List of Serbs
Encyclopedia
This is a list of historical and living Serbs
(of Serbia
or the Serbian diaspora
) who are famous or notable, sorted by occupation and name. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited, while people of Serb ancestry are marked with (*).
and List of medieval Serbian literature
.
's death in 1851.
Cleanup
, Hajduks, Uskoks
Balkan Wars and World War I
World War II
Foreign armies and navies
Ottoman Empire
United States
Russian Empire
World War II and after: Serbian military leaders
Church leaders
Theologians
Serbian people category
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
(of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
or the Serbian diaspora
Serbian diaspora
There are currently more than 3.5 million Serbs in diaspora throughout the world...
) who are famous or notable, sorted by occupation and name. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited, while people of Serb ancestry are marked with (*).
Architecture
- Aleksandar DerokoAleksandar DerokoAleksandar Deroko was a famous Serbian architect, artist, and author...
, famous SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
and authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. - Aleksandar Đokić, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
known for his works created in the Brutalist and postmodernistPostmodern architecturePostmodern architecture began as an international style the first examples of which are generally cited as being from the 1950s, but did not become a movement until the late 1970s and continues to influence present-day architecture...
styles. - Bogdan BogdanovićBogdan BogdanovićBogdan Bogdanović was a Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist. He taught architecture at the University of Belgrade, where he also served as dean...
, famous Serbian architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
, urbanist and essayist. - Dragiša BrašovanDragiša BrašovanDragiša Brašovan was a Serbian modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia.- Works :Zrenjanin:...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. - Ivan AntićIvan AnticIvan Antic was a Serbian architect and academic, considered one of the former Yugoslavia's best post-war architects.- Biography :He made his studies in Belgrade from 1945 until he got his diploma in 1950...
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and academic, considered one of the former YugoslaviaFormer YugoslaviaThe former Yugoslavia is a term used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
's best post-war architects. - Mihailo JankovićMihailo JankovicMihailo Janković was a Serbian architect who designed a few of the important structures in Serbia whilst a part of Yugoslavia.He designed "The stadium JNA" - now known as Partizan Stadium , building of SIV and Museum of May 25. His most important project was skyscraper CK now known as Ušće...
, SerbianSerbianSerbian may refer to:* Serbian cuisine* Serbians, citizens of Serbia* Serbs, members of the Serb ethnic group* Serbian diaspora, emigrants of Serbia and their descendants, and Serbs living abroad* Serbian language, the official language of Serbia...
architect who designed a few of the important structures in SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... - Milan ZlokovićMilan ZlokovicMilan Zloković was a Serbian architect. His works epitomised two epochs of architecture in Belgrade....
, famous architect, founder of the Group of Architects of Modern Expressions. - Momčilo Tapavica designer of Matica SrpskaMatica srpskaThe Matica srpska is the oldest cultural-scientific institution of Serbia. Matica srpska was founded in 1826 in Budapest and moved to Novi Sad in 1864....
building in Novi SadNovi SadNovi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
, also the first Serb to win win an Olympic medal - Svetozar IvačkovićSvetozar IvackovicSvetozar Ivačković was a distinguished post-Romantic Serbian architect; the most famous representative of the first epoch of the Serbian-Byzantine architectural revival in Serbia. He, like many Serbian architects of his time, was educated in Vienna...
, distinguished post-RomanticRomanticismRomanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
architect. - Zoran ManevićZoran ManevicZoran Manević is one of the most prominent Serbian architecture historians. He published a number of books in his field, and is a board member of Arhitektura i urbanizam magazine and president of the Club of Architects.-Bibliography:...
, one of the most prominent SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n architecture historiansHistory of architectureThe history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates.-Neolithic architecture:Neolithic architecture is the architecture of the Neolithic period...
. - Ilija ArnautovićIlija ArnautovićIlija Arnautović was a Slovene architect of Serbian origin, known for his many projects during the period of Slovenian socialism...
, Slovene architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
(SerbSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
origin), known for his many projects during the period of Slovenian socialism (1960-1980). - Dimitrije T. LekoDimitrije T. LekoDimitrije T. Leko was a renowned Serbian architect and urbanist. He has spent most of his life outside Serbia – he had finished high school in Winterthur, before studying architecture at the universities in Zürich, Aachen and Munich...
, renowned Serbian architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and urbanistUrbanismBroadly, urbanism is a focus on cities and urban areas, their geography, economies, politics, social characteristics, as well as the effects on, and caused by, the built environment.-Philosophy:...
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Scholars, academics, educators
- Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908) was a renowned Serbian jurist, law historian and ethnologist. He is considered to be a pioneer in the field of sociology of law and legal ethnology research.
- Milutin MilankovićMilutin MilankovicMilutin Milanković was a Serbian geophysicist and civil engineer, best known for his theory of ice ages, suggesting a relationship between Earth's long-term climate changes and periodic changes in its orbit, now known as Milankovitch cycles. Milanković gave two fundamental contributions to global...
- Andrija (Zoran) Vujisić (linguist)
- Mihailo Petrović Alas
- Mateja Matejić (priest)Mateja Matejić (priest)Mateja Matejić Serbian Cyrillic Матеја Матејић - Priest of Serbian Orthodox Church, emigrant since 1945, and the Professor Emeritus of Slavic languages and Literatures at Ohio State University...
- Charles SimicCharles SimicDušan "Charles" Simić is a Serbian-American poet, and was co-Poetry Editor of the Paris Review. He was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2007.-Early years:...
- Milos MladenovicMilos MladenovicMiloš Mladenović was professor emeritus of History at McGill University in Montreal, and an expert on Cold War politics of the day....
- Vasilije KrestićVasilije KresticVasilije Krestić is an intellectual and historian, and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.As a historian, he focuses on the history of the Serbs of the Habsburg Monarchy...
- Petar V. KokotovicPetar V. KokotovicPetar V. Kokotovic is a professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He has made contributions in the areas of adaptive control, singular perturbation techniques, and nonlinear control....
- Traian StoianovichTraian StoianovichTraian Stoianovich Traian Stoianovich Traian Stoianovich (1920 in Gradešnica Yugoslavia (now Republic of Macedonia – December 21, 2005 in New Brunswick) was a historian and a professor of history at the Rutgers University...
- Milorad M. DrachkovitchMilorad M. DrachkovitchMilorad M. Drachkovitch was the posthumous son of Milorad T. Drachkovitch, Minister of the Interior in the Former Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Drachkovitch was born in Belgrade. During World War II, Drachkovitch fled to escape the communist regime in Yugoslavia and fought with the Resistance against...
- Stojan NovakovićStojan NovakovicStojan Novaković , was a Serbian literary critic, scholar, politician and diplomat, and the foremost Serbian historian of nineteenth century, holding the post of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia on two occasions.He was born in the western Serbian city of Šabac and died in the southern city of...
- Stanoje StanojevićStanoje StanojevićStanoje Stanojević was a Serbian historian, university professor, academic and a leader of many scientific and publishing enterprises.-Career:...
(1874–1937) - Mihailo GavrilovićMihailo GavrilovicMihailo Gavrilović , was a prominent Serbian historian and diplomat.-Scholary career:...
(1868–1924) - Veselin ČajkanovićVeselin CajkanovicVeselin Čajkanović was a Serbian classical scholar, religious history scholar, and Greek and Latin translator.-Biography:...
- Pavle IvićPavle Ivic-Biography:Professor Pavle Ivić was a leading South Slavic and general dialectologist and phonologist. Both his field work and his synthesizing studies were extensive and authoritative...
- Milan RaspopovićMilan RaspopovićMilan Raspopović , PhD, was one of the founders of Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade , its founder from 1963, physics professor from the school's opening , creator of unique MG Physics Curriculum, first MG professor of physics, MG professor of electronics, and MG principal and director, elected to...
- Srđan OgnjanovićSrđan OgnjanovićSrđan Ognjanović is the principal of Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade since 2008...
- Luko ZoreLuko ZoreLuko Zore , Luko involved into a Serb-Catholic circle, with all the big intelectuals of the XIX cenrury in Dubrovnik and Montenegrin philologist and Slavist, and was one of the leading opposition fighting against the foreign forces of Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy in Dubrovnik.At that time...
- Špiro KulišićŠpiro KulišicŠpiro Kulišić was a controversial Montenegrin ethnologist and one of the founders of the Montenegrin autochtonist school....
- Nikola VukčevićNikola VukcevicNikola Vukčević is a Montenegrin film director, born on August 19, 1974, in Podgorica, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He is a stage and film director, independent producer since 1995, member of Film board of Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts , and professor at national Faculty of Dramatic Arts...
- Pero BudmaniPero BudmaniPero Budmani , like many intellectual Dubrovnik, was a prominent member of the Serb-Catholic circle, linguist and philologist who bravely followed Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's language reforms...
- Sima LozanićSima LozanicSima Lozanić was a Serbian chemist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, the first rector of the University of Belgrade, minister of foreign affairs, minister of industry and diplomat.-Biography:...
- Ilarion RuvaracIlarion RuvaracIlarion Ruvarac was historian and Orthodox priest, a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts . Ruvarac introduced the critical methods into Serbian historiography. He was archimandrite of Grgeteg monastery...
- Sava MrkaljSava MrkaljSava Mrkalj was a Serbian linguist, grammarian, philologist, and poet known for his attempt to reform the Serbian language before Vuk Karadžić....
- Ivan KlajnIvan KlajnIvan Klajn is a Serbian linguist, philologist and language historian, with primary interest in Romance languages and Serbian...
- Vladimir ĆorovićVladimir CorovicVladimir Ćorović was a 20th-century Serbian historian, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts . He is best known for his many acclaimed works on the history of Serbs and Yugoslavia.-Early:...
- Branko MikasinovichBranko MikasinovichBranko Mikasinovich is a scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature as well as a noted Slavist. He has edited Introduction to Yugoslav Literature , a representative anthology of modern Yugoslav prose and poetry in English, Five Modern Yugoslav Plays , a unique collection of plays written between...
- Dejan MedakovićDejan MedakovicDejan Medaković was a Serbian writer, historian and professor who resided in Belgrade...
- Hans Albert Einstein (son of Mileva MaricMileva MaricMileva Marić was one of the first women to study mathematics and physics in Europe...
and Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
) - Emil PetroviciEmil PetroviciEmil Petrovici was a Romanian linguist, who studied both Romanian and the Slavic languages. His studies included Romanian phonetics, phonology, and Romanian and Slavic dialectology....
(Romanian linguist of Serbian descent) - Sima AvramovicSima AvramovicProfessor Sima Avramović of the University of Belgrade's Law School is one of the foremost Serbian authorities on comparative law, legal history, law and religion, Roman law, and rhetoric....
- Teodor FilipovićTeodor FilipovicTeodor Filipović , Serbian writer, jurist and educator, is also known by his pseudonym Božidar Grujović. одломци из дела Милован Ристић: Устанички законописац Теодор Филиповић , Просвета, Београд 1953.-Biography:...
(also known as Bozidar Grujović), a lawyer and professor who taught at the University of HarkovKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
with his two other Serbian compatriots, Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) and Gligorije TrlajićGligorije TrlajicGligorije Trlajić was a Serbian writer, poet, and professor of law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Kharkiv...
. - Bozidar PetranovicBožidar PetranovicBožidar Petranović was an outstanding Serbian author, scholar, literary historian, and journalist of the 19th century...
undertook to write the history of world literature in the 1840s, explaining that national culture had neglected literary history. - Svetomir NikolajevicSvetomir NikolajevićSvetomir Nikolajević was Serbian writer and politician, a professor of the Belgrade's Grande École , the Serbian Royal Academy, Prime Minister of Serbia Svetomir Nikolajević (September 21, 1844, Raduša – April 18, 1922, Belgrade) was Serbian writer and politician, a professor of the...
was the first professor in the newly founded Department of World Literature in Belgrade School of Philosophy. Later, he became professor in the School of Philology at the University of BelgradeUniversity of BelgradeThe University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
. - Bogdan GavrilovićBogdan GavrilovicBogdan Gavrilović was a highly prolific and prominent Serbian mathematician, philosopher, and educator. He received his doctorate in sciences mathematiques from the University of Budapest in 1887. He served twice as the Rector of the University of Belgrade.-External links:*...
- Milan RešetarMilan RešetarMilan Rešetar was a Serb-Catholic, linguist, Ragusologist, historian and literary critic.After the gymnasium in Dubrovnik, he attained studies of classic Philology and Slavistics in Vienna...
- Konstantin VojnovićKonstantin VojnovićKonstantin pl. Vojnović was a Serbian-Croatian politician, university professor and rector.Vojnović was born in Herceg Novi into the of Serbian noble family House of Vojnović, who converted from Serbian Ortodoxy to Roman Catholicism by his grandmother.He graduated law at the University of Vienna...
- Dušan T. BatakovićDušan T. BatakovicDušan T. Bataković is a Serbian historian and diplomat. His specialty is modern and contemporary Serbian and Balkan history...
, Serbian historian and diplomat, currently Serbian ambassador to France. - Miloš MilojevićMiloš MilojevićMiloš S. Milojević was a Serbian lawyer and historian.-Biography:Miloš S. Milojević, son of a parish priest, was born at Crna Bara in Mačva, Serbia, on the 16th of October 1840. He graduated with a law degree from Belgrade's Grande École in 1862; studied philosophy, philology and history at the...
, Serbian historian who went to the Kosovo and Metohija region in the 1870s and used three books of travel notes to write a demographic-statistical structures of the mutual relations between Serbs and Albanians before the Serbo-Turkish War. - Lujo Adamović, a world-renowned botanist.
- Nikodim MilasNikodim MilašNikodim Milaš was a Serbian Orthodox Church bishop in Dalmatia . He was perhaps the greatest Serbian expert on church law.. As a canon lawyer in Dalmatia, he defended the Serbian Orthodox Church against the State...
Economists
- Branko MilanovićBranko MilanovicBranko Milanović is a Lead economist in the World Bank's research department in the unit dealing with poverty and inequality and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in Washington, D.C.....
- Miroslav PavlovićMiroslav PavlovicMiroslav Pavlović was a Serbian football player.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team , and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup and at Euro 1968....
- Radovan KovačevićRadovan KovacevicRadovan Kovacevic is the director of the Southern Methodist University Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing. He holds 3 U.S. patents.-References:...
- Milan StojadinovićMilan StojadinovicMilan Stojadinović was a Yugoslav political figure and a noted economist.Stojadinović was born in Čačak in central Serbia, and went to school in Užice and Kragujevac. In 1910 he graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School, and gained a Ph.D. in economics in 1911...
- Radovan JelašićRadovan JelašicRadovan Jelašić is a Serbian economist. He is the former Governor of the Serbian National Bank....
- Milorad NedeljkovićMilorad NedeljkovicMilorad Nedeljković was a Serbian economist and Axis-collaborating politician.He graduated and got his Ph.D. from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics...
Publishers/editors
- Đurađ Crnojević (CetinjeCetinjeCetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...
, c. 1493) - Trojan GundulićTrojan GundulicTrojan Gundulić or Troiano Gondola was a Croatian merchant and printer from the Republic of Ragusa. He is remembered for his participation in the printing of the first book in Belgrade, The Four Gospels .Gundulić started as a barber in his hometown and remained in this trade after his arrival to...
- Božidar VukovićBožidar VukovicLord Božidar Vuković was one of the first printers of Serb books...
and later his son, Vicentije, ran his father's print shop in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, from 1519 until 1561. - Andrija PaltašićAndrija PaltašicAndrija Paltašić was Montenegrin printer and publisher from the Gulf of Kotor in Montenegro. He plied his trade in Venice from 1477 to 1493....
was a Serbian Bokelj who became famous as a printer in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. - Jovan Jovanović ZmajJovan Jovanovic ZmajJovan Jovanović Zmaj was one of the best-known Serbian poets. He was a physician by profession, like his literary predecessor writer Jovan Stejić ....
, one of the co-founders of Javor (The Maple) at Novi SadNovi SadNovi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
in 1862, was its editor for many years. Zmaj is best known for his poetry. - Sava BjelanovićSava BjelanovicSava Bjelanović was an Adriatic Serbian writer and politician, the leader of the coastal Serb Party and the most prominent Dalmatian Serb of the 19th century....
was the publisher of Srpski List in ZadarZadarZadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...
. - Dejan RistanovićDejan RistanovicDejan Ristanović , is a well known Serbian writer and computer publicist.In January 1981 he wrote the first article on personal computers for the popular science magazine Galaksija...
- Darko F. RibnikarDarko F. RibnikarDavorin "Darko" F. Ribnikar was the editor in chief of the Serbian newspaper Politika.Darko was the youngest son of the renowned Slovene physician from Carniola, Franjo Ribnikar and brother of Vladislav Ribnikar. He was educated in Svilajnac and Belgrade. He graduated in law in Germany...
- Vladislav F. RibnikarVladislav F. RibnikarVladislav F. Ribnikar was the founder of Politika, the oldest Serbian newspaper. He led the newspaper from the day it was founded in 1904 until his death in combat in 1914....
- Dimitrije RuvaracDimitrije RuvaracDimitrije Ruvarac was Serbian historian, Orthodox priest, politician and publisher. He is known for being one of the most active publishers of his time.- Ruvarac family :...
, brother of Ilarion RuvaracIlarion RuvaracIlarion Ruvarac was historian and Orthodox priest, a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts . Ruvarac introduced the critical methods into Serbian historiography. He was archimandrite of Grgeteg monastery... - Stijepo KobasicaStijepo KobasicaStijepo Kobasica, 1882–1944, Serbian journalist, author and politician from Dubrovnik. He was the editor of Srpski Glasnik.- Early life :Kobasica was born at Dubrovnik, in Dalmatia in 1882, at that time a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
Scientists & inventors
:Category:Serbian scientists- Nikola TeslaNikola TeslaNikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
(Inventor, Physicist) - Ognjeslav Kostovic Stepanovic
- Mileva Marić EinsteinMileva MaricMileva Marić was one of the first women to study mathematics and physics in Europe...
(Mathematician) - Vuk Stefanović KaradžićVuk Stefanovic KaradžicVuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...
(Philologist) - Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Physicist)
- Miodrag StojkovićMiodrag StojkovicMiodrag Stojković is a Serbian researcher in genetics with the Institute of Human Genetics at Newcastle University. He holds a PhD from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich...
(Genetic Scientist) - Milutin MilankovićMilutin MilankovicMilutin Milanković was a Serbian geophysicist and civil engineer, best known for his theory of ice ages, suggesting a relationship between Earth's long-term climate changes and periodic changes in its orbit, now known as Milankovitch cycles. Milanković gave two fundamental contributions to global...
(Geophysicist) - Mihailo PetrovićMihailo PetrovicMihailo Petrović Alas , was an influential Serbian mathematician and inventor. He was also a distinguished professor at Belgrade University, an academic of the Serbian Royal Academy, and a fisherman. He was a student of Henri Poincaré, Charles Hermite and Charles Émile Picard...
(Mathematician) - Svetozar KurepaSvetozar KurepaSvetozar Kurepa was a mathematician whose main contributions were in the areas of functional analysis and operator theory. Kurepa published over 70 articles, 16 books, and numerous scientific reviews. He taught at the University of Zagreb, where he also served as the Dean of the College of Sciences...
(Mathematician) - Marin GetaldicMarin GetaldicMarin Getaldić was a scientist from the Republic of Ragusa. A mathematician and physicist who studied in Italy, England and Belgium, his best results are mainly in physics, especially optics, and mathematics. He was one of the few students of François Viète....
for a time held the chair of professor of mathematics at the University of Louvain. Getaldic is related to the Pucic family of DubrovnikDubrovnikDubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
. He is Serbian of the Roman Catholic faith. - Pavle SavićPavle SavicPavle Savić was a Serbian physicist and chemist.Born in Thessaloniki, Savić graduated with a degree in physical chemistry from the University of Belgrade in 1932. In 1939, he received a 6 month scholarship from the French government for studying at the Institut du Radium; instead of 6 months,...
(Physicist and chemist, together with Irène Joliot-Curie was nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics) - Josif PančićJosif PancicJosif Pančić OSS was a Serbian botanist. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade and the first president of the Serbian Royal Academy. Pančić is credited for discovering the new species of coniferthe Serbian Spruce.-Biography:...
(1814–1888) is a world-renowned Serbian botanist who first described the Serbian SpruceSerbian SprucePicea omorika is a rare, local spruce, endemic to the Drina River valley in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina near Višegrad and western Serbia, with a total range of only about 60 ha, between 800–1,600 m altitude... - Jovan CvijićJovan CvijicJovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of the University of Belgrade. A world-renowned scientist, Cvijić is considered the founder of geography in Serbia.-Early life and family:Jovan Cvijić was born on October 11 Jovan Cvijić...
(Ethnographer, Geographer and Geologist) - Pavle SavićPavle SavicPavle Savić was a Serbian physicist and chemist.Born in Thessaloniki, Savić graduated with a degree in physical chemistry from the University of Belgrade in 1932. In 1939, he received a 6 month scholarship from the French government for studying at the Institut du Radium; instead of 6 months,...
(Physics) - Voja AntonićVoja AntonicVoja Antonić is a Serbian inventor, journalist and writer. He was also a magazine editor and contributed to a number of radio shows but he is best known for creating a build-it-yourself home computer Galaksija and originating a related "Build your own computer Galaksija" initiative with Dejan...
- Tatomir Anđelić
- Milan BudimirMilan BudimirMilan Budimir was the most distinguished Serbian classical scholar, professor of the Serbian philosopher and Chair of the Department of the Classical Philology.-Life:...
- Jovan Čokor
- Ljiljana CrepajacLjiljana CrepajacLjiljana Crepajac is a Serbian classical scholar, philologist, a full-time professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy on the subject Historical grammar of Old Greek; she is the head of the Department of Classical Sciences , and she has been a full professor since 1987.Crepajac...
- Stevan DedijerStevan DedijerStevan Dedijer was a Yugoslav academic and a pioneer of Business Intelligence.Stevan Dedijer was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serb parents, Milica Dedijer and Jefto Dedijer....
- Aleksandar DespićAleksandar DespicAleksandar Despić was a Serbian physicist. Dr. Despić received his PhD degree from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. He was a professor at the Faculty of Technology, University of Belgrade and his scientific interests include fundamental and applied electrochemistry...
- Milan DamnjanovićMilan Damnjanovic (physicist)Milan Damnjanović is a full professor specialising in Quantum mechanics and Mathematical physics at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Belgrade and Corresponding Member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.- External links :***- Books :** - in Serbian* - in Serbian...
(Physicist) - Mihailo Đurić
- Nićifor DučićNicifor DucicArchimandrite Nićifor Dučić , , was a member of the golden pleiad of the Serbs from Herzegovina, theologian, historian and philologist who was educated in Belgrade and Paris, monk who refused the title of a bishop, devoted lover of enlightenment and patriot.In 1848 in Žitomislić Monastery was...
- Bogdan Duricic
- Bogdan GavrilovićBogdan GavrilovicBogdan Gavrilović was a highly prolific and prominent Serbian mathematician, philosopher, and educator. He received his doctorate in sciences mathematiques from the University of Budapest in 1887. He served twice as the Rector of the University of Belgrade.-External links:*...
- Spiridon GopčevićSpiridon GopcevicSpiridon Gopčević or Leo Brenner was a Serbian-Austrian astronomer and historian born in Trieste.His father, also named Spiridon, was a great shipowner in Trieste , but had originated from the village of Podi near Herceg Novi in Boka Kotorska in present-day Montenegro...
(Astronomer, born in Trieste to Serbian parents) - Sava MrkaljSava MrkaljSava Mrkalj was a Serbian linguist, grammarian, philologist, and poet known for his attempt to reform the Serbian language before Vuk Karadžić....
- Slobodan JovanovićSlobodan JovanovicSlobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...
- Pavle IvićPavle Ivic-Biography:Professor Pavle Ivić was a leading South Slavic and general dialectologist and phonologist. Both his field work and his synthesizing studies were extensive and authoritative...
- Jovan KaramataJovan KaramataJovan Karamata was one of the greatest Serbian mathematicians of the 20th century. He is remembered for contributions to analysis, in particular, the Tauberian theory and the theory of slowly varying functions...
- Zoran KnezevicZoran Kneževic (astronomer)Zoran Knežević is a Serbian astronomer, who has been publishing since 1982. His major scientific contributions are in the field of movement of small celestial bodies...
- Đuro Kurepa
- Milan KurepaMilan KurepaMilan V. Kurepa was a renowned Serbian atomic physicist.Kurepa was born on 1 May 1933 in town of Bačka Palanka, Vojvodina, Serbia. In 1956, he began his working at the Vinca Nuclear Institute in Belgrade. Kurepa graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Mathematics under Aleksandar...
- Laza LazarevićLaza LazarevicLaza K. Lazarević was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist. The primary interest of Lazarević throughout his short life was the science of medicine...
- Marko LekoMarko LekoMarko T. Leko was a notable Serbian scientist, chemist, professor and president of the Serbian Red Cross.Marko T. Leko was born in Belgrade, Serbia, on September the 17th, 1853 to a merchant family. He attended and graduated from Polytechnic school in Zurich and obtained his doctoral degree in 1875...
- Sima LozanićSima LozanicSima Lozanić was a Serbian chemist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, the first rector of the University of Belgrade, minister of foreign affairs, minister of industry and diplomat.-Biography:...
- Dragoslav MitrinovićDragoslav MitrinovicDragoslav S. Mitrinović was a Serbian mathematician known for his work in differential equations, functional equations, complex analysis...
- Tihomir NovakovTihomir NovakovTihomir Novakov, Ph.D known also as Tica Novakov is an American physicist. As a scientist, Novakov is known for his black carbon, air quality, and climate change research.-Education and career:...
(Physicist) - Dragoljub PokrajacDragoljub PokrajacDragoljub Pokrajac Dragoljub Pokrajac Dragoljub Pokrajac (born 1970 in Šibenik, Croatia (then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-American scientist. His fields of interest include data mining, video analysis, image processing, applied mathematics and others...
- Milorad B. ProtićMilorad B. ProticMilorad B. Protić was a Serbian astronomer.He has discovered a handful of asteroids. 1675 Simonida is named after queen Simonida, wife of medieval Serbian king Stefan Milutin; 2348 Michkovitch is named after Vojislav V...
- Ljubisav RakicLjubisav RakićLjubisav Rakic is a Serbian scientist.Rakic was born in Sarajevo in 1931, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His parents were teachers. He graduated from the Belgrade Medical School in 1956. After graduating, he became an Assistant Professor for physiology and biochemistry at the University of Belgrade...
- Jovan RaškovićJovan RaškovicJovan Rašković was an ethnic Serbian psychiatrist and politician from Croatia....
- Dušan RistanovićDušan RistanovicDušan Ristanović is a Professor of Medical Biophysics on Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia. Prof. Dušan Ristanović is author of more than 400 scientific papers, with over 150 cited publications. He was also head of the Yugoslav Biophysical Association and Head of the...
- Bob UrosevichBob UrosevichRobert J. "Bob" Urosevich has been a noted member of the election systems industry since the 1970s, founding and operating numerous companies that supply voting systems to the majority of United States.-Election industry:...
(Head of Diebold Election Systems. Bob created Diebold's original electronic voting machine software) - Pavle VujevicPavle VujevićPavle Vujevic was a Serbian geographer and meteorologist, professor of climatology, meteorology, and mathematical geography at the University of Belgrade. He was a founder of the science of microclimatology, and one of the first in the science of potamology .He is famous for his book Basis of...
- Miomir VukobratovicMiomir VukobratovicMiomir Vukobratović is a Serbian mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots. His major interest is in the development of efficient modeling and control of robot dynamics.-Education:He received the B.Sc. and Ph.D...
- Milan VukcevichMilan VukcevichMilan Radoje Vukcevich was a Yugoslav scientist, chess International Master, Grandmaster chess problem composer, and writer....
- Jovan ŽujovićJovan ŽujovicJovan Žujović was an anthropologist, known as a founder of geology in Serbia....
- Miodrag PetkovićMiodrag petkovicMiodrag S. Petković is a mathematician and computer scientist. He graduated in Computer Science in 1972 and gained his PhD in Mathematics in the area of Interval analysis...
(Mathematician) - Vlatko VedralVlatko VedralVlatko Vedral is a Serbian born physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and CQT at the National University of Singapore and a Fellow of Wolfson College. He is known for his research on the theory of Entanglement and Quantum Information Theory...
- Miomir VukobratovicMiomir VukobratovicMiomir Vukobratović is a Serbian mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots. His major interest is in the development of efficient modeling and control of robot dynamics.-Education:He received the B.Sc. and Ph.D...
- Miodrag GrbicMiodrag GrbićMiodrag Grbić, was a Serbian archeologist and custos. He studied in Prague, where he gained a Ph.D. in archeology. He published the Archaeologia Iugoslavica journal together with Nikola Vulić...
(Archeologist) - Petar GburčikPetar GburcikProf. Petar Gburčik was a Serbian scientist and a Professor of Meteorology at the University of Belgrade. He was the author of first mathematical models of the numerical weather prediction, which were used operationally in the Weather Service of Yugoslavia from 1970 to 1977...
Literature
:Category:Serbian writers, Serbian LiteratureSerbian literature
Serbian literature refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia.The history of Serbian literature begins with theological works from the 10th- and 11th centuries, developing in the 13th century by Saint Sava and his disciples...
and List of medieval Serbian literature
Medieval
- Constantine of KostenetsConstantine of KostenetsConstantine of Kostenets , also known as Konstantin Kostenechki and Constantine the Philosopher , was a medieval Bulgarian writer and chronicler...
- Elder GrigorijeElder GrigorijeElder Grigorije was a Serbian nobleman, Orthodox cleric and writer.-Life:Grigorije hailed from the Prizren region. He was a nobleman under the Serbian Empire but later took monastic vows and received the monastic title of Elder . With monk Jakov he led the building of the endowment of Emperor...
- JefimijaJefimija-See also:*Mija, Serbian variant*Mia, English variant*Jefrem or Jevrem, Serbian male variant*nun Jelena Vojihnović Mrnjavčević , formerly Jelena, daughter of Vojihna and widow of Uglješa Mrnjavčević. She is considered the first female Serbian poet, author of "Lament for a Dead Son" and "A Prayer to...
, formerly Jelena Mrnjavčević, the widow of Uglješa Mrnjavčević and daughter of Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia. - Princess Milica of Serbia, the daughter of Vlatko Nemanjić of Jug BogdanJug BogdanVratko Nemanjić was a 14th century Serbian medieval warrior and Hero character known as Jug Bogdan in Serbian epic poetry....
fame and wife of Tsar Lazar. In Serbian epic poetry she is known as nun Jevgenija. - Saint SavaSaint SavaSaint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
- Teodosije the HilandarianTeodosije the HilandarianTeodosije the Hilandarian was a Serbian Orthodox clergyman and one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts named him one of the 100 most prominent Serbs....
- Vladislav the GrammarianVladislav the GrammarianVladislav the Grammarian was a fifteenth-century Bulgarian monk, writer, historian and theologian.He worked in both medieval Bulgaria and Serbia and is regarded as both Serbian and Bulgarian author...
- Stefan LazarevićStefan LazarevicStefan Lazarević known also as Stevan the Tall was a Serbian Despot, ruler of the Serbian Despotate between 1389 and 1427. He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar, who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, and Princess Milica from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjić dynasty...
- Ninac VukoslavićNinac VukoslavićNinac Vukoslavić or "the Serbian Scribe" was a 15th-century Serbian scribe and chancellor at the court of Scanderbeg of Albania....
- Đurađ Branković issued The Esphigmen Charter to the Esphigmenou MonasteryEsphigmenou MonasteryEsphigmenou monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, dedicated to the Ascension of Christ. It is built next to the sea at the northern part of the Athonite peninsula. Located near the Hilandar monastery, it is the northernmost of all Athonite...
at Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
in 1429. - Đurađ Crnojević first printed the OktoihOktoihOktoih , in English the Book of Psalms or Psalter, is an incunabula printed in Cetinje, Montenegro in 1494. Oktoih is a book of liturgical hymns for singing in eight parts. It was printed in the Printing House of Crnojevići by Đurađ IV Crnojević, an educated ruler of Montenegro from 1490-1496...
at CetinjeCetinjeCetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...
in 1495. - Emperor Dušan is the author of the judicial Dušan's CodeDušan's CodeDušan's Code was enacted by Tsar Dušan in two state congresses: in May 21, 1349 in Skopje and amended in 1354 in Serres. It regulated all social spheres, so it can be considered a medieval Serbian constitution. The Code included 201 articles. The original manuscript is not preserved, but around...
.
Baroque
- Andrija ZmajevićAndrija ZmajevicAndrija Zmajević was a distinguished Serbian Baroque poet and contributor to the Roman Catholic Church from the Bay of Kotor...
(1628-1694), Venetian national, Serbian baroque poet - Gavril Stefanović VenclovićGavril Stefanovic VenclovicGavrilo Stefanović Venclović was a Serbian priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, and illuminator. He was one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature...
(fl. 1670–1749), Hungarian national, one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature
Rationalism
Rationalism began in 1700 and continued to about 1811, with the death of Dositej ObradovićDositej Obradovic
Dositej Dimitrije Obradović was a Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia...
.
- Hristofor ZhefarovichHristofor ZhefarovichHristofor Zhefarovich was an 18th-century painter, engraver, writer and poet and a notable proponent of Pan-Slavism.- Biography :Born at the end of the 17th century,...
- Vasilije III Petrović-NjegošVasilije III Petrovic-NjegošVasilije Petrović-Njegoš was a Prince bishop of Montenegro. Also, he wrote the history of Montenegro, and Serbian patriotic poems.He ruled together with Sava, his brother.-Overview:...
- Jovan RajićJovan RajicJovan Rajić was a Serbian writer, historian, traveller, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century...
- Zaharije OrfelinZaharije OrfelinZaharije Orfelin was an 18th-century Serb polymath who lived and worked in the Austrian Monarchy and Venice. Described as a Renaissance man, he was an educator, administrator, poet, engraver, lexicographer, herbalist, historian, winemaker, translator, editor, publisher, polemicist, and traveler...
- Dositej ObradovićDositej ObradovicDositej Dimitrije Obradović was a Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia...
- Gerasim ZelićGerasim ZelicGerasim Zelić was a renowned Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer . His chief work is Žitije , in three volumes...
- Gligorije TrlajićGligorije TrlajicGligorije Trlajić was a Serbian writer, poet, and professor of law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Kharkiv...
- Teodor FilipovićTeodor FilipovicTeodor Filipović , Serbian writer, jurist and educator, is also known by his pseudonym Božidar Grujović. одломци из дела Милован Ристић: Устанички законописац Теодор Филиповић , Просвета, Београд 1953.-Biography:...
