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Below are lists of prominent ethnic Serbs and people from Serbia.

1 Serbs
2 Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.
3 Foreigners of Serbian antecedence
4 Famous Sportsmen/women
5 References
6 See also

Serbs

Rulers, Politicians and Knights

Medieval

House of Vlastimirović
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)
Višeslav died c. 780.
Radoslav
Prosigoj (son of Radoslav, early 8. century)
Vlastimir Prince before 850-862
Mutimir Prince 862-891/2
Pribislav Prince 891/2-893/4
Petar Prince 893/4-917
Pavle Prince 918-921
Zaharije Prince 921-924
Časlav Prince 927/8-960

House of Nemanjić
Stefan Nemanja Despot 1166-1196
Stefan Prvovenčani (Stefan the Firstcrowned) King of Serbia 1199- 1228
Vukan II Nemanjić King of Zeta 1196 - 1208
Stefan Radoslav King 1228-1233
Stefan Vladislav King 1234-1243
Stefan Uroš I King 1243-1276
Stefan Dragutin King 1276-1282
Stefan Uroš II Milutin King 1282-1321
Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (Stefan Decanski) King 1321-1331
Stefan Dušan(Dusan the Mighty) King 1331-1346 ,Emperor 1346-1355
Stefan Uroš V (Uros the Weak) Emperor 1355-1371
Vukan Nemanjić
Đorđe Nemanjić
Stefan Vladislav II of Syrmia
Simeon Uroš

House of Kotromanić
Prijezda I Ban 1250–1287
Prijezda II Ban 1287–1290
Stjepan I Kotroman Ban 1287–1299
Stjepan II Kotromanić Ban 1322–1353
Tvrtko I Ban 1353–1377, King 1377–1391
Stephen Dabiša King 1391–1395
Jelena Gruba Queen reigned 1395–1398
Stephen Ostoja King 1398–1404, 1409–1418
Tvrtko II King 1404–1409, 1421–1443
Stephen Ostoja (restored) (1409–1418)
Stephen Thomas King 1443–1461)
Stephen Tomašević King 461–1463)

Pavle Orlović, Duke and knight, direct ancestor of Serbian royal house of Obrenović
Balša I (Zeta ruler and founder of the House of Balšić)
John Uroš
Vuk Branković (Lord)
Knez Lazar
Stefan Lazarević (1389-1427) Despot later King
Prince Marko
Đurađ Branković King (1427-1456)
Lazar Branković (1456-1458)
Stefan Branković (1458-1459)
Emperor Jovan Nenad
Vlatko Vuković (Bosnian lord)
Miloš Obilić, Prince Lazar's knight who killed the Ottoman sultan Murad I
Despot Jovan Oliver, one of Emperor Dusan's military leaders
Constantine Dragaš
Constantine XI - The last Emperor of Byzantium (Constantinople)
Thomas II Preljubovic

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

Karađorđević Dynasty

Karađorđe Petrović (or Supreme Commander Karađorđe or Đorđe Petrović)
Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia
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
HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia

Politicians

Politicians XIX/XX Century

Nikola Pašić (Radical/Prime Minister)
Dimitrije Ljotić (Nationalist/Collaborationist during World War II)
Jovan Jovanović (Democrat)
Ljubomir Davidović (Democrat)
Svetozar Pribićević (Democrat)
Ljubomir Jovanović (Radical)
Velimir Vukićević (Radical/Prime Minister)
Milan Stojadinović (Radical/Prime Minister)
Dragiša Cvetković (Radical?)
Dragoljub Jovanović (Democrat)
Vladimir Dedijer (Communist)
Dragoslav (Draža) Marković (Royalist)
Moma Marković (Communist)
Svetozar Marković (Socialist)
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
Milan Martić - leader of the former Republic of Serbian Krajina
Milan Babić
Balša Jovanović
Slobodan Milošević
Milan Panić
Jovan Rašković (Serb party leader)

Current political leaders in and outside Serbia / Politicians of Serbian ancestry

