List of people from Serbia

List of people from Serbia is a list of notable people from Serbia. The list contains names of people who are associated with Serbia and its territory by their place of birth, and also by naturalization, domicile, citizenship or some other similar connection, modern or historical. List is territorially defined, and includes all people from Serbia, regardless of their ethnic, linguistic, religious or some other personal distinctions.

Royalty and nobility

Serbian monarchs

Unknown Archon Višeslav Radoslav Prosigoj Vlastimir Mutimir Pribislav Petar Pavle Zaharija Časlav Beloje Krajina Belojević Hvalimir Belojević Čučimir Belojević Petar of Duklja Jovan Vladimir Stefan Vojislav Mihailo Vojislavljević Constantine Bodin Vukan Uroš I Uroš II Beloš Desa Tihomir Stefan Nemanja Vukan Nemanjić Stefan the First-Crowned Stefan Radoslav Stefan Vladislav Stefan Uroš I Stefan Dragutin Stefan Milutin Vladislav, King of Syrmia Stefan Dečanski Stefan Dušan Stefan Uroš V Simeon Uroš Jovan Uroš

Vukašin of Serbia Prince Marko Lazar of Serbia Đurađ I Balšić Balša II Vuk Branković Đurađ II Balšić Nikola Altomanović Jovan Dragaš Konstantin Dejanović Stefan Lazarević Balša III Đurađ Branković Stefan Crnojević Lazar Branković Stefan Branković Ivan Crnojević Vuk Grgurević Đorđe Branković Đurađ Crnojević Jovan Branković Stefan II Crnojević Radič Božić Pavle Bakić Stefan Štiljanović Jovan Nenad Radoslav Čelnik Karađorđe Miloš Obrenović Milan Obrenović II Mihailo Obrenović Alexander Karađorđević Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš Milan I of Serbia Alexander I of Serbia Peter I of Serbia Alexander I of Yugoslavia Prince Paul of Yugoslavia Peter II of Yugoslavia

Serbian princesses

Jelena Vukanović, (b. after 1109 – after 1146), Queen of Hungary Jelisaveta Nemanjić, (fl. 1270 – died 1331), Baness of Bosnia Princess Milica of Serbia, (ca. 1335–1405) Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), Lady of Zeta; Grand Duchess of Hum Ana-Neda, Empress of Bulgaria Dragana of Serbia, Empress of Bulgaria Helena Dragaš, (c. 1372 – 23 March 1450), Byzantine empress, mother of emperors John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos Olivera Lazarević, Ottoman consort Mara Branković, Ottoman consort Kantakuzina Katarina Branković (1418/19 – 1492), countess of County of Celje Mara Branković, last Queen of Bosnia and Despoina of Serbia Jelena Rareš, princess of Moldavia, regent in 1551–1553 Milica Despina of Wallachia, (c. 1485–1554), Princess of Wallachia, regent in Wallachia in 1521–1522 Ana Jakšić Glinska, mother of Elena Glinskaya and grandmother of Tsar Ivan the Terrible Jelena Jakšić, titular Despotissa of Serbia, wife of Despot Jovan Branković Şehsuvar Sultan, Ottoman consort Ljubica Vukomanović, (September 1788 – 26 May 1843), Princess of Serbia Persida Nenadović, (15 February 1813 – 29 March 1873), Princess of Serbia Draga Mašin, (11 September 1864 – 11 June 1903), Queen of Serbia

