List of Serbs

This is a list of historical and living Serbs (of Serbia or the Serb diaspora).

Arts

Visual arts

Architecture

Aleksandar Deroko, architect, artist, professor and author.
Aleksandar Đokić, architect known for his works created in the Brutalist and postmodernist styles.^[1]
Bogdan Bogdanović, architect, urbanist and essayist, designed monumental concrete sculpture in Jasenovac
Dragiša Brašovan, modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia.^[2]
Ivan Antić, architect and academic, considered one of the former Yugoslavia's best post-war architects.^[3]
Konstantin Jovanović, architect who designed National assemblies of Serbia and Bulgaria and National Bank of Serbia
Jelisaveta Načić, pioneer in women's architecture in Serbia
Mihailo Janković, architect who designed a few of the important structures in Serbia^[4]
Milan Zloković, architect, founder of the Group of Architects of Modern Expressions.^[5]
Momčilo Tapavica designer of Matica Srpska building in Novi Sad, also the first Serb to win an Olympic medal in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
Svetozar Ivačković, post-Romantic architect.^[6]
Zoran Manević, one of the most prominent Serbian architecture historians.^[7]
Ilija Arnautović, Slovene architect (Serb origin), known for his many projects during the period of Slovenian socialism (1960–1980).^[8]
Dimitrije T. Leko, Serbian architect and urbanist.^[9]
Louis and Dennis Astorino, American architects of Serbian origin, Louis was the first American architect to design a building in the Vatican

Sculptors

Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor and academic, highly regarded for his bronzes and fountains (Čukur Fountain), frequently cited as one of the most important figures in Yugoslavian sculpture
Drinka Radovanović (born 1943), the author of many monuments to national heroes
Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910, recognized as the first sculptor of modern Serbia
Risto Stijović (1894–1974), sculptor, author of Monument to Franchet d'Esperey
Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), won prizes at the World Exhibitions in Paris 1889 and 1900, for the works "Gusle" and "Kosovo Monument"
Sreten Stojanović (1898–1960)
Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908–1974), prominent Soviet sculptor and artist, heroic monuments, often of allegoric style, Serbian father
Jovan Soldatović (1920–2005), author of Monument of the 1942 raid victims near Žabalj
Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), awarded male sculptor
Olga Jevrić (born 1922), awarded female sculptor
Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), former professor at Faculty of Applied Arts

Painters, cartoonists, illustrators

Michael Astrapas and Eutychios (flourished 1294 to 1317) were Greek painters from Thessaloniki. They were invited by Serbian ruler Stefan Milutin (c. 1253-1321) and commissioned to paint frescoes at the following locations: Church of Saint Clement at Ohrid (1294–1295); Church of Saint Niketas at Čucer Sandevo (before 1316); Church of Holy Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren (1307); and Church of Saint George at Staro Nagoričane (1317).
Lovro Dobričević of Kotor was a Venetian painter who first started to paint at the Serbian Orthodox Savina Monastery, Montenegro, in the mid-15th century.
Đorđe Mitrofanović (ca. 1550–1630), Serbian fresco painter and muralist who travelled and worked throughout the Balkans and the Levant.
Tripo Kokolja (1661-1713) was a Venetian painter, born in Perast, who is remembered for his still life and landscape painting.
Hristofor Žefarović (1710-1753)
Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720-1781)
Dimitrije Bačević (1735-1770)
Teodor Kračun (1730-1781)
Nikola Nešković (1740-1789)
Teodor Ilić Češljar (1746-1793)
Stefan Gavrilović (c. 1750-1823)
Jovan Pačić (1771-1849)
Pavel Đurković (1772-1830)
Petar Nikolajević Moler (1775–1816), revolutionary and painter
Georgije Bakalović (1786-1843) was a Serbian painter.
Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), painter and portraitist of the 19th century.
Olja Ivanjicki, contemporary artist, in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting.^[10]
Đorđe Andrejević Kun (1904–1964) Serbian and Yugoslavian painter, designer of the Belgrade Coat of Arms and reputedly designed the Coat of arms of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Yugoslav orders and medals
Sreten Stojanović (1898–1960), one of the most prominent Yugoslav sculptors of the 20th century
Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855), painter known best for his iconostasis and frescos.
Dragan Aleksić (1901–1958), Yugoslav dadaist painter, founder of Yugo-Dada.
Janko Brašić (1906–1994), one of the foremost contributors to the naive art genre.
Marko Čelebonović (1902–1986), artist.
Petar Dobrović (1890–1942), Austro-Hungarian politician and painter. President of the short-lived Serbo-Hungarian Baranya-Baja Republic.
Uroš Đurić,
Kosta Hakman
Veljko Stanojević (1878–1977)
Đura Jakšić
Mladen Josić
Paja Jovanović
Stevan Knežević
Stevan Aleksić
Milan Konjović
Uroš Knežević
Todor Švrakić (1882–1931)
Đorđe Krstić
Milan Konjović
Petar Lubarda
Aleksandar Luković
Mihael Milunović
Milo Milunović
Marko Murat
Viktor Mitic
Milena Pavlović-Barili
Đorđe Petrović
Lazar Drljača (1883–1970)
Ljuba Popović
Ljubomir Popović
Mića Popović
Uroš Predić
Miodrag B. Protić
Djordje Prudnikov
Zora Petrović (1894–1962)
Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1978)
Novak Radonić
Radomir Reljić
Radomir Stević Ras (1931–1982), Serbian painter and designer
Sava Stojkov
Ljubica Sokić (1914–2009)
Sava Šumanović
Ivan Tabaković
Vladimir Veličković
Beta Vukanović
Rista Vukanović
Risto Stijović (1894–1974)
Petar Ubavkić, Serbian sculptor of the 19th century.
Predrag Koraksić Corax (born 1933), political caricaturist
Aleksandar Zograf (born 1963), cartoonist
Zoran Janjetov (born 1961), comics artist
Aleksa Gajić (born 1974), comics artist
Branislav Kerac (born 1952), comics artist, created Cat Claw
Gradimir Smudja (born 1956), cartoonist in France and Italy, published acclaimed "Le Cabaret des Muses"
Jugoslav Vlahović (born 1949), illustrator, known for many Yugoslav album covers
Ljubomir Pavićević Fis, graphic- and industrial designer, According to the Belgrade Museum of Applied Arts, "Serbia's oldest and most well-known designer".^[11]
Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist
Sasa Markovic Mikrob
Tanja Ostojić
Pascin (1885–1930), Bulgarian-born U.S. painter of Serbian, Italian and Jewish parentage, working in France.
Soma Orlai Petrich (1822–1880), Hungarian painter, born to a Serbian father and a Hungarian mother.
Ilija Bašičević
Jovan Bijelić
Kossa Bokchan
Bratsa Bonifacho
Zuzana Chalupová
Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan
Jasmina Djokic
Uroš Đurić
Dragan Malešević Tapi
Draginja Vlasic (1928–2011), painter
Pavel Đurković
Ljubinka Jovanović
Irena Kazazić, Slovenian painter of Serbian origin.
Bernat Klein, Serbian artist of Jewish antecedents.
Stevan Knežević
Milan Konjović
Vladislav Lalicki
Petar Meseldžija
Milorad Bata Mihailović
Predrag Milosavljević
Mihael Milunović
Petar Omčikus
Dušan Otašević
Slobodan Peladić
Relja Penezic
Mića Popović
Miodrag B. Protić
Đorđe Prudnikov
Radomir Stević Ras
Radomir Reljić
Gradimir Smudja
Vladislav Titelbah
Vladimir Veličković

Photographers

Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), first professional photographer of Serbia
Milan Jovanović (1863–1944), one of the most influential Serbian photographers of his generation. His uncle was Paja Jovanović.
Boris Spremo (born 1935), Yugoslav-born Canadian photojournalist, ethnic Serb.

