are predominantly Orthodox Christians, and follow the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.[52]
Cuisine
Aromanian cuisine is strongly influenced by Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine.[53]
Music
Clothing
In Aromanian rural areas, clothes differed from the dress of the city dwellers. The shape and the colour of a garment, the volume of the headgear, the shape of a jewel could indicate cultural affiliation and also could show the village people came from.
Aromanians today
In Greece
In Greece, Aromanians are not recognised as an ethnic but as a linguistic minority and, like the
The majority of the Aromanian population lives in northern and central Greece;
Generally, the use of the minority languages has been discouraged in Greece,[61] although recently there have been efforts to preserve the endangered languages (including Aromanian) of Greece.
Since 1994, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki offers beginner and advanced courses in "Koutsovlach", and cultural festivals with over 40,000 participants—the largest Aromanian cultural gatherings in the world—regularly take place in Metsovo.[62] Nevertheless, there are no exclusively Aromanian newspapers, and the Aromanian language is almost totally absent from television.[62] Indeed, although as of 2002 there were over 200 Vlach cultural associations in Greece, many did not even feature the term "Vlach" in their titles, and only a few are active in preserving the Aromanian language.[62]
In 1997, the
In 2001, 31 Aromanian mayors and heads of villages signed a protest resolution against the U.S. State Department report on the human rights situation in Greece. They complained "against the direct or indirect characterisation of the Vlach-speaking Greeks as an ethnic, linguistic or other minority, stating that the Vlach-speaking Greeks never requested to be recognised by the Greek state as a minority, stressing that historically and culturally they were and still are an integral part of Hellenism, they would be bilingual and Aromanian would be secondary".[65]
Furthermore, the largest Aromanian group in Greece (and across the world), the Panhellenic Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs in Greece,[62] has repeatedly rejected the classification of Aromanian as a minority language or the Vlachs as a distinct ethnic group separate from the Greeks, considering the Aromanians as an "integral part of Hellenism".[66][67][68] The Aromanian (Vlach) Cultural Society, which is associated with Sotiris Bletsas, is represented on the Member State Committee of the European Bureau for Lesser Spoken Languages in Greece.[69]
In Albania
The exact presence of the Aromanian community in Albania is unknown. They are mostly concentrated in parts of southern and western Albania. 8,266 people declared themselves to be Aromanians in the 2011 census.[70] On the quality of the specific data the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities stated that "the results of the census should be viewed with the utmost caution and calls on the authorities not to rely exclusively on the data on nationality collected during the census in determining its policy on the protection of national minorities.".[71] According to Tom Winnifrith in 1995, that there were about 200,000 individuals who were of Aromanian descent in Albania, regardless of proficiency in Aromanian, or spoke Aromanian without necessarily considering themselves to have a separate identity.[25][72] According to Frank Kressing and Karl Kaser in 2002, there were between 30,000 and 50,000 Aromanians in Albania.[9] Tanner (2004) pointed out Albania as the only country where Aromanians make a relatively significant percentage of population, around 2%.[25]
For the last years there seems to be a renewal of the former policies of supporting and sponsoring of Romanian schools for Aromanians of Albania. As a recent article in the Romanian media points out, the kindergarten, primary and secondary schools in the Albanian town of Divjakë where the local Albanian Aromanians pupils are taught classes both in Aromanian and Romanian were granted substantial help directly from the Romanian government. One of the only churches serving the Aromanian minority in Albania is the St. Sotir Church (Ayiu Sutir) of Korçë, which was given 2 billion lei help from the Romanian government. They also have a political party named Alliance for Equality and European Justice (ABDE; Ligãturea ti Egaliteati sh-Drept European), which is the only in the world along with two in North Macedonia, and two social organisations named Shoqata Arumunët/Vllehtë e Shqiperisë (The Society of the Aromanians/Vlachs of Albania) and Unioni Kombëtar Arumun Shqiptar (The Aromanian Albanian National Union). Many of the Albanian Aromanians (Arvanito Vlachs) have immigrated to Greece, since they are considered in Greece part of the Greek minority in Albania.[73] There are attempts to establish education in their native language in the town of Divjakë.[74]
Notable Aromanians whose family background hailed from today's Albania include Bishop Andrei Şaguna, and Father Haralambie Balamaci, whereas notable Albanians with an Aromanian family background are actors Aleksandër (Sandër) Prosi, Margarita Xhepa, Albert Vërria, and Prokop Mima, as well as composer Nikolla Zoraqi[75] and singers Eli Fara and Parashqevi Simaku.
