List of Serbian Americans

This is a list of notable Serbian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Serbian American or must have references showing they are Serbian American and are notable.

Academics

 * Dimitrije Đorđević, historian
 * Bogdan Denitch, sociologist
 * Boyan Jovanovic, economics professor at New York University
 * Veselin Kesich, professor of theology and author
 * Petar V. Kokotovic, engineering professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara
 * Milivoje Kostic, thermodynamicist and professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University
 * Jelena Kovacevic, Dean of Engineering at NYU’s Tandon School and Carnegie Mellon University
 * Rade Paravina, professor with tenure at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Dentistry, and director of the Houston Center for Biomaterials & Biomimetics
 * Radovan Kovacevic, professor and inventor
 * Gojko Lalic, chemistry professor at the University of Washington
 * Alexander Margulis, clinical professor of radiology
 * Vasa Mihich, painter and sculptor, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
 * Branko Milanović, economist
 * Nada Martinović, professor of music at Kent State University, music pedagogue, conductor, and researcher
 * Nikola Moravčević, literary historian, literary critic, academic and novelist
 * Anna Novakov, art historian, critic, educator, and curator
 * Zorica Pantic, president of Wentworth Institute of Technology
 * Nataša Pavlović, mathematics professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Sloan Research Fellow
 * Traian Stoianovich, historian and history professor at Rutgers University
 * Dragoslav D. Šiljak, engineering professor at Santa Clara University
 * Wayne S. Vucinich, historian and professor at Stanford University
 * Miloš Velimirović, musicologist, a music professor at Yale University, Professor Emeritus
 * Jasmina Vujic, nuclear engineering professor at Berkeley, 1st female nuclear engineering department chair in the US
 * Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, University Professor, Columbia University in the City of New York

Artists and designers

 * Marina Abramović, performance artist
 * Louis D. Astorino, architect
 * Ivana Bašić (artist), sculptor
 * Jelena Behrend, jewelry designer
 * Rushka Bergman, fashion stylist and editor
 * John David Brcin, sculptor
 * Tom Carapic, found object artist
 * Marek Djordjevic, automobile designer
 * Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Serbian-born architect and urban planner
 * Ana Kras, furniture designer, photographer, artist
 * Zoran Ladicorbic, fashion designer
 * Lili Lakich, neon light artist
 * Marjorie Mikasen, painter, author
 * Ana Prvacki, performance artist
 * Gorjana Reidel, jewelry designer
 * Alexander Sambugnac, artist, sculptor
 * George Styler, fashion designer
 * Daniel Vosovic, fashion designer
 * Vasa Mihich, famous for his sculpture of colored pieces of acrylic
 * Savo Radulovic, painter and batik artist
 * Nicholas Petkovich, priest and artist

Media

 * Donald P. Bellisario, television producer
 * Gordon Bijelonic, film producer
 * Walt Bogdanich, award winning NY Times investigative journalist
 * Peter Bogdanovich, film producer, director
 * Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich), documentary and portrait photographer
 * Ellis Cannon, television personality
 * Rasha Drachkovitch, television producer, president of 44 Blue Productions
 * Tijana Ibrahimovic, fashion journalist
 * Natalie Jacobson, television presenter
 * Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, founder/director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Fellowship
 * Ika Panajotovic, film producer, tennis champion
 * Anka Radakovich, magazine columnist
 * Milena Rakocević, fashion photographer
 * Michael Smerconish, CNN journalist
 * Paul Stojanovich, television producer
 * Jill Filipovic, journalist and feminist
 * Natasha Neso, influencer

Actors

 * Sasha Alexander, actress
 * Coco Austin, glamour model, actress
 * Michael Bellisario, actor
 * Troian Bellisario, actress
 * Laura Benanti, actress
 * Sara Brajovic, model and actress
 * Lolita Davidovich, actress
 * Brad Dexter, actor
 * Divine, actor, singer, drag queen
 * Judy Greer, actress (Serbian paternal grandmother)
 * Gloria Grey, actress
 * Adrienne Janic, actress, TV presenter
 * Milla Jovovich, actress
 * Stana Katic, actress
 * Bela Lugosi, actor
 * Karl Malden, actor, Oscar winner
 * John Malkovich, actor, Primetime Emmy winner
 * Margaret Markov, actress
 * Milos Milos, actor, stunt double, bodyguard of actor Alain Delon
 * Alex Nesic, actor
 * Natalia Nogulich, actress
 * Bojana Novakovic, actress
 * Catherine Oxenberg, actress
 * Iván Petrovich, silent screen star
 * Nina Seničar, actress
 * Sarah Sokolovic, actress
 * Michael Sorich, actor
 * Stoya, dramatic actress, former adult film actress
 * Inari Vachs, adult film actress
 * Steve Vinovich, actor
 * John Vivyan, actor
 * Mirjana Joković, actress and drama coach
 * Bill Radovich, actor
 * Branko Tomović, actor
 * Rade Šerbedžija, actor
 * Michael Jelenic, actor