Literature

Writers, poets

Middle Ages

Life of Constantine, a work translated from Greek into Church Slavonic by an anonymous scribe in the ninth century.
Saints Cyril and Methodius (815-885 A.D.) influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, for which they received the title "Apostles to the Slavs". They translated the Bible from Greek into the language later known as Old Church Slavonic and invented a Slavic alphabet based on Phoenician alphabet and ancient Greek characters, which in its final Cyrillic form is still in use as the alphabet for a number of Slavic languages, including Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian. They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their missionary work of educating other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equal-to-apostles".
Cosmas the Priest was a 10th century Bulgarian high-ranking monk and scribe who wrote a "Homily Against the Heretics", the Bogomils. His teachings were popular in Serbia and Russia.
Anonymous author of Codex Marianus, an Old Church Slavonic fourfold Gospel Book written in Glagolitic script, dated to the beginning of the 11th century, which is along with Codex Zographensis, one of the oldest manuscript witnesses to the Old Church Slavonic language, one of the two fourfold gospels being part of the Old Church Slavonic canon.
"Žitije kralja Jovan Vladimir and Kosara", an 11th century love story written by Zećanin of Krajina.
Buća, a noble family, originating in Kotor during the Middle Ages. Some of their antecedents were writers and poets.
Miroslav of Hum was a 12th-century Great Prince (Велики Жупан) of Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the medieval Serbian Principality (Rascia) covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia.
Anonymous author of the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a 12th-century literary work, preserved in its Latin version only, has all the indication that it was written in Old Slavic, or, at least, that a portion of the material included in it existed previously in the Slavic language.
Stefan Nemanja (1113–1199) issued an edict called the "Hilandar Charter" for the newly established Serbian monastery at Mount Athos.
Stefan the First-Crowned (1165–1228) wrote "The Life of Stefan Nemanja", a biography of his father.
Saint Sava (1174–1236), Serbian royalty and Archbishop, author of oldest known Serbian constitution - the Zakonopravilo . Also, he authored Karyes Typikon in 1199 and Studenica Typikon in 1208.
Monk Simeon (c. 1170-1230) who wrote Vukan's Gospel.
Atanasije (scribe) (c. 1200–1265), a disciple of Saint Sava, was a Serbian monk-scribe who wrote a "Hymn to Saint Sava" and an "Eulogy to Saint Sava".
Grigorije the Pupil is the author of Miroslav Gospel and Miroslav of Hum commissioned it.
Domentijan (c. 1210-died after 1264) Serbian scholar and writer. For most of his life he was a monk dedicated to writing biographies of clerics, including "Life of St. Sava."
Bratko Menaion represents the oldest Serbian transcription of this liturgical book, discovered in the village of Banvani, and written by presbyter Bratko during the reign of the Serbian king Vladislav in 1234.
Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (1223–1277) is the author of the Ston Charter (1253).
Dragolj Code, written in 1259 by Serbian monk Dragolj.
Theodosius the Hilandarian (1246–1328), technically the first Serbian novelist, wrote biographies of Saint Sava and St. Simeon
Nikodim I (c. 1250–1325), Abbot of Hilandar (later Serbian Archbishop), issued an edict (gramma) wherein he grants to the monks of the Kelion of St. Sava in Karyes a piece of land and an abandoned monastery. He translated numerous ancient texts and wrote some poetry. Also, he wrote Rodoslov (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).
Jakov of Serres (1300–1365)is the author of Triodion.
Elder Grigorije (fl. 1310–1355), Serbian nobleman and monk, possibly "Danilo's pupil" (Danilov učenik), i.e. the main author of "Žitija kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih".
Isaija the Monk (14th century) who translated the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Elder Siluan (14th century) is the author of a hymn to Saint Sava. Hesychasm left a strong imprint in Serbian medieval literature and art, which is evident in works by Domentijan and Teodosije the Hilandarian, but most prominently in the writings of Danilo of Peć, Isaija the Monk and Elder Siluan.
Stefan Dušan (1308–1355) is the author of Dušan's Code, the second oldest preserved constitution of Serbia.
Stanislav of Lesnovo (c. 1280–1350) wrote "Oliver's Menologion" in Serbia in 1342.
Jefrem (patriarch) (c. 1312-1400), born in a priestly family, of Bulgarian origin, was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1375 to 1379 and from 1389 to 1392. He was also a poet who left a large body of work, preserved in a 14th-century manuscript from Hilandar Monastery.
Dorotej of Hilandar wrote a charter for the monastery of Drenča in 1382.
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (1336–1406) was a Bulgarian-born, Serbian clergyman who as the Metropolitan of Moscow wrote The Book of Degrees (Stepénnaya kniga), which grouped Russian monarchs in the order of their generations. The book was published in 1563.
Rajčin Sudić (1335–after 1360),Serbian monk-scribe who lived during the time of Lord Vojihna, the father of Jefimija.
Jefimija (1310–1405), daughter of Caesar Vojihna and widow of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, took monastic vows and is the author of three found works, including "Praise to Prince Lazar". One of the earliest European female writers.
Saint Danilo II wrote biographies of Serbian medieval rulers, including the biography of Jelena, the wife of King Stefan Dragutin.
Antonije Bagaš translated works from Greek into Serbian.
Euthymius of Tarnovo, founder of the Tarnovo Literary School that standardized the literary texts of all Orthodox Slavs, including those in Serbia and in Kievan Rus (Ukraine, Belarus and Russia).
Nikola Radonja (c. 1330–1399), as monk Gerasim, served and helped with great merit Hilandar and other monasteries at Mount Athos, and authored "Gerasim Chronicle" (Gerasimov letopis).
Princess Milica (1335–1405), consort of Prince Lazar. One of the earliest European female writers.
Psalter of Branko Mladenović dated 1346.
Cetinje chronicle was written between 1350 and 1400.
Vrhobreznica Chronicle was also written between 1350 and 1400 by an anonymous monk-scribe.
Jefrem (patriarch) was twice Serbian patriarch, though Bulgarian born. He was also a poet.
Gregory Tsamblak (fl. 1409–1420), Bulgarian writer and cleric, abbot of Serbia's Visoki Dečani, wrote A Biography of and Service to St. Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia, and On the Transfer of Relics of Saint Paraskeva to Serbia.
Danilo III, Patriarch of the Serbs (c. 1350-1400) was Serbian patriarch and writer. He wrote Slovo o knezu Lazaru (Narrative About Prince Lazar).
Nikola Stanjević (fl. 1355), commissioned monk Feoktist to write Tetravangelion at the Hilandar monastery, now on exhibit at the British Museum in London, collection No. 154.
Jelena Balšić (1366–1443), an educated Serbian noblewoman, who wrote the Gorički zbornik, correspondence between her and Nikon of Jerusalem, a monk in Gorica monastery (Jelena's monastic foundation) on Beška (Island) in Zeta under the Balšići. She is now regarded as a representative of Montenegro because she was married on what eventually became Montenegrin territory, though Montenegro did not exist in her day.
Stefan Lazarević(1374–1427), Knez/Despot of Serbia (1389–1427), wrote biographies and poetry, one of the most important Serbian medieval writers. He founded the Resava School at Manasija monastery.
Kir Joakim was a late 14th century musical writer.
Dečani Chronicle was written by an anonymous monk, also from the Resava School made famous by Manasija monastery. Rewritten and published in 1864 by Archimandrite Serafim Ristić of the Dečani Monastery
Oxford Serbian Psalter, written by an anonymous monk-scribe.
Munich Serbian Psalter, written by an anonymous monk-scribe.
Tomić Psalter is named after Simon Tomić, a Serbian art collector, found the 14th century illuminated manuscript in Old Serbia in 1901.
Đurađ Branković (1377–1456) is the author psalter Oktoih, published posthumously in 1494 by Hieromonk Makarije, the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing.
Dorotheus of Hilandar, the author of a charter for the monastery of Drenča (1382).
Romylos of Vidin, also known as Romylos of Ravanica where he died in the late 1300s.
Kir Stefan the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century) was a Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Nikola the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century) was a Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Isaiah the Serb was a monk-scribe and composer of chants in the 15th century. He transcribed the manuscripts of Joachim, Domestikos of Serbia.
Constantine of Kostenets (fl. 1380–1431), Bulgarian writer and chronicler who lived in Serbia, author of the biography of Despot Stefan Lazarević and of the first Serbian philological study, Skazanije o pismenah (A History on the Letters).
Kantakuzina Katarina Branković (1418/19-1492) is remembered for commissioning the Varaždin Apostol in 1454.
Radoslav Gospels is the work of both Celibate Priest Feodor, also known as "Inok from Dalsa" (fl. 1428-1429), who is credited for transcribing the Radoslav Gospel (Tetraevangelion) in the Serbian recension, now in the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. Radoslav is the famed miniaturist who illuminated the pages.
Jelena Balšić's correspondence with monk Nikon of Jerusalem between 1441 and 1442 is found in Gorički zbornik, named after the island of Gorica in Lake Skadar where Jelena built a church.
Dimitrije Kantakuzin While residing in the Rila monastery in 1469 Kantakuzin wrote a biography of Saint John of Rila and a touching "Prayer to the Holy Virgin" imploring her aid in combating sin.
Konstantin Mihailović (c. 1430–1501), the last years of his life were spent in Poland where he wrote his Turkish Chronicle, an interesting document with a detailed description of the historical events of that period as well as various customs of the Turks and Christians.
Pachomius the Serb (Paxomij Logofet), was a prolific hagiographer who came from Mount Athos to work in Russia between 1429 and 1484. He wrote eleven saint's lives (zhitie) while employed by the Russian Orthodox Church in Novgorod. He was one of the representatives of the ornamental style known as pletenje slova (word-braiding).
Dimitar of Kratovo was a 15th-century Serb writer and lexicographer of the Kratovo Literary School.
Ninac Vukoslavić (fl. 1450–1459), chancellor and scribe at the court of Scanderbeg, and author of his letters.
Deacon Damian who wrote "Koporin Chronicle" in 1453.
Vladislav the Grammarian (fl. 1456–1483), Serbian monk, writer, historian and theologian.
Đurađ Crnojević (fl. 1490–1496), first printed the Oktoih at Cetinje in 1495.
Andrija Paltašić, early printer and publisher of Serb books.

Baroque

Hieromonk Makarije (1465–c. 1530) is the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing, having printed the first book in the Serbian language in Obod (Crnagora) in 1493, and the first book in Wallachia. He also wrote extensively.
Hieromonk Pahomije (c. 1480-1544) learned the skills of the printing trade from Hieromonk Makarije at the Crnojević printing house.
Paskoje Primojević (fl. 1482-1527) was a poet and Serbian scribe in the Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik during the time of the Republic of Ragusa.
Božidar Vuković (ca. 1465–1540), one of the writers and early printers of Serb books.
Božidar Goraždanin founded the Goražde printing house in the 1520s.
Benedikt Kuripečič (1491-1531) was the first to record part of the folk songs of the Battle of Kosovo dealing with Miloš Obilić's exploits.
Stefan Paštrović (fl. 1560-1599), author of two books, engaged a certain hieromonk Sava of Visoki Dečani to print them in Venice at the Francesco Rampazetto and Heirs publishing house in 1597.
Hegumen Mardarije (fl. 1543-45) was a Serbian Orthodox abbott and one of the first printers.
Hieromonk Mardarije(fl. 1550-1568) used to print his books at Mrkšina crkva printing house before the Ottomans destroyed it.
Bonino De Boninis, early printer and publisher in Dubrovnik.
Trojan Gundulić is remembered for printing the first book in Belgrade in 1552, "The Four Gospels".
Vićenco Vuković was one of the major printers of 16th century Serbia, like his father before him.
Jerolim Zagurović was a Catholic-Serb printer from Kotor.
Stefan Marinović was a Serb printer from Scutari during the time of Vićenco Vuković, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others.The longest-lived printing in the Balkans was done at Scutari, where Stefan Skadranin worked between 1563 and 1580. When his press stopped, because of continued Turkish authority over the region, Serbian printing left the Balkans. Later, Serbian books were printed in Venice, Leipzig, Vienna, and Trieste.
Jakov of Kamena Reka worked in the Vuković printing house in Venice with Vićenco Vuković, son of Božidar.
Radiša Dimitrović owned the Belgrade printing house where many medieval works were published.
Mojsije Dečanac (fl. 1536-40) is remembered for printing Praznićni minej (Holiday Menaion) of Božidar Vuković in Venice in 1538.
Hieromonk Genadije was another printer who worked alongside hieromonk Teodosije at Mileševa monastery and later in Venice with hierodeacon Mojsije and hieromonk Teodosije.
Lazar of Hilandar After Pachomius the Serb, the most significant Serbian monk in Imperial Russia.
Dimitar of Kratovo was a 15th-century Serb writer and lexicographer, one of the most important members of the Kratovo literary school.
Martin Segon was a Serbian writer, Catholic Bishop of Ulcinj and a 15th-century humanist.
Dimitrije Karaman, born in Lipova, Arad in the early 1500s, was an early Serbian poet and bard.
Peja (priest) wrote a poem In the Court and in the Dungeon, from The Service of Saint George of Kratovo, and a biography of the same saint between 1515 and 1523.
Teodor Ljubavić wrote the Goražde Psalter in 1521.
Tronoša Chronicle was written in 1526 and transcribed by hieromonk Josif Tronoša in the eighteenth century.
Jovan Maleševac was a Serbian Orthodox monk and scribe who collaborated in 1561 with the Slovene Protestant reformer Primož Trubar to print religious books in Cyrillic.
Matija Popović was a 16th-century Serbian Orthodox cleric from Ottoman Bosnia who also supported the Reformation movement.
Peter Petrovics was a 16th-century Serbian magnate and one of Hungary's most influential and fervent supporters of the Reformation.
Luka Radovanović was a 15th-century Serb Catholic priest from Ragusa who owned a small printing press, one of the earliest at the time.
Luka Primojević is another early printer of the 16th century from Ragusa to use Church Slavonic, Cyrillic type.
Ludovico Pasquali (Ljudevit Pašković) was an Italian poet and Venetian soldier of Serbian origin, though Roman Catholic by faith, who lived in the early and mid-1500s.
Dimitrije Ljubavić (1519-1563) was a Serbian Orthodox deacon, humanist, writer, and printer who sought to bring a rapprochement between the Lutherans and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Pajsije I Janjevac (1542–1649) was a Serbian Patriarch and an author whose works showed an admixture of popular elements.
Jovan the Serb of Kratovo (1526-1583) was a Serbian writer and monk whose name is preserved as the author of six books, now part of the Museum Collection of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Teodor Račanin (Bajina Bašta, c. 1500–Bajina Bašta, past-1560) was the first Serbian writer and monk of the Rachan Scriptorium School mentioned in Ottoman and Serbian sources.
Inok Sava (c. 1530 - after 1597) was the first to write and publish a Serbian Primer (syllabary) at the printing press of Giovanni Antonio Rampazetto in Venice in two editions, first on the 20th and the second on the 25th of May 1597, after which the book somehow fell into neglect only to be rediscovered recently.
Georgije Mitrofanović (c.1550–1630) was a Serbian Orthodox monk and painter whose work can be seen in the church at the Morača monastery.
Trojan Gundulić is remembered for printing the first book in Belgrade in 1552, "The Four Gospels".
Vićenco Vuković was one of the major printers of 16th century Serbia, like his father before him.
Mavro Orbin (1563-1614) was the author of the "Realm of the Slavs" (1601) which made a significant impact on Serbian historiography, influencing future historians, particularly Đorđe Branković (count).
Jerolim Zagurović was a Catholic-Serb printer from Kotor.
Stefan Marinović was a Serb printer from Scutari during the time of Vićenco Vuković, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others.
Jakov of Kamena Reka worked in the Vuković printing house in Venice with Vićenco Vuković.
Mariano Bolizza (fl. 1614) was a prominent Serbian writer who also wrote in Italian.

