This is a list of historical and living Bosniaks who are famous or notable.
Academics
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Adil Zulfikarpašić, politician and intellectual Aida Hadžialić, Swedish youngest minister ever Asim Peco, linguist and academic Edina Lekovic, Director of Policy & Programming at the Muslim Public Affairs Council Emir Vildić, academic musician Enver Redžić, historian, cultural observer, publisher, professor Faruk Čaklovica, Professor of Bromatology and Rector of the University of Sarajevo Ferid Muhić, Professor of Philosophy Hasan Muratović, former rector of the University of Sarajevo Kemal Gekić, professor of piano at the Florida International University Rifat Rastoder, politician, writer and journalist Metin Boşnak, scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature Muhamed Filipović, historian and philosopher Muhamed Hadžijahić, historian Mustafa Imamović, historian Mina Aganagić, mathematical physicist
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Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić, children's book author and poet Nijaz Duraković, author, intellectual, professor and politician Nijaz Ibrulj, philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo's Department of Philosophy and Sociology Endi E. Poskovic, Professor at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design and Associate Faculty at the University of Michigan Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) Seada Palavrić, judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Senahid Halilović, linguist Smail Balić, Austrian historian and culturologist of Bosniak origin Šemso Tucaković, writer, historian and faculty member in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo. Šerbo Rastoder, historian Zijad Delic, Bosnian-Canadian Imam, activist, teacher, scholar and public speaker
Artists
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Adi Granov, comic book artist Endi E. Poskovic, Bosnian-American artist and printmaker Kemal Curić, Bosnian automobile designer Mersad Berber, painter
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Nela Hasanbegović, sculptor Nesim Tahirović, painter, sculptor Omer Halilhodžić, Bosnian automobile designer Safet Zec, painter, graphic designer Selma Harrington, Bosnian-born architect and designer who currently lives in Dublin, Ireland
Music
Composers Dino Zonić, composer and conductor
Opera Jasmin Bašić (born 1971) Aida Čorbadžić (born 1976) Bahrija Nuri Hadžić (1904–1993)
Pop
Anabela Atijas (born 1975), father was a Bosniak Adnan Babajić (born 1988) Alma Čardžić (born 1968) Amila Glamočak (born 1966) Dalal Midhat-Talakić (born 1981) Danijel Alibabić, Montenegrin singer with a Bosniak father Deen (born 1982) Denial Ahmetović (born 1995) Dino Merlin (born 1962) Donna Ares (1977–2017) Dua Lipa, maternal grandmother is Bosniak Dženy (born 1987) Eldin Huseinbegović (born 1978) Elvir Mekić (born 1981) Emina Jahović (born 1982) Fazla (born 1967) Indira (born 1973), mother is a Bosniak Kemal Monteno (1948–2015) La Lana (born 1984), mother is a Bosniak Lepa Brena (born 1960) Maya Sar (born 1981) Mirza Šoljanin (born 1985) Nino Pršeš Peter Nalitch (born 1981), Russian singer whose grandfather was a Bosniak Rialda (born 1992) Sabahudin Kurt (1935–2018) Seka Aleksić (born 1981), mother was a Bosniak Selma Bajrami (born 1980), mother was a Bosniak Selma Muhedinović (born 1972) Senidah (born 1985), Slovenian singer whose parents were Bosniaks Zuzi Zu (born 1978)
Rock
Alen Islamović (born 1957) Branko Đurić (born 1962), mother was a Bosniak Cem Adrian (born 1980), Turkish singer of Bosniak ancestry Elvir Laković Laka (born 1969) Hari Varešanović (born 1961) Sead Lipovača (born 1955) Seid Memić (born 1950)
Tibor & Sanin Karamehmedović
Rap Buba Corelli (born 1989) Edo Maajka (born 1978) Frenkie (born 1982) Jala Brat (born 1986)
Sevdalinka
Beba Selimović (1936–2020) Damir Imamović (born 1978) Dina Bajraktarević (born 1953) Emina Zečaj (1929–2020) Hanka Paldum (born 1956) Meho Puzić (1937–2007) Safet Isović (1936–2007) Zaim Imamović (1920–1994) Zehra Deović (1938–2015) Zekerijah Đezić (1937–2002)
Folk
