List of Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This is the List of Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Cinema and theatre

 * Emir Kusturica (born 1954), filmmaker, actor and musician
 * Zdravko Šotra (born 1933), film and television director and screenwriter
 * Rudi Alvađ (1929–1988), film, radio and television actor and comedian
 * Predrag Golubović (1935–1994), film director and screenwriter
 * Nele Karajlić (born 1962), comedian, musician, composer, actor and television director living
 * Karl Malden (1912–2009), Oscar-winning actor
 * Marko Todorović (1929–2000), actor
 * Boro Stjepanović (born 1946), actor
 * Nataša Ninković (born 1972), actress
 * Danina Jeftić (born 1986), actress
 * Nebojša Glogovac (1969–2018), actor
 * Nikola Pejaković (born 1966), actor
 * Tihomir Stanić (born 1960), actor
 * Sergej Trifunović (born 1972), actor
 * Davor Dujmović (1969–1999), actor
 * Goran Kostić (born 1971), actor
 * Predrag Tasovac (1922–2010), actor
 * Branko Pleša (1926–2001), actor
 * Branko Đurić (born 1962), actor, comedian, director and musician
 * Boro Drašković (born 1935), director, playwright and screenwriter
 * Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), director, acting professor, and theatre expert
 * Brad Dexter (1917–2002), American actor
 * Gordon Bijelonic, American film producer
 * Ogden Gavanski, Canadian film producer

Music

 * Dušan Šestić, musician and composer of the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Baja Mali Knindža, folk singer
 * Đorđe Novković, Yugoslav songwriter, and father of Boris Novković
 * Boro Drljača, folk singer
 * Branka Sovrlić, folk singer
 * Dejan Matić, pop-folk singer
 * Goran Bregović, musician, Croat father and Serb mother
 * Indira Radić, pop-folk singer
 * Ipe Ivandić, rock drummer
 * Ljiljana Petrović, pop singer
 * Marinko Rokvić, folk singer
 * Marta Savić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
 * Maya Berović, pop-singer
 * Mile Kitić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
 * Milić Vukašinović, musician
 * Milena Plavšić, folk singer
 * Miloš Bojanić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
 * Minja Subota, composer, musician, entertainer and photographer
 * Mitar Mirić, Yugoslav and Serbian singer
 * Miroslav Čangalović, opera singer
 * Mladen Vojičić Tifa, folk-rock singer
 * Nada Obrić, folk singer
 * Nedeljko Bajić Baja, Serbian singer
 * Romana Panić, pop singer
 * Sanja Maletić, turbo-folk singer
 * Saša Matić, singer
 * Seka Aleksić, pop-folk singer
 * Srđan Čolić, pop-dance musician
 * Vlado Pravdić, organist
 * Srđan Marjanović, singer-songwriter
 * Vukašin Brajić, pop-rock singer
 * Zdravko Čolić, singer
 * Željko Samardžić, singer
 * Jadranka Stojaković, singer
 * Božo Vrećo, sevdalinka singer
 * Marija Šestić, singer
 * Lepi Mića, singer
 * Marija Šestić, singer

Visual arts

 * Miloš Bajić, painter
 * Jovan Bijelić, painter
 * Radomir Damnjanović, painter and conceptual artist
 * Lazar Drljača, painter
 * Oste Erceg, painter
 * Nedeljko Gvozdenović, painter
 * Kosta Hakman, painter
 * Momo Kapor, painter and novelist
 * Svetislav Mandić, painter, copier, fresco conserver and writer
 * Roman Petrović, painter
 * Ljubomir Popović, painter
 * Sreten Stojanović, sculptor
 * Slobodanka Stupar, visual artist
 * Todor Švrakić, painter
 * Rista Vukanović, painter

Literature

 * Writers
 * Meša Selimović (1910–1982), writer, Bosnian Muslim by birth
 * Svetozar Ćorović (1875–1919), novelist
 * Petar Kočić (1877–1916), writer
 * Veselin Masleša (1906–1943), writer, activist and Yugoslav Partisan
 * Branko Ćopić (1915–1984), writer
 * Svetozar Koljević (1930–2016), literary critic and historian; translator
 * Jovan Deretić (1934–2002), professor of literature and author of Serbian literary history
 * Gavro Vučković Krajišnik
 * Anabela Basalo, novelist
 * Isidora Bjelica, prose writer, playwright and public figure


 * Poets
 * Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), poet, hajduk, translator, historian, philologist, diplomat and adventurer
 * Jovan Dučić, poet, writer and diplomat
 * Skender Kulenović, poet
 * Aleksa Šantić, poet
 * Duško Trifunović, poet and writer
 * Jovan Sundečić, poet and priest
 * Pero Zubac (1945)