Enlightenment

John of Tobolsk (1651-1715) was a Serbian cleric born in Nizhyn, in the Czernihow Voivodeship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the time, now revered as a saint.
Radul of Riđani (fl. 1650-1666) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and chieftain of Riđani, and a prolific letter writer who kept the authorities of Perast informed about Ottoman preparations for the Battle of Perast. A collection of his letters are kept in a museum.
Kiprijan Račanin (c. 1650–1730) was a Serbian writer and monk who founded a copyist school in Szentendre in Hungary, like the one he left behind at the Rača monastery in Serbia at the beginning of the Great Turkish War in 1689.
Jerotej Račanin (c. 1650–after 1727) was a Serbian writer and copyist of church manuscripts and books. After visiting Jerusalem in 1704 he wrote a book about his travel experiences from Hungary to the Holy Land and back.
Čirjak Račanin (Bajina Bašta, c. 1660–Szentendre, 1731) was a Serbian writer and monk, a member of the famed "School of Rača".
Đorđe Branković, Count of Podgorica (1645–1711) who wrote the first history of Serbia in five volumes.
Tripo Kokolja (1661-1713) was a well-known Serbian-Venetian painter.
Sava Vladislavich (1669-1738), who framed Peter the Great's proclamation of 1711, translated Mavro Orbin's Il regno degli Slavi (1601); The Realm of the Slavs) from Italian into Russian, and composed the Treaty of Kiakhta and many others
Julije Balović (1672-1727) wrote in Italian and Serbian. He is the author of Practichae Schrivaneschae, a manual for a ship's scribe, and Perast Chronicles, a collection of epic poetry.
Gavril Stefanović Venclović (fl. Bajina Bašta, 1670–Szentendre, 1749), one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque and Enlightenment literature, wrote in the vernacular. Milorad Pavić saw Venclović as a living link between the Byzantine literary tradition and the emerging new views on modern literature. He was the precursor of enlightenment aiming, most of all, to educate the common folk.
Ivan Krušala (1675-1735) is best known for writing a poem about the Battle of Perast in 1654, among others. He worked in a Russian embassy in China at the time when Sava Vladislavich was the ambassador.
Hristofor Žefarović was a 17th- and 18th- century Serbian poet who died in Imperial Russia spreading the Pan-Slav culture.
Simeon Končarević (c. 1690-1769), a Serbian writer and Bishop of Dalmatia who, exiled twice from his homeland, settled in Russia where he wrote his chronicles.
Parteniy Pavlovich (c. 1695-1760) was a Serbian Orthodox Church cleric who championed South Slavic revival.
Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (1697-1735) was a writer and founder of the Petrović Njegoš dynasty.
Sava Petrović (1702-1782) wrote numerous letters to the Moscow metropolitan and the Empress Elizabeth of Russia about the deploring conditions of the Serb Nation under occupation by the Turks, Republic of Venice and the Habsburg Empire.
Pavle Nenadović (1703-1768) was commissioned by Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Karlovci, Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta to compose a heraldic book, Stemmatographia.
Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1709–1766), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro, wrote patriotic poetry and the first history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754
Pavle Julinac (1730–1785) was a Serbian writer, historian, traveller, soldier and diplomat
Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), writer, historian, traveller, and pedagogue, who wrote the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs
Mojsije Putnik (1728–1790), Metropolitan, educator, writer and founder of secondary schools and institutions of higher learning.
Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), one of the most notable representatives of the Serbian Baroque in art and literature.
Teodor Kračun (1730–1781), icon painter in the 18th century style of Baroque and Rococo.
Nikola Nešković (1740–1789) was a most prolific Serbian icon, fresco and portrait painter in the Baroque style.
Teodor Ilić Češljar (1746–1793) was one of the best late Baroque Serbian painters from the region of Vojvodina.
Pavel Đurković (1772–1830) was one of the most important Serbian Baroque artists (writers, icon painters, goldsmiths, woodcarvers) along with Jakov Orfelin (1750–1803), Stefan Gavrilović, Georgije Bakalović, and others.
Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781) was a Serbian icon painter. He painted the Lepavina and Orahovica monasteries, among others.
Kiril Zhivkovich (1730–1807) was a Serbian and Bulgarian writer.
Petar I Petrović Njegoš (1748-1830) was a writer and poet besides being a spiritual and temporal ruler of the "Serb land of Montenegro" as he called it.
Sofronije Jugović-Marković (fl. 1789) was a Serbian writer and activist in Russian service. He wrote "Serbian Empire and State" in 1792 in order to raise the patriotic spirit of the Serbs in both the Habsburg and Ottoman empires.
Stefano Zannowich (1751-1786) was a Montenegrin Serb writer and adventurer. From his early youth he was prone to challenges and adventures, unruly and dissipated life. He wrote in Italian and French, besides Serbian. He is known for his "Turkish Letters" that fascinated his contemporaries.
Tripo Smeća (1755-1812) was a Venetian historian and writer who wrote in Italian and in Serbian.
Hadži-Ruvim (1752-1804) was a Serbian Orthodox archimandrite who documented events and wars in his time, established a private library, wrote library bibliographies, collected books in which he drew ornaments and miniatures. He did wood carving and woodcutting.

Rationalism

Simeon Piščević (1731–1797), was a Serbian writer and high-ranking officer in the service of both Austria and Imperial Russia.
Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, founder of modern Serbian literature
Teodor Janković-Mirijevski (1740–1814), the most influential educational reformer in the Habsburg Empire and Imperial Russia
Avram Miletić (1755-after 1826) was a merchant and writer of epic folk sings.
Avram Mrazović (1756-1826) was a Serbian writer, translator and pedagogue
Jovan Muškatirović (1743–1809) was one of the early disciples of Dositej Obradović
Aleksije Vezilić (1753–1792) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the Teutonic vision of the Enlightenment to the Serbs.
Emanuilo Janković (1758–1792) was a Serbian man of letters and of science
Pavle Solarić (1779–1821) was Obradović's disciple who wrote poetry and the first book on geography in the vernacular.
Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer (compatriot of Dositej). His chief work was the travel memoirs Žitije (Lives), which also served as a sociological work
Sava Tekelija (1761–1842) was the patron of Matica Srpska, a literary and cultural society
Gligorije Trlajić (1766–1811), writer, poet, polyglot and professor of law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Kharkiv (Harkov), author of a textbook on Civil Law which according to some laid the foundations of Russian civil law doctrine
Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) was a Serbian writer, pedagogue, physicist, mathematician and astronomer in the service of Imperial Russia.
Vićentije Rakić (1750–1818) was a Serbian writer and poet. He founded the School of Theology (now part of the University of Belgrade) when in 1810 he headed a newly established theological college and in 1812 the first students graduated from it. He was disciple of Dositej Obradović.
Jovan Pačić (1771–1848) was a Serbian poet, writer, translator, painter and soldier. He translated Goethe
Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), writer, jurist and educator, wrote the Decree of the Governing Council of Revolutionary Serbia. He taught at the University of Harkov, with his compatriots, Gligorije Trlajić and Atanasije Stojković.
Jovan Došenović (1781-1813) was a Serbian philosopher, poet and translator.
Jovan Avakumović (1748–1810), known as a representative of the Serbian folk poetry of the 18th century, though he only wrote a few poems which were part of handwritten poem books

Rationalism to Romanticism or Pseudo-Classicism

Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837), Serbian Orthodox abbott, poet, prose writer, and polyglot.
Sava Mrkalj devised an alphabet system, which rejected 18 of 44 Slavonic letters.
Georgije Magarašević (1793–1830), eminent writer, historian, dramatist, publisher, and founder and first editor of Serbski Letopis.
Joakim Vujić, (1772–1847), writer, dramatist, actor, traveler and polyglot. He is known as the Father of Serbian Theatre.^[12]
Matija Nenadović (1777–1854) author of Memoirs, an eyewitness account of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the Second Serbian Uprising in 1815.
Dimitrije Davidović (1789–1838), Minister of Education of the Principality of Serbia, writer, journalist, publisher, historian, diplomatist, and founder of modern Serbian journalism and publishing.
Prokopije Čokorilo (1802–1866) is better known for his chronicles and a dictionary of Turkish expressions in Serbian. He contributed to the Srbsko-dalmatinski Magazin.
Stefan Stefanović (1807–1828) is a Serbian writer who lived and worked in Novi Sad and Budapest.
Tomo Milinović (1770-1846) is a Serbian writer and freedom-fighter. He authored two books, Umotvorina (published posthumously 1847) and Istorija Slavenskog Primorija (lost and never published).
Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), poet, hajduk, translator, historian, philologist, diplomat and adventurer.
Jovan Hadžić (1799-1869) was a Serbian writer and legislator.
Jovan Stejić (1803-1853) was a Serbian physician writer, philosopher, translator, and a critic of Vuk Karadžić's language reform.
Jovan Sterija Popović, (1806–1856), playwright, poet and pedagogue who taught at the University of Belgrade, then known as Grande École (Velika škola).
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, (1813–1851) works include The Mountain Wreath (Горски вијенац / Gorski vijenac), the Ray of the Microcosm (Луча микрокозма / Luča mikrokozma), the Serbian Mirror (Огледало српско / Ogledalo srpsko), and False Tsar Stephen the Little (Лажни цар Шћепан Мали / Lažni car Šćepan Mali).
Nikanor Grujić, (1810–1887), Rationalism to Romanticism
Vasa Živković, Rationalism to Romanticism
Svetozar Miletić, writer and editor of a magazine called Slavjanka, in which Serbian students living under Habsburg occupation championed their ideas of national freedom
Ljubomir Nenadović, writer
Matija Ban (1818–1903), writer, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat
Medo Pucić, writer and prominent Serbian nationalist who was one of the leaders of the "Serb-Catholic" Circle in Nineteenth-Century Dalmatia.
Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), poet.
Uroš Knežević, Rationalism to Romanticism
Konstantin Danil, Rationalism to Romanticism
Ognjeslav Utješenović (1817–1890), Rationalism to Romanticism

Romanticism

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Romanticism
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Romanticism
Avram Miletić was merchant and writer of epic songs who wrote the earliest collection of urban lyric poetry.
Old Rashko, Romanticism
Živana Antonijević, Romanticism
Tešan Podrugović, Romanticism
Filip Višnjić, Romanticism
Sava Mrkalj, Romanticism
Đuro Daničić, collaborated with Vuk Karadžić in reforming and standardizing the Serbian language, and translating the Bible from old Serbo-Slavonic into modern-day Serbian
Vuk Vrčević, collaborated with Vuk Karadžić collecting Serbian tales and songs in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dalmatia along with Vuk Popović
Ivan Stojanović, Romanticism
Branko Radičević, Romanticism
Petar Preradović is claimed by two literatures, Croatian and Serbian, as their own, and with equal rights. Romanticism
Jovan Sundečić, Romanticism
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Romanticism
Đura Jakšić, Romanticism
Novak Radonić (1826–1890), Romanticism
Đorđe Marković Koder, Romanticism
Staka Skenderova is a Bosnian Serb writer, teacher and social worker.
Vaso Pelagić, Romanticism
Laza Kostić, Romanticism
Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša, Romanticism
Visarion Ljubiša, Romanticism
Čedomilj Mijatović, Romanticism
Kosta Trifković, Romanticism
Ilarion Ruvarac, Romanticism
Mato Vodopić (1816–1893) was a Serb-Catholic Bishop of Dubrovnik and poet, Romanticism
Marko Miljanov, Romanticism
Nikša Gradi, Romanticism
Pero Budmani, Romanticism
Ivan Stojanović, Romanticism

Contemporary

B. Wongar Serbian-Australian writer who explores traditional Serbian and Australian Aboriginal cultures that were both impacted by similar political structures.
Nenad Prokić
Ivan V. Lalić
Miodrag Pavlović
Milo Dor
Milovan Danojlić
Vojin Jelić
Danilo Kiš
Matija Bećković
Dobrica Ćosić
Milorad Pavić
Borislav Pekić
Aleksandar Novaković
Jovan Đorđević (1826–1900), Serbian man of letters, writer of lyrics to the Serbian National anthem
John Simon (critic), Serbian-American author and theatre critic living and working in New York City.
Svetlana Velmar-Janković
Vladimir Ćorović, historian
Stojan Novaković
Vidosav Stevanović
Stijepo Kobasica
Dejan Stojanović (born 1959), Writer
Milan Milišić
Špiro Kulišić
Mirko Kovač (writer)
Vladimir Voinovich
Zoran Spasojević
Vida Ognjenović
Mihailo Lalić
Aleksandar Tišma
Dragomir Brajković
Miodrag Bulatović
Raša Papeš
Nenad Petrović (writer)
Evgenije Popović
Zoran Živković (writer)
Svetislav Basara
Siniša Kovačević
Bogdan Bogdanović, eminent Serbian essayist.
Vladan Desnica
Krsta Cicvarić, leading figure in the Serbian anarcho-syndicalism, was assassinated by the Yugoslav communists during World War II.
Dušan Vasiljev (1900–1924), 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."
Jovan Popović, was, like his contemporary Dušan Vasiljev, born in Kikinda in the Banat in 1905.
Radovan Zogović (1907–1986), leading Serb poet and literary critic from Montenegro.
Milovan Vitezović
Jelena Dimitrijević
Mir-Jam
Ovidiu Pecican, Romanian writer of Serb ethnicity.
Vesna Goldsworthy, writer who now lives and works in England.
Nikola Šarčević, Millencolin Punk Rock band lead vocalist from Sweden.
Radosav Stojanović (born 1950)

