Kosta Pećanac

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Kosta Pećanac (born 1879 in Dečani - died May 25, 1944 in Nikolinac near Soko Banja) was a Chetnik voivoda during the Second World War.

Pećanac participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912 to 1913 as a member of a Chetnik unit. During the First World War he escaped to Corfu along with the defeated Serbian army and government. After the Chetniks began an uprising in Toplica in 1917, Pećanac rejoined the battle.

Between the two World Wars he was the most prominent person in the Chetnik movement. With the start of the Second World War in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Pećanac's forces remained loyal to the fascist Serbian regime and collaborated against the Yugoslav Partisans. During the war his Chetnik movement struggled for recognition against the rival Chetniks led by Draža Mihailović. He was eventually killed by a members of the rival faction in 1944.