 * Epic poetry
 * Filip Višnjić, epic poet and gusle player

Sciences and engineering

 * Milan Budimir (1891–1975), classical studies expert, linguist and academic.
 * Vaso Čubrilović (1897–1990), historian.
 * Vladimir Ćorović (1885–1941), historian and academic.
 * Petar Đurković (1908–1981), astronomer.
 * Vlado Kešelj, computer scientist.
 * Danilo Mandic (1963), electrical engineer.
 * Svetislav Mandić (1921–2003), historian, copier, fresco conserver, poet and painter.
 * Sima Milutinović (1899–1981), mechanical engineer and the most prolific Yugoslav aircraft constructor.
 * Radovan Samardžić (1922–1994), historian.
 * Milorad Ekmečić (1928–2015), historian and academic.
 * Ljubisav Rakić (born 1931), physician, professor and academic.
 * Ranko Bugarski (born 1933), linguist.
 * Rade Mihaljčić (born 1937), historian and academic.
 * Milorad Simić (born 1946), linguist and academic.
 * Tibor Živković (1966–2013), medievalist and academic.
 * Vladimir Terzija (1962), electrical engineer.
 * Stevo Todorčević (born 1955), mathematician.

Politics

 * Yugoslavia / SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Cvijetin Mijatović, former President of the Presidency of SFR Yugoslavia
 * Vojislav Kecmanović, former President of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Đuro Pucar, former President of the People's Assembly and President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Vlado Šegrt, former President of the People's Assembly of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Ratomir Dugonjić, former President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Obrad Piljak, former President of the Presidency of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Milanko Renovica, former President of the Presidency and President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Rodoljub Čolaković, former President of the Executive Council of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Milan Gorkić, former President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
 * Bogoljub Kujundžić, former Ban of Vrbas Banovina
 * Aristotel Petrović, former Mayor of Sarajevo
 * Ljubo Kojo, former Mayor of Sarajevo
 * Vaso Radić, former Mayor of Sarajevo


 * Bosnia and Herzegovina / Republika Srpska
 * Momčilo Krajišnik, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Tatjana Ljujić-Mijatović, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Živko Radišić, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mayor of Banja Luka
 * Mirko Šarović, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Borislav Paravac, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Nebojša Radmanović, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mayor of Banja Luka
 * Mladen Ivanić, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
 * Dragan Mikerević, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
 * Milorad Dodik, incumbent member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, former President and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
 * Spasoje Tuševljak, former Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Dragan Mikerević, former Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Nikola Špirić, former Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Boro Bosić, former Co-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Zoran Tegeltija, incumbent Chairmen of the Council of Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Radovan Karadžić, former President of Republika Srpska
 * Biljana Plavšić, former President of Republika Srpska
 * Nikola Poplašen, former President of Republika Srpska
 * Mirko Šarović, former President of Republika Srpska
 * Dragan Čavić, former President of Republika Srpska
 * Milan Jelić, former President of Republika Srpska
 * Igor Radojičić, former acting President of Republika Srpska and Mayor of Banja Luka
 * Rajko Kuzmanović, former President of Republika Srpska
 * Željka Cvijanović, incumbent President of Republika Srpska and former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
 * Pero Bukejlović, former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
 * Aleksandar Džombić, former Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
 * Radovan Višković, incumbent Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
 * Nedeljko Čubrilović, former Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska
 * Draško Stanivuković, incumbent Mayor of Banja Luka
 * Mladen Grujičić, incumbent Mayor of Srebrenica
 * Branislav Borenović, incumbent president of the Party of Democratic Progress
 * Predrag Kojović, incumbent president of the Our Party
 * Mićo Sokolović, founder of the labour movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights


 * Serbia
 * Jovan Marinović, former Prime Minister of Serbia
 * Zoran Đinđić, former Prime Minister of Serbia and Mayor of Belgrade
 * Slobodan Unković, President of the National Assembly of Serbia
 * Boris Tadić, former President of Serbia
 * Vojislav Šešelj, founder and president of Serbian Radical Party and a former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
 * Zorana Mihajlović, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Energy and Mining; former Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
 * Saša Radulović, former Minister of Economy of Serbia
 * Nela Kuburović, former Minister of Justice of Serbia
 * Darija Kisić Tepavčević, Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy of Serbia
 * Vjerica Radeta, former Vice President of the National Assembly of Serbia

