List of Serbs contains notable people who are Serbs or of Serb ancestry. The list includes all notable Serbs sorted by occupation and year of birth, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern.
Artists
Visual artists Architects
Atanasije Nikolić (1803–1882) Emilijan Josimović (1823–1897) Nikola Djordjević (the 19th century) Aleksandar Bugarski (1835–1891) Svetozar Ivačković (1844–1924), post-Romantic architect Konstantin Jovanović (1849–1923), architect who designed National assemblies of Serbia and Bulgaria and National Bank of Serbia Milan Antonović (1850–1929) Milica Krstić Čolak-Antić (1887–1964), one of the most important female architects during the first half of the twenty-first century. Vladimir Nikolić (1857–1922) Andra Stevanović (1859–1929) Dimitrije T. Leko (1864–1914), Serbian architect and urbanist Nikola Nestorović (1868–1957) Danilo Vladisavljević (1871–1923) Momčilo Tapavica (1872–1949), designer of Novi Sad's Matica Srpska building; also 1st Serb to win an Olympic medal at 1st modern Olympic Games (Athens, Greece, 1896) Petar Popović (1873–1945) Petar Bajalović (1876–1947) Branko Tanazević (1876–1945) Jelisaveta Načić (1876–1955), pioneer in women's architecture in Serbia Đura Bajalović (1879–1949) Momir Korunović (1883–1969) Dragiša Brašovan (1887–1965), modernist architect, leading architect of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia Jovanka Bončić-Katerinić (1887–1966), architect, 1st woman engineer in Germany Milan Minić (architect) (1889–1961, architect Aleksandar Deroko (1894–1988), architect, artist, professor and author Nikola Dobrović (1897–1967) Milan Zloković (1898–1965), architect, founder of the Group of Architects of Modern Expressions. Branislav Kojić (1899–1986) Mihailo Janković (1911–1976), architect who designed several important structures in Serbia Milica Šterić (1914–1998), architect for Energoprojekt, built post World War 2 power plants Alexis Josic (1921–2011), French architect Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010), architect, urbanist and essayist, designed monumental concrete sculpture in Jasenovac Ivan Antić (1923–2005), architect and academic, considered one of the former Yugoslavia's best post-World War 2 architects Ilija Arnautović (1924–2009), Yugoslav and Serbian architect, known for his projects during the period of Serbian and Slovenian socialism (1960–1980) Ivanka Raspopović (1930–2015), Serbian architect Predrag Ristić (1931–2019), Serbian architect Ranko Radović (1935–2005) Aleksandar Đokić (1936–2002), architect known for Brutalist and postmodernist styles Zoran Bojović (1936–2018), architect for Energoprojekt, worked in Africa Zoran Manević (1937–2019), prominent Serbian architecture historianDanas, Monografija o arhitekti Đorđu Tabakoviću Retrieved 23 December 2017 Ljiljana Bakić (1939–2022), Serbian architect Jovan Prokopljević (born 1940) Louis and Dennis Astorino (born 1948), American architects of Serbian origin, Louis was the 1st American architect to design a building in the Vatican Ksenija Bulatović (born 1967), architect Maja Vidaković Lalić (born 1972), architect Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), architect and academic
Sculptors
Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910), recognized as the first sculptor of modern Serbia Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), won prizes at the World Exhibitions in Paris 1889 and 1900 for the works "Gusle" and "Kosovo Monument" Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor and academic, highly regarded for his bronzes and fountains (Čukur Fountain), frequently cited as one of the most important figures in Yugoslavian sculpture. Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945) Vukosava Velimirović (1888–1965) Iva Despić-Simonović (1891–1961) Risto Stijović (1894–1974), sculptor, author of Monument to Franchet d'Esperey in Belgrade Sreten Stojanović (1898–1960) John David Brcin (1899–1983), Serbian American sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908–1974) Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), Yugoslav sculptor Bogosav Živković (1920–2005) Jovan Soldatović (1920–2005) Dragiša Stanisavljević (1921–2012) Olga Jevrić (1922–2014), awarded sculptor Matija Vuković (1925–1985) Dušan Džamonja (1928–2009), sculptor Miodrag Živković (1928–2020) Slavomir Miletić (born 1930) Nebojša Mitrić (1931–1989) Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), former professor at Faculty of Applied Arts Drinka Radovanović (born 1943), sculptor of many monuments to national heroes Slobodan Pejić (1944–2006) Lilly Otasevic (born 1969), Serbian born Canadian sculptor/designer Mihailo Stošović (born 1971)
Painters, cartoonists, illustrators
Lovro Dobričević of Kotor (c. 1420 – 1478), Venetian painter who first started to paint at the Serbian Orthodox Savina Monastery, Montenegro, in the mid-15th century. Đorđe Mitrofanović (c. 1550 – 1630), Serbian fresco painter and muralist who travelled and worked throughout the Balkans and the Levant. Joakim Marković (c. 1685 – 1757) Hristofor Žefarović (1710–1753) Teodor Stefanov Gologlavac (18th century) Janko Halkozović (18th century) Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781) Jakov Orfelin, (early 18th century–1803) Vasa Ostojić, (1730–1791) Teodor Kračun (1730–1781) Dimitrije Bačević (1735–1770) Nikola Nešković (1740–1789) Lazar Serdanović, (1744–1799) Simeon Lazović (c. 1745 – 1817) Teodor Ilić Češljar (1746–1793) Stefan Gavrilović (c. 1750 – 1823) Jovan Pačić (1771–1849) Pavel Đurković (1772–1830) Aleksije Lazović (1774–1873) Petar Nikolajević Moler (1775–1816), revolutionary and painter Georgije Bakalović (1786–1843), Serbian painter Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), painter and portraitist of the 19th century Grigorije Davidović-Obšić, (18th century) Uroš Knežević (1811–1876) Katarina Ivanović (1811–1882) Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855), painter known best for his iconostasis and frescos. Pavel Petrović (1818–1887) Pavel Đurković (early 19th century) Novak Radonić (1826–1890) Mina Karadžić (1828–1894) Đura Jakšić (1832–1878) Ladislav Eugen Petrovits (1839–1907) Đorđe Krstić (1851–1907) Uroš Predić (1857–1923) Paja Jovanović (1859–1957) Anastas Bocarić (1864–1944) Marko Murat (1864–1944) Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak (1866–1942), painter and is also considered the first interior designer in Serbia. Jovan Pešić (1866–1936) Beta Vukanović (1872–1972) Rista Vukanović (1873–1918) Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915) Stevan Aleksić (1876–1923) Veljko Stanojević (1878–1977) Branko Popović (1882–1944) Todor Švrakić (1882–1931) Ljubomir Ivanović (1882–1945) Lazar Drljača (1882–1970) Jovan Bijelić (1886–1964) Petar Dobrović (1890–1942) Vasa Pomorišac (1893–1961) Risto Stijović (1894–1974) Zora Petrović (1894–1962) Ilija Bašičević (1895–1972) Ignjat Job (1895–1936) Sava Šumanović (1896–1942) Mladen Josić (1897–1972) Milo Milunović (1897–1967) Milan Konjović (1898–1993) Ivan Tabaković (1898–1977) Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1978) Dragan Aleksić (1901–1958), Yugoslav dadaist painter, founder of Yugo-Dada Mihajlo Petrov (1902–1983) Marko Čelebonović (1902–1986), artist Đorđe Andrejević Kun (1904–1964) Serbian and Yugoslavian painter, designer of the Belgrade Coat of Arms and reputedly designed the Coat of arms of Yugoslavia and Yugoslav orders and medals Janko Brašić (1906–1994), one of the foremost contributors to the naive art genre Petar Lubarda (1907–1974) Predrag Milosavljević (1908–1989) Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945) Ljubica Sokić (1914–2009) Miodrag B. Protić (1922–2014) Ljubinka Jovanović (1922–2015) Milorad Bata Mihailović (1923–2011) Mića Popović (1923–1996) Mića Popović (1923–1996) Kossa Bokchan (1925–2009) Sava Stojkov (1925–2014) Mladen Srbinović (1925–2009) Petar Omčikus (1926–2019) Ljubomir Pavićević Fis (1927–2015), graphic- and industrial designer, According to the Belgrade Museum of Applied Arts, "Serbia's oldest and most well-known designer". Draginja Vlasic (1928–2011), painter Radomir Stević Ras (1931–1982) Olja