Gheorghe Briceag (15 April 1928 – 16 August 2008) was a Moldovan human rights activist notable for his opposition to Soviet rule.

[1] In 2004, Briceag won the Homo Homini Award of the Czech NGO People in Need, which recognizes "an individual who is deserving of significant recognition due to their promotion of human rights, democracy and non-violent solutions to political conflicts".

[3] The same year, Briceag created controversy by opposing the re-installation of a statue of Vladimir Lenin in his hometown of Bălți.

[3] Briceag also worked with Amnesty International[1] and served as the Bălți coordinator of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights.

[6] He publicly requested that his body be donated to Chișinău's Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy following his death.