Vasile is a male Romanian given name or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Basil which is of Greek origin and means "King". It is also used by the Megleno-Romanians.

As a given name

• Vasile Adamachi (1817–1892), philanthropist • Vasile Aftenie (1899–1950), bishop, martyr of the faith • Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890), poet • Vasile Antonescu (born 1990), professional tennis player • Vasile Atanasiu (1886–1964), general • Vasile Bahnaru (born 1949), historian • Vasile Balan (1950–2012), politician • Vasile Blaga (born 1956), politician • Vasile Botnari (born 1975), economist and politician • Vasile Buhăescu (born 1988), soccer player • Vasile Bumacov (born 1957), politician • Vasile Bătrânac (1925–20??), political prisoner • Vasile Cârlova, Wallachian officer and poet • Vasile Cerescu (Ciorăscu), Bessarabian politician • Vasile Chiroiu (1910–1976), football defender • Vasile Chițu (1896–1968), general in World War II • Vasile Cijevschi (1881–1931), politician, administrator, and writer • Vasile Ciorăscu, politician • Vasile Conta (1845–1882), philosopher • Vasile Deheleanu (1908–2003), footballer • Vasile Demetrius (1878–1942), writer • Vasile Dîncu (born 1961), politician • Vasile Dumitrescu, bobsledder • Vasile Gafencu (1886–1942), politician • Vasile Gergely (born 1941), soccer player • Vasile Ghenzul, politician • Vasile Gheorghiu (1872–1959), theologian • Vasile Ghindaru (born 1978), soccer player • Vasile Ghioc (born 1978), footballer • Vasile Godja (1954–2016), soccer coach • Vasile Goldiș (1862–1934), politician • Vasile Grigorcea, diplomat • Vasile Hossu (disambiguation), multiple • Vasile Hutopilă, Hutsul painter • Vasile Ianovici (1806-1866), priest • Vasile Iordache (born 1950), soccer player • Vasile Jula (born 1974), soccer player • Vasile Luca (1898–1963), communist politician • Vasile Lucaciu (1852–1922), Greek-Catholic priest • Vasile Lupu, Moldavian Voivode • Vasile M. Popov (born 1928), systems theorist • Vasile Maftei (born 1981), soccer player • Vasile Milea (1927–1989), communist Minister of Defense • Vasile Miriuță (born 1968), soccer player • Vasile Moga (1774–1845), bishop • Vasile Mogos (born 1992), soccer player • Vasile Morțun (1860–1919), politician and writer • Vasile Noveanu (1904–1992), activist of the Iron Guard • Vasile Oprea (born 1957), handball player • Vasile Pârvan (1882–1927), historian • Vasile Patilineț (1923–1986), communist politician • Vasile Pogor (1883–1906), poet • Vasile Popescu (1925–2003), basketball player • Vasile Păcuraru (born 1987), soccer player • Vasile Păun (1850–1908), poet and critic • Vasile Roaită (1914–1933), railway worker • Vasile Savel (1885–1932), writer • Vasile Stati, Moldovan politician • Vasile Stîngă (born 1957), handball player • Vasile Stoica (1889–1959), writer and politician • Vasile Suciu (bishop) (1873–1935), bishop • Vasile Suciu (footballer) (1942–2013), footballer • Vasile Șirli (born 1948), musical composer and producer • Vasile Tarlev (born 1963), Moldovan politician • Vasile Tcaciuc (died 1935), Romanian serial killer • Vasile Tomoiagă (born 1964), rower • Vasile Ursu Nicola (Horea, 1731–1785), leader of peasant revolt • Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963), writer • Vasile Zavoda (1929–2014), soccer player

As a surname

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