- Teodor Ilić ČešljarTeodor Ilic CešljarTeodor Ilić Češljar was born in 1746 in Čurug, Serbia and died on November 20, 1793 at age 47 in Bačko Petrovo Selo . He was a late Baroque Serbian painter from Vojvodina best known for being the creator of the Royal Doors from Ostojićevo...
- Jovan Avakumović (poet)Jovan Avakumović (poet)Jovan Avakumović , also known by his nickname Pašhalija, was a Serbian poet, nobleman and lawyer.-Life:Jovan was born in 1748 into the prominent family of Nikola Avakumović, a merchant of Szentendre and judge whom Emperor Leopold II named a nobleman in charters. He was schooled in Bratislava,...
Rationalism to Romanticism
This transitional period from Rationalism to Romanticism had its beginnings in art and literature from about 1811 to Petar II Petrović-NjegošPetar II Petrovic-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...
's death in 1851.
- Lukijan MušickiLukijan MušickiLukijan Mušicki was a Serbian poet, prose writer, and polyglot.Mušicki was a monk, and later abbot of a monastery in Fruška Gora, whose religious poetry in Church Slavonic, a language distant from the spoken koine, but the only literary language of his time, was recognised and valued by the...
- Joakim VujićJoakim VujicJoakim Vujić was a Serbian writer, dramatist, actor, traveler and polygot. He was one of the most accomplished Serbian dramatists and writers of the 18th century, director of Knjaževsko-Srpski Teatar in Kragujevac 1835/36...
- Matija Nenadović author of Memoirs, an eyewitness account of the First Serbian UprisingFirst Serbian UprisingThe First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian Revolution , the successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and...
in 1804 and the Second Serbian UprisingSecond Serbian UprisingThe Second Serbian Uprising was a second phase of the Serbian revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re-annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire, in 1813. The occupation was enforced following the defeat of the First Serbian Uprising , during which Serbia...
in 1815. - Sima Milutinović SarajlijaSima Milutinovic SarajlijaSima Milutinović "Sarajlija" was a Bosnian–Serbian poet, hajduk, translator, historian, philologist, diplomat and adventurer.-Biography:...
- Jovan Sterija PopovićJovan Sterija PopovicJovan Sterija Popović was a Serbian playwright, poet and pedagogue who taught at the Belgrade Higher School. Sterija was recognized by his contemporaries as the one of the leading Serbian intellectuals...
- Petar II Petrović-NjegošPetar II Petrovic-NjegošPetar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...
- Nikanor GrujićNikanor GrujićNikanor Grujić was the Bishop of Pakrac of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the locum tenens Serbian Patriarch, Austro – Hungarian emperor's Privy Councilor, knight of the Grand Cross of the Franz Joseph order, member of Houses of Magnates at Hungarian and Croatian – Slavonian parliaments, member of...
- Vasa ŽivkovićVasa ŽivkovićVasa Živković was a Serbian poet and an Orthodox priest. He is highly regarded in Serbian culture for his role in collecting verses from oral traditions of his people. His literary opus sustained only half of his poems to be printed, since he was prone to self criticism...
- Matija BanMatija BanMatija Ban was a Serbo-Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright, born in the city of Dubrovnik, who became known as one of the first Catholics from Dubrovnik who expressed a Serb nationality...
- Mato VodopićMato VodopicMato Vodopić was the bishop of Dubrovnik from July 3, 1882 until his death in 1893, and wrote poems for some special occasions, and was a storyteller and collector of folk ballads...
- Medo PucićMedo PucicMedo Pucić, also known as Orsat Pucić, was a writer and politician from Dubrovnik, at the time in the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Dalmatia, who was the first Catholic native of Dubrovnik to declare himself a Serb, believing that the religion was irrelevant for ethnic affiliation, contrary to the...
(poet) - Pero BudmaniPero BudmaniPero Budmani , like many intellectual Dubrovnik, was a prominent member of the Serb-Catholic circle, linguist and philologist who bravely followed Vuk Stefanović Karadžić's language reforms...
- Milica Stojadinović-SrpkinjaMilica Stojadinovic-SrpkinjaMilica Stojadinovic-Srpkinja was arguably the greatest female Serbian poet of the 19th century.-Biography:...
- Uroš KneževićUroš KneževicUroš Knežević was a Serbian painter. He was born on January 2, 1811 in the town of Sremski Karlovci , to father Teodor and mother Julijana...
- Konstantin DanilKonstantin DanilKonstantin Danil was a renowned Serbian painter of the 19th century. He is most famous for his portraits.-External links:**...
Romanticism
Romanticism initially had its roots in the first decades of the 19th Century, but which appears among us from the time of Njegoš's death (1851) and lasts two decades.- Vuk Stefanović KaradžićVuk Stefanovic KaradžicVuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...
- Sava MrkaljSava MrkaljSava Mrkalj was a Serbian linguist, grammarian, philologist, and poet known for his attempt to reform the Serbian language before Vuk Karadžić....
- Đuro Daničić collaborated with Vuk Karadžć in reforming and standardizing the Serbian language, and translating the Bible from old Serbo-Slavonic into modern-day Serbian.
- Vuk VrčevićVuk VrčevićVuk Vrčević was a Serbian collector of lyric poetry and companion of Vuk Karadžić, the famed linguist and reformer of the Serbian language. He also translated into Serbian the poetical work of Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapessi, better known by his pseudonym Metastasio .-Biography:Vuk Vrčević was...
collaborated with Vuk Karadžić collecting Serbian tales and songs in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dalmatia along with Very Rev. Vuk Popović. - Niccolo TommaseoNiccolò TommaseoNiccolò Tommaseo was an Italian Dalmatian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana in eight volumes , of a dictionary of synonyms and other works...
also belongs to Serbian literature, having written Iskrice (Scintille), first in Italian and then in Serbian, and many more literary works. He also corresponded with Petar II Petrović-NjegošPetar II Petrovic-NjegošPetar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...
and other celebrated Serbian and Sout Slav authors. - Branko RadičevićBranko RadicevicBranko Radičević , an influential Serbian poet, within a short space of time contrived to enhance Serbian literature with several perennially attractive poems.- Biography:...
- Petar PreradovićPetar PreradovicPetar Preradović was a Croatian poet of Serb origin.- Biography :Preradović was born in the village of Grabrovnica , which was part of the Austrian Military Frontier, in Serbian Orthodox family of Jovan Preradović and Pelagija Preradović. He spent childhood in Grubišno Polje, were his father was...
is claimed by two literatures, Croatian and Serbian, as their own, and with equal rights. - Jovan SundečićJovan SundecicJovan Sundečić , was a Serbian poet from Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina, priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro...
- Jovan Jovanović ZmajJovan Jovanovic ZmajJovan Jovanović Zmaj was one of the best-known Serbian poets. He was a physician by profession, like his literary predecessor writer Jovan Stejić ....
- Đura Jakšić
- Đorđe Marković KoderĐorđe Marković KoderĐorđe Marković Koder was a Serbian poet born in Austrian Empire. Misunderstood, largely forgotten and often considered a marginal figure in Serbian poetry, criticized for his cryptic style littered with incomprehensible words and obscure metaphors, Koder was nevertheless a unique phenomenon in...
- Laza KostićLaza KosticLaza Kostić was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, philosopher, polyglot, publicist, and politician, considered to be one of the greatest minds of Serbian literature.-Biography:...
- Stjepan Mitrov LjubišaStjepan Mitrov LjubišaStjepan Mitrov Ljubiša , was a Serbian-Montenegrin writer and politician. He is famous for his unique short stories, generally ranked among the masterpieces of Serbian literature in its day...
- Visarion LjubišaVisarion LjubišaVisarion Ljubiša was the Metropolitan bishop of Serbian Orthodox Church from 1882 to 1884.-Early Life and Schooling:...
- Čedomilj MijatovićCedomilj MijatovicČedomilj Mijatović was a Serbian statesman, economist, historian, writer, politician, diplomat and one of the...
- Kosta TrifkovićKosta TrifkovicKosta Trifković was a Serbian writer and one of the best comediographers of the time...
- Ilarion RuvaracIlarion RuvaracIlarion Ruvarac was historian and Orthodox priest, a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts . Ruvarac introduced the critical methods into Serbian historiography. He was archimandrite of Grgeteg monastery...
- Marko MiljanovMarko MiljanovMarko Miljanov Popović was a warrior and writer from Montenegro. He led the Kuči clan against the Turks in 1862 and distinguished himself in the War of 1876-78...
Realism
Realism was a movement in art and literature, from the beginning of 1870 to 1900.- Jakov IgnjatovićJakov IgnjatovicJakov Ignjatović was a famous Serbian 19th century novelist and prose writer from Hungary. He also wrote in Hungarian.-Biography:...
- Dimitrije RuvaracDimitrije RuvaracDimitrije Ruvarac was Serbian historian, Orthodox priest, politician and publisher. He is known for being one of the most active publishers of his time.- Ruvarac family :...
- Milovan GlišićMilovan GlišicMilovan Glišić was a Serbian writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as the Serbian Gogol.-Biography:...
- Jaša TomićJaša TomicJaša Tomić was a Serbian politician, publicist, journalist and man of letters from Vojvodina, Serbia.-Biography:...
- Laza LazarevićLaza LazarevicLaza K. Lazarević was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist. The primary interest of Lazarević throughout his short life was the science of medicine...
- Janko Veselinović (writer)Janko Veselinović (writer)Janko Veselinović was a Serbian writer, influenced by Milovan Glišić, Milan Milićević, Đura Jakšić, and Rusyn writer Marija A...
- Simo MatavuljSimo MatavuljSimo Matavulj was a Serbian novelist, a representative of lyric Realism, especially in short prose. He is best known for employing his skill in holding up to ridicule the peculiar foibles of the Dalmatian folk...
- Nićifor DučićNicifor DucicArchimandrite Nićifor Dučić , , was a member of the golden pleiad of the Serbs from Herzegovina, theologian, historian and philologist who was educated in Belgrade and Paris, monk who refused the title of a bishop, devoted lover of enlightenment and patriot.In 1848 in Žitomislić Monastery was...
- Svetolik RankovićSvetolik RankovicSvetolik Ranković was a Serbian author most prominent in the period of Realism. As a realist, he was the first Serbian author to take a significant step towards the emancipation of prose from the laws of event-centered narration...
- Stevan SremacStevan SremacStevan Sremac was a Serbian realist and comedy writer. He is considered one of the best truly humorous Serbian writers.-Biography:...
- Radoje DomanovićRadoje DomanovicRadoje Domanović was a Serbian writer and teacher, most famous for his satirical short stories. His few remaining years were a constant fight against consumption...
- Svetozar ĆorovićSvetozar ĆorovićSvetozar Ćorović is a Bosnia and Herzegovina novelist of Serbian descent In his books, he often wrote of life in Herzegovina region and Mostar...
- Vojislav IlićVojislav IlicVojislav Ilić was a 19th century Serbian poet of finely chiselled verse, son of the Romanticist playwright and poet Jovan Ilić. He was born in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade....
- Aleksa ŠantićAleksa ŠanticAleksa Šantić was a Serb poet from Herzegovina.He was born and lived most his life in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, a province that was occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1878 and annexed by them in 1908...
- Branislav NušićBranislav NušicBranislav Nušić was a Serbian novelist of Aromanian descent, playwright, satirist, essayist and founder of modern rhetoric in Serbia. He also worked as a journalist and a civil servant.- Biography :...
- Svetozar MarkovićSvetozar MarkovicSvetozar Marković was an influential Serbian political activist and literary critic. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change.-Early life:...
- Ljubomir NedićLjubomir NedicLjubomir Nedić was a popular Serbian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. In the 1890s, two groups were formed in literary criticism, one by the critics gathered around the literary journal Delo, and the other led by Ljubomir Nedić...
- Sava BjelanovićSava BjelanovicSava Bjelanović was an Adriatic Serbian writer and politician, the leader of the coastal Serb Party and the most prominent Dalmatian Serb of the 19th century....
- Luko ZoreLuko ZoreLuko Zore , Luko involved into a Serb-Catholic circle, with all the big intelectuals of the XIX cenrury in Dubrovnik and Montenegrin philologist and Slavist, and was one of the leading opposition fighting against the foreign forces of Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy in Dubrovnik.At that time...
- Marko CarMarko CarMarko Car was a Serbian writer, politician and activist from the Bay of Kotor...
- Antun FabrisAntun FabrisAntun Fabris , sometimes misspelled Anton, was a prominent Dalmatian Serb journalist and politician from Dubrovnik, Austria-Hungary. He was a Roman Catholic....
- Paja JovanovićPaja JovanovicPavle "Paja" Jovanović was the most prominent Serbian Realist painter alongside Uroš Predić. He is considered one of Serbia's greatest academic painters. His most famous and recognizable paintings include Serbian Migrations, Crowning of Stefan Dušan, Takovo Uprising, Cockfighting, Decorating of...
- Uroš PredićUroš PredicUroš Predić was one of the greatest Serbian Realist painters, along with Paja Jovanović and Đorđe Krstić...
- Milan RešetarMilan RešetarMilan Rešetar was a Serb-Catholic, linguist, Ragusologist, historian and literary critic.After the gymnasium in Dubrovnik, he attained studies of classic Philology and Slavistics in Vienna...
- Svetomir NikolajevićSvetomir NikolajevićSvetomir Nikolajević was Serbian writer and politician, a professor of the Belgrade's Grande École , the Serbian Royal Academy, Prime Minister of Serbia Svetomir Nikolajević (September 21, 1844, Raduša – April 18, 1922, Belgrade) was Serbian writer and politician, a professor of the...
Poets
- Jovan DučićJovan DucicJovan Dučić was a Serbian poet born in Herzegovina, writer and diplomat.-Biography:...
- Milan RakićMilan RakicMilan Rakić was a Serbian poet. He focused on dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse, which allowed him to achieve beautiful rhythm and rhyme in his poems. He was quite a perfectionist and therefore only published two collections of poems . He wrote largely about death and non-existence,...
- Veljko Petrović (poet)Veljko Petrovic (poet)Veljko Petrović , poetry and prose writer, art and literary critic and theoretician, was born in Sombor on February 4, 1884. After graduating from high school in his home town, he went to Budapest to study law. From 1906 to 1907 he was co-editor of Croatia magazine, founded in Pest...
- Sima PandurovićSima PandurovicSima Pandurović , born in Belgrade on 14 January 1883, was a Serbian poet, part of the Symbolist movement in European poetry at the time. He was one of the founders of the Moderna movement in Serbian poetry...
- Vladislav Petković DisVladislav Petkovic DisVladislav Petković Dis was a Serbian poet, part of the impressionism movement in European poetry. He was born in 1880 in Zablaće, near Čačak in Serbia and died in 1917 on a boat on the Ionian Sea.-Biography:...
- Dušan VasiljevDušan VasiljevDušan Vasiljev was a Serbian poet, novelist and playwright. He was one of the most significant Serbian expressionists.- Life :...
- Momčilo NastasijevićMomcilo NastasijevicMomčilo Nastasijević, Serbian poet, novelist and dramatist, was born in Gornji Milanovac in Serbia in 1894, and whose work was issued during the literary epoch between the two world wars. He spent most of his adult life, however, teaching at a Belgrade Gymnasium...
Storytellers
- Borisav StankovićBorisav StankovicBorisav "Bora" Stanković was a Serbian writer belonging to the school of realism. His novels and short stories depict the life of people from South Serbia...
- Petar KočićPetar KocicPetar Kočić was a Serb prose writer and politician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was active in the Serbian National Organization with ties to the Mlada Bosna revolutionaries, after which he seceded with his closest supporters leading a wing under his leadership.Like both Borisav Stanković, who...
- Jelena DimitrijevićJelena DimitrijevicJelena Dimitrijević was a short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist, and a polyglot. Almost forgotten today, she was one of the most remarkable women of her age, along with her contemporaries, poets Draga Dejanović and Danica Marković, and writers Isidora Sekulić and...
- Isidora SekulićIsidora SekulicIsidora Sekulić was a famous Serbian prose writer, novelist, essayist, adventurer, polyglot and art critic....
Literary critics, historians/art critics
- Pavle Popović
- Bogdan Popović
- Jovan SkerlićJovan SkerlićJovan Skerlić was a Serbian writer and critic. He is regarded as one of the most influential Serbian literary critics of the early 20th century, after Bogdan Popović.- Biography :...
- Božidar PetranovićBožidar PetranovicBožidar Petranović was an outstanding Serbian author, scholar, literary historian, and journalist of the 19th century...
- Svetozar MarkovićSvetozar MarkovicSvetozar Marković was an influential Serbian political activist and literary critic. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change.-Early life:...
- Stojan NovakovićStojan NovakovicStojan Novaković , was a Serbian literary critic, scholar, politician and diplomat, and the foremost Serbian historian of nineteenth century, holding the post of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia on two occasions.He was born in the western Serbian city of Šabac and died in the southern city of...
- Ljubomir NedićLjubomir NedicLjubomir Nedić was a popular Serbian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. In the 1890s, two groups were formed in literary criticism, one by the critics gathered around the literary journal Delo, and the other led by Ljubomir Nedić...
- Slobodan JovanovićSlobodan JovanovicSlobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...
- Milan RešetarMilan RešetarMilan Rešetar was a Serb-Catholic, linguist, Ragusologist, historian and literary critic.After the gymnasium in Dubrovnik, he attained studies of classic Philology and Slavistics in Vienna...
- Isidora SekulićIsidora SekulicIsidora Sekulić was a famous Serbian prose writer, novelist, essayist, adventurer, polyglot and art critic....
- Pero Slijepčević
- Prince Bojidar KarageorgevitchPrince Bojidar KarageorgevitchPrince Bojidar Karageorgevitch was a member of the Serbian House of Karađorđević. He was a world traveller...
- Vojislav Jovanović MaramboVojislav Jovanović MaramboVojislav Jovanović Marambo was a well known Serbian scholar. versatile personality, diplomat and scholar...
Artists/painters/sculptors
- Paja JovanovićPaja JovanovicPavle "Paja" Jovanović was the most prominent Serbian Realist painter alongside Uroš Predić. He is considered one of Serbia's greatest academic painters. His most famous and recognizable paintings include Serbian Migrations, Crowning of Stefan Dušan, Takovo Uprising, Cockfighting, Decorating of...
- Uroš PredićUroš PredicUroš Predić was one of the greatest Serbian Realist painters, along with Paja Jovanović and Đorđe Krstić...
- Petar UbavkićPetar UbavkićPeter Ubavkić was a Serbian sculptor and painter, recognized as the premier sculptor of Serbia, given the task to create a series of national monuments of which he authored many, including the black marble monument to Kossovo Warriors in Kragujevac.- Biography :He was born in Belgrade on the 12th...
- Marko MuratMarko MuratMarko Murat was an ethnic Serbian painter. His works were exhibited at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris and the 1911 World's Fair in Rome....
- Stojan AralicaStojan AralicaStojan Aralica was a famous Serbian Impressionist painter and academic born in Škare, Otočac in Croatia.- External links :*...
20th-century authors
- Ivo AndrićIvo AndricIvan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...
, Nobel-prize winner in literature in 1961. - Nenad ProkićNenad ProkicNenad Prokić is a playwright, theatre director, a member of the Presidency and founder of the Liberal Democratic Party and an MP in the Parliament of Serbia....
- Danilo KišDanilo KišDanilo Kiš was a Yugoslavian novelist, short story writer and poet who wrote in Serbo-Croatian. Kiš was influenced by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges and Ivo Andrić, among other authors...
- Dobrica ĆosićDobrica CosicDobrica Ćosić is a Serbian writer, as well as a political and Serb nationalist theorist. He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993...
- Milorad PavićMilorad Pavic (writer)Milorad Pavić was a Serbian poet, prose writer, translator, and literary historian. He was also a candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature....
- Miloš CrnjanskiMiloš CrnjanskiMiloš Crnjanski was a poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, and a diplomat...
- Borislav PekićBorislav PekicBorislav Pekić was a Serbian writer. He was born in 1930, to a prominent family in Montenegro, at that time part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From 1945 until his immigration to London in 1971, he lived in Belgrade...
- Aleksandar NovakovićAleksandar NovakovicAleksandar Novaković is a Serbian writer born in Belgrade, Serbia. He graduated as a historian and dramatist, and has an MA in theatrical studies at the University of Arts, Belgrade....
- Ana TasićAna TasićAna Tasić is a Serbian theatre critic and researcher.-Biography:Tasić earned her BA degree from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 2002...
is a prolific Serbian theatre and art critic - Jovan Đorđević (1826–1900), a Serbian man of letters, writer of lyrics to the Serbian National anthem
- John Simon (critic)John Simon (critic)John Ivan Simon is an American author and literary, theater, and film critic.-Personal life:Simon was born in Subotica, Bačka, County of Bačka, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, later, known as Yugoslavia . He is of Hungarian descent...
is a well-known Serbian-American author and theatre critic living and working in New York City. - Svetlana Velmar-JankovićSvetlana Velmar-JankovicSvetlana Velmar-Janković is a Serbian novelist, essayist and chronicler of Belgrade. She was born in 1933 in Belgrade, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and educated in Belgrade where she continues to live today....
- Stanislav VinaverStanislav VinaverStanislav Vinaver , was a man of letters from Serbia.He was born on March 1st 1891, in Šabac, Serbia, in a well-to-do Jewish family. His father Josif was a physician and mother Ruža a pianist...
- Meša SelimovićMeša SelimovicMehmed "Meša" Selimović was a Yugoslav writer. His novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-war Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are relations between individual and authority, life and death, and other existential problems...
- Vladimir ĆorovićVladimir CorovicVladimir Ćorović was a 20th-century Serbian historian, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts . He is best known for his many acclaimed works on the history of Serbs and Yugoslavia.-Early:...
, historian - Stojan NovakovićStojan NovakovicStojan Novaković , was a Serbian literary critic, scholar, politician and diplomat, and the foremost Serbian historian of nineteenth century, holding the post of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia on two occasions.He was born in the western Serbian city of Šabac and died in the southern city of...
- Vidosav StevanovićVidosav StevanovicVidosav Stevanović born June 27, 1942 in Cvetojevac village near Kragujevac, Serbia is a Serbian writer.- Biography :...
- Stijepo KobasicaStijepo KobasicaStijepo Kobasica, 1882–1944, Serbian journalist, author and politician from Dubrovnik. He was the editor of Srpski Glasnik.- Early life :Kobasica was born at Dubrovnik, in Dalmatia in 1882, at that time a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
- Dejan Stojanović
- Milan MilišićMilan MilišicMilan Milišić was a poet and playwright from the former Yugoslavia of Yugoslavian ethnicity. He wrote several volumes of poetry and translated, among others, J. R. R...
- Ivo VojnovićIvo VojnovicIvan "Ivo" Vojnović was a Croatian and Serbian writer from Dubrovnik. He is often nicknamed "The last great Dubrovnik writer".-Biography:...
- Vladimir VoinovichVladimir VoinovichVladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich is a Russian writer and a dissident...
- Zoran SpasojevićZoran SpasojevicZoran Spasojević , Kragujevac, January 22, 1949, is a Serbian writer.-Biography:He has had published twelve books and one compact disc....
- Vida OgnjenovićVida OgnjenovicVida Ognjenović is a famous Serbian theater director, playwright, writer, drama professor and diplomat....
- Mihailo LalićMihailo LalicMihailo Lalić was a famous novelist of Montenegrin and Serbian literature. He is considered by some to be among the greatest authors from Montenegro.-Overview:...
- Jaša TomićJaša TomicJaša Tomić was a Serbian politician, publicist, journalist and man of letters from Vojvodina, Serbia.-Biography:...
- Dragomir BrajkovićDragomir BrajkovićDragomir Brajković was a Serbian writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade and poet. He was a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia.-References:...
- Miodrag BulatovićMiodrag BulatovicMiodrag Bulatović was a Montenegrin Serb novelist and playwright...
- Raša PapešRaša PapešRadislav Raša Papeš is a Serbian writer, satirist and aphorist, born in 1947 in Belgrade, in the urban settlement known as Čubura ....
- Nenad Petrović (writer)Nenad Petrovic (writer)Nenad Petrović is Serbian writer, and one of numbered displaced persons after World War II and revolution in Yugoslavia.-Life:...
- Evgenije PopovićEvgenije PopovicEvgenije Popović was a Montenegrin statesmen, journalist, diplomat, politician, writer and editor....
- Zoran Živković (writer)Zoran Živkovic (writer)Zoran Živković is a writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia , where he still resides.-Biography:...
- Svetislav BasaraSvetislav BasaraSvetislav Basara is a contemporary Serbian author...
- Sava BjelanovićSava BjelanovicSava Bjelanović was an Adriatic Serbian writer and politician, the leader of the coastal Serb Party and the most prominent Dalmatian Serb of the 19th century....
- Siniša KovačevićSiniša KovačevićSiniša Kovačević playwright, professor of the Belgrade Academy of Arts, is a Serbian author.Born in 1954 in the village of Šuljam in Serbia, Srem. He graduated dramaturgy at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He is a professor on Academy of Arts in the case dramaturgy. He writes for...
- Bogdan BogdanovićBogdan BogdanovićBogdan Bogdanović was a Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist. He taught architecture at the University of Belgrade, where he also served as dean...
was an eminent Serbian essayst. - Ivan StojanovićIvan StojanovićIvan Stojanović was a Catholic priest who wrote the book 'Dubrovacka literature' , arguing that the people of Dubrovnik were Roman Catholic by religion, but by language Serbian...
was a Roman Catholic priest who professed his Serbian ehtnicity by writing a book. - Vladan DesnicaVladan DesnicaVladan Desnica was a Croatian and Serbian writer.-Life:He was born in Zadar, then part of Austria-Hungary...
- Krsta CicvarićKrsta CicvarićKrsta Cicvarić was a Serbian political activist and a journalist. He is considered to be the father and the leading figure of the Serbian anarcho-syndicalism. He was a well-respected journalist with an international reputation, and was praised by greats such as Winston Churchill...
, a leading figure in the Serbian anarcho-syndicalismAnarcho-syndicalismAnarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the labour movement. The word syndicalism comes from the French word syndicat which means trade union , from the Latin word syndicus which in turn comes from the Greek word σύνδικος which means caretaker of an issue...
, was assassinated by the Yugoslav communists during World War II. - Nikodim MilasNikodim MilašNikodim Milaš was a Serbian Orthodox Church bishop in Dalmatia . He was perhaps the greatest Serbian expert on church law.. As a canon lawyer in Dalmatia, he defended the Serbian Orthodox Church against the State...
- Vojislav Jovanović MaramboVojislav Jovanović MaramboVojislav Jovanović Marambo was a well known Serbian scholar. versatile personality, diplomat and scholar...
- Dušan VasiljevDušan VasiljevDušan Vasiljev was a Serbian poet, novelist and playwright. He was one of the most significant Serbian expressionists.- Life :...
(1900–1924) is among the first poets of Serbia's postwar generation to appear in print after the Great War. Pessimism is characteristic of the lyrics of Vasiljev, also known as "the poet of revolt." Tragically, he died at the age of 23. - Jovan Popović (writer)was, like his contemporary Dušan Vasiljev, born in KikindaKikindaKikinda is a town and a municipality located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The town has 42,000 inhabitants, while the municipality has approximately 67,000 inhabitants.The modern city was founded in 18th century...
in the BanatBanatThe Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...
in 1905. - Radovan ZogovićRadovan ZogovicRadovan Zogović was one of the greatest Montenegrin poets of the 20th century....
(1907-1986), a leading Serb poet and literary ctitic from Montenegro.
Contemporary poets
:Category:Serbian poets- Duško TrifunovićDuško TrifunovicDuško Trifunović was a Serbian poet and writer....
- Duško RadovićDuško RadovićDušan "Duško" Radović was a Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor.He was known for his poetry , books, television screenplays, and for his aphorisms....
- Branko MiljkovićBranko MiljkovicBranko Miljković was an iconic Serbian poet. He was best known across Yugoslavia and the Soviet bloc for his influential writings. He died prematurely in 1961 at the age of 27, found hanging from a tree in Zagreb, Croatia...
- Dragomir DujmovDragomir DujmovDragomir Dujmov is a Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from Hungary.-Biography:Dujmov is a leading Serbian poet and writer in Hungary. Dragomir Dujmov was born on March 17, 1963 in Szentes . He grew up in a patriotic Serbian family in Katymar near the Serbian-Hungarian border close to...
- Andrija ZmajevićAndrija ZmajevicAndrija Zmajević was a distinguished Serbian Baroque poet and contributor to the Roman Catholic Church from the Bay of Kotor...
- Charles SimicCharles SimicDušan "Charles" Simić is a Serbian-American poet, and was co-Poetry Editor of the Paris Review. He was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2007.-Early years:...
- Desanka MaksimovićDesanka MaksimovicDesanka Maksimović was a Serbian poet, professor of literature, and a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.-Biography:...
- Dragomir BrajkovićDragomir BrajkovićDragomir Brajković was a Serbian writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade and poet. He was a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia.-References:...
- Dragan LukićDragan LukicDragan Lukić , was a Serbian children's writer.He was born in Belgrade. His mother's name was Tomanija, and his father, Aleksandar, was a pressman, so young Dragan acquired affection for books since earliest age.In 1946 he started to publish, and during the 1950s he became a known children's poet...
- Draginja AdamovićDraginja AdamovicDraginja Adamović was a Serbian poetess.- Biography :She published three poetry books and was included in three anthologies of poems: "Poetesses of Kragujevac" , "Lyrical humming of Sumadija" , and "Singers of sleeping capital" ....
- Dušan MatićDušan MaticDušan Matić was a Serbian poet who was active as part of the Belgrade surrealist group.-External links:**...
- Matija BećkovićMatija BeckovicMatija Bećković OSS is a Serbian writer and poet. He is one of the most prominent Serbian poets of the 20th century and a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.-Life:...
- Milan MilišićMilan MilišicMilan Milišić was a poet and playwright from the former Yugoslavia of Yugoslavian ethnicity. He wrote several volumes of poetry and translated, among others, J. R. R...
- Oskar DavičoOskar DavicoOskar Davičo was a distinguished Serbian novelist and poet of Jewish origin. A leading literary figure of his generation, he was the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writer, and a revolutionary socialist activist.-External links:...
- Prvoslav VujčićPrvoslav VujcicPrvoslav Vujčić is a Serbian writer, poet, columnist and aphorist. Vujčić has been labelled one of the most prominent Serbian writers in the Serbian diaspora.-Life:...
- Vasko PopaVasko Popa- Biography :Popa was born in the village of Grebenac , Vojvodina, Serbia. After finishing high school, he enrolled as a student of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. He continued his studies at the University of Bucharest and in Vienna...
- Vladislav Petković DisVladislav Petkovic DisVladislav Petković Dis was a Serbian poet, part of the impressionism movement in European poetry. He was born in 1880 in Zablaće, near Čačak in Serbia and died in 1917 on a boat on the Ionian Sea.-Biography:...
- Dejan Stojanović
- Petar PreradovićPetar PreradovicPetar Preradović was a Croatian poet of Serb origin.- Biography :Preradović was born in the village of Grabrovnica , which was part of the Austrian Military Frontier, in Serbian Orthodox family of Jovan Preradović and Pelagija Preradović. He spent childhood in Grubišno Polje, were his father was...
, a poet of Serb ethnicity, who wrote in Croatian idiom. - Sima PandurovićSima PandurovicSima Pandurović , born in Belgrade on 14 January 1883, was a Serbian poet, part of the Symbolist movement in European poetry at the time. He was one of the founders of the Moderna movement in Serbian poetry...
- Radovan GajićRadovan GajicRadovan Gajić is a Serbian-Canadian poet, writer, and superintendent.Radovan was born in 1953 in Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to Croatian Serb parents. He graduated from the University of Belgrade where he was awarded a degree in Art History. In 1985, he moved to Canada. Gajić has written many...
- Ljubivoje RšumovićLjubivoje RšumovićLjubivoje Ršumović is a poet from Serbia. Ršumović is predominantly a writer and poet for children; however, a significant body of his work is literature for adults....
- Novica TadićNovica TadicNovica Tadić was a Serbian poet. He was born in a small village in Montenegro and spent most of his life in Belgrade....
- Jovan Zivlak
- Ivan V. LalićIvan V. LalicIvan V. Lalić was a Serbian poet with a reputation as one of the finest European poets of his time.-Biography:...
- Rade JovanovićRade JovanovićRade Jovanović was born in Krusevac in 1971.He writes for youths and adults. Many of his poems are present in antologies of contemporary poetry for children, also in school-books and educational reading-books.He has published eight books with poems – five for children and three for adults...
- Cvijeta ZuzorićCvijeta ZuzoricCvijeta Zuzorić was a lyric poetess from the Republic of Ragusa. She wrote mainly in Italian, but even sometimes in Serbo-Croatian language.-Life:...
- Momčilo NastasijevićMomcilo NastasijevicMomčilo Nastasijević, Serbian poet, novelist and dramatist, was born in Gornji Milanovac in Serbia in 1894, and whose work was issued during the literary epoch between the two world wars. He spent most of his adult life, however, teaching at a Belgrade Gymnasium...
- Mika AntićMika AnticMiroslav "Mika" Antić was a Serbian poet, movie director, journalist and painter. Antić was born in Mokrin, Kikinda municipality, Vojvodina, Serbia . He had six children. His oldest son, Igor Antic, is a visual artist.He wrote poems, articles, dramas, movie and TV scripts and documentaries...
- Gavril Stefanović VenclovićGavril Stefanovic VenclovicGavrilo Stefanović Venclović was a Serbian priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, and illuminator. He was one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque literature...
- Miodrag PavlovićMiodrag PavlovicMiodrag Pavlović was born on 28 November 1928 in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in medicine in 1954. He studied foreign languages and has written his first volume of poetry, 87 Poems...
- Milena Pavlović-BariliMilena Pavlovic-BariliMilena Pavlović-Barili was a Serbian painter and poet....
- Vasa ŽivkovićVasa ŽivkovićVasa Živković was a Serbian poet and an Orthodox priest. He is highly regarded in Serbian culture for his role in collecting verses from oral traditions of his people. His literary opus sustained only half of his poems to be printed, since he was prone to self criticism...
- Mirko Petrović NjegošMirko Petrovic NjegošMirko Petrović-Njegoš also Vojvoda Mirko , Grand Duke of Grahovo was a Montenegrin soldier, diplomat and poet of the House of Petrović-Njegoš. He was the older brother of Prince Danilo I and father of King Nikola, son of Stiepo/Sava Petrović-Njegoš and wife Angelika Radamovich...
