LIST OF SERBS

This is a 'list of prominent ethnic Serbs' and people from Serbia.

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Serbs

Rulers , Politicians and Knights

Politicians XX Century

Post-Communist leaders

Current Political Leaders in Serbia and in Other Countries

Saints

'Scholars & Academics'

Scientists & Inventors

Military History (Serbian Revolution 1804-1815)

Hajduks/Freedom Fighters

Post-WWI Military Leaders

Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.

Serbs

Rulers , Politicians and Knights

Historical

★ Zorsines (leader of Serbs near the Caucasus around 50 CE)

★ Gobazes (The King of Lazica arrives with his troops in the Balkans from the Caucasus, circa 450)

★ Dervan (written and pronounced 'Drvan', ruler of White Serbia, then known as Bojka, until 626)

★ Unknown Archont (knez, also translated Prince, led the Serbs to the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius, 610 - 641. He died in 680)

★ Svevlad (ruled up to 660)

★ Selimir (ruled 679 - 680)

★ Vladin (ruled until 700)

★ Ratimir (ruled until 730)

★ Archont

★ Prosigoj (son of Radoslav, 822 - 836)

Medieval

★ House of Vlastimirović

★ Časlav Klonimirović

★ House of Vojislavljević

★ Constantine Bodin

★ Stefan Nemanja

★ Stefan Nemanjić

★ Stefan Radoslav

★ Stefan Vladislav

★ Stefan Uroš I

★ Stefan Dragutin

★ Stefan Uroš II Milutin

★ Stefan Uroš III Dečanski

★ Stefan Dušan (Emperor)

★ Stefan Uroš V

★ Vukan Nemanjić

★ Đorđe Nemanjić

★ Stefan Vladislav II of Syrmia

★ Simeon Uroš

★ Balša I (Zeta ruler and founder of the House of Balšić)

★ John Uroš

★ Vuk Branković (Lord)

★ Knez Lazar

★ Stefan Lazarević (1389-1427; survived the Battle of Angora against Timur and his Golden Horde)

★ Prince Marko

★ Đurađ Branković (1427-1456)

★ Lazar Branković (1456-1458)

★ Stefan Branković (1458-1459)

★ Emperor Jovan Nenad

★ Vlatko Vuković (Bosnian lord)

★ Miloš Obilić, the most famous knight and founder of Order of the Dragon

★ Despot Jovan Oliver, one of Emperor Dusan's military leaders

★ Constantine Dragaš

★ Constantine XI - The last Emperor of Byzantium (Constantinople)

Rulers of Montenegro

Petrović-Njegoš Dynasty

★ 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)

★ Nephew of Vasilije III, Sava III (1774 - 1782)

★ Prince-bishop Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (''Saint Peter of Cetinje'', ''Sveti Petar Cetinjski'') (1782 - 1830)

★ Prince-bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1830 - 1851)

★ Vladika Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš/Prince (''Knjaz'') Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (1851 - 1852 as Vladika, 1852 - 1860 as Knjaz)

★ Prince/King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš (1860 - 1910 as Prince, 1910 - 1918 as King, 1918 - 1921 as King in exile)

Royals 19th Century

Obrenović Dynasty Members

★ Miloš Obrenović

★ Milan Obrenović

★ Mihailo Obrenović

★ King Milan Obrenović

★ King Aleksandar Obrenović

★ Ljubica Obrenović

★ Queen Natalija Obrenović

★ Draga Mašin

Karađorđević Dynasty

★ Karađorđe Petrović (or Supreme Commander Karađorđe or Đorđe Petrović)

★ Prince Alexander Karađorđević,

★ HM King Petar I Karađorđević,

★ HM King Alexander I Karađorđević,

★ Princess Maria of Romania and Hohenzollern HM Queen Mother Maria,

★ HRH Tomislav Karađorđević

★ HM King Petar II Karađorđević,

★ Prince Pavle Karađorđević

★ Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark

★ HRH Princess Jelisaveta of Serbia and Yugoslavia

★ Aleksandar Karađorđević

Politicians

Politicians XX Century

★ Nikola Pašić (Radical/Prime Minister)

★ Dimitrije Ljotić (Christian Nationalist)

★ Jovan Jovanović (Democrat)

★ Ljubomir Davidović (Democrat)

★ Svetozar Pribićević (Democrat)

★ Ljubomir Jovanović (Radical)

★ Velimir Vukićević (Radical/Prime Minister)

★ Milan Stojadinovic (Radical/Prime Minister)

★ Dragiša Cvetković (Radical?)

