Božidar

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Božidar (Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар, Polish: Bożydar, sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic given name used by e.g. Croatian and Serbian meaning "God's gift". It is a calque of the Greek name Theodore, itself derived from the Greek word "Theodoros". Boža is a nickname form of Božidar. People with the name include:

  • Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and publicist
  • Bozidar Antic (born 1944), Bosnian Serb striker
  • Božidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football manager and former player
  • Bozidar Bratina (1942–1997), Italian sociologist, film theorist and politician of Slovene ethnicity
  • Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), artist, writer, and musician
  • Božidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian professional footballer
  • Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator
  • Božidar Delić (born 1956), retired Yugosalvian Army general, current vice president of Serbia
  • Božidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politician
  • Božidar Dimitrovski, (born 1987), Macedonian footballer
  • Božidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and manager
  • Božidar Ðurašković (born 1924), former middle distance runner
  • Božidar Đurković, (born 1972), retired Serbian football player
  • Božidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historian
  • Bozidar Grujovic, pseudonym of or Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educator
  • Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), former Bulgarian footballer
  • Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), chess Grandmaster, politician and chess official
  • Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter
  • Božidar Janković (1849–1920), the Commander of the Serbian Third Army
  • Božidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian football forward
  • Božidar Jović (born 1972), retired Croatian handball player
  • Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politician
  • Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composer
  • Prince Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on art
  • Božidar Kavran (born 1913), member of the Croatian World War II Ustaše regime
  • Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian professional basketball coach
  • Božidar Matić (born 1937), president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bozidar Milosevic (born 1931), Serbian clarinetist
  • Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature
  • Božidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballer
  • Božidar Rašica (1912–1992), architect, scenographer and painter
  • Božidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian football player
  • Božidar Senčar (born 1927), Croatian football midfielder
  • Božidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb
  • Božidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
  • Božidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian professional football player
  • Božidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serb books

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