- Nicholas I of MontenegroNicholas I of MontenegroNikola I Mirkov Petrović-Njegoš was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. He was also a poet, notably penning "Onamo, 'namo!", a popular song from Montenegro.-Early life:Nikola was born in the village of Njeguši, the ancient home of the...
- Jela Spiridonović-SavićJela Spiridonovic-SavicJela Spiridonović-Savić , poet, was the wife of Vladislav Savić, the Consul general of Yugoslavia. She spent three years in Trieste before World War I studying at Notre Dame de Sion.-References:...
- Đorđe Marković KoderĐorđe Marković KoderĐorđe Marković Koder was a Serbian poet born in Austrian Empire. Misunderstood, largely forgotten and often considered a marginal figure in Serbian poetry, criticized for his cryptic style littered with incomprehensible words and obscure metaphors, Koder was nevertheless a unique phenomenon in...
- Vojin JelićVojin JelicVojin Jelić , was a Croatian Serb writer and poet. He was born in Knin in 1921, and finished gymnasium in Šibenik, and went on to study in Belgrade, Prague, and Zagreb. He wrote about Serbian culture and stories from the Knin region and Dalmatian Zagora. He died in Zagreb.-Sources:...
(1921–2004)
Guslars: national bards
- Filip VišnjićFilip VišnjicFilip Višnjić was a popular Serbian epic poet and guslar , born in northern Bosnia. He is often described as the "Serbian Homer" both because he was blind and for his poetic gift...
- Petar PerunovićPetar PerunovicPetar Perunović , nicknamed Perun, was a famous Montenegrin and Serbian gusle player....
-Perun was a Serb from Montenegro, who lived in the United States (residing in Chicago mostly) in the early part of the 20th century.
Actors
- Ursula YovichUrsula YovichUrsula Yovich is an actress and singer. She received a Helpmann Award in 2007 for her performance in Capricornia and was nominated in 2005 for her performance in The Sapphires...
, Australian actress of Serbian-Aboriginal origin - Nevenka UrbanovaNevenka UrbanovaNevenka Urbanova was one of the most famous Serbian actresses.-Theatre:...
(1909–2007) - Stevan SalajicStevan ŠalajicStevan Šalajić was a Serbian actor.-Filmography:*1959 - Campo Mamula*1961 - Izbiračica*1970 - Lepa parada*1971 - Doručak s đavolom*1979 - Trofej*1982 - Zalazak Sunca*1983 - Timočka buna-References:...
(1929–2002) - Rade SerbedzijaRade ŠerbedžijaRade Šerbedžija , occasionally credited as Rade Sherbedgia in some English-language productions, is a Croatian actor, director and musician of Serb origin. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in...
, Hollywood actor - Beba LoncarBeba LoncarDesanka "Beba" Lončar is a Serbian-Italian film actress. She appeared in 52 films between 1960 and 1982. She was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia...
- Marija KaranMarija KaranMarija Karan is a Serbian actress. She had her film debut in Kad porastem biću Kengur and appeared after this in Jesen stiže, dunjo moja.Karan was born in Belgrade...
- Margaret MarkovMargaret MarkovMargaret Markov is an American film and television actress. She had a supporting role in the romantic drama The Sterile Cuckoo with Liza Minnelli and co-starred in There is No 13 , as well as appearing in other films.She was in the 1969 outlaw biker film Run, Angel, Run directed by Jack Starrett...
(American film actress of Serbian descent) - Sloboda MicalovicSloboda MićalovićSloboda Mićalović Ćetković is a Serbian actress, known for her roles in film Zona Zamfirova, and television series Mešoviti brak and Ranjeni orao.- Early and personal life :...
- Dragan MicanovicDragan 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...
- Miki ManojlovicMiki ManojlovicPredrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans, meaning that he's currently active in productions all over Europe...
- Adrienne JanicAdrienne JanicAdrienne Janic , , sometimes credited simply as AJ, is an American actress and television host of Serbian and Mexican descent.-Career:...
- Sasha MontenegroSasha MontenegroSasha Montenegro is a Mexican-Italian born actress.Aleksandra Aćimović Popović ,as a child she moved to Argentina with her parents before relocating to Mexico. She became an actress in the 1970s and made several lucha libre movies, some of them with superstar El Santo...
- Anica DobraAnica DobraAnica Dobra was born on June 3, 1963 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. She is a Serbian actress of Serbian and German film.-Selected filmography:*Reflections *My Uncle's Legacy ...
- Ben MulroneyBen MulroneyBenedict Martin Paul "Ben" Mulroney is a Canadian television host, and is the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.-Early life:...
- Bogdan DiklićBogdan DiklicBogdan Diklić is a Serbian actor and star of over one hundred Yugoslavian movies and television series.He and Goran Marković made 10 movies....
- Boro StjepanovićBoro StjepanovicBorislav "Boro" Stjepanović born May 8, 1946 in Vareš) is a Serbian actor and director. He played in over 50 films, most notably in Sjećaš li se Dolly Bell, Ko to tamo peva, Čudo neviđeno, Miris dunja, Kuduz, Gluvi barut and First Class Thieves...
- Brad DexterBrad DexterBrad Dexter , was an American actor.-Life and career:Dexter was born Boris Malanovich , in Goldfield, Nevada, of Serbian parentage. He spoke Serbian as his first language. Burly, dark and handsome, Brad Dexter was usually given supporting roles of a rugged character...
(born Veljko "Boris" Soso in Nevada, also went by name of Boris Milanovich) - Branka KatićBranka KaticBranka Katić is a Serbian actress known for appearing in the movies Black Cat, White Cat and Public Enemies, and in the TV series Big Love.-Career:...
- Branko TomovićBranko TomovicBranko Tomović is an European actor.He was born in Münster, Germany, though his actual origin is from the Carpathians in Serbia...
- Catharine Oxenberg (Serbian mother Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia)
- Danilo Bata StojkovićDanilo Bata StojkovicDanilo Stojković , commonly nicknamed Bata , was a Serbian theatre, television and film actor...
- Danilo LazovićDanilo LazovicDanilo Lazović was a Serbian actor.On March 25, 2006, Danilo died of a heart attack in Belgrade, at the age of 55....
- Dragan Bjelogrlić
- Dragan Nikolić
- Dragomir Bojanić GidraDragomir Bojanic GidraDragomir Bojanić, best known by his nickname Gidra was a famous Serbian actor....
- Gala VidenovićGala VidenovicGala Videnović is Serbian actress who gained fame by appearing in some of the most popular films and TV shows in mid 1980s.-Filmography:* Happy Hell Night as Marjorie...
- Gojko MitićGojko MiticGojko Mitić is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He lives in Berlin....
- Iván PetrovichIván PetrovichIván Petrovich was a silent-and-sound motion picture Serbian actor....
(1894–1962; German actor of Serbian origin) - Ivan RassimovIvan RassimovIvan Rassimov was an Italian film actor of Serbian origin who appeared in many horror and exploitation films....
- John MiljanJohn MiljanJohn Miljan was an American actor of Serbian origin. He appeared in 201 films between 1924 and 1958.He died from cancer.-Selected filmography:* The Lone Chance * Silent Sanderson...
(1892–1960; Hollywood actor, 1923–1960) - Karl MaldenKarl MaldenKarl Malden was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than seven decades, he performed in such classic films as A Streetcar Named Desire, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, On the Waterfront and One-Eyed Jacks...
(Mladen Sekulović) - Natalia NogulichNatalia NogulichNatalia Nogulich is an American actress.Nogulich was born Natalija Nogulich in Chicago, Illinois, of Serbian descent. Her best-known appearances have been on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Vice Admiral/Fleet Admiral Alynna Nechayev...
- Lazar RistovskiLazar RistovskiLazar "Laza" Ristovski is a Serbian actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, mostly in lead roles.-Biography:...
- Lolita DavidovichLolita DavidovichLolita Davidovich is a Canadian film and television actress.-Early life and career:Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of immigrants from Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and her mother was from Slovenia; she spoke only Serbian during her early years...
- Ljuba TadićLjuba TadicLjubomir "Ljuba" Tadić was a Serbian actor who enjoyed a reputation as one of the greatest names in the history of former Yugoslav cinema....
- Ljubiša SamardžićLjubiša SamardžicLjubiša Samardžić is a Serbian actor and director, who is best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series.- Early life :Born to the family of a coal miner, his acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with respected director Bojan Stupica. Samardžić was educated at the...
- Stana KaticStana KaticStana Katic is a film and television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Detective Kate Beckett in ABC's Castle.- Early life :...
- Marko NikolićMarko NikolicMarko Nikolić is a Serbian footballer that currently plays for Napredak Kruševac, on loan from Red Star Belgrade...
- Mija AleksićMija AleksicMilosav "Mija" Aleksić was a beloved Serbian actor.Aleksić was born in Gornja Crnuća village in Gornji Milanovac municipality, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. During World War II, when Axis powers occupied the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 17-year-old Mija Aleksić attended high school in Kragujevac...
- Miki ManojlovićMiki ManojlovicPredrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans, meaning that he's currently active in productions all over Europe...
- Milena DravićMilena DravicMilena Dravić is a Serbian actress.Born in Belgrade, Dravić was involved with the performing arts from the age of four: first with dance and later classical ballet...
- Milla JovovichMilla JovovichMilla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
- Miodrag Petrović ČkaljaMiodrag Petrovic CkaljaMiodrag Petrović was a Serbian actor who was one the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia....
- Mira BanjacMira BanjacMirjana "Mira" Banjac is a Serbian actress, specialised for character roles.-External links:...
- Mira StupicaMira StupicaMiroslava "Mira" Stupica is a Serbian actress primarily famous for her illustrious work in the theatre....
- Milena VukoticMilena VukoticMilena Vukotic is a former ballerina and a stage, television, and film actress.Vukotic was born in Rome, to a Serbian Montenegrian comediographer father and an Italian pianist/composer mother....
- Nataša ŠolakNataša ŠolakNataša Tapušković , maiden name Šolak is a Serbian actress. The blonde green-eyed actress is most recognized for her role as Bosnian hostage, Sabaha, in Emir Kusturica's Life Is a Miracle, in 2004.-External links:...
- Nebojša GlogovacNebojša GlogovacNebojša Glogovac is an award winning Serbian actor.-List of appearances:# 72 Days...
- Nikola Đuričko
- Nikola KojoNikola KojoNikola Kojo is a Serbian actor.Kojo grew up in front of the camera and acted in his first movie at the age of 11. Since then he has been featured in more than 45 movies and TV series, including "Mi nismo anđeli" being one of his most notable films...
- Pavle VujisićPavle VujisicPavle Vuisić Pavle Vuisić Pavle Vuisić (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Вуисић, also known by his nickname Paja; (10 July 1926 - 1 October 1988) was a Serbian actor, known as one of the most recognisable faces of former Yugoslav cinema....
- Petar BožovićPetar BožovicPetar Božović is a popular actor from Serbia.-Selected filmography:* U raskoraku * Leptirica * The Secret of Nikola Tesla * Pogled sa Ajfelovog tornja * Optimisti...
- Predrag BjelacPredrag BjelacPredrag Bjelac is a Serbian actor. He portrayed Igor Karkaroff in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Lord Donnon in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. He is a graduate of the Belgrade University's Faculty of Dramatic Arts , class of 1986, and studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre...
- Predrag MiletićPredrag MileticPredrag Miletić, , born in Niš, Serbia, on , is a Serbian actor. He finished the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade in the class of Ognjenka Milićević, professor. He was a full-time member of National Theatre in Niš, since 1972 to 1976, and after that, he entered Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade...
- Rada RassimovRada RassimovRada Rassimov is an Italian actress who has appeared in film since the early 1960s and television since 1975....
and Ivan RassimovIvan RassimovIvan Rassimov was an Italian film actor of Serbian origin who appeared in many horror and exploitation films....
are twins, brother and sister. Djerasimovic is their real name. - Sasha AlexanderSasha AlexanderSasha Alexander is an American actress. She is best known for several roles, including Gretchen Witter, the sister of Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek; NCIS Special Agent Kate Todd in the first two seasons of NCIS; as Lucy in Yes Man ; and as Catherine in He's Just Not That Into You .She currently...
- Seka SablićSeka SablicJelisaveta "Seka" Sablić is an awarded Serbian actress. She is named one of the best Serbian actresses in history...
- Mihailo MarkovicMihailo MarkovicMihailo Marković, PhD was a Serbian philosopher. He was born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
was a well-known stage actor of the early 20th century, renowned for his performances in Nikolai GogolNikolai GogolNikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...
's "Inspector." - Slobodan AligrudićSlobodan AligrudicSlobodan Aligrudić was a Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.Aligrudić was born in Bitola....
- Sonja KolačarićSonja KolačarićSonja Kolačarić is a Serbian actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Nebeska udica and Charleston & Vendetta.- Career :...
- Sonja SavićSonja SavicSonja Savić was a cult Serbian actress, famous for her husky voice and series of impressive roles in some of the more memorable 1980s films made in former Yugoslavia. Sonja appeared in Miroslav Ilić video Voleo sam devojku iz grada...
- Srđan Žika Todorović
- Stevo ŽigonStevo ŽigonStevo Žigon was a famous Serbian and Slovenian actor, theatre director, and writer. His origins were primary Italian....
- Velimir Bata Živojinović
- Vesna TrivalićVesna TrivalicVesna Trivalić is a famous Serbian actress.Studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. Mainly plays supporting roles, but always quite effective. Known for her ability to change voice...
- Vojin ĆetkovićVojin CetkovicVojin Ćetković is a Serbian actor.-Filmography:*Raj *Simpatija i antipatija - Dimitrije*Tango je tužna misao koja se pleše *Dosije 128 - Miroslav Bojić, slikar...
- Vojislav BrajovićVojislav Brajovic-Personal:He is married to actress Milica Mihajlović and they have three children. His son is Vukota Brajović, an actor as well.Vojislav Brajović speaks English.-Filmography:* Balkan ekspres 3 * Zona mrtvih * Žena bez tijela...
- Zoran BečićZoran BecicZoran Bečić was one of the most prominent artists of the Bosnian theatrical community in the 20th century.One of the founding actors of Sarajevo War Theatre , he studied acting under the famous Belgrade Academy of Dramatic Arts' Professor Mate Milošević, graduating with the 1966 class...
- Zoran CvijanovićZoran CvijanovicZoran Cvijanović is a Serbian actor and producer who played supporting, yet memorable roles in many Serbian and former Yugoslav films made in last quarter of the 20th century....
- Zoran RadmilovićZoran RadmilovicZoran Radmilović was a Serbian actor, beloved for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema....
- Eva RasEva RasEva Ras is a Serbian actress, writer, and painter.-Biography:She is of Hungarian-Jewish origin. Ras was born on January 1, 1941 in Subotica, where she lived and went to school until she was eighteen, when she started to study acting and dramaturgy in Belgrade where she now lives...
- Alex NesicAlex NesicAlexander D. "Alex" Nesic is an American film and television actor, best known for his work in the miniseries Sleeper Cell.-Background:...
- Ivana BozilovicIvana BozilovicIvana Božilović is an American model and actress.Božilović was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia and grew up in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States. Her credits includes small roles in the films 100 Girls, National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Wedding Crashers...
- Milos MilosMilos MilosMilos Milos was a Hollywood actor, stunt double, and bodyguard of actor Alain Delon.-Early days:In the 1950s Milos Milosevic and his friend Stevan Markovic were involved in a streetfight in Belgrade. They met Alain Delon, who was filming a movie in Belgrade...
- Dejan ČukićDejan CukicDejan Cukić is a Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave band Bulevar, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music...
- Bora TodorovicBora TodorovicBorivoje "Bora" Todorović is a Serbian actor...
- Mirjana KaranovicMirjana KaranovicMirjana Karanović is a Serbian actress known for many important roles in former Yugoslav films during the past quarter of a century....
- Branislav LecicBranislav LecicBranislav Lečić is a Serbian actor, and politician. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Belgrade as an actor in 1978...
- Djoko Rosic
- Slavko LabovicSlavko LabovicSlavko Labović is a Serbian-Danish actor most popular for the role as a Serbian gangster in the Pusher trilogy....
- Pavle VujisicPavle VujisicPavle Vuisić Pavle Vuisić Pavle Vuisić (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле Вуисић, also known by his nickname Paja; (10 July 1926 - 1 October 1988) was a Serbian actor, known as one of the most recognisable faces of former Yugoslav cinema....
- Vanna WhiteVanna WhiteVanna White is an American television personality and film actress best known as the hostess of Wheel of Fortune since 1982.-Early life:...
(Vanna's biological father was Serbian. Her original surname is 'Rosic') - Tasko NacicTaško NacicTaško Načić was a popular Serbian actor.He studied acting at The Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where he graduated in 1956. In 1954 he became a member of National Theatre in Belgrade, where he acted in plays Stanoje Glavaš and Gospođa Ministarka. Soon after that he went to theater Boško...
- Jelena TinskaJelena TinskaJelena Tinska, is a Serbian film and television actress, novelist, ballet dancer, TV presenter and journalist...
(Her grandfather was Woislav M. Petrovitch, the late Attaché to the Royal Serbian Legation at London) - Vesna TrivalicVesna TrivalicVesna Trivalić is a famous Serbian actress.Studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. Mainly plays supporting roles, but always quite effective. Known for her ability to change voice...
- Olivera VucoOlivera VucoOlivera Vučo, née Vukotić, , also known as Olivera Katarina and Olivera Petrović is a Serbian actress and singer. She reached the peak of her popularity in the 1960s and 1970s.She studied at the academy for theatre, film, radio and television in Belgrade...
- Michel AuclairMichel AuclairMichel Auclair was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.Auclair was born Vladimir Vujović to a Serbian father and a French mother in Koblenz. His father was Vojislav Vujović, prominent Yugoslav Communist and secretary of the Communist Youth...
- Filip NikolicFilip NikolicFilip Nikolic was a French actor and singer of Serbian extraction, best known as the lead of the French boy-band 2Be3.-Personal:...
, French actor of Serbian origin
Filmmakers
- Emir KusturicaEmir KusturicaEmir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films...
(director/editor/producer/actor/writer) - Dusan MakavejevDušan MakavejevDušan Makavejev is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
- Aleksandar Petrović (Serbian film director)
- Dušan KovačevićDušan KovacevicDušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright and director best known for his theater plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal....
- Gojko MitićGojko MiticGojko Mitić is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He lives in Berlin....
(director) - Goran GajićGoran GajicGoran Gajić is a Serbian film, television, and theater director. He has directed media in English and Serbian....
(director) - Goran PaskaljevićGoran PaskaljevicGoran Paskaljević is a Serbian film director. He was raised by his grandparents in Niš, following the divorce of his parents, and 14 years later returned to Belgrade where he worked in his stepfather's cinema....
- Lazar RistovskiLazar RistovskiLazar "Laza" Ristovski is a Serbian actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, mostly in lead roles.-Biography:...
(actor/director) - Nena TothNena TothNena Toth has directed 27 short films in Europe and North America.Prof. Toth is a graduate from the Film and TV School of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague , where she has earned a Master’s degree in Cinematography...
(Canadian filmmaker, Director of Photography/First woman Cinematographer in Serbia) - Paul StojanovichPaul StojanovichPaul Stojanovich was an American television producer whose notable creations include American Detective and World's Wildest Police Videos .-Career:...
(producer/director) - Peter BogdanovichPeter BogdanovichPeter Bogdanovich is an American film historian, director, writer, actor, producer, and critic. He was part of the wave of "New Hollywood" directors, which included William Friedkin, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Michael Cimino, and Francis Ford Coppola...
(director) - Slavko VorkapićSlavko VorkapicSlavko Vorkapić , was a Serbian-American film director and editor, former Dean of USC Film School, painter, and a prominent figure of modern cinematography and film art.-Early life:Slavko Vorkapić was born on March 17, 1894, in...
(director/editor) - Slobodan ŠijanSlobodan ŠijanSlobodan Šijan is a Serbian film director.After graduating film direction and directing a handful of TV movies in the late 1970s, he caught a big break with his first full-length feature Ko to tamo peva in 1980...
(director) - Srđan Dragojević (director)
- Steve TesichSteve TesichStojan Steve Tesich was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the movie Breaking Away.-Career:...
(Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright) - Dušan VukotićDušan VukoticDušan Vukotić was an award-winning cartoonist, author and director of animated films from Yugoslavia. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films....
Painters
- Đorđe Andrejević Kun
- Stojan AralicaStojan AralicaStojan Aralica was a famous Serbian Impressionist painter and academic born in Škare, Otočac in Croatia.- External links :*...
- Dimitrije AvramovićDimitrije AvramovicDimitrije Avramović was a Serbian painter known best for his iconostasis and frescos. He is considered to be one of Serbia's greatest painters of the epoch.-External links:...
- Marina AbramovicMarina AbramovicMarina Abramović is a Belgrade-born New York-based Serbian performance artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the “grandmother of performance art.” Abramović's work explores the relationship between performer and...
- Janko BrašićJanko BrašicJanko Brašić was a Serbian painter considered to be one of the foremost contributors to the naive art genre.-See also:*...
- Marko ČelebonovićMarko CelebonovicMarko Čelebonović was one of the most famous Serbian painters of the 20th century.Čelebonović was born in Belgrade. He studied law and economics in England and France. His first public exhibition was in Paris in 1925. Before World War II he resided in Saint Tropez. During the years of war he was...
- Konstantin DanilKonstantin DanilKonstantin Danil was a renowned Serbian painter of the 19th century. He is most famous for his portraits.-External links:**...
- Petar DobrovićPetar DobrovicPetar Dobrović was a famous Serbian painter and politician born in Hungary.A proponent of Serbian colorism, he was known for portraits and landscapes...
- Uros Duric
- Emerik FejesEmerik FeješEmerik Feješ was a famous Serbian-Hungarian naive art painter. He was born in Osijek , in 1904 in the Croatia-Slavonia to a poor family of mixed Hungarian-Serbian heritage. Fejes suffered from asthma and sciatica throughout his life, keeping him bed-ridden...
- Nedeljko GvozdenovićNedeljko GvozdenovicNedeljko Gvozdenović was a Serbian painter of world renown. He is considered to be the greatest representative of the Belgrade School of Painting.-External links:*...
- Kosta HakmanKosta Hakman-Biography:He was born in 1899 in Bosanska Krupa on May 22, the son of a father who descended from Polish Catholic immigrants and a mother of Bosnian Serb descent from Sarajevo. He was baptised in the Serbian Orthodox faith. In 1914 Kosta Hakman was arrested by Austro-Hungarian occupiers as a...
- Teodor Ilić ČešljarTeodor Ilic CešljarTeodor Ilić Češljar was born in 1746 in Čurug, Serbia and died on November 20, 1793 at age 47 in Bačko Petrovo Selo . He was a late Baroque Serbian painter from Vojvodina best known for being the creator of the Royal Doors from Ostojićevo...
- Olja IvanjickiOlja IvanjickiOlja Ivanjicki was a well-known Serbian contemporary artist, in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting...
- Đura Jakšić
- Mladen JosićMladen JosicMladen Josić was a Serbian painter. His family were from Opovo, Banat. He was influenced originally by Cubism, and later by Realism. Many of his works were inspired by that of the French painters Cézanne and Gauguin....
- Paja JovanovićPaja JovanovicPavle "Paja" Jovanović was the most prominent Serbian Realist painter alongside Uroš Predić. He is considered one of Serbia's greatest academic painters. His most famous and recognizable paintings include Serbian Migrations, Crowning of Stefan Dušan, Takovo Uprising, Cockfighting, Decorating of...
- Stevan KneževićStevan KneževicStevan Knežević was a Serbian painter, sculptor, printmaker and performance artist. He was a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade....
- Milan KonjovićMilan KonjovicMilan Konjović was a prominent Serbian painter whose works can be divided into six periods of artistic style. He studied in many countries abroad and lived in Paris from 1924 to 1932...
- Uroš KneževićUroš KneževicUroš Knežević was a Serbian painter. He was born on January 2, 1811 in the town of Sremski Karlovci , to father Teodor and mother Julijana...
- Teodor KračunTeodor KracunTeodor Kračun was an Serbian 18th century painter, considered the most renowned artist of the Baroque painting style in North Serbia....
- Đorđe Krstić
- Milan KonjovićMilan KonjovicMilan Konjović was a prominent Serbian painter whose works can be divided into six periods of artistic style. He studied in many countries abroad and lived in Paris from 1924 to 1932...
- Tripo KokoljaTripo KokoljaTripo Kokolja was a Croatian painter. His name is sometimes given as Trifun Kokoljić or Cocoglia...
was a BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter, born in PerastPerastPerast is an old town in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. It is situated a few kilometres northwest of Kotor.- Geography :...
in 1661 and educated in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
but spent the largest part of his life in PerastPerastPerast is an old town in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. It is situated a few kilometres northwest of Kotor.- Geography :...
, MontenegroMontenegroMontenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
. He died on the island of Korčula in 1713. - Petar LubardaPetar LubardaPetar Lubarda was a Serbian painter, considered to be an influential figure on post-war painting in former Yugoslavia....
- Aleksandar LukovićAleksandar LukovicAleksandar Luković is a Serbian footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Serbian national team. He is known for his aggressive style of play.-Biography:...
- Mihael MilunovićMihael MilunovicMihael Milunović is a Serbian, French and Croatian painter working in many different media, using them and interconnecting them, such as painting, photography, sculpture, installation, sound, video and objects. His main interests focus on social and political issues, as well as on the phenomenon...
- Milo MilunovićMilo MilunovicMilo Milunović was a distinguished Montenegrin painter. He dabbled in both Impressionism and Cubism.-Biography:...
- Đorđe Mitrofanović
- Marko MuratMarko MuratMarko Murat was an ethnic Serbian painter. His works were exhibited at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris and the 1911 World's Fair in Rome....
- Nikola NeškovićNikola NeškovicNikola Nešković was the most famous Serbian religious painter of the 18th century. He is the author of over a thousand works, including many icons, frescos, and portraits.-External links:**...
- Milena Pavlović-BariliMilena Pavlovic-BariliMilena Pavlović-Barili was a Serbian painter and poet....
- Đorđe Petrović
- Ljuba PopovićLjuba PopovicLjubomir Ljuba Popović is a famous Serbian-born French Surrealist painter. He is renowned for his many erotic and unconventionally juxtaposed subject matters....
- Ljubomir Popović
- Mića PopovićMica PopovicMiodrag "Mića" Popović was a Serbian painter and experimental filmmaker.-Popović's Life:Mića Popović was born on 12 June 1923 in Loznica. He finished grammar school in Belgrade...
- Uroš PredićUroš PredicUroš Predić was one of the greatest Serbian Realist painters, along with Paja Jovanović and Đorđe Krstić...
- Miodrag B. ProtićMiodrag B. ProticMiodrag B. Protić was one of the most popular Serbian painters of the second half of the 20th century. He wrote a book Serbian painting in 20th century .-External links:**-Reading:...
- Djordje PrudnikovDjordje PrudnikovĐorđe Prudnikov is a Russo-Serbian painter, graphic artist, and designer, championed as one of the greatest and most original contemporary artists to emerge from the former Yugoslavia.-External links:*...
- Zoran PetrovićZoran PetrovicZoran Petrović is a retired Serbian football referee.He is known for having refereed four matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in the 1986 World Cup and two in 1990 World Cup.-External sources:...
(1921–1996) - Zora PetrovićZora PetrovicZora Petrović was a famous Serbian painter. Her works can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art in Belgrade, and in Novi Sad, in the collection of Pavle Beljanski....
(1894–1962) - Novak RadonićNovak RadonicNovak Radonić was a famous 19th century Romantic Serbian painter.-External links:*...
- Radomir ReljićRadomir ReljicRadomir Reljić , was a Serbian painter, a professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade and a member of SANU....
- Radomir Stević RasRadomir Stević RasRadomir Stević Ras was a Serbian painter and designer. He was also founder and owner of a private theatre in the former Yugoslavia that presented exclusively work of domestic authors.-Biography:...
(1931–1982 Serbian painter and designer) - Sava StojkovSava StojkovSava Stojkov is a famous Serbian naive art painter, known for his unique environment depictions, as well as for his pre-photorealistic tendencies.-External links:*...
- Ljubica SokicLjubica SokicLjubica Cuca Sokić was a Serbian painter. She was born in Bitola.She attended the high school in Belgrade, where Zora Petrović was her professor. She was also taught painting by Beta Vukanović, Ljuba Ivanović and Ivan Radović. Ljubica Sokić worked and presented her works in galleries in Paris, in...
(1914–2009) - Leonid ŠejkaLeonid ŠejkaLeonid Šejka was Serbian painter and architect.He was a member of art group Mediala.Šejka is now regarded as one of Yugoslavia's most original painters who tried toachieve a new objectivity - neither modern nor post-modern - by depicting...
- Sava ŠumanovićSava ŠumanovicSava Šumanović was a 20th-century Serbian painter.Sava Šumanović was born in Vinkovci, today's Croatia in 1896. He graduated from High School in Zemun, across the Danube from Belgrade, where he was first introduced to the art of painting. He later enrolled in the College of Arts in Zagreb then...
- Ivan TabakovićIvan TabakovicIvan Tabaković was an Austro-Hungarian-born Serbian painter.Born in Arad, Hungary , he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, and afterwards, at the Royal Academy of Applied Arts in Zagreb. In the autumn of 1922, he left for Munich, only temporarily interrupting his studies in Zagreb...
- Nesim TahirovicNesim TahirovicNesim Tahirović was born on October 23 1941 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied art in Belgrade under professor Kosta Hakman.Along with painting he also works in the area of scenic design and other applied arts...
- Vladimir VeličkovićVladimir VelickovicVladimir Veličković is one of the most prominent Serbian painters. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Belgrade University. From 1963 to 1966, he was an assistant in Krsto Hegedušić’s Master workshop in Zagreb, and in 1966 he moved to Paris...
- Beta VukanovićBeta VukanovicBeta Vukanović was a Serbian painter and centenarian. Born in Bamberg, Germany to a Serbian family, Vukanovic initially studied painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich. She also worked with Anton Ažbe. From 1898 she lived mostly in Belgrade...
- Rista VukanovićRista VukanovicRista Vukanović was a Serbian Impressionist painter and husband of painter Beta Vukanović....
- Jules Pascin
- Zuko DžumhurZuko DžumhurZulfikar "Zuko" Džumhur was a Bosnian writer, painter and caricaturist. Džumhur's bohemian nature, versatility of a polymath and extremely creative personality have made him a unique figure of the Yugoslav culture in the second half of the 20th century.Džumhur was born in Konjic, northern...
- Stevan AleksićStevan AleksićStevan Aleksić was a Serbian painter born in Austria-Hungary. His work belongs to the Munich School...
Performance artists
- Brian LinehanBrian LinehanBrian Richard Linehan was a Canadian television host from Hamilton, Ontario. Linehan was best known for his celebrity interviews. Linehan was one of seven children...
- Davor DžaltoDavor DžaltoDavor Džalto is an artist and art historian born in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 17, 1980.He graduated from the High School of Art in Niš. His academic career started in Belgrade where he received an M.A. degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in History of Art...
- Tom CarapicTom CarapicTom Carapic , full name Tomislav Sava Carapic, is an artist who specialises in found object artwork.Carapic was born in Velisevac, Serbia . He was educated at a military school in Herzegovina in the 1950s, and served as a sergeant in the Yugoslav People's Army...
- Marina AbramovićMarina AbramovicMarina Abramović is a Belgrade-born New York-based Serbian performance artist who began her career in the early 1970s. Active for over three decades, she has recently begun to describe herself as the “grandmother of performance art.” Abramović's work explores the relationship between performer and...
- Sasa Markovic MikrobSaša Marković MikrobSaša Marković-Mikrob , also known as Mladoženja, Bambus and Ganeša was a Serbian artist, journalist, radio host, social worker, performer, and one of the major representatives of the Serbian alternative and contemporary art scene...
- Tanja OstojićTanja OstojicTanja Ostojić is a Serbian feminist performance artist.-The "EU Panties":In December 2005, Ostojić became well known in Europe as a result of the "EU Panties" poster, a satire of Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du monde. Ostojić's version displayed her own crotch, clothed in blue underwear complete...
Sculptors
- Drinka RadovanovićDrinka RadovanovicDrinka Radovanović , is a renowned Serbian sculptress. She was a student of the famed Serbian sculptor Matija Vuković.-Works:Radovanović has created many statues of national heroes, including a monument to Karađorđe Petrović at Marićević Trench, which was erected in 2004 to commemorate the...
is the author of monuments to Vojvoda Stepa StepanovićStepa StepanovicStepa Stepanović OSS OCT GCMG was a field marshal of the Serbian Army who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.Stepa Stepanović was born in the village of Kumodraž outside of Belgrade on...
and Vojvoda Živojin MišićŽivojin MišicŽivojin Mišić OKS GCMG was a Vojvoda and the most successful Serbian commander who participated in all Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.-Early years:Misic's grandfather was born in Struganik near Mionica...
. - Risto StijovicRisto StijovicRisto Stijović was an internationally renowned Serbian sculptor, considered to be one of the most original artists of his time. He was born in centre of Podgorica, in old Podgorica's family. He lived for years in Paris, where he met his wife, Jeanette. They moved to Belgrade where he died in 1974...
(Author of Monument to Franchet d'Esperey) - Đorđe Jovanović
- Ferenc KalmarFerenc KalmarFerenc Kalmar is a Hungarian sculptor, living in Vojvodina.-External links:*...
(Hungarian sculptor living and working in Serbia) - Jovan SoldatovićJovan SoldatovicJovan Soldatović was a Serbian sculptor, internationally recognized for his hundreds of sculptures and memorials.-External links:*** Jovan Soldatović (November 26, 1920, Čerević - October 7, 2005, Novi Sad) was a Serbian sculptor, internationally recognized for his hundreds of sculptures and...
- Matija VukovićMatija VukovicMatija Vuković was a Serbian sculptor. One of Vuković's most recognizable works is the 1955 .-Reading:...
- Olga JančićOlga Jancic-References:...
- Olga JevrićOlga JevricOlga Jevrić is a famous Serbian sculptor, one of the many renowned female sculptors emerging from Serbia....
- Peko NikčevićPeko NikcevicPeko Nikčević is a Montenegrin sculptor and professor at the University of Pristina Faculty of Arts, in North Kosovo.-Notes and references:Notes:References:...
- Simeon RoksandićSimeon RoksandicSimeon Roksandić was a distinguished sculptor and academic, famous for his bronzes and fountains. He is frequently cited as one of the most renowned figures in Yugoslavian sculpture.-External links:**...
is the author of the famed "Cukur Fountain" monument. - Dragiša StanisavljevićDragiša StanisavljevicDragiša Stanisavljević is a Serbian naive art sculptor whose works reflect the mythology, folklore and legends of his native land.-References:...