★ Dragoljub Jovanović (Democrat)

★ Vladimir Dedijer (Communist)

★ Dragoslav (Draža) Marković (Communist)

★ Moma Marković (Communist)

★ Miloš Minić (Communist)

★ Marko Nikezić (Communist)

★ Latinka Perović (Communist)

★ Milentije Popović (Communist)

★ Aleksandar Ranković (Communist)

★ Ivan Stambolić (Communist)

★ Zlatka Reljić (Communist/minister)

Post-Communist leaders

★ Zoran Đinđić

★ Dragiša Cvetković (pre-WWII prime minister)

★ Aleksandar Cincar-Marković (pre-WWII prime minister)

★ Borisav Jović (former president of Yugoslavia)

★ Radovan Karadžić

★ Nikola Koljević

★ Svetozar Marković (Socialist)

★ Milan Martić - leader of the former Republic of Serbian Krajina

★ Milan Babić

★ Slobodan Milošević

★ Milan Panić

★ Jovan Rašković (Serb party leader)

★ Zoran Živković

★ Balša S. Jovanovic

Current Political Leaders in Serbia and in Other Countries

★ Boris Tadić (President of Serbia)

★ Vojislav Koštunica (Prime Minister of Serbia)

★ Milorad Dodik (Prime Minister of Republika Srpska)

★ Melissa Bean (Congresswoman from Illinois)

★ Rod Blagojevich (Governor of Illinois)

★ Nenad Bogdanović

★ Predrag Bubalo

★ Helen Delich Bentley (Former Congresswoman from Maryland)

★ Dragan Čavić

★ Nebojša Čović

★ Ivica Dačić

★ Joyce George (U.S. attorney and politician)

★ Miroljub Labus

★ Slobodan Lalović

★ Zoran Lončar

★ Predrag Marković

★ Mitchell Melich (Utah State Senate)

★ Nataša Mićić

★ Dejan Mihajlov

★ Tomica Milosavljević

★ Radomir Naumov

★ Tomislav Nikolić

★ Milan Panić (Former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia)

★ Borislav Paravac

★ Milan Parivodić

★ Carl Kosta Savich (Serbian-American columnist)

★ Mirko Šarović

★ Michael A. Stepanovich (Former governor of Alaska, of Serb ethnicity)

★ Goran Svilanović

★ Vojislav Šešelj

★ George Voinovich (Former Governor of Ohio, current Senator from Ohio)

★ Rose Ann Vuich (First woman elected to California Senate)

★ Slobodan Vuksanović

★ George N. Zenovich (Former State Senator from California)

★ Velimir Ilić

★ Milorad Pupovac

Saints

★ Saint Jovan Vladimir (11th Century)

★ Saint Sava (13th Century)

★ Saint Simeon (13th Century)

★ Saint Hieromartyr Lazar (15th Century)

★ Saint Mother Paraskeva - Saint Petka

★ Saint Peter of Cetinje

★ Saint Milka Canić

★ Saint Stephen of Piperi

★ Saint Vasilije (Saint Basil of Ostrog, Saint Vasilije Ostroski, 18th Century)

★ Saint Prohor Pcinjski

★ Saint Danilo II

★ Saint Justin Popović (20th Century)

★ Saint Nikolai Velimirović (20th Century)

★ Saint John Maximovitch of Shanghai (20th Century, Russian Saint of Serbian ancestry)

'Scholars & Academics'

★ Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Dr. Andrija (Zoran) Vujisić (Linguist)

Scientists & Inventors

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★ Nikola Tesla (Physics)

★ Milutin Milanković (Physics)

★ Miodrag Stojković (Genetic Scientist)

★ Mihajlo Pupin (Physics)

★ Josif Pančić (Botanist)

★ Jovan Cvijić (Ethnographer, Geographer and Geologist)

★ Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Philologist)

★ Mileva Marić Einstein (Mathematician)

★ Vladimir Ajdačić

★ Tatomir Anđelić

★ Anton Bilimović

★ Milan Budimir

★ Jovan Chokor

★ Ljiljana Crepajac

★ Stevan Dedijer

★ Aleksandar Despić

★ Vladimir Ćorović (Historian)

★ Veselin Čajkanović (Historian)

★ Milan Damnjanović (Physicist)

★ Dušanka Đokić

★ Petar Đurković

★ Mihailo Đurić

★ Nićifor Dučić

★ Bogdan Gavrilović

★ Spiridon Gopcevic (Astronomer, born in Trieste of Serbian parents)

★ Radoslav Grujić

★ Slobodan Jovanović

★ Pavle Ivić

★ Milka Ivić

★ Jovan Karamata

★ Tamara Katić (Physicist)

★ Đuro Kurepa

★ Milan Kurepa

★ Laza Lazarević

★ Branko Lazarević

★ Marko Leko

★ Dr. Bosko Loncarevic (of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)

★ Sima Lozanić

★ Dragoslav Mitrinović

★ Dimitrije Nesić

★ Atanasiјe Nikolić

★ Ogneslav Kostović Stepanović

★ Branislav Petronijević

★ Mihailo Petrović

★ Dragoljub Pokrajac

★ Milorad B. Protić

★ Paul R. Radosavljevich (Professor of Experimental Pedagogy, 1912-1933)

★ Jovan Rašković

★ Dušan Ristanović

★ Nikolaj Saltikov

★ Uros Jovanovic

★ Bob Urosevich (Head of Diebold Election Systems and his brother Todd is Vice President, Customer Support, at Election System & Software, based in Omaha. Bob created Diebold's original electronic voting machine software)

★ Đorđe Stanojević

★ Jasmina Vujić (first female nuclear engineering department chair of a Top 10 US school)

★ Milan Vukcevich

★ Obrad Zelic

★ Jovan Žujović

★ Miodrag B. Pavlović (linguist)

★ Teodor Jankovic-Mirijevski (1741-1814) is best-known as the reformer of the education system in Rumania, Serbia and Russia.

