List of Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This is the List of Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Art

Performing arts

Cinema and theatre

• Emir Kusturica (born 1954), filmmaker, actor and musician
• Zdravko Šotra (born 1933), film and television director and screenwriter
• Rudi Alvađ (1929–1988), film, radio and television actor and comedian
• Predrag Golubović (1935–1994), film director and screenwriter
• Nele Karajlić (born 1962), comedian, musician, composer, actor and television director living
• Karl Malden (1912–2009), Oscar-winning actor
• Marko Todorović (1929–2000), actor
• Boro Stjepanović (born 1946), actor
• Nataša Ninković (born 1972), actress
• Danina Jeftić (born 1986), actress
• Nebojša Glogovac (1969–2018), actor
• Nikola Pejaković (born 1966), actor
• Tihomir Stanić (born 1960), actor
• Sergej Trifunović (born 1972), actor
• Davor Dujmović (1969–1999), actor
• Goran Kostić (born 1971), actor
• Predrag Tasovac (1922–2010), actor
• Branko Pleša (1926–2001), actor
• Branko Đurić (born 1962), actor, comedian, director and musician
• Boro Drašković (born 1935), director, playwright and screenwriter
• Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), director, acting professor, and theatre expert
• Brad Dexter (1917–2002), American actor
• Gordon Bijelonic, American film producer
• Ogden Gavanski, Canadian film producer

Music

• Dušan Šestić, musician and composer of the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina^[1]
• Baja Mali Knindža, folk singer
• Đorđe Novković, Yugoslav songwriter, and father of Boris Novković
• Boro Drljača, folk singer
• Branka Sovrlić, folk singer
• Dejan Matić, pop-folk singer
• Goran Bregović, musician, Croat father and Serb mother
• Indira Radić, pop-folk singer
• Ipe Ivandić, rock drummer
• Ljiljana Petrović, pop singer
• Marinko Rokvić, folk singer
• Marta Savić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
• Maya Berović, pop-singer
• Mile Kitić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
• Milić Vukašinović, musician
• Milena Plavšić, folk singer
• Miloš Bojanić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
• Minja Subota, composer, musician, entertainer and photographer
• Mitar Mirić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
• Miroslav Čangalović, opera singer
• Mladen Vojičić Tifa, folk-rock singer
• Nada Obrić, folk singer
• Nedeljko Bajić Baja, Serbian singer
• Romana Panić, pop singer
• Sanja Maletić, turbo-folk singer
• Saša Matić, singer
• Seka Aleksić, pop-folk singer
• Srđan Čolić, pop-dance musician
• Vlado Pravdić, organist
• Srđan Marjanović, singer-songwriter
• Vukašin Brajić, pop-rock singer
• Zdravko Čolić, singer
• Željko Samardžić, singer
• Jadranka Stojaković, singer
• Božo Vrećo, sevdalinka singer
• Marija Šestić, singer
• Lepi Mića, singer
• Marija Šestić, singer

Visual arts

• Miloš Bajić, painter
• Jovan Bijelić, painter
• Radomir Damnjanović, painter and conceptual artist
• Lazar Drljača, painter
• Oste Erceg, painter
• Nedeljko Gvozdenović, painter
• Kosta Hakman, painter
• Momo Kapor, painter and novelist
• Svetislav Mandić, painter, copier, fresco conserver and writer
• Roman Petrović, painter
• Ljubomir Popović, painter
• Sreten Stojanović, sculptor
• Slobodanka Stupar, visual artist
• Todor Švrakić, painter
• Rista Vukanović, painter

Literature

Writers

• Meša Selimović (1910–1982), writer, Bosnian Muslim by birth
• Svetozar Ćorović (1875–1919), novelist
• Petar Kočić (1877–1916), writer
• Veselin Masleša (1906–1943), writer, activist and Yugoslav Partisan
• Branko Ćopić (1915–1984), writer
• Svetozar Koljević (1930–2016), literary critic and historian; translator
• Jovan Deretić (1934–2002), professor of literature and author of Serbian literary history
• Gavro Vučković Krajišnik
• Anabela Basalo, novelist
• Isidora Bjelica, prose writer, playwright and public figure