On 13 October 2017, Aromanians received the official status of
In North Macedonia
According to official government figures (census 2002), there are 9,695 Aromanians or Vlachs, as they are officially called in North Macedonia. According to the census of 1953 there were 8,669 Vlachs, 6,392 in 1981 and 8,467 in 1994.[76] Aromanians are recognized as an ethnic minority, and are hence represented in Parliament and enjoy ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious rights and the right to education in their language.
There are Aromanian cultural societies and associations such as the Union for Aromanian Culture from North Macedonia, The Aromanian League of North Macedonia, The International League of Aromanians and Comuna Armãneascã "Frats Manachi", (The Aromanian Community Manaki Brothers) in Bitola (Aromanian Bituli or Bitule). There also are two political parties representing the Aromanian minority of the country. These are the Democratic Union of the Vlachs of Macedonia (DSVM; Unia Democratã a Armãnjlor dit Machidunii, UDAM) and the Party of the Vlachs of Macedonia (PVM; Partia Armãnjilor ditu Machidunie, PAM). They are the only Aromanian parties in the world along with ABDE in Albania.
Many forms of Aromanian-language media have been established since the 1990s. North Macedonia's Government provides financial assistance to Aromanian-language newspapers and radio stations. Aromanian-language newspapers such as
There are Aromanian classes provided in primary schools and the state funds some Aromanian published works (magazines and books) as well as works that cover Aromanian culture, language and history. The latter is mostly done by the first Aromanian Scientific Society, "Constantin Belemace" in Skopje (Aromanian Scopia), which has organized symposiums on Aromanian history and has published papers from them. According to the last census, there were 9,596 Aromanians (0.48% of the total population). There are concentrations in Kruševo (Aromanian Crushuva) 1,020 (20%), Štip (Aromanian Shtip) 2,074 (4.3%), Bitola 1,270 (1.3%), Struga 656 (1%), Sveti Nikole (Aromanian San Nicole) 238 (1.4%), Kisela Voda 647 (1.1%) and Skopje 2,557 (0.5%).[7]
In Romania
Since the Middle Ages, due to the Turkish occupation and the destruction of their cities, such as Moscopole, Gramos, Linotopi (which never recovered) and later on Kruševo, many Aromanians fled their native homelands in the Balkans to settle the Romanian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, which had a similar language and a certain degree of autonomy from the Turks. These immigrant Aromanians were assimilated into the Romanian population.