- Sreten StojanovićSreten StojanovicSreten Stojanović was one of the most prominent Bosnian and Serbian sculptors of the 20th century.He was born in 1898 in Prijedor in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the house of Orthodox priests who "preached the faith for strength of people and who imagined Russia to be something that is ours or more...
- Yevgeny VuchetichYevgeny VuchetichYevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich was a prominent Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style.He was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire...
- Miodrag ŽivkovićMiodrag ŽivkovicMiodrag "Miko" Živković is the president of the opposition Liberal Party of Montenegro and one of its representatives in the Parliament of Montenegro.Born to father Đorđije and mother Vojislava , Živković finished primary and secondary school...
(born in 1928) - Drinka RadovanovićDrinka RadovanovicDrinka Radovanović , is a renowned Serbian sculptress. She was a student of the famed Serbian sculptor Matija Vuković.-Works:Radovanović has created many statues of national heroes, including a monument to Karađorđe Petrović at Marićević Trench, which was erected in 2004 to commemorate the...
- Vessna PerunovichVessna PerunovichVessna Perunovich is a visual artist based in Toronto, Ontario. She who was born in 1960 in Zaječar, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia. Her father was originally from Montenegro and her mother was from Serbia. Her family immigrated to Toronto in 1988. She earned her B.F.A in 1984 at the Academy of Fine Arts...
- Petar UbavkićPetar UbavkićPeter Ubavkić was a Serbian sculptor and painter, recognized as the premier sculptor of Serbia, given the task to create a series of national monuments of which he authored many, including the black marble monument to Kossovo Warriors in Kragujevac.- Biography :He was born in Belgrade on the 12th...
Cartoonists, illustrators, designers
- Predrag Koraksić CoraxPredrag Koraksic CoraxPregrag Koraksić Corax is a Serbian political caricaturist.- Biography :Koraksić was born in Čačak in 1933. His father, one of the Partisan Movement leaders, was killed during the World War II by Chetniks. Corax spent four years as a refugee.After the war Corax graduated from grammar school in...
- Aleksandar ZografAleksandar ZografSasa Rakezic is a Serbian cartoonist, author of such works as Life Under Sanctions, Psychonaut, Dream Watcher, and Bulletins from Serbia....
- Zoran JanjetovZoran JanjetovZoran Janjetov is a Serbian comics artist. He lives in Novi Sad. Janjetov is best known as the illustrator of The Technopriests, written by Alejandro Jodorowsky. In 1986 he was chosen by Moebius to continue his work The Incal.- Biography :At very early age he started to draw with a strong support...
- Aleksa GajićAleksa GajicAleksa Gajić is a Serbian comics artist. Gajić is best known as the illustrator of Scourge of the Gods , written by Valérie Mangin, and Technotise...
- Branislav KeracBranislav KeracBranislav "Bane" Kerac is a popular Serbian comic book creator, known best for his series Cat Claw. He was a drummer for the heavy metal bandGeroMetal.-External links:**...
- Gradimir SmudjaGradimir SmudjaGradimir Smudja is a Serbian cartoonist/painter in Italy and France. He is currently resident of Lucca, Tuscany, ....
- Dražen KovačevićDražen KovacevicDražen Kovačević is a popular Serbian comic-book creator, known best for his comic Wheel created with Goran Skrobonja.-External links:*http://upps-sajt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=488&Itemid=2...
- Jugoslav VlahovicJugoslav VlahovićJugoslav Vlahović is a Serbian artist, illustrator, photographer and a former rock musician. Vlahović is known for his work on album covers...
- Mirko IlicMirko IlicMirko Ilić is Croatian and Bosnian graphic designer and comics artist based in New York.-Yugoslavian period:...
- Ljubomir Pavićević FisLjubomir Pavicevic FisLjubomir Pavićević - Fis , born February 6, 1927, Serbian designer, Graphic and industrial designer since 1953...
Photographers
- Anastas JovanovićAnastas JovanovicAnastas Jovanović was the first Serbian photographer of his time to treat photography as an art form and to capture on film historical events as they were happening. He was the author of the first photographic pantheon of the most significant events and people of his time...
- Milan Jovanović
- Boris SpremoBoris SpremoBoris Spremo, born on October 25, 1935 in Susak, former Yugoslavia is a popular Canadian photojournalist. After graduating from the Belgrade Cinematographic Institute, Mr. Spremo left for Canada in 1957....
- Pompeo PosarPompeo PosarPompeo Posar was a Playboy magazine staff photographer who photographed many centerfold spreads and accompanying pictures of women featured as playmate of the month...
, born in TriesteTriesteTrieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, of Slovenian (father) and Serbian (mother) parents.
Models
- Milla JovovichMilla JovovichMilla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...
(b. 1975), American actress (Joan d'Arc, Fifth ElementFifth ElementFifth Element may refer to:* 5th Element, the 1999 album by reggae and dancehall artist Bounty Killer* The 5th Element * Aether , the mythical fifth classical element...
, Resident Evil filmsResident Evil (film)Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy...
) - Aleksandra MelnichenkoAleksandra MelnichenkoAleksandra "Sandra" Melnichenko née Nikolić is a Serbian former model. She is best known as the wife of Russian tycoon Andrey Melnichenko.-Early life:...
(b. 1977), Serbian model and pop group member, wife of Andrey MelnichenkoAndrey MelnichenkoAndrey Melnichenko is a Russian businessman and billionaire.He is best known for his energy and banking businesses.- Career :He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EuroChem - one of Russia’s largest fertilizer companies with annual sales of 73.6 billion roubles US$2.5 billion) in 2009,... - Ivana BozilovicIvana BozilovicIvana Božilović is an American model and actress.Božilović was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia and grew up in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States. Her credits includes small roles in the films 100 Girls, National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Wedding Crashers...
(b. 1977), Serbian-born American model and actress - Maja LatinovićMaja LatinovicMaja Latinović is a Serbian model.At 16, Latinović's modeling career began accidentally with her sister entering her into a local modeling contest...
(b. 1980), Serbian fashion model - Sanja PapićSanja PapicSanja Papić is a Serbian model. She was the 2002 Miss Yugoslavia winner, the 3rd runner-up 2003 Miss Universe, and then became the 2nd runner-up at the 2003 Miss Europe contest.-Professional career:In September 2003, Papić finished as a runner-up at the Miss Europe contest in Paris...
(b. 1984), Miss Serbia and Montenegro at the Miss Universe 2002 - Bojana PanićBojana PanicBojana Panić was born in Yugoslavia, May 24, 1985. She is a fashion model and an actress.-As model:Bojana started her international career in Milan after being discovered by the Names Agency...
(b. 1985), Serbian fashion model and actress - Natali ThanouNatali ThanouNatali Thanou is a Serbian-Greek model and singer, most known as the Greek Playmate of the year 2007.She was born Natalija Šoša in the capital of Serbia in 1983. She attended music school. She began her modeling career when she was 16 years...
(b. 1983), Greek Playmate of the year 2007 and pop artist - Gordana TomićGordana TomicGordana Tomić is a Bosnian model from Lopare, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She won the 2007 Miss Bosnia and Herzegovina contest in June 2007, and represented her country in Miss World 2007, but was unplaced....
(b. 1990), Miss Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 - Georgina StojiljkovićGeorgina StojiljkovicGeorgina Stojiljkovic is a Serbian fashion model. She was born on May 19, 1988 in Pančevo, SFR Yugoslavia.- Career :Stojiljkovic was discovered by a scout at a fashion show in Belgrade...
(b. 1988), Serbian fashion model - Andrej PejicAndrej PejicAndrej Pejić is an androgynous Australian male model.- Early life :Pejic was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has one older brother. His mother, Jadranka, is Serbian and his father, Vlada, Croatian. His parents divorced shortly after his birth...
(b. 1991), Australian fashion model
Singers
- Marija ŠerifovićMarija ŠerifovicMarija Šerifović is a singer from Serbia. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva". Šerifović was born in Kragujevac, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia and is the daughter of Verica Šerifović, also a notable singer...
, pop singer, Winner of the 2007 EurovisionEurovision Song Contest 2007The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host... - Željko JoksimovićŽeljko JoksimovicŽeljko Joksimović or often credited Zeljko Joksimovic is a popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer. He is also well known in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Germany, Austria and other European countries...
, pop singer, 2nd place of the 2004 EurovisionEurovision Song Contest 2004The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"... - Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović (b. 1973), pop-folk singer, one of the most popular artists of former YugoslaviaFormer YugoslaviaThe former Yugoslavia is a term used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
- Nada MamulaNada MamulaNada Mamula was a Serbian singer, born during the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.. She started her career on Radio Beograd, where she passed an audition in 1946 . In 1946 she delivered her first ever professional performances as Nada Vukicevic along with Danica Obrenic and accordionist Voja...
(1927–2001), folk singer - Aleksandra RadovićAleksandra RadovicAleksandra Radović is a Serbian singer and songwriter, one of the most popular pop and R&B singers in Serbia.- Early life :...
(b. 1974), pop and r&b singer - Momčilo BajagićMomcilo BajagicMomčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
, rock musician - Đorđe Balašević, pop rock musician
- Zdravko ČolićZdravko ColicZdravko Čolić , is a pop singer popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. Originally from Sarajevo, since 1992 , his home is in Belgrade, Serbia...
, pop singer, one of the most popular artists of former YugoslaviaFormer YugoslaviaThe former Yugoslavia is a term used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.... - Miroslav IlićMiroslav IlicMiroslav Ilić , is a popular Serbian folk singer-songwriter. He is known for his powerful vocals and emotional lyrics. Before becoming a musician he took Electrical courses at a University of Skopje...
, folk singer - Nele KarajlićNele Karajlicdr. Nele Karajlić a.k.a. Nele Karajlić, born on December 11, 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, , is a Bosnian Serb rock and roll musician, composer, actor and television director living and working in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia.One of the founders of New Primitivism movement in Sarajevo,...
, rock musician - Aleksandra KovačAleksandra KovacAleksandra Kovač is a Serbian singer-songwriter. She is the eldest daughter of eminent composer Kornelije Kovač and the elder sister of singer Kristina Kovač. Alongside her sister Kristina, Kovač came to media prominence as a part of girl group K2, and then launched a successful solo career in 2001...
, pop and r&b singer, winner of the MTV Best Adriatic Act Award in 2006 - Slađana Milošević, singer-songwriter
- Dragana MirkovićDragana MirkovicDragana Mirković is a Serbian pop-folk singer.She is very popular in Ex-Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey...
, pop folk singer - Boris NovkovićBoris NovkovicBoris Novković is a Croatian pop singer. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia, his interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager...
, Croatian pop singer (Serb paternal grandfather) - Ana NikolićAna NikolicAna Nikolić is a well known Serbian pop singer-songwriter. She won over Serbian audience not only by her song named “Januar”, but also with her attractive appearance and seductive dancing performance which she studied and perfected on Musical Academy in Berlin...
, pop folk singer - Jelena KarleušaJelena KarleušaJelena Karleuša Tošić , professionally known under her maiden name Jelena Karleuša and initials JK, is a Serbian pop singer, fashion designer and former columnist. She rose to fame with her debut turbo-folk album Ogledalce , and has since been a popular Serbian female singer...
, pop folk singer - Nataša BekvalacNataša BekvalacNataša Bekvalac is a Serbian recording artist, actress and model. Her debut album was nominated for the best album that year in Serbia. Her single Nikotin was nominated for the female Serbian song of the millennium...
, pop singer - Arsen DedićArsen DedicArsen Dedić is a Croatian singer-songwriter who has been prominent in the Croatian as well as former Yugoslav music scene. Dedić writes and performs chansons as well as film music...
, Croatian singer-songwriter (Serb parents)
Performers
- Goran BregovićGoran BregovicGoran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
(folk-rock musician) - Uroš DojčinovićUroš DojcinovicUroš Dojčinović is a Serbian classical guitarist.He is professor of classical guitar at the Music Conservatory "J. Slavensky" in Belgrade.-External links:**...
(guitarist) - Raša Đelmaš {rock drummer}
- Denise DjokicDenise DjokicDenise Djokic is a gifted cellist from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is the daughter of Lynn Stodola and Philippe Djokic.Cellist Denise Djokic has been praised worldwide for her sincere, powerful interpretations, and her bold command of the instrument. Instantly recognized by her "arrestingly...
(Canadian Cellist) - Philippe DjokicPhilippe DjokicPhilippe Djokic is a Canadian violinist, conductor, and music educator of French birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1990.Born in Nancy, France, Djokic was the son of a Serbian father and French mother...
(Prof. of Violin at Dalhousie U.) - Bora Đorđević (rock singer)
- Duško GojkovićDuško GojkovicDuško Gojković , is a Serbian jazz trumpeter and composer....
(jazz trumpetist and composer) - Kornelije KovačKornelije KovacKornelije "Bata" Kovač is a famous Serbian composer. He is a father of Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač, both successful Serbian singers.-Early life:...
(rock keyboard player) - Zoran Lesandrić (rock musician)
- Alex LifesonAlex LifesonAleksandar Živojinović, OC, better known by his stage name Alex Lifeson, is a second generation Serbian-Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist of the Canadian rock band Rush. In the summer of 1968, Lifeson founded the band that would become Rush with friend, drummer John Rutsey...
(Aleksandar Živojinović – guitarist of RushRush (band)Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
) - Boban MarkovićBoban MarkovicBoban Marković is a Serbian Romani trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Vladičin Han, frequently recognized as the greatest trumpet player to emerge from the Balkans...
(folk ensemble leader) - Stefan MilenkovićStefan MilenkovicStefan Milenković is a Serbian concert violinist and a member of the faculty at the Juilliard School and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.-Biography:...
(violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
player) - Milan MladenovićMilan MladenovicMilan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
(singer, guitar player) - Nadja BenaissaNadja BenaissaNadja Benaissa is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.After a series of commercially successful releases...
(by mother) - Ana PopovićAna PopovicAna Popović is a Serbian blues guitarist and singer.-Biography:Ana Popović's father first introduced her to the blues, through an extensive record collection and sessions hosted at the family home. Popović founded her first band at age nineteen...
(blues guitarist) - Jasna PopovicJasna PopovicJasna Popovic is an award-winning Serbian pianist.-Personal life:Popovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, where she received her first piano lesson at six years of age...
(pianist) - Laza RistovskiLaza RistovskiLaza Ristovski was a Serbian and former Yugoslav keyboardist, best known for his involvement with Smak and Bijelo Dugme rock bands, as well as for his eclectic solo work that spawned many different musical genres.-Biography:Laza Ristovski was born in Novi Pazar as his father, a JNA officer, was...
(rock/jazz keyboard player) - Milenko StefanovićMilenko StefanovicMilenko Stefanović is the most famous Serbian and Yugoslav clarinetist: a prizewinner in the international competitions in Moscow, Munich, Geneva and Prague, soloist who has achieved significant international career, long-time principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and...
, classical and jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
clarinettist - Radomir Mihailović Točak (rock, jazz, blues guitarist)
- Miroslav Tadić (classical guitaristGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
) - Holly ValanceHolly ValanceHolly Valance is an Australian actress, singer, and model, who has dual United Kingdom citizenship. Valance began her career as Felicity "Flick" Scully on the Australian soap opera Neighbours...
(Serbian father) - Bojan ZulfikarpašićBojan ZulfikarpašicBojan Zulfikarpašić was born February 2, 1968 in Belgrade) is a Serbian jazz pianist...
(pianist) - Brian LinehanBrian LinehanBrian Richard Linehan was a Canadian television host from Hamilton, Ontario. Linehan was best known for his celebrity interviews. Linehan was one of seven children...
(host-producer of TV's City Lights)
Composers
- Béla BartókBéla BartókBéla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
was a famous Hungarian composer of international stature whose mother was an ethnic Serb from BanatBanatThe Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...
, now part of Romanian Banat. - Petar BergamoPetar BergamoPetar Bergamo graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy , where hestudied composition with Stanojlo Rajičić and conducting with Živojin Zdravković...
- Goran BregovićGoran BregovicGoran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
- Isidor BajićIsidor BajicIsidor Bajic was a Serbian composer, pedagogue, and publisher.He was born in Kula...
- Stanislav BiničkiStanislav BinickiStanislav Binički , was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue.Binički, who was born in Jasika, Kruševac, is considered to be one of the most famous representatives of Serbian classical music...
- Dejan DespićDejan DespicDejan Despić is an internationally acclaimed Serbian composer, music theoretician, writer and pedagogue. He studied composition with Marko Tajčević and conducting with Mihajlo Vukdragović at the Belgrade Music Academy , where he later became a professor . He composed more than 170 works in all...
- Zoran ErićZoran EricZoran Erić is a Serbian composer of modern classical music. He composes mostly in post-modern style, but also has notable works in electronic music. Erić is also well known for his music for theater....
- Dragutin GostuškiDragutin GostuškiDragutin Gostuški was a famous Serbian composer, musicologist, and art historian. He taught for many years at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.-Early life and career:...
- Stevan HristićStevan HristicStevan Hristić , , was the most popular Serbian composer of the first half of the 20th century, remembered best for his technically cultivated compositions in the Neoromanticist, veristic, and Romanticist-Impressionist styles.-Biography:He conducted his primary studies in Leipzig, but also in...
- Jovo IvaniševićJovo IvaniševicJovan Đurov Ivanišević was a Montenegrin composer from Donji Kraj near Cetinje, Montenegro. While young he showed exquisite talent for music, and is most famous for composing the contemporary anthem of Principality of Montenegro and Kingdom of Montenegro, Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori...
- Ion IvanoviciIon IvanoviciIon Ivanovici was a Romanian military band leader and composer, best remembered today for his waltz Waves of the Danube....
is a Romanian composer of Serbian descent. - Petar KonjovićPetar KonjovicPetar Konjović was a Serbian composer. He was born in Čurug . While a pedagogy student in Sombor, Konjovic self-taught himself the art of compositure and conducting. He finished his education at the Prague Conservatorium in 1906...
- Petar KrstićPetar KrsticPetar Krstic was a Serbian composer and conductor famous throughout Yugoslavia.Krstic studied under the Austrian composer Robert Fuchs in Vienna. He was a famed conductor and pedagogue in Belgrade as well as musical leader of Belgrade radio. His most famous operas include Zulumcar 1927 and Ženidba...
- Luigi von KunitsLuigi von KunitsLuigi von Kunits was an Austrian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue. He was the founding conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1922....
- Ljubica MarićLjubica MaricLjubica Marić was considered to be one of the most original composers to emerge from Yugoslavia. She was a pupil of Josip Štolcer-Slavenski. She was known for being inspired by Byzantine Orthodox church music...
- Josif MarinkovićJosif MarinkovicJosif Marinkovic was one of the most important Serbian composers of the nineteenth century.-External links:* *...
- Miloje MilojevićMiloje MilojevicMiloje Milojević was a famous Serbian composer, conductor, pianist, pedagogue, music critic, and musical writer, considered by his contemporaries as a true man of letters....
- Stevan Stojanović MokranjacStevan Stojanovic MokranjacStevan Stojanović Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. His work was essential in bringing the spirit of Valach Serbian unwritten folk poems into organized art.-Biography:He was born in Negotin...
- Vasilije MokranjacVasilije MokranjacVasilije Mokranjac was a greatly influential and renowned Serbian composer.Though he was publicly recognized, Mokranjac often tried to stay out of the spotlight, being an introvert by nature and often more consumed with his work than fame. He was reluctant to follow any specific musical genre or...
- Vojna NešićVojna NešicOlivera Vojna Nešić is a Serbian composer and professor at the University of Pristina Faculty of Arts, in North Kosovo.-Education:...
- Dragan PetrovićDragan Petrovic (jazz musician)Dragan Petrovic, also known as Jazzy D, is a Toronto jazz musician.Petrovic is jazz pianist and composer was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He had a successful career as a professional musician there. He composed and arranged music for theatres, radio and TV stations in Europe. He immigrated to...
- Mihailo Vukdragović
- Miloš Raičković
- Nikola ResanovicNikola ResanovicNikola Resanovic is an American composer and professor of music. He is the winner of the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music and is one of Ohio's best known living composers....
- Rudolph RétiRudolph RetiRudolph Reti , was a musical analyst, composer and pianist. He was the older brother of the great chess master Richard Réti ....
- Kornelije StankovićKornelije StankovicKornelije Stanković was a Serbian composer, said to have marked an era not only in Serbian, but also in South Slavic musical art.-External links:***...
- Josip Stolcer-SlavenskiJosip Štolcer-SlavenskiJosip Štolcer-Slavenski was a Yugoslav composer and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade.-Early life:...
- Petar Stojanović
- Marko TajčevićMarko TajcevicMarko Tajčević was a Croatian and Serbian composer and musician.-Biography:Born in Osijek, Croatia on January 29, 1900, his music education began with violin studies at the Croatian Music Institution at the time the First World War broke out in Europe with Blagoje Bersa, Franjo Dugan and Fran...
- Vladimir TošićVladimir TošicVladimir Tošić is a Serbian composer and visual artist. His works are generally composed according to very stringent minimal principles, which he refers to as "reductionist principles of composing."Tošić teaches at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, teaching counterpoint, harmony, and musical forms...
- Jasna VeličkovićJasna VelickovicJasna Veličković has been living and working as a composer in the Netherlands since 2001 where she completed a Masters in music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague under Louis Andriessen, Gilius van Bergeijk and Clarence Barlow with distinction...
- Josip Runjanin is a well-known Croatian and Serbian composer of Serbian ethnicity.
- Zoran SztevanovityZorán SztevanovityZorán Sztevanovity , born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 4 March 1942) is a Hungarian musician , singer and composer of a Serbian origin. He has two children, Zoltán and Sandra.-Life and career:...
- Dusan TrbojevicDušan TrbojevicDušan Trbojević was a famous Serbian pianist, composer, musical writer and university professor.-Education:...
Opera singers
- Radmila BakočevićRadmila BakocevicRadmila Bakočević , is a Serbian operatic soprano who had a major international opera career that began in 1955 and ended upon her retirement from the stage in 1982...
- David BizicDavid BizicDavid Bižić is an operatic baritone. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia.-Career:He studied singing with at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and received scholarships from the International Vocal Arts Institute and the America Israel Cultural Foundation...
- Biserka CvejicBiserka CvejicBiserka Cvejić is a famous Serbian opera singer and university professor.She sang in the Metropolitan Opera , Covent Garden , Wiener Staatsoper , La Scala , as well as in Belgrade, Zagreb, Moscow, St. Petersburg and other major opera houses in the world.She is a member of the Association of...
- Nikola MijailovićNikola Mijailović (singer)Nikola Mijailovic is a Serbian baritone who has had a prolific international opera career since the mid 1990s. He is particularly admired for his portrayals in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi...
- Predrag MiletićPredrag MileticPredrag Miletić, , born in Niš, Serbia, on , is a Serbian actor. He finished the Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade in the class of Ognjenka Milićević, professor. He was a full-time member of National Theatre in Niš, since 1972 to 1976, and after that, he entered Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade...
- Oliver NjegoOliver NjegoOliver Njego is a Serbian operatic baritone, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most respected and most famous Serbian opera singers. He graduated in 1990, at the Faculty of Music Art in Belgrade in the class of Professor Radmila Bakočević...
- Laura PavlovicLaura PavlovicLaura Pavlovic , , is a lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad....
- Aleksandar PetrovićAleksandar PetrovicAleksandar "Saša" Petrović was a well known Serbian film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s. Two of his films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film : Three in 1966 and I Even Met Happy Gypsies in 1967...
Dancers
- Olgivanna Lloyd WrightOlgivanna Lloyd WrightOlgivanna Lloyd Wright was the third and final wife of Frank Lloyd Wright and had significant influence in his life and work, due in part to her extensive Theosophical associations. She was a Serb Montenegrin dancer...
(1898–1985), granddaughter of Marko MiljanovMarko MiljanovMarko Miljanov Popović was a warrior and writer from Montenegro. He led the Kuči clan against the Turks in 1862 and distinguished himself in the War of 1876-78...
and wife of Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture... - Milorad MiskovicMilorad MiškovicMilorad Mišković is a former Serbian ballet dancer and choreographer...
(b. 1928), ballet dancer and choreographer, honorary president of UNESCO International Dance Council - Ksenija PajčinKsenija PajcinKsenija Pajčin was a Serbian singer, dancer and model popular in Serbia and the other former Yugoslav republics...
(1977–2010), Serbian go-go dancer and dance singer - Aleksandar JosipovićAleksandar JosipovicAleksandar Josipović is French artist from Yugoslavia, champion in the sport dance, professional dancer, artist and Educator- Early life :...
(b. 1981), Serbian-born French dance champion
Chess
- Svetozar GligorićSvetozar GligoricSvetozar Gligorić is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia...
- Božidar IvanovićBožidar IvanovicBožidar Ivanović is a chess Grandmaster who now represents Montenegro, a politician, and a chess official. He has served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in Montenegro. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship three times, in 1973, 1981, and 1983...
- Borislav IvkovBorislav IvkovBorislav Ivkov is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was the first ever World Junior Champion in 1951. He won the Yugoslav Championship in 1958 , 1963 and 1972. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979...
- Ivan IvaniševićIvan IvaniševicIvan Ivanišević is a Serbian chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess. He won the Serbian Chess Championship in 2008 and 2009. Played for Yugoslavia in the Chess Olympiads of 1998, 2000, 2002 and for Serbia in the Olympiad of 2008...
- Ljubomir LjubojevićLjubomir LjubojevicLjubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...
- Alisa MarićAlisa MaricAlisa Marić is a Serbian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is living in Belgrade, capital of Serbia . She has dual citizenship, Serbian and American...
- Mirjana MarićMirjana MaricMirjana Marić is a Serbian chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster , living in Belgrade, capital of Serbia . She has dual Serbian and US citizenship.Mirjana Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-older twin sister Alisa Marić...
- Robert MarkušRobert MarkušRobert Markuš is a Serbian chess Grandmaster.His current FIDE rating is 2606 and he is a member of Novi Sad Chess Club....
- Aleksandar MatanovićAleksandar MatanovicAleksandar Matanović is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was born in Belgrade.Awarded the GM title in 1955, he was junior champion of Yugoslavia in 1948 and Yugoslav national champion in 1962 , 1969 and 1978...
- Milan MatulovićMilan MatulovicMilan Matulović is a chess Grandmaster who was the second or third strongest Yugoslav player for much of the 1960s and 1970s behind Svetozar Gligorić and possibly Borislav Ivkov. He was primarily active before 1977, but has remained an occasional tournament competitor as recently as...
- Igor MiladinovićIgor MiladinovicIgor Miladinović is a Serbian chess grandmaster. On the November 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating was 2553.Miladinović won the 1993 World Junior Chess Championship and at the end of the year was declared for the athlete of the Year in Yugoslavia. In 1994 he played for Yugoslavia in the Moscow...
- Petar TrifunovićPetar TrifunovicDr. Petar Trifunović was an International Grandmaster and Serbian Champion of chess...
- Dragoljub VelimirovićDragoljub VelimirovicDragoljub Velimirović is a Serbian and former Yugoslav chess grandmaster, born in Valjevo.-Biography:...
- Boris Kostic
- Dragoljub CiricDragoljub ČirićDragoljub Miladin Čirić in Novi Sad) is a former Yugoslavian, now Serbian, chess Grandmaster.- Background :Čirić gained the title of International Master in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965....
- Milunka LazarevićMilunka LazarevicMilunka Lazarević is a Serbian chess player and journalist. For many years, she was Yugoslavia's foremost woman player and became a contender for the Women's World Chess Championship.She was taught chess by her father at the age of fourteen and quickly became recognised as a talent in the game...
- Petar Popović (chess player)
- Predrag NikolićPredrag NikolicPredrag Nikolić is a Bosnian chess grandmaster.He first competed for the Yugoslav Championship in 1979, taking a share of second place. The following year and again in 1984, he went one step further and became the Yugoslav national champion...
- Predrag OstojicPredrag OstojicPredrag Ostojić was a Yugoslav chess Grandmaster. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1968 and 1971.Born in Kraljevo, he won the title of International Master in 1962 and of Grandmaster in 1975....
- Dimitrije BjelicaDimitrije BjelicaDimitrije Bjelica is a Serbian chess FIDE Master who can be found in the Guinness Book of Records for playing a 312-board simul in Subotica in 1997 . Bjelica is also one of the most prolific chess authors in the world, with over 80 books in 180 editions and 55 videos and CDs to his name...
- Dragoljub JanosevicDragoljub JanoševicDragoljub Janošević was a Yugoslav chess Grandmaster.-Background:Janošević became an International Master in 1964 and earned the Grandmaster title the following year....
- Borislav MilicBorislav MilicBorislav Milic was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of chess, and a chess writer, organizer, promoter, and administrator.-Introduction:...
- Milan VukcevichMilan VukcevichMilan Radoje Vukcevich was a Yugoslav scientist, chess International Master, Grandmaster chess problem composer, and writer....
- Milan VukicMilan VukićMilan Vukić is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster. He has been a champion of Bosnia & Herzegovina and of the former state of Yugoslavia, both during its constitution as a Socialist Federal Republic and as a Federal Republic .-Biography:Curiously, he only started to play chess as a young man, having...
- Branko DamljanovicBranko DamljanovicBranko Damljanovic is a Serbian grandmaster. His rating peaked at 2625 in July 2006. His chess career started in 1975 in Čačak.-External links:...
- Dejan AnticDejan AnticDejan Antić is a Serbian grandmaster, who began in 1988 professionally.-External links:*...
- Ozren NedeljkovicOzren NedeljkovicOzren Nedeljković was a Serbian chess master.He shared 1st at Belgrade 1927, tied for 4-5th at Karlovac 1927, won the 1st Levin tournament in 1932, shared 2nd in 1933 , tied for 4-6th in 1934 , shared 2nd in Belgrade City Chess Championship in 1934, and took 12th at Ljubljana 1938...
- Predrag NikolićPredrag NikolicPredrag Nikolić is a Bosnian chess grandmaster.He first competed for the Yugoslav Championship in 1979, taking a share of second place. The following year and again in 1984, he went one step further and became the Yugoslav national champion...
- Dragan SolakDragan SolakDragan Šolak is a Serbian chess grandmaster. On the May 2010 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2547.In 2002 he tied for 1st-3rd with Vladimir Tukmakov and Andrei Sokolov in the Hilton Open in Basel and tied for 3rd-4th with Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska in the Casino Open in Interlaken...
- Vasilije TomovicVasilije TomovićVasilije Tomović aka Vasily Tomovic was a Montenegrin chess master. He was born in Mateševo.Before World War II, Vasilije Tomovic was the first significant chess player in Montenegro. He was also mathematician and philosopher. In April 1936, he tied for 11-12th in Novi Sad...
- Mirko BroderMirko BröderMirko Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder was a Hungarian–Serbian chess master.Born in Budapest, he grew up in Novi Sad, Voivodina , where he studied law....
- Bosko AbramovicBosko AbramovicBosko Abramovic is a Serbian chess Grandmaster.Best results: 1st at Lugano 1981; 1st at Pamporovo 1982; 1st at Reykjavik 1982; 1st at Vrnjacka Banja 1983; 1st at Niš 1983; 1st at Belgrade 1984; 1st at Linz 1984; 1st at Paris 1985; 2nd at Montpellier 1986; 1st at Berlin 1990; 1st at Oberwart 1990;...
- Bojan VuckovicBojan VučkovićBojan Vučković is a Serbian chess Grandmaster.His current FIDE rating is 2630. He is also strong chess problemist holding title of International solving grandmaster.-External links: * http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/sgm.htm...
- Marijan KovacevicMarijan KovacevicMarijan Kovačević is a German-Croatian former footballer.He played for German clubs like Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Duisburg and Jahn Regensburg, Austrian club Admira Wacker Mödling, Cypriot club Enosis Neon Paralimni FC, Portuguese club União da Madeira and Bosnian and Herzegovian club Široki...
Philosophers
- Franciscus Patricius (1529–1597), Venetian philosopher and scientist (Bosnian Serb parents, conversion to Roman Catholicism)
- Dositej ObradovićDositej ObradovicDositej Dimitrije Obradović was a Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia...
(1742–1811), author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia, regarded founder of modern Serbian literature - Svetozar MarkovićSvetozar MarkovicSvetozar Marković was an influential Serbian political activist and literary critic. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change.-Early life:...
(1846-1875), introduced the doctrine of social reform to Serbia - Ljubomir NedićLjubomir NedicLjubomir Nedić was a popular Serbian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. In the 1890s, two groups were formed in literary criticism, one by the critics gathered around the literary journal Delo, and the other led by Ljubomir Nedić...
(1858–1902), one of the most quoted philosophers in the late 19th century, a student of Wilhelm WundtWilhelm WundtWilhelm Maximilian Wundt was a German physician, psychologist, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology. He is widely regarded as the "father of experimental psychology"...
and professor at the University of BelgradeUniversity of BelgradeThe University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university... - Dimitrije MitrinovićDimitrije MitrinovicDimitrije Mitrinović was a Serbian philosopher, poet, revolutionary, mystic, theoretician of modern painting, traveller and cosmopolite.-Biography:Dimitrije Mitrinović was born in a village near the town of Stolac in Herzegovina...
(1887–1953), philosopher, poet, revolutionary, mystic, theoretician of modern painting, traveller and cosmopolite. - Ksenija AtanasijevićKsenija AtanasijevićKsenija Atanasijević was the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and one of first female professors of Belgrade University, where she graduated...
(1894–1981), the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and one of first female professors of Belgrade University - Đuro Kurepa (1907–1992), best known logician
- Petar II Petrović Njegoš
- Justin PopovićJustin PopovicSaint Justin Popović was a theologian, a philosopher of the Eastern Orthodox theology, a Dostoyevski scholar, a champion of anti-communism, a writer, and a critic of the pragmatic church life...
- Roger Joseph BoscovichRoger Joseph BoscovichRuđer Josip Bošković was a theologian, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, Jesuit, and a polymath from the city of Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa , who studied and lived in Italy and France where he also published many of his works.He is famous for...
, Italian scientist (Italian mother and Serbian father, though Roman Catholic by conversion) - Nikola Milošević
- Mihailo MarkovićMihailo MarkovicMihailo Marković, PhD was a Serbian philosopher. He was born in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
- Milan Damnjanović
Business: Entrepreneurs
- Drago K. Jovanovich (Co-founder of the Helicopter Engineering Research Corporation in Philadelphia with F. Kozloski)
- Bogoljub KarićBogoljub KaricBogoljub Karić ) is a businessman and politician from Serbia.- Early life :Bogoljub Karić was born on January 17, 1954 in Peć, Kosovo, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, to Janićije Karić and Danica Kuzmanović. He earned a degree in Geography from Prirodno-matematički fakultet in Priština and his Master's...