Boris Tadić (President of Serbia)
Mirko Cvetković (Prime Minister of Serbia)
Milorad Dodik (Prime Minister of Republika Srpska)
Melissa Bean (Congresswoman from Illinois)
Rod Blagojevich (Former 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)
Zoran Jovičić (President of World Diaspora Organization-Sydney and Serbian World Congress )
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)
Nataša Mićić
Dejan Mihajlov
Tomica Milosavljević
Radomir Naumov
Tomislav Nikolić
Milan Panić (Former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia)
Borislav Paravac
Milan Parivodić
Radomir Ponjavich
Carl Kosta Savich (Serbian-American columnist)
Mirko Šarović
Michael A. Stepovich (Former governor of Alaska Territory)
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 Zenovich (Former State Senator from California)
Velimir Ilić
Milorad Pupovac
Andrija Mandić, leader of Serbs in Montenegro
Vuk Draskovic

Saints

Avakum
Anastasija Srpska
Andrija Šiljak
Arsenije Sremac
Božidar Minić
Branko Dobrosavljević
Budimir Sokolović
Varnava Nastić
Vasilije Ostroški
Velimir Mijatović
Visarion Saraj
Stefan Vladislav I
Vukašin
Vukosav Milanović
Gavrilo Lesnovski
Gavrilo
Georgije Bogić
Grigorije
Episkop raski Grigorije
David (Dimitrije Nemanjic)
Damjan Štrbac
Saint Danilo II
Dimitrije Rajanović
Dobrosav Soković
Dobroslav Blažević
Dositej Vasić
Dušan Prijović
Đurađ Branković
Đorđe Kratovac
Jakov
Jevstatije Prvi
Jevstatije Drugi
Jelena Dečanska
Sainte Hélène d'Anjou (sveta kraljica Jelena, 1250-1314)
Jelisaveta Stiljanović
Jefrem
Jefrosinija Jevgenija
Jeftimije Dečanski
Joakim Osogovski
Joanikije Devički
Joanikije I
Joanikije Drugi
Joanikije Lipovac
Joasaf srpski Meteorita
Jovan Vladimir
Jovan Zečević
Jovan Novi
Jovan Rapajić
Josif Novi
Kirilo
Laza Ćulibrk
Lazar of Serbia
Makarije
Sveti Maksim
Mirko Stojisavljević
Miladin Minić
Milan Banjac
Milan Božić
Milorad Vukojičić
Milutin (1253-1321)
Mihailo Jevđević
Mihailo Đusić
Momčilo Grgurević
Nestor Dečanski
Nestor Trkulja
Nikodim
Nikodim Tismanski
Nikolaj Velimirović
Sveti Nikon
Petar Zimonjić
Petar Koriški
Petar Cetinjski Čudotvorac
Peter Thommesen
Platon Jovanović
Ratomir Janković
Rafailo Banatski
Rafailo Momčilović
Relja Spahić
Rodoljub Samardžić
Saint Sava
Sava Drugi
Sava Branković
Sava Treći
Sava Trlajić
Savo Šiljak
Savo Škaljak
Serafim Džarić
Simeon Mirotočivi
Simon monah
Simo Banjac
Sinaiti
Slobodan Šiljak
Saint Spyridon
Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Piperski
Stefan Slepi
Stefan Uroš
Stefan Urošić Nemanjić
Stefan Štiljanović
Teodor Nestorović
Teodor Komogovinski
Teoktist
Trifun Maksimović

Scholars

Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Dr. Andrija (Zoran) Vujisić (Linguist)
Charles Simic
George Vid Tomasevic
Milos Mladenovic
V. Lalich
S. Bosnitch
Michael Boro Petrovich
Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić

Economists

Scientists & Inventors

Category:Serbian scientists

Nikola Tesla (Physicist)
Mileva Marić Einstein (Mathematician)
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Philologist)
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Physicist)
Miodrag Stojković (Genetic Scientist)
Milutin Milanković (Geophysicist)
Mihailo Petrović (Mathematician)
Pavle Savić (Physicist and chemist, together with Irène Joliot-Curie was nominated for Nobel Prize in Physics)
Josif Pančić
Jovan Cvijić (Ethnographer, Geographer and Geologist)
Pavle Savić (Physics)
Veljko Gasic (engeneer and aircraft designer)
Vladimir Ajdačić
Tatomir Anđelić
Miloš Vujić (Chemist)
Sima Avramovic (Legal Scholar)
Anton Bilimović
Milan Budimir
Jovan Čokor
Aleksandra Stefanovic (Biology)
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 Gopčević (Astronomer, born in Trieste to 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. Boško Lončarević (of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
Sima Lozanić
Teodor Margo (Zoologist)
Branko Milanović
Dragoslav Mitrinović
Dimitrije Nesić
Atanasiјe Nikolić
Ogneslav Kostović Stepanović
Branislav Petronijević
Mihailo Petrović Alas
Dragoljub Pokrajac
Milorad B. Protić
Paul R. Radosavljevich (Professor of Experimental Pedagogy, 1912-1933)
Jovan Rašković
Dušan Ristanović
Nikolaj Saltikov
Uroš Jovanović
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 Zelić
Jovan Žujović
Miodrag B. Pavlović (linguist)^[1]
Teodor Jankovic-Mirijevski (1741-1814) is best-known as the reformer of the education system in Rumania, Serbia and Russia.
Atanasije Stojković was the first Rector and Physics Professor of the newly-established university at Harkov, then in Russia, now part of Ukraine.
Gligorije Trlajić
Teodor Filipović
Milan Uskoković (Chemist)
Olivera Živković (Chemist)
Miodrag Petković (Mathematician)
Pavle Ćosić (Linguist)

Art Historians

Vojislav Đurić
Svetozar Radojčić
Lazar Trifunović
Gordana Babić
Jasna Jovanov
Vojislav Korać
Aleksandar Kadijević
Anna Novakov

Writers

Poets

• Dušan Radović • Duško Trifunović • Đura Jakšić • Jovan Dučić • Jovan Jovanović Zmaj • Jovan Pačić (1771-1849; Hungarian and Serb poet) • Jovan Sundečić • Laza Kostić • Lukijan Mušicki • Marko Miljanov • Matija Ban

Matija Bećković
Mihaly Vitkovics (1778-1829; Hungarian and Serb poet)
Mika Antić
Milan Milišić
Milan Rakić

• Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja • Miodrag Pavlović • Mirko Petrović Njegoš • Novica Tadić

• Radovan Gajić

Sanja Krstonosic

• Sandor Petofi (Hungarian poet of Serb father and Slovak mother) • Sima Pandurović • Slobodan Rakitić • Slobodan Vuksanović

Filmmakers

Emir Kusturica (director/editor/producer/actor/writer)
Aleksandar Petrović (director)
Bojan Maljević (producer)
Boris Mitić (director)
Djordje Kadijević (Famous Serbian director renowned for his horror yet arty movies.)
Dragiša Stojadinović (founder of Serbian cinematography)
Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Makavejev (director)
Gabrielle Tana aka Gaby Tana (producer) ^[2]
Gojko Mitić (director)
Goran Gajić (director)
Goran Paskaljević
Lazar Ristovski (actor/director)
Mihailo Ilić
Nena Toth(Canadian filmmaker,Director of Photography/First woman Cinematographer in Serbia)
Paul Stojanovich (producer/director)
Peter Bogdanovich (director)
Slavko Vorkapić (director/editor)
Slobodan Šijan (director)
Srđan Dragojević (director)
Steve Tesich (Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright)
Vane Ivanovich (formerly with the BBC in the U.K. and the National Film Board of Canada)

Painters

Ljubomir Aleksandrović
Stevan Aleksić (1876 - 1923)
Dimitrije Andrejević
Đorđe Andrejević Kun
Stojan Aralica
Dimitrije Avramović

Jovan Bijelić (1886-1964)
Dario Borojević (currently resides in Sweden)
Milan Borojević
Janko Brašić

Natalija Cvetković (1882-1928)

Stojan Ćelić

Aleksa Čelebonović
Marko Čelebonović
Miloje Čiplić
Miša Čolović

Konstantin Danil
Milovan Destil Marković / De Stil Marković
Petar Dobrović
Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962; born in Trieste, of Serbian parents, originally from Montenegro)

Pavel Đurković

DŽ

Alexander Džigurski

Vasa Eškičević

Josif Falta
Emerik Fejes
Mihajlo Filimonović

Dragomir Glisić (1872-1957)
Mališa Glisić (1855-1915)
Miloš Golubović
Rada Greg
Nedeljko Gvozdenović

