title: Octav
text: # Octav
  
  Octav is a Romanian male given name that may refer to:
  
  * Octav Băncilă (1872–1944), Romanian realist painter
  * Octav Botez (1884–1943), Romanian literary critic and historian
  * Octav Botnar (1913–1998), businessman
  * Octav Chelaru (born 1991), Romanian film director
  * Octav Cozmâncă (born 1947), Romanian politician
  * Octav Dessila (1895–1976), Romanian novelist and playwright
  * Octav Mayer (1895–1966), Romanian mathematician
  * Octav Onicescu (1892–1983), Romanian mathematician
  * Octav Sargețiu (1908–1994), Romanian poet
  