, currently under investigation for fraud, embezzlement, he disappeared in 2006 and is believed to be hiding in Russia. - Milan MandarićMilan MandaricMilan Mandarić is a Serbian-American business tycoon who has owned a string of successful businesses and football clubs including Portsmouth, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday. He currently is the chairman of Sheffield Wednesday...
current owner and chairman of FC KoperFC KoperFC Koper is a Slovenian football club, playing in the town of Koper. The club is one of only three football clubs in the country, the others being Maribor and former Olimpija, that won all three domestic competitions . The team plays its matches on Bonifika stadium that was built in 2010 and has a...
, former owner of the Portsmouth F.C.Portsmouth F.C.Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
and the current owner of Leicester City F.C.Leicester City F.C.Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... - Miroslav MiškovićMiroslav MiškovicMiroslav Mišković is a Serbian businessman, the owner of Delta Holding...
President of Delta HoldingDelta HoldingDelta Holding is the third largest company in Serbia. The company was founded in Belgrade. Delta Holding performs a variety of services, such as import-export,real-estate , banking, insurance, retail, wholesale, etc. The president is Miroslav Mišković... - Milan PanićMilan PanicMilan Panić or Milan Panic is a Serbian American multimillionaire, a Newport Beach and Pasadena, California-based business tycoon. He served as Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992-1993...
President and Chief Executive Officer, MP Global Enterprises & Associates, USA - Dejan RistanovićDejan RistanovicDejan Ristanović , is a well known Serbian writer and computer publicist.In January 1981 he wrote the first article on personal computers for the popular science magazine Galaksija...
, founder and owner of Sezam Pro and PC PRESS - Sava TekelijaSava TekelijaSava Tekelija was the first Serbian doctor of law, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. Tekelija founded in Budapest the Tekelijanum in 1838 for Serb students studying in the city. Tekelija, the patron of the Matica Srpska, opened also a Matica library in the...
- Philip ZepterPhilip ZepterMilan Janković , most known as Philip Zepter is a Serbian entrepreneur and one of the richest Serbs in the world with an estimated net worth of $5 billion....
(born Milan JankovićPhilip ZepterMilan Janković , most known as Philip Zepter is a Serbian entrepreneur and one of the richest Serbs in the world with an estimated net worth of $5 billion....
), owner of Zepter International - Milan PuskarMilan PuskarMilan "Mike" Puskar was an entrepreneur and philanthropist from Morgantown, West Virginia. He was born to Serbian parents....
(Owner and Originator of Mylan Laboratories) - Radovan JelasicRadovan JelašicRadovan Jelašić is a Serbian economist. He is the former Governor of the Serbian National Bank....
(Governor of the National Bank of Serbia) - Slavica EcclestoneSlavica EcclestoneSlavica Ecclestone is a former model and ex-wife of Formula One racing CEO Bernie Ecclestone.- Biography :She was born in 1958 in Rijeka, Croatia...
(born in what is today Croatia, of Serbian parents) - Ljubomir VracarevicLjubomir VracarevicLjubomir Vračarević , is a Serbian martial artist and founder of Real Aikido.-Biography:During his second stay in Tokyo in 1993 at Yoshinkan, the school of Gozo Shioda, he met the great Shioda, who rarely received visitors because of his age.So far in his bodyguard instruction career, Vračarević...
who developed Real AikidoReal AikidoReal Aikido is a martial art developed by Ljubomir Vračarević, a self-defence instructor from Serbia. It is a mixture of aikido, judo and jujutsu techniques, with some modifications made by Vračarević.-Techniques:...
, a new fighting technique in martial arts. - Vane IvanovićVane IvanovićIvan "Vane" Stefan Ivanović was an athlete, shipowner, political activist, diplomat, writer and philanthropist. One of the founders of the European Movement and the Consul General of Monaco in London, he devoted most of his life to the idea of Yugoslav unity.-Biography:Vane Ivanović was born in...
, President of Crestline Shipping Company, London, U.K. - Miloš Korać, President of Astra Realty, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Rogue monks, imposters and pretenders
- Antonije AbramovicAntonije AbramovicMetropolitan Antonije, was the first Metropolitan of the uncanonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church and self-proclaimed Metropolitan of Montenegro....
- Miras DedeicMiraš DedeicMiraš Dedeić , also known as Metropolitan Mihailo, is the head of the uncanonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church since 1997...
- Alexis BrimeyerAlexis BrimeyerAlexis Ceslaw Maurice Jean Brimeyer was a false pretender who claimed connection to various European thrones. He used fraudulent combined titles like Prince d'Anjou Durazzo Durassow Romanoff Dolgorouki de Bourbon-Conde...
- A monk calling himself AvvakumAvvakumAvvakum Petrov was a Russian protopope of Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church...
(Posed as God's messenger by calling the people to war against the Turks) - Scepan MaliŠcepan Mali"Tsar" Šćepan Mali was a ruler of Montenegro from 1767 until his death in 1773. He seized the throne by falsely representing himself as the Russian Tsar Peter III.-Biography:Šćepan Mali was a farmer from Dalmatia...
Mythological personalities & prosopopeia
- ZduhacZduhacA zduhać , vetrovnjak, zmajevit, oblačar, or gradobranitelj was, in Serbian tradition, a man with the special ability to protect his estate, village, or region against destructive weather conditions, such as storms, hail, or torrential rains...
- Peter PlogojowitzPeter PlogojowitzPeter Plogojowitz was a Serbian peasant who was believed to have become a vampire after his death and to have killed nine of his fellow villagers. The case was one of the earliest, most sensational and most well documented cases of vampire hysteria...
- Arnold PaoleArnold PaoleArnold Paole Arnold Paole Arnold Paole (Arnont Paule in the original documents; an early German rendition of a Serbian name or nickname, perhaps Арнаут Павле, Arnaut Pavle; died c...
- Sava SavanovicSava SavanovicSava Savanović is one of the most famous vampires in Serbian folklore.-Legend:Sava Savanović was said to have lived in an old watermill on the Rogačica river, at Zarožje village in the municipality of Bajina Bašta. It was said that he killed and drank the blood of the millers when they came to...
Assassins and other outlaws
- Dragutin Dimitrijević ApisDragutin DimitrijevicDragutin Dimitrijević was a Serbian soldier and leader of the Black Hand group implicated with assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria in 1914...
– leader of Black HandBlack HandUnification or Death , unofficially known as the Black Hand , was a secret military society formed by members of the Serbian army in the Kingdom of Serbia, which was founded on September 6, 1901. It was intent on uniting all of the territories containing significant Serb populations annexed by...
organization. - Gavrilo PrincipGavrilo PrincipGavrilo Princip was the Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914...
– Serb national activist, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaArchduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaFranz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia... - Trifko GrabezTrifko GrabežTrifun "Trifko" Grabež was a Bosnian Serb member of the organization the Black Hand involved in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria....
- Jovan DivjakJovan DivjakJovan Divjak was a Bosnian general in the Bosnian army during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. He was the deputy commander of the Main Staff until 1994. Although he was born to Serbian parents, he is a self-declared Bosnian.-Early life and military career:He was born in Belgrade to Serbian parents...
- Puniša RačićPuniša RacicPuniša Račić was a Montenegrin Serb politician, a member of the Yugoslav Parliament from the People's Radical Party, who assassinated Pavle Radić and Đuro Basariček, Croatian Peasant Party representatives, mortally wounded Stjepan Radić, leader of Croatian Peasant Party at the time and wounded...
– parliamentParliamentA parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...
assassin of Stjepan RadićStjepan RadicStjepan Radić was a Croatian politician and the founder of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905. Radić is credited with galvanizing the peasantry of Croatia into a viable political force... - Kosta PecanacKosta PecanacKosta Milovanović Pećanac was a Chetnik voivoda during the Second World War.-Origin:Kosta Milovanović was born in 1879, the exact date is not known as his military paper only has the year of birth. His father was a guardian of the Visoki Dečani monastery. His parents both died during an attack by...
- Sekula DrljevićSekula DrljevicSekula Drljević, also transcribed as Sekule Drljević , was a WWII Montenegrin Nazi-fascist collaborator....
- Jovo Stanisavljević ČarugaJovo Stanisavljevic CarugaJovan "Jovo" Stanisavljević , known by his nickname Čaruga was a 20th-century Serb outlaw in Slavonia in the early 20th century....
– outlawOutlawIn historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, this takes the burden of active prosecution of a criminal from the authorities. Instead, the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute... - Zvezdan JovanovićZvezdan JovanovicZvezdan Jovanović , also known as Zveki and Zmija assassinated former Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić on 12 March 2003....
– Zoran Đinđić assassinAssassinationTo carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
; ex member of special unit of Serbian police; outlaw - Mijailo MijailovićMijailo MijailovicMijailo Mijailović is the self-confessed and convicted assassin of the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh, whom he stabbed on 10 September 2003 at the NK department store in Stockholm...
– Assassin of Swedish Foreign MinisterMinister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the foreign minister of Sweden and the head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.The office was instituted in 1809 as a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. Until 1876 the office was called Prime Minister for Foreign...
Anna LindhAnna LindhYlva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League 1984-1990, Member of Parliament 1982-1985 and 1998-2003... - Arkan
- Kristijan GolubovićKristijan GolubovicAleksandar "Kristijan" Golubović is a Serbian gangster and Mixed martial artist....
- Pink PanthersPink PanthersPink Panthers is the name given by Interpol to an international jewel thief network, named after The Pink Panther series of crime comedy films, which is responsible for some of the most audacious thefts in criminal history. They are responsible for what have been termed some of the most glamorous...
Basketball: players and coaches
- Aleksandar NikolićAleksandar NikolicAleksandar "Aca" Nikolić was a renowned Bosnian Serb basketball player and coach from Yugoslavia. He is considered to be so instrumental and important to the game's development in the country that he is often referred to as the Father of Yugoslav basketball...
(1924–2000), FIBA Hall of Fame, Euroleague Top 10 coaches; WC Coach 78', EC Coach 77', EC Cup 70', 72', 73' - Radivoj KoraćRadivoj KoracRadivoj Korać , sometimes also Radivoje, was a successful Serbian basketball player from Yugoslavia....
(b. 1938), FIBA Hall of Fame; top 50 in Europe, Euro MVP 61', Eponymous to FIBA CupKorac CupThe Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup... - Dušan IvkovićDušan IvkovicDušan "Duda" Ivković is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach. In 2008, he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague history....
(b. 1943), Euroleague Top 10 coaches; FIBA Coach 90', EC Coach 89', 91', 95'; EC Player 73' - Dražen DalipagićDražen DalipagicDražen Dalipagić , born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian basketball player. He was enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.-Yugoslavian national team:...
(b. 1951), FIBA Hall of Fame; Mr. Europa 77', 78';
76', 
80'; WC 78'; EC 73',75',77' - Božidar MaljkovićBožidar MaljkovicBožidar "Boža" Maljković is a Serbian basketball coach, one of the most successful in Europe, having won a title with practically all clubs he trained, including four Euroleague titles with three different clubs...
(b. 1952), Euroleague Top 10 coaches, EL Coach 89', 90', 93', 96' - 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...
(b. 1954), FIBA Hall of Fame; Mr. Europa 81', 82'; 76', 80'; WC 78'; EC 73',75',77' - Aleksandar Đorđević (b. 1967), Top 50 in Europe, Mr. Europa 94', 95', Euro MVP 97',
- Vlade DivacVlade DivacVlade Divac is a retired Yugoslav and Serbian professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the NBA. At , he played center and was known for his passing skills...
(b. 1968), FIBA Hall of Fame; Top 50 in Europe, Mr. Europa 89'; Kennedy Award 00'; NBA All-Star 01'; Number retired by Sacramento Kings - Predrag DanilovićPredrag DanilovicPredrag "Saša" Danilović , usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilovic , is a retired professional basketball player, considered one of the best European shooting guards during the 1990s...
(b. 1970), Top 50 in Europe, Mr. Europa and Italian League MVP 1998; EC 89', 91', 95', 97' - Dejan BodirogaDejan BodirogaDejan Bodiroga is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.He is offten considered as one of the best players who did not play in the NBA....
(b. 1973), Top 10 in 2000s Europe, Top 50 overall; WC 98', 02'; EC 95', 97' and 01' - Nenad KrstićNenad KrsticNenad Krstić is a Serbian professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow. Krstić is officially listed at 7'0" tall.-KK Partizan:...
(b. 1983), All-Rookie NBA second team, EC Silver 09' (Active)
- Bogdan TanjevićBogdan TanjevicBogdan Tanjević is an ex-Yugoslav, naturalized Italian, Bosnian, and Turkish basketball coach last managed Turkish national basketball team between 2004-10 and Fenerbahçe Ülker between 2007-10...
- Željko ObradovićŽeljko ObradovicŽelimir “Željko” Obradović is a Serbian professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player...
- Žarko PaspaljŽarko PaspaljŽarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator...
- Kosta PerovićKosta PerovicKosta Perović is a Serbian professional basketball player. In the 2006 NBA Draft he was a second-round selection of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, with whom he signed on August 3, 2007. A center, Perović was the tallest player taken in the 2006 NBA Draft...
- Svetislav PešićSvetislav PešicSvetislav Pešić Svetislav Pešić (Светислав Пешић) Svetislav Pešić (Светислав Пешић) (born August 28, 1949 in Pirot, Serbia, is former Serbian professional basketball player and a present day Serbian basketball coach. He is the current coach of BC Red Star.-Playing career:...
- Nikola PlećašNikola PlecašNikola Plećaš is a former Croatian basketball player.-Sources:*...
- Nebojša PopovićNebojša PopovicNebojša Popović was a Serbian basketball player, coach and administrator...
- Branislav PrelevićBranislav PrelevicBranislav "Bane" Prelević is a retired Serbian-Greek professional basketball player. Prelević was born to Serbian parents in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. Prelević holds Serbian-Greek dual citizenship because of having Hellenic ancestry.-PAOK BC:He started his career with Red Star Belgrade...
- Vladimir RadmanovićVladimir RadmanovicVladimir Radmanović is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association...
- Zoran RadovićZoran RadovicZoran Radović is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator....
- Trajko RajkovićTrajko RajkovicTrajko Rajković was a Yugoslavian basketball player. He was born in Leskovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.During the time of Rajković’s performance on the national team, Yugoslavia won two European silvers and one bronze , one Olympic silver in Mexico City, and one World Championship gold...
- Igor RakočevićIgor RakocevicIgor Rakočević is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Montepaschi Siena. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is 1.94 m tall...
- Željko RebračaŽeljko RebracaŽeljko Rebrača is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Formerly in the NBA, he finished his career with the Spanish ACB League team Pamesa Valencia.-Europe:He began his professional career in 1991 with KK Partizan...
- Zoran SavićZoran SavicZoran Savić is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. The 208 cm forward played in various European nations.-Career:...
- Zoran SlavnićZoran SlavnićZoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with...
- Borislav StankovićBorislav StankovicBorislav "Bora" Stanković is a Serbian former basketball player and coach, as well as a longtime administrator in the sport's various governing bodies. For his contributions to the game of basketball he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991.Stanković was born in Bihać, Bosnia and...
- Predrag StojakovićPredrag StojakovicPredrag Stojaković , also known by his nickname Peja , is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association . Standing at 6 ft 10 , Stojaković plays the small forward position...
- 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:...
- Dejan TomaševićDejan TomaševicDejan Tomašević is a former Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 2.08 m tall center.He played with Borac Čačak, Red Star Belgrade, Partizan Belgrade, Budućnost Podgorica, TAU Cerámica and Pamesa Valencia, Panathinaikos and PAOK, which he joined in September 2008.-Pro career:Tomašević...
- Miloš VujanićMiloš VujanicMiloš Vujanić is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 1.90 m tall point guard.-Pro career:Vujanić started his professional career with KK Crvena zvezda in 1999. After two seasons at the club, he signed for KK Partizan in summer 2001...
- Ranko ŽeravicaRanko ŽeravicaRanko Žeravica is a retired Serbian basketball coach.- Club level :On the club level, he has coached:...
- Marko PopovićMarko Popovic (born 1982)Marko Popović is a Croatian professional basketball player of Serbian descent. He is a 1.85 m and 86 kg point guard...
(son of Petar Popović) - Petar Popović
- Sasha VujacicSasha VujacicAleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić is a Slovenian basketball player who has played in Italy, the United States , and more recently for Anadolu Efes S.K. in Turkey...
, Slovenian national (Serbian parents) - Zarko ZecevicŽarko ZecevicŽarko Zečević is a Serbian retired basketball player, former football administrator, and current businessman...
- Arijan KomazecArijan KomazecArijan Komazec is a retired Croatian basketball player.He was a member of the Yugoslavian National Team and then the Croatian National Team after gained independence. He was a part of the Croatian team that won the Silver Medal in Barcelona during the 1992 Olympics...
- Miroslav BerićMiroslav BericMiroslav "Mića" Berić is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 7 in , Berić played the shooting guard position. A great scorer, he led the 2001 Euroleague in scoring with 23.3 ppg, playing for Partizan Belgrade.Berić has been a regular member of the Yugoslav...
- Žarko ČabarkapaŽarko CabarkapaŽarko Čabarkapa is a Montenegrin basketball player at the power forward position.-Career:...
- Predrag DrobnjakPredrag DrobnjakPredrag "Peja" Drobnjak is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. Drobnjak was born in Bijelo Polje, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia . During his career, he played professionally in the NBA.-Pro career:Drobnjak was a second-round draft choice of the Washington Bullets in the 1997 NBA...
- Milan GurovićMilan GurovicMilan Gurović is a retired controversial Serbian professional basketball player.Gurović, a regular member of the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro national team, turned out for many clubs all over Europe during his career....
- Dušan KecmanDušan KecmanDušan Kecman is a Serbian professional basketball player. The 1.97 m shooting guard–small forward currently plays with Partizan Belgrade.-Pro career:...
- Aleksandar "Aleks" MarićAleks MaricAleksandar "Aleks" Marić is an Australian professional basketball player of Serbian descent. He stands 2.11 m tall and weighs 125 kg ....
, Australian - Darko MiličićDarko MilicicDarko Miličić is a Serbian professional basketball center for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . He was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the second overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft after LeBron James, and ahead of players such as Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh,...
- Dejan MilojevićDejan MilojevicDejan Milojević is a retired Serbian basketball player.Milojević was born and raised in Belgrade, and started playing basketball for a small club named KK Beovuk 72...
Famous footballers (since 1990)
- Nemanja VidićNemanja VidicNemanja Vidić is a Serbian footballer who captains English Premier League club Manchester United. He was part of the Serbia national football team from 2002 to 2011....
, captain for Manchester United - Ivica DragutinovićIvica DragutinovicIvica Dragutinović , sometimes just Drago, is a Serbian footballer.Mainly a central defender, he can also operate as a defensive left back...
- Predrag Đorđević
- Branislav IvanovićBranislav IvanovicBranislav Ivanović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League and the Serbia national team....
- Saša Ilić
- Vladimir JugovićVladimir JugovicVladimir Jugović is a retired Serbian football player renowned for his vision and technique.-Career:Born in Milutovac, a village near Trstenik, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Jugović played throughout his career for numerous top European teams, winning the Champions League twice...
- Darko KovačevićDarko KovacevicDarko Kovačević is a former Serbian football player. He is known for his spells at Real Sociedad where his partnership with Nihat Kahveci was one of the best in Spain. His key attributes are his strength and aerial ability...
- Miloš KrasićMiloš KrasicMiloš Krasić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Juventus and the Serbian national team.-Playing style:...
- Bojan KrkićBojan KrkicBojan Krkić Pérez known as just Bojan, is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a forward or winger for Italian Serie A club Roma.- Early years :...
- Mladen KrstajićMladen KrstajicMladen Krstajić is a former Serbian footballer who currently works as a director of football for FK Partizan.-Early life:...
- Zdravko KuzmanovićZdravko KuzmanovicZdravko Kuzmanović is a Swiss-born Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for VfB Stuttgart in the Germanic Bundesliga.-Early life:...
- Siniša MihajlovićSiniša MihajlovicSiniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011....
- Predrag MijatovićPredrag MijatovicPredrag "Peđa" Mijatović is a Montenegrin football player and former sports director of Real Madrid. He is considered one of Yugoslavia's best players of the 1990s. He was acclaimed as the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1997...
- Savo MiloševićSavo MiloševicSavo Milošević is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself at Partizan, he signed for Aston Villa, and went on to spend the vast majority of the following decade playing in Spain, where he represented four clubs, amassing La Liga totals of 241 games and...
- Dejan StankovićDejan StankovicDejan Stanković is a Serbian association football player who plays for the Italian Serie A side Inter. He captained the Serbian national football team until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football...
- Dragan StojkovićDragan StojkovicDragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...
- Nikola ŽigićNikola ŽigicNikola Žigić is a Serbian footballer who plays for English club Birmingham City as a centre forward.At , Žigić is among the tallest professional players in the world...
- Daniel MajstorovicDaniel MajstorovicDaniel Majstorović is a Swedish footballer of Serbian origin who plays as a centre back for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Swedish national team....
, Swedish national (Serbian parents), - Robert ProsinečkiRobert ProsineckiRobert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...
, Croatian national (Serbian mother),
Famous footballers and coaches (before 1990)
- Jovan AćimovićJovan AcimovicJovan “Kule” Aćimović is a former Serbian football player.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team , and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and at Euro 1968 and Euro 1976.- References : at Reprezentacija.rs....
- Radomir AntićRadomir AnticRadomir Antić is a Serbian former football defender and former football manager for the Serbian national team.Following a 17-year playing career he found his true calling in coaching....
- Milorad ArsenijevićMilorad ArsenijevicMilorad Arsenijević was a Serbian football player and manager.He was born in Smederevo and earned 52 caps for the Yugoslavia national football team, and played in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Later he was the manager of Yugoslavia in the 1950 FIFA World Cup....
- Dušan BajevićDušan BajevicDušan Bajević is a Bosnian football manager and former Yugoslav international.-Playing career:...
- Vladimir BearaVladimir BearaVladimir Beara is a retired Croatian-born Serb football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager.-Early life:...
- Vujadin BoškovVujadin BoškovVujadin Boškov is a retired Serbian football player and coach.Boškov was born in the village of Begeč near Novi Sad, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He played with FK Vojvodina for most of his career...
- Ljubiša BroćićLjubiša BrocicLjubiša Broćić was a Serbian football manager....
- Vladimir DurkovićVladimir DurkovicVladimir Durković was a Serbian football defender who was very successful in both clubs and Yugoslav national team....
- 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...
- Milan GalićMilan GalicMilan Galić is a former Serbian footballer.He scored 37 international goals in 51 matches for the Yugoslavia national football team. He participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal, the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship, where Yugoslavia finished second , and the 1962...
- Milutin IvkovićMilutin IvkovicDr.Milutin Ivković was a Serbian football defender who played for Yugoslavia at 1928 Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup 1930...
- Borivoje Kostić
- Vladimir KovačevićVladimir KovacevicFor the SFR Yugoslavia footballer, see Vladimir Kovačević Vladimir Kovačević is a Montenegrin Serb military officer who was charged with violation of the laws of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his actions in the siege of Dubrovnik during the Croatian War of...
- Miloš MilutinovićMiloš MilutinovicMiloš Milutinović was a Serbian football player and manager...
- Miljan MiljanićMiljan MiljanicMiljan Miljanić is a retired Yugoslav football player, coach and administrator....
- Zoran MirkovićZoran MirkovicZoran "Bata" Mirković is a former Serbian footballer.-Club career:Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990–91 season. But even before that he and his teammates won the Yugoslav title in the under-21 category, the biggest success this club ever had...
- Rajko MitićRajko MiticRajko Mitić was a Serbian football player and coach. Mitić was born in the village Dolac, Bela Palanka in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...
- Tihomir OgnjanovTihomir OgnjanovTihomir "Bata" Ognjanov was a Serban footballer who was part of Yugoslavia national football team at the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cup. He later became a manager. He played for Spartak Subotica , Partizan and Red Star...
- Ilija PantelićIlija PantelicIlija Pantelić is a retired Serbian goalkeeper who played at Euro 1968 for SFR Yugoslavia, and in France for Olympique de Marseille, SEC Bastia and Paris SG.-External references:* * at planetepsg.com...
- Blagoje PaunovićBlagoje PaunovicBlagoje Paunović is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a defender, and a current manager.-Playing career:...
- Miroslav PavlovićMiroslav PavlovicMiroslav Pavlović was a Serbian football player.On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team , and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup and at Euro 1968....
- Ilija PetkovićIlija PetkovicIlija Petković is a retired Serbian footballer. Since the early 1990s he's been a football manager, his most notable appointment being with the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.-Playing career:He started playing football for Dinara Knin...
- Vladimir Petrović
- Branko Stanković
- Dragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav ŠekularacDragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац) (born November 30, 1937 in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Serbian former football player and coach....
- Milutin ŠoškićMilutin ŠoškicMilutin Šoškić is a Serbian former goalkeeper who is one of FK Partizan's biggest legends.- References :**...
- Aleksandar TirnanićAleksandar TirnanicAleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić was a Serbian football player and manager....
- Velibor Vasović
- Todor Veselinović
- Đorđe VujadinovićĐorđe VujadinovićĐorđe "Đokica" Vujadinović was a Serbian international football player and manager.-Career:...
Tennis
- Novak Đoković, #1 tennis player in the world
- Momčilo Tapavica, ethnic Serb who represented Austria-HungaryAustria-HungaryAustria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
in tennis, weightlifting and wrestling in the first 1896 Summer Olympics1896 Summer OlympicsThe 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...
in Athens, Greece, and won a bronze medalBronze medalA bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
in tennis. - Alex BogdanovićAlex BogdanovicAleksa Bogdanovic , also known as his British nickname Alex, is a Serbian-British tennis player born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002...
, Serbian-born British national, - Ana IvanovićAna IvanovicAna Ivanović is a former world no. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of November 7, 2011, she is ranked 22th on the WTA rankings. She beat Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open...
- Jelena DokićJelena DokicJelena Dokić is an Australian female professional tennis player.During the height of her career, she played for Serbia and Montenegro and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4 on 19 August 2002. After several family-related difficulties , she slowly slipped down the rankings in 2006...
- Jelena JankovićJelena JankovićJelena Janković is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from Serbia. She reached the final of the 2008 US Open and won the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title. Janković is ranked world no...
- Andrea PetkovićAndrea PetkovicAndrea Petkovic is a professional German tennis player of Serbian origin. She is the highest ranked German tennis player. She lives in Griesheim near Darmstadt, Germany....
- Daniel NestorDaniel NestorDaniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
, Canadian-Serbian - Monica SelesMonica SelesMonica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
(Serbian-born ethnic Hungarian) - Janko TipsarevićJanko TipsarevicJanko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....
- Nenad ZimonjićNenad ZimonjicNenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...
- Viktor TroickiViktor TroickiViktor Troicki is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has Serb and Russian ethnic roots. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Tver and Rostov-on-Don to Serbia in 1917. His career-high ranking is no. 12, achieved on 6 June 2011. He won his first ATP singles title at the 2010 Kremlin Cup,...
- Aleksandra KrunićAleksandra KrunićAleksandra Krunić is a Serbian professional tennis player, who is, as of October 03 2011, ranked No. 213. Krunić has won six ITF events — five in singles and one in doubles....
- Irena PavlovićIrena PavlovicIrena Pavlovic is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three. Pavlovic won three singles and 13 doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked World No. 202...
- Kristina MladenovićKristina MladenovicKristina Mladenovic is a French professional tennis player of Serbian background. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 171st, which she reached on 12 April 2010.Kristina was born in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord department of France...
- Bojana JovanovskiBojana JovanovskiBojana Jovanovski is a Serbian tennis player. As of 24 October 2011, Jovanovski is ranked World No. 56 and is the third highest ranked Serbian player, after World No. 14 Jelena Janković and No. 26 Ana Ivanović...
- Miloš RaonićMilos RaonicMilos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada.Born in what is now Podgorica, Montenegro, Raonic moved to Canada with his family at the age of 3. Raonic is Canada's highest ATP ranked male singles player and the country's highest ever ranked player since...
, Montenegrin-born Canadian of Serbian ethnicity - Srđan Muškatirović
Boxers
- Slobodan KačarSlobodan KacarSlobodan Kačar is a retired Bosnian Serb boxer, born in Perućica near Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia. He won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the same year, Kačar was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia...
, Olympic Gold 1980 Moscow - Tadija KačarTadija KacarTadija Kačar is a retired Bosnian Serb boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the light middleweight division , after being defeated in the final by Poland's Jerzy Rybicki...
, Olympic Silver 1976 Montréal - Marijan BenešMarijan BenešMarijan Beneš is a former Yugoslavian boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, still considered one of the best in the Yugoslavian history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in European Amateur Boxing Championships in Belgrade, he turned professional in 1977, and won the...
, European Amateur Boxing Championship 1973 Gold, European Boxing Union 1979 - Geard AjetovicGeard AjetovicGeard Ajetović is a boxer from Serbia. He represented FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he lost in the first round of the Men's Welterweight competition to Thailand's veteran Jangphonak Parkpoom due to a controversial 9-9 point decision...
, Bronze 2001 Mediterranean Games - Nikola SjeklocaNikola SjeklocaNikola Sjekloca is a Montenegrin Serb boxer representing Serbia at professional boxing.In 2003, he won the bronze medal in the 75 kg category at the 12th Senior World Boxing Championship in Bangkok, Thailand...
(b. 1978), Intercontinental 75 kg WBC - Zdravko MicevicZdravko MicevicZdravko Micevic is a Melbourne-based Australian professional boxer, but is best known for his involvement in the death of former Australian cricketer David Hookes.-David Hookes:...
(Australian light-heavyweight champion) - Marco HuckMarco HuckMarco Huck is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin. He is the current WBO Cruiserweight Champion.Marco started Taekwando and kickboxing at the age of ten...
(b. 1984), Serbian-born German World Cruiserweight boxing champion.
Other
- Pete RomcevichPete RomcevichPete Romcevich was an Serbian-American racecar driver born in Silopaj, Serbia. He was killed in a midget race at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit when his car went out of control.-Indy 500 results:...
, Indy Car racing - Bill VukovichBill VukovichBill Vukovich was a Serbian American automobile racing driver. He won the 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500 plus two more American Automobile Association National Championship races...
, Indy Car racing - Bill Vukovich IIBill Vukovich IIWilliam John Vukovich, Jr. , better known as Bill Vukovich II is a former driver in the championship car division of USAC and CART series....
, Indy Car racing - Billy Vukovich IIIBilly Vukovich IIIWilliam John Vukovich III , better known as Billy Vukovich III or Bill Vukovich III was an American race car driver. He was a three time starter of the Indianapolis 500...
, Indy Car racing - Milos Pavlovic, racing
- Doug UtjesenovicDoug UtjesenovicDragan "Doug" Utjesenović is a former Serbian Australian football defender. He was a member of the Australian 1974 FIFA World Cup squad in West Germany...
(Serbian-Australian soccer defender; member of the Australian 1974 FIFA World Cup Squad in West Germany) - Sasha LakovicSasha LakovicSasha "The Basha, Pitbull" Lakovic is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for 17 different professional teams during his career...
(NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
/AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
) - Mickey LolichMickey LolichMichael Stephen Lolich is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1962 until 1979 who played the majority of his career with the Detroit Tigers.-Baseball career:...
(BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Paul PopovichPaul PopovichPaul Edward Popovich was an infielder for the Chicago Cubs , Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates ....
(BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Eli GrbaEli GrbaEli Grba is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 5-year baseball career, he pitched for the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels . He was the first selection in the 1960 MLB expansion draft, and he became a charter member of the Angels...
(BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Mike KekichMike KekichMichael Dennis Kekich was a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Seattle Mariners between 1965 and 1977...
(BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - John VukovichJohn VukovichJohn Christopher Vukovich was an American third baseman and coach in Major League Baseball best known for his years of service with the Philadelphia Phillies. He played in parts of ten seasons from 1970 to 1981 for the Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Milwaukee Brewers...
(BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Milan LučićMilan LucicMilan Lucic is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger of Serbian origin currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . He played major junior with the Vancouver Giants in the Western Hockey League for three seasons and captured a Memorial Cup, while being named...
(NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
/WHLWestern Hockey LeagueThe Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
) - Mike MamulaMike MamulaMichael Brian Mamula is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played college football at Boston College.-College career:Mamula played college football at Boston College...
(NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
) - Jim MandichJim MandichJames Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy...
(National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
: Miami DolphinsMiami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
) - Norm BulaichNorm BulaichNorman Batton Bulaich is a former American football running back in the National Football League.-Professional Career:...
(National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
: Miami DolphinsMiami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
) - Doc MedichDoc MedichGeorge Francis "Doc" Medich in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1972-1982...
(baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Ivan MiljkovićIvan MiljkovicIvan Miljković is a Serbian volleyball player, whose first club was Student Niš. He started his professional career in Partizan Belgrade in 1997 and currently playing for Fenerbahçe Grundig in Turkey...
(volleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
) - John Miljus (baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Babe MartinBabe MartinBoris Michael "Babe" Martin , was an Major League Baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Browns and a catcher for the Boston Red Sox .Martin was born in Seattle, Washington...
(baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Bob O'BillovichBob O'BillovichRobert "Bob" O'Billovich, nicknamed "Obie", is the current General Manager of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League....
(CFLCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
) - Ed O'BradovichEd O'BradovichEdward O'Bradovich is a former American football defensive end in the NFL. Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 1962 NFL Draft, he spent his entire ten-year career with the Bears...
(National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
) - Momir PetkovicMomir PetkovicMomir Petković is an Olympic wrestling champion.-Wrestling career:Momir Petković was a 1976 Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in Montreal, competing for the former Yugoslavia at 82 kg. He also claimed three World silver medals and a World bronze medal during his career...
(1976 Olympics, gold medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling in Montreal) - Milt PopovichMilt PopovichMilton John Popovich was a professional American football halfback in the National Football League. He played with the Chicago Cardinals from 1938 to 1942.-External links:**...
(NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
) - Dan RadakovichDan RadakovichDan Radakovich is the Athletics Director at Georgia Tech. He has held that position since February 22, 2006, beating out former Tech player and head coach Bill Curry and former Tech baseball and football player and baseball assistant coach Cam Bonifay for the job. Radakovich has a long background...
(sports administration) - Jeff SamardzijaJeff SamardzijaJeffrey Alan Samardzija is an American baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs...
(NCAANational Collegiate Athletic AssociationThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
/baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Aleksandar ŠapićAleksandar ŠapicAleksandar "Aca" Šapić , is a Serbian politician and a retired water polo player....
