List of Serbs of Croatia



This is a list of notable Serbs of Croatia, ethnic Serbs who were born in, lived, or trace their origins to the territory that is present-day Croatia.

Arts

 * Joakim Marković (c. 1685–1757), Austrian Serb painter
 * Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), Austrian Serb polymath, born in Vukovar
 * Stefan von Novaković (1740–1826), writer and publisher
 * Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837), notable Baroque poet, writer and polyglot
 * Jovan Došenović (1781–1813), philosopher, poet and translator
 * Jovan Isailović, Jr. (1803–1885), academic painter during the early and mid-nineteenth century
 * Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), author, scholar, and journalist
 * Matija Ban (1818–1903), poet, dramatist, and playwright, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Danilo Medaković (1819–1881), writer, journalist and publisher
 * Medo Pucić (1821–1882), writer and politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), composer of the Croatian national anthem
 * Nikola Arsenović (1823–1887), designer and illustrator of folk costumes
 * Branko Radičević (1824–1853), poet
 * Ljudevit Vuličević (1839–1916), poet
 * Slavka Atanasijević (1850–1897), pianist and composer
 * Simo Matavulj (1852–1908), Serbian novelist
 * Ivo Vojnović (1857–1929), writer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Marko Car (1859–1953), writer, politician and activist, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Marko Murat (1864–1944), painter, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Lujo Bakotić (1867–1941), writer
 * Ivo Ćipiko (1869–1923), writer, primarily a novelist
 * Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor
 * Toma Rosandić (1878–1958), Yugoslav sculptor, born in Split
 * Stojan Aralica (1883–1980), impressionist painter and academic
 * Veljko Milićević (1886–1929), writer, translator, publicist and journalist
 * Ignjat Job (1895–1936), expressionist painter
 * Vladimir Velmar-Janković (1895–1976), writer
 * Ljubomir Micić (1895–1971), poet and writer, the founder of Zenitism
 * Sava Šumanović (1896–1942), Serbian painter
 * Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947), Serbian poet
 * John David Brcin (1899–1983), American sculptor
 * Marko Tajčević (1900–1984), composer and musician
 * Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1978), Serbian painter, born in Benkovac
 * Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1967), Serbian composer and conductor
 * Dragan Aleksić (1901–1958), Yugoslav Dadaist poet, author, journalist, filmmaker
 * Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), Yugoslav writer, born in Zadar
 * Grigorije Vitez (1911–1966), poet, children's novelist and translator, founder of the Croatian modern children's literature
 * Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), Yugoslav sculptor of monuments such as Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija, born in Bjelovar
 * Vojin Jelić (1921–2004), Yugoslav and Croatian poet, born in Knin
 * Arsen Diklić (1922–1995), writer and screenwriter
 * Petar Omčikus (1926–2019), painter and academic
 * Pero Kvrgić (born 1927), Yugoslav Croatian actor, born in Vrbovsko
 * Dušan Džamonja (1928-2009), sculptor
 * Milorad Pavić (1929–2009), Serbian writer and university professor with roots in Žumberak
 * Renata Ulmanski (born 1929), Serbian actress
 * Bora Ćosić (born 1932), Serbian and Croatian writer
 * Đorđe Kadijević (born 1933), Serbian film director
 * Slobodan Selenić (1933–1995), writer, critic, professor and director of Avala Film
 * Boris Spremo (1935-2017), Canadian photojournalist, the first photojournalist to receive the Order of Canada
 * Branka Petrić (born 1937), Serbian actress
 * Dragomir Čumić (1937–2013), Serbian actor
 * Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), chanson singer
 * Božidarka Frajt (born 1940), Yugoslav and Croatian actress
 * Petar Kralj (1941–2011), Serbian actor, born in Zagreb, parents from Banija
 * Milan Milišić (1941–1991), writer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Ratko Adamović (1942), writer
 * Rade Šerbedžija (born 1946), former Yugoslav film actor, from Lika
 * Neda Ukraden (born 1950), pop singer
 * Miljen Kljaković (born 1950), award-winning production designer
 * Jovan Radulović (1951–2018), Serbian writer and former director of Belgrade City Library
 * Bogdan Diklić (born 1953), Serbian actor
 * Boris Miljković (born 1956), film director and creative director
 * Boris Komnenić (born 1957), Serbian actor
 * Milan Mladenović (1958–1994), musician best known as the frontman of the Yugoslav art rock band Ekatarina Velika
 * Goran Šepa (1958), musician best known as the frontman of Kerber. Both of his parents are from Velika Popina
 * Suzana Petričević (born 1959), actress
 * Momčilo Bajagić (born 1960), Serbian musician
 * Zoran Bognar (born 1965), Serbian poet and editor
 * Vladimir Arsenijević (born 1965), writer and journalist, NIN award winner
 * Nikola Škorić (born 1976), Serbian comedian
 * Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977), writer from Bosnia, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature
 * Stana Katic (born 1978), Canadian-American film and television actress

