List of Serbs of Croatia

This is a list of notable Serbs that were born and lived or originate from the present territory of Croatia and made significant careers in region or diaspora.

Arts

• Vojin Bakić (1915-1992), Yugoslav sculptor, born in Bjelovar
• Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), Yugoslav writer, born in Zadar
• Vojin Jelić (1921–2004), Yugoslav and Croatian poet, born in Knin
• Stana Katic Canadian-American film and television actress ^[1]
• Petar Kralj (1941–2011), former Serbian actor, born in Zagreb, parents from Banija
• Pero Kvrgić (b. 1927), Yugoslav Croatian actor, born in Vrbovsko.^[2]
• Simo Matavulj (1852–1908), Serb novelist
• Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837), notable Baroque poet, writer and polyglot
• Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), Austrian Serb polymath, born in Vukovar
• Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), author, scholar, and journalist
• Petar Preradović (1818–1872), poet and Austrian general
• Toma Rosandić (1878–1958), Yugoslav sculptor, born in Split
• Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), composer of the Croatian national anthem
• Rade Šerbedžija (b. 1946), former Yugoslav film actor, from Lika. "Greatest Croatian" ^[3]
• Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1978), Serbian painter, born in Benkovac
• Konstantin Vojnović (1832–1903), politician, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb

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  Zaharije Orfelin
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  Simo Matavulj
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  Rade Šerbedžija

Science

• Danilo Blanuša (1903–1987), Yugoslav mathematician and physicist, born in Osijek.
• Sima Ćirković (1929–2009), Serbian historian, born in Osijek.
• Jovan Karamata (1902–1967), Serbian mathematician, born in Zagreb.
• Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian historian, born in Zagreb.
• Mihailo Merćep (1864–1937), Serbian cyclist and aviation pioneer, born in Dubrovnik.
• Milutin Milanković (1879–1958), Austro-Hungarian and Serbian geophysicist and civil engineer, born in Dalj.
• Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), Orthodox bishop and perhaps greatest Serbian expert on church law, born in Šibenik.
• Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), Serbian linguist and poet, born in Kordun.
• Gajo Petrović (1927–1993), Yugoslav philosopher, born in Karlovac.
• Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer, born in Smiljan.

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  Nikola Tesla
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  Nikodim Milaš
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  Milutin Milanković

Sports

Retired

• Boško Balaban (born 1978), retired Croatian footballer, born in Rijeka.^[4][5]
• Vladimir Beara (1928–2014), retired Yugoslav footballer and manager, born in Sinj.
• Miloš Milošević (born 1972), retired Croatian swimmer, born in Split.
• Dado Pršo (born 1974), retired Croatian footballer, born in Zadar.^[6][7]
• Milan Rapaić (born 1973), retired Croatian footballer, born in Nova Gradiška.^[2]
• Petar Trifunović (1910–1980), Yugoslav chess champion, born in Dubrovnik

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  Petar Trifunović

Politics

Active

• Željko Jovanović, Croatian politician (SDP) ^[8]
• Milanka Opačić, Croatian politician (SDP) ^[9]
• Milorad Pupovac, Croatian Serb politician (SDSS)
• Branko Grčić, Croatian politician (SDP)

Retired

• Milan Babić (1956–2006), first president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Vrlika
• Goran Hadžić (born 1958), second president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Vinkovci
• Milan Martić (born 1954), third president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Knin
• Mirko Marjanović (1937–2006), a former Prime Minister of Serbia and a high-ranking official in Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS)
• Jovan Rašković (1929–1992), politician who first called for Serb autonomy within Croatia in the 1990s
• Savo Štrbac (born 1949), Croatian Serb activist
• Dušan Zelenbaba (born 1952), physician and briefly politician (SDS)

Military

Croatian War

• Slavko Dokmanović (1949–1998), mayor of Vukovar
• Veljko Kadijević (1925–2014), JNA general, born in Imotski
• Mile Mrkšić (1947–2015), JNA colonel, born in Vrginmost
• Mile Novaković (1950–2015), SVK commander, born in Vrginmost
• Vukašin Šoškoćanin (1958–1991), SVK commander, born in Borovo