Poets

• Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), poet, hajduk, translator, historian, philologist, diplomat and adventurer
• Jovan Dučić, poet, writer and diplomat
• Skender Kulenović, poet ^[2]
• Aleksa Šantić, poet
• Duško Trifunović, poet and writer
• Jovan Sundečić, poet and priest
• Pero Zubac (1945)^[3]

Epic poetry

• Filip Višnjić, epic poet and gusle player

Sciences and engineering

• Milan Budimir (1891–1975), classical studies expert, linguist and academic.
• Vaso Čubrilović (1897–1990), historian.
• Vladimir Ćorović (1885–1941), historian and academic.
• Petar Đurković (1908–1981), astronomer.
• Vlado Kešelj, computer scientist.
• Danilo Mandic (1963), electrical engineer.
• Svetislav Mandić (1921–2003), historian, copier, fresco conserver, poet and painter.
• Sima Milutinović (1899–1981), mechanical engineer and the most prolific Yugoslav aircraft constructor.
• Radovan Samardžić (1922–1994), historian.
• Milorad Ekmečić (1928–2015), historian and academic.
• Ljubisav Rakić (born 1931), physician, professor and academic.
• Ranko Bugarski (born 1933), linguist.
• Rade Mihaljčić (born 1937), historian and academic.
• Milorad Simić (born 1946), linguist and academic.
• Tibor Živković (1966–2013), medievalist and academic.
• Vladimir Terzija (1962), electrical engineer.
• Stevo Todorčević (born 1955), mathematician.

Politics

Yugoslavia / SR Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Cvijetin Mijatović, former President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia
• Vojislav Kecmanović, former President of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Đuro Pucar, former President of the People's Assembly and President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Vlado Šegrt, former President of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ratomir Dugonjić, former President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Obrad Piljak, former President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Milanko Renovica, former President of the Presidency and President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Rodoljub Čolaković, former President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Milan Gorkić, former President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
• Bogoljub Kujundžić, former Ban of Vrbas Banovina
• Aristotel Petrović, former Mayor of Sarajevo
• Ljubo Kojo, former Mayor of Sarajevo
• Vaso Radić, former Mayor of Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina / Republika Srpska

• Momčilo Krajišnik, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Živko Radišić, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mayor of Banja Luka
• Mirko Šarović, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Borislav Paravac, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Nebojša Radmanović, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mayor of Banja Luka
• Mladen Ivanić, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Dragan Mikerević, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Milorad Dodik, incumbent member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, former President and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Spasoje Tuševljak, former Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Dragan Mikerević, former Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Nikola Špirić, former Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Boro Bosić, former Co-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Zoran Tegeltija, incumbent Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Radovan Karadžić, former President of Republika Srpska
• Biljana Plavšić, former President of Republika Srpska
• Nikola Poplašen, former President of Republika Srpska
• Mirko Šarović, former President of Republika Srpska
• Dragan Čavić, former President of Republika Srpska
• Milan Jelić, former President of Republika Srpska
• Igor Radojičić, former acting President of Republika Srpska and Mayor of Banja Luka
• Rajko Kuzmanović, former President of Republika Srpska
• Željka Cvijanović, incumbent President of Republika Srpska and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Pero Bukejlović, former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Aleksandar Džombić, former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Radovan Višković, incumbent Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Nedeljko Čubrilović, former Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska
• Draško Stanivuković, incumbent Mayor of Banja Luka
• Mladen Grujičić, incumbent Mayor of Srebrenica
• Branislav Borenović, incumbent president of the Party of Democratic Progress
• Predrag Kojović, incumbent president of the Our Party
• Mićo Sokolović, founder of the labour movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights

Serbia

• Jovan Marinović, former Prime Minister of Serbia
• Zoran Đinđić, former Prime Minister of Serbia and Mayor of Belgrade
• Slobodan Unković, President of the National Assembly of Serbia
• Boris Tadić, former President of Serbia
• Vojislav Šešelj, founder and president of Serbian Radical Party and a former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
• Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Energy and Mining; former Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
• Saša Radulović, former Minister of Economy of Serbia
• Nela Kuburović, former Minister of Justice of Serbia
• Darija Kisić Tepavčević, Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy of Serbia
• Vjerica Radeta, former Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia

Military people

• Omar Pasha, Ottoman general and governor
• Srđan Aleksić
• Emanuel Cvjetićanin, Austro-Hungarian Feldmarschalleutnant
• Slobodan Princip, Yugoslav Partisan
• Petar Baćović, Chetnik
• Jezdimir Dangić, Chetnik
• Jeronim Ljubibratić, Habsburg general
• Mićo Ljubibratić, rebel
• Pecija, rebel
• Golub Babić, rebel
• Prodan Rupar
• Bogdan Zimonjić
• Bogić Vučković

Rulers and royalty

Middle Ages

• Beloje
• Stephen, Duke of Bosnia
• Miroslav of Hum
• Hramko
• Andrija, Prince of Hum
• Prvoslav Radojević
• Mrnjava
• Domanek
• Dražen Bogopenec
• Milten Draživojević
• Mišljen (veliki tepčija)
• Dimitrije (veliki čelnik)
• Vuk Kosača
• Branivojević noble family
• Vojin (magnate)
• Vojislav Vojinović
• Miloš Vojinović
• Pribil
• Pavle Radenović

Ottoman statesmen

• Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
• Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha
• Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha
• Telli Hasan Pasha

Sports

Individual sports

• Jelena Lolović, alpine skier, Universiade champion
• Žana Novaković, alpine skier
• Ivana Španović, athlete (track and field), World and European Champion, Olympic bronze medalist ^[4]
• Dragan Perić, athlete (track and field), World Championships bronze medalist
• Borisav Pisić, athlete (track and field), Mediterranean Games champion
• Draženko Mitrović, athlete (track and field), Paralympic Games silver medalist
• Branko Dangubić, athlete (track and field)
• Đuro Kodžo, athlete (track and field)
• Vuk Rađenović, bobsledder
• Slobodan Kačar, boxer, Olympic champion
• Tadija Kačar, boxer, Olympic Games silver medalist
• Milenko Zorić, canoer, World champion and Olympic Games silver medalist
• Veselin Petrović, cyclist
• Radomir Kovačević, judoka, Olympic Games bronze medalist
• Nemanja Majdov, judoka, World champion
• Aleksandar Kukolj, judoka, European champion
• Mitar Mrdić, judoka
• Radoje Đerić, rower, European Championships bronze medalist
• Andrea Arsović, sports shooter, European champion
• Srećko Pejović, sports shooter, European Championships silver medalist
• Velimir Stjepanović, swimmer, European champion
• Đorđe Marković, swimmer
• Ivana Ninković, swimmer
• Mladen Tepavčević, swimmer
• Zoran Prerad, taekwondo practitioner, European champion
• Andrea Petkovic, tennis player, World No.9
• Nikola Ćaćić, tennis player, ATP Cup champion
• Momir Kecman, wrestler, World Championships silver medalist
• Boško Marinko, wrestler, European champion
• Stevan Mićić, wrestler, European Games and European Championships medalist
• Ognjen Topic, American Muay Thai Boxing champion

Team sports

Basketball

• Borislav Stanković, former FIBA's Secretary General
• Dražen Dalipagić, Olympic, World and European champion
• Ratko Radovanović, Olympic, World and European champion
• Dejan Bodiroga, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
• Predrag Danilović, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
• Žarko Paspalj, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
• Slađana Golić, Olympic, World and European Championships silver medalist
• Saša Čađo, Olympic bronze medalist and European champion
• Jelica Komnenović, Olympic bronze medalist and Eurobasket silver medalist
• Zoran Savić, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
• Dragana Stanković, Olympic bronze medalist
• Milan Gurović, World and European champion
• Aleksandar Nikolić, World and European champion
• Vladimir Radmanović, World champion
• Veselin Petrović, European champion
• Ognjen Kuzmić, NBA champion and Eurobasket silver medalist
• Darko Miličić, NBA champion
• Vule Avdalović, Universiade champion
• Vanja Plisnić, Universiade champion
• Mile Ilić, Universiade champion
• Draško Albijanić
• Nemanja Gordić
• Stefan Janković
• Srđan Kalember
• Dejan Kravić
• Milan Milošević
• Nebojša Popović
• Dragan Raca
• Boris Savović
• Đoko Šalić
• Marko Šutalo
• Miroslav Todić
• Dejan Todorović
• Ratko Varda
• Dušan Vukčević
• Dalibor Ilić
• Lara Mandić
• Ivanka Matić
• Slavica Pečikoza
• Daliborka Vilipić