Science and academia

 * Stefan Vujanovski (1743–1829), Serbian education reformer and author of several textbook
 * Pavle Solarić (1779–1821), Serbian linguist, geographer, archaeologist, poet, bibliographer and man of letters
 * Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), Serbian linguist and poet, born in Kordun.
 * Jovan Gavrilović (1796–1877), historian, politician, statesman, and public figure. He was the first President of the Serbian Learned Society.
 * Nikola Arsenović (1823–1887), designer and illustrator of folk costumes
 * Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908), jurist and a pioneer in sociology, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Pero Budmani (1835–1914), writer, linguist, grammarian, and philologist, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Vicko Adamović (1838–1919), pedagogue and historian
 * Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), Orthodox bishop, born in Šibenik.
 * Luko Zore (1846–1906), philologist and Slavist, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Vid Vuletić Vukasović (1853–1933), writer and early ethnographer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer.
 * Milan Rešetar (1860–1942), linguist, historian and literary critic, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Mihailo Merćep (1864–1937), Serbian cyclist and aviation pioneer, born in Dubrovnik
 * Antun Fabris (1864–1904), journalist, essayist, publisher and politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Lujo Adamović (1864–1935), botanist
 * Vladimir Varićak (1865–1942), mathematician and theoretical physicist
 * Milutin Milanković (1879–1958), Serbian geophysicist and civil engineer, born in Dalj
 * Dušan Vuksan (1881–1944), pedagogue and historian
 * Ivan Đaja (1884–1957), Serbian biologist and physiologist
 * Miloš N. Đurić (1892–1967), classical philologist, hellenist, classical translator and philosopher
 * Milan Kašanin (1895–1981), Serbian art historian, curator and writer
 * Jovan Karamata (1902–1967), Serbian mathematician, born in Zagreb
 * Danilo Blanuša (1903–1987), Yugoslav mathematician and physicist, born in Osijek
 * Đuro Kurepa (1907–1993) - mathematician, best known for the Kurepa tree
 * Gojko Nikoliš (1911–1995), doctor, general, diplomat, historian and academic
 * Jevrem Jezdić (1916–1997), historian and writer
 * Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), Serbian international law scholar
 * Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian historian and president of SANU
 * Nikola Hajdin (1923–2019) construction engineer and President of SANU
 * Vojislav Korać (1924–2010), historian of architecture and professor
 * Gajo Petrović (1927–1993), Yugoslav philosopher, born in Karlovac
 * Sima Ćirković (1929–2009), Serbian historian, born in Osijek.
 * Svetozar Kurepa (1929–2010) - mathematician
 * Vojin Dimitrijević (1932–2012), law professor
 * Nikola Moravčević (born 1935), Serbian-American literary historian, literary critic, academic and novelist
 * Branko Mikasinovich (born 1938), American Slavist
 * Darko Tanasković (born 1948), Serbian orientalist, academic and diplomat
 * Marko Atlagić (born 1949), Serbian historian, born in Ostrovica
 * Ivo Visković (born 1949), Serbian university professor and diplomat
 * Dejan Jović (born 1968), professor at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb
 * Srđan Majstorović (born 1972), political scientist
 * Spiridon Brusina (1845–1909) - zoologist

