Dragan (name)
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Dragan is a male name derived from the Slavic element "dorogo" or precious . It is a predominantly Serbian name but also popular among Croatians, Macedonians
and Bulgarians
. It was the fifth most popular male name in the Republic of Macedonia in 2006.
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
and Bulgarians
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
. It was the fifth most popular male name in the Republic of Macedonia in 2006.
Some notable persons with this name
- Dragan AntanasijevićDragan AntanasijevićDragan Antanasijević is a Serbian football player who currently plays for FK BASK in the Serbian First League....
, Serbian footballer - Dragan Bjelogrlić, Serbian actor
- Dragan BlatnjakDragan BlatnjakDragan Blatnjak is a Bosnian football player who plays for FC Rostov. Blatnjak is a former member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team....
, Bosnian footballer - Dragan BogavacDragan BogavacDragan Bogavac is a Montenegrin footballer, who now plays for FC Lokomotiv Astana in Kazakhstan Premier League. He is the cousin of Danko Boskovic.-External links:* *...
, Montenegrin footballer - Dragan ĆirićDragan CiricDragan Ćirić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder.-Football career:...
, Serbian footballer - Dragan ČavićDragan CavicDragan Čavić was the President of Republika Srpska 2002-2006. He was Vice President of Republika Srpska between 2000 and 2002.-References:...
, Bosnian Serb politician - Dragan ČovićDragan CovicDragan Čović is a Croat politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Čović is the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently Čović is under indictment from the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina for misuse of office.-Career:Čović worked for the airplane...
, Bosnian Croat politician - Dragan Đilas, Serbian politician and businessman
- Dragan DimitrovskiDragan DimitrovskiDragan Dimitrovski is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for FK Pelister in the Macedonian First League. He had also played for the Macedonian national team.-External links:* * * *...
, Macedonian footballer - Dragan Đokanović, Bosnian Serb politician
- Dragan Đorđević, Serbian politician
- Dragan DragutinovićDragan DragutinovicDragan Dragutinović is a Serbian footballer currently playing for FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac in the Serbian Superliga. He is brother of the famous Serbian international footballer Ivica Dragutinović.His previous clubs were FK Borac Čačak and FK Vojvodina.-External sources:* at Transfermarkt....
, Serbian footballer - Dragan DžajićDragan DžajicDragan Džajić is widely considered to have been one of the best Serbian football players to emerge from former Yugoslavia. Regarded as a preeminent and very proficient left winger, he is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation...
, Yugoslavian footballer - Dragan EspenschiedDragan EspenschiedDragan Espenschied is an 8-bit musician and media artist who lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. Dragan started to develop software for Atari Computers in 1991....
, German musician and artist - Dragan GlogovacDragan GlogovacDragan Glogovac is a Bosnian Serb professional football player.-Career:He started playing in Yugoslav First League Bosnian club FK Velež Mostar. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, he moved to Serbia and signed with the 1991 European and World club Champions FK Crvena Zvezda...
, Bosnian Serb footballer - Dragan HolcerDragan HolcerDragan Holcer is a Yugoslav retired football defender.Holcer was born in captivity in a Nazi prison camp to Slovenian father Franc Holcer and Italian-Austrian mother Ida Orelli who lived in Niš. His father fought in World War II as part Yugoslav Partisans...
, Yugoslavian footballer - Dragan JočićDragan JocicDragan Jočić is the former Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica. He was born in Belgrade in 1960....
, Serbian politician - Dragan JovićDragan JovićDragan Jović is a Bosnian football coach and the current manager of HŠK Zrinjski Mostar....
, Bosnian football coach - Dragan JovanovićDragan JovanovicSearching Football manager - Dragan Jovanović see Dragan Jovanović Dragan Jovanović was a Serbian and Yugoslav football forward....
, Yugoslavian footballer - Dragan KanatlarovskiDragan KanatlarovskiDragan Kanatlarovski is a Macedonian football manager and former player. He represented the Yugoslav national team.- Player career :Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, he played for FK Pelister before moving to FK Vardar where he will play four seasons. In 1989 he moved to Red Star Belgrade...
, Yugoslavian/Macedonian footballer and manager - Dragan Kojić KebaDragan Kojic KebaDragan Kojić is a Serbian folk-singer of Roma ethnicity. He released his first album in 1976 and has since then released many more albums...