Serbian nobility

Politicians and diplomats 19th and the 20th century

Petar Ičko (1775–1808), Karageorge's political envoy to Constantinople. Petar Nikolajević Moler Toma Vučić-Perišić Avram Petronijević Aleksa Simić Ljubomir Kaljević Milan Piroćanac Sava Grujić Jovan Avakumović Petar Velimirović Đorđe Simić Milutin Garašanin Stojan Novaković Jovan Ristić Svetozar Miletić Ilija Garašanin Milutin Garašanin Nikola Hristić Jovan Marinović Pavle Beljanski, diplomat and art connoisseur Milivoje Petrović Blaznavac Nikola Pašić (Radical/Prime Minister) Svetomir Nikolajević Jaša Prodanović Lazar Arsenijević Batalaka Nikola Uzunović Bogoljub Jevtić Puniša Račić Dr. Stevan Moljević Dr. Živko Topalović Dimitrije Ljotić (Nationalist/Collaborationist during World War II) Ljubomir Davidović (Democrat) Milan Grol Dušan Simović Slobodan Jovanović Milovan Milovanović, Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer Momčilo Ninčić Dragoljub Mićunović Svetozar Pribićević (Democrat) Velimir Vukićević (Radical/Prime Minister) Milan Stojadinović (Radical/Prime Minister) Dragiša Cvetković (Radical) Dobrica Matković (Radical) Vladimir Dedijer (Communist) Svetozar Marković (Socialist) Svetozar Delić (Among the first Communists who became Mayor of Zagreb) Veljko Milatović (Communist; and alleged killer of Krsto Zrnov Popović) Miloš Minić (Communist) Latinka Perović (Communist) Milentije Popović (Communist) Aleksandar Ranković(Communist) Ivan Stambolić (Communist) Đorđe Vojnović Kosta Taušanović Dragiša Cvetković (pre-World War II prime minister)

Modern times

Siniša Mali Tomislav Nikolić, former President of Serbia Boris Tadić, former President of Serbia Mirko Cvetković, former Prime Minister of Serbia Nenad Bogdanović Predrag Bubalo Dragan Čavić Nebojša Čović Ivica Dačić, minister of foreign affairs and former Prime Minister of Serbia Vojislav Koštunica, former Prime Minister of Serbia and former President of Yugoslavia Miroljub Labus Slobodan Lalović Zoran Lončar Predrag Marković Dejan Mihajlov Tomica Milosavljević Radomir Naumov Đurđe Ninković Milan Panić, former Prime Minister of Yugoslavia Borislav Paravac Milan Parivodić Mirko Šarović Goran Svilanović Veroljub Stevanović Vojislav Šešelj Aleksandar Vučić, current President of Serbia Slobodan Vuksanović Velimir Ilić Andrija Mandić, leader of Serbs in Montenegro Vuk Drašković Radoman Bozovic Borisav Jović, former president of Yugoslavia) Slobodan Milošević Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia

Military Medieval and Early modern period Novak Grebostrek Miloš Obilić, knight and hero Ivan Kosančić, knight Milan Toplica, knight Stanislav Sočivica (1715–1777), Serbian rebel leader, active in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Koča Andjelković (1755–1788), Austrian volunteer and Serbian rebel leader.

Modern 19th-century revolutionaries

See: List of Serbian Revolutionaries Karađorđe (1762–1817), leader of the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13) Kara-Marko Vasić, Serbian revolutionary who participated in the First Serbian Uprising Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević (1760–1825), commander in the First Serbian Uprising and volunteer in the Greek War of Independence Mladen Milovanović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Hajduk Veljko Petrović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Čolak-Anta Simeonović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Stanoje Stamatović Glavaš, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Stevan Sinđelić, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Petar Dobrnjac, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Sima Nenadović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Matija Nenadović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising Jakov Nenadović, commander in the First Serbian Uprising

Novica Cerović (1805–1895), noted for his successful assault against a local Muslim tyrant precipitating The Death of Smail-aga Čengić under the auspices of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš thereby freeing parts of Herzegovina from the Ottoman Empire and joining them to the Principality of Montenegro. His heroism and the death of Smail-aga Čengić was the theme of Ivan Mažuranić's epic poem celebrating the struggle for freedom. Marko Miljanov, Montenegrin commander Vasos Mavrovouniotis, volunteer in the Greek War of Independence Jovan Mišković, commander in the Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878) Rista Cvetković-Božinče Aksentije Bacetić

Balkan Wars and World War I

Ljubomir Kovačević Gavro Vuković General Petar Bojović General Božidar Janković General Živojin Mišić General Radomir Putnik General Stepa Stepanović General Jovan Atanacković General Vojin Popović, also known as Vojvoda Vuk. Major Dragutin Gavrilović Milunka Savić, war heroine of the 1913 Balkan War and World War I, wounded nine times. Sofija Jovanović, war heroine of the 1913 Balkan War and World War I Stanislav Sondermayer, Serbian World War I soldier, the youngest to be killed in action Tadija Sondermajer, Serbian aviator, aeronautical engineer, founder and director of Aeroput, Yugoslavia's first airline