Football

• Milan Galić, Olympic champion and European Championship silver medalist
• Velimir Sombolac, Olympic champion
• Branko Stanković, Olympic silver medalist
• Vlado Čapljić, Olympic bronze medalist
• Marko Marin, World Cup bronze medalist
• Boško Antić, European Championship silver medalist
• Ilija Pantelić, European Championship silver medalist
• Savo Milošević, European Championship top scorers
• Mijat Gaćinović, World U20 and European U19 champion
• Srđan Babić, World U20 champion
• Miladin Stevanović, World U20 champion
• Ognjen Ožegović, European U19 champion
• Dušan Bajević
• Nemanja Bilbija
• Predrag Đajić
• Aleksandar Đurić
• Milan Đurić
• Mladen Krstajić
• Ognjen Koroman
• Zdravko Kuzmanović
• Zvjezdan Misimović
• Predrag Pašić
• Ljupko Petrović
• Saša Stević
• Nikola Stipić
• Neven Subotić
• Nemanja Supić
• Miloš Šestić
• Siniša Ubiparipović
• Ognjen Vranješ
• Slavko Zagorac
• Luka Jović

Handball

• Svetlana Kitić, Olympic champion
• Milorad Karalić, Olympic champion
• Zlatan Arnautović, Olympic champion
• Nebojša Popović, Olympic champion
• Zdravko Rađenović, Olympic champion
• Radmila Drljača, Olympic silver medalist
• Vesna Radović, Olympic silver medalist
• Mladen Bojinović, World Championship bronze medalist
• Nebojša Golić, World Championship bronze medalist
• Jasmina Jankovic, European Championship silver medalist
• Dobrivoje Marković European Championship silver medalist
• Aleksandar Knežević, European Championship bronze medalist
• Danijel Šarić, World Championship silver medalist
• Gorica Aćimović

Volleyball

• Vladimir Grbić, Olympic and European champion
• Nikola Grbić, Olympic and European champion
• Tijana Bošković, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
• Brankica Mihajlović, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
• Đorđe Đurić, Olympic bronze medalist
• Saša Starović, European champion
• Jelena Blagojević, European champion and World Championship bronze medalist
• Aleksandar Okolić, European and World League champion
• Slađana Erić
• Sanja Starović

Water polo

• Duško Pijetlović, Olympic, World and European champion
• Gojko Pijetlović, Olympic, World and European champion
• Nikola Rađen, World and European champion, Olympic bronze medalist
• Milan Muškatirović, Olympic and European Championship silver medalist

Religion

Patriarchs

• Makarije Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1557–1571)
• Antonije Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1571–1575)
• Gerasim Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1575–1586)
• Savatije Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1587)
• Gavrilo II, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1752)

Metropolitans and bishops

• Gavrilo Avramović, Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosna (s. 1578–88)
• Basil of Ostrog (1610–1671), Bishop of Zahumlje, born in Trebinje area
• Visarion, Metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602), born in Herzegovina
• Savatije Ljubibratić, Metropolitan of Zahumlje and Dalmatia (s. 1693–1716)
• Jovan Ćulibrk (1965)
• Grigorije Durić (1966)

Other

• Nićifor Dučić (1832–1900), theologian, historian, philologist and writer
• Martyr Vukašin of Klepci
• Jovica Ilić (fl. 1834–), Orthodox priest, rebel leader
• Pavle Tvrtković (fl. 1834–51), Orthodox priest, served at the Serbian court
• Gavro Vučković Krajišnik, trader, politician and writer
• Djoko Slijepčević, (1907–1993), church historian

Other

• Tijana Arnautović, Miss Canada 2004
• Luka Ćelović, businessman
• Mila Mulroney, wife of former prime minister of Canada
• Monika Radulovic, Miss Universe Australia 2015
• Sava Vladislavich, Serbian diplomat, count and merchant-adventurer in the employ of Peter the Great
• Nataša Vojnović, fashion model
• Milomir Kovac (born 1962), German surgeon
• Caroline Mulroney, Canadian politician
• Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host
• Sasa Radulovic, award-winning Canadian architect
• Maja Vidaković Lalić, architect and founder of the Mikser Festival
• Nedeljko Čabrinović, member of the Black Hand

See also

• List of Serbs
• List of Serbs of Croatia
• List of Serbs of Montenegro
• List of Serbs of the Republic of Macedonia
• List of Serbs of Slovenia
• List of Serbs of Albania

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