Sports

 * Milan Neralić (1875–1918), Austro-Hungarian and Croatian fencer, the first person from Croatia to take part in the Olympic Games and the first one to win a medal
 * Petar Trifunović (1910–1980), Yugoslav chess champion, born in Dubrovnik
 * Press Maravich (1915–1987), American basketball player and coach. Both of his parents are from Ogulin
 * Radivoje Ognjanović (born 1933), football manager and player
 * Petar Nadoveza (born 1942), football player and manager
 * Milan Nenadić (born 1943), wrestler
 * Milan Damjanović (1943–2006), football player and manager
 * Ilija Petković (born 1945), football player and manager
 * Ratomir Dujković (born 1946), Serbian football player and coach
 * Ljubomir Vračarević (1947–2013), Serbian martial artist and founder of Real Aikido
 * Nikola Plećaš (born 1948), Croatian basketball player
 * Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian basketball coach, four-time Euroleague champion, former player
 * Vladimir Ilić (born 1955), shot putter
 * Mira Bjedov (born 1955), former basketball player and Olympic bronze medalist (1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow)
 * Zvjezdan Cvetković (1960-2017), football player and former manager of GNK Dinamo Zagreb
 * Borislav Cvetković (born 1962), football player
 * Dragan Andrić (born 1962), Serbian water polo player, two-time Olympic champion
 * Dražen Petrović (1964–1993), Croatian basketball player, born to a Serb father and a Croat mother, World and European champion
 * Jasna Šekarić (born 1965), Serbian sports shooter, five-time Olympic medalist, World and European champion
 * Siniša Mihajlović (born 1969), Serbian football manager and former player, European Cup champion
 * Aleksandar Jovančević (born 1970), Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler
 * Miloš Milošević (born 1972), former Croatian swimmer, World and European champion
 * Goran Bunjevčević (1973-2018), Serbian football player
 * Vladimir Vujasinović (born 1973), Serbian water polo player and manager, three-time Olympic medalist, World and European champion
 * Miladin Dado Pršo (born 1974), retired Croatian footballer, born in Zadar
 * Dušan Vemić (born 1976), tennis coach and former player
 * Predrag Savović (born 1976), basketball player
 * Nenad Čanak (born 1976), Serbian basketball player and manager
 * Predrag Stojaković (born 1977), Serbian basketball player, World, European and NBA champion
 * Danijel Ljuboja (born 1978), Serbian football player
 * Boško Balaban (born 1978), retired Croatian footballer, born in Rijeka
 * Ivan Ergić (born 1981), Serbian football player
 * Svetlana Ognjenović (born 1981), Serbian handball player, World Championship silver medalist
 * Marko Popović (born 1982), Croatian former professional basketball player
 * Novica Bjelica (born 1983), Serbian volleyball player
 * Jelena Dokić (born 1983), former tennis player and coach
 * Duško Savanović (born 1983), Serbian basketball player
 * Damir Mikec (born 1984), Serbian sports shooter, European Games champion
 * Jelena Popović (born 1984), Serbian handball player, World Championship silver medalist
 * Aleks Marić (born 1984), Australian basketball player
 * Danijel Subašić (born 1984), Croatian footballer
 * Dejan Jakovic (born 1985), Canadian football player
 * Kosta Perović (born 1985), Serbian basketballer player, Eurobasket silver medalist
 * Zoran Erceg (born 1985), Serbian basketball player
 * Dragan Travica (born 1986), Italian volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Konstantin Čupković (born 1987), Serbian volleyball player
 * Andrija Prlainović (born 1987), Serbian water polo player, Olympic, World and European champion, born in Dubrovnik
 * Milan Borjan (born 1987), Canadian football player
 * Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
 * Sava Lešić (born 1988), Serbian basketball player
 * Milan Mačvan (born 1989), Serbian basketball player, Olympic and Eurobasket silver medalist
 * Maja Škorić (born 1989), Serbian basketball player
 * Nataša Zorić (born 1989), tennis player
 * Marta Drpa (born 1989), Serbian volleyball player
 * Milica Deura (born 1990), Bosnian basketball player
 * Đorđe Gagić (born 1990), Serbian basketball player
 * Danijel Aleksić (born 1991), Serbian footballer, UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player Award
 * Tanja Dragić (born 1991), Serbian Paralympian athlete, paralympic and world champion
 * Milan Zorica (born 1992), Serbian footballer
 * Marija Vuković (born 1992), state champion of Montenegro, specializing in the high jump
 * Nemanja Bezbradica (born 1993), Serbian basketball player, 3x3 Youth Olympic champion
 * Bojan Sanković, (born 1993), Montenegrin football player
 * Saša Ivković, (born 1993), Serbian football player
 * Miloš Degenek (born 1994), Australian football player
 * Aleksandar Čavrić (born 1994), Serbian football player
 * Ognjen Dobrić (born 1994), Serbian basketball player
 * Dejan Miljuš and Bojan Miljuš (born 1994), Serbian football players
 * Miloš Perišić (born 1995), Serbian football player
 * Đorđe Ivanović (born 1995), Serbian football player
 * Milan Gajić (born 1996), Serbian football player