In 1925, 47 years after
There are currently between 50,000 and 100,000 Aromanians in Romania, most of which are concentrated in Dobruja.[citation needed] According to some Aromanian cultural organizations in Romania, there are some 100,000 Aromanians in Romania, and they are often called macedoni ("Macedonians").[citation needed] Some Aromanian associations even place the total number of people of Aromanian descent in Romania as high as 250,000.[citation needed]
Recently,[when?] there has been a growing movement in Romania, both by Aromanians and by Romanian lawmakers, to recognize the Aromanians either as a separate cultural group or as a separate ethnic group, and extend to them the rights of other minorities in Romania, such as mother-tongue education and representatives in parliament.[citation needed]
In Bulgaria
Most of the Aromanians in the Sofia region are descendants of emigrants from the region of Macedonia and northern Greece who arrived between 1850 and 1914.[77]
In Bulgaria, most Aromanians were concentrated in the region south-west of Sofia, in the region called Pirin, formerly part of the Ottoman Empire until 1913. Due to this reason, a large number of these Aromanians moved to Southern Dobruja, part of the Kingdom of Romania after the Treaty of Bucharest of 1913. After the reinclusion of Southern Dobruja in Bulgaria with the Treaty of Craiova of 1940, most were moved to Northern Dobruja in a population exchange. Another group moved to northern Greece. Nowadays, the largest group of Aromanians in Bulgaria is found in the southern mountainous area, around Peshtera. Most Aromanians in Bulgaria originate from the Gramos Mountains, with some from North Macedonia, the Pindus Mountains in Greece and Moscopole in Albania.[78]
After the fall of communism in 1989, Aromanians and Romanians (known as "Vlachs" in Bulgaria) have started initiatives to organize themselves under one common association.[79][80][81]
According to the 1926 official census, there were 69,080 Romanians, 5,324 Aromanians, 3,777 Cutzovlachs, and 1,551 Tsintsars.[citation needed]
In Serbia
In medieval times, the Aromanians populated Herzegovina, a region today in Bosnia and Herzegovina close to modern Serbia, and elevated famous necropolises with petroglyphs (Radimlja, Blidinje, etc.).[82] The Aromanians, known as Cincari (Цинцари), migrated to Serbia in the 18th and early 19th centuries. They most often were bilingual in Greek, and were often called "Greeks" (Grci). They were influential in the forming of Serbian statehood, having contributed with rebel fighters, merchants and intellectuals. Many Greek Aromanians (Грко Цинцари) came to Serbia with Alija Gušanac as krdžalije (mercenaries) and later joined the Serbian Revolution (1804–1817). Some of the notable rebels include Konda Bimbaša and Papazogli.[83] Among the notable people of Aromanian descent are playwright Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856), novelist Branislav Nušić (1864–1938), and politician Vladan Đorđević (1844–1930).
The majority of Serbian people of Aromanian descent do not speak Aromanian and espouse a Serb identity. They live in Niš, Belgrade and some smaller communities in Southern Serbia, such as Knjaževac. The Lunjina Serbian–Aromanian Association was founded in Belgrade in 1991. According to the 2022 census, there were 327 Serbian citizens that identified as ethnic Cincari.[11] However, unofficial estimates number the Aromanian population of Serbia at 5,000[84]–15,000.[85]
Diaspora
Aside from the Balkan countries, there are also communities of Aromanian emigrants living in
Notable Aromanians
The following is a list of notable people of full or partial Aromanian descent. Note that these claims are in many cases disputed or shared with ancestry from other ethnicties.
Art and literature
- Alexandru Arsinel—comedian and actor
- Constantin Belimace—poet
- Ion Luca Caragiale—playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist
- Toma Caragiu—theatre, television and film actor
- Konstantin Čomu—cinema operator
- Elena Gheorghe—singer
- Jovan Četirević Grabovan—icon painter
- Stere Gulea—film director and screenwriter
- Kira Hagi—actress
- Dimitrios Lalas—composer and musician
