Ioan Popovici (23 August 1865 – 1953, in Sighet) was a Romanian general assigned to the general staff headquarters, during World War I.

He attended the Școala Militară de Infanterie și Cavalerie [ro] (Military Infantry and Cavalry School) in Bucharest from 1885 to 1887.

Afterward he rose through the ranks until he became a brigadier general in 1916 as World War I was raging, engulfing Romania.

In World War I, he was assigned to the general staff at headquarters.

[2] After the Communists took power in Romania, he was arrested in 1948 (at 83 years of age), ultimately dying in Sighet Prison in 1953.