Politics

 * Beloš Vukanović (1110–1198), Serbian prince, Ban of Croatia between 1142 and 1163
 * Ognjeslav Utješenović (1817–1890), politician and writer
 * Nikola Krestić (1824–1887), nobleman, politician, attorney at law and President of Sabor
 * Nikša Gradi (1825–1894), writer, politician, and lawyer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Konstantin Vojnović (1832–1903), politician, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
 * Đorđe Vojnović (1833–1895), politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), politician and journalist
 * Bogdan Medaković (1854–1930), lawyer, politician and Speaker of the Croatian Sabor from 1908 to 1918
 * Lujo Vojnović (1864–1951), writer, politician, and diplomat, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Svetozar Pribićević (1875–1936), Kingdom of Yugoslavia politician, born in Kostajnica
 * Milan Pribićević (1876–1937), politician and leader of ORJUNA
 * Adam Pribićević (1880–1957), publisher, writer, politician and supporter of the social philosophy of Tomáš Masaryk
 * Stijepo Kobasica (1882–1944), journalist, author and politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Kata Pejnović (1899–1966), feminist and politician
 * Milka Planinc (1924-2010), communist politician of mixed Serbo-Croatian background
 * Jovan Rašković (1929–1992), politician who first called for Serb autonomy within Croatia in the 1990s
 * Milan Đukić (1934–2007), former deputy speaker of the Croatian Sabor
 * Mirko Marjanović (1937–2006), a former Prime Minister of Serbia and a high-ranking official in Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia
 * Vojislav Vukčević (1938–2016), politician, minister for diaspora
 * Petar Škundrić (born 1947), politician, former minister cabinet minister
 * Drago Kovačević (1953–2019), former mayor of Knin
 * Milan Martić (born 1954), the third president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Knin
 * Milan Babić (1956–2006), the first president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Vrlika
 * Goran Hadžić (1958–2016), the second president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Vinkovci


 * Active
 * Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), Croatian politician
 * Savo Štrbac (born 1949), Croatian Serb activist
 * Vojislav Stanimirović (1953), Croatian politician
 * Milorad Pupovac (born 1955), Croatian Serb politician (SDSS)
 * Sanda Rašković Ivić (born 1956), Serbian psychiatristand politician, (NS)
 * Veljko Ostojić (born 1958), Croatian politician, former Minister of Tourism
 * Ratko Dmitrović (born 1958), Serbian politician and journalist, Minister of Families and Demographics
 * Janko Veselinović (1965), Serbian politician, lawyer and university professor
 * Željko Jovanović (born 1965), Croatian politician
 * Milanka Opačić (born 1968), Croatian politician, (SDP)
 * Miodrag Linta (born 1969), politician and activist
 * Boris Milošević (born 1974), Croatian lawyer and politician, current Deputy Prime Minister, (SDSS)
 * Aleksandar Martinović (born 1976), Serbian lawyer and politician, (SNS)
 * Dragan Crnogorac (born 1978), Croatian politician, MP and President of Joint Council of Municipalities
 * Nebojša Bakarec (born 1963), Serbian politician (SNS)

Military

 * Venetian period
 * Janko Mitrović (1613–1659)
 * Stojan Janković (1636–1687)
 * Vuk Mandušić (fl. 1645–1648)
 * Cvijan Šarić (fl. 1652–1668)


 * Habsburg/Ottoman period and the Kingdom of Serbia
 * Stevan Šupljikac (1786–1848), Serbian rebel and first Duke of Serbian Vojvodina
 * Omar Pasha (1806–1871), Ottoman field marshal and governor
 * Gavrilo Rodić (1812–1890), Austrian and Austro-Hungarian general
 * Stjepan Jovanović (1828–1885), notable military commander of Austrian Empire
 * Emanuel Cvjetićanin (1833–1919), Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal Liteant
 * Đura Horvatović (1835–1895), Serbian general and military minister
 * Miloš Božanović (1863–1922), Serbian military commander and Minister of Defence
 * Dragutin Prica (1867–1960), Austro-Hungarian and later Yugoslav admiral
 * Vasilije Trbić (1881–1962), Serbian Chetnik commander in Macedonia
 * Raoul Stojsavljevic (1887–1930), Austro-Hungarian WWI flying ace credited with ten aerial victories