Al' Dino (born 1970), singer-songwriter and composer Asim Brkan (born 1954) Elvira Rahić (born 1975) Enes Begović (born 1965) Esad Plavi (born 1965) Halid Bešlić (born 1953) Halid Muslimović (born 1960) Haris Džinović (born 1951) Jasmin Muharemović (born 1965) Kemal Malovčić (born 1946) Osman Hadžić (born 1966) Nihad Alibegović (born 1962) Nino Rešić (1964–2007) Sanela Sijerčić Šaban Šaulić (1951–2019) Šako Polumenta (born 1960) Šemsa Suljaković (born 1951) Šerif Konjević (born 1957)
Guitarist Denis Azabagić (born 1972), classical guitarist
Lutenist Edin Karamazov (born 1965)
Songwriters Edo Mulahalilović (1964–2010) Fahrudin Pecikoza (born 1962)
Trumpeter
Cinematography and theatre
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Ademir Kenović (born 1950), director and producer Adnan Hasković (born 1984), actor Ahmed Imamović (born 1971), director, producer and screenwriter Ajla Hodžić (born 1980), actress Amra Silajdžić (born 1984), actress and model Bahrudin Čengić (1931–2007), film director and screenwriter Benjamin Filipović (1962–2006), filmmaker Damir Nikšić (born 1970), conceptual artist Danis Tanović (born 1969), filmmaker Elmir Jukić (born 1971), director Emir Hadžihafizbegović (born 1961), actor Enis Bešlagić (born 1975), actor Fadil Hadžić (1922–2011), film director Faruk Sokolović (born 1952), film director, producer, actor and screenwriter Haris Dubica, director Haris Pašović (born 1961), theatre and film director Husein Aličajić, filmmaker Idda van Munster (born 1990), pin-up and model Ismet Horo (born 1959), comedian Izudin Bajrović (born 1963), actor Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974), filmmaker Jasmin Dizdar (born 1961), filmmaker Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (born 1983), actor and model (Tatlıtuğ's paternal grandmother was an ethnic Bosniak) Mustafa Nadarević (1943–2020) actor
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Reshad Strik (born 1981), Australian actor of Bosniak descent Sabina Vajrača (born 1977), director, screenwriter, producer Selma Alispahić (born 1970), actress Senad Bašić (born 1962), actor Sunny Suljic (born 2005), American actor of Bosniak descent Sulejman Medenčević (born 1963), producer Tahir Nikšić (born 1950), actor Tarik Filipović (born 1972), actor Zaim Muzaferija (1923–2003), actor Zana Marjanović (born 1983), actress Zijah Sokolović (born 1950), actor, writer, director Zlatko Topčić (born 1955), screenwriter and playwright
Criminals Hazim Delić, Bosnian War criminal Ismet Bajramović, Bosnian soldier and organised crime figure Ramiz Delalić, one of several prominent underworld figures who helped defend Sarajevo Mušan Topalović, Commander during the Bosnian war and a gangster Jusuf Prazina, Sarajevan gangster and paramilitary warlord during the Bosnian War Šefka Hodžić, convicted of the 1969 murder of her pregnant friend
Literature
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Abdulah Sidran, poet and screenwriter Alija Isaković, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer of the Bosnian language Bisera Alikadić, poet and author, best known for her work Larva and Krug Dževad Karahasan, awarded writer and philosopher Edvin Kanka Ćudić, writer and leader of the UDIK Faruk Šehić, poet, novelist and short story writer Mehmed Kapetanović, writer and public official who founded the influential political journal Bošnjak ("Bosniak")
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Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić, children's author and poet Nedžad Ibrišimović, writer and sculptor Nihad Hasanović, writer and translator Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar, novelist, poet and playwright Safet Plakalo, playwright, journalist and theatre critic Semezdin Mehmedinović, writer and filmmaker but also a magazine editor Zlatko Topčić, awarded writer and screenwriter
Politicians