★ Atanasije Stojkovic was the first Rector and Physics Professor of the newly-established university at Harkov, then in Russia, now part of Ukraine.

★ Gligorije Trlajic

★ Teodor Filipovic

★ Milos Mladenovic

★ Milan Uskokovic (Chemist)

★ Olivera Zhivkovic (Chemist)

Filmmakers

★ Emir Kusturica (director/editor/producer/actor/writer)

★ Peter Bogdanovich (director) (Serbian father)

★ Boris Mitić (director)

★ Srđan Dragojević (director)

★ Goran Gajić (director)

★ Vane Ivanovich (formerly with the BBC in the U.K. and the National Film Board of Canada)

★ Dušan Kovačević

★ Bojan Maljevic (producer)

★ Gojko Mitić (director)

★ Goran Paskaljević (director)

★ Aleksandar Petrović (director)

★ Lazar Ristovski (actor/director)

★ Dragiša Stojadinović (founder of Serbian cinematography)

★ Paul Stojanovich (producer/director)

★ Steve Tesich (Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright)

★ Slavko Vorkapić (director/editor)

★ Nena Toth (Canadian filmmaker,Director of Photography/First woman Cinematographer in Serbia)

★ Slobodan Šijan (director)

Painters

★ Dimitrije Avramović

★ Stojan Aralica

★ Jovan Bijelic (1886-1964)

★ Janko Brašić

★ Natalija Cvetkovic (1882-1928)

★ Marko Čelebonović

★ Teodor Ilić Češljar

★ Misa Colović

★ Konstantin Danil

★ Petar Dobrović

★ Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962; born in Trieste, of Serbian parents, originally from Montenegro)

★ Alexander Dzigurski

★ Pavel Đurković

★ Emerik Fejes

★ Dragomir Glisic (1872-1957)

★ Malisa Glisic (1855-1915)

★ Rada Greg

★ Nedeljko Gvozdenović

★ Bora Iljovski

★ Olja Ivanjicki

★ Katarina Ivanović

★ Kosta Hakman

★ Đura Jakšić

★ Mladen Josić

★ Paja Jovanović

★ Uroš Knežević

★ Stevan Knežević

★ Leon Kojen (1859-1934)

★ Milan Konjović

★ Teodor Kračun

★ Marko Krsmanović

★ Đorđe Krstić

★ Zeljko Kujundzic

★ Đorđe Andrejević Kun

★ Petar Lubarda

★ Milić od Mačve

★ Moma Markovic (1902-1977)

★ Đorđe Mitrofanović

★ Kosta Miličević

★ Milan Miljanovic (1876-1964)

★ Mihael Milunović

★ Marko Murat

★ Miroslav Nesic

★ Nikola Nešković

★ Novak Radonić

★ Milena Pavlović-Barili

★ George Petrovic

★ Nadezda Petrovic (1873-1973)

★ Vasa Pomorisac (Studied in Belgrade, Zagreb, Munich, London; the first to paint on glass)

★ Branko Popovic (1882-1944)