Kosta Hakman

Teodor Ilić Češljar
Bora Iljovski
Olja Ivanjicki
Katarina Ivanović
Ljubomir Ivanović

Đura Jakšić
Mladen Josić
Danica Jovanović (1886 - 1914)
Paja Jovanović

Milan Kerac
Milan Kečić
Stevan Knežević
Leon Kojen (1859-1934)
Milan Konjović
Uroš Knežević
Teodor Kračun
Marko Krsmanović
Đorđe Krstić
Željko Kujundžić

Ana Marinković)
[[Moma Marković (1902-1977)
Nikola Marković)
Sladjana Matejevic (1974)
Kosta Miličević
Đoka Milovanović
Milan Milovanović
Mihael Milunović
Milo Milunović
Milan Miljanović (1876-1964)
Đorđe Mitrofanović
Marko Murat

Višnja Nikolić
Miroslav Nesić
Nikola Nešković

Ankica Oprešnik

Milena Pavlović-Barili
Boško Petrović
Đorđe Petrović
Nadežda Petrović (1873-1973)
Vasa Pomorisac (Studied in Belgrade, Zagreb, Munich, London; the first to paint on glass)
Branko Popović (1882-1944)
John Popovic
Ljuba Popović
Mića Popović
Olga Božičković Popović
Uroš Predić
Šejma Prodanović
Miodrag B. Protić
Djordje Prudnikov

Jovan Rakidžić
Novak Radonić
Radomir Reljić

Milić Stanković (Milić od Mačve)
Milan Stanojev
Sava Stojkov

Ivan Tabaković
Stojan Titelbah

Vera Zarić

Performance artists

Sculptors

Drinka Radovanović
Đorđe Jovanović
Ferenc Kalmar
Francois Lorraine
John David Brcin (Serbian-American sculptor, 1899-1983; born in Austro-Hungary to Serb parents)
Jose Majzner (Born in Belgrade in 1914, to Serb and Czech parents)
Jovan Soldatović
Kosta Bogdanović
Matija Vuković
Olga Jančić
Olga Jevrić
Peko Nikčević
Radeta Stanković
Simeon Roksandić
Sreten Stojanović
Vladimir Barac
Vidosav Lj. Pavlovic - Micur (1936- ), Serbian sculptor and restorator
Yevgeny Vuchetich

Architects

• Aleksandar Deroko • Aleksandar Đokić • Aleksandar Đorđević • Dragiša Brašovan • Gordana Jovanović • Ivan Antić • Jean Badovici (Rumanian-born, of Serbian parents) • Mihailo Janković • Milan Zloković • Svetozar Ivačković • Zoran Manević

Cartoonists

Photographers

Anastas Jovanović
Milan Jovanović
Pompeo Posar (Serbian mother)
Boris Spremo
Petar Stojanović
Paul Von Baich (Born in Graz, Austria, of Serbian antecedents)

Models

Saša Ražnatović
Maja Latinović
Ana Mirjana Račanović
Milla Jovovich
Aleksandra Kokotović
Sanja Papić
Gordana Tomić
Jovana Jerinic
Ana Mihajlović
Jovana Jerinic
Georgina Stojiljković

Musicians

Main article: List of Serbian musicians

Composers

Isidor Bajić
Stanislav Binički
Dejan Despić
Zoran Erić
Dragutin Gostuški
Stevan Hristić
Jovo Ivanišević
Petar Konjović
Petar Krstić
Luigi von Kunits (Born in Graz, Austria, of Serbian antecedents; also spelled Kunich)
Ljubica Marić
Josif Marinković
Miloje Milojević
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Vasilije Mokranjac
Dragan Petrović
Miloš Raičković
Nikola Resanovic
Rudolph Réti
Kornelije Stanković
Petar Stojanović
Marko Tajčević
Vladimir Tošić
Jasna Veličković