Uncategorized writers

Uncategorized poets

Performing Arts

Actors

Karl Malden (1912–2009), Oscar-winning actor
Nevenka Urbanova (1909–2007), actress
Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian Serb actor, director and musician. 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 films during the 1990s and 2000s.
Beba Lončar, a Serbian-Italian film actress.
Ursula Yovich Australian actress of Serbian-Aboriginal origin^[13]
Sloboda Mićalović
Dragan Mićanović
Miki Manojlović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Serbian actor, star of some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. In February 2009, the Serbian Government established him as a president of the Serbian Film Center.
Marija Karan (born 1982)
Danica Curcic Danish actress, Serbian parentage
Aleksandra Aćimović Popović, stage name Sasha Montenegro (born 1945), Italian-born Mexican actress. Yugoslav parentage.
Dragomir Gidra Bojanić
Anica Dobra (born 1963), Serbian actress, who won Bavarian Film Awards "Best Young Actress" for Rosamunde, cast in German Love Scenes from Planet Earth
Madita Austrian actress and singer, Serbian mother
Ben Mulroney
Biljana Golić, a table tennis professional, who is also an actress.
Bogdan Diklić
Boro Stjepanović
Veljko Soso (1917–2002), known as Brad Dexter, American actor; Serbian parentage
Branka Katić, Serbian actress
Branko Tomović
Catharine Oxenberg (Serbian mother Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia)
Danilo Stojković
Danilo Lazović
Predrag Bjelac
Dragan Bjelogrlić (born 1963), Acclaimed Serbian actor
Miloš Biković
Dragan Nikolić
Gala Videnović
Milena Vukotic (born. 1938), Italian film actress; Montenegrin father.
Gojko Mitić
Iván Petrovich (1894–1962; German actor of Serbian origin)
Ivan Rassimov brother of actress Rada Rassimov (born Djerasimović)
Slavko Vorkapić
John R. Vukayan, known as John Vivyan, longtime film, stage and television actor in "Mr. Lucky", a popular CBS adventure series (1959–1960). He was a highly decorated veteran of Guadalcanal campaign, New Caledonia, Fiji, Bougainville Campaign, Philippines, Japan with the U.S. 132nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Natalia Nogulich (born 1950), American actress. Serb parentage.
Lazar Ristovski is an acclaimed Serbian actor.
Lolita Davidovich
Ljuba Tadić
Ljubiša Samardžić
Đoko Rosić
Mija Aleksić
Milena Dravić
Neda Arnerić
Milla Jovovich
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja
Mira Banjac
Mira Stupica
Nataša Šolak
Nebojša Glogovac
Nikola Đuričko
Nikola Kojo
Pavle Vujisić
Petar Božović
Predrag Miletić
Rada and Ivan Rassimov, Serbian Italian actors (sister and brother)
Sasha Alexander
Seka Sablić, actress
Slobodan Aligrudić
Sonja Kolačarić, Serbian actress
Stevan Šalajić (1929–2002)
Sonja Savić, Serbian actress
Srđan Žika Todorović
Stana Katić, Canadian actress, featured on ABC's detective series Castle. Croatian Serb parents.
Stevo Žigon
Velimir Bata Živojinović
Vesna Trivalić
Vojin Ćetković
Vojislav Brajović
Zoran Bečić
Zoran Cvijanović
Zoran Radmilović
Dejan Čukić
Bora Todorović
Mirjana Karanović
Aleksandar Berček
Branislav Lečić
Slavko Labović
Pavle Vujisić
Taško Načić, Yugoslav actor
Jelena Tinska (Her grandfather was Woislav M. Petrovitch, the late Attaché to the Royal Serbian Legation at London)
Milena Govich is a Serbian American actress of TV series Law & Order fame. Her aunt is actress Milica Govich, the mother of actor Nicholas Vukasovich, all American-born Serbs.
Adrienne Janic, actress
Vesna Trivalić, actress
Olivera Vuco, actress
Michel Auclair
Nick Kosovich, actor and ballroom dancer.
Mihailo Markovic, stage actor of the early 20th century, renowned for his performances in Nikolai Gogol's "Inspector."
Filip Nikolic, French actor of Serbian origin.
Stoya, American pornographic actress.
Gloria Grey, American silent film star.

Film and TV directors

Predrag Bambić (born 1958), film and television cinematographer and producer
Emir Kusturica (born 1954), filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films, as well as his projects in town-building. He has twice won the Palme d'Or at Cannes (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), as well as being named Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.^[14]^[15]
Dušan Makavejev, film director and screenwriter. hi films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of which are part of the Black Wave, are regarded as groundbreaking. His most successful movie was the 1971 political satire WR: Mysteries of the Organism, which he directed and wrote.
Aleksandar Petrović, Yugoslavian film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s and one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave. Two of his films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film : Three in 1966^[16] and I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Feather Gatherers) in 1967.^[17] The latter film won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1967 he was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.^[18]
Dušan Kovačević
Gojko Mitić, director
Goran Gajić, director
Goran Paskaljević
Paul Stojanovich, producer/director
Sven Stojanovic, Swedish TV director,
Peter Bogdanovich (director)
Slavko Vorkapić (director/editor)
Slobodan Šijan (director)
Srđan Dragojević (director)
Steve Tesich (Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright)
Dušan Vukotić, Yugoslavian award-winning cartoonist, author and director of animated films. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films.
Gabriel Pascal, born in Arad, Romania (then part of Austria-Hungary), of Serbian and Roma parents, assumed the name of Gabriel Pascal in order to avoid being conscripted during World War I.

Fashion designers

Roksanda Ilincic, Serbian fashion designer
Marijana Matthäus, Serbian fashion designer

Models

Milla Jovovich (born 1975), American actress (The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The Fifth Element, Resident Evil films)
Aleksandra Melnichenko (born 1977), Serbian model and pop group member, wife of Andrey Melnichenko
Ivana Bozilovic (born 1977), Serbian-born American model and actress
Aria Giovanni (born 1977), American adult model. Father is part Italian and part Serbian.
Nataša Vojnović (born 1979), Serbian fashion
Maja Latinović (born 1980), Serbian fashion model
Natali Thanou (born 1983), Greek Playmate of the year 2007 and pop artist
Sanja Papić (born 1984), Miss Serbia and Montenegro at the Miss Universe 2002
Bojana Panić (born 1985), Serbian fashion model and actress
Danijela Dimitrovska (born 1987), Serbian fashion model
Georgina Stojiljković (born 1988), Serbian fashion model
Gordana Tomić (born 1990), Miss Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007
Andreja Pejic (born 1991), Australian fashion model

Dancers and choreographers

Milorad Mišković (born 1928), ballet dancer and choreographer, honorary president of UNESCO International Dance Council
Tamara Martinović, ballet dancer
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1898–1985), granddaughter of Marko Miljanov and wife of Frank Lloyd Wright
Ksenija Pajčin (1977–2010), Serbian go-go dancer and dance singer
George Zoritch (1917–2009), Russian dancer and teacher of Serbian antecedents (related to Russian nobleman Semyon Zorich).

Academic sciences

Science

Mileva Marić Einstein, mathematician, wife of Albert Einstein
Miodrag Stojković, genetic scientist
Milutin Milanković, geophysicist, astronomer
Vladimir Varičak mathematician, physicist
Robert Jastrow (1925–2008), astronomer, best known for Red Giants and White Dwarfs. He is of maternal Serbian ancestry
Pavle Vujević, geophysicist
Svetozar Kurepa, mathematician
Pavle Savić, physicist and chemist, together with Irène Joliot-Curie was nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics
Jovan Cvijić, acclaimed ethnographer, geographer and geologist
Nikola Hajdin
Tatomir Anđelić
Milan Budimir
Dimitrije Nešić
Jovan Čokor
Ljiljana Crepajac
Stevan Dedijer
Aleksandar Despić
Milan Damnjanović, physicist
Sima Avramovic
Milos Mladenovic
Teodor Filipović
Miodrag Grbic, archaeologist
Gligorije Trlajić
Branko Milanović
Jovan Čokor
Bogdan Duricic
Bogdan Gavrilović
Bogdan Maglich, nuclear physicist
Spiridon Gopčević, astronomer, born in Trieste to Serbian parents
Sava Mrkalj
Pavle Ivić
Jovan Karamata, mathematics
Danilo Blanusa, Croatian mathematician, of Serb heritage
Zoran Knežević, astronomer
Đuro Kurepa, mathematician
Vladimir Markovic, mathematician
Dušanka Đokić
Petar Đurković
Milan Kurepa, physicist
Laza Lazarević
Marko Leko
Sima Lozanić
Gradimir Milovanović, mathematician
Dragoslav Mitrinović
Milorad B. Protić
Ljubisav Rakic
Dušan Ristanović
Pavle Vujevic
Miomir Vukobratovic
Milan Vukcevich
Jovan Žujović (1856–1938), pioneer in geological and paleontological science in Serbia.
Miodrag Petković, mathematician
Vlatko Vedral, physicist, known for his research on the theory of Entanglement and Quantum Information Theory.
Petar Gburčik (1931–2006), scientist and a Professor of Meteorology at the University of Belgrade. He was the author of first mathematical models of the numerical weather prediction,^[19] which were used operationally in the Weather Service of Yugoslavia from 1970 to 1977. In the same period he began modeling of the atmospheric diffusion of air-pollution and created the first model of the spatial distribution of air-pollution^[20]
Tihomir Novakov, physicist
Archibald Reiss was a German forensic scientist who joined the Serbian Army in World War I and after the war became a naturalized citizen of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was buried in Belgrade.
Spiridon Gopčević, also known by his nom de plume Leo Brenner, was an astronomer. American astronomer Percival Lowell was a frequent visitor to Gopčević's home and observatory on the island of Losinj in 1896.
Petar Đurković, Astronomer
Vlatko Vedral, Physics
Mihajlo D. Mesarovic, Scientist and Club of Rome member.
Dr. Adolf Hempt (1874–1943), Serbian national (non-Serbian origin), scientist and founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system.^[21]
Lazar the Hilandarian (fl. 1404), a Serbian Orthodox monk who invented and built the first known mechanical, public clock tower, which also struck hours, in Russia, at the request of Grand Prince Vasily I of Moscow (r. 1389 – 1425).
Ognjeslav Kostović Stepanović (1851–1916), created "arbonite" (i.e. plywood).
Voja Antonić (born 1952), 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
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (1854–1935), physicist, professor and the inventor of new telecommunications technology.
Mihailo Petrović Alas (1868–1943), author of the mathematical phenomenology and inventor of the first hydraulic computer capable to solve differential equations.
Pavle Vujević (1881–1966), founder of the science of microclimatology, and one of the first in the science of potamology.
Ivan Šarić one of the earliest pioneers in aviation in Austria-Hungary and Serbia. His planes are on display at the Museum of Belgrade.