★ John Popovic

★ Ljuba Popović

★ Mića Popović

★ Uroš Predić

★ Šejma Prodanović

★ Miodrag B. Protic

★ Djordje Prudnikov

★ Radomir Reljic

★ Sava Stojkov

★ Sava Šumanović

★ Leonid Šejka

★ Ivan Tabaković

★ Vladimir Veličković

★ Slobodan Vujovic

★ Beta Vukanović

Performance artists

★ Marina Abramović

★ Davor Džalto

★ Tom Carapic

Sculptors

★ John David Brcin

★ Vladimir Barac

★ Dušan Džamonja

★ Olga Jančić

★ Olga Jevrić

★ Đorđe Jovanović

★ Ferenc Kalmar

★ Francesco Laurana/Francois Lorraine

★ Jose Majzner

★ Peko Nikčević

★ Drinka Radovanović

★ Simeon Roksandić

★ Jovan Soldatović

★ Sreten Stojanović

★ Yevgeny Vuchetich

★ Matija Vuković

★ Kosta Bogdanović

★ Toma Rosandić

★ Radeta Stanković

Architects

★ Ivan Antić

★ Dragiša Brašovan

★ Aleksandar Bugarski

★ Aleksandar Deroko

★ Nikola Dobrović

★ Aleksandar Đokić

★ Jovan Ilkić

★ Svetozar Ivačković

★ Mihailo Janković

★ Konstantin A. Jovanović

★ Milan Kapetanović

★ Svetomir Lazic

★ Zoran Manević

★ Mihajlo Mitrović

★ Jelisaveta Načić

★ Nikola Nestorović

★ Pera Popović

★ Branko Pešić

★ Ivanka Raspopović

★ Andra Stevanović

★ Milan Tabakovic

★ Branko Tanazević

★ Milan Zloković

Cartoonists

★ Predrag Koraksić Corax

★ Aleksa Gajić

★ Branislav Kerac

★ Gradimir Smudja

★ Borivoje Dovniković

★ Daniel Djuric

Photographers

★ Aleksandrija Ajduković

★ Paul von Baich

★ Anastas Jovanović

★ Milan Jovanović

★ Rista Marjanovic

★ Nico Vuco

★ Nikola Radosevic

★ Pompeo Posar (Serbian mother)

★ Boris Spremo

★ Katarina Radović

★ Stanislav Milojković [1] (rock photography)

★ Petar Stojanovic

Models

★ Maja Latinović

★ Ana Mirjana Račanović

★ Tatjana Dragović

★ Milica Jarić

★ Milla Jovovich

★ Aleksandra Kokotović

★ Slavica Ecclestone (ex-model, wife of Bernie Ecclestone)

★ Sanja Papić

★ Gordana Tomić

Musicians

Main articles: List of Serbian musicians

Composers

★ Aleksandar Simic

★ Isidor Bajić

★ Stanislav Binički

★ Dejan Despić

★ Zoran Erić

★ Dragutin Gostuški

★ Stevan Hristić

★ Jovo Ivanišević

★ Željko Joksimović

★ Petar Konjović

★ Petar Krstic

★ Luigi von Kunits

★ Ljubica Marić

★ Josif Marinkovic

★ Miloje Milojević

★ Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac

★ Vasilije Mokranjac

★ Miloš Raičković

★ Nikola Resanovic

★ Rudolph Réti

★ Kornelije Stanković

★ Marko Tajčević

★ Vladimir Tošić

★ Jasna Veličković

★ Dragan Petrovic

Performers

★ Marina Arsenijevic (pianist)

★ Ceca (folk singer)

★ Ana Nikolic (folk singer)

★ Dragana Mirkovic (folk singer)

★ Aleksandra Kovač(pop singer)

★ Arsen Dedić (serbian father)

★ Sanja Đorđević (folk singer)

★ Dara Bubamara (folk singer)

★ Goran Bregović (Folk-Rock musician) (Serbian mother)

★ Kornelije Kovač (Rock keyboard player)

★ Milan Mladenović (singer, guitar player, composer, poet)

★ Željko Joksimović (pop singer)

★ Nele Karajlić (rock musician)

★ Đorđe Balašević (pop singer)

★ Zdravko Čolić (pop singer)

★ Bora Đorđević (rock singer)

★ Seka Aleksić (folk singer)

★ Boban Marković (folk ensemble leader)

★ Momčilo Bajagić (singer)

★ Aleksandra Sladjana Milošević (singer)

★ "Weird Al" Yankovic (singer) (Serbian father)

★ Radomir Mihailovic Točak (rock, jazz, blues guitarist)

★ Alex Lifeson (Aleksandar Živojinović - guitarist of Rush)

★ Pete Vuckovic (rock singer) (Serbian father)

★ Stefan Milenković (Violin player)

★ Uroš Dojčinović (guitarist)

★ Ana Popović (blues guitarist)

★ Gabe Serbian (grind drummer)

★ Dejan Sinadinovic (pianist)

★ Milenko Stefanović,classical and jazz clarinettist

★ Jovan Jovičić (classical guitarist)

★ Miroslav Tadić Classical Guitarist

★ Laza Ristovski (Rock,Jazz keyboard player)

★ Bojan Zulfikarpasic (pianist)

★ Aleksandar Simić (composer, pianist)

★ Dragan Petrović (jazz pianist Toronto)

★ Holly Valance (Serbian father)

★ Duško Gojković (jazz trumpetist and composer)

★ Alex Petrovich (Heavy metal singer/guitarist: Georgian Skull, Mister Bones, The Mighty Nimbus)

★ Oscar Dronjak (Heavy metal guitarist) (Serbian father)

★ Marija Šerifović Winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2007

★ Daniel Stojanovic Winner of guitarist contest 2006(Led Zeppelin Polar price)in Stockholm (at the time 11 years old)

★ Emina Jahović (is a popular Serbian and Bosnian pop singer )

Theologians

★ Nikolaj Velimirovic

★ Justin Popovic

★ Dimitrije Najdanovic

★ Jovan Jovetic

Philosophers

★ Branislav Petronijevic

★ Ljubomir Nedic

★ Milan Damnjanovic (Philosopher)