Performers

Marina Arsenijević (pianist)
Momčilo Bajagić (singer)
Đorđe Balašević (singer)
Goran Bregović (folk-rock musician)
Zdravko Čolić (singer)
Uroš Dojčinović (guitarist)
Denise Djokic (Canadian Cellist)
Philippe Djokic (Prof. of Violin at Dalhousie U.)
Bora Đorđević (rock singer)
Duško Gojković (jazz trumpetist and composer)
Miroslav Ilić (folk singer)
Željko Joksimović (pop singer)
Jovan Jovičić (classical guitarist)
Nele Karajlić (rock musician)
Aleksandra Kovač (pop singer) / Winner of the MTV music awards 2006
Kornelije Kovač (rock keyboard player)
Zoran Lesandrić (rock musician)
Alex Lifeson (Aleksandar Živojinović - guitarist of Rush)
Boban Marković (folk ensemble leader)
Stefan Milenković (violin player)
Aleksandra Slađana Milošević (singer)
Dragana Mirković (folk singer)
Milan Mladenović (singer, guitar player)
Ana Nikolić (folk singer)
Ana Bebić (pop singer)
Boris Novković (singer)
Alex Petrovich (singer/guitarist of the band The Georgian Skull, a Scarlet Record label, The Mighty Nimbus, and Mister Bones)
Dragan Petrović (jazz pianist from Toronto)
Ana Popović (blues guitarist)
Jasna Popovic (pianist)
Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović (folk singer)
Laza Ristovski (rock/jazz keyboard player)
Dejan Sinadinović (pianist)
Milenko Stefanović, classical and jazz clarinettist
Marija Šerifović (singer) / Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Radomir Mihailović Točak (rock, jazz, blues guitarist)
Miroslav Tadić (classical guitarist)
Holly Valance (Serbian father)
Larry Vukovich (jazz pianist)
Bojan Zulfikarpašić (pianist)
Brian Linehan (host-producer of TV's City Lights)
Wierd Al Yankovic

Chess

Theologians

Nikolaj Velimirović
Justin Popović
Atanasije Jevtić
Dimitrije Nenadovic
Svetozar Dusanic

Philosophers

Ljubomir Nedić
Milan Damnjanović (Philosopher)
Mihailo Duric
Branislav Petronijevic
Dionisije Novakovic (1705-1767)
Ksenija Atanasijević
Bozidar Knezevic
Ljubomir Tadic
Milos Milovanovic
Branko Pavlovic (1928-1996)
Vasa Stajic
Milan Kujuncic Aberdar (1842-1893)
Zaga Golubovic
Petar II Petrovic Njegos
Dositej Obradovic

Military History (Serbian Revolution 1804-1815)

Hajduks/Freedom Fighters

Karađorđe Petrović (turkified version of Đorđe Petrović, meaning "Black" Đorđe)
Stevan Sinđelić (voivode of the First Serbian Uprising)
Stanoje Stamatović Glavaš
Hajduk Veljko Petrović
Stojan Janković
Janko Mitrović
Jovan Nenad

Balkan Wars and WWI

General Petar Bojović
Major Dragutin Gavrilović
General Živojin Mišić
General Radomir Putnik
General Stepa Stepanović
General Pavle Jurišić Šturm
General Petar Pešić

WWII

General Draža Mihailović
Duke Momčilo Đujić
Duke Pavle Đurišić
Nikola Kalabić
Dragoslav Račić
Blagoje Jovović
Dobroslav Jevđević
Jezdimir Dangić
Miodrag Palošević
Dragiša Vasić
Sima Uzelac
Jovan Deroko
Milorad Popović
Vojvoda Brane Bogunović
Miroslav Trifunović
Vojislav Lukačević
Petar Baćović
Predrag Raković
Mladen Žujović
Dušan Trbojević
Radomir Petrović
Cvijetin Todić

General Milan Nedić

Yugoslav Wars

Radovan Karadžić
Ratko Mladić
Milan Martić
Milan Babić
Kapetan Dragan
Nebojša Pavković
Dragoljub Ojdanić
Sreten Lukić

Fikret Abdić

Foreign Armies

Hungary

Janos Damjanich (1804-1849), General

Austria-Hungary

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
Baron George Mamula (Austrian General and Governor of Dalmatia)
Petar Duka (Austro-Hungarian Baron and General, 1756-1822)
Svetozar Borojević