Ivanjicki (1931–2009), contemporary artist in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting. Predrag Koraksić Corax (born 1933), political caricaturist Ljuba Popović (1934–2016) Milić od Mačve (1934–2000) Vladislav Lalicki (1935–2008) Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957) Vladimir Veličković (1935–2019) Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan (born 1935) Bratsa Bonifacho (born 1937) Djordje Prudnikov (1939–2017) Dušan Otašević (born 1940) Stevan Knežević (1940–1995) Dušan Petričić (born 1946), illustrator and caricaturist (Toronto Star, New York Times) Dragan Malešević Tapi (1949–2002) Jugoslav Vlahović (born 1949), illustrator, known for many Yugoslav album covers Relja Penezic (born 1950) Branislav Kerac (born 1952), comics artist, he created Cat Claw Rastko Ćirić (born 1955) Gradimir Smudja (born 1956), cartoonist in France and Italy, published acclaimed "Le Cabaret des Muses" Mile V. Pajić (born 1958) Milica Tomić (born 1960) Zoran Janjetov (born 1961), comics artist, worked with Alejandro Jodorowsky Slobodan Peladić (1962–2019) Aleksandar Zograf (born 1963), cartoonist Uroš Đurić (born 1964) Gradimir Smudja (born 1965) Petar Meseldžija (born 1965) Jasmina Đokić (born 1970) Viktor Mitic (born 1970) Irena Kazazić (born 1972), Slovenian painter of Serbian origin Aleksa Gajić (born 1974), comics artist
Performance artists
Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist Ana Prvacki (born 1976), performance and installation artist
Photographers
Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), first professional photographer of Serbia Branibor Debeljković) (1916–2003), the first photographer member of ULUS (Serbian Association of Artists) Stevan Kragujević (1922–2002), photojournalist and art photographer Boris Spremo (1935–2017), Serbian-born Canadian award-winning photojournalist, member of the Order of Canada Dragan Tanasijević (born 1959), portrait photographer Željko Jovanović (born 1961), press photographer Srdjan Ilic (born 1966), award-winning press photographer Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich) (born 1969), Serbian-born American documentary photographer Goran Tomasevic (born 1969), award-winning press photographer for Reuters Milena Rakocević, fashion photographer
Musicians
Composers
Kir Joakim (14th and early 15th century) Kir Stefan the Serb (14th and early 15th century) Nikola the Serb (14th and early 15th century) Isaiah the Serb (14th and early 15th century) Pajsije (1542–1647), the Serbian Patriarch from 1614 to 1647, he also composed chants Josip Runjanin, (1821–1878), Croatian and Serbian composer, ethnic Serb. Kornelije Stanković (1831–1865) Jovan Ivanović (1845–1902), Romanian composer and military conductor Slavka Atanasijević (1850–1897), Serbian composer and pianist. Josif Marinković (1851–1923), one of the most important Serbian composers of the 19th century. Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914) Jovo Ivanišević (1861–1889) Stanislav Binički (1872–1942) Marko Nešić (1873–1938) Petar Krstić (1877–1957) Petar Stojanović (1877–1957) Isidor Bajić (1878–1918) Petar Konjović (1883–1970) Miloje Milojević (1884–1946) Stevan Hristić (1885–1958) Rudolph Reti (1885–1957) Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1967) Marko Tajčević (1900–1984) Ljubica Marić (1909–2003) Dragutin Gostuški (1923–1998) Vasilije Mokranjac (1923–1984) Dusan Trbojevic (1925–2011) Aleksandar Obradović (1927–2001) Dejan Despić (born 1930) Voki Kostić (1931–2010) Zoran Sztevanovity (born 1942) Milan Mihajlović (born 1945) Zoran Simjanović (1946–2021) Dušan Šestić (born 1946), composer of the National anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina Vojna Nešić (born 1947) Vladimir Tošić (born 1949) Zoran Erić (born 1950) Goran Bregović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Bosnian composer Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955) Miloš Raičković (born 1956) Vladimir Graić (born 1967) Isidora Žebeljan (1967–2020) Ana Sokolovic (born 1968), Serbian born Canadian music composer