Military people

 * Omar Pasha, Ottoman general and governor
 * Srđan Aleksić
 * Emanuel Cvjetićanin, Austro-Hungarian Feldmarschalleutnant
 * Slobodan Princip, Yugoslav Partisan
 * Petar Baćović, Chetnik
 * Jezdimir Dangić, Chetnik
 * Jeronim Ljubibratić, Habsburg general
 * Mićo Ljubibratić, rebel
 * Pecija, rebel
 * Golub Babić, rebel
 * Prodan Rupar
 * Bogdan Zimonjić
 * Bogić Vučković

Middle Ages

 * Beloje
 * Stephen, Duke of Bosnia
 * Miroslav of Hum
 * Hramko
 * Andrija, Prince of Hum
 * Prvoslav Radojević
 * Mrnjava
 * Domanek
 * Dražen Bogopenec
 * Milten Draživojević
 * Mišljen (veliki tepčija)
 * Dimitrije (veliki čelnik)
 * Vuk Kosača
 * Branivojević noble family
 * Vojin (magnate)
 * Vojislav Vojinović
 * Miloš Vojinović
 * Pribil
 * Pavle Radenović

Ottoman statesmen

 * Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
 * Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha
 * Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha
 * Telli Hasan Pasha

Individual sports

 * Jelena Lolović, alpine skier, Universiade champion
 * Žana Novaković, alpine skier
 * Ivana Španović, athlete (track and field), World and European Champion, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Dragan Perić, athlete (track and field), World Championships bronze medalist
 * Borisav Pisić, athlete (track and field), Mediterranean Games champion
 * Draženko Mitrović, athlete (track and field), Paralympic Games silver medalist
 * Branko Dangubić, athlete (track and field)
 * Đuro Kodžo, athlete (track and field)
 * Vuk Rađenović, bobsledder
 * Slobodan Kačar, boxer, Olympic champion
 * Tadija Kačar, boxer, Olympic Games silver medalist
 * Milenko Zorić, canoer, World champion and Olympic Games silver medalist
 * Veselin Petrović, cyclist
 * Radomir Kovačević, judoka, Olympic Games bronze medalist
 * Nemanja Majdov, judoka, World champion
 * Aleksandar Kukolj, judoka, European champion
 * Mitar Mrdić, judoka
 * Radoje Đerić, rower, European Championships bronze medalist
 * Andrea Arsović, sports shooter, European champion
 * Srećko Pejović, sports shooter, European Championships silver medalist
 * Velimir Stjepanović, swimmer, European champion
 * Đorđe Marković, swimmer
 * Ivana Ninković, swimmer
 * Mladen Tepavčević, swimmer
 * Zoran Prerad, taekwondo practitioner, European champion
 * Andrea Petkovic, tennis player, World No.9
 * Nikola Ćaćić, tennis player, ATP Cup champion
 * Momir Kecman, wrestler, World Championships silver medalist
 * Boško Marinko, wrestler, European champion
 * Stevan Mićić, wrestler, European Games and European Championships medalist
 * Ognjen Topic, American Muay Thai Boxing champion

Team sports

 * Basketball


 * Borislav Stanković, former FIBA's Secretary General
 * Dražen Dalipagić, Olympic, World and European champion
 * Ratko Radovanović, Olympic, World and European champion
 * Dejan Bodiroga, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
 * Predrag Danilović, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
 * Žarko Paspalj, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
 * Slađana Golić, Olympic, World and European Championships silver medalist
 * Saša Čađo, Olympic bronze medalist and European champion
 * Jelica Komnenović, Olympic bronze medalist and Eurobasket silver medalist
 * Zoran Savić, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
 * Dragana Stanković, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Milan Gurović, World and European champion
 * Aleksandar Nikolić, World and European champion
 * Vladimir Radmanović, World champion
 * Veselin Petrović, European champion
 * Ognjen Kuzmić, NBA champion and Eurobasket silver medalist
 * Darko Miličić, NBA champion
 * Vule Avdalović, Universiade champion
 * Vanja Plisnić, Universiade champion
 * Mile Ilić, Universiade champion
 * Draško Albijanić
 * Nemanja Gordić
 * Stefan Janković
 * Srđan Kalember
 * Dejan Kravić
 * Milan Milošević
 * Nebojša Popović
 * Dragan Raca
 * Boris Savović
 * Đoko Šalić
 * Marko Šutalo
 * Miroslav Todić
 * Dejan Todorović
 * Ratko Varda
 * Dušan Vukčević
 * Dalibor Ilić
 * Lara Mandić
 * Ivanka Matić
 * Slavica Pečikoza
 * Daliborka Vilipić