World War II

General Milan Nedić Dimitrije Ljotić Kosta Mušicki Milan Spasić, naval hero of World War II Nikola Kavaja General Draža Mihailović General Nikola Ljubičić General Kosta Nađ General Dušan Simović Jezdimir Dangić

Yugoslav wars

General Blagoje Adžić General Dragoljub Ojdanić General Ljubiša Jokić General Vladimir Lazarević General Nebojša Pavković General Života Panić General Dragan Paskaš General Aleksandar Vasiljević Jovica Stanišić, intelligence officer and head of the State Security Service (SDB) (1992–1998)

Foreign service

Various states Evgenije Popović fought in a detachment commanded by Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy. Mićo Ljubibratić also fought with Giuseppe Garibaldi. Ilija Monte Radlovic served in the British Army during World War II. Vito Marija Bettera-Vodopić (1771–1841) in the service of Imperial Russia, died as an Austrian prisoner in occupied-Ukraine. Janos Damjanich (1804–1849), Hungarian General Jakov Ignjatović, Hungary Sebo Vukovics, Hungary Dome Sztojay, Hungary Paul Davidovich, Austria-Hungary Adam Bajalics von Bajahaza, Austria-Hungary Petar Preradović, Austrian general Emil Vojnović, Austrian general and military historian Arsenije Sečujac, Austrian general Jeronim Ljubibratić, Austrian Field marshal Paul von Radivojevich, Austrian general Svetozar Boroević, Baron von Bojna, Austro-Hungarian and Croatian field marshal of Serbian origin Stevan Šupljikac Voivod (Duke) of Serbian Vojvodina (1848), Austria-Hungary Karl Paul von Quosdanovich, Austrian general Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich, Austrian Field marshal Emil Uzelac first joined the Austrian Air Force of Austro-Hungarian Empire. King Peter I of Serbia led his government, army, and civilian refugees through the Montenegrin and Albanian mountains to the Adriatic seacoast where they were eventually transported by Allied ships to Corfu, Vido and Thessaloniki in World War I Greece (Government-in-Exile). Stojan Janković led Serbs from Dalmatia and Montenegro in the Cretan War of 1645–1669 on the side of the Republic of Venice. Starina Novak, Hajduk and Moldavian ally Constantin Brancoveanu, Wallachia At the end of the 15th century, Raci warriors came to the Polish Kingdom and played an important role in forming the Polish hussars. Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria Jovan Monasterlija led Serbian Militia in the name of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor against the Turks. Ilija Perajica was a 17th-century freedom-fighter Vuk Isakovič (1696–1759) was Serb military commander in the Austrian-Ottoman Wars. Petar Marinovich, France

Russian Empire

Petar Tekelija, General-in-Chief, achieved the highest rank among the Serbs who served in the Imperial Russian Army, In the service of Peter the Great and his daughter Elizabeth of Russia Semyon Zorich (1743–1799) distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War and the first Russo-Turkish War. He was the recipient of the Order of St. George on Pyotr Rumyantsev's recommendation. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General (1797). In the service of Catherine the Great Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1771–1825) In the service of Tsar Alexander I during the French invasion of Russia Georgi Emmanuel Nikolay Depreradovich Rajko Depreradović Andrei Miloradovich Ivan Adamovich Jovan Horvat Simeon Piščević Jovan Albanez Simeon Končarević Jovan Šević Ilya Duka Dmitry Horvat Dejan Subotić Ivan Lukačević Radola Gajda, in the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after John of Shanghai and San Francisco, In the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after John of Tobolsk, in the service of Czar Nicholas II of Russia during the Great War and after Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, served during the Great Patriotic War Aleksej Jelačić, served during the Great Patriotic War Aleksa Dundić Nikolai Dimitrievich Dabić

Ottoman Empire

Veli Mahmud Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier 1456–68 and 1472–74, Serbian-Byzantine from Novo Brdo. Zagan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1453 to 1456 Deli Husrev Pasha, Ottoman statesman and second vizier Hadım Ali Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier from 1501 to 1503 and 1506 to 1511