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Ion Ansotegi is a Spanish footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca as a central defender.

Ion Izagirre is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida. He is sometimes referred to as Jon Izagirre, due to both Jon and Ion relating to the Basque language form for John.

Ion Iliescu was president of Romania between 1992-1996 and 2000-2004.

Ion Antonescu was the vicious dictator of Romania during WWII. He was responsible for the death of many people, including most of Romania's Jews.

Ion Perdicaris was a Greek-American that was kidnapped in Morocco in 1904. This was called the Perdicaris Incident.

Ion Voicu (October 8, 1923–February 24, 1997) was a Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor of Roma ethnicity. In 1969 he founded the award-winning Bucharest Chamber Orchestra, which is now conducted by his son Mădălin Voicu.

Tudor Arghezi was the pen name of Ion N. Theodorescu. He was a Romanian writer most noted for his contributions to poetry and children's literature.

Ion Luca Caragiale was a Romanian playwright and short story writer. His plays are characterised by a classical construction and a very acute observation of the social realities of the time, always mixed with a fine sense of irony. As a founding figure of Romanian literature, Caragiale is portrayed on the old 1,000,000 lei note issued in December 2003 and also on the new 100 lei banknote issued after the denomination process in late 2005.

Ion Creangă (1837 - 1889) was a Romanian children's writer and memoirist. Beside his masterpiece, Amintiri din copilărie (Childhood memories), some of his most famous stories are Moş Ion Roată şi Unirea, Dănilă Prepeleac, Povestea porcului, Fata babei şi fata moşului, and Ivan Turbincă.