 * Football


 * Milan Galić, Olympic champion and European Championship silver medalist
 * Velimir Sombolac, Olympic champion
 * Branko Stanković, Olympic silver medalist
 * Vlado Čapljić, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Marko Marin, World Cup bronze medalist
 * Boško Antić, European Championship silver medalist
 * Ilija Pantelić, European Championship silver medalist
 * Savo Milošević, European Championship top scorers
 * Mijat Gaćinović, World U20 and European U19 champion
 * Srđan Babić, World U20 champion
 * Miladin Stevanović, World U20 champion
 * Ognjen Ožegović, European U19 champion
 * Dušan Bajević
 * Nemanja Bilbija
 * Predrag Đajić
 * Aleksandar Đurić
 * Milan Đurić
 * Mladen Krstajić
 * Ognjen Koroman
 * Zdravko Kuzmanović
 * Zvjezdan Misimović
 * Predrag Pašić
 * Ljupko Petrović
 * Saša Stević
 * Nikola Stipić
 * Neven Subotić
 * Nemanja Supić
 * Miloš Šestić
 * Siniša Ubiparipović
 * Ognjen Vranješ
 * Slavko Zagorac
 * Luka Jović


 * Handball


 * Svetlana Kitić, Olympic champion
 * Milorad Karalić, Olympic champion
 * Zlatan Arnautović, Olympic champion
 * Nebojša Popović, Olympic champion
 * Zdravko Rađenović, Olympic champion
 * Radmila Drljača, Olympic silver medalist
 * Vesna Radović, Olympic silver medalist
 * Mladen Bojinović, World Championship bronze medalist
 * Nebojša Golić, World Championship bronze medalist
 * Jasmina Jankovic, European Championship silver medalist
 * Dobrivoje Marković European Championship silver medalist
 * Aleksandar Knežević, European Championship bronze medalist
 * Danijel Šarić, World Championship silver medalist
 * Gorica Aćimović


 * Volleyball


 * Vladimir Grbić, Olympic and European champion
 * Nikola Grbić, Olympic and European champion
 * Tijana Bošković, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
 * Brankica Mihajlović, World and European champion, Olympic silver medalist
 * Đorđe Đurić, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Saša Starović, European champion
 * Jelena Blagojević, European champion and World Championship bronze medalist
 * Aleksandar Okolić, European and World League champion
 * Slađana Erić
 * Sanja Starović


 * Water polo
 * Duško Pijetlović, Olympic, World and European champion
 * Gojko Pijetlović, Olympic, World and European champion
 * Nikola Rađen, World and European champion, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Milan Muškatirović, Olympic and European Championship silver medalist

Religion

 * Patriarchs
 * Makarije Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1557–1571)
 * Antonije Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1571–1575)
 * Gerasim Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1575–1586)
 * Savatije Sokolović, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1587)
 * Gavrilo II, Patriarch of Serbs (s. 1752)


 * Metropolitans and bishops
 * Gavrilo Avramović, Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosna (s. 1578–88)
 * Basil of Ostrog (1610–1671), Bishop of Zahumlje, born in Trebinje area
 * Visarion, Metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602), born in Herzegovina
 * Savatije Ljubibratić, Metropolitan of Zahumlje and Dalmatia (s. 1693–1716)
 * Jovan Ćulibrk (1965)
 * Grigorije Durić (1966)


 * Other
 * Nićifor Dučić (1832–1900), theologian, historian, philologist and writer
 * Martyr Vukašin of Klepci
 * Jovica Ilić (fl. 1834–), Orthodox priest, rebel leader
 * Pavle Tvrtković (fl. 1834–51), Orthodox priest, served at the Serbian court
 * Gavro Vučković Krajišnik, trader, politician and writer
 * Djoko Slijepčević, (1907–1993), church historian

Other

 * Tijana Arnautović, Miss Canada 2004
 * Luka Ćelović, businessman
 * Mila Mulroney, wife of former prime minister of Canada
 * Monika Radulovic, Miss Universe Australia 2015
 * Sava Vladislavich, Serbian diplomat, count and merchant-adventurer in the employ of Peter the Great
 * Nataša Vojnović, fashion model
 * Milomir Kovac (born 1962), German surgeon
 * Caroline Mulroney, Canadian politician
 * Ben Mulroney, Canadian television host
 * Sasa Radulovic, award-winning Canadian architect
 * Maja Vidaković Lalić, architect and founder of the Mikser Festival
 * Nedeljko Čabrinović, member of the Black Hand