List of Serbs

This is list of Serbs and people in some way connected to Serbs or Serbia.

Serbs

Artists

Writers

• Ivo Andrić (Nobel Laureate)
• Svetislav Basara
• Miloš Crnjanski
• Branko Ćopić
• Predrag R. Dragić Kijuk
• Đura Jakšić
• Skender Kulenović
• Petar Kočić
• Nikola Moravčević
• Branislav Nušić
• Dositej Obradović
• Milorad Pavić
• Goran Petrović
• Branko Radičević
• Meša Selimović
• Zoran Živković (SF writer)

Poets

• Mika Antić
• Jovan Dučić
• Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
• Desanka Maksimović
• Miloš Đoka Nikolić
• Petar Petrović Njegoš
• Slobodan Rakitić
• Milan Rakić
• Charles Simic
• Sima Pandurović
• Vladislav Petković Dis
• Slobodan Vuksanović

Painters and sculptors

• Dušan DŽamonja
• Đura Jakšić
• Milić od Mačve
• LJubiša Marković
• Sava Šumanović

Film arts

• Peter Bogdanovich (director)
• Milla Jovovich (Milica Nataša Jovović) (model/actress)
• Emir Kusturica (director)
• Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulović) (actor)
• Princess Catherine Oxenberg (actress of royal descent)
• Velimir Bata Živojinović (actor)
• John Malkovich (actor/drirector)
• Ljubisa Samardzić (actor/drirector)
• Bora Todorović (actor)
• Srdjan Žika Todorović (actor)
• Milena Dravić (actor)
• Danilo Bata Stojković (actor)
• Steve Tesich (Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright)

Music

• Đorđe Balašević (pop singer)
• Vojkan Borisavljević (composer)
• Zdravko Čolić (pop singer)
• Bora Čorba (pop singer)
• Dragutin Gostuški (composer)
• Željko Joksimović (pop singer)
• Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (composer)
• Vasilije Mokranjac
• Josif Runjanin (composer)
• Weird Al Yankovic (Serb descent) (singer)
• LJubica Marić (composer)

Saints

• Saint Hieromartyr Lazar
• Saint Nikolai Velimirović
• Saint Peter of Cetinje
• Saint Sava
• Saint Simeon
• Saint Vasilije

Scientists

Category:Serbian scientists

• Ruđer Bošković
• Milan Budimir
• Ljiljana Crepajac
• Jovan Cvijić
• Petar Djurkovic
• Slobodan Jovanović
• Pavle Ivic
• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
• Jovan Karamata
• Zoran Knezevic
• Đuro Kurepa
• Mileva Marić
• Milutin Milanković
• Josif Pančić
• Mihailo Petrović
• Milorad B. Protić
• Mihajlo Pupin
• Stevan Dedijer
• Aleksandar Solovjev (Александр Соловьёв) Russian origin
• Nikola Tesla
• Jovan Žujović

Warriors

• General Blagoje Adžić
• Boško Buha
• General Peko Dapčević
• General Božidar Janković
• Žikica Jovanović-Španac
• Vojvoda Živojin Mišić
• Miloš Obilić
• Željko Ražnatović - Arkan
• General Veljko Kadijević
• Sava Kovačević
• Dimitrije Ljotić
• General Nikola Ljubičić
• General Draža Mihailović
• General Ratko Mladić
• General Kosta Nađ
• General Milan Nedić
• General Koča Popović
• General Dušan Simović
• Vojvoda Radomir Putnik
• Stevan Sinđelić
• Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović
• Simela Šolaja
• Haiduk Veljko
• Serdar Janko Vukotić
• Starina Novak
• Deli Radivoje
• Stanoje Glavaš
• Janis Bukuvalis
• Stojan Janković
• Vojvoda (Duke) Vuk Popović
• Žarko Zrenjanin
• General Pavle Jurišić Šturm (Paulus Sturm)
• Milorad Ulemek Legija

Entrepreneurs

• William Jovanovich President and chief executive officer of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
• Bogoljub Karić
• Milan Mandaric Owner and chairman of the Portsmouth football club
• Milo Medin Vice President for now defunct @Home company
• Djordje Vajfert (Czeh origiated Serb, owner of old Weifert brewery)
• Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac
• Kapetan Miša Anastasijević
• Milan Panić President and Chief Executive Officer, MP Global Enterprises & Associates, USA
• Philip Zepter (owner of Zepter formerly known as Milan Janković)
• Vladimir Mitić (Owner of Robne kuce Beograd)

Assassins, outlaws

• Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis - leader of Black Hand organization
• Mijailo Mijailović - Anna Lindh assassin; no political affiliations, mental illness
• Gavrilo Princip - Anarchist; assassin of archduke Ferdinand
• Puniša Račić - parliament assassin of Stjepan Radić and Đuro Basariček
• Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga - outlaw
• Joco Udmanić - outlaw

