Drago (given name)

Drago is a Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian male given name, usually short for the other names with the root drag- (lit. a "dear one"), such as Dragan, Dragutin, etc. The feminine version is Draga. A Romanian version is Dragoș.

Notable people bearing it include:


 * Drago Bregar (1952–1977), Slovenian mountaineer
 * Drago Marin Čerina (born 1949), Croatian sculpting artist
 * Drago Došen (1943–2019), Serbian painter
 * Drago Dumbović (born 1960), Croatian football player
 * Drago Gabrić (born 1986), Croatian football player
 * Drago Gervais (1904–1957), Croatian Istrian poet and playwright
 * Drago Grdenić (1919–2018), Croatian chemist
 * Drago Grubelnik (1976–2015), Slovenian alpine skier
 * Drago Hedl (born 1950), Croatian journalist
 * Drago Hmelina (1932–2004), Croatian football player
 * Drago Horvat (born 1958), Slovenian ice hockey player
 * Drago Husjak (1926–1987), Croatian rower
 * Drago Ibler (1894–1964), Croatian architect
 * Drago Jančar (born 1948), Slovenian writer
 * Drago Jelić (1914–1990), Croatian gymnast
 * Drago Jovanović (1916–1983), Serbian-American helicopter designer and inventor
 * Drago Jovović (1954–2002), Serbian handball player
 * Drago Jurak (1911–1994), Croatian painter
 * Drago Karalić (born 1965), Bosnian Serb basketball coach
 * Drago Kolar (1932–2000), Slovenian ceramics artist
 * Drago Kovačević (1953–2019), Croatian Serb politician and writer
 * Drago Lovrić (born 1961), Croatian general
 * Drago Mamić (born 1954), Serbian-born Croatian football player and manager
 * Drago Marušič (1884–1964), Slovenian and Yugoslav politician and jurist
 * Drago Matanović, Slovenian electrical engineer
 * Drago Matulaj (1911–1996), Croatian rower
 * Drago Miličić, perpetrator of a 1992 mass shooting in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Drago Milović (born 1994), Montenegrin football player
 * Drago Nikolić (1957–2015), Bosnian Serb war criminal
 * Drago Papa (born 1984), Croatian football player
 * Drago Pašalić (born 1984), Croatian basketball player
 * Drago Pilsel (born 1962), Argentine Croatian journalist
 * Drago Prgomet (born 1965), Croatian physician and politician
 * Drago Pudgar (born 1949), Slovenian ski jumper
 * Drago Savić (born 1949), Slovenian ice hockey player
 * Drago Siliqi (1930–1963), Albanian poet, literary critic and publisher
 * Drago Supančič (1903–1964), Slovene special-needs teacher
 * Drago Šoštarić (born 1943), Slovenian gymnast
 * Drago Štajnberger (1916–1942), Croatian Jewish war hero
 * Drago Štambuk (born 1950), Croatian physician, writer and diplomat
 * Drago Štritof (1923–2014), Croatian runner
 * Drago Vabec (born 1950), Croatian football player
 * Drago Vuković (born 1983), Croatian handball player
 * Drago Žigman (1924–1983), Croatian football player
 * Drago Žiljak (born 1960), Croatian handball player and coach
 * Drago Žiljak (born 1960), Croatian handball player and coach