Philosophy

Milan Damnjanović (1924–1994), philosopher, full professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Belgrade
Ljubomir Tadić
Branko Pavlović (1928–1996)
Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia, regarded founder of modern Serbian literature
Branislav Petronijević is the most important Serbian philosopher and paleontologist in the first half of the 20th century.
Justin Popović
Svetozar Stojanović
Mihailo Đurić
Davor Džalto
Veselin Čajkanović
Nikola Milošević (politician)
Vojin Rakić
Ion Petrovici (Rumanian national of Serbian antecedents)
Đuro Kurepa (1907–1992), best known logician
Jevrem Jezdić
Svetozar Marković (1846–1875), introduced the doctrine of social reform to Serbia
Mihailo Marković
Nikola Milošević
Dimitrije Mitrinović (1887–1953), philosopher, poet, revolutionary, mystic, theoretician of modern painting, traveller and cosmopolite.
Vojin Rakić
Jovan Cirilov
Dimitrije Najdanović
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851). The most original work in the non-academic philosophy in the vernacular is his philosophical epic poem in six cantos, Luča Mikrokozma (The Ray of the Microcosm). The epic presents a thoroughly dualistic metaphysics and a rather unorthodox cosmogony.
Ljubomir Nedić (1858–1902), one of the most quoted philosophers in the late 19th century, a student of Wilhelm Wundt and professor at the University of Belgrade
Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and one of the first female professors of Belgrade University
Vladimir Jovanović made a name for himself with his "Politički rečnik"(Political Dictionary) as a political theorist
Peter I of Serbia while still in exile, translated and published John Stuart Mill's On Liberty. Mill became a part of the intellectual armour of every self-respecting young Serb, thanks to the influence of Petar Karađorđević

History

Jovan Rajić
Bozidar Petranovic undertook to write the history of world literature in the 1840s, explaining that national culture had neglected literary history.
Vladimir Ćorović (1885–1941)
Stanoje Stanojević (1873–1937)
Jovan Radonić (1873–1953)
Dragutin Anastasijević (1877–1950)
Dejan Medaković
Ilarion Ruvarac
Dimitrije Ruvarac
Miroljub Jevtić
Miloš Milojević, 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.
Spiridon Gopčević
Dušan T. Bataković, historian and diplomat, currently Serbian ambassador to France.
Wayne S. Vucinich
Milos Mladenovic
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch
Rade Mihaljčić
Radivoj Radić
Latinka Perović
Milan Đ. Milićević
Vasilije Krestić
Vladimir Dedijer
Milan St. Protić
Stojan Novaković
Jevrem Jezdić
Anna Novakov
Milan Vasić
Vaso Čubrilović
Čedomir Antić
Predrag Dragić
Mihailo Gavrilović
Desanka Kovačević-Kojić
Slobodan Jovanović
Jovan Ristić
Viktor Novak was a Croatian historian who lived, worked and died in Belgrade, Serbia.
Vid Vuletic Vukasović
Gavrilo Vitković engineer, professor and historian in the 19th century.
Živko Andrijašević
George Ostrogorsky (1902–1976), Russian-born Serbian historian and Byzantinist
Božidar Ferjančić, historian and Byzantine scholar
Jaroslav Pelikan (1923–2006) is a historian, born in Akron, Ohio, of paternal Slovak ancestry and maternal Serbian ancestry.
Milos Mladenovic was professor emeritus at McGill in Montreal for many years, beginning in the 1950s.
Traian Stoianovich
Milorad M. Drachkovitch was an author of several important books on contemporary political science and history.
Risto Kovačić (1845–1909) was a historian.

Economists

Branko Milanović (born 1953), leading 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.
Radovan Kovačević, Serbian-American professor of the Southern Methodist University Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing, holder of several U.S. patents.^[22]
Milan Stojadinović (1888–1961), Minister of Finance at several occasions, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia 1935–1939
Radovan Jelašić (born 1968), Governor of the National Bank of Serbia 2004–2010
Miroljub Labus, political economist

Publishers/editors

Božidar Vuković and later his son, Vićenco Vuković, ran his father's print shop in Venice, from 1519 until 1561, with partners Stefan Marinović, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others. The best known presses were established in 1519 in Goražde; at the Monastery of Rujno in the village of Bioska, near Užice; at Gračanica monastery in Kosovo; and at Mileševa monastery, near Prijepolje. In 1597 the Vuković press passed into the hands of Giorgio Rampazetto, who printed two important books—the Collection of Trvelers and the earliest Serbian primer.
Andrija Paltašić was a Serb Catholic Bokelj and printer in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, one of the co-founders of Javor (The Maple) at Novi Sad in 1862, was its editor for many years. Zmaj is best known for his poetry.
Sava Bjelanović was the publisher of Srpski List in Zadar.
Dejan Ristanović
Darko F. Ribnikar
Vladislav F. Ribnikar
Dimitrije Ruvarac, brother of Ilarion Ruvarac
Stijepo Kobasica

Linguistics and philology

Dejan Ajdačić
Rajna Dragićević (born 1968), Serbian linguist, lexicologist and lexicographer.
Pavle Ivić was a leading South Slavic and general dialectologist and phonologist, and one of the signatories of the 1986 Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), philologist and linguist who was the major reformer of the Serbian language. He deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was also the author of the first Serbian dictionary.
Branko Mikasinovich (born 1938), Slavist
Fanula Papazoglu (1917–2001), Greek-Serbian classical scholar and epigraphist.
Emil Petrović, Romanian linguist, who studied both Romanian and Slavic languages. His studies included Romanian phonetics, phonology, and Romanian and Slavic dialectology. Ethnic Serbian.
Milan Rešetar (1860–1942), linguist, Ragusologist, historian and literary critic from Dubrovnik who was a member of the Serb Catholic movement in Dubrovnik.

Law

Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), the first Serb doctor of law, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. Tekelija founded the Tekelijanum in Budapest in 1838 for Serb students studying in the city.
Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), Serbian Orthodox bishop, polyglot, authority on church law and the Slavistics.
Kosta Čavoški (born 1941), professor at the University of Belgrade's Law School and an outspoken critic of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Other

Jovan Rašković, psychiatrist
Nićifor Dučić (1832–1900), theologian, historian, philologist and writer who was educated in Belgrade and Paris
Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908), jurist and a pioneer in sociology.^[23]
Konstantin Vojnović, politician, university professor and rector at University of Zagreb
Veselin Čajkanović
Teodor von Burg (born 1993), the most successful participant of the International Mathematical Olympiad,^[24]^[25] 4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze medal

Uncategorized

Mateja Matejić (priest)
Vasilije Krestić
Petar V. Kokotovic
Milan Raspopović
Srđan Ognjanović
Luko Zore
Sava Mrkalj
Ivan Klajn
Branko Mikasinovich
Hans Albert Einstein (son of Mileva Maric and Albert Einstein)
Teodor Filipović (also known as Bozidar Grujović), a lawyer and professor who taught at the University of Harkov with his two other Serbian compatriots, Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) and Gligorije Trlajić.
Bozidar Petranovic undertook to write the history of world literature in the 1840s, explaining that national culture had neglected literary history.
Svetomir Nikolajevic, 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 Belgrade.
Bogdan Gavrilović

Musicians

Singers

Zvonko Bogdan (born 1942), singer and performer of traditional folk songs
Lene Lovich (born 1949), singer, songwriter and actress.
Marija Šerifović (born 1984), pop singer, Winner of the Eurovision 2007.
Željko Joksimović (born 1972), pop singer, 2nd place at Eurovision 2004, and 3rd place at Eurovision 2012.
Svetlana Ražnatović – "Ceca" (born 1973), pop-folk singer, one of the most popular artists of former Yugoslavia.
Nada Mamula (1927–2001), folk singer
Momčilo Bajagić – "Bajaga", rock musician
Đorđe Balašević, pop-rock musician
Zdravko Čolić (born 1951), pop singer, one of the most popular artists of former Yugoslavia
Emina Jahović, the prominent Serbian-Turkish singer, actress, and model of Bosniak origin
Lola Novaković
Indira Radić, pop-folk singer
Neda Ukraden
Miroslav Ilić (born 1950), folk singer
Nele Karajlić, rock musician, one of the founder of Zabranjeno Pušenje
Dragana Mirković (born 1968), pop folk singer, owner of DM SAT
Vesna Zmijanac
Ana Stanić
Ana Nikolić, pop-folk singer
Jelena Karleuša – "JK" (born 1978), pop-folk singer
Ljiljana Petrović
Seka Aleksić
Nataša Bekvalac (born 1980), pop singer
Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter (Serb parents)
Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer, and model. Serbian father. One Australian Platinum, two Golds and one UK Silver.
Aleksandra Radović (born 1974), pop and r&b singer
Aleksandra Kovač, pop and r&b singer, winner of the MTV Best Adriatic Act Award in 2006
Kristina Kovač
Slađana Milošević, singer-songwriter
Suzana Perović
Svetlana Spajić, world music singer-songwriter
Viki Miljković, pop-folk singer
Bebi Dol
Aca Lukas, pop-folk singer
Dara Bubamara, pop-folk singer
Stojanka Novaković – "Stoja"
Jelena Tomašević
Tanja Savić, pop-folk singer
Maja Tatić
Slavica Ćukteraš
Maja Marijana, pop-folk
Aco Pejović, pop-folk
Sanja Maletić, pop-folk singer
Boris Novković, Croatian pop singer. Serb paternal grandfather.
Mile Kitić, pop-folk
Riblja Čorba, rock band
Nina
Milan Stanković
Sonja Bakić
Sanja Bogosavljević
Suzana Dinić
Teodora Bojović
Goca Božinovska, pop-folk singer
Slađa Delibašić
Anabela Đogani, pop
Tatjana Đorđević
Nataša Đorđević
Dunja Ilić
Tina Ivanović
Suzana Jovanović
Olja Karleuša
Mina Kostić, pop-folk singer
Bilja Krstić, folk
Lepa Lukić, folk
Milica Majstorović
Cveta Majtanović
Radmila Manojlović
Vera Matović, folk and pop-folk
Mika K.
Miss Jukebox
Marija Mitrović
Silvija Nedeljković
Ksenija Pajčin, pop-folk and dance
Laura Pavlovic
Ivana Peters
Suzana Petričević
Zlata Petrović, pop-folk singer
Milena Plavšić
Romana Panić
Goga Sekulić, pop-folk singer
Nadja Benaissa, Serbian-German mother; former member of No Angels, the biggest-selling German girlband to date
S.A.R.S.
K2
Damir Čičić, pop singer

Performers

Goran Bregović, acclaimed folk-rock musician
Milaan
Uroš Dojčinović (guitarist)
Raša Đelmaš {rock drummer}
Denise Djokic (Canadian Cellist)
Philippe Djokic (Prof. of Violin at Dalhousie U.)
Bora Đorđević, rock singer
Duško Gojković (jazz trumpetist and composer)
Kornelije Kovač (rock keyboard player)
Del Casher (musician and inventor)
Zoran Lesandrić (rock musician)
Aleksandar Živojinović, a.k.a. Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush
Boban Marković, acclaimed brass ensemble leader (Boban Marković Orchestra), won "Best Orchestra" at 40th Guča Sabor (2000). Soundtrack for Kusturica movies.
Stefan Milenković (violin player)
Milan Mladenović (singer, guitar player)
Ana Popović (blues guitarist)
Jasna Popovic (pianist)
Laza Ristovski (rock/jazz keyboard player)
Milenko Stefanović, classical and jazz clarinettist
Radomir Mihailović Točak (rock, jazz, blues guitarist)
Miroslav Tadić (classical guitarist)
Bojan Zulfikarpašić, pianist
Brian Linehan (host-producer of TV's City Lights)
Filip Višnjić, guslar
Petar Perunović-Perun, Montenegrin Serb, naturalized U.S., guslar
Vlastimir Pavlović Carevac (1895–1965), Serbian violinist, conductor and founder and director of the National Orchestra of Radio Belgrade

Composers

Kir Joakim (14th and early 15th century)
Kir Stefan the Serb (14th and early 15th century)
Nikola the Serb (14th and early 15th century)
Isaiah the Serb (14th and early 15th century)
Pajsije (1542-1647), the Serbian Patriarch from 1614 to 1647, also composed chants for the liturgy.
Josif Marinković, one of the most important Serbian composers of the 19th century.
Petar Bergamo
Goran Bregović
Isidor Bajić
Stanislav Binički
Dejan Despić
Marko Kon
Zoran Erić
Dragutin Gostuški
Stevan Hristić
Jovo Ivanišević
Ion Ivanovici, Romanian composer of Serbian descent.
Petar Konjović (1883–1970)
Petar Krstić
Luigi von Kunits, Austrian conductor, Serb parentage.
Ljubica Marić
Miloje Milojević
Milan Mihajlović
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Vasilije Mokranjac
Vojna Nešić
Aleksandar Kobac
Mihailo Vukdragović
Miloš Raičković
Kristina Kovač
Kornelije Stanković
Vladimir Graić
Petar Stojanović
Marko Tajčević
Vladimir Tošić
Jasna Veličković
Josip Runjanin, Croatian and Serbian composer. Ethnic Serb.
Elena Pucić-Sorkočević (1786–1865) was the first female composer in the Republic of Ragusa (Republic of Dubrovnik). Ethnic Serb.
Zoran Sztevanovity
Dusan Trbojevic
Uroš Dojčinović
Slavka Atanasijević was a Serbian composer and pianist.