★ Bozidar Knezevic (1862-1905)

★ Bogdan Sesic (1909-1999)

★ Miailo Markovic

Military History (Serbian Revolution 1804-1815)

Hajduks/Freedom Fighters

★ Karageorge as George Petrovic was called by the Turks

★ Stevan Sinđelić (voivode of the First Serbian Uprising)

★ Stanoje Stamatović Glavaš

★ Hajduk Veljko Petrović

★ Stojan Janković

★ Uzun Mirko Apostolovic

★ Janko Mitrović

★ Bajo Pivljanin

★ Luka Vukalović

★ Pop Bogdan Zimonjic

★ Jovan Nenad

★ Kapetan Koča Anđelković

★ Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević

★ Janko Katich

★ Vaso Carapic

★ Jacob Nenadovic

★ Luka Lazarevic

★ Petar Teodorovic Dobrinjac

★ Knez Teodosije

★ Mladen Milovanovic (Mladen's nephew was married to Karageorge's daughter)

★ Ivan Jugovic

★ Abram Lukic

★ Ivan Protic

★ Milenko Pozarevac

★ Stari Vujadin

★ Hajduk Elijah Smiljanić

★ Hajduk Stanko

★ Mali Radojica

★ Deli Radivoje

★ Bajo Pivljanin

★ Janko Veselinovic

Balkan Wars and WWI

★ General Petar Bojović

★ Major Dragutin Gavrilović

★ General Živojin Mišić

★ Vojvoda Vuk (real name Vojin Popovic)

★ General Radomir Putnik

★ General Stepa Stepanović

★ General Pavle Jurišić Šturm

★ General Petar Pešić

WWII

★ Boško Buha

★ Marija Bursać

★ General Peko Dapčević

★ Vladimir Dedijer

★ Nada Dimić

★ Petar Drapšin

★ Dragutin Gavrilović

★ Žikica Jovanović Španac

★ General Milan Nedić

★ Dimitrije Ljotić

★ General Draža Mihailović

★ Moša Pijade

★ General Koča Popović

★ Žarko Zrenjanin

★ Veselin Masleša

Yugoslav Wars

★ Željko Ražnatović-Arkan

Foreign Armies

=Hungary

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★ Janos Damjanich (1804-1849), General

=Austria-Hungary

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★ Svetozar Boroević (or Borojević) von Bojna, Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal

★ Baron Stephan von Jovanovich (1828-1885; Austrian General of Serb ethnicity)

★ Josef Philipp Vukassovich (Austrian Lieutenant-General, mortally wounded in the Napoleonic Wars)

★ Paul Davidovich

★ Peter Quasdanovich

=Ottoman Empire

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The following Grand Viziers were exclusively collected through the forced levy of Christian children (Devshirmeh) by the Janissaries who indoctrinated them in the faith of Islam and the service of the Ottoman Empire:

★ Sinan Pasha Borovinic, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1516-1517

★ Dervish Mehmed Pasha the Bosniak, Grand Vizier, 1606-1611

★ Daltaban Mustafa Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1702-1703

★ Damat Rustem Pasha Opulovic, Grand Vizier, 1544-1553 and 1555-1561

★ Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1919-1920

★ Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1596, 1597, and 1599-1601

★ Damat Melek Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1792-1794

★ Semiz Ali Pasha, 1561-1565

★ Hadim Ali Pasha, 1501-1503

★ Hersekli Ahmed Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1497-1498, 1505-1510, 1511, 1512-1514, and 1515-1516

★ Ishak Pasha Ishakovic, Grand Vizier, 1469-1472 and 1481-1482

★ Gazi Ekrem Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1628-1631

★ Kara Davut Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1622

★ Kara Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1683-1685

★ Sari Suleyman Pasha (1685-1687)

★ Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1580

★ Nevesinli Salih Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1645-1647

★ Omar Pasha (1806-1871), General, Mihailo Micha Latas, of Serbian origin, converted to Islam

★ Topal Recep Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1632

★ Lala Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1604-1606

★ Osman-Pasha Skopljak, High Turkish Official, of Serbian origin, who corresponded with Petar II Petrovic Njegos on numerous issues

★ Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1565-1579

★ Sinan Pasha (Ottoman admiral)

=Moldavia

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★ Starina Novak, also known as Baba Novak

★ Deli Marko

★ George Slankamenac

=United States

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★ Alex N. Dragnich (Office of Strategic Services, O.S.S.)

★ Nick Lalich (Office of Strategic Services)

★ Tyrus Cobb (Cobb spent three years on President Reagan's national security staff after retiring from the U.S. Army as a colonel; he is a recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal)

★ Louis Cukela (Major USMC)

★ George S. Musulin (1914-1987; U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence/CIA; Chief of 'Halyard' Mission; rescued 500 American and Allied airmen from Nazi-occupied Serbia with the help of freedom fighter General Dragoljub Mihailovich and his loyal Chetniks, in 1944)

★ Mitchell Paige (Colonel USMC)

★ Butch Verich (Commander USN)

★ Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (USAF)

★ Milo Radulovich (USAF)

★ Joe Veselinovich (Office of Strategic Services)

★ George Vujnovich (O.S.S.)

★ Lance Sijan (Captain USAF)

★ Nicholas Stepanovich (U.S. lawyer and military leader, appointed to the U.S. ambassadorial staff to the U.N. by President Eisenhower)

=Russian Empire

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In the service of Peter the Great:

★ Savva Lukich Vladislavich Raguzinsky (1664-1738, Diplomatist)

★ Matija Zmajevic (A Roman Catholic Serb from Perast, Montenegro, who became an Admiral of the Baltic Fleet)
In the service of Imperial Russia, circa 18th Century:

★ Georgije Bogdanov, Major General

★ Ivan Bozic-Srbin, Brigadier General

★ Stefan Vitkovic, Brigadier General

★ Maksim Zoric, Lieutenant General

★ Simeon Zoric Count and Major General

★ Teodor Jankovic, Brigadier General

★ Konstantin Jankovic, Brigadier General

★ Konstantin Nikolajevic Juzbasa Brigadier General

★ Konstantin Lalos, Major general

★ Michail Andreevich Miloradovich, General, 1771-1821

★ Petar Miloradovich, Major General

★ David Neransic, Major General

★ Simeon Piscevic, Major General

★ Rodion Stefanovic Plemenac, Brigadier General

★ Baron Georgije Petrovic Podgoricanin, Major General

★ Ivan Petrovic Podgoricanin, Lieutenant General

★ Aleksej Preradovic, Brigadier General

★ Georgije Preradovic, Brigadier General

★ Ivan Rodionovic Preradovic, Major General

★ Rajko Rodion Preradovic, Lieutenant General

★ Mihajlo Ivana Stojanov, Major General

★ Antonije Stratimirovic, Brigadier General

★ Petar Tekelija, Lieutenant General, promoted to General-anshef or General-in-Chief

★ Georgije Ivanovic Horvat, Brigadier General

★ Ivan Dimitrijevic Horvat, Major General

★ Ivan Sanojlovic Horvat, Lieutenant General

★ Josif Horvat, Lieutenant General

★ Nikolaj Corba Major General

★ Fedor Arsenijev Corba, Lieutenant General

★ Fedor Cernojevic, Major General

★ Georgije Sevic, Lieutenant General

★ Ivan Djordjevic Sevic, Lieutenant General

★ Ivan Steric, Lieutenant General

★ Serdar Vukotich, General, 1757-61
In the service of Tsar Alexander I in the Patriotic War of 1812:

★ Nikolaj Ivanovich DePreradovich (1767-1843),

★ Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1771-1825)

★ Georgi Emmanuel

★ Count Ilya Ducca or Ilya Duka (1768-1836)

★ Ivan Shevich
In the service of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia during the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829):

★ Jovan Riznic (1793-1861)
In the service of Tsar Nicholas II during the Russian Revolution of 1917:

★ Andrei Stepanovich Bakich (1878-1922)

★ Stevan Hadzic

★ Mihailo Zivkovic (1856-1930)

★ Milan Lukuc

Post-WWI Military Leaders

★ General Draža Mihailović

★ General Milan Nedić

★ General Slobodan Penezić-Krcun

★ General Božidar Kukanjac

★ 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 Koca Popovic

★ Nikola Kalabić

★ Vojvoda Momčilo Đujić

★ Major Pavle Đurišić

★ Bajo Stanišić

★ Sava Kovačević

Entrepreneurs

★ Bozidar "Bozo" Dabinovic (Serb shipping tycoon, originally from Montenegro)

★ William Jovanovich President and chief executive officer of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

★ Bogoljub Karić

★ Milan Mandarić current owner and chairman of FC Koper, former owner of the Portsmouth F.C. and the current owner of Leicester City F.C.

★ Milo Medin Vice President for now defunct @Home company

★ Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac

★ Kapetan Miša Anastasijević

★ Miroslav Mišković President of Delta Holding

★ Vladimir Mitić (Owner of Robne kuce Beograd)

★ Milan Nastich (President & CEO, Ontario-Hydro, 1980-1985)

★ John R. Palandech (1873-1959; Chicago publisher)

★ Milan Panić President and Chief Executive Officer, MP Global Enterprises & Associates, USA

★ Milica Popovich (President-Chairperson of the Crest Shipping fleet, from 1945; mother of Vane Ivanovich)

★ Dejan Ristanović, founder and owner of Sezam Pro and PC PRESS

★ William Salatich (Former president of Gillette North America; retired in 1979)

★ Sava Tekelija

★ Djordje Vajfert (Czech originated Serb, owner of old Weifert brewery)

★ Diodato (real name Bozidar) Tripcovich (1862-1925; shipping tycoon, of Serbian origin, moved from Dobrota to Trieste, in 1884)

★ Rob Ukropina Founder and President of Overnite Express, regional overnight delivery company in the south western United States

★ George Yerich (Successful businessman from Niagara Falls, Canada owns the Skylon and Holiday Inn)

★ Philip Zepter (owner of Zepter formerly known as Milan Janković)

★ Milan Puskar (Owner and Originator of Mylan Laboratories)

★ Alex Machaskee (President and Publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer)

★ Rebecca MacDonald (One of the founders and current Chair of Energy Savings Income Fund)

★ Black Mike Winage (Klondike pioneer/minefinder, born in Serbia in 1870, came to Canada in 1882, and died in 1977 at the age of 107)

★ Ljubomir Veselinovic (President and CEO of several Ontario electroplating plants, from the 1960s to 1988)

★ Oleg Vladimirovich Rodomar Vukotich (1900-1961, President of Philips Industries Canada)

★ Michael Vuchnich (Lincoln Electric Company of Canada Limited)

Assassins, Outlaws

★ Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis - leader of Black Hand organization

★ Gavrilo Princip - Serb national activist, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

★ Puniša Račić - parliament assassin of Stjepan Radić and Đuro Basariček

★ Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga - outlaw

★ Joco Udmanić - outlaw

★ Zvezdan Jovanović - Zoran Đinđić assassin; ex member of special unit of Serbian police; outlaw

★ Milorad Ulemek Legija - ex leader of special unit of Serbian police; outlaw

★ Milan Samardzija - no political affiliations, ex militairy 1980's

Athletes

Group sports

Basketball

★ Miroslav "Mića" Berić

★ Dejan Bodiroga

★ Žarko Čabarkapa - (NBA Golden State Warriors)

★ George Stepanovich - (North Carolina State)

★ Vlade Divac

★ Predrag Danilović

★ Aleksandar Đorđević

★ Dan Gadzuric - NBA Player from the Netherlands

★ Brian Generalovich - NCAA University of Pittsburgh Panthers

★ George "Blind Bomber" Glamack

★ Dusan Ivković

★ Boban Janković

★ Marko Jarić - (NBA Minnesota)

★ Igor Kokoskov

★ Mile Ilić - (NBA New Jersey)

★ Radivoj Korać

★ Nenad Krstić - (NBA New Jersey)

★ Božidar Maljković

★ Press Maravich

★ Pete Maravich (Hall of Famer)

★ Alexander Mikalachki (Scholar and Athlete, Sir George Williams/Concordia University Hall of Fame)

★ Mel Mikalachki (of McGill Redmen and "Jean Coutu" Montreal Professional Basketball team, 1960s; played in exhibition games with NBA teams and the Harlem Globetrotters)

★ Darko Miličić - (NBA Orlando)

★ Rasho Nesterović - (NBA Toronto)

★ Aleksandar Nikolić (Hall of Famer)

★ Žarko Paspalj

★ Sasha Pavlović (NBA player with Cleveland)

★ Kosta Perovic (Golden State Warriors) (Partizan Beograd)

★ Gregg Popovich (NBA coach with San Antonio)

★ Vladimir Radmanović - (NBA LA Clippers)

★ Željko Rebrača - (NBA LA Clippers)

★ Zoran Savić

★ Borislav Stanković (Hall of Famer: Secretary-General FIBA) NBA Indiana Pacers

★ Predrag Stojaković - (NBA New Orleans Hornets)

★ Žarko Varajić

★ Sasha Vujacić- (NBA LA Lakers)

★ Saša Vasiljević

★ Siniša Kovačević

Football (Soccer)

★ Rale Rasic

★ Radomir Antić

★ Marko Baša (Serbian mother)

★ Milan Biševac

★ Goran Đorović

★ Predrag Đorđević (Olympiakos)

★ Dragan Džajić

★ Perica Ognjenović

★ Zoran Bata Mirkovic

★ Saša Ilić

★ Mateja Kežman

★ Miloš Krasić

★ Mladen Krstajić

★ Danijel Ljuboja

★ Marko Lomić

★ Goran Lovre

★ Darko Maletić

★ Siniša Mihajlović

★ Savo Milošević

★ Dejan Milovanović

★ Bora Milutinović (Coach)

★ Veljko Paunović

★ Mike Pejic (Premiership)

★ Dejan Petković

★ Robert Prosinečki (Serbian mother)

★ Dejan Stanković

★ Dejan Stefanović Portsmouth

★ Dragan Stojković (Piksi)

★ Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United)

★ Darko Kovačević

★ Dejan Petković

★ Milos Samardzija (Northern Spirit) retired

★ Dragan Mance

★ Dario Damjanović

★ Zvjezdan Misimović

★ Branimir Bajić

★ Branislav Krunić

★ Zlatko Zahovič (serbian parents)

Other

★ Norm Bulaich (NFL)

★ Nick Cvjetkovich (Pro Wrestling)

★ Marin Plestina (early Serbian-American professional wrestler of the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s)

★ Walter Dropo (baseball) (AL Rookie of the Year: 1950)

★ Mike Glumac (NHL/AHL)

★ Nikola Grbić (volleyball)

★ Vladimir Vanja Grbić (volleyball)

★ Sam Jankovich (sports administration)

★ Dan Kesa (NHL)

★ Mike Kekich (baseball)

★ Sasha Lakovic (NHL/AHL)

★ Milan Lucic (ice hockey WHL)

★ Mike Mamula (NFL)

★ Ivan Miljković (volleyball)

★ Nevena Stefanov (volleyball)

★ John Miljus (baseball)

★ Bob O'Billovich (CFL)

★ Milt Popovich (NFL)

★ Nick Puaća (cycling)

★ Jeff Samardzija (NCAA American football)

★ Aleksandar Šapić (waterpolo)

★ Dragan Škrbić (handball)

★ Alex Stepanovich (NFL)

★ Ivan Stević (cycling)

★ Pete Suder (baseball)

★ Stojan Trickovic (Washington Diplomats Football)

★ Peter Vuckovich (baseball) (AL Cy Young winner: 1982)

★ Goran Vujević (volleyball)

★ Mick Vukota (NHL)

★ Peter Zezel (NHL)

Individual sports

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★ Jelena Dokić

★ Novak Đoković

★ Ana Ivanović

★ Jelena Janković

★ Daniel Nestor (Nestorović)

★ Nenad Zimonjić

★ Janko Tipsarevic (Tipsy)

Other

★ Olivera Jevtić (distance-running)

★ Milorad Čavić (swimming)

★ Svetozar Gligorić (chess) (grandmaster)

★ Alex Kasich (cross country runner)

★ Danny Nikolic (Australian Jockey)

★ Nataša Pavlović (flight)

★ Snežana Perić (karate)

★ Jasna Šekarić (shooting sports)

★ Bojan Vještica (Snowboarding)

★ Miloš Pavlović (Formula racing)

★ Milivoje Božić (1923-1991) (First Serbian/Yugoslavian who won Grand-Prix title and Formula 1 racing license)

★ Bill Vukovich (Serbian-American racing car driver, winner of the 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500)

★ Nenad Medic (Serbian-Canadian Professional Poker Player who won a WPT event in 2006)

★ Boris Duragin (Australian Harness Racing)

World Record Holders

★ Milorad Čavić

★ Žarko Perović

★ Dragutin Topić

★ Vesna Vulović

Others

★ Vladimir Djordjevic (5 Times U.S. Martial Arts Hall Of Famer 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

★ Tijana Arnautovic (Miss World Canada - 2004)

★ Vedrana Grbovic (Miss Serbia 2006)

★ Dušan Popov (A man onto whom James Bond was created)

★ Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich (First US born Serbian Orthodox priest: San Francisco 1863)

★ Alexander Mikalachki (First Canadian graduate with PhD in Business Administration from a Canadian university, 1964)

★ Ben Mulroney (Serbian mother)

★ Bill Dorich

★ Tihomir and Vladimir Djordjevic (Ethnomusicologists)

★ George Fisher (Djordje Ribar), American adventurer, linguist, and politician (Serbian parents)

★ Mila Mulroney (nee Mila Pivnicki: Canada's First Lady)

★ Filip Višnjić (self-taught gusle player and poet)

★ Hieromonk Makarije (printed the first book in Serbian)

★ George Chanak (Fmr. State Supreme Court Judge - Minnesota)

★ Zoran Jovicic (president of the Serbian business and humanitarian society, Privrednik), which was founded in 1897)

★ William Jovanovich (President and CEO of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers)

★ Eli Zivkovich (organized the unionization of textile workers in North Carolina)

★ Robert Lagather (improved the working conditions in U.S. mines)

Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.

★ Friedrich Engels

★ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

★ J. R. R. Tolkien

★ Leo Tolstoy

★ Nicolo Tommaseo (Italian and Serb man of letters, corresponded with Petar II Petrovič-Njegoš)

★ Pierre de Ronsard

★ Charles Nodier

★ Prosper Merimee

★ Lamartine

★ Sir Walter Scott (Corresponded with Vuk Karadzich)

★ Sir John Bowring

★ Jacob Grimm (Corresponded with Vuk Karadzich)

★ Watson Kirkconnell (Corresponded with Pavle Popovich of Belgrade University)

★ Oliver Elton (Translator of Modern Serbian Poetry)

★ Paul Selver (Translator of Modern Serbian Poetry)

★ D. H. Low

★ H. Rootham

★ J. W. Wiles (First translator of Njegos's Gorski Vjenac/The Mountain Wreath, 1930)

★ Lach Szyrma

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