List of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina
This is a list of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina (including Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs, and others of Bosnian parentage):
Arts
Literature and poetry
Fine arts
Composition
Theatre and performing arts
Science and technology
Popular culture
Film, radio and television
Pop, rock and alternative music
- Fuad Backović – a.k.a Deen (singer), former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest
- Željko Bebek – musician and singer
- Nikša Bratoš – composer, producer, one-time member of Rezonansa and Valentino, member of Crvena jabuka
- Goran Bregović – musician and composer, founder of Bijelo dugme
- Aljoša Buha – member of the original line-up of Crvena jabuka, killed in a car accident
- Alma Čardžić – pop singer
- Zdravko Čolić – pop singer
- Dado Džihan – composer, producer, one-time member of Zabranjeno pušenje and Top lista nadrealista
- Edin Dervišhalidović a.k.a. Dino Merlin – pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest
- Amila Glamočak – pop singer, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest
- Alen Islamović – musician, one-time frontman of Divlje jagode i Bijelo dugme
- Nenad Janković – musician, original frontman of Zabranjeno pušenje, original member of the Top lista nadrealista line-up
- Kornelije Kovač – composer, musician, member of the original line-up of Indexi, founder of Korni grupa
- Brano Likić – composer and founder of Rezonansa
- Saša Lošić – singer, composer and founder of the Plavi orkestar band
- Kemal Monteno – singer, musician, and songwriter
- Boris Novković – singer and songwriter
- Edin Osmić a.k.a. Edo Maajka – rapper, leader of rap group Disciplinska komisija
- Vesna Pisarović – pop singer
- Davorin Popović a.k.a. Pimpek – singer and frontman of Indexi
- Dražen Ričl a.k.a Zijo – original frontman of Crvena Jabuka, killed in a car accident
- Sejo Sexon, real name Davor Sučić – founder of Zabranjeno pušenje and current frontman of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up
- Jadranka Stojaković – pop singer
- Hajrudin Varešanović – a.k.a Hari Mata Hari pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest
- Mladen Vojičić a.k.a. Tifa – singer and musician
- Igor Vukojević – singer
- Dražen Žerić a.k.a Žera – original member of Crvena jabuka and its current frontman
- Sead Lipovača a.k.a. ZELE -original member of Divlje Jagode Heavy Metal band from Bosnia and ex Yugoslavia.
Ethno and folk music
Politicians and historical figures
Medieval Bosnian state 1154–1463
Bogutović Family
- 14th Century Đurađ Bogutović – the son of Vojvoda Bogut and the 14th Century nobleman, grandfather of Herak Heraković, the founding father of the Petrović-Njegoš and Heraković-Popović families of the Njeguši tribe
Borić Dynasty
Hrvatinić Family
Kulinić Dynasty
Kotromanić Dynasty
Kings:
Queens:
Kosača Family
- Sandalj Hranić, Sandalj Hranić Kosača, 1370–1435, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača.
- Stjepan Vukčić Kosača a.k.a. Duke of Saint Sava, Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Vojvoda of Hum (Herzegovina) – father of Bosnian Queen, Katarina Kosača Kotromanić
- Vlatko Vuković, Vlatko Vuković Kosača, died 1392, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača
Ottoman rule 1463–1878
Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878–1918
Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918–1941
World War II
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1943–1991
Presidents of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1943–1990
- Kecmanović, Vojislav Đedo – (25 November 1943 – November 1946)
- Pucar, Đuro Stari – (November 1946 – September 1948)
- Šegrt, Vlado – (September 1948 – March 1953)
- Pucar, Đuro Stari – (December 1953 – June 1963)
- Dugonjić, Rato – (June 1963 – 1967)
- Bijedić, Džemal – (1967–1971)
- Pozderac, Hamdija – (1971 – May 1974)
- Dugonjić, Rato – (May 1974 – April 1978)
- Dizdarević, Raif – (April 1978 – April 1982)
- Mikulić, Branko – (April 1982 – 26 April 1984)
- Renovica, Milanko – (26 April 1984 – 26 April 1985.)