World Record Holders

• Vesna Vulović
• Milorad Čavić

Athletes

Category:Serbian sportspeople

• Dejan Bodiroga (basketball)
• Milorad Cavic ([Swimming)]
• Dražen Dalipagić (basketball)
• Vlade Divac (basketball)
• Predrag Danilović (basketball)
• Aleksandar Đorđević (basketball)
• Jelena Dokić (tennis)
• Dragan Džajić (soccer)
• Svetozar Gligorić (chess): grandmaster, once rated the strongest European chess player outside Russia.
• Nikola Grbić (volleyball)
• Vladimir Vanja Grbić (volleyball)
• Pete Maravich (basketball)
• Savo Milošević (soccer)
• Ivan Miljković (volleyball)
• Zoran Mirković (soccer)
• Daniel Nestor (original last name was Nestorović) (tennis)
• Žarko Paspalj (basketball)
• Nataša Pavlović (flight)
• Aleksandar Šapić (waterpolo)
• Jasna Šekarić (shooting sports)
• Dragan Škrbić (handball)
• Dejan Stanković (soccer)
• Dragan Piksi Stojković (soccer)
• Peđa Stojaković (basketball)
• Goran Vujević (volleyball)
• Nenad Zimonjić (tennis)

Rulers and Politicians

Historical

Medieval

• Vuk Branković (Medieval lord)
• Prince Lazar
• Tsar Stefan Dušan Silni (tzar)
• Stefan Lazarević
• Vlatko Vuković (Medieval lord)

Communist

• Jovanka Broz Budisavljević (Tito's third wife)
• Milovan Đilas (Communist leader and dissident)
• Veselin Djuranović (Communist leader)
• Dragoslav (Draža) Marković - mentor of Slobodan Milosevic
• Moma Marković father-in-law of Slobodan Milosevic
• Mirjana Markovic
• Miloš Minić (Communist leader)
• Marko Nikezić (Communist leader)
• Latinka Perović (Communist leader)
• Moša Pijade (Communist leader of Jewish descent)
• Milentije Popović (Communist leader)
• Aleksandar Ranković - UDBA secret service
• Ivan Stambolić (Head of Serbian Communists)

Other

• Zoran Djindjić
• Stevan Doronjski
• Dragiša Cvetković (pre-WWII prime minister)
• Aleksandar Cincar-Marković (pre-WWII prime minister)
• Sekule Drljević (politician)
• Ilija Garašanin (foreign affairs advisor and minister)
• Đoko Jovanić
• Borisav Jović (former president of Yugoslavia)
• Radovan Karadžić
• Nikola Koljevic
• Svetozar Marković (Socialist)
• Milan Martic - leader of the former Republic of Serbian Krajina
• Milan Babić
• Slobodan Milošević
• Milan Panić
• Nikola Pašić (prime minister)
• Mehmed Paša Sokolović (Ottoman pasha)
• Slobodan Penezić Krcun
• Milanko Renovica
• Petar Petrović Njegoš (prince-bishop)
• Jovan Rašković (Serb party leader)
• Jovan Veselinov
• Veljko Vlahović
• Radovan Vlajković
• Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo
• Žarko Zrenjanin
• Vidoje Zarković
• Zoran Živković

Current

• Rod Blagojevich
• Nenad Bogdanović
• Momir Bulatović
• Dragan Čavić
• Nebojša Čović
• Vuk Drašković
• Vojislav Koštunica
• Predrag Marković
• Svetozar Marović
• Natasa Mićić
• Borislav Paravac
• Desnica Radivojević
• Mirko Šarović
• Goran Svilanović
• Vojislav Šešelj
• Boris Tadić
• George Voinovich
• Slobodan Vuksanović

Royals

Obrenovic Dynasty Members

• Miloš Obrenović
• Milan Obrenović
• Mihailo Obrenović
• King Milan Obrenović
• King Aleksandar Obrenović
• Ljubica Obrenović
• Queen Natalija Obrenović
• Draga Mašin

Karadjordjević Dynasty

• Karadjordje Petrović (or Supreme Commander Karadjordje or Djordje Petrović)
• Prince Alexander Karadjordjević,
• HM King Petar I Karadjordjević,
• HM King Alexander I Karadjordjević,
• Princess Maria of Romania and Hohenzollern HM Queen Mother Maria,
• HRH Tomislav Karadjordjević
• HM King Petar II Karadjordjević,
• Prince Pavle Karađorđević
• Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
• HRH Princess Jelisaveta of Serbia and Yugoslavia
• HM Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia and Yugoslavia

Others

• Đuka Mandić - mother of Nikola Tesla
• Stevan Moljević

Connected to Serbs

Of course, a lot of f.e. world politicians are in some way connected to Serbs. But this list lists people intimately connected to a Serb or Serbs.

• Madeleine Albright (saved by Serbs in Second World War)
• Josip Broz (was married to Jovanka Broz Budisavljević)
• Pierre-Henri Bunel
• Luc Besson (was married to Milla Jovovich)
• Patrick Besson
• Albert Einstein (was married to Mileva Maric)
• Mira Furlan (married to Goran Gajić )
• Prentis Cobb Hale (married to Denise Minnelli Hale)
• Peter Handke
• Lottar Matthaus
• Vincente Minnelli (married to Denise Minnelli Hale)
• Archibald Reiss publicist, a professor, famous criminologist
• Monica Seles (tennis player; an ethnic Hungarian born in Vojvodina)
• Daniel Shifer
• Sir John Tavener Composed: The Epistile of Love and The Veil of the Temple on Serbian Medieval Poetry

Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.

• Friedrich Engels
• Johann Wolfgang von Göthe
• Jakob Grimm
• J. R. R. Tolkien
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Being who will study the Voyager Golden Record

See also

• List of Serbian monarchs
• Rulers of Montenegro
• Rulers of Vojvodina
• List of Slavs
• List of people by nationality
• List of people