Ottoman Empire

Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Grand vizier 1456-1468 and 1472-1474
Gedik Ahmed Pasha, of Serbian-Byzantine descent, Grand vizier from 1474-1477
Hadim Ali Pasha, Grand vizier 1501-1503 and 1506-1511
Yunus Pasha, Grand vizier 1517
Semiz Ali Pasha, Grand vizier 1561-1565 and 1579 to 1580
Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1565-1579
Damat İbrahim Pasha, Grand vizier 1596-1597 and 1599-1601
Malkoç Yavuz Ali Pasha, Grand vizier 1603-1604
Daltaban Mustafa Pasha, Grand vizier 1702-1703
Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand vizier 1919 and 1920
Omar Pasha (1806-1871), General, Mihailo Micha Latas, of Serbian origin, converted to Islam
Osman-Pasha Skopljak, High Turkish Official, of Serbian origin, who corresponded with Petar II Petrović Njegos on numerous issues
Isa-Beg Isaković, Bey of Bosnia, founded Novi Pazar
Mara Branković, wife of Murad II, very influential in imperial affairs, ambassador to Venice
Pertev Pasha, Bey of Rumelia, 1555-?
Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople, Serb, Patriarch from 1475-1476
Ferhat-paša Sokolović, brother of Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, Ottoman pasha, founded numerous cities including Banja Luka
Stanko Harambasic, leader of the Ottoman Serb Army 1791-1800

Moldavia

Starina Novak, also known as Baba Novak
Deli Marko
George Slankamenac

United States

Alex N. Dragnich (Office of Strategic Services, OSS)
Nick Lalich (OSS)
Tyrus Cobb (Reagan national security staffer; Army colonel)
Louis Cukela (Marine Corps major)
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 (Marine Corps colonel)
Butch Verich (Navy commander)
Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (Air Force)
Milo Radulovich (Air Force)
Joe Veselinovich (OSS)
George Vujnovich (OSS)
Lance Sijan (Air Force captain)
Nicholas Stepanovich (U.S. lawyer and military leader, appointed to the U.S. ambassadorial staff to the U.N. by President Eisenhower)

Russian Empire

In the service of Peter the Great:

Sava Lukich Vladislavich Raguzinsky (1664-1738, Diplomatist)

In the service of Imperial Russia, circa 18th Century:

Georgije Bogdanov, Major General
Ivan Božić-Srbin, Brigadier General
Stefan Vitković, Brigadier General
Maksim Zorić, Lieutenant General
Simeon Zorić Count and Major General
Teodor Janković, Brigadier General
Konstantin Janković, Brigadier General
Konstantin Nikolajević Juzbasa Brigadier General
Konstantin Lalos, Major general
Mihail Andrejević Miloradović, General, 1771-1821
Petar Miloradović, Major General
David Neranšić, Major General
Simeon Piščević, Major General
Rodion Stefanović Plemenac, Brigadier General
Baron Georgije Petrović Podgoričanin, Major General
Ivan Petrović Podgoričanin, Lieutenant General
Aleksej Preradović, Brigadier General
Georgije Preradović, Brigadier General
Ivan Rodionović Preradović, Major General
Rajko Rodion Preradović, Lieutenant General
Mihajlo Ivana Stojanov, Major General
Antonije Stratimirović, Brigadier General
Petar Tekelija, General-in-Chief, achieved the highest rank among the Serbs who served in the Imperial Russian Army
Georgije Ivanović Horvat, Brigadier General
Ivan Dimitrijević Horvat, Major General
Ivan Sanojlović Horvat, Lieutenant General
Josif Horvat, Lieutenant General
Nikolaj Corba Major General
Fedor Arsenijev Corba, Lieutenant General
Fedor Černojević, Major General
Georgije Šević, Lieutenant General
Ivan Đorđević Šević, Lieutenant General
Ivan Sterić, Lieutenant General
Serdar Vukotić, General, 1757-61
Matija Zmajević, Admiral of the Baltic fleet

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 Riznić (1793-1861)

In the service of Tsar Nicholas II during the Russian Revolution of 1917:

Andrei Stepanovich Bakich (1878-1922)
Stevan Hadžić
Mihailo Živković (1856-1930)
Milan Lukuc

Post-WWI Military Leaders

General Draža Mihailović
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 Koča Popović
Nikola Kalabić
Vojvoda Momčilo Đujić
Major Pavle Đurišić
Bajo Stanišić
Sava Kovačević