Opera singers

Biserka Cvejić (born 1923), Serbian opera singer and university professor.
Radmila Bakočević (born 1933), spinto soprano
Oliver Njego (born 1959), baritone, student of Bakočević, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming a prominent opera singer.
Nikola Mijailović (born 1973), baritone
David Bižić (born 1975), baritone
Laura Pavlović, lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad.
Radmila Smiljanić, classical soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1965. She is particularly known for her portrayals of heroines from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.^[26]
Milena Kitic, Serbian American operatic mezzo-soprano

Business and entrepreneurship

Drago K. Jovanovich (Co-founder of the Helicopter Engineering Research Corporation in Philadelphia with F. Kozloski)Bogoljub Karić, currently under investigation for fraud, embezzlement, he disappeared in 2006 and is believed to be hiding in Russia.
Milan Mandarić, Serbian-American business tycoon
Miroslav Mišković President of Delta Holding
Milan Panić President and Chief Executive Officer, MP Global Enterprises & Associates, USA
Dejan Ristanović, founder and owner of Sezam Pro and PC PRESS
Philip Zepter (born Milan Janković), owner of Zepter International
Milan Puskar, American entrepreneur, owner of Mylan, Croatian Serb parents
Ljubomir Vracarevic, developed Real Aikido, a new fighting technique in martial arts.
Vane Ivanović, President of Crestline Shipping Company, London, UK

Fictional and mythological characters

Petar Blagojevich, accused Serbian vampire
Arnold Paole, accused Serbian vampire
Sava Savanović, accused Serbian vampire

Criminals

Zvezdan Jovanović, former member of the Serbian special police, assassinated Serbian Minister Zoran Đinđić
Mijailo Mijailović, Swedish psychopath, assassin of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
Arkan, warlord, organized cime
Kristijan Golubović, organized crime
Pink Panthers, jewel theft network

Royalty and nobility

Serbian monarchs

Serbian nobility

Other

Jelena Vukanović, (b. after 1109 – after 1146), Queen of Hungary
Jelisaveta Nemanjić, (fl. 1270 — died 1331), Baness of Bosnia
Jelena Balšić, (1365/1366 – 1443), Lady of Zeta; Grand Duchess of Hum
Ana-Neda, Empress of Bulgaria
Dragana of Serbia, Empress of Bulgaria
Helena Dragaš, (c. 1372 – 23 March 1450), Byzantine empress, mother of emperors John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos
Kantakuzina Katarina Branković, (1418/19 - 1492), countess of County of Celje
Mara Branković, last Queen of Bosnia and Despoina of Serbia
Jelena Rareš, princess of Moldavia, regent in 1551–1553
Milica Despina of Wallachia, (c. 1485 – 1554), Princess of Wallachia, regent in Wallachia in 1521–1522
Ana Jakšić Glinska, mother of Elena Glinskaya and grandmother of Ivan the Terrible
Darinka Kvekić, (19 December 1838 - 2 February 1892), was a Princess of Montenegro
Jelena Petrović Njegoš, (8 January 1873 – 28 November 1952), Queen of Italy

Politics

Politicians, 19th and 20th century

Petar Ičko (1775–1808), Karageorge's political envoy to Constantinople.
Petar Nikolajevic Moler
Avram Petronijević
Aleksa Simić
Ljubomir Kaljević
Milan Pirocanac
Sava Grujić
Jovan Avakumović
Petar Velimirović
Dorde Simic
Stojan Novaković
Jovan Ristić was known for his diplomatic skills at the height of his career between 1868 and 1880. He became one of the most successful negotiators during Serbia's dialogue with other European powers and the Ottoman Empire.
Svetozar Miletić
Ilija Garašanin
Nikola Hristić
Jovan Marinović
Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac
Nikola Pašić (Radical/Prime Minister)
Niko Pucic
Marko Car
Medo Pucic
Svetomir Nikolajević
Nikola Uzunović
Bogoljub Jevtić
Puniša Račić
Dr. Stevan Moljević
Dr. Živko Topalović
Dimitrije Ljotić (Nationalist/Collaborationist during World War II)
Ljubomir Davidović (Democrat)
Milan Grol
Dušan Simović
Slobodan Jovanović
Milovan Milovanović (1869–1912), Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer, who died at the age of 50, on the eve of the Balkan Wars
Momčilo Ninčić
Dragoljub Mićunović
Svetozar Pribićević (Democrat)
Velimir Vukićević (Radical/Prime Minister)
Milan Stojadinović (Radical/Prime Minister)
Dragiša Cvetković (Radical)
Dobrica Matković (Radical)
Vladimir Dedijer (Communist)
Svetozar Marković (Socialist)
Svetozar Delić (Among the first Communists who became Mayor of Zagreb)
Veljko Milatović (Communist; and alleged killer of Krsto Zrnov Popović)
Miloš Minić (Communist)
Latinka Perović (Communist)
Milentije Popović (Communist)
Aleksandar Ranković(Communist)
Ivan Stambolić (Communist)
Đorđe Vojnović
Kosta Taušanović
Dragiša Cvetković (pre-World War II prime minister)

Politicians, modern

Tomislav Nikolić (President of Serbia)
Boris Tadić (Former President of Serbia)
Mirko Cvetković (Prime Minister of Serbia)
Milorad Dodik (Prime Minister of Republika Srpska)
Rod Blagojevich (Former Governor of Illinois)
Nenad Bogdanović
Predrag Bubalo
John Dapcevich
Marko Dapcevich
Helen Delich Bentley (Former Congresswoman from Maryland)
Zoran Đinđić
Dragan Čavić
Nebojša Čović
Ivica Dačić
Vojislav Koštunica (Former Prime Minister of Serbia and former President of Yugoslavia )
Miroljub Labus
Slobodan Lalović
Zoran Lončar
Predrag Marković
Mitchell Melich (Utah State Senate)
Dejan Mihajlov
Tomica Milosavljević
Radomir Naumov
Djurdje Ninković
Milan Panić (Former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia)
Borislav Paravac
Milan Parivodić
Mirko Šarović
Goran Svilanović
Veroljub Stevanović
Vojislav Šešelj
Melissa Bean is a former U.S. Representative for the Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
George Voinovich (Former Governor of Ohio, current Senator from Ohio)
Rose Ann Vuich (First woman elected to California Senate)
Slobodan Vuksanović
Velimir Ilić
Andrija Mandić, leader of Serbs in Montenegro
Vuk Drašković
Nick Lalich
Radoman Bozovic
Jorge Capitanich, member of the Montenegrin Argentine community.
Borisav Jović (former president of Yugoslavia)
Radovan Karadžić
Nikola Koljević
Milan Martić – leader of the former Republic of Serbian Krajina
Milan Babić
Slobodan Milošević
Milan Panić
Jovan Rašković (Serb party leader)

Military

Medieval

Novak Grebostrek
Miloš Obilić, knight and hero
Ivan Kosančić, knight
Milan Toplica, knight

Early modern period

Hajduks

Janko Mitrović (1613–1659), commander in Venetian service, active in the Dalmatian hinterland.
Stojan Janković (1636–1687), commander in Venetian service, active in the Dalmatian hinterland.
Bajo Pivljanin (1630–1685), commander in Venetian service, active in Montenegro and Dalmatia.
Stanislav Sočivica (1715-1777), Serbian rebel leader, active in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Koča Andjelković (1755–1788), Austrian volunteer and Serbian rebel leader.

Modern

19th-century revolutionaries

Karađorđe (1762–1817), leader of the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13)
Kara-Marko Vasić, Serbian revolutionary who participated in the First Serbian Uprising
Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević (1760–1825), commander in the First Serbian Uprising and volunteer in the Greek War of Independence
Mladen Milovanović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Hajduk Veljko Petrović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Čolak-Anta Simeonović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Stanoje Stamatović Glavaš, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Stevan Sinđelić, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Petar Dobrnjac, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Sima Nenadović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Matija Nenadović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Jakov Nenadović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
Novica Cerović (1805–1895), noted for his successful assault against a local Muslim tyrant precipitating The Death of Smail-aga Čengić under the auspices of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš^[27] thereby freeing parts of Herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire and joining them to the Principality of Montenegro. His heroism and the death of Smail-aga Čengić was the theme of Ivan Mažuranić's epic poem celebrating the struggle for freedom.
Marko Miljanov, Montenegrin commander
Vasos Mavrovouniotis, volunteer in the Greek War of Independence

Balkan Wars and World War I

Ljubomir Kovačević
Gavro Vuković
Janko Vukotić
General Petar Bojović
General Živojin Mišić
General Radomir Putnik
General Stepa Stepanović
General Pavle Jurišić Šturm
General Jovan Atanacković
General Vojin Popović, also known as Vojvoda Vuk.
Major Dragutin Gavrilović
Milunka Savić, war heroine of the 1913 Balkan War and World War I, wounded nine times.

World War II

Momčilo Đujić, Chetnik voivode (Duke)
General Milan Nedić
Dimitrije Ljotic
Kosta Musicki
Milan Spasic, naval hero of World War II
Nikola Kavaja
General Draža Mihailović
General Života Panić
General Dragoljub Ojdanić
General Aleksandar Vasiljević
General Blagoje Adžić
General Božidar Janković
General Ljubiša Jokić
General Veljko Kadijević
General Nikola Ljubičić
General Kosta Nađ
General Dragan Paskaš
General Nebojša Pavković
General Dušan Simović
General Peko Dapčević
General Koča Popović
Major Pavle Đurišić
Sava Kovačević
Blazo Dukanovic
Jezdimir Dangic

Foreign service

Evgenije Popović fought in a detachment commanded by Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy.
Mićo Ljubibratić also fought with Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Krsto Zrnov Popovic sympathies were on the side of Fascist Italy during World War II against the Chetniks and Partisans.
Ilija Monte Radlovic served in the British Army during World War II.
Vito Marija Bettera-Vodopić (1771–1841) in the service of Imperial Russia, died as an Austrian prisoner in occupied-Ukraine.
Janos Damjanich (1804–1849), Hungarian General
Jakov Ignjatović, Hungary
Sebo Vukovics, Hungary
Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet of Serbian-Slovak origin, who fought and died in the 1848 Revolution.
Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian poet and novelist of Serbian origin; his father General Alexandru Macedonski served in the Ministry of National Defense (Romania).
Dome Sztojay, Hungary
Ignac Martinovics, whose father converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism, became the leader of Hungarian Jacobins.
Paul Davidovich, Austria-Hungary
Adam Bajalics von Bajahaza, Austria-Hungary
Petar Preradović, Austrian general
Emil Vojnović, Austrian general and military historian
Arsenije Sečujac, Austrian general
Jeronim Ljubibratić, Austrian Field marshal
Paul von Radivojevich, Austrian general
Béni Kállay, Austrian diplomatic service
Stevan Šupljikac Voivod (Duke) of Serbian Vojvodina (1848), Austria-Hungary
Svetozar Boroević, Baron von Bojna, Austria-Hungary
Karl Paul von Quosdanovich, Austrian general
Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich, Austrian Field marshal
Gavrilo Rodić, Governor of Dalmatia from 1870 to 1881; born in 1812 in the territories of the Military Frontier at Virginmost, of Serbian Orthodox parents, he was a Field marshal in Austria-Hungary.
Emil Uzelac first joined the Austrian Air Force of Austro-Hungarian Empire.
King Peter I 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 Corfu, Vido and Thessaloniki in World War I Greece (Government-in-Exile).
Stojan Janković led Serbs from Dalmatia and Montenegro in the Cretan War of 1645–1669 on the side of the Republic of Venice.
Starina Novak, Hajduk and Moldavian ally
Constantin Brancoveanu, Wallachia
At the end of the 15th century, Raci warriors came to the Polish Kingdom and played an important role in forming the Polish hussars.
Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria
Jovan Monasterlija led Serbian Militia in the name of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor against the Turks.
Ilija Perajica was a 17th-century freedom-fighter
Vuk Isakovič (1696–1759) was Serb military commander in the Austrian-Ottoman Wars.
Petar Marinovich (Pierre Marinovitch), France
Arsenije Sećujac

Ottoman service

Suleiman II (Sultan, 1642–1691) (Serbian mother, Saliha Dilâşub Sultan^[28])
Osman III (Sultan, 1699–1757), his mother was Şehsuvar Sultan, a Serb
Devlet Hatun (Olivera, daughter of Lazar of Serbia and wife of Bayezid I)
Prince Marko (Killed in the Battle of Rovine as Bayezid I's vassal)
Veli Mahmud Pasha (Grand Vizir 1st time, 1456–1468; second time, 1472–1474)
Gedik Ahmed Pasha, of Serbian-Byzantine descent, Grand vizier from 1474 to 1477
Kara Davud Pasha
Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand vizier 1919 and 1920
Omar Pasha (1806–1871), General, Mihailo Micha Latas, of Serbian origin, converted to Islam
Mara Branković, wife of Murad II, very influential in imperial affairs, ambassador to Venice
Piyale Pasha ("Suleiman found him abandoned on a ploughshare as a child outside of Belgrade", according to Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, a 16th-century Flemish writer and ambassador at Constantinople, who wrote about Piyale in Letters from Turkey, a compedium of correspondence to another fellow diplomat)
Osman Aga of Temesvar