, Gipsy/Serbian folk singer - Dragan KićanovićDragan KicanovicDragan Kićanović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. A 1.91m tall shooting guard, he played in the 70's and 80's and is considered as one of the best European players and scorers of all time, having won both the Mr. Europa and the Euroscar European Player of the Year awards in...
, Yugoslavian basketball player - Dragan KojadinovićDragan KojadinovicDragan Kojadinović was the Serbian Minister of Culture. He graduated from the Department of Yugoslav Literature and Serbian Language at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. For almost thirty years he has worked as a journalist, and was the first director of the Studio B independent...
, Serbian journalist, politician, Minister of Culture - Dragan KokotovićDragan KokotovićDragan Kokotović is a former Serbian football player who has become a football manager.Kokotović played most of his career in the Yugoslav First League with FK Rad, but finished after playing three seasons in the Greek first division with PAS Giannina....
, Serbian footballer and manager - Dragan LukovskiDragan LukovskiDragan Lukovski is a Serbian basketball player. He is 185 cm tall, 85 kg and plays point guard.-Career:*1993–94 Spartak Subotica*1994–95 Vojvodina*1995–99 Partizan...
, Serbian basketball player - Dragan Marinković, Bosnian Serb actor and TV personality
- Dragan MarkovićDragan MarkovićDragan Marković , born in Končarevo in 1960 and commonly known as Palma , is a Serbian politician and entrepreneur, currently serving as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia and founder and the party leader of United Serbia political party...
, Serbian politician - Dragan MaršićaninDragan MaršicaninDragan Maršićanin is a Serbian politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland, serving from 2004 to 2009. He was also Serbian Minister of Economy, but his position was put on hold when he decided to run for president in 2004...
, Serbian politician - Dragan MićanovićDragan MićanovićDragan Mićanović is a Serbian actor. International audiences probably best know him for his roles in the films Layer Cake , The White Countess and RocknRolla . Mićanović played his first role abroad in Hamlet at the Globe Theatre.-Personal life:Mićanović was married to Serbian actress Ana...
, Serbian actor - Dragan MikerevićDragan MikerevicDragan Mikerević is a Serb politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina.He served as Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska from January 2003 to February 2005...
, Bosnian Serb politician - Dragan MilosavljevićDragan MilosavljevićDragan Milosavljević is a Serbian professional basketball player. He currently plays with the pro club KK Partizan-External links:* at euroleague.net* at adriaticbasket.com...
, Serbian basketball player - Dragan MladenovićDragan MladenovicDragan Mladenović , , is a professional footballer.Mladenović, an international for Serbia and Montenegro , joined Rangers from Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade for £1m in August 2004. He made his Rangers debut in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against CSKA Moscow...
, Serbian footballer - Dragan Mrđa, Serbian footballer
- Dragan MustapićDragan MustapićDragan Mustapić is a male discus thrower from Croatia. His personal best throw was 64.40 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Ljubljana. He also had 18.35 metres in the shot put, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb....
, Croatian discus thrower - Dragan NačevskiDragan NacevskiDragan Načevski is an ethnic Macedonian footballer who plays as forward for FK Metalurg Skopje.Načevski has been capped 14 times for the Republic of Macedonia national football team.-Clubs:*1998-2004 : FK Vardar...
, Macedonian footballer - Dragan NikolićDragan Nikolic (war criminal)Dragan Nikolić is a Serb war criminal and former commander of the Sušica camp near Vlasenica in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, Serbian military officer and war criminal - Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić, Serbian actor
- Dragan OkukaDragan OkukaDragomir "Dragan" Okuka is a Serbian football manager and former player....
, Serbian footballer and manager - Dragan PantelićDragan PantelicDragan Pantelić is a former Serbian football goalkeeper.-Football career:...
, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer and politician - Dragan PaskašDragan PaskašDragan Paskaš is a Serbian general. He was chief of staff of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro until October 2005, when he was retired. His successor was general Ljubiša Jokić.-References:...
, Serbian general - Dragan PerićDragan PericDragan Perić is a retired Serbian shot putter who occasionally competed in the discus throw. He holds the Serbian records in both events...
, Serbian Olympic athlete - Dragan Popović, Yugoslavian footballer and coach
- Dragan PrimoracDragan PrimoracDragan Primorac is a university professor, pediatrician, geneticist and forensic science expert who became a politician as a member of Croatian Government, serving as the Minister of Science, Education and Sports between 2003 and 2009. He completed his first term without any party affiliation...