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Adem Huskić (born 1955), member of the House of Representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina Adil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), politician and intellectual Adnan Terzić (born 1960), former Prime Minister Ahmet Hadžipašić (1952–2008), former prime minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Aida Hadžialić, Swedish youngest minister ever Alija Behmen (1940–2018), Mayor of Sarajevo Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), served as president of Bosnia and Herzegovina Arminka Helic, Special Adviser (SPAD) and Chief of Staff to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague. Bakir Izetbegović (born 1956), politician and son of Alija Izetbegović Beriz Belkić (1946–2023), politician Bisera Turković (born 1954), Bosniak diplomat Ed Husic (born 1970), Australian federal politician Ervin Ibrahimović, politician Ejup Ganić (born 1946), President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 to 1999, 2000 to 2001 Fikret Abdić (born 1939), served as President of former Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia Hamdija Lipovača (born 1976), Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton from 2010 to 2014 Haris Silajdžić (born 1945), served as prime minister and president of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Čengić (born 1957), former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ibran Mustafić (born 1960), politician and former soldier Irfan Ljubijankić (1952–1995), Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–95 Jasmin Imamović (born 1957), mayor of Tuzla since 2001 Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902), 2nd mayor of Sarajevo Mustafa Mujezinović (politician) (1954–2019), former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politician Omer Behmen (1922–2009), co-founder of the Party of Democratic Action Rafet Husović, former political leader of the Bosniak party in Montenegro Raif Dizdarević (1926–2026), Yugoslav president 1988–89 Rasim Ljajić (born 1964), Bosniak politician in Serbia Rifat Rastoder (born 1950), deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro Sabina Ćudić, (born 1982), a Bosnian politician who is vice-president of the political party Naša stranka; Member of the House of Representatives of Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Halimović (born 1969), involved in Sanski Most politics Safet Babic (born 1981), German politician of Bosniak descent Selim Bešlagić (born 1942), mayor of Tuzla 1990–2001 Semiha Borovac (born 1955), former mayor of Sarajevo and Sarajevo's only female mayor Sulejman Tihić (1951–2014), leader of the Party of Democratic Action and former president Sulejman Ugljanin (born 1953), Bosniak politician in Serbia Šahbaz Džihanović (born 1949), vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 1955), former Foreign Minister Muamer Zukorlić (1970–2021), Bosniak politician and Islamic theologian, founder of the SPP political party and Grand Mufti of the Islamic Community of Sandžak from 1993 to 2016
Theologians Šefko Omerbašić (1945–2024), Mufti and president of the Islamic Community in Croatia and Slovenia
Historical figures
Fata Orlović (born 1942), woman in legal battle with Republika Srpska over church illegally built on her property
Businesspeople
Cem Uzan, businessman Fahrudin Radončić, businessman and owner of Dnevni Avaz Hakija Turajlić, businessman, economist and politician Irfan Škiljan, creator of IrfanView Kemal Kozarić, governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian-American lawyer, businessman and diplomat Sanela Diana Jenkins, entrepreneur and philanthropist Selma Prodanović, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Sportspeople
Basketball Damir Mršić, basketball player Damir Mulaomerović, basketball player Džanan Musa, basketball player Emir Mutapčić, basketball player Emir Preldžić, basketball player Emir Sulejmanović, basketball player Hidayet Turkoglu, basketball player Jusuf Nurkić, basketball player Mirsad Turkcan, basketball player Mirza Delibašić, former basketball player and FIBA Hall of Fame Mirza Teletović, basketball player Nihad Đedović, basketball player Razija Mujanović, basketball player Sabahudin Bilalović, basketball player Sead Šehović, basketball player Suad Šehović, basketball player
Football Adem Ljajić, football player Adnan Kovačević, football player