Petrescu
# Petrescu

Petrescu is a patronymic family name common in Romania, meaning "son of Petre". Notable people with this surname include:

* Anca Petrescu, architect and politician
* Arcadie Petrescu, neurologist
* Barbu Petrescu, mayor of Bucharest (1989–1990)
* Camil Petrescu, writer
* Cezar Petrescu, writer
* Constantin Titel Petrescu, social-democratic politician
* Costin Petrescu, painter
* Costin Petrescu, rock music drummer
* Cristian Petrescu, politician
* Dan Petrescu (disambiguation)
* Daniela Petrescu, long-distance runner
* Dimitrie Petrescu-Stelaru, writer
* Dumitru Petrescu, communist politician
* Emil Petrescu, mayor of Bucharest (1914–1916; 1918)
* Emilia Petrescu, soprano
* Ghenadie Petrescu, deposed Romanian Metropolitan Patriarch
* Gică Petrescu, singer
* Horia Petra-Petrescu, literary critic
* Marian Petrescu (born 1970), Romanian jazz pianist
* Nicolae Petrescu (1886–1954), philosopher and sociologist
* Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, diplomat and politician
* Nicolae Petrescu Găină, painter
* Teodosie Petrescu, Archbishop of Tomi
* Virgil Petrescu, politician
* Zaharia Petrescu, physician

It is also the maiden name of:

* Elena Ceaușescu, communist politician and wife of Nicolae Ceaușescu
* Rodica Mateescu, triple jumper
