List of people from Belgrade

This is a list of famous or notable citizens of Belgrade (included in the list are natives as well as permanent and/or temporary residents).

Architecture

 * Dragiša Brašovan (1887–1965), modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia, born in Vršac and lived in Belgrade
 * Dragutin Djordjević (1866-1933), academic style architect and university professor, born in Loznica and lived in Belgrade
 * Petar Bajalović (1876-1947), modernism architect, born in Šabac and lived in Belgrade
 * Zoran Bojović (1936–2018), Serbian and Yugoslav architect and engineer

Literature and poetry

 * Bruce Sterling, science fiction author, one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement
 * Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet
 * Gordana Ćulibrk (born 1952), writer
 * Meša Selimović, author
 * Milorad Pavić, poet, prose writer, translator, and literary historian
 * Nune Popović, Serbian author, activist

Painting

 * Dragomir Glišić (1872–1957), realism and impressionism painter and war photographer, born in Valjevo and lived in Belgrade
 * Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915), fauvism painter, born in Čačak and lived in Belgrade
 * Uroš Predić (1857–1953), realism painter, born in Orlovat and lived in Belgrade

Comics

 * Aleksa Gajić (born in 1974), comics artist and film director, creator of Technotise and the main author of the animated feature film Technotise: Edit & I
 * Enki Bilal, comic book creator, comics artist and film director

Sculpture

 * Lilly Otašević, Canadian sculptor and designer

Multiple art disciplines

 * Dositej Obradović (1739–1811; born as Dimitrije Obradović), Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia, born in Ciacova, Romania and lived in Belgrade
 * Jovan Hristić (1933-2002), Serbian poet, playwright, essayist, literary and theater critic, translator

Fashion and modeling

 * Bojana Sentaler, Canadian fashion designer
 * Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish TV personality, model, and fashion designer
 * Roksanda Ilinčić, London-based fashion designer

Film, theater, and television

 * Dušan Makavejev, Yugoslavian film director, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s
 * Emir Kusturica, filmmaker, double winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
 * Jelena Adžić, Canadian media personality, CBC arts reporter
 * Marina Abramović, performance artist
 * Milan Radonjić, TV personality, comedian
 * Mladen Kalpić, journalist, lecturer, filmmaker, and artist
 * Nikola Đuričko (born 1974), Serbian actor

Internet

 * Bogdan Ilić (born 1996; pseudonym Baka Prase), Serbian YouTuber, internet personality, rapper, gamer, actor and entertainer, born in Vranje and lived in Belgrade
 * Kristina Đukić (2000–2021; pseudonym Kika), Serbian YouTuber and livestreamer

Music

 * Ana Đurić (born 1978; stage name Konstrakta), singer, Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
 * Ana Popović (born 1976), blues guitarist
 * Ana Sokolović (born 1968), Canadian award winning music composer
 * Bojana Stamenov (born 1986), singer, Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
 * Bojan Zulfikarpašić (born 1968), jazz pianist and composer
 * Dania Ben Sassi (born 1998), Libyan Amazigh singer, born in Belgrade
 * David Bižić (born 1975), opera singer
 * Dejan Miladinović (1948–2017), opera director (Serbia, US, Yugoslavia), professor of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
 * Djordje Stijepovic, Serbian-American double bass player and composer
 * Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955), guitarist and composer
 * Goran Bregović (born 1950), Serbian and Yugoslav musician and singer-songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and lives in Belgrade
 * Goran Simić (1953–2008), opera singer, bass
 * Ivana Jenkins (born 1983; born Ivana Vujić, stage name Ivy Jenkins), Canadian bass player and designer
 * Jelena Mihailović (born 1987; stage name Jela Cello), cellist, born in Valjevo and lives in Belgrade
 * Katarina Pejak, blues singer and pianist
 * Maja Bogdanović (born 1982), cellist
 * Marija Šerifović (born 1984), singer, Serbian representative and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, born in Kragujevac and lives in Belgrade
 * Milenko Stefanović (1930–2022), classical and jazz clarinetist
 * Predrag Gosta (born 1972), conductor and harpsichordist
 * Sara Jovanović (born 1993; pseudonym Sara Jo), Serbian singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress, born in Rome, Italy and lives in Belgrade
 * Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914), Serbian composer and music educator, led the Belgrade choir in the late 19th century
 * Zdravko Čolić (born in 1951), Serbian and Yugoslav singer, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and lives in Belgrade