United States

George Fisher (settler)
Mitchell Paige (Marine Corps colonel), recipient of the Medal of Honor during World War II
Butch Verich (Navy commander)
Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (Air Force)
Milo Radulovich (Air Force)
Lance Sijan (Air Force captain). Malcolm McConnell's "Into the Mouth of the Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam" tells the experiences of an American fighter pilot as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam during the 1960s. He was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Jake Allex Mandusich, born in 1887 in Kosovo, was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his service in the U.S. Army during the Great War. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in the Superior Court of Chicago, Illinois, September 16, 1919.
James I. Mestrovitch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the U.S. Army during the Great War. His remains were repatriated to Crnagora, where he was buried at a cemetery next to the Serbian Orthodox Church "St John the Baptist" (Sveti Jovan Krstitelj).
Louis Cukela (1888–1956) became a double recipient of the Medal of Honor for his brave deeds in France in 1918. He was twice wounded in battle, at Jaulny, France, on September 16, 1918, during fighting at St. Michel and at Champagne. He was also decorated by King Alexander of Yugoslavia with the Order of the Yugoslav Crown.
John W. Minick (originally Minich) (1908–1944) was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Rade Grbitch, a naturalized Serbian American, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service on board the USS Bennington for extraordinary heroism at the time of an explosion of a boiler in that vessel at San Diego, California, on the 21st of July 1905.
Serb Chetniks Rescue U.S. Pilots during World War II also known as Operation Halyard
George Musulin of Operation Halyard with the assistance of General Draza Mihailovich and his loyal Chetniks saved the lives of several hundred Allied airmen, including Richard Felman and many other Americans. President Harry Truman on March 29, 1948, posthumously awarded Mihailovich the medal of the Legion of Merit in recognition of the help of his troops in evacuating American and other Allied airmen from Serbia and for his contribution to the Allied victory. The decoration was purposefully kept classified until 1967, when Ed Derwinski made it public.

Russian Empire

Sava Lukich Vladislavich Raguzinsky (1664–1738), in the service of Peter the Great
Mark Voynovich (1750–1807), admiral, one of the founders of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, In the service of Imperial Russia
Petar Tekelija, General-in-Chief, 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 Zorich (1743–1799) distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War and the first Russo-Turkish War. He was the recipient of the Order of St. George on Pyotr Rumyantsev's recommendation. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General (1797). In the service of Catherine the Great
Marko Vojnović, Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy and one of the founders of the Black Sea Fleet.
Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1771–1825) In the service of Tsar Alexander I during the French invasion of Russia
Radola Gajda, in the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after
John of Shanghai and San Francisco, In the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after
John of Tobolsk, in the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, served during the Great Patriotic War
Aleksej Jelačić, served during the Great Patriotic War
Aleksa Dundić

Religion

Church leaders and Saints

Saint Sava
Saint Arsenije I Sremac (1233–1263)
Saint Sava II (1263–1271)
Archbishop Danilo I (1271–1272)
Joanikije I (1272–1276)
Saint Jevstatije I (1279–1286)
Saint Jakov (1286–1296)
Saint Jevstatije II (1292–1309)
Saint Sava III (1309–1316)
Saint Nikodim I (1316–1324)
Saint Danilo II (1324–1337)
Patriarch Arsenije III Crnojević (1672–1690)
Patriarch Kalinik I (1691–1710)
Patriarch Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta (1726–1737)
Serbian Patriarch Joanikije III (1739–1746)
Patriarch Kalinik II (1765–1766)
Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije (1920–1930)
Serbian Patriarch Varnava (1930–1937)
Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo V (1838–1950)
Serbian Patriarch Vikentije II (1950–1958)
Serbian Patriarch German II (1958–1990)
Serbian Patriarch Pavle (1990–2009)
Serbian Patriarch Irinej (2010-20--)
Saint Angelina (died 1520), despotess consort of Stephen Branković, wrote a hagiography
Saint Basil of Ostrog (1610–1671), Bishop of Zahumlje
John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896–1966), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia which proclaimed him a saint, born in Ukraine to Serbian parents
Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople, Serb by ethnicity, Patriarch from 1475 to 1476
Stefan Brankovic
Lazar Brankovic
Jovan Vladimir
Lazar of Serbia
Makarije Sokolović
Nikolaj Velimirović
Stephen of Piperi
Slobodan Šiljak
Stefan Stiljanovic
Theodor Komogovinski
Osanna of Cattaro, Roman Catholic nun and saint (converted from Serbian Orthodoxy)
Đorđe Bogić (1911–1941), parish priest of Našice, was tortured and slain by the Ustasha on the order of a Roman Catholic priest of the same village
Gorazd of Prague, (1879–1942), the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of Czechoslovakia, after World War I. During World War II, having provided refuge for the assassins of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, called The Butcher of Prague, in the cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague, Gorazd took full responsibility for protecting the patriots after the Nazi overlords found them in the crypt of the cathedral. This act guaranteed his execution, thus his martyrdom, during the reprisals that followed. His feast day is celebrated on August 22 (OC) or September 4 (NC).

For a list of Serbian Orthodox saints, see List of Serbian saints.

Church leaders

Prince-bishop Danilo I Šćepčev Petrović-Njegoš (1679–1737)
Prince-bishop Sava II Petrović-Njegoš (1737–1782)
Prince-bishop Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1744–1766)
Prince-bishop Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Saint Peter of Cetinje), Bishop of Cetinje and Prince-Bishop of Montenegro 1782–1830
Prince-bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1830–1851)
Mitrofan Ban, Exarch, receiver of the Obilić medal in the Montenegrin-Ottoman War 1876–1878

Theologians

Sports

Basketball

Aleksandar Nikolić "Aca" (1924–2000), FIBA Hall of Fame, Euroleague Top 10 coaches; WC Coach 78', EC Coach 77', EC Cup 70', 72', 73'
Radivoj Korać "Žućko" (born 1938), FIBA Hall of Fame; top 50 in Europe, Euro MVP 61', Eponymous to FIBA Cup
Dušan Ivković "Duda" (born 1943), Euroleague Top 10 coaches; FIBA Coach 90', EC Coach 89', 91', 95'; EC Player 73'
Dražen Dalipagić "Praja" (born 1951), FIBA Hall of Fame; Mr. Europa 77', 78'; 76', 80'; WC 78'; EC 73',75',77'
Božidar Maljković "Boža" (born 1952), Euroleague Top 10 coaches, EL Coach 89', 90', 93', 96'
Dragan Kićanović "Kića" (born 1954), FIBA Hall of Fame; Mr. Europa 81', 82'; 76', 80'; WC 78'; EC 73',75',77'
Željko Obradović (born 1960), 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors, 96', WC 98', EC 97, Bronze 99', EL Coach 92',94',95',00',02',07',09',11'; Player 88', WC 90'
Aleksandar Đorđević (born 1967), Top 50 in Europe, Mr. Europa 94', 95', Euro MVP 97',
Vlade Divac (born 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 Danilović (born 1970), Top 50 in Europe, Mr. Europa and Italian League MVP 1998; EC 89', 91', 95', 97'
Dejan Bodiroga (born 1973), Top 10 in 2000s Europe, Top 50 overall; WC 98', 02'; EC 95', 97' and 01'
Nenad Krstić (born 1983), All-Rookie NBA second team, EC Silver 09' (Active)
Sasha Pavlović
Predrag Drobnjak
Milos Babić
Radisav Ćurčić
Rastko Cvetković
Slavko Vraneš
Duško Vujošević
Mile Ilić
Zoran Savić
Predrag Danilović
Nenad Marković
Borislav Stanković
Kosta Perović
Svetislav Pešić
Nikola Plećaš
Nebojša Popović
Branislav Prelević
Vladimir Radmanović
Zoran Radović
Trajko Rajković
Igor Rakočević
Željko Rebrača
Zoran Savić
Zoran Slavnić
Borislav Stanković
Predrag "Peja" Stojaković
Dan Majerle
Dragan Tarlać
Mike Todorovich
Dejan Tomašević
Miloš Vujanić
Ranko Žeravica
Ratko Varda
Marko Popović (son of Petar Popović)
Petar Popović
Sasha Vujacic, Slovenian national (Serbian parents)
Zarko Zecevic
John Abramovic
Miroslav Berić
Žarko Čabarkapa
Predrag Drobnjak
Milan Gurović
Dušan Kecman
Pete Lalich, American, Serbian parentage.
Aleksandar "Aleks" Marić, Australian
Ed Melvin, American, Serbian ancestry.
Dejan Milojević
Dan Gadzuric, Dutch, Serbian mother.
Pete Maravich, American, one of the best NBA players and the greatest scorer in college basketball history.^[29]
George Glamack starred for North Caroline in the early forties. Nicknamed The Blind Bomber because his eyesight was so poor that he had to look at the lines on the court to determine how hard to shoot the ball. He overcame his adversity by practicing and playing. He was named to the All-American team in 1940 and 1941, earned the Helm Player of the Year award, and finished as the top career scorer in Tar Heel history. During World War II he volunteered for the U.S. military and was accepted despite his poor eyesight.
Gregg Popovich American basketball coach of Serbian descent
Press Maravich, American basketball coach of Serbian descent, played guard for Pittsburgh in the NBA's inaugural year. He averaged 4.6 points per game during 1946–1947 season. He is the father of Pete Maravich.
Darko Miličić Serbian basketball player, NBA champion 2004
Nikola Peković, Montenegrin, NBA
Marko Jarić (NBA) EuroBasket 2001, 1st 2002 FIBA World Championship
Matt Zunic
John Mandic
Nikola Dragovic
Aco Petrović (basketball)
Bojan Popović is a Serbian basketball player.
Velimir Radinović plays basketball in Germany.
Mike Brkovich

Chess

Footballers (since 1990)

Nemanja Vidić (born 1981), captain for Manchester United, has collection of honours including 3 consecutive Premier League titles (4 titles in total), the UEFA Champions League, the FIFA World Club Cup, three League Cup medals, as well as being included in three consecutive (4 in total including 2010-11 season) PFA Team of the Year sides from 2007 to 2009. In the 2008–09 season, he helped United to a record-breaking run of 14 consecutive clean sheets and was awarded the Barclays Player of the Season. He also collected both the club's Fans' and Players' Player of the Year awards. At the start of the 2010–11 season Vidić was selected as the new team captain of Manchester United.^[30] He collected his second Barclays Player of the Season in 2010-11.^[31]
Ivica Dragutinović (born 1975), retired, played for Sevilla FC, won the UEFA Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07; UEFA Super Cup: 2006; Runner-up 2007; Spanish Cup: 2006–07, 2009–10; Spanish Supercup: 2007; Runner-up 2010
Predrag Đorđević (born 1972), retired, played as a left midfielder for the Greek club Olympiacos for 13 years, becoming Olympiacos' greatest foreign goalscorer, averaging a goal every three league matches, as well as becoming a symbol of Olympiacos' "Golden Age" of 12 championship trophies in 13 years. Đorđević is acknowledged as one of the greatest foreign players to have played in Greece. Đorđević also played for the Serbian football team, amassing 37 caps and 1 goal.
Branislav Ivanović (born 1984), plays for Chelsea F.C., selected as the right-back of the season for the Premier League 2009-10 season as Chelsea won the league title and the 2010 FA Cup Final.
Saša Ilić
Vladimir Jugović
Aleksandar Kolarov (born 1985), perhaps one of the best players to come from Serbia, now playing Manchester City
Darko Kovačević
Miloš Krasić
Bojan Krkić
Mladen Krstajić
Zdravko Kuzmanović
Aleksandar Luković
Damir Kahriman
Ljubomir Fejsa
Filip Mladenović
Uroš Spajić
Siniša Mihajlović, retired football player, present coach, playing for Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio and Inter Milan in Serie A (1992–2006), 1990–91 UEFA Champions League with Red Star Belgrade; considered by many to be among the best free kick takers of all time, and he holds the all-time Serie A free-kick record with 27 goals scored from free-kicks during his fourteen seasons in the top Italian league.
Predrag Mijatović
Savo Milošević
Dejan Stanković, midfielder playing for Inter Milan since 2004; ESM Team of the Year 2006–07, 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.
Dragan Stojković
Nikola Žigić
Daniel Majstorovic, Swedish national (Serbian parents),
Sergej Barbarez, Bosnian national (Serbian father, half-Croat and half-Bosniak mother)
Aleksandar Dragović, Austrian footballer of Serbian origin
Marko Nikolić (born 1989), midfielder
Marko Nikolić (born 1979), coach