Directors and screenwriters

 * Sanja Bestic, theatre director, writer, producer
 * Peter Bogdanovich, film historian, director, writer, actor, producer, critic
 * Andre Stojka, actor and screenwriter
 * Steve Tesich, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, Academy Award Winner for Best Original Screenplay
 * Slavko Vorkapić, Hollywood motion-picture montagist, Chair of USC School of Cinematic Arts
 * Marina Zenovich, film producer, director

Musicians

 * Baruch Arnon, classical pianist, renowned music teacher
 * Branko Mataja, blues and folk guitarist
 * Marina Arsenijevic, concert pianist and composer
 * Maja Bogdanović, cellist
 * Muruga Booker, drummer, composer, recording artist
 * Del Casher, guitarist, inventor
 * Mike Dimkich, punk guitarist (The Cult & Bad Religion)
 * Dillon Francis, DJ and record producer
 * Ivan Ilić, pianist
 * Brandon Jovanovich, opera singer
 * Milena Kitic, opera mezzo-soprano
 * Lene Lovich, New Wave singer-songwriter, musician
 * Charlie Marinkovich, singer-songwriter
 * Jelena Mihailović (artistic name JelaCello), cellist
 * Milan the Leather Boy, record producer, songwriter, recording artist
 * Filip Mitrovic, composer
 * Spud Murphy, jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, arranger
 * Ana Popović, blues guitarist
 * Nikola Resanovic, composer, music professor
 * Rudolph Reti, musical analyst, composer, pianist
 * Djordje Stijepovic, double bass player and composer
 * Aleksandra Vrebalov, composer, musician
 * Alexander Zonjic, flutist

Military personnel

 * Jake Allex, Army sergeant, World War I, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Teresa A. H. Djuric, Air Force brigadier general, highly decorated
 * George Fisher, early leader of the Texas Revolution
 * Rade Grbitch, Navy seaman, Medal of Honor recipient
 * James I. Mestrovitch, Army sergeant, World War I, Medal of Honor recipient
 * John W. Minick, Army staff sergeant, World War II, Medal of Honor recipient
 * George Musulin, intelligence agent, World War II
 * Mitchell Paige, Marines colonel, World War II, highly decorated
 * Milo Radulovich, Air Force lieutenant
 * Lance Sijan (Lazar Šijan), Air Force captain, Vietnam War, Medal of Honor
 * Mel Vojvodich, Air Force major general, Vietnam and Korea Wars, decorated
 * George Vujnovich, intelligence agent, World War II, decorated

Politicians

 * Melissa Bean, U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011
 * Rod Blagojevich, served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009
 * Mark Brnovich, attorney general of Arizona
 * John Dapcevich, former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
 * Marko Dapcevich, most recent former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
 * Helen Delich Bentley, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1985 to 1995
 * John Gregovich, politician, Nevada Senate
 * Mike Pusich, former Mayor of Douglas, Alaska
 * Bill Ray, politician, businessman and writer
 * Mike Stepovich, last appointed territorial Governor of Alaska
 * George Voinovich, former United States Senator from the state of Ohio from 1999 to 2011
 * Rose Ann Vuich, first female member of the California State Senate
 * Steve Vukovich, politician
 * George N. Zenovich, served in the California State Senate and Assembly

Government

 * George Michael Marovich, United States federal judge
 * Mitchell Melich, solicitor for the Interior Department under the first Richard Nixon administration
 * Alex Miller, Alaskan statehood lobbyist
 * Zoran Popovich, senior judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
 * Vukan R. Vuchic, public transport expert