 * World War II
 * Milan Emil Uzelac (1867–1954), commander in the Austro-Hungarian, Yugoslav and Independent Croatian Air forces, born in Hungary.
 * Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav communist activist
 * Vladimir Ćopić (1891–1939), journalist and communist official of mixed Serb-Croatian origin
 * Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), spy for Richard Sorge's circle
 * Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), Chetnik commander in World War II, born near Knin
 * Vladimir Velebit (1907–2004), Yugoslav partisan, diplomat and historian
 * Rade Končar (1911–1942), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Korenica
 * Filip Kljajić (1913–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Petrinja
 * Slobodan Bajić Paja (1916–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Vukovar
 * Rade Bulat (1920–2013), Yugoslav communist, partisan general, electrical engineer and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
 * Branko Mamula (born 1921), antifascist and partisan fighter, admiral of the JNA, Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (1982–1988)
 * Nada Dimić (1923–1942), Yugoslav communist and People's Hero of Yugoslavia, born in Divoselo (Gospić)
 * Simo Dubajić (1923-2009), Yugoslav partisan
 * Jovanka Broz (1924–2013), Yugoslav partisan and the First Lady of Yugoslavia
 * Boško Buha (1926–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born in Virovitica
 * Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav communist activist
 * Stevo Rađenović, Chetnik commander in World War II


 * Croatian War
 * Veljko Kadijević (1925–2014), JNA general, born in Imotski
 * Mile Mrkšić (1947–2015), JNA colonel, born in Vrginmost
 * Slavko Dokmanović (1949–1998), mayor of Vukovar
 * Mile Novaković (1950–2015), SVK commander, born in Vrginmost
 * Vukašin Šoškoćanin (1958–1991), SVK commander, born in Borovo


 * Modern
 * Zdravko Ponoš (born 1958), Serbian general and the former Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces

Clergy and Other

 * Clergy
 * Jelena Nemanjić Šubić (14th century), founder of Krka monastery
 * Petronije Selaković (fl. 1648), monk and rebel leader
 * Nikodim Busović (1657–1707), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Krka
 * Simeon Končarević (1690–1769), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan
 * Gerasim Zelić (1752–1838), Serbian Orthodox archimandrite, traveler, and writer
 * Holy Martyr Teodor Komogovinski (18th century)
 * Vikentije Ljuština (1761–1805), Serbian Orthodox archimandrite, writer and educator
 * Josif Rajačić (1785–1861), metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina and baron
 * Petar Jovanović (1800–1864), metropolitan of Belgrade
 * Mato Vodopić (1816–1893), bishop of Dubrovnik who wrote poems, short stories and collected folk ballads, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Nikanor Ivanović (1825–1894), metropolitan of Montenegro
 * Ivan Stojanović (1829–1900), priest and writer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
 * Bishop Nikolaj (1840–1907), theologian and Metropolitan of the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna
 * Miron Nikolić (1846–1941), one of the bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church with the longest standing record in the profession
 * German Opačić (1857–1899), Bishop of Bačka
 * Evgenije Letica (1858–1933), theologian and Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan
 * Branko Dobrosavljević (1886 —1941), Serbian Orthodox priest who fell victim to Ustaše during the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia
 * Hieromartyr Georgije Bogić (1911–1941)
 * Serbian Patriarch Pavle (1914–2009)
 * Jovan Nikolić, Serbian Orthodox priest
 * Jovan Pavlović (1936–2014), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan


 * Other
 * Vladimir Matijević (1854–1929), founder of the Serbian Business Association Privrednik, the biggest Serbian humanitarian society, Serbian bank and Union of agricultural cooperatives
 * Lazar Bačić (1865–1941), merchant and philanthropist
 * Marija Ilić Agapova (1895–1984), jurist, translator, librarian and the first director of the Belgrade City Library
 * Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga (1897–1925), outlaw in early 20th-century Slavonia
 * Milan Mandarić (born 1938), Serbian-American business tycoon
 * Stevo Karapandža (born 1947), celebrity chef, born in Gornja Trebinja (Karlovac)
 * Mirjana Rakić (born 1948), Croatian journalist
 * Slavko Ćuruvija (1949–1999), Yugoslav journalist and newspaper publisher
 * Miroslav Lazanski (1950–2021), journalist and MP
 * Mirko Ilić (born 1956), graphic designer and comics artist
 * Slavica Ecclestone (born 1958), model
 * Nives Celsius (born 1981), Croatian socialite
 * Dragana Atlija (born 1983), Serbian model, actress, Miss Serbia 2009