Nicolae Gheorghe (12 November 1946 – 8 August 2013) was a Romanian human rights activist.

The founder of the Roma modern movement, starting in Romania during the communist regime and continued it to his last moment.

Nicolae Gheorghe started his militant work as early as the 1970s, when he was actively involved in promoting Roma rights in Romania.

At that time, Roma faced many forms of discrimination and social exclusion.

One of the most important objective for Romani CRISS aims to promote equal rights for Roma in Romania, to fight against discrimination and to improve their social inclusion.