(waterpolo) - Branislav SimicBranislav SimicBranislav Simić is a retired Serbian wrestler of the Greco-Roman style in middle-weight division ....
(1964 Olympics, gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in Tokyo) - Alex StepanovichAlex StepanovichAleksandar Stepanovich is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
(NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
) - Ivan StevićIvan StevicIvan Stević is a Serbian professional road bicycle racer for team Partizan SRBIJAN. He turned professional in 2005, riding for the Aerospace Engineering-VMG squad, before joining Toyota-United in 2006...
(cyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
) - Pete SuderPete SuderPeter Suder , nicknamed "Pecky," was an American professional baseball player, a utility infielder for the Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics . He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania....
(baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) - Peter Vuckovich (baseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
) (AL Cy Young winner: 1982) - Walt DropoWalt DropoWalter Dropo , nicknamed "Moose", was an American college basketball standout and a professional baseball first baseman...
started his career with the Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
, 1949–1952. - Goran VujevićGoran VujevicGoran Vujević is a Montenegrin-born Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics and for Serbia and Montenegro in the 2004 Summer Olympics....
(volleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
) - Mick VukotaMick VukotaMarinko M. "The Quick, Mickster" Vukota is a former NHL Right Wing. Undrafted, he signed with the New York Islanders, who were looking to add toughness and muscle to their roster, on March 2, 1987. Vukota worked his way up the system and found himself skating on NHL ice by the end of the 1987–88...
(NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
) - Peter ZezelPeter ZezelPeter Zezel was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who spent 15 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1999. He was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario.-Playing career:...
(NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
) - Adrien PlavsicAdrien PlavsicAdrien Plavsic is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Drafted 30th overall by St...
(NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
) - Milorad ČavićMilorad CavicMilorad Čavić is an American-born Serbian swimmer.-Swimming career:...
(SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
) - Miloš MiloševićMiloš MiloševicMiloš Milošević is a swimmer from Croatia. His best swimming discipline was butterfly stroke, but he also competed in freestyle and backstroke....
(SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
) - Dan GadzuricDan GadzuricDaniel "Dan" Gadzuric is a Dutch professional basketball player who plays for the Jiangsu Dragons in the CBA.Gadzuric, a center, attended preparatory school at The Governor's Academy in Massachusetts, U.S., before playing college basketball for the Bruins at University of California, Los Angeles...
(Basketball) - Pete MaravichPete MaravichPeter "Pistol Pete" Press Maravich was an American professional basketball player. Born and raised in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University and played for three NBA teams until injuries induced him to retire in 1980...
(NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Gregg PopovichGregg PopovichGregg Popovich is an American basketball coach, and is currently the head coach of the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs. With the resignation of Jerry Sloan as head coach of the Utah Jazz on February 10, 2011, Popovich is the longest tenured coach in the NBA and also the...
(Basketball Coach) - Press MaravichPress MaravichPetar "Press" Maravich was an American college and professional basketball coach. He received the nickname "Press" for always having gossip-styled updates in his hometown of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb. Maravich Sr...
(Basketball Coach) - Darko MiličićDarko MilicicDarko Miličić is a Serbian professional basketball center for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . He was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the second overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft after LeBron James, and ahead of players such as Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh,...
(NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Nikola PekovićNikola PekovicNikola Peković is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. He is currently playing for the Serbian club Partizan Belgrade. Peković is 2.11 m tall and he plays the center position....
(NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Marko JarićMarko JaricMarko Jarić is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is married to Brazilian model Adriana Lima.-Pro career:...
(NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
) - Veselin PetrovićVeselin PetrovicVeselin Petrović -Career:Veselin Petrović was born September 6, 1929 in Vlasenica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was a Yugoslavian champion cyclist. He moved to Capital city of Belgrade, Serbia during Second World War and started practicing cycling in his early teens...
(1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics/CyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
) - Radomir KovačevićRadomir KovacevicRadomir Kovačević was a Yugoslav Olympic judoka and coach. He has participated in three Olympics; and is an Olympic medalist. He was well known in judo circles and was close friends with world-famous Japanese judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita...
(Judo) - Arpad Sterbik (b. 1979), Handball goalkeeper representing Yugoslavia and Spain (Ethnic Hungarian), IHF World Player of the Year 2005
- Lavinia MilosoviciLavinia MilosoviciLavinia Corina Miloşovici is a Romanian Olympic gymnast. An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit, Miloşovici, also known as "Milo" in the gymnastics community, is considered to be one of Romania's top gymnasts of the 1990s and one of the most prolific female...
(b. 1976), Romanian national (Romanian Serb parents), one of Romania's top gymnasts and one of the most prolific female all-around gymnasts of the decade with a total 19 World Championships or Olympic medals in a span of six years, winning a medal in every single World Championships meet, Olympic Games and European Championships between 1991 and 1996, and is only the third female gymnast ever to win at least one World Championships or Olympic title on all four events. Miloşovici was also the last gymnast ever to receive the perfect mark of 10.0 in an Olympic competition and the last to receive the benchmark score of 9.95 at the World Championships. Induction into the International Gymnastics Hall of FameInternational Gymnastics Hall of FameThe International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, located in Oklahoma City, USA, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of the world's greatest competitors, coaches and authorities in artistic gymnastics....
in 2011. - Maja OgnjenovićMaja OgnjenovicMaja Ognjenović is a female volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg...
, Volleyball, three EL gold, 1 EC gold, Bronze WC 2006, Best Setter - Jovana BrakočevićJovana BrakocevicJovana Brakočević is a female professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best Server of the tournament...
, Volleyball, Best Server - Vesna RadovićVesna RadovicVesna Radović is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played three matches as goalkeeper....
(Australian handball player of Serb ethnicity)
Middle Ages
- Unknown ArchontUnknown ArchontThe Unknown Archont is a conventional name given by historians to the Serbian leader who led the White Serbs from their homeland to settle in the Balkans after 610, during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius ....
, mythological founder of the Serb nation that lived during the rule of HeracliusHeracliusHeraclius was Byzantine Emperor from 610 to 641.He was responsible for introducing Greek as the empire's official language. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the exarch of Africa, successfully led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Phocas.Heraclius'...
(610–641) (Vlastimirović dynasty) - Prince Vlastimir (r. 835–851), son of ProsigojProsigojProsigoj was a 9th-century Serbian Prince that ruled the Serbian Principality from 822 to 836.-Biography:He was the son of Radoslav. Prosigoj or his father was the ruler of Serbia during the uprisings of Ljudevit Posavski against the Franks...
, unified several provinces into a state and defeated the Bulgars (Vlastimirović dynasty) - Prince MutimirMutimir of SerbiaMutimir of Serbia was Prince of the Serbs from ca 850 until 891. He defeated the Bulgar Army, allied himself with the Byzantine Emperor and ruled the First Serbian Principality when the Christianization of the Serbs took place and the Eparchy of Ras was established.He was the eldest son of Knez...
(r. 851–891), son of Vlastimir that ruled during the Christianization of SerbsSerbian Orthodox ChurchThe Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...
(Vlastimirović dynasty) - Prince Časlav (r. 927–960) united and expanded Serbia in alliance with Byzantines (Vlastimirović dynasty)
- Prince Jovan VladimirJovan VladimirJovan Vladimir or John Vladimir was ruler of Duklja, the most powerful Serbian principality of the time, from around 1000 to 1016. He ruled during the protracted war between the Byzantine Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire...
(r. 1000–1016) martyr, ruled the Serbian successor-state of Duklja (also known as Serbia, Triballia or Dalmatia) - Prince Vojislav (r. 1018–1043), revolted against the Byzantines and gained independence of Duklja, including Hum, Travunia and Rascia (Vojislavljević dynasty)
- Grand Prince Mihailo I (r. 1043–1081), proclaimed King by the Pope in ca 1077 (Vojislavljević dynasty)
- King Constantin Bodin (r. 1081–1101), became Emperor of BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
in 1072, significantly expanded his realm corresponding to that of ČaslavCáslavČáslav is a town in eastern part of Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.- History :History of Čáslav begins after year 800 with founding of citadel and settlement called Hrádek. Near Hrádek, new town with huge square was founded by king Přemysl Otakar II in 1250...
(Vojislavljević dynasty) - Grand Prince Vukan (r. 1101–1115), became strongest of the Serbian royalty and seceeded Rascia, conquered Kosovo and northern Macedonia (Vukanović dynasty)
- Grand Prince Uroš IUroš I of RasciaUroš I Vukanović was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia from ca 1112 to 1145.-Origin:Uroš I was the son of Marko, the brother of Grand Prince Vukan, who had swore an oath of loyalty to Constantine Bodin, the Grand Prince of Duklja, becoming his vassals...
(r. 1115–1145), the first of Serbian monarchs entering an alliance with Hungary (Vukanović dynasty) - Grand Prince BelošBeloš VukanovićBeloš , a member of the Vukanović dynasty of Serbia, was the Regent of Hungary 1141-1146 alongside his sister Helen, who was married to Béla II with whom she had a son, Géza II, still an infant. He held the title of dux, and was the viceregal of Croatia 1142-1158 and 1163. Beloš, as a member of...
(r. 1162), served as regent of Hungary 1141–1146, Ban of Croatia 1142–1158 (Vukanović dynasty) - Grand Prince Desa (r. 1148–1162), (Vukanović dynasty)
- Grand Prince Stefan NemanjaStefan NemanjaStefan Nemanja was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia from 1166 to 1196, a heir of the Vukanović dynasty that marked the beginning of a greater Serbian realm .He is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and...
(r. 1166–1196) is remembered as one of the most important figures in Serbian history, he marked the beginning of Serbian prospering in culture, he founded the Serbian Orthodox Church with his son Rastko and is venerated as a Saint (Nemanjić dynasty) - Grand Prince / King Stefan the First-Crowned (r. 1196–1228) was crowned King in 1217. The Serbian church became autocephalous in 1219 under the leadership of Rastko (Saint SavaSaint SavaSaint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
). (Nemanjić dynasty) - Stefan Uroš IStefan Uroš I of SerbiaStefan Uroš I was the King of Serbia from 1243 to 1276, succeeding his brother Stefan Vladislav.-Life:Stephen Uroš was the youngest son of Stefan the First-Crowned and Anna, the granddaughter of Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice....
King 1243–1276; Queen consort Helen of AnjouHelen of AnjouHelen of Anjou or Hélène d'Anjou was the queen consort of the Serbian Kingdom, wife of Stephen Uroš I and mother of kings Dragutin and Milutin.-Life:Helen was a Catholic and was born in ca 1236. Her origins are not known for certain...
(Nemanjić dynasty) - Stefan DragutinStefan Dragutin of SerbiaStephen Dragutin was a 13th and 14th-century Serb monarch, the King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282 and King of Syrmia from 1282 to 1316.He ruled Serbia until his abdication in 1282, when he became ill...
King of Serbia from 1276 to 1282 and ruler of Kingdom of Syrmia (SremSremŚrem is a town on the Warta river in central Poland. It has been situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; from 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Poznań Voivodeship...
) from 1291 to 1316; Queen consort Catherine of Hungary, Queen of SerbiaCatherine of Hungary, Queen of SerbiaCatherine of Hungary was the second daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and his wife Elizabeth, a member of the Cuman tribes. Catherine became Queen consort of Serbia by her marriage to Stephen Dragutin of Serbia.-Family:...
. (Nemanjić dynasty) - Stefan Uroš II MilutinStefan Uroš II Milutin of SerbiaStefan Uroš II Milutin was a king of Serbia , and member of the House of Nemanjić.-Early:...
's reign, from 1282 to 1321, Serbia became a "great power" in the Balkans, contending with Byzantium and the Bulgarians over Macedonia. (Nemanjić dynasty) - Stefan Uroš III DečanskiStefan Uroš III Decanski of SerbiaStephen Uroš III of Dečani was King of Serbia from January 6, 1322 to 8 September 1331. He defeated and killed several of his family members who wanted to take the throne from him. He took his epithet Dečanski from the great monastery he built at Dečani.-Early:He was the son of King Stefan Uroš II...
Stefan Dečanski followed up on this success by defeating the Bulgarians at Velbazhd in 1330 and continuing the expansion into Byzantine Macedonia. (Nemanjić dynasty) - Vukoslavić noble family came into prominence from 1331 until the fall of ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
in 1459. (Nemanjić dynasty) - Emperor Stephen Uroš IV Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355), conquered a large part of Southeast Europe, becoming one of the most powerful monarchs in his time and Serbia reached its territorial, economical, political and cultural peak; he enacted Dušan's CodeDušan's CodeDušan's Code was enacted by Tsar Dušan in two state congresses: in May 21, 1349 in Skopje and amended in 1354 in Serres. It regulated all social spheres, so it can be considered a medieval Serbian constitution. The Code included 201 articles. The original manuscript is not preserved, but around...
, one of the most important works of medieval Serbia (Nemanjić dynasty) - Emperor Stephen Uroš V the Weak (r. 1355–1371), infamous for his lack of central rule; he was unable to control the nobility and the Empire began to fragment itself from withinFall of the Serbian EmpireFollowing the death of child-less Uroš the Weak, the Serbian Empire was left without an heir and the military commanders obtained the rule of the past provinces and districts , continuing their offices with titles such as gospodin and despot etc., given to them during the Empire...
, hence the sobriquet "the weak" (Nemanjić dynasty)
Cleanup
- Helena of Rascia
- Prince Ljutovid of Zahumlje
- Vukašin MrnjavčevićVukašin MrnjavcevicVukašin Mrnjavčević was a Serbian ruler in modern-day central and northwestern Macedonia, who ruled from 1365 to 1371. According to 17th-century Ragusan historian Mavro Orbin, his father was a minor noble named Mrnjava from Zachlumia, whose sons Vukašin and Uglješa were born in Livno in western...
, Father of Prince MarkoPrince MarkoMarko Mrnjavčević was de jure the Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while de facto he ruled only over a territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep...
was co-opted as king, a title that passed on to his son Marko while the House of NemanjićHouse of NemanjicThe Nemanjić was the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages, and one of the most important in Southeastern Europe. The royal house produced eleven Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371. It's progenitor was Stephen Nemanja, who descended from a cadet line of the Vukanović dynasty...
became extinct. - Branko RastislalićBranko RastislalićBranko Rastislalić was the "Lord of Podunavlje" and Domestikos under Dušan the Mighty of the Serbian Empire from circa 1340 until his death in 1352....
Lord of Podunavlje under Stefan Dusan until his death in 1352, held the title of Domestikos. - Stefan Vladislav II of SyrmiaStefan Vladislav II of SyrmiaStephen Vladislav II was a 14th-century Serb royalty, King of Syrmia and claimant to the whole Serbia.He was the son of Stefan Dragutin, who had ruled Serbia until 1282, when he became ill and abdicated, giving the superior rule to his younger brother Stefan Milutin...
- Simeon UrošSimeon UrošSimeon Uroš Nemanjić, nicknamed Siniša , also known in Greek as Symeōn Ouresēs Palaiologos , was the Despot of Epirus from 1359 to 1366, and of Thessaly from 1359 until his death in 1370. He governed Epirus and Acarnania under his half-brother Emperor Dušan the Mighty Simeon Uroš Nemanjić,...
, - John UrošJohn UrošJovan Uroš or John Ouresis Doukas Palaiologos was the ruler of Thessaly from c. 1370 to c. 1373, died 1422/3.John Uroš was the son of Emperor Simeon Uroš Palaiologos by Thomais Orsini. His maternal grandparents were John II Orsini and Anna Palaiologina Angelina.Between 1369 and 1372 he succeeded...
- Radoslav HlapenRadoslav HlapenRadoslav Hlapen was a Serbian voivode in the service of Emperor Dušan the Mighty . He took part in the operations into the south, Macedonia, and was given a region north of Thessaly to govern in the early 1350s.-Life:Radoslav was born around 1322...
- Pavle Orlović, Duke and knight, direct ancestor of Serbian royal House of ObrenovićHouse of ObrenovicThe House of Obrenović was a Serbian dynasty that ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloš Obrenović in the Second Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the Principality of...
. - Vuk BrankovićVuk Brankovic, Prince of KosovoVuk Branković was a Serbian medieval nobleman who during the Fall of the Serbian Empire inherited a province in present day south and southwestern Serbia , the northern part of present day Macedonia and northern Montenegro...
(Lord) - Knez LazarLazar of SerbiaLazar Hrebeljanović , was a medieval nobleman that emerged as the most powerful Serbian ruler after the death of the previous, childless, Emperor Uroš the Weak, which resulted in years of instability in the Serbian realm. As Stefan Lazar, he was Prince of Serbia from 1371 to 1389, ruling what is...
- Vlatko VukovićVlatko VukovicVlatko Vuković Kosača was a medieval nobleman who ruled as Grand Duke of Hum.He was a son of Vuk Kosača, the founder of the medieval house of Kosača. He governed the province of Hum, which was part of the Banate of Bosnia. The Ottoman threat was building to the east, threatening neighboring...
led the Serbian army to victory against the Turks in the Battle of BilecaBattle of BilecaThe Battle of Bileća was fought on 27 August 1388 between Bosnian forces led by Duke Vlatko Vuković and the Ottomans under the leadership of Lala Shahin Pasha...
in 1388. - Stefan LazarevićStefan LazarevicStefan Lazarević known also as Stevan the Tall was a Serbian Despot, ruler of the Serbian Despotate between 1389 and 1427. He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar, who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, and Princess Milica from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjić dynasty...
, son of Knez Lazar, first fought as a Turkish vassalVassalA vassal or feudatory is a person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the grant of land held...
in the Battle of KaranovasaBattle of KaranovasaThe Battle of Karanovasa took place on 10 October 1394 between the Wallachian army led by Voivode Mircea cel Bătrân against an Ottoman invasion led by sultan Bayezid I. This battle is sometimes confused with the later Battle of Rovine The Battle of Karanovasa (lit. "Battle of the Trenches") took...
in 1394, the Battle of RovineBattle of RovineThe Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395 between the Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea cel Bătrân against the Ottoman invasion led by sultan Bayezid I. The Ottoman army, numbering approximately 40,000 men, faced the much smaller Wallachian army, which was about 10,000 men...
in 1395, the Battle of NicopolisBattle of NicopolisThe Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied army of Hungarian, Wallachian, French, Burgundian, German and assorted troops at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising of the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and leading to the end of the...
in 1396, and the Battle of AnkaraBattle of AnkaraThe Battle of Ankara or Battle of Angora, fought on July 20, 1402, took place at the field of Çubuk between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the Turko-Mongol forces of Timur, ruler of the Timurid Empire. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to a period of crisis for...
in 1402; and after revoking the vassalage, he led his army to victory over the Turks in the Battle of TripoljeBattle of TripoljeThe Battle of Tripolje took place in November 1402 between the Serbian Despotate and the Brankovic family. The Brankovic family, who were attempting to seize the Serbian throne for themselves, entered the battle along with Turkish troops given to them by Suleiman, and were decisively defeated by...
in 1402, DespotovacDespotovacDespotovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia, around 130 kilometers southeast of Belgrade. Its name stems from Despot, a title of Serbian medieval prince Stefan Lazarević...
in 1406, the Battle of Carmorlu in 1410, and other battles and skirmishes. Unlike Bayezid IBayezid IBayezid I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1389 to 1402. He was the son of Murad I and Valide Sultan Gülçiçek Hatun.-Biography:Bayezid was born in Edirne and spent his youth in Bursa, where he received a high-level education...
who was captured by TimurTimurTimur , historically known as Tamerlane in English , was a 14th-century conqueror of West, South and Central Asia, and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, and great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived as the Mughal Empire in India until...
Lenk, Lazarevic with 7,000 of his knights managed to escape from the Mongol cordon and survive the Battle of Angora. Upon his return to ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
, no longer a Turkish vassalVassalA vassal or feudatory is a person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the grant of land held...
since Timur's Mongols conquered Ottoman AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...
, the grateful Byzantine emperor gave Lazarevic the court title of despot. - Prince MarkoPrince MarkoMarko Mrnjavčević was de jure the Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while de facto he ruled only over a territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep...
, son of Vukasin Mrnjavcevic, became a Turkish vassal, and died in battle (Battle of RovineBattle of RovineThe Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395 between the Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea cel Bătrân against the Ottoman invasion led by sultan Bayezid I. The Ottoman army, numbering approximately 40,000 men, faced the much smaller Wallachian army, which was about 10,000 men...
). - Vuk LazarevićVuk LazarevićVuk Lazarević was a Serbian prince and the younger son of Tsar Lazar, he was executed on July 6, 1410.He was born sometime after 1380, his older brother Stefan birth was in 1377. After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, Vuk, his brother, mother and Jefimija began to take part in the control of Serbia...
is the younger brother of Stefan LazarevićStefan LazarevicStefan Lazarević known also as Stevan the Tall was a Serbian Despot, ruler of the Serbian Despotate between 1389 and 1427. He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar, who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, and Princess Milica from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjić dynasty...
. - Sandalj Hranić, Grand Duke of Hum
- Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia
- Đurađ Branković King 1427–1456
- Mara BrankovićMara BrankovicMara Branković , also known as Mara Hatun, Despina Hatun, or Amerissa, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene...
- Lazar Branković (1456–1458) was married to Helena Palaiologina of MoreaHelena Palaiologina of MoreaHelena Palaiologina was a Byzantine despotess of Serbia as the wife of Despot Lazar Branković, who ruled from 1456 until his death in 1458. Together they had three daughters....
(1431–1473) - Stefan BrankovićStephen III, Prince of SerbiaStefan III Branković was briefly the despot of the Serbian Despotate between 1458 and 1459, member of the House of Branković. He is venerated as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church.-Family:...
(1458–1459) - Vuk GrgurevićVuk GrgurevicVuk Grgurević Branković , also known as Vuk the Fiery Dragon , was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485...
(1471–1485) - Jovan BrankovićJovan BrankovićJovan Branković was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1496 until his death in 1502. He held the title of despot given to him by Vladislas II of Hungary, and ruled a region known as Racszag under the Kingdom of Hungary...
(1496–1506) - Stefan Branković (1520–1536)
- Emperor Jovan NenadEmperor Jovan NenadJovan Nenad was a 16th-century military commander of Serb mercenaries in the Kingdom of Hungary who took advantage of a Hungarian military defeat in the Battle of Mohács and subsequent struggle over the Hungarian throne to carve out his own state and styled himself emperor , ruling over a...
(1526–1527) - Radoslav ČelnikRadoslav CelnikRadoslav Čelnik was a duke of Srem in the 16th century. At first, Radoslav Čelnik was a general commander of Emperor Jovan Nenad's army. In 1527, when Emperor Jovan Nenad was murdered and his army was dispersed, Radoslav Čelnik, together with part of the former emperor's army moved from Bačka to...
of the Duchy of Syrmia (SremSremŚrem is a town on the Warta river in central Poland. It has been situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; from 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Poznań Voivodeship...
) from 1527 to 1530 - Temesvar Province, Ottoman EmpireTemesvar Province, Ottoman EmpireThe Province of Temeşvar was a first-level administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire located in the Banat region of Central Europe. Besides Banat, the province also included area north of the Mureş River, part of the Crişana region. Its territory is now divided between Hungary, Romania, and Serbia...
EyaletEyaletEyalets were a former primary administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The term is sometimes translated province or government. Depending on the rank of their commander, they are also sometimes known as pashaliks, beylerbeyliks, and kapudanliks.From 1453 to the beginning of the nineteenth...
of Temisvar, Sandjak of Segedin, and Banate of LugosLugosLugos is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-See also:*Communes of the Gironde department*Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne-References:*...
and Karansebes - Miloš ObilićMiloš ObilicMiloš Obilić was a medieval Serbian knight in the service of Prince Lazar, during the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but he features prominently in later accounts of the Serbian defeat at the Battle of Kosovo as the legendary assassin of the Ottoman...
, arguably the bravest of Prince Lazar's knights, who killed Murad IMurad IMurad I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1361 to 1389...
, the Ottoman sultan. - Despot Jovan Oliver, one of Emperor Dusan's many military leaders.
- Helena DragašHelena DragašHelena Dragaš Helena was born to Constantine Dragaš of the noble House of Dejanović. Constantine was a Serbian provincial lord, ruling one of the principalities that emerged after the breakup of the Serbian Empire, centered at Velbăžd . Her mother was Constantine's unnamed first wife...
- Constantine DragašConstantine DragasConstantine Dragaš Dejanović was a Serbian magnate that ruled the area around Kyustendil from 1378, during the fall of the Serbian Empire, until his death on May 17, 1395 at the battle of Rovine...
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović
- Balša I (1356–1362)
- Đurađ I (1362–1378)
- Balša IIBalša IIBalša II Balšić was a 14th-century nobleman, the Lord of Zeta from 1378 to 1385. He managed to expand his borders towards the south; defeating the Albanian Duke Karl Thopia....
(1378–1385) - Đurađ II (1385–1403)
- Balša IIIBalša IIIBalša III was the fifth and last ruler of Zeta from the House of Balša, from April 1403 - May 1421. He was the son of Đurađ II and Jelena Lazarević.- Reign :...
(1403–1421) - Stefan LazarevićStefan LazarevicStefan Lazarević known also as Stevan the Tall was a Serbian Despot, ruler of the Serbian Despotate between 1389 and 1427. He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar, who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, and Princess Milica from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjić dynasty...
(1421–1427) - Đurađ Branković (1427–1435)
- Stjepan Vukčić KosačaStjepan Vukcic KosacaStjepan Vukčić Kosača was a Herzegovina nobleman. He was a member of the House of Kosača, a Grand Duke of Herzegovina, Lord of Zahumlje and Primorje and also Herzog of Serbian Saint Sava...
of the House of KosačaHouse of KosacaThe House of Kosača was a medieval Bosnian noble family which ruled over various parts of Bosnia, Croatia and Dalmatia between the 14th century and the 15th century. The land they controlled was mostly known as Hum or Zahumlje...
(1444–1466); his son was taken by the Turks and became the Grand Vizir Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha - Stefan I CrnojevićStefan I CrnojevicStefan a.k.a. Stefanica Crnojević was a medieval lord of the Principality of Zeta , from the House of Crnojević that ruled it from 1451 to 1465.-Reign:...
(1451–1465) - Ivan Crnojević (1465–1490)
- Đurađ Crnojević (1490–1496)
- Pavle Orlović
- Jovan MonasterlijaJovan MonasterlijaJovan Monasterlija was a 17th-century Serbian vice-voivode and Austrian imperial officer that led a Serb army against the Ottoman Empire and other enemies of the Austrian Emperor...
was the Chief of the Serbian Nation defending the Austrian Military FrontierMilitary FrontierThe Military Frontier was a borderland of Habsburg Austria and later the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, which acted as the cordon sanitaire against incursions from the Ottoman Empire...
against the Turks - Michael of Zahumlje also known as Mihajlo Višević
- Komnenos Palailogos Thomas II PreljubovićThomas II PreljubovicThomas II Preljubović or Komnenos Palaiologos , was ruler of Epirus in Ioannina from 1366 to his death on December 23, 1384. He also held the title of Albanian-slayer .-Family:...
- Helena DragasHelena DragašHelena Dragaš Helena was born to Constantine Dragaš of the noble House of Dejanović. Constantine was a Serbian provincial lord, ruling one of the principalities that emerged after the breakup of the Serbian Empire, centered at Velbăžd . Her mother was Constantine's unnamed first wife...
- John VIII PalaiologosJohn VIII PalaiologosJohn VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus , was the penultimate reigning Byzantine Emperor, ruling from 1425 to 1448.-Life:John VIII Palaiologos was the eldest son of Manuel II Palaiologos and Helena Dragaš, the daughter of the Serbian prince Constantine Dragaš...
- Constantine XI Palaiologos Dragases
Modern monarchs
- Đorđe "Karađorđe" Petrović (r. 1804-1813), founder of modern SerbiaHistory of Modern SerbiaThe history of Modern Serbia began with the fight for liberation from the Ottoman occupation in 1804 . The establishment of modern Serbia was marked by the hard fought autonomy from the Ottoman Empire in the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the Second Serbian Uprising in 1815, though Turkish...
, as the elected leader of the First Serbian UprisingFirst Serbian UprisingThe First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian Revolution , the successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and...
(part of the Serbian RevolutionSerbian revolutionSerbian revolution or Revolutionary Serbia refers to the national and social revolution of the Serbian people taking place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman province into a constitutional monarchy and a modern nation-state...
) that aimed at liberating Serbia from the Ottoman EmpireOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
(1804-1813); he personally led armies against the Ottomans in several battles, which resulted in a short-lived state which he would administrate as Grand Leader, alongside the newly found People's AssemblyNarodna SkupštinaNarodna Skupština may refer to:* Narodna skupština Republike Srbije, the National Assembly of Serbia* Narodna Skupština Republike Srpske, the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska...
and Governing Council), wholly functional state government in war-time. (House of Karađorđević) - Alexander, Prince of Serbia (1842–1858) (House of Karađorđević)
- Prince Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš, Prince-Bishop of Montenegro 1851–1852; 1852–1860 as Knjaz (House of Petrović-NjegošHouse of Petrovic-NjegošThe House of Petrović-Njegoš was the Royal House of Montenegro from 1696 to 1918. Montenegro had enjoyed de facto independence from the Ottoman Empire from 1711 but only received formal international recognition as an independent principality in 1878.Montenegro was ruled from inception by...
) - Prince/King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš (1860–1910 as Prince, 1910–1918 as King, 1918–1921 as King in exile)
- Peter I, King of Serbia (1903–1918), King of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1918–1921) (House of Karađorđević)
- Alexander IAlexander I of YugoslaviaAlexander I , also known as Alexander the Unifier was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as well as the last king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes .-Childhood:...
, Prince Regent (1918–1921), King of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes/Yugoslavia (1921–1934) (House of Karađorđević) - Peter IIPeter II of YugoslaviaPeter II, also known as Peter II Karađorđević , was the third and last King of Yugoslavia...
, King of Yugoslavia (1934–1945), King-in-exile from 1945 until his death in 1970. (House of Karađorđević) - Prince PaulPrince Paul of YugoslaviaPrince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević , was Regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II. Peter was the eldest son of his first cousin Alexander I...
, Prince Regent (1934–1941) (House of Karađorđević) - Alexander, Prince of YugoslaviaAlexander, Crown Prince of YugoslaviaAlexander II Karadjordjevic, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia , is the former crown prince of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the head of the House of Karadjordjevic. Alexander is the only child of former King Peter II of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark...
(b. 1945. Returns to Serbia in 2001) (House of Karađorđević)
- Miloš Obrenović (House of ObrenovićHouse of ObrenovicThe House of Obrenović was a Serbian dynasty that ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloš Obrenović in the Second Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the Principality of...
) - Milan ObrenovićMilan Obrenovic II, Prince of SerbiaMilan Obrenović II in Kragujevac, in the Principality of Serbia. He was the ruling Prince of Serbia for less than two weeks in 1839.- Early life :...
(House of Obrenović) - Mihailo Obrenović (House of Obrenović)
- King Milan Obrenović (House of Obrenović)
- King Aleksandar ObrenovićAleksandar ObrenovicNot to be confused with Alexander I of Yugoslavia.Alexander I or Aleksandar Obrenović was king of Serbia from 1889 to 1903 when he and his wife, Queen Draga, were assassinated by a group of Army officers, led by Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević-Accession:In 1889 Alexander's father, King Milan,...
(House of Obrenović) - Queen Natalija ObrenovićNatalija ObrenovicNatalie Keşco was Princess consort of the Principality of Serbia from 1875 to 1882 and the Queen consort of the Kingdom of Serbia from 23 March 1882 to 6 March 1889 as the wife of King Milan Obrenović IV.-Early life and royal marriage:She was born in 1859 in Florence as the first child of the...
(House of Obrenović) - Queen Draga Mašin (House of Obrenović)
- Princess Anka Obrenović (House of Obrenović)
- Katarina KonstantinovićKatarina KonstantinovićKatarina Konstantinović was a Serbian noblewoman and a descendant of the Obrenović dynasty as the daughter of Princess Anka Obrenović. She was also the first cousin of King Milan I to whom she acted as his de facto first lady of the royal court after the Queen, Natalie Keshko, separated from...
(House of Obrenović)
Politicians 19th and 20th century
- Petar Ičko (1775–1808) was a Karageorge's political envoy to Constantinople.
- Petar Nikolajevic MolerPetar Nikolajević MolerPetar Nikolajević Moler was a Duke during the Serbian Revolution; participating in both the First and Second Serbian Uprising, and was one of the Prince's Representatives from 1815 to 1816.-Biography:...
- Dimitrije Davidovic (1789–1839)
- Avram PetronijevićAvram PetronijevićAvram Petronijević was a politician and several times Foreign Minister of the Principality of Serbia.-Biography:Petronijević was born on September 13, 1791 in Tekija, on the Danube. He taught school in neighboring Orşova , and in 1817 he returned to Serbia. He became the personal secretary of...
- Aleksa SimićAleksa SimićAleksa Simić was a Serbian politician and one of strongest of the Ustavobranioci ....
- Stevca MihailovicStevča MihailovićStevča Mihailović , was a Serbian politician and Prime Minister.-Biography:Under the Prince Miloš he was a customs official, and during the first reign of Prince Mihailo district chief. In 1842, when Toma Vučić-Perišić rebelled in favor of Constitution, the military tries to help the prince, but...
- Ljubomir KaljevićLjubomir KaljevićLjubomir Kaljević was Serbian politician, academic and Prime Minister of Serbia.-Biography:Kaljević completed Gymnasium in Belgrade and studied the state sciencies in Heidelberg and Paris...
- Milan PirocanacMilan PirocanacMilan Piroćanac , was a prominent Serbian statesman and politician, leader and founder of the Progressive party , and a Prime Minister of the Principality, later Kingdom of Serbia in the 19th century.- Life and career :Piroćanac was born into a family originally from the Pirot area in...
- Sava GrujićSava GrujićGeneral Sava Grujić was a Serbian military, diplomat and a Radical Party politician....
- Jovan AvakumovićJovan AvakumovićJovan Avakumović was a lawyer, politician, and Prime Minister of Serbia.-Biography:...
- Petar VelimirovićPetar VelimirovićPetar Velimirović was Serbian politician.-Biography:He graduated from the Polytechnic in Zurich In 1876 he was arrested as a follower of Svetozar Marković for his participation in the socialist events in Kragujevac, and then emigrated to the Hungary.Was first elected a deputy 1880.One of the...
- Dorde Simic
- Stojan NovakovićStojan NovakovicStojan Novaković , was a Serbian literary critic, scholar, politician and diplomat, and the foremost Serbian historian of nineteenth century, holding the post of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia on two occasions.He was born in the western Serbian city of Šabac and died in the southern city of...
