The Ghicas were a noble family, ruling Wallachia and Moldavia for much of the period from the 17th century through the 19th century. The family became Hellenized at an early stage in order to join the Phanariote Greek society.
Likely of Aromanian heritage, the Ghicas originated in the region of modern Albania and came north to Wallachia during the Ottoman period (Ghica is a very common last name in Albania). The Ghica family in modern Romania originates from the Ghicas of the Ottoman period.
Princes of Wallachia
Princes of Moldavia
- Gheorghe Ghica: 1658-1659, 1735-1741 and 1747-1748
- Matei Ghica: 1753-1756
- Scarlat Ghica: 1757-1758
- Grigore III Ghica: 1764-1767 and 1774-1777
- Grigore Alexandru Ghica: 1849-1853 and 1854-1856
Prime Ministers of Romania
Others
- Elena Ghica (1828-1888), writer
- Pantazi Ghica (1831-1882), writer, politician and financier
- Dimitrie Ghica-Comăneşti (1840-1923), politician, explorer of Africa, hunter, member of Parliament
- Nicolae Ghica-Budeşti (1869-1943), architect
- Albert Gjika (late 19th century), pretender to the Albanian throne
- Vladimir Ghika (1873-1954), Roman Catholic archbishop
- Alexandrina Pallady (1876-1944), adopted Ghica and married Cantacuzino, feminist and fascist activist
- Matyla Ghyka (1881-1965), writer
- Dimitrie Ghyka (?-1967?), diplomat and memoirist
- Alexandru Ghika (1902-1964), mathematician
- Şerban Ghica (1919-2006), rugby union player and anti-communist activist