- Mesihović, Munir – (26 April 1985 – April 1987)
- Andrić, Mato – (April 1988 – April 1989)
- Filipović, Nikola – (April 1988 – April 1989)
- Piljak, Obrad – (April 1989 – December 1990)
Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1945–1990
- Čolaković, Rodoljub – (27 April 1945 – September 1948)
- Pucar, Đuro Stari – (September 1948 – December 1953)
- Humo, Avdo – (December 1953 – 1956)
- Karabegović, Osman – (1956–1963)
- Brkić, Hasan – (1963–1965)
- Kolak, Rudi – (1965–1967)
- Mikulić, Branko – (1967–1969)
- Kosovac, Dragutin – (1969 – April 1974)
- Renovica, Milanko – (April 1974 – 28 April 1982)
- Maglajlija, Seid – (28 April 1982 – 28 April 1984)
- Ubiparip, Gojko – (28 April 1984 – April 1986)
- Lovrenović, Josip – (April 1986 – April 1988)
Bosnian presidents since 1990
Other political figures since 1943
- Vladimir Dedijer – a Partisan fighter, politician, and historian
- Jovan Divjak – general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 war, poet
- Zoran Đinđić – prime minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mayor of Belgrade, and the philosopher
- Mladen Ivanić – politician and diplomat
- Zlatko Lagumdžija – politician and diplomat
- Irfan Ljubijankić – surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat
- Cvijetin Mijatović a.k.a. Majo – politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia
- Stjepan Šiber – Deputy Commander of the B&H Army during the 1992–1995 conflict
- Boris Tadić – President of the Republic of Serbia
- Adnan Terzić – politician, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Nikola Špirić – politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sportspeople
Basketball
Chess
- Predrag Nikolić – chess player, Grand Master since 1983
- Ivan Sokolov – chess player, Grand Master since 1987, now plays for the Netherlands
– Croatian national team
- Mladen Petrić – striker Hamburger SV and Croatian national team
- Ivan Rakitić – midfielder Schalke 04 and Croatian national team
- Vedran Ćorluka – defender Totenham and Croatian national team
- Mario Mandžukić – striker NK Dinamo Zagreb and Croatian national team
- Jerko Leko – midfielder and Croatian national team
- Niko Kovač – midfielder and Croatian national team
- Robert Kovač – defender and Croatian national team
- Ivan Klasnić – striker Nantes and Croatian national team
- Mario Stanić – retired midfielder FC Chelsea and Croatian national team
- Darijo Srna – midfielder and Croatian national team (Bosnian father)
– Serbian national team
– Swedish national team striker
- Denni Avdić – striker FC Elfsborg and Swedish national team striker
- Ajsel Kujović – striker and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Montenegro, Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Emir Kujović – striker and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Montenegro, Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Emra Tahirović – striker FC Zürich and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Anes Mravac – defender FF Malmö and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Zlatan Azinovic – goalkeeper Kalmar FF and Swedish U21 national team
- Zlatan Ibrahimović – striker FC Barcelona and Swedish national team striker
– Austrian national team
– German national team
- Marko Marin – midfielder Borrusia M'gladbach and German national team
- Mario Vrančić – midfielder Mainz and German U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Germany or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Mustafa Kučuković – striker Grenoble Foot 38 and German U19, U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Germany or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Swiss national team
- Eldin Jakupović – goalkeeper FC Zürich and Swiss national team
- Danijel Subotić – striker FC Portsmouth and Swiss U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Serbia, Swiss or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Danish national team
- Nikola Sarić – striker FC Liverpool and Danish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Denmark, Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– Slovenian national team
Handball
Martial arts
Tennis
Other prominent people
Infamous people
- Andrija Artuković – minister in the government of the Independent State of Croatia and war criminal
- Tihomir Blaškić – convicted of violating the laws of war, committing ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war
- Miroslav Filipović – Ustaše leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, and war criminal
- Radovan Karadžić – Political leader of the Serbs during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and genocide, most wanted man in Europe
- Momčilo Krajišnik – politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war
- Maks Luburić – Ustaše leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, war criminal
- Ratko Mladić – General of the Serbian Army during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and genocide, most wanted man in Europe alongside Karadžić
- Ante Pavelić – Ustaše leader, founder and leader of the fascist Independent State of Croatia, war criminal
- Biljana Plavšić – politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes during the Bosnian war
- Vojislav Šešelj – politician, radical extremist, Chetnik leader, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war
See also