- Jovan RistićJovan RisticJovan Ristić, or Ristitch was a Serbian statesman and diplomat....
- Svetozar MiletićSvetozar MileticSvetozar Miletić was an advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, and the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina. He was the oldest of seven children born to Sima and Teodosija Miletić in the village of Mošorin in Šajkaška, the Serbian Military Frontier, on February 22, 1826...
- Ilija GarašaninIlija GarašaninIlija Garašanin was a Serbian politician and statesman, serving as Interior Minister and Prime Minister ....
- Nikola HristićNikola HristićNikola Hristić , was a Serbian politician, minister and prime minister.-Biography:...
- Jovan MarinovićJovan MarinovicJovan Marinović , was a Serbian politician and diplomat, that introduced several enlightened reforms in Serbian political system...
- Milivoje Petrovic BlaznavacMilivoje Petrović BlaznavacGeneral Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac was Serbian soldier and politician. His father, Petar, was a rural merchant and shopkeeper from Blaznava, although a story circulated that his real father was Prince Miloš Obrenović. He finished elementary school and painting craft...
- Nikola PašićNikola PašicNikola P. Pašić was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat, the most important Serbian political figure for almost 40 years, leader of the People's Radical Party who, among other posts, was twice a mayor of Belgrade...
(Radical/Prime Minister) - Niko PucicNiko PucicNiko Pucić de Zagorien was a writer and politician from Dalmatia. He was born in Dubrovnik in 1820. He was the brother of Medo Pucić, another well-known politician....
- Marko CarMarko CarMarko Car was a Serbian writer, politician and activist from the Bay of Kotor...
- Medo PucicMedo PucicMedo Pucić, also known as Orsat Pucić, was a writer and politician from Dubrovnik, at the time in the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Dalmatia, who was the first Catholic native of Dubrovnik to declare himself a Serb, believing that the religion was irrelevant for ethnic affiliation, contrary to the...
- Svetomir NikolajevicSvetomir NikolajevićSvetomir Nikolajević was Serbian writer and politician, a professor of the Belgrade's Grande École , the Serbian Royal Academy, Prime Minister of Serbia Svetomir Nikolajević (September 21, 1844, Raduša – April 18, 1922, Belgrade) was Serbian writer and politician, a professor of the...
- Nikola UzunovićNikola UzunovicNikola Uzunović was a Serbian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from April 8, 1926 until April 17, 1927 and from January 1934 to December 1934....
- Bogoljub JevtićBogoljub JevticBogoljub Jevtić was a Serbian diplomat and politician in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.He was plenipotentiary minister of Yugoslavia in Albania, Austria and Hungary...
- Puniša RačićPuniša RacicPuniša Račić was a Montenegrin Serb politician, a member of the Yugoslav Parliament from the People's Radical Party, who assassinated Pavle Radić and Đuro Basariček, Croatian Peasant Party representatives, mortally wounded Stjepan Radić, leader of Croatian Peasant Party at the time and wounded...
- Dr. Stevan MoljevićStevan MoljevicDr Stevan Moljević was Serbian and Yugoslav politician, lawyer and publicist, president of the Yugoslav-French Club, president of the Yugoslav-British Club, president of Rotary International Club of Yugoslavia and member of the Central National Committee of Yugoslavia in World War II...
- Dr. Živko TopalovićŽivko TopalovićŽivko Topalović was a Yugoslav socialist politician. Topalović became a leading figure in the Socialist Party of Yugoslavia, founded in 1921....
- Dimitrije LjotićDimitrije LjoticDimitrije Ljotić was a Serbian politician and Nazi German collaborationist during World War II.Although born in Belgrade he spent most of his life in Smederevo. His ancestors came to Serbia from the village of Blace in what is today Greek Macedonia during the first half of 19th century...
(Nationalist/Collaborationist during World War II) - Ljubomir DavidovićLjubomir DavidovicLjubomir Davidović was a prime minister of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.Davidović was born in Vlaško Polje....
(Democrat) - Milan GrolMilan GrolMilan Grol was a Serbian literary critic and politician.-Biography:Milan Grol studied in Belgrade and in Paris. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Philology and Literature at the University of Belgrade in 1899. He studied literature and theatre for two years in Paris...
- Dusan SimovicDušan SimovicDušan T. Simović was a Yugoslav general who served as chief of the air force and commander-in-chief of the Royal Yugoslav Army and as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia.-Life and career:...
- Slobodan JovanovićSlobodan JovanovicSlobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...
- Momčilo NinčićMomcilo NincicMomčilo Ninčić was a Serbian politician and economist, and president of the League of Nations 1926-27.He finished school in law and completed a doctorate in Paris...
- Dragoljub MićunovićDragoljub MicunovicDragoljub Mićunović, PhD is a prominent Serbian politician and philosopher.-Early life:...
- Svetozar PribićevićSvetozar PribicevicSvetozar Pribićević was an ethnic Serb politician from Croatia who worked hard for creation of unitaristic Yugoslavia. However, he later became a bitter opponent of the same policy and of the dictatorship of king Aleksandar Karađorđević...
(Democrat) - Velimir VukićevićVelimir VukicevicVelimir Vukićević was a Serbian Yugoslav politician. He served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from April 17, 1927 until July 28, 1928....
(Radical/Prime Minister) - Milan StojadinovićMilan StojadinovicMilan Stojadinović was a Yugoslav political figure and a noted economist.Stojadinović was born in Čačak in central Serbia, and went to school in Užice and Kragujevac. In 1910 he graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School, and gained a Ph.D. in economics in 1911...
(Radical/Prime Minister) - Dragiša CvetkovićDragiša CvetkovicDragiša Cvetković was a Yugoslav politician.He served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1939 to 1941. He developed the federalization of Yugoslavia through the creation of the Banovina of Croatia by an agreement with Croatian leader Vladko Maček...
(Radical?) - Vladimir DedijerVladimir DedijerVladimir Dedijer was a Yugoslav partisan fighter, politician and historian.During World War II he was an editor of the Yugoslav Communist Party newspaper Borba, and member of the agitprop section to the General Staff.After the war he was a member of Yugoslav delegation on 1946 Paris peace...
(Communist) - Svetozar MarkovićSvetozar MarkovicSvetozar Marković was an influential Serbian political activist and literary critic. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change.-Early life:...
(Socialist) - Svetozar DelićSvetozar DelicSvetozar Delić was the first communist mayor of Zagreb, Croatia...
(Among the first Communists who became Mayor of ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
) - Veljko MilatovićVeljko MilatovicVeljko Milatović was a Montenegrin Communist partisan, politician, statesman serving once as the Speaker and the other time as President.He was born in 1921 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Veljko Milatović (Serbo-Croat Cyrillic: Вељко Милатовић) (born 5 December 1921 in Nikšić,...
(Communist; and alleged killer of Krsto Zrnov PopovićKrsto Žrnov PopovicCaptain Krsto Todorov-Zrnov Popović was one of the leaders of 1919 Christmas Uprising in Montenegro against Serbian dynasty Karađorđević, organized by the greens , followers of dethroned King Nikola and Montenegrin dynasty Petrović-Njegoš...
) - Miloš MinićMiloš MinicMiloš Minić was a Serbian communist politician....
(Communist) - Latinka PerovićLatinka PerovićLatinka Perović is Serbian born historian and former politician. At the age of 27, she was already president of Women's Antifascist Front of Serbia. Perović was Chief Secretary of the Communist Party of Serbia from 1968 to 1972...
(Communist) - Milentije PopovićMilentije PopovicMilentije Popović was a member of Communist Party of Yugoslavia since 1939. During World War II he held various Party and administrative positions...
(Communist) - Aleksandar RankovićAleksandar RankovicAleksandar "Leka" Ranković was a Yugoslav communist politician of Serbian origin considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after Josip Broz Tito and Edvard Kardelj....
(Communist) - Ivan StambolićIvan StambolicIvan Stambolić was a Communist Party of Yugoslavia official and the President of the Republic of Serbia in the 1980s who was later victim of an assassination....
(Communist) - Đorđe Vojnović
Post-Communist leaders
- Dragiša CvetkovićDragiša CvetkovicDragiša Cvetković was a Yugoslav politician.He served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1939 to 1941. He developed the federalization of Yugoslavia through the creation of the Banovina of Croatia by an agreement with Croatian leader Vladko Maček...
(pre-World War II prime minister) - Borisav JovićBorisav JovicBorisav Jović is a former Serbian communist politician, who served as the Serbian member of the collective presidency of Yugoslavia during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
(former president of Yugoslavia) - Radovan KaradžićRadovan KaradžicRadovan Karadžić is a former Bosnian Serb politician. He is detained in the United Nations Detention Unit of Scheveningen, accused of war crimes committed against Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats during the Siege of Sarajevo, as well as ordering the Srebrenica massacre.Educated as a...
- Nikola KoljevićNikola KoljevicNikola Koljević was a Serbian politician, university professor, translator and an essayist, one of the foremost Yugoslavian Shakespeare scholars.Koljević was born to a distinguished merchant family...
- Milan MartićMilan MarticMilan Martić is a Serbian politician, former president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina...
– leader of the former Republic of Serbian KrajinaRepublic of Serbian KrajinaThe Republic of Serbian Krajina was a self-proclaimed Serb entity within Croatia. Established in 1991, it was not recognized internationally. It formally existed from 1991 to 1995, having been initiated a year earlier via smaller separatist regions. The name Krajina means "frontier"... - Milan BabićMilan BabicMilan Babić was from 1991 to 1995 the first President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a Croatian region at the time of the war largely populated by a Serbs of Croatia that wished to break away from Croatia.He was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former...
- Slobodan MiloševićSlobodan MiloševićSlobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
- Milan PanićMilan PanicMilan Panić or Milan Panic is a Serbian American multimillionaire, a Newport Beach and Pasadena, California-based business tycoon. He served as Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992-1993...
- Jovan RaškovićJovan RaškovicJovan Rašković was an ethnic Serbian psychiatrist and politician from Croatia....
(Serb party leader)
Modern politicians
- Boris TadićBoris TadicBoris Tadić is the President of Serbia and leader of the Democratic Party. He was elected to a five-year term on 27 June 2004, and was sworn into office on 11 July. He was re-elected for a de facto second five-year term on 3 February 2008 and was sworn in on 15 February...
(President of Serbia) - Mirko CvetkovićMirko CvetkovicMirko Cvetković is a Serbian economist and the Prime Minister of Serbia as well as the Minister of Finance.-Biography:...
(Prime Minister of Serbia) - Milorad DodikMilorad DodikMilorad Dodik , is the President of Republika Srpska, and the president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats political party. He graduated from the Belgrade University of Political Sciences .-Political career:...
(Prime Minister of Republika SrpskaRepublika SrpskaRepublika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
) - Rod BlagojevichRod BlagojevichRod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...
(Former Governor of IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
) - Nenad BogdanovićNenad BogdanovicNenad Bogdanović was the mayor of Belgrade, elected to office in October 2004.-Education and career:...
- Predrag BubaloPredrag BubaloPredrag Bubalo became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations....
- Helen Delich BentleyHelen Delich BentleyHelen Delich Bentley is an American politician and a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the State of Maryland .-Life and career:...
(Former Congresswoman from MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
) - Zoran Đinđić
- Dragan ČavićDragan CavicDragan Čavić was the President of Republika Srpska 2002-2006. He was Vice President of Republika Srpska between 2000 and 2002.-References:...
- Nebojša ČovićNebojša CovicNebojša Čović, Ph.D is a Serbian politician and businessman. He is the President of the Social Democratic Party...
- Ivica DačićIvica DacicIvica Dačić is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of Socialist Party of Serbia and is First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Internal Affairs....
- Vojislav KoštunicaVojislav KoštunicaVojislav Koštunica is a Serbian politician, statesman and the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević and serving from 2000 to 2003...
(Former Prime Minister of Serbia and former President of Yugoslavia ) - Miroljub LabusMiroljub LabusMiroljub Labus is a Serbian economist and politician. Currently he's a University of Belgrade professor, lecturing political economy at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law...
- Slobodan LalovićSlobodan LalovićSlobodan Lalović is a former Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Policy in Serbia, where he served from 2004-2007....
- Zoran LončarZoran LoncarZoran Lončar is the former Serbian Minister of Education and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government. He holds a PhD in Law. In 2000 he joined the Democratic Party of Serbia...
- Predrag MarkovićPredrag MarkovicPredrag Marković is a Serbian politician, author, and historian.-Political career:...
- Mitchell MelichMitchell MelichMitchell Melich was Solicitor for the Interior Department under the first Richard Nixon administration....
(UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
State Senate) - Nataša MićićNataša MicicNataša Mićić is a Serbian politician. She is an MP in the Serbian parliament and the vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party ....
- Dejan MihajlovDejan MihajlovDejan Mihajlov is the former Secretary-General of the Government of Serbia.He was born in 1972 in Pančevo. He graduated from the Faculty of Law...
- Tomica MilosavljevićTomica MilosavljevicTomica Milosavljević, Prof Dr sci is Serbian politician. He was Minister of Health in the Government of Serbia until January 28, 2011...
- Radomir Naumov
- Tomislav NikolićTomislav NikolicTomislav "Toma" Nikolić is a Serbian politician, President of the Serbian Progressive Party. He is also a former member of the Serbian Radical Party, where he served as Deputy Leader of the party and parliamentary leader during the absence of Vojislav Šešelj...
- Milan PanićMilan PanicMilan Panić or Milan Panic is a Serbian American multimillionaire, a Newport Beach and Pasadena, California-based business tycoon. He served as Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992-1993...
(Former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia) - Borislav ParavacBorislav ParavacBorislav Paravac is a Bosnian Serb politician and was a member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from April 11, 2003 to November 6, 2006....
- Milan ParivodićMilan ParivodicMilan Parivodić Serbian Cyrillic Милан Париводић was the Minister of International Economic Relations in the Government of Serbia and also for a short period the acting Minister of Finance in 2006-07. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. His Ph.D...
- Carl Kosta SavichCarl Kosta SavichCarl Kosta Savich is a Serbian-American historian, academic and writer. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has an M.A. in History from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan and a J.D. in Law from the University of Baltimore...
(Serbian-American columnist) - Mirko ŠarovićMirko ŠarovicMirko Šarović is a Bosnian Serb politician, former Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
- Marko DapcevichMarko DapcevichMarko Dapcevich is a former mayor of Sitka, Alaska. He is an "Honored Member" of a United Nations group, signed the US Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement, which is part of the Kyoto Protocol, and spoke out against Touchstone Pictures' non-use of Sitka for The Proposal...
- Goran SvilanovićGoran SvilanovicGoran Svilanović is a Serbian politician, the Chairman of Working Table I of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe....
- Veroljub StevanovićVeroljub StevanovićVeroljub Stevanović born 17 September 1946, Kragujevac, Serbia. Is a Serbian politician and current Mayor of Kragujevac.-Biography:Graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac in City of Kragujevac....
- Vojislav ŠešeljVojislav ŠešeljVojislav Šešelj, JD is a Serbian politician, writer and lawyer. He is the founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party and was vice-president of Serbia between 1998 and 2000...
- George VoinovichGeorge VoinovichGeorge Victor Voinovich is a former United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998, and as the 54th mayor of Cleveland from 1980 to 1989.-Personal life:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, his father was...
(Former Governor of OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, current SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
from Ohio) - Rose Ann VuichRose Ann VuichRose Ann Vuich served as a member of the California State Senate from 1977 until 1993. She was the first female member of the California State Senate....
(First woman elected to CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Senate) - Slobodan VuksanovićSlobodan VuksanovicSlobodan Vuksanović is a poet, essayist and translator who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007....
- Velimir IlićVelimir IlicVelimir "Velja" Ilić is Serbian politician and a former Minister of Capital Investments in the Serbian government in the cabinet of Vojislav Koštunica.- Biography :...
- Andrija MandićAndrija MandicAndrija Mandić is a Montenegrin politician. He is the President of the major ethnic Serb political party in Montenegro, the New Serb Democracy...
, leader of Serbs in Montenegro - Vuk DraškovićVuk DraškovicVuk Drašković , leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, is a Serbian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1968...
- Nick LalichNick LalichNick Lalich is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since October 2008, representing the electorate of Cabramatta...
- Radoman BozovicRadoman BožovicRadoman Božović is a former Prime Minister of Serbia.Božović was born in a village on the banks of Piva River. He completed grades 1-3 of elementary school in Nikšić. After elementary school he moved to Serbia, and completed secondary education in Vrbas. In 1975, he graduated from the University...
Modern military
Serbian rebellions and uprisings, DukesDukes
-Albums:-EPs:-Singles:...
, Hajduks, Uskoks
Uskoks
The Uskoks were Croatian Habsburg soldiers that inhabited the areas of the eastern Adriatic and the surrounding territories during the Ottoman wars in Europe. Etymologically, the word uskoci itself means "the ones who jumped in" in Croatian...
- Stojan JankovićStojan JankovicStojan Mitrović Janković, also known as Knight Janko was the commander of the Dalmatian Serb army, in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1669 until his death in 1687. He participated in the Cretan and Great Turkish War, as the supreme commander of the Venetian Serb troops, of which he is...
and his UskoksUskoksThe Uskoks were Croatian Habsburg soldiers that inhabited the areas of the eastern Adriatic and the surrounding territories during the Ottoman wars in Europe. Etymologically, the word uskoci itself means "the ones who jumped in" in Croatian...
from DalmatiaDalmatiaDalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
and MontenegroMontenegroMontenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
fought in the Cretan WarCretan WarThe Cretan War was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, several Cretan cities and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens and Knossos.The Macedonians had just concluded the First Macedonian War and Philip, seeing...
and in MoreaMoreaThe Morea was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea.-Origins of the name:...
, Greece, under the flag of the Republic of VeniceRepublic of VeniceThe Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...
. - Koča Andjelković, leader of a Serbian rebellion named after him – Kocina Krajina.
- Petar DobrnjacPetar DobrnjacPetar Dobrnjac was a Serbian Vojvoda in the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in the Požarevac nahia, in the village of Dobrinji, Petrovac...
- Milenko StojkovićMilenko StojkovicMilenko Stojković was a Bimbasha Bimbashi in the First Serbian Uprising early in the 19th century...
- Hadzi Prodan's Revolt or Hadzi Prodan Gligorijević who in 1814 started his own Uprising, before Obrenovic.
- Stefan StratimirovicStefan StratimirovićStefan Stratimirović was Metropolitan of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire between 1790 and 1836. Having been appointed Metropolitan at the age of 33, Stratimirović maintained control over church life decisively and autonomously...
- Stevan Sinđelić (voivode of the First Serbian Uprising)
- Stanoje Stamatović Glavaš
- Hajduk Veljko PetrovićHajduk Veljko PetrovicVeljko Petrović , known simply as Hajduk Veljko , was a one of the voivodes of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.-Life:He was born in Lenovac near Zaječar....
- Novica CerovićNovica CerovicNovica M. Cerović was a Serbian warrior, senator and leader of the Drobnjak clan from Old Herzegovina.-Life:...
- Mladen MilovanovicMladen MilovanovićMladen Milovanović was a merchant, a Duke in the First Serbian Uprising, associate of Karađorđe and leader of his party, President of the Administering Council and first Serbian Minister of Defence .-Biography:Mladen was of Drobnjak ancestry.He was very selfish, acquisitive, and resolute, very...
- Čolak-Anta Simeonović
- Marko MiljanovMarko MiljanovMarko Miljanov Popović was a warrior and writer from Montenegro. He led the Kuči clan against the Turks in 1862 and distinguished himself in the War of 1876-78...
- Stojan JankovićStojan JankovicStojan Mitrović Janković, also known as Knight Janko was the commander of the Dalmatian Serb army, in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1669 until his death in 1687. He participated in the Cretan and Great Turkish War, as the supreme commander of the Venetian Serb troops, of which he is...
- Janko MitrovićJanko Mitrovicharambaša Janko Mitrović was the commander of the Dalmatian Serb army, in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1648 until his death in 1659. He participated in the Cretan War , alongside Ilija Smiljanić, as the supreme commanders of the Venetian Serb troops, of which he is enumerated in...
- Jovan Nenad
- Radoslav ČelnikRadoslav CelnikRadoslav Čelnik was a duke of Srem in the 16th century. At first, Radoslav Čelnik was a general commander of Emperor Jovan Nenad's army. In 1527, when Emperor Jovan Nenad was murdered and his army was dispersed, Radoslav Čelnik, together with part of the former emperor's army moved from Bačka to...
- Nikola KavajaNikola KavajaNikola Kavaja was a Montenegrin Serb nationalist and anti-communist known for his 1979 bombing of a Yugoslav consul’s home and the American Airlines Flight 293 hijacking.-Youth:...
- Gligor SokolovićGligor SokolovićGligor Sokolović was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik with the rank of Veliki Vojvoda . He was a deputy of the Serbian National Assembly in Skopje...
Balkan Wars and World War I
- King Nicholas I of Montenegro
- Gavro VukovicGavro VukovicVojvoda Gavro Vuković was a Montenegrin voivode and writer.-Biography:Gavro Vuković was the son of Montenegrin senator, hero, and chief Miljan Vukov from the Vasojević clan....
- Peter I, King of Serbia
- Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević
- Danilo, Crown Prince of MontenegroDanilo, Crown Prince of MontenegroDanilo Aleksandar Petrović-Njegoš was the Crown Prince of Montenegro. He was eldest of the son of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and Queen Milena Vukotić. During the Balkan Wars and World War I he led the Montenegrin Army with his father, King Nicholas I of Montenegro, Janko Vukotić,...
- Janko VukoticJanko VukoticJanko Vukotić, was a Serbian General, Serdar and Voivode from Montenegro in the Balkan Wars and World War I. He served as Montenegro's Minister of Defence in periods 1905-1907, 1911–1912 and 1913–1915 and as the Prime Minister of Montenegro 1913-1915...
- General Petar BojovićPetar BojovicPetar Bojović OKS GCMG was one of four Serbian vojvodas in Balkan Wars and World War I.-Early:Petar was born on July 16, 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš. He had distant ancestry from the Vasojevići....
- Major Dragutin GavrilovićDragutin GavrilovicDragutin Gavrilović was a notable Serbian and, later, Yugoslav military officer.Gavrilović was born in Čačak, Serbia, in 1882. After his graduation from the military academy in Belgrade in 1901, he took part in every war the Serbian army fought until World War II.He is remembered in Serbian...
- General Živojin MišićŽivojin MišicŽivojin Mišić OKS GCMG was a Vojvoda and the most successful Serbian commander who participated in all Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.-Early years:Misic's grandfather was born in Struganik near Mionica...
- General Radomir PutnikRadomir PutnikRadomir Putnik, also known as Vojvoda Putnik, OSS OCT OKS GCMG was a Serbian Field Marshal and Chief of General Staff in the Balkan Wars and World War I, and took part in all wars that Serbia waged from 1876 to 1917.-Biography:...
- General Stepa StepanovićStepa StepanovicStepa Stepanović OSS OCT GCMG was a field marshal of the Serbian Army who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.Stepa Stepanović was born in the village of Kumodraž outside of Belgrade on...
- General Pavle Jurišić ŠturmPavle Jurišic ŠturmPavle Jurišić Šturm was a Serbian general of Sorbian origin who commanded the Serbian 3rd Army in the First World War....
- General Vojin PopovicVojin PopovićVojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk , known as Vojvoda Vuk was a Serbian voivode , that fought for the Macedonian Serb Chetniks Vojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk (Sjenica, 9 December 1881 - Kajmakčalan, 29 November 1916), known as Vojvoda Vuk was a Serbian voivode (military commander), that...
, also known as Vojvoda Vuk. - Milunka SavicMilunka SavicMilunka Savić was a Serbian woman war heroine from the First World War, recognised as the most-decorated female combatant in the entire history of warfare. She was wounded no fewer than nine times during her term-of-service.-Military action:...
was a war heroine of the 1913 Balkan War and World War I, wounded nine times.
World War II
- General Draža MihailovićDraža MihailovicDragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...
- Duke Momčilo Đujić
- Duke Pavle Đurišić
- General Milan NedićMilan NedicMilan Nedić was a Serbian general and politician, he was the chief of the general staff of the Yugoslav Army, minister of war in the Royal Yugoslav Government and the prime minister of a Nazi-backed Serbian puppet government during World War II.After the war, Yugoslav communist authorities...
- Dimitrije LjoticDimitrije LjoticDimitrije Ljotić was a Serbian politician and Nazi German collaborationist during World War II.Although born in Belgrade he spent most of his life in Smederevo. His ancestors came to Serbia from the village of Blace in what is today Greek Macedonia during the first half of 19th century...
- Kosta MusickiKosta MušickiKosta Mušicki was a general of the Serbian Volunteer Corps during World War II.Mušicki finished gymnasium in Zagreb and served Austria-Hungary in the First World War...
- Milan SpasicMilan Spasić (naval lieutenant)Milan Spasić was a naval Lieutenant of the Yugoslav Royal Navy, which on the April War, along with his fellow Lieutenant Sergej Mašera blown up Destroyer Zagreb at Bay of Kotor besides Tivat to not fall into the hands of Italian Royal Navy and together with Mašera died.- Before World War...
, naval hero of World War II
Foreign armies and navies
- Evgenije PopovicEvgenije PopovicEvgenije Popović was a Montenegrin statesmen, journalist, diplomat, politician, writer and editor....
fought in a detachment commanded by Giuseppe GaribaldiGiuseppe GaribaldiGiuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...
, Italy. - Mićo LjubibratićMićo LjubibratićMićo Ljubibratić was a Serbian voivoide that participated in the many uprisings in the Herzegovina region.-Life:Mićo Ljubibratić was born in Ljubovo, Trebinje . In the Herzegovinian Uprising , he joined Luka Vukalović. He supported Garibaldi in the Italian revolution...
also fought with Giuseppe Garibaldi. - Krsto Zrnov PopovicKrsto Žrnov PopovicCaptain Krsto Todorov-Zrnov Popović was one of the leaders of 1919 Christmas Uprising in Montenegro against Serbian dynasty Karađorđević, organized by the greens , followers of dethroned King Nikola and Montenegrin dynasty Petrović-Njegoš...
sympathies were on the side of Fascist ItalyFascist Italy"Fascist Italy" refers to Italy under the rule of Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascism. The Fascists led two polities:*The Kingdom of Italy , under the National Fascist Party, and,...
during World War II against the ChetniksChetniksChetniks, or the Chetnik movement , were Serbian nationalist and royalist paramilitary organizations from the first half of the 20th century. The Chetniks were formed as a Serbian resistance against the Ottoman Empire in 1904, and participated in the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II...
and Partisans. - There are Serb descendants from Bosnia who were sent to conquer and settle NubiaNubiaNubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization...
at the time of Sultan Selim ISelim ISelim I, Yavuz Sultân Selim Khan, Hâdim-ül Haramain-ish Sharifain , nicknamed Yavuz "the Stern" or "the Steadfast", but often rendered in English as "the Grim" , was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to...
in 1517 (From "Black Through Nubia" by Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards, 1891). - Ilija Monte Radlovic served in the British Army during World War II.
- Vito Marija Bettera-VodopićVito Marija Bettera-VodopićVito Marija Bettera-Vodopić was born in Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa in 1771 and died in Mukacheve, Austria-Hungary, now Ukraine, in 1841. He was the son of Baro Bettera, the poet, and a nephew of the Ston nobleman Petar Bettera...
(1771–1841) in the service of Imperial Russia, died as an Austrian prisoner in occupied-Ukraine. - George MartinuzziGeorge MartinuzziGeorge Martinuzzi was a Croatian nobleman, a monk, bishop of Oradea, archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal and Hungarian statesman.-Biography:Martinuzzi was born in Kamičac, Dalmatia...
, Hungary - Janos DamjanichJános DamjanichJános Damjanich was a Hungarian general of Serb origin. He is considered a national hero in Hungary.He never lost on the battlefield.-Life:...
(1804–1849), Hungarian GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given.... - Jakov IgnjatovicJakov IgnjatovicJakov Ignjatović was a famous Serbian 19th century novelist and prose writer from Hungary. He also wrote in Hungarian.-Biography:...
, Hungary - Sebo VukovicsSebő VukovicsSebő Vukovics was a Hungarian politician of Serbian descent, who served as Minister of Justice in 1849 during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He was hiding from the authorities at the homes of the Lónyay and Vladár families after the Surrender at Világos. Later he emigrated to the United Kingdom...
, Hungary - Alexander Petofi, Hungarian poet of Serbian-Slovak origin, who fought and died in the 1848 Revolution.
- Dome SztojayDöme SztójayDöme Sztójay born Demeter Sztojakovich was a Hungarian soldier and diplomat of Serb origin, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II.- Biography :...
, Hungary - Ignac MartinovicsIgnác MartinovicsIgnác Martinovics was a philosopher, political adventurer, and a leader of the Hungarian Jacobin movement...
, whose father converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism, became the leader of Hungarian Jacobins. - Jero Bratoljubic, Austria-Hungary
- Paul DavidovichPaul DavidovichBaron Paul Davidovich or Pavle Davidović became a general of the Austrian Empire and a Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. He played a major role in the 1796 Italian campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars, leading corps-sized commands in the fighting against the French army led...
, Austria-Hungary - Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich (real name: Petar Vid Gvozdanović), Austria-Hungary
- Adam Bajalics von BajahazaAdam Bajalics von BajahazaAdam Bajalics von Bajaháza, also Adam Bajalić von Bajaházy or Adam Bayalitsch, entered Austrian military service and fought against Prussia, Ottoman Turkey, and France...
, Austria-Hungary - Petar PreradovićPetar PreradovicPetar Preradović was a Croatian poet of Serb origin.- Biography :Preradović was born in the village of Grabrovnica , which was part of the Austrian Military Frontier, in Serbian Orthodox family of Jovan Preradović and Pelagija Preradović. He spent childhood in Grubišno Polje, were his father was...
, Austria-Hungary - Stevan ŠupljikacStevan ŠupljikacStevan Šupljikac, known simply as Vojvoda Šupljikac was a voivode and the first Duke of the Serbian Vojvodina, in 1848.-Life:...
Voivod (Duke) of Serbian VojvodinaSerbian VojvodinaThe Serbian Vojvodina was a Serbian autonomous region within the Austrian Empire...
(1848), Austria-Hungary - Svetozar BoroevićSvetozar BoroevicSvetozar Boroević von Bojna was an Austro-Hungarian field marshal who was described as one of the finest defensive strategists of the First World War....
, Baron von Bojna, Austria-Hungary - Gavrilo Rodić, Governor of DalmatiaDalmatiaDalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
from 1870 to 1881; born in 1812 in the territories of the Military FrontierMilitary FrontierThe Military Frontier was a borderland of Habsburg Austria and later the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, which acted as the cordon sanitaire against incursions from the Ottoman Empire...
at Virginmost, of Serbian Orthodox parents., Austria-Hungary - Emil UzelacEmil UzelacMilan Emil Uzelac was a Croatian soldier and military commander who was a leading figure in the air forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Independent State of Croatia.-Life:...
joined the Austrian Air Force and later the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes's Air Force., Austria-Hungary - ŠajkašiŠajkašiŠajkaši were the river troops guarding the Danube and Sava, and especially, the Port of Belgrade, against the Ottoman Empire from the 16th to the 19th century. At the time, the rivers were borders of the Kingdom of Hungary and Habsburg Empire with the Ottoman Empire. They had special military...
(Members of a special Austro-Hungarian marine corps patrolling the DanubeDanubeThe Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
, DravaDravaDrava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It sources in Toblach/Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and...
, TisaTisáTisá is a village and municipality in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 786 ....
, Sava, MorisMoris-Given name:* Moris Carrozzieri , Italian football defender* Moris Farhi , vice-president of International PEN* Moris Pfeifhofer , Swiss figure skater* Moris Tepper , American musician...
, etc.) in their famed Šajkaši gunboats., Austria-Hungary - Janko MitrovićJanko Mitrovicharambaša Janko Mitrović was the commander of the Dalmatian Serb army, in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1648 until his death in 1659. He participated in the Cretan War , alongside Ilija Smiljanić, as the supreme commanders of the Venetian Serb troops, of which he is enumerated in...
, the father of Stojan JankovićStojan JankovicStojan Mitrović Janković, also known as Knight Janko was the commander of the Dalmatian Serb army, in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1669 until his death in 1687. He participated in the Cretan and Great Turkish War, as the supreme commander of the Venetian Serb troops, of which he is...
Mitorvić, who participated in the Cretan War (1645-1669) on the side of the Republic of VeniceRepublic of VeniceThe Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...
against the Turks. - Stojan JankovićStojan JankovicStojan Mitrović Janković, also known as Knight Janko was the commander of the Dalmatian Serb army, in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1669 until his death in 1687. He participated in the Cretan and Great Turkish War, as the supreme commander of the Venetian Serb troops, of which he is...
led Serbian volunteers under the command of Francesco MorosiniFrancesco MorosiniFrancesco Morosini was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War...
in the Morean WarMorean WarThe Morean War is the better known name for the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War. The war was fought between 1684–1699, as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire...
of 1684–1699 against the Ottoman EmpireOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. - Vicko BujovićVicko BujovicVicko Bujović was a Dalmatian mercenary.During the Morean War, Bujović took command of the forces of Perast, offering their services, in his own name and that of the people of the city, to the Republic of Venice, with whom he was deeply connected...
, Greek War of Independence - Čučuk StanaČučuk StanaČučuk Stana was a Serbian female hajduk and the second wife of Hajduk Veljko. She is also a character in Serb epic poetry.She was born in 1795, in the village Sikole near Negotin, Serbia to a family of Herzegovinian migrants. She had two sisters, Stojna and Stamena and later, a little brother...
, Greek War of Independence - Vasos MavrovouniotisVasos MavrovouniotisVasos Mavrovouniotis was voivode from Montenegro, who played a significant role in the Greek revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821.-Life:...
, Greek War of IndependenceGreek War of IndependenceThe Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between... - King Peter I Karadordevic of Serbia led his government, army and civilian refugees through the Montenegrin and Albanian mountains to the Adriatic seacoast where they were eventually transported by Allied ships to CorfuCorfuCorfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is part of the Corfu regional unit, and is administered as a single municipality. The...
, VidoVidoVido is an island of the Ionian Islands group of Greece.It is a small island at the mouth of Corfu city port.- History :...
and ThessalonikiThessalonikiThessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
in World War I Greece (Government-in-Exile). - Stojan JankovićStojan JankovicStojan Mitrović Janković, also known as Knight Janko was the commander of the Dalmatian Serb army, in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1669 until his death in 1687. He participated in the Cretan and Great Turkish War, as the supreme commander of the Venetian Serb troops, of which he is...
led Serbs from DalmatiaDalmatiaDalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
and MontenegroMontenegroMontenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
in the Cretan WarCretan WarThe Cretan War was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, several Cretan cities and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens and Knossos.The Macedonians had just concluded the First Macedonian War and Philip, seeing...
of 1645–1669 on the side of the Republic of VeniceRepublic of VeniceThe Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...
