Lascar Catargiu (Romanian pronunciation: ['lask?r katar'd??i.u] (listen) or Lascar Catargi; 1 November 1823 – April 11 [O.S.
March 30] 1899) was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia.
He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia.