List of Serbs

This is list of Serbs and people in some way connected to Serbs or Serbia.

Serbs

Artists (writers, actors, producers, painters, singers)

• Ivo Andrić (writer, Nobel Laureate)
• Đorđe Balašević (pop singer)
• Peter Bogdanovich (director)
• Zdravko Čolić (pop singer)
• Jovan Dučić (poet)
• Dragutin Gostuski
• Đura Jak?ić (writer, painter)
• Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (poet)
• Milla Jovovich (Milica Nataša Jovović) (model/actress)
• Emir Kusturica (movie director)
• Milić od Mačve (painter)
• Desanka Maksimović (poet)
• Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulović) (actor)
• Velimir Bata Zivojinovic (actor)
• John Malkovich (actor)
• Miloš Đoka Nikolić (writer)
• Ljubica Maric
• Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (composer)
• Vasilije Mokranjac
• Branislav Nu?ić (writer)
• Dositej Obradović (writer)
• Princess Catherine Oxenberg (actress of royal descent)
• Milorad Pavić (writer)
• Goran Petrović
• Petar Petrović Njegoš (poet)
• Milan Rakić (poet)
• Josif Runjanin (composer)
• Meša Selimović (writer)
• Weird Al Yankovic (half-Serb) (singer)
• Zoran Z<caron>ivković (science fiction writer)
• Ljubisa Markovic (painter)

Saints

• Saint Hieromartyr Lazar
• Saint Nikolai Velimirović
• Saint Peter of Cetinje
• Saint Sava
• Saint Simeon
• Saint Vasilije

Scientists

• Ruđer Josip Bošković
• Jovan Cvijić
• Vuk Stefanović Karad?ić
• Jovan Karamata
• Djuro Kurepa
• Mileva Marić
• Milutin Milanković
• Josif Pančić
• Mihailo Petrovic
• Milorad B. Protić
• Mihajlo Pupin
• Nikola Tesla

Soldiers

• General Blagoje Ad?ić
• Bo?ko Buha
• General Peko Dapčević
• General Bo?idar Janković
• ?ikica Jovanović-?panac
• Vojvoda ?ivojin Misić
• Miloš Obilić
• Zeljko Raznatovic - Arkan
• General Veljko Kadijević
• Sava Kovačević
• Dimitrije Ljotić
• General Nikola Ljubičić
• General Draza Mihajlovic
• General Ratko Mladic
• General Kosta Nađ
• General Milan Nedić
• General Koča Popović
• General Dusan Simović
• Vojvoda Radomir Putnik
• Stevan Sinđelić
• Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović
• Simela ?olaja
• Haiduk Veljko
• Serdar Janko Vukotić
• Starina Novak
• Deli Radivoje
• Stanoje Glavash
• Janis Bukuvalis
• Stojan Janković
• Duke Vuk Popović
• ?arko Zrenjanin

Entrepreneurs

• Bogoljub Karic
• Djordje Vajfert (Chech origiated Serb, owner of old Weifert brewery)
• Ilija Milosavljevic Kolarac
• Kapetan Misa Anastasijevic
• Philip Zepter (owner of Zepter formerly known as Milan Janković)
• Vladimir Mitic (Owner of Robne kuce Beograd)

Assassinations, Secret Service

• Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis - leader of Black Hand organization
• Mijailo Mijailovic - assassin of Anna Lindh; no political affiliations, probably a case of mental illness.
• Gavrilo Princip - Anarchist; assassin of archduke Ferdinand
• Puni?a Račić - parliament assassin of Stjepan Radic and Đuro Basariček
• Aleksandar Ranković - UDBA secret service
• Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga - outlaw
• Joco Udmanić - outlaw

World Record Holders

• Vesna Vulović
• Milorad Čavić

Athletes

• Dejan Bodiroga (basketball)
• Vlade Divac (basketball)
• Predrag Danilović (basketball)
• Aleksandar Đorđević (basketball)
• Jelena Dokić (tennis)
• Dragan DZajic (soccer)
• Nikola Grbić (volleyball)
• Vladimir Vanja Grbić (volleyball)
• Pete Maravich (basketball)
• Savo Milošević (soccer)
• Ivan Miljković (volleyball)
• Zoran Mirković (soccer)
• Daniel Nestor (original last name was Nestorović) (tennis)
• Nataša Pavlović (flight)
• Aleksandar Šapić (waterpolo)
• Jasna Šekarić (shooting sports)
• Dragan Škrbić (handball)
• Dejan Stanković (soccer)
• Peđa Stojaković (basketball)
• Goran Vujević (volleyball)
• Nenad Zimonjić (tennis)
• Zarko Paspalj (basketball)

Rulers and Politicians

Historical

• Jovanka Broz Budisavljević
• Tsar Stefan Dušan Silni (tzar)
• Dragi?a Cvetković (pre-WWII prime minister signing the treaty with Axis power on March 25 1941)
• Aleksanda-Cincar Marković (pre-WWII prime minister)
• Milovan Đilas (Communist leader and dissident)
• Stevan Doronjski
• Veselin Djuranović (Communist leader)
• Sekula Drljević (politician)
• Ilija Gara?anin (foreign affairs advisor)
• Đoko Jovanić
• Borisav Jović
• Svetozar Marković (Communist)
• Milos Minic (Communist leader)
• Marko Nikezić (Communist leader)
• Nikola Pašić (prime minister)
• Mehmed Paša Sokolović (Ottoman pasha)
• Slobodan Penezić Krcun
• Latinka Perović (Communist leader)
• Mo?a Pijade (Communist leader of Jewish descent)
• Milanko Renovica
• Milentije Popović (Communist leader)
• Ivan Stambolić (Head of Serbian Communists)
• Petar Petrović Njegoš (prince-bishop)
• Jovan Ra?ković (Serb party leader)
• Prince Lazar
• Jovan Veselinov
• Veljko Vlahović
• Radovan Vlajković
• Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo
• Vlatko Vukovi&#263 (Medieval lord)
• ?arko Zrenjanin
• Vidoje Zarković
• Vuk Branković (Medieval lord)
• Zoran Djindjić

Current

• Milan Babic
• Rod Blagojevich
• Momir Bulatović
• Dragan Čavić
• Nebojša Čović
• Vuk Dra?ković
• Borisav Jović
• Radovan Karad?ić
• Vojislav Koštunica
• Slobodan Milošević
• Predrag Markovic
• Dragoslav Markovic - mentor and father-in-law of Slobodan Milosevic
• Mirjana Markovic
• Svetozar Marović
• Natasa Mićić
• Milan Panic
• Milan Martic - leader of the former Republic of Serbian Krajina
• Borislav Paravac
• Desnica Radivojević
• Mirko Šarović
• Goran Svilanović
• Vojislav ?e?elj
• Boris Tadić
• George Voinovich
• Zoran ?ivković

Royals

Obrenovic Dynasty Members

• Miloš Obrenović
• Milan Obrenović
• Mihailo Obrenović
• King Milan Obrenović
• King Aleksandar Obrenović
• Ljubica Obrenović
• Queen Natalija Obrenović
• Draga Masin

Karadjordjević Dynasty

• Karadjordje Petrović (or Supreme Commander Karadjordje or Djordje Petrović)
• Prince Alexander Karadjordjević,
• King Petar I Karadjordjević,
• King Alexander I Karadjordjević,
• King Petar II Karadjordjević,
• Countess Jelisaveta of Serbia and Yugoslavia
• Crown Prince Alexander II of Serbia and Yugoslavia

Others

• Đuka Mandić - mother of Nikola Tesla

Connected to Serbs

Of course, a lot of f.e. world politicians are in some way connected to Serbs. But this list lists people intimately connected to a Serb or Serbs.

• Madeleine Albright (saved by Serbs in Second World War)
• Josip Broz (was married to Jovanka Broz Budisavljević)
• Pierre-Henri Bunel
• Luc Besson (was married with Milla Jovovich)
• Patrick Besson
• Albert Einstein (was married with Mileva Maric)
• Mira Furlan (married to Goran Gajić)
• Prentis Cobb Hale (married to Denise Minnelli Hale)
• Peter Handke
• Vincente Minnelli (married to Denise Minnelli Hale)
• Archibald Reiss
• Monica Seles (tennis player; an ethnic Hungarian born in Vojvodina)
• Daniel Shifer

Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.

• Friedrich Engels
• Johann Wolfgang von Göthe
• Jakob Grimm
• J. R. R. Tolkien
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Being who will study the Voyager Golden Record

Sorbs

• Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

See also

• List of Serbian monarchs
• Rulers of Montenegro
• List of Slavs
• List of people by nationality
• List of people