. - Đorđe Berović (also spelled Georgios Verovits), the last Christian Prince of SamosSamošSamoš is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Kovačica municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,247 people .-See also:...
, from 1895 to 1896, before his appointment as GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
in 1896–1897. Berović was a Serb born in Skadar (formerly MontenegroMontenegroMontenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, now part of AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
) in 1845. Djordje Berovic (Verovits) was the last of the Berović pashas who was able to retain his Serbian Orthodox Christian faith while employed by the Ottomans. - Starina NovakStarina NovakStarina Novak was a Serbian Hajduk who distinguished himself in many battles against the Ottoman Empire. He is considered a Serbian national hero and is highly respected in neighboring Romania as a national hero as well.-Life:...
, Hajduk and MoldaviaMoldaviaMoldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...
n ally - Constantin BrancoveanuConstantin BrâncoveanuConstantin Brâncoveanu was Prince of Wallachia between 1688 and 1714.-Ascension:A descendant of the Craioveşti boyar family and related to Matei Basarab, Brâncoveanu was born at the estate of Brâncoveni and raised in the house of his uncle, stolnic Constantin Cantacuzino...
, WallachiaWallachiaWallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians... - At the end of the 15th century, Raci warriors came to the Polish Kingdom and played an important role in forming the Polish hussarsPolish HussarsThe Polish Hussars were the main type of cavalry of the first Polish Army, later also introduced into the Army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, between the 16th and 18th centuries...
. - Constantine Tikh of BulgariaConstantine Tikh of BulgariaConstantine I , which includes the shortened form of the name of his father as a patronymic), ruled as emperor of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277....
- Jovan MonasterlijaJovan MonasterlijaJovan Monasterlija was a 17th-century Serbian vice-voivode and Austrian imperial officer that led a Serb army against the Ottoman Empire and other enemies of the Austrian Emperor...
led his Serbian army in the name of Leopold I, Holy Roman EmperorLeopold I, Holy Roman Emperor| style="float:right;" | Leopold I was a Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and King of Bohemia. A member of the Habsburg family, he was the second son of Emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain. His maternal grandparents were Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria...
against the Turks.
Ottoman Empire
- Suleiman IISuleiman IISuleiman II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691...
(SultanSultanSultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
, 1642–1691) - Osman IIIOsman IIIOsman III or Othman IIIText not available was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.-Biography:...
(SultanSultanSultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
, 1699–1757) - Sehsuvar SultanŞehsuvar SultanŞehsuvar Valide Sultan , born as Marija, was the Serbian spouse of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II and Valide Sultan to their son Osman III...
(Mother of Osman IIIOsman IIIOsman III or Othman IIIText not available was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757.-Biography:...
) - Saliha Dilasub SultanSaliha Dilâşub SultanSaliha Dilâşub Sultan .-Biography:Born as Katarina, was the Serbian wife of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I and Valide Sultan to their son Suleiman II....
(Mother of Suleiman IISuleiman IISuleiman II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691...
) - Devlet HatunDevlet HatunDevlet Hatun was the wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, the daughter of Yakub Shah of Germiyanids, the descendant of Rumi through his son Sultan Walad’s daughter Mutahhara Hatun who was an ancestor of Yakub Shah. She was the mother of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I, and İsa Çelebi, Governor of Anatolia...
(Olivera, daughter of Lazar of SerbiaLazar of SerbiaLazar Hrebeljanović , was a medieval nobleman that emerged as the most powerful Serbian ruler after the death of the previous, childless, Emperor Uroš the Weak, which resulted in years of instability in the Serbian realm. As Stefan Lazar, he was Prince of Serbia from 1371 to 1389, ruling what is...
and wife of Bayezid IBayezid IBayezid I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1389 to 1402. He was the son of Murad I and Valide Sultan Gülçiçek Hatun.-Biography:Bayezid was born in Edirne and spent his youth in Bursa, where he received a high-level education...
) - Prince MarkoPrince MarkoMarko Mrnjavčević was de jure the Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while de facto he ruled only over a territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep...
(Killed in the Battle of RovineBattle of RovineThe Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395 between the Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea cel Bătrân against the Ottoman invasion led by sultan Bayezid I. The Ottoman army, numbering approximately 40,000 men, faced the much smaller Wallachian army, which was about 10,000 men...
as Bayezid IBayezid IBayezid I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1389 to 1402. He was the son of Murad I and Valide Sultan Gülçiçek Hatun.-Biography:Bayezid was born in Edirne and spent his youth in Bursa, where he received a high-level education...
's vassalVassalA vassal or feudatory is a person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the grant of land held...
) - Veli Mahmud PashaVeli Mahmud PashaMahmud Pasha or Mahmud-paša Anđelović , also known simply as Adni, was a Serbian-born of Byzantine noble descent who became an Ottoman general and statesman, after being abducted as a child by the Sultan. As Veli Mahmud Paşa he was Grand Vizier in 1456–1468 and again in 1472–1474...
(Grand Vizir 1st time, 1456–1468; second time, 1472–1474) - Gedik Ahmed PashaGedik Ahmed PashaGedik Ahmed Pasha was an Ottoman grand vizier as well as an army and navy commander during the reigns of sultans Mehmed the Conqueror and Beyazid II....
, of Serbian-Byzantine descent, Grand vizier from 1474 to 1477 - Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, son of Stjepan Vukčić KosačaStjepan Vukcic KosacaStjepan Vukčić Kosača was a Herzegovina nobleman. He was a member of the House of Kosača, a Grand Duke of Herzegovina, Lord of Zahumlje and Primorje and also Herzog of Serbian Saint Sava...
of the House of KosačaHouse of KosacaThe House of Kosača was a medieval Bosnian noble family which ruled over various parts of Bosnia, Croatia and Dalmatia between the 14th century and the 15th century. The land they controlled was mostly known as Hum or Zahumlje...
, who was taken by the Turk as a young lad and converted to IslamIslamIslam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. - Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Grand VizierGrand VizierGrand Vizier, in Turkish Vezir-i Azam or Sadr-ı Azam , deriving from the Arabic word vizier , was the greatest minister of the Sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the Sultan himself...
of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, 1565–1579 - Husein GradascevicHusein GradašcevicHusein-kapetan Gradaščević was a Bosnian Muslim general who fought for Bosnian autonomy in the Ottoman Empire. He is often referred to as "Zmaj od Bosne", meaning "Dragon of Bosnia"...
- Sinan-pasa SijercicSinan-paša SijercicPasha who died as Commander of Ottoman army in battle of Mishar mountain in 1806....
- Rustem PashaRüstem PashaRüstem Pasha Opukovic was a Croat who became an Ottoman general and statesman. He served as the Grand Vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent. Rüstem Pasha is also known as Damat Rüstem Pasha and Rüstem Paşa .-Biography:Rüstem Pasha was born in Skradin, Croatia...
(He came from Sarajevo and his family name is said to be Opukovic or Cigalic) - Semiz Ali PasaSemiz Ali PaşaSemiz Ali Pasha was an Ottoman statesman. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1561-1565. Semiz Ali Pasha was born in Bosnia, and replaced Rüstem Pasha as a Grand Vizier. After palace schooling, he discharged high-level functions along the Ottoman Empire.- References :...
- Hasan PredojevicHasan PredojevićHasan Predojević, Telli Hasan Paşa, Gazi Hasan-paša Predojević, was a military leader of the Ottoman army. Born Niko Predojević in Herzegovina, he was given the name Hasan after he converted to Islam.During the rule of Murat III he became Sandjakbey of the Sanjak of Segedin where he stayed until...
- Damat İbrahim PashaDamat Ibrahim PashaDamad Ibrahim Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who held the office of Grand Vizier three times Damad Ibrahim Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who held the office of Grand Vizier three times Damad Ibrahim Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who held the office of Grand Vizier three times (the first time from...
, Grand vizier 1596–1597 and 1599–1601 - Damat Ferid PashaDamat Ferid PashaDamad Ferid Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who held the office of grand vizier during two periods under the reign of the last Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI Vahdeddin, the first time between 4 March 1919 and 2 October 1919 and the second time between 5 April 1920 and 21 October 1920...
, Grand vizier 1919 and 1920 - Omar PashaOmar PashaOmar Pasha Latas was a Ottoman general and governor. He was a Serb convert to Islam, who managed to quickly climb in Ottoman ranks, crush several rebellions throughout the Empire and defeat Russia the Crimean War.-Early life:...
(1806–1871), GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
, Mihailo Micha Latas, of Serbian origin, converted to Islam - Isa-Beg IsakovićIsa-Beg IsakovicIsa-Beg Ishaković, or Isa-Beg Isaković, was an Ottoman general and the first governor of the Ottoman Province of Bosnia. He ruled during the 1450s and 1460s. He made much of the initial conquests for the Turkish Empire in the region, and was one of the then Sultan's most trusted generals. He was...
, Bey of Bosnia, founded Novi PazarNovi PazarNovi Pazar is a city and municipality located in southwest Serbia, in the Raška District. According to the official census in 2011, number of inhabitants of municipality is 92,776, while the city itself has a population of 60,638... - Mara BrankovićMara BrankovicMara Branković , also known as Mara Hatun, Despina Hatun, or Amerissa, was the daughter of Serbian monarch Đurađ Branković and Eirene Kantakouzene...
, wife of Murad IIMurad IIMurad II Kodja was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451 ....
, very influential in imperial affairs, ambassador to Venice - Patriarch Raphael I of ConstantinoplePatriarch Raphael I of ConstantinopleRaphael I was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1475 to 1476. He was a Serb and he is therefore sometimes considered an intruder.-Life:...
, Serb, Patriarch from 1475 to 1476 - Ferhat-paša SokolovićFerhat-paša SokolovicFerhat-pasha Sokolović was an Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Biography:Ferhat-pasha was born into the famous Bosnian family, which among others, also gave the Ottoman Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolović. Ferhat Pasha was governor of the sanjak of Klis between 1566 and...
, brother of Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, Ottoman pasha, founded numerous cities including Banja LukaBanja Luka-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of... - Piyale PashaPiyale PashaPiyale Pasha , born in Viganj on the Pelješac peninsula, was a Croatian Ottoman admiral between 1553 and 1567 and an Ottoman Vizier after 1568. He was also known as Piale Pasha in the West or Pialí Bajá in Spain; )....
("Suleiman found him abandoned on a ploughshare as a child outside of BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
", according to Ogier Ghiselin de BusbecqOgier Ghiselin de BusbecqOgier Ghiselin de Busbecq was a 16th century Flemish writer, herbalist and diplomat in the employ of three generations of Austrian monarchs...
, a 16th century Flemish writer and ambassador at ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
, who wrote about Piyale in Letters from TurkeyLetters from TurkeyLetters from Turkey are actually memoirs written by Europeans who had been to Ottoman Empire. Usually, the series of letters had been collected and published later on with various titles. But they are popularly known as Letters from Turkey or Turkish letters. Below is the summary of these.-...
, a compedium of correspondence to another fellow diplomat) - Osman Aga of Temesvar
- Ibrahim PeçeviIbrahim Peçeviİbrahim Peçevi or Peçuyli İbrahim Efendi was a Turkish historian of the Ottoman Empire. He was born in Pécs, Ottoman Empire , hence his name, Peçevi . His mother was of Sokollu Bosnian family. The name of his father is unknown...
United States
- Mitchell PaigeMitchell PaigeMitchell Paige was a recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War II...
(Marine Corps colonel) - Butch VerichButch VerichDemetrio 'Butch' Verich was born in Laona, Wisconsin in 1932 of Serb-Montenegrin ancestry. In 1967, Lieutenant Commander Butch Verich, along with two other VF-162 F-8s attacked enemy flak sites ahead of an A-4 strike....
(NavyUnited States NavyThe United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
commanderCommander (United States)In the United States, commander is a military rank that is also sometimes used as a military title, depending on the branch of service. It is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the military, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Naval rank:In the United States...
) - Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (Air ForceUnited States Air ForceThe United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
) - Milo Radulovich (Air Force)
- Lance SijanLance SijanLance Peter Sijan was a United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot...
(Air Force captain) - Jake Allex Mandusich
- James I. Mestrovitch, born in Montenegro of Serbian parents, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in the U.S. Army during the Great War.
- Serbian-American volunteers (1917)Serbian-American volunteers (1917)Flag of the Serbian-American volunteers or "Third St. Vitus' Day Company of Serbian volunteers from the United States of America."...
- Serb Chetniks Rescue U.S. Pilots during World War II also known as Operation HalyardOperation HalyardOperation Halyard, also known as the Halyard Mission, was the largest Allied airlift operation behind enemy lines during World War II. A total of 512 allied airmen who had been downed over Nazi-occupied Serbia were rescued by Serbian Chetniks, led by General Draža Mihailović...
- George MusulinGeorge MusulinGeorge "Guv" S. Musulin was an officer of the Office of Strategic Services and naval intelligence services, and in 1950 became a CIA agent....
of Operation HalyardOperation HalyardOperation Halyard, also known as the Halyard Mission, was the largest Allied airlift operation behind enemy lines during World War II. A total of 512 allied airmen who had been downed over Nazi-occupied Serbia were rescued by Serbian Chetniks, led by General Draža Mihailović...
Russian Empire
- Sava Lukich Vladislavich Raguzinsky (1664–1738, Diplomatist), In the service of Peter the Great
- Mark VoynovichMark VoynovichCount Marko Vojnović was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy, one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.Marko Vojnović was born in Herceg Novi, Venetian Albania . He was a member of the noble House of Vojnović...
(1750–1807), Russian Admiral, one of the founders of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, In the service of Imperial Russia, circa 18th Century - Petar TekelijaPeter TekeliPeter Tekeli was a Russian general-in-chief of Serb origin. He achieved the highest rank among the Serbs who served in the Imperial Russian Army. He was born in a noble family of military tradition, whose men were officers of the Austrian army in the Military Frontier...
, General-in-ChiefGeneral-in-ChiefGeneral-in-Chief has been a military rank or title in various armed forces around the world.- France :In France, General-in-Chief was first an informal title for the lieutenant-general commanding over others lieutenant-generals, or even for some marshals in charge of an army...
, achieved the highest rank among the Serbs who served in the Imperial Russian Army, In the service of Peter the Great and his daughter Elizabeth of Russia - Semyon ZorichSemyon ZorichSemyon Zorich or Simon Gavrilovitj Zoritj was a Serbian noble and a Russian officer and favorite, lover of Empress Catherine the Great from 1777 to 1778....
(1743–1799) distinguished himself in the Seven Years' WarSeven Years' WarThe Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines...
and the first Russo-Turkish War. He was the recipient of the Order of St. GeorgeOrder of St. GeorgeThe Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George The Military Order of the Holy Great-Martyr and the Triumphant George (also known as Order of St. George the Triumphant, Russian: Военный орден Св...
on Pyotr RumyantsevPyotr RumyantsevCount Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky was one of the foremost Russian generals of the 18th century. He governed Little Russia in the name of Empress Catherine the Great from the abolition of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764 until Catherine's death 32 years later...
's recommendation. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General (1797). In the service of Catherine the Great - Marko Vojnović was an Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy and one of the founders of the Black Sea FleetBlack Sea FleetThe Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
. - Mikhail Andreyevich MiloradovichMikhail Andreyevich MiloradovichMikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich , spelled Miloradovitch in contemporary English sources was a Russian general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. He entered military service on the eve of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 and his career advanced rapidly during the reign of Paul I...
(1771–1825) In the service of Tsar Alexander IAlexander I of RussiaAlexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
during the French invasion of RussiaFrench invasion of RussiaThe French invasion of Russia of 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. It reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their initial strength and triggered a major shift in European politics as it dramatically weakened French hegemony in Europe... - Anto GvozdenovićAnto GvozdenovicAnto Gvozdenović was a Montenegrin, Russian, and French general, a member of the Imperial Russian Privy Council, and a diplomat and statesman...
, In the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Russo-Japanese WarRusso-Japanese WarThe Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea... - Radola GajdaRadola GajdaRadola Gajda, born as Rudolf Geidl, was a Czech/Montenegrin military commander and politician.- Early years :...
, In the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after - John of Shanghai and San FranciscoJohn of Shanghai and San FranciscoSaint John of Shanghai and San Francisco also John the Wonderworker was a noted Eastern Orthodox ascetic and hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia who was active in the mid-20th century...
, In the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after - John of TobolskJohn of TobolskSaint John of Tobolsk was born in Uman, in the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. He was the only one of the seven sons of Maxim Vasilkovsky Maximovitch to choose a career in the Eastern Orthodox Church, in which service he was appointed Ekonom of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra by 1678...
, In the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after - Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, During the Great Patriotic War
- Aleksej JelačićAleksej JelacicAleksej Jelačić was a Serbian historian. Jelačić was born in Kiev....
, During the Great Patriotic War - Petar MarinovichPetar MarinovichPetar Marinovich was a French World War I flying ace credited with 22 aerial victories. He was killed shortly after the war in an air accident.-Biography:...
(Pierre Marinovitch), France - George Fisher (settler)George Fisher (settler)George Fisher was a customs officer and early leader of the Texas Revolution.Fisher was born to Serbian parents in Székesfehérvár, Hungary in April 1795...
, Mexico
World War II and after: Serbian military leaders
- General Draža MihailovićDraža MihailovicDragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...
- General Života PanićŽivota PanicŽivota Panić was the last acting minister of defense and army chief of staff in the Yugoslav government....
- General Dragoljub OjdanićDragoljub OjdanicDragoljub Ojdanić was former Chief of the General Staff and Defence minister of Yugoslavia...
- General Aleksandar VasiljevićAleksandar VasiljevicAleksandar Vasiljević was a major general and the leader of the Kontra-Obaveštajna Služba . Vasiljević was instrumental in the JBTZ-trial as he was the interrogation official responsible to talking with Janez Janša which was centered around Slovene dissidents and publishing of sensitive information...
- General Blagoje AdžićBlagoje AdžicBlagoje Adžić was the acting minister of defence in the Yugoslav government. He is of Serbian ethnicity. Although his rank was Colonel General, he was in charge of the Yugoslav People's Army after the resignation of general Veljko Kadijević in 1992...
- General Božidar JankovićBožidar JankovicBožidar Janković was the Commander of the Serbian Third Army during the First Balkan War between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire....
- General Ljubiša JokićLjubiša JokicLjubiša Jokić is a former general in the Military of Serbia and Montenegro.He was born in Plav, Yugoslavia, now Montenegro. He finished Air force academy and other army schools...
- General Veljko KadijevićVeljko KadijevicVeljko Kadijević is a former General of the Yugoslav People's Army . He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 until his resignation in 1992, which made him de facto commander of JNA during the Ten-Day War in Slovenia and the initial stages of the War in...
- General Nikola LjubičićNikola LjubicicNikola Ljubičić was the President of the Presidency of Serbia , a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia...
- General Kosta Nađ
- General 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:...
- General Nebojša PavkovićNebojša PavkovicNebojša Pavković was Chief of the General Staff of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
- General Dušan SimovićDušan SimovicDušan T. Simović was a Yugoslav general who served as chief of the air force and commander-in-chief of the Royal Yugoslav Army and as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia.-Life and career:...
- General Peko DapčevićPeko DapcevicColonel General Peko Dapčević was a famous Yugoslav communist who fought in the Spanish Civil War, joined the Partisan uprising in Montenegro, and became commander of the Yugoslav 1st and 4th Armies....
- General Koča PopovićKoca PopovicKonstantin "Koča" Popović was a communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1939 and Divisional Commander of the First Proletarian Division in Josip Broz Tito's Partisan army...
- Vojvoda Momčilo Đujić
- Major Pavle Đurišić
- Sava Kovačević
- Blazo Dukanovic
- Jezdimir DangicJezdimir DangicJezdimir "Jezda" Dangić was a Bosnian Serb lawyer and gendarmerie officer. During World War II he was a member of the Chetnik movement.- Early life :...
Religion
Saints- TrojerucicaTrojerucicaBogorodica Trojeručica or simply Trojeručica is a famous wonderworking icon in the Serb Orthodox monastery of Hilandar on Mount Athos, Greece...
, located at HilandarHilandarHilandar Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece. It was founded in 1198 by the first Serbian Archbishop Saint Sava and his father, Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja of the medieval Serbian principality of Raška... - Angelina of Serbia
- Basil of Ostrog
- Stefan Vladislav I
- Grigorije
- John of TobolskJohn of TobolskSaint John of Tobolsk was born in Uman, in the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. He was the only one of the seven sons of Maxim Vasilkovsky Maximovitch to choose a career in the Eastern Orthodox Church, in which service he was appointed Ekonom of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra by 1678...
- John of Shanghai and San FranciscoJohn of Shanghai and San FranciscoSaint John of Shanghai and San Francisco also John the Wonderworker was a noted Eastern Orthodox ascetic and hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia who was active in the mid-20th century...
- Saint Danilo IISaint Danilo IISaint Danilo II the Serb is a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was originally an archbishop during the heyday of the Serb Nemanjić state under Tsar Dušan Silni in the 14th century...
- Saint Nikodim ISaint Nikodim INikodim I of Peć was the 10th Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs from 1316 to 1324, he died in the year 1325. He is a Serbian saint and the Orthodox Church celebrates his feast day on May 11/24.-Life:...
- Đurađ Branković
- Joanikije IJoanikije IJoanikije I was the fifth Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of Serbs, from when he replaced Archbishop Danilo I in 1272 to 1276.He was a disciple of Archbishop Sava II, when Sava II was still a bishop. Together they went to the Holy Land and the Holy Mountain , from whence they returned to...
- Joanikije LipovacJoanikije LipovacMetropolitan Joanikije Lipovac was a metropolitan of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church and in Belgrade in 1999 his name was entered into the List of Serbian Church Saints.Joanikije was born as Jovan Lipovac to Špiro Lipovac and Marija...
- Stefan Brankovic
- Lazar Brankovic
- Jovan VladimirJovan VladimirJovan Vladimir or John Vladimir was ruler of Duklja, the most powerful Serbian principality of the time, from around 1000 to 1016. He ruled during the protracted war between the Byzantine Empire and the First Bulgarian Empire...
- Lazar of SerbiaLazar of SerbiaLazar Hrebeljanović , was a medieval nobleman that emerged as the most powerful Serbian ruler after the death of the previous, childless, Emperor Uroš the Weak, which resulted in years of instability in the Serbian realm. As Stefan Lazar, he was Prince of Serbia from 1371 to 1389, ruling what is...
- MakarijeMakarije SokolovicMakarije Sokolović was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1557 to 1571. He was the first patriarch of the restored Serbian Patriarchate, after its lapse in 1463 that resulted from the Ottoman conquest of Serbia...
- MaksimMakSimMarina Sergeevna Abrosimova , better known under her stage name MakSim is a very successful Russian-speaking singer, with an international following....
- Milica
- Milutin (1253–1321)
- Nicodemus of Tismana
- Nikolaj Velimirović
- Stephen of PiperiStephen of PiperiSaint Stephen of Piperi is a Saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church.He was born into the Nikšič clan in the village of Župa of poor but devout parents, Radoje and Jacima. According to tradition, he first lived a life of asceticism in the Morača monastery where he was abbot...
- Saint SavaSaint SavaSaint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
- Slobodan ŠiljakSlobodan ŠiljakSlobodan Šiljak was a Montenegrin Serb priest in the Serbian Orthodox Church who was sainted by the church in 2005....
- Saint SpyridonSaint SpyridonSaint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous also sometimes written Saint Spiridon is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions.-Life:...
(Serbs follow the Eastern Orthodox tradition of Venerable Spyridon, Wonderworker) - Stefan StiljanovicStefan ŠtiljanovicStefan Štiljanović was the last prominent Serbian nobleman of the period of Ottoman subjugation of Serbia, and according to folklore, he was the last Despot of Serbia. He ruled a large territory under the Hungarian crown, due to his famed operations against the Ottoman Empire in the frontiers...
- Saint JakovSaint JakovJakov was the Archbishop of Serbs from 1286 to 1292. He is venerated as a saint, Saint Jakov.Information on Jakov are scarce, it is known that he renovated and founded churches, and that he likely moved the transferred the episcopal see from Žiča to the Peć metochion. He had special love for the...
was Archbishop of the Serbs, from 1286 to 1292. - Saint JeromeSaint JeromeSaint Jerome is a Christian church father, best known for translating the Bible into Latin.Saint Jerome may also refer to:*Jerome of Pavia , Bishop of Pavia...
(venerated as St. Jerome of Stridonium among the Orthodox faithful) - Saint John the Baptist (venerated by all and celebrated as Krsna SlavaSlavaThe Slava , also called Krsna Slava and Krsno ime , is the Serbian Orthodox tradition of the ritual celebration and veneration of a family's own patron saint. The family celebrates the Slava annually on the patron saint's feast day...
by Serb celebrants) - Saint NicholasSaint NicholasSaint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
(venerated by all and celebrated as Krsna SlavaSlavaThe Slava , also called Krsna Slava and Krsno ime , is the Serbian Orthodox tradition of the ritual celebration and veneration of a family's own patron saint. The family celebrates the Slava annually on the patron saint's feast day...
by Serb celebrants) - Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of SerbiaStefan Uroš III Decanski of SerbiaStephen Uroš III of Dečani was King of Serbia from January 6, 1322 to 8 September 1331. He defeated and killed several of his family members who wanted to take the throne from him. He took his epithet Dečanski from the great monastery he built at Dečani.-Early:He was the son of King Stefan Uroš II...
- Stefan LazarevićStefan LazarevicStefan Lazarević known also as Stevan the Tall was a Serbian Despot, ruler of the Serbian Despotate between 1389 and 1427. He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar, who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, and Princess Milica from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjić dynasty...
- Stefan Uroš
- Theodor Komogovinski
- Osanna of CattaroOsanna of CattaroBlessed Osanna of Cattaro was a Catholic Dominican tertiary, visionary, anchoress, and convert from Orthodoxy of Serbian descent from Montenegro.- Life :...
, Roman Catholic nun and saint (converted from Serbian Orthodoxy) - New MartyrNew MartyrThe title of New Martyr or Neomartyr of the Eastern Orthodox Church was originally given to martyrs who died under heretical rulers . Later the Church added to the list those martyred under Islam and various modern regimes, especially Communist ones, which espoused state atheism...
s of the Second World War. More than 700,000 innocent Serbian men, women and children (along with other nationals) fell victim to the Ustashi camps befitting beasts rather than humans at JasenovacJasenovacJasenovac is a village and a municipality in Croatian Slavonia, in the southern part of the Sisak-Moslavina county at the confluence of the river Una into Sava.The name means "ash tree" or "ash forest" in Croatian, the area being ringed by such a forest....
and Nova GradiskaNova GradiškaNova Gradiška is a city located in the Brod-Posavina County of Croatia, population 14,196 . It is located in the historic region of Slavonia, near the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina....
. - Đorđe Bogić, 1941, martyr saint
- Gorazd (Pavlik) of PragueGorazd (Pavlik) of PragueBishop Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík , was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of Czechoslovakia, after World War I...
, 1942, martyr saint - Lazar of SerbiaLazar of SerbiaLazar Hrebeljanović , was a medieval nobleman that emerged as the most powerful Serbian ruler after the death of the previous, childless, Emperor Uroš the Weak, which resulted in years of instability in the Serbian realm. As Stefan Lazar, he was Prince of Serbia from 1371 to 1389, ruling what is...
, 1389, martyr saint
Church leaders
- Archbishop SavaSaint SavaSaint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
, First Archbishop 1219–1233 - Arsenije I of SremSaint Arsenije I SremacArsenije Sremac or Arsenius was the second archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a disciple of Saint Sava of Serbia.- Early life :...
, Second Archbishop 1233–1263 - Makarije SokolovićMakarije SokolovicMakarije Sokolović was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1557 to 1571. He was the first patriarch of the restored Serbian Patriarchate, after its lapse in 1463 that resulted from the Ottoman conquest of Serbia...
, Patriarch of the restored Serbian Church 1557–1571 - Arsenije III ČarnojevićArsenije III CarnojevicArsenije III Čarnojević was the Archbishop of Peć and Patriarch of Serbs from 1674 to 1691 and Metropolitan of Szentendre from 1691 to his death in 1706.-Family:Arsenije was born to the Cetinje clan of Old Montenegro...
, Patriarch 1674–1691, led the Great Serb Migrations - Prince-bishop Danilo I Šćepčev Petrović-Njegoš (1679–1737)
- Prince-bishop Sava II Petrović-NjegošSava II Petrovic-NjegošSava II Petrović Njegoš was the Vladika of Montenegro, of the Petrović-Njegoš Dynasty. He succeeded Danilo I as Vladika in 1735....
(1737–1782) - Prince-bishop Vasilije III Petrović-NjegošVasilije III Petrovic-NjegošVasilije Petrović-Njegoš was a Prince bishop of Montenegro. Also, he wrote the history of Montenegro, and Serbian patriotic poems.He ruled together with Sava, his brother.-Overview:...
(1744–1766) - Prince-bishop Petar I Petrović-NjegošPetar I Petrovic-NjegošPetar I Petrović Njegoš was the ruler of Montenegro, the Cetinje Episcop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and Exarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church throne. He was the most popular spiritual and military leader from the Petrović dynasty...
(Saint Peter of CetinjeCetinjeCetinje , Цетиње / Cetinje , Italian: Cettigne, Greek: Κετίγνη, Ketígni) is a town and Old Royal Capital of Montenegro. It is also a historical and the secondary capital of Montenegro , with the official residence of the President of Montenegro...
), Bishop of Cetinje and Prince-Bishop of Montenegro 1782–1830 - Prince-bishop Petar II Petrović-NjegošPetar II Petrovic-NjegošPetar II Petrović-Njegoš , was a Serbian Orthodox Prince-Bishop of Montenegro , who transformed Montenegro from a theocracy into a secular state. However, he is most famous as a poet...
(1830–1851) - Mitrofan BanMitrofan BanMitrofan Ban was Bishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro, and exarch of the Patriarchate of Peć, of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was also Archimandrite of the Cetinje monastery.- Life :...
, Exarch, receiver of the Obilić medal in the Montenegrin-Ottoman War 1876–1878 - Patriarch Pavle, 44th Patriarch 1990–2009
Theologians
- Saint SavaSaint SavaSaint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
, first Serbian Patriarch - Nikolaj Velimirović
- Justin PopovićJustin PopovicSaint Justin Popović was a theologian, a philosopher of the Eastern Orthodox theology, a Dostoyevski scholar, a champion of anti-communism, a writer, and a critic of the pragmatic church life...
- Josif RajačićJosif RajacicJosif Rajačić was a metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina and baron.-Life:...
- Veselin ČajkanovićVeselin CajkanovicVeselin Čajkanović was a Serbian classical scholar, religious history scholar, and Greek and Latin translator.-Biography:...
World record holders
- Vesna VulovićVesna VulovicVesna Vulović is a Serbian former flight attendant. She holds the world record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: .-Plane explosion:...
, flight attendantFlight attendantFlight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...
. She holds the world record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10160 metres (33,333.3 ft). - The largest Opanak in the world, in the Guinness World Book since 2006, is the 3.2m shoe, size 450, weighing 222 kg, made by opančar Slavko Strugarević, from Vrnjačka BanjaVrnjacka BanjaVrnjačka Banja is a town, municipality, and a resort, mineral spa located in Raška District of Serbia. It contains the world's only hot spring with a temperature measuring exactly that of the human body ....
, SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
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Other
- Dušan PopovDušan PopovDušan "Duško" Popov OBE was a double agent working for MI6 during World War II under the cryptonym Tricycle.-Origins of Tricycle:...
(1912-1981), code name Tricycle, MI6 double agentDouble agentA double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on the target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization oneself. They...
, inspiration for James BondInspirations for James BondA number of real-life inspirations have been suggested for James Bond, the sophisticated fictional character and British spy created by Ian Fleming. Although the Bond stories were often fantasy-driven, they did incorporate some real places, incidents and, occasionally, organisations such as... - Branko VukelićBranko Vukelic (spy)Branko Vukelić was a Yugoslav spy working for Richard Sorge's spy ring in Japan.-Birth and early life:Vukelić was born in Osijek in 1904...
(1904–1945), Soviet spy - Jovica StanišićJovica StanišicJovica Stanišić is a former head of the State Security Service now BIA within the Serbian Ministry of the Interior. He is facing trial at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his role in the wars in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
(b. 1950), spy and head of the State Security Service (1991-1998) - Bill DorichBill DorichWilliam "Bill" Dorich is an American journalist and writer whose name is upon the class action suit against the Vatican Bank and others, a US federal lawsuit in California against the Vatican and Franciscan Order. The lawsuit involves the laundering of Axis loot from former Yugoslavia by the...
, American journalist (Alperin v. Vatican Bank) - George FisherGeorge Fisher (settler)George Fisher was a customs officer and early leader of the Texas Revolution.Fisher was born to Serbian parents in Székesfehérvár, Hungary in April 1795...
(1795–1873), born Đorđe Šagić, American military and politician, fought in the Texas RevolutionTexas RevolutionThe Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was an armed conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas. The war lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836...
and First Serbian UprisingFirst Serbian UprisingThe First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian Revolution , the successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and... - Dr. Adolf HemptAdolf HemptDr. Adolf Hempt is the founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad, Serbia. He stabilized Pasteur's vaccine against rabies so that it could be distributed to distant places...
(1874–1943), Serbian national (non-Serbian origin), scientist and founder of the Pasteur InstitutePasteur InstituteThe Pasteur Institute is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who made some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine at the time, including pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax...
in Novi SadNovi SadNovi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river.... - Mila MulroneyMila MulroneyMilica "Mila" Mulroney , is the wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. They have one daughter, Caroline, and three sons, Benedict, Mark, and Nicholas...
, Canadian director - Hieromonk MakarijeHieromonk MakarijeHieromonk Makarije is the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing, having printed the first book in Serbian language and the first book in the territory of Walachia ....
- Brian LinehanBrian LinehanBrian Richard Linehan was a Canadian television host from Hamilton, Ontario. Linehan was best known for his celebrity interviews. Linehan was one of seven children...
(1944-2004), Canadian television host (Serbian mother and stepfather) - Roy PeratrovichElizabeth PeratrovichElizabeth Peratrovich , Tlingit nation, was an important civil rights activist; she worked on behalf of equality for Alaska Natives...
, civil rightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
activist in AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
(Montenegrin Serb parents)
See also
- List of Bosnians
- List of Montenegrins
- List of Serbian monarchs
- List of local rulers of Vojvodina
Serbian people category