Economy and business

 * Nicholas Chabraja, lawyer, CEO at General Dynamics
 * Mitchell M. Duchich, founder of Clover Leaf Dairy Company (Gary, Indiana), also founded a scholarship program
 * William Jovanovich, businessman, director at Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich (Harcourt publisher)
 * Milan Mandarić, businessman
 * Phebe Novakovic, businesswoman
 * Milan Panić, businessman
 * Milan Puskar, entrepreneur, philanthropist
 * Steve Popovich, record company executive
 * William G. Salatich, executive at Gillette, director of the Bob Hope Desert Classic Charity Golf Tournament
 * Andy Stefanovich, business consultant, author

Scientists, inventors and engineers

 * Krste Asanović, computer scientist
 * Olga Boric-Lubecke, electrical engineer
 * Slobodan Ćuk, electrical engineer
 * Bernhard Caesar Einstein, physicist
 * Marko V. Jaric, physicist
 * Drago Jovanovich, designer, inventor of the gyrocopter
 * Dusan Krajcinovic, mechanical engineer
 * Miroslav Krstić, control theorist
 * Bogdan Maglich, experimental nuclear physicist
 * Nenad Medvidović, computer scientist
 * Mihajlo D. Mesarovic, systems engineering
 * Tihomir Novakov, physicist
 * Branislav Notaros, electrical engineer
 * Mihajlo Pupin, physicist, physical chemist
 * Stojan Radic, electrical engineer
 * Miodrag Radulovacki, scientist, inventor
 * Aleksandar Stanković, electrical engineer
 * Dejan Sobajic, electrical engineer
 * Nataša Šešum, mathematician
 * Nikola Tesla, inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and futurist
 * Bane Vasic, electrical engineer
 * Milan Vukcevich, chemist, Grandmaster chess problem composer, writer
 * Vladimir Vukićević, software engineer
 * John Vukovich, engineer, professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University

American football

 * Bob Babich, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns)
 * Mike Basrak, collegiate football player
 * Novo Bojovic, NFL football player, (St. Louis Cardinals)
 * Norm Bulaich, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts, Eagles, and Dolphins); AFC Pro Bowl squad 1971; Sports Illustrated cover (November 1971 issue)
 * Pete Catan, football player (Houston Gamblers)
 * Maxx Crosby, NFL football player (Las Vegas Raiders)
 * Walt Dropo, refused two BAA offers to play baseball with the Red Sox
 * Filip Filipović, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Texans, Chicago Bears)
 * Bob Gain, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns), voted to the All NFL defensive team in 1958
 * Sam Jankovich, GM of the New England Patriots, athletic director at the University of Miami
 * Dragan Kesich, College football player, (Minnesota Golden Gophers), social media personality.
 * Milan Lazetich, NFL football player (Cleveland Rams, Los Angeles Rams)
 * Pete Lazetich, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
 * Mike Mamula, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles), recipient of the Eagles Ed Block Courage Award
 * "Mad Dog" Mandich, NFL football player (Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers), College Football Hall of Fame.
 * Duke Maronic, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles)
 * Scott Milanovich, NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), coach
 * Rex Mirich, NFL and AFL football player
 * Mike Nixon, NFL coach
 * Bob O'Billovich, football player, CFL coach
 * Ed O'Bradovich, NFL football player (Chicago Bears)
 * Bo Pelini, coach
 * Milt Popovich, football player (Chicago Cardinals)
 * Dan Radakovich, NFL football player, coach
 * Bill Radovich, NFL football player (Detroit Lions)
 * Dan Rains, NFL football player (Chicago Bears)
 * Steve Ruzich, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers)
 * Paul Salata, NFL football player (49ers and Baltimore Colts)
 * Alex Smith, NFL football player (Kansas City Chiefs)
 * Alex Stepanovich, NFL football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons, and Pittsburgh Steelers)
 * Joe Tepsic, played for Penn State before opting to play baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers
 * Tom Yewcic, NFL football player (Boston Patriots), also played baseball)