- Taško Načić—actor
- Sergiu Nicolaescu—film director, actor and politician
- Constantin Noica—philosopher, essayist and poet
- Branislav Nušić—playwright, satirist, essayist, novelist
- Ștefan Octavian Iosif—poet and translator
- Dan Piţa—film director and screenwriter
- Aurel Plasari—writer
- Jovan Sterija Popović—playwright, poet, lawyer, philosopher and pedagogue
- Florica Prevenda—painter
- Toše Proeski—singer
- Sandër Prosi—actor
- Camil Ressu—painter and academic
- Konstantinos Tzechanis—philosopher, mathematician and poet
- Nuși Tulliu—poet and prose writer
- Albert Vërria—actor
- Lika Yanko—painter
- Jovan Jovanović Zmaj—poet[87]
- Manaki brothers—film makers
Law, philanthropy and commerce
- George Averoff—businessman and philanthropist
- Gigi Becali—businessman and politician
- Emanoil Gojdu—lawyer
- Petar Ičko—merchant
- Mocioni family—barons, philanthropists and bankers
- Theodoros Modis—lumber merchant and scholar
- Sterjo Nakov—businessman
- Simon Sinas—banker, aristocrat, benefactor and diplomat
- Georgios Sinas—entrepreneur, banker and national benefactor
- Michael Tositsas—benefactor
- Evangelis Zappas—philanthropist and businessman
- Konstantinos Zappas—entrepreneur and national benefactor
- Toma Fila—lawyer and politician
Military
- Konda Bimbaša—fighter
- Pitu Guli—revolutionary
- Christodoulos Hatzipetros—military leader
- Anastasios Manakis—revolutionary
- Giorgakis Olympios—military commander
- Alexandros Papagos—army officer[88]
- Anastasios Pichion—educator and fighter
- Stefanos Sarafis—army officer
- Konstantinos Smolenskis—army officer
- Leonidas Smolents—army officer
- Mitre the Vlach—revolutionary
Politics
- Apostol Arsache—politician and philanthropist
- Evangelos Averoff—politician and writer
- Nicolae Constantin Batzaria—politician, activist and writer
- Marko Bello—politician, diplomat and lecturer
- Yannis Boutaris—politician and businessman
- Costică Canacheu—politician and businessman
- Ion Caramitru—politician and actor
- Alcibiades Diamandi—politician
- Michael Dukakis—politician
- Vladan Đorđević—politician, diplomat, physician, prolific writer, organizer of the State Sanitary Service
- Rigas Feraios—writer, political thinker and revolutionary
- Taki Fiti—politician
- Ioannis Kolettis—politician
- Helena Angelina Komnene
- Spyridon Lambros—politician and professor
- Apostol Mărgărit—writer
- Nicolaos Matussis—politician
- Georgios Modis—jurist, politician and writer
- Alexandros Papagos— politician and army officer
- Pilo Peristeri—politician
- Alexandros Svolos—politician
- Andreas Tzimas—politician
- Petros Zappas—entrepreneur and politician
Religion
- Cyril of Bulgaria—patriarch
- Joachim III of Constantinople—ecumenical patriarch
- Theodore Kavalliotis—priest and teacher
- Andrei Șaguna—metropolitan bishop
- Nektarios Terpos—scholar and monk
Sciences, academia and engineering
- Sotiris Bletsas
- Elie Carafoli
- Ioannis Chalkeus
- Sterie Diamandi
- Neagu Djuvara
- Jovan Karamata
- Mina Minovici
- Theodore Modis
- Yorgo Modis
- Daniel Moscopolites
- George Murnu
- Pericle Papahagi
- Nicolae Malaxa
Sports
- Gheorghe Hagi—football coach and former player
- Ianis Hagi—football player
- Simona Halep—tennis player
- Cristian Gaţu—handball player
- Rafail Dishnica Gërnjoti—boxer
- Theodhor Gërnjoti—boxer
- Dominique Moceanu—gymnast
Gallery
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Vlach (Aromanian) herdsmen in Greece (Amand Schweiger from Lerchenfeld, 1887)
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Aromanian men of Macedonia, circa 1914
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Kutsovlachs in 1915
See also
- Romanians
- Megleno-Romanians
- Istro-Romanians
- Vlachs
- Thraco-Roman
- List of Aromanian cultural organizations
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Further reading
- "Report: The Vlachs". Greek Monitor of Human & Minority Rights. 1 (3). December 1995 [May–June 1994]. Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- Gica, Alexandru (2009–2011). "The recent history of the Aromanians in Southeast Europe" (PDF). The Newsletter of the Society Farsharotu. 24–25 (1–2): 1–22.
External links
- Media related to Aromanians at Wikimedia Commons