, Croatian scientist and politician - Dragan PunišićDragan PunišićDragan Punišić is a retired.His half brother is Milos Punisic,and he is famous economist and businessman. Serbianfootballer....
, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer - Dragan RacaDragan RacaDragan Raca is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former coach of the Lebanon national basketball team.Raca has spent his professional career by playing and coaching different Yugoslav professional teams and continued in Cyprus and Lebanon. This includes stints with Cypriot sides AEL...
, Serbian basketball coach - Dragan RadojičićDragan RadojičićDragan Radojičić is a Montenegrin football manager and former player.As a player he played for a number of clubs in different countries...
, Serbian/Montenegrin footballer and manager - Dragan StančićDragan StancicDragan Stančić is a Serbian football player currently playing for Guizhou Zhicheng as a midfielder.-Career:Stančić has been a member of the Serbian under-19 and under-21 teams...
, Serbian footballer - Dragan StojisavljevićDragan StojisavljevićDragan Stojisaljević is a Serbian former football player.-Career:...
, Serbian footballer - Dragan StojkovDragan StojkovDragan Stojkov is a Macedonian professional footballer playing for Serbian club FK Jagodina.-Club career:...
, Macedonian footballer - Dragan StojkovićDragan StojkovicDragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...
, Serbian footballer - Dragan ŠutanovacDragan ŠutanovacDragan Šutanovac is the current Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia.- Background :...
, Serbian Minister of Defence - Dragan TalajićDragan TalajicDragan Talajić is a Croatian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is a football manager who is currently coaching Al Kuwait from Kuwait...
, Croatian footballer and manager - Dragan Malesevic TapiDragan Malesevic TapiDragan Malesevic Tapi was one of the leading painters of Serbian hyperrealism style. By vocation, he was an economist.-Life:...
, Serbian painter and Freemason - Dragan TarlaćDragan TarlacDragan Tarlać is a retired Serbian / Greek professional basketball player. He played in the NBA. He is 2.11 m in height.-Europe:...
, Yugoslavian basketball player - Dragan TešanovićDragan TešanovićDragan "Gagi" Tešanović is a Serbian mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Tešanović mostly competed in the Eastern European circuit, before signing with the Bellator Fighting Championships...
, Serbian mixed martial arts fighter - Dragan TodorovićDragan TodorovicNot to be confused with Dragan Todorović, Serbian politician.Dragan Todorović is a writer and multimedia artist...
, Yugoslavian writer, journalist, and artist - Dragan TodorovićDragan Todorovic (politician)Not to be confused with Dragan Todorović, Yugoslavian writerDragan Todorović is a Serbian politician, vice-president of the Serbian Radical Party. He was Radical Party representative in the Parliaments of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro...
, Serbian politician - Dragan TomićDragan TomicDragan Tomić is a former Speaker of the National Assembly, holding the position from 1994 to 2001. A member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, he next became acting President of Serbia from 23 July to 29 December 1997.He was preceded by Slobodan Milošević and succeeded by Milan...
, Serbian politician, acting President of Serbia July - December 1997 - Dragan TsankovDragan TsankovDragan Kiriakov Tsankov was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country....
, Bulgarian politician, twice Prime Minister - Dragan UmicevicDragan UmicevicDragan Umičević is a Swedish ice hockey player of Serbian descent. He is currently playing with the Malmö Redhawks in HockeyAllsvenskan . Umicevic has represented the Sweden national ice hockey team in 2006 and 2007, although not in international tournaments such as the World Championships or the...
, Swedish ice hockey player - Dragan VasiljkovićDragan VasiljkovicDragan Vasiljković nicknamed Captain Dragan was a founder and captain of the Serbian paramilitary unit called the Knindže . Currently imprisoned in Australia, he is accused of war crimes by the Republic of Croatia, wanted by Interpol...
, Serbian paramilitary officer and accused war criminal - Dragan ŽarkovićDragan ŽarkovićDragan Žarković is a Serbian football defender who plays for Shahrdari Tabriz in the Iran Pro League.He previously played for FK Mladi Obilić Beograd, FK Grafičar Beograd and BSK....
, Serbian footballer - Dragan ZorićDragan ZoricDragan Zorić is a Serbian sprint canoer who has competed from the late 1990s to 2007. Until 2006, he competed for Serbia and Montenegro...
, Serbian sprint canoer