Baseball

 * Erik Bakich, college baseball coach
 * Brian Bogusevic, MLB player
 * Jess Dobernic, MLB player
 * Walt Dropo, MLB player
 * Eli Grba, American League champion with the New York Yankees
 * Mike Kekich, MLB player
 * Mike Krsnich, MLB player
 * Rocky Krsnich, MLB player
 * Babe Martin, MLB player
 * Doc Medich, MLB player
 * Johnny Miljus, MLB player
 * Paul Popovich, MLB player
 * Ryan Radmanovich, MLB player and member of Canada Olympic baseball team
 * Dave Rajsich, MLB player
 * Gary Rajsich, MLB player
 * Jeff Samardzija, player for the Chicago White Sox, also wide receiver at Notre Dame.
 * Nick Strincevich, MLB player
 * Pete Suder, MLB player
 * Steve Sundra, 1939 World Series champion, pitched with the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns
 * Steve Swetonic, MLB player
 * Joe Tepsic, MLB player
 * Peter Vuckovich, AL Cy Young winner: 1982
 * George Vukovich, MLB player
 * John Vukovich, MLB player and coach
 * Christian Yelich, MLB player

Basketball

 * Vlade Divac, basketball player, general manager of the Sacramento Kings
 * George Glamack, basketball player
 * Bato Govedarica, basketball player
 * Tim Jankovich, college basketball coach
 * Nikola Jokić, basketball player Denver Nuggets
 * Frank Kaminsky, basketball player, parental Serbian heritage
 * Igor Kokoškov, basketball coach
 * Nick Lalich, basketball player
 * Pete Lalich, basketball player
 * Pete Maravich, basketball player
 * Press Maravich, basketball player and coach
 * Ed Melvin, basketball player and coach
 * Dave Pilipovich, college basketball coach
 * Gregg Popovich, NBA basketball coach, Serbian father
 * Goran Suton, basketball player
 * Lou Stefanovic, basketball player
 * Sasha Stefanovic, basketball player
 * Peja Stojaković, basketball player
 * Mike Todorovich, basketball player and coach
 * Jim Zeravich, basketball player

Ice hockey

 * Ivan Boldirev, ice hockey (NHL) player
 * John Polich, ice hockey (NHL) player
 * Stan Smrke, ice hockey (NHL) player
 * Mick Vukota, ice hockey (NHL) player
 * Milan Lučić, ice hockey (NHL) player

Other sports

 * Nikola Bogojevic, professional wrestler performing as "Otis Dozovic"
 * Milorad Čavić, swimmer
 * Jasna Fazlić, table tennis player
 * Sam Jankovich, sports administrator
 * Sacha Kljestan, soccer player, Serbian father
 * Aleksandar Kovacevic, tennis player
 * Ilija Lupulesku, table tennis champion
 * Trevor Matich, American football analyst
 * Stevan Mićić, freestyle and collegiate wrestler
 * Chad Muska, professional skateboarder, Serbian mother
 * Andrija Novakovich, soccer player
 * Derek Popovich, MISL soccer player
 * Preki, soccer player
 * Sandra Spuzich, golfer, winner of U.S. Women's Open
 * Neven Subotić, soccer player
 * Bojana Todorović, volleyball player
 * Ognjen Topic, Muay Thai Boxing champion
 * Rhonda Rajsich, racquetball player
 * Pete Romcevich, racecar driver
 * Bill Vukovich, automobile racing driver
 * Bill Vukovich II, automobile racing driver
 * Billy Vukovich III, automobile racing driver
 * Trifun Živanović, figure skater, Serbian father
 * Zoran Zorkic, golfer

Writers and Editors

 * Drenka Willen, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
 * Alma Alexander, fantasy writer
 * Branko Mikasinovich, scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature, noted Slavist
 * Maja Herman Sekulić, writer, translator, poet, and university professor
 * Charles Simic, poet, co-poetry editor of the Paris Review
 * Vojislav Stanimirović, journalist, businessman
 * Rose Gojich Stephenson-Goodknight, Wikipedian; visiting scholar
 * Dejan Stojanović, poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and journalist
 * Milivoy Stoyan Stanoyevich, author
 * William Jovanovich, publisher and writer
 * Michael Pupin, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning biography From Immigrant to Inventor
 * Dana Todorović, writer and translator

Other

 * George Fisher, explorer, customs officer and early leader of the Texas Revolution
 * John Hajdukovich, pioneer and entrepreneur in Big Delta
 * Christopher (Kovacevich), metropolitan bishop
 * Mateja Matejić, priest
 * Varnava Nastić, bishop of Hvosno and Orthodox saint
 * Stephen Yokich, American labor union activist, President of the United Auto Workers