World War II

• Slobodan Bajić Paja (1916–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Vukovar
• Boško Buha (1926–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born in Virovitica
• Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), Chetnik commander in World War II, born near Knin
• Rade Končar (1911–1942), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Korenica
• Milan Emil Uzelac (1867–1954), commander in the Austro-Hungarian, Yugoslav and Independent Croatian Air forces, born in Hungary.
• Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), spy for Richard Sorge's circle
• Filip Kljajić, Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Petrinja

Habsburg period

• Svetozar Boroević (1856–1920), Austro-Hungarian field marshal
• Stjepan Jovanović (1828–1885), notable military commander of Austrian Empire
• Stevan Šupljikac (1786–1848), Serbian rebel and first Duke of Serbian Vojvodina

Clergy

• Serbian Patriarch Pavle (1914–2009)
• Josif Rajačić (1785–1861), metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina and baron
• Petar Jovanović (1800-1864), metropolitan of Belgrade
• Nikanor Ivanović (1825-1894), metropolitan of Montenegro
• Nikodim Busović (1657-1707), Serbian Orthodox bishop of Krka
• Gerasim Zelić (1752–1838), Serbian Orthodox archimandrite, traveler, and writer
• Holy Martyr Teodor Komogovinski
• Hieromartyr Georgije Bogić (1911-1941)

Other

• Slavko Ćuruvija (1949–1999), Yugoslav journalist and newspaper publisher
• Nada Dimić (1923-1942), Yugoslav communist and People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
• Mirko Ilić (b. 1956), graphic designer and comics artist. "Greatest Croatian".^[10]
• Stevo Karapandža, celebrity chef. "Greatest Croatian".^[11]
• Svetozar Pribićević (1875–1936), Kingdom of Yugoslavia politician
• Petronije Selaković (fl. 1648), monk and rebel leader
• Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga (1897–1925), legendary outlaw in early 20th-century Slavonia
• Beloš Vukanović (1110–1198), Serbian prince, Ban of Croatia between 1142 and 1163
• Nives Celsius (b. 1981), Croatian socialite.^[12]

Serb Catholics

In 19th century Dalmatia, there was a Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik whose proponents advocated unification of all South Slavic lands in Austria-Hungary with Kingdom of Serbia. These included Matija Ban, Valtazar Bogišić, Pero Budmani, Marko Car, Antun Fabris, Stijepo Kobasica, Marko Murat, Milan Milišić, Medo Pucić, Milan Rešetar, Niko Pucić, Ivan Stojanović, Mato Vodopić, Konstantin Vojnović, Lujo Vojnović, Frano Getaldić-Gundulić and Luko Zore.

See also

• List of Serbs
• List of Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of Serbs of Montenegro
• List of Serbs of the Republic of Macedonia
• List of Serbs of Slovenia
• List of Serbs of Albania

References

Sources

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• Бујадин Рудич (1993). Срби у Хрватској: насељаване, број и територијални размешта. Ун-т у Београду. ISBN 978-86-419-0128-3. 
• Лујо Бакотић (1939). Срби у Далмацији, од пада млетачке републике до уједињења. Издавачко и књижарско предузеће Г. Кон. 
• Одбор САНУ за историју Срба у Хрватској (1989). "ЗБОРНИК О СРБИМА У ХРВАТСКОЈ". 1. Belgrade: SANU. 
• Vasilije Đ Krestić (2010). Историја Срба у Хрватској и Славонији 1848-1914. Zavod za Udžbenike. ISBN 978-86-17-17047-7. 
• Jačov, Marko (1990). Srbi u mletačko-turskim ratovima u XVII veku. Sveti arhijerejski sinod Srpske pravoslavne crkve. 
• Škiljan, Filip (2009). "Znameniti Srbi u Hrvatskoj" (PDF). Zagreb.