Footballers and coaches (before 1990)

Momcilo Gavrić was a professional soccer player with OFK Beograd, Oakland Clippers, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Tornado, and San Jose Earthquakes, from 1959 to 1978.
Miodrag Belodedici
Jovan Aćimović
Radomir Antić
Milorad Arsenijević
Dušan Bajević
Vladimir Beara
Vujadin Boškov
Ljubiša Broćić
Vladimir Durković
Dragan Džajić
Milan Galić
Milutin Ivković
Borivoje Kostić
Vladimir Kovačević
Miloš Milutinović
Miljan Miljanić
Zoran Mirković
Rajko Mitić
Tihomir Ognjanov
Ilija Pantelić
Blagoje Paunović
Miroslav Pavlović
Ilija Petković
Vladimir Petrović
Predrag Radosavljević, better known as Preki (born 1963)—Serbian-born American international; only player to be named Major League Soccer MVP twice.
Branko Stanković
Dragoslav Šekularac
Milutin Šoškić
Aleksandar Tirnanić
Doug Utjesenovic (Serbian-Australian soccer defender; member of the Australian 1974 FIFA World Cup Squad in West Germany)
Velibor Vasović
Todor Veselinović
Đorđe Vujadinović
Saša Ćirić
Milovan Ćirić

Tennis

Active

Novak Đoković (born 1987), world No. 1; twelve Grand Slams, thirty Masters 1000, 43 Win Streak 2010–11 (1st best in open era), 1st on Money list
Janko Tipsarević (born 1984)
Miloš Raonić is a Montenegrin Serb and plays for Canada
Viktor Troicki (born 1986), former world No. 12 (6 June 2011), currently No. 23
Nenad Zimonjić (born 1976), Doubles-former world No. 1 (17 November 2008), currently No. 3; three Grand Slams
Daniel Nestor (born 1972), Serbian-born Canadian, Doubles-former world No. 1, currently No. 3; seven Grand Slams, Singles-Highest No. 58
Jelena Janković (born 1985), former world No. 1 (August 11, 2008), currently No. 13; twelve WTA
Ana Ivanović (born 1987), former world No. 1 (June 9, 2008), currently No. 18; one Grand Slam, eleven WTA
Jelena Dokić (born 1983), former world No. 4 (19 August 2002), currently No. 64; six WTA
Andrea Petković (born 1987), Bosnian Serb, German national, currently No. 10 (Highest, No. 9); two WTA
Bojana Jovanovski (born 1991), world No. 90 (Highest No. 50)
Kristina Mladenović (born 1993), French of Serbian parentage, world No. 13
Alex Bogdanović (born 1984), Serbian-born British national (Highest, No. 108)
Ana Jovanović (born 1984), No. 324 (Highest rating No. 216)
Irena Pavlović(born 1988), Serbian-born French, No. 230
Aleksandra Krunić (born 1993), No. 208 (16 May 2011)
Nikola Ćirić (1983) is a Serbian professional tennis player
Ilija Bozoljac
Nebojsa Djordjevic
Marko Djokovic
Filip Krajinović
Dusan Lajovic
Srdjan Muskatirovic
Sima Nikolic
Ika Panajotovic
Dejan Petrovic
David Savić
Vesna Dolonc
Nikola Čačić
Dušan Vemic
Miljan Zekić
Tamara Čurović
Tatjana Ječmenica
Karolina Jovanović
Vojislava Lukić
Teodora Mirčić
Dragana Zarić
Nataša Zorić
Ana Timotić

Retired

Slobodan Živojinović (born 1963), former doubles world No. 1 (September 8, 1986), and singles No. 19 (October 26, 1987). Currently President of the Serbian Tennis Federation.
Momčilo Tapavica (1872–1949), ethnic Serb who represented Austria-Hungary in tennis, weightlifting and wrestling in the first 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won a bronze medal in the men's singles tennis competition. He is the first Serb to win an Olympic medal. He became an architect. The Matica srpska-building in Novi Sad is his work, among many others.
Jelena Genčić, coach of Monica Seles and Novak Đoković
Nikola Špear

Boxers

Nikola Sjekloća (born 1978), Intercontinental 75 kg WBC.
Zdravko Mićević (born 1982), Serbian-born Australian light-heavyweight champion.
Nenad Borovčanin (born 1978), current European Cruiserweight boxing champion, undefeated with 30 wins and no losses.
Neven Pajkić (born 1977), Bosnian Serb, Canadian Boxing Federation Champion.
Aleksandar Pejanović (1974–2011), Super Heavyweight, Bronze 2001 Mediterranean Games. Murdered.
Slobodan Kačar (born 1957), Light Heavyweight, Olympic Gold Moscow 1980.
Tadija Kačar (born 1956), Light Heavyweight, Olympic Silver Montréal 1976.
Sreten Mirković (1955–2016), European Amateur Boxing Championship 1979 Silver.
Marijan Beneš (born 1951), Light Heavyweight, European Amateur Boxing Championship 1973 Gold, European Boxing Union 1979.

Ice hockey

Milan Lučić or Milan Lučić (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey left winger for the Boston Bruins (NHL/WHL). Serbian parents.
Peter Zezel or Petar Žeželj (1965–2009), Canadian ice hockey centre (NHL). Serbian parents.
Mick Vukota aka "Mick the Quick" (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey right winger for New York Islanders (NHL). Serbian parents.
Peter "Poppe" Popovic (born February 10, 1968) is a retired Swedish ice hockey defenceman of Serbian ancestry. And currently an assistant coach of Tre Kronor. Popovic was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 5th round (93rd overall) of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
Sasha Lakovic or Saša Laković (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey left winger who played for 17 different professional teams during his career (NHL/AHL). Serbian parents.
Milan Marcetta had played professional hockey with nine teams in 10 seasons before he became a member of a championship club, the Patrick Cup winner Victoria Maple Leafs in 1965-1966. Later that year he was called to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 1967 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After NHL expansion, he played 54 regular season and 14 playoff games for the Minnesota North Stars (1967–1969). Also, Marcetta had played with Denver, the Patrick Cup-winning team in 1971-1972. He shares the all-time WHL record for goals in a game with five.
Branko Radivojevič
Ivan Boldirev, born in 1949 in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia, is the second Serbian-born player ever to play in the NHL. The first was Stan Smrke.
Adrien Plavsic (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey defenceman (NHL). Serbian parents.
Alex Petrovic
Mike Karakas (1910-1992) won the Calder Trophy as a rookie with the Blackhawks in 1935-36, also winning the Stanley Cup there in 1937-38. In 1944-45 he was named to the NHL’s second All-Star team. Also, he played five games with the Montreal Canadiens in 1940. Born in the United States, his Serbian ancestors were from Bosnia.
John Polich
Mike Glumac
Dan Kesa
Mark Popovic
Savo Mitrovic, a Serbian Canadian hockey player, now retired.
Stan Smrke of Slovenian paternal (and of Serbian maternal) ancestry, was the first Belgrade-born, albeit Yugoslavian-born, player ever to play in the NHL. In his debut year with the Rochester Americans in 1957–1958 in which he scored 20 goals, he became the second Amerk ever to score a hat trick on December 27, 1957, against Buffalo. He had several more seasons with 20-plus goals with the Rochester Americans by 1967.
Dragan Umicevic
Alex Andjelic
Bogdan Janković
Bojan Janković
Milan Lukovic
Ned Lukacevic
Ivan Prokic
Zach Miskovic
Dmitri Khristich is a Ukrainian of Serbian antecedents.

Other

Giovanni Raicevich, Greco-Roman wrestler (European Champion, 1909)
Jovana Brakočević, volleyball player
Nick Cvjetkovich, professional wrestler
Milorad Čavić, Olympic medalist in swimming
Filip Filipović, water polo player
Nenad Gajic, lacrosse player
Andrija Gerić, Olympic champion in volleyball
Nikola Grbić, volleyball player and coach, Olympic champion in volleyball
Vladimir Grbić, Olympic champion in volleyball, member of Volleyball Hall of Fame)
Nađa Higl, swimmer
Danilo Ikodinović, water polo player
Mile Isaković, Olympic champion in handball
Sara Isaković, Olympic medalist in swimming
Aleksandra Ivošev, Olympic champion in sports shooting
Nataša Dušev-Janić, Olympic champion in canoeing
Pavle Jovanovic, Serbian-American bobsledder
Nikola Karabatić, French handball player (Serbian mother)
Svetlana Dašić-Kitić, handball player, voted the best female handball player ever
Radomir Kovačević, Olympic medalist in judo
Bronko Lubich (1925–2007) was a wrestler, referee and trainer.
Ilija Lupulesku, Olympic medalist in table tennis
Goran Maksimović, Olympic champion in sports shooting
Milica Mandić, Olympic champion in taekwondo
Branislav Martinović, Olympic medalist in wrestling
Igor Milanović is considered the best water polo player of all time
Ivan Miljković, one of the most decorated volleyball players in the world
Lavinia Milosovici, Romanian gymnast of Serbian origin, multiple olympic champion
Miloš Milošević, swimmer
Vera Nikolić, track and field athlte, double European Champion in 800m, former World record holder
Mirko Nišović, Olympic champion in canoeing
Slavko Obadov, Olympic medalist in judo
Nenad Pagonis, kickboxing champion
Zoran Pančić, Olympic medalist in rowing
Momir Petkovic, Olympic champion in wrestling
Andrija Prlainović, water polo player
Dan Radakovich, sports administrator
Bojana Radulović, handball player
Rhonda Rajsich, American racquetball player of Serbian origin
Mirko Sandić, water polo player, member of FINA Hall of Fame
Branislav Simic, Olympic champion in wrestling
Milorad Stanulov, Olympic medalist in rowing
Aleksandar Šapić (born 1978), Serbian politician and a retired water polo player, considered by many to be one of the greatest water polo players of all time. Beijing 2008, Athens 2004, Sydney 2000.
Jasna Šekarić, multiple Olympic medalist in sports shooting
Dragan Škrbić, handball player, IHF World Player of the Year 2000
Ivana Španović, track and field athlete
Arpad Sterbik (born 1979), Handball goalkeeper representing Yugoslavia and Spain (Ethnic Hungarian), IHF World Player of the Year 2005
Dragutin Topić, track and field athlete, World junior record holder in high jump with 2.37
James Trifunov, Serbian-Canadian Olympic medalist in wrestling
Vanja Udovičić, water polo player
Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist and founder of Real Aikido
Ljubomir Vranjes, handball player
Vladimir Vujasinović, water polo player
Paola Vukojicic, field hockey player
Bill Vukovich, Serbian American automobile racing driver
Nick Zoricic, Serbian-born, professional Canadian skier who died in Switzerland while competing
Zoran Zorkic is a golf coach in Texas

For Serbian-American American football players, see this list; for baseball players, see this list.

Other

Đorđe Šagić, later George Fisher (1795–1873), American military and politician, fought in the Texas Revolution and First Serbian Uprising
Mila Mulroney, wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney.
Brian Linehan (1944–2004), Canadian television host (Serbian mother and stepfather)
Roy Peratrovich, civil rights activist in Alaska (Montenegrin Serb parents)
Nick Vujicic, preacher and motivational speaker
Vesna Vulović, flight attendant. She holds the world record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 metres (33,330 ft).^[32]^[33]
Šćepan Mali (fl. 1767–1773), impostor pretender of Montenegro, by falsely representing himself as the Russian Tsar Peter III.
Black Mike Winage (1870–1977), Serbian-Canadian miner, pioneer, adventurer and one of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush who lived to be 107 years old.
Alex Mihailovich, Canadian television journalist

Spies

Dušan Popov (1912–1981), code name Tricycle, MI6 double agent, inspiration for James Bond
Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), Soviet spy
Jovica Stanišić (born 1950), spy and head of the State Security Service (1991–1998)

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