Entrepreneurs

Mike Ilich (Caesar's Pizza)
Richard Kovacevich of Wells Fargo, one of the highest paid excutives in the U.S.A., according to Forbes magazine.
Bogoljub Karić, currently under investigation for fraud, embezzlement, he disappeared in 2006 and is believed to be hiding in Russia.
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.
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
Sava Tekelija
Philip Zepter (owner of Zepter formerly known as Milan Janković)
Milan V. Pavlovic, Serbian aviation and aerospace engineer and Entrepreneur
Milan Puskar (Owner and Originator of Mylan Laboratories)

The Infamously famous

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
Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga - 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
Slobodan Milošević former president of Yugoslavia
Ratko Mladić
Radovan Karadžić
Vojislav Šešelj
Mijailo Mijailović - Assassin of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
Arkan

The people in sports

Sasha Lakovic (NHL/AHL)
Mickey Lolich (Baseball)
Milan Lučić (NHL/WHL)
Mike Mamula (NFL)
Doc Medich (baseball)
Ivan Miljković (volleyball)
Nevena Stefanov (volleyball)
John Miljus (baseball)
Bob O'Billovich (CFL)
Momir Petkovic (1976 Olympics, gold medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling in Montreal)
Milt Popovich (NFL)
Nik Puača (cycling)
Dan Radakovich (sports administration)
Jeff Samardzija (NCAA American football/baseball)
Aleksandar Šapić (waterpolo)
Dragan Škrbić (handball)
Branislav Simic (1964 Olympics, gold medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling in Tokyo)
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)
Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
Janko Tipsarević (Tennis)
Ana Ivanović (Tennis)
Jelena Janković (Tennis)
Milorad Cavic (Swimming)
Predrag Stojakovic (NBA)
Vlade Divac (NBA)
Predrag Drobnjak (NBA)
Pete Maravich (NBA)
Press Maravich (College Basketball Coach)
Bosko Djurickovic (NCAA Basketball Coach - Carthage College)
Darko Milicic (NBA)
Nikola Pekovic (NBA)
Nenad Krstic (NBA)
Marko Jaric (NBA)
Veselin Petrović (1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics/Cycling)

Others

Petar Bojović II
Dušan Popov (the man who allegedly was the model for James Bond)
Archimandrite, Sebastian Dabovich (First US born Serbian Orthodox priest: San Francisco 1863)
Bill Dorich
George Fisher (Djordje Ribar), American adventurer, linguist, and politician (Serbian parents)
Adolf Hempt, founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad
Alex Mihailovich - Canadian television journalist
Mila Mulroney (née Mila Pivnicki: Wife of former Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney.)
Filip Višnjić (self-taught gusle player and poet)
Hieromonk Makarije (printed the first book in Serbian)
Zoran Jovičić (president of the Serbian Business Society, Privrednik),founded in 1897, president of World Diaspora Organization and Serbian World Congress - Srpski svetski kongres dijaspore, president of United College.
William Jovanovich (President and CEO of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers)

Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.

Peter Handke
Pierre de Ronsard
Charles Nodier
Prosper Merimee
Lamartine
Sir John Bowring
Jacob Grimm (Corresponded with Vuk Karadžić)
Watson Kirkconnell (Corresponded with Pavle Popovich of Belgrade University)
Oliver Elton (Translator of Modern Serbian Poetry)
Franz von Suppe
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Benjamin von Kallay (An Austro-Hungarian statesman who lived from 1839 to 1903)
Pipo of Ozora
Armin Vambery
Jadwiga of Poland

Foreigners of Serbian antecedence

Kivanc Tatlitug (Turkish actor)

Famous Sportsmen/women

Basketball: Players and Coaches

Famous Footballers (since 1990)

Famous Footballers and Coaches (before 1990)

Tennis

Alex Bogdanovic
Ana Ivanović
Jelena Dokić
Novak Đoković
Jelena Janković
Daniel Nestor (original name Danijel Nestorović)
Ilija Panajotović
Ivko Plećević
Monica Seles (Hungarian-born in Serbia)
Janko Tipsarević
Nenad Zimonjić

Indy Car Racing

References

^ http://www.miodragpavlovic.com
^ "Interview for Serbian National TV - RTS". youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHfOzZQrjTw. Retrieved 2009-02-23.

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