Sciences

 * Archibald Reiss, scientist
 * Igor Delijanić, meteorologist
 * Milutin Milanković, mathematician
 * Vesna Milosevic-Zdjelar, Canadian astrophysicist, science educator
 * Živojin Bumbaširević (1920–2008), Serbian orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist, born in Kruševac and lived and died in Belgrade

Scholars

 * Bogumil Hrabak (1927-2010), Serbian historian, university professor and pedagogue, born in Zrenjanin and lived and died in Belgrade
 * Boris Begović (born 1956), economic scholar
 * Đurađ Bošković (1904-1990), Serbian art historian of Serbian medieval architecture
 * Gordan Lazarević, Canadian musicologist, university department head
 * Ivan Avakumović, History professor at the University of British Columbia and author
 * Jelena Kovacevic, American engineering professor and university leader
 * Paulina Lebl-Albala, feminist, translator, literary critic, literature theoretician, and professor
 * Thomas Nagel, philosopher
 * Slobodan Antonić (born 1959), political scientist, sociologist and university professor

Business

 * Ana Kras, American furniture and fashion designer, photographer, artist
 * Jelena Behrend, American jewelry designer
 * Sacha Lakic, French automobile and furniture designer
 * Veselin Jevrosimović, CEO of IT company ComTrade Group

Politics

 * Aleksandar I Obrenović (1876–1903), King of Serbia, last ruler of the House of Obrenović
 * Atilla the Hun, used the city as a military base for his further penetration into the Balkans, between 441 and 443 AD, a decade before his death in 453; he is presumably buried 70 km north of the city
 * Danica Karađorđević (born 1986), Hereditary Princess of Serbia and Yugoslavia and graphic designer
 * Filip Karađorđević (born 1982), Hereditary Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia, born in Fairfax, Virginia, United States and lives in Belgrade
 * Jovian, Flavius Claudius Iovianus, Emperor of Rome, born in the city in 332 AD, restored Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire
 * Jelisaveta Karađorđević (born 1936), Princess of Yugoslavia, political activist, and former presidential candidate for Serbia
 * Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), Yugoslav president, founder of socialist Yugoslavia and co-founder of Non-Aligned Movement
 * Jovanka Broz (1924–2013), first lady of Yugoslavia and wife of Josip Broz Tito, born in Pećane near Udbina and lived and died in Belgrade
 * Laurent-Désiré Kabila, former president of the Congo
 * Lisa Gavrić (1907-1974; born as Elisabeth Bechmann), Austrian communist, born in Vienna, Austria and lived in Belgrade
 * Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, proclaimed Belgrade the capital city of the Principality of Serbia in 1841
 * Novica Antić (born 1978), political activist and president of the Military Trade Union of Serbia
 * Pavle Karađorđević, Prince of Yugoslavia
 * Petar I Karađorđević, King of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia
 * Slobodan Milošević, late president of Serbia and Yugoslavia
 * Stefan Dragutin, first King of Serbia to rule the city, made Belgrade the capital of his Kingdom of Syrmia in 1284
 * Stefan Lazarević, Despot of Serbia, made Belgrade the capital city of Serbian Despotate in 1404
 * Zoran Đinđić (1952–2003), prime minister of Serbia and mayor of Belgrade
 * Aleksandar Vučić (born 1970), president of Serbia

Clergy

 * Atanasije Antonijević (1734-1804), Serbian archpriest of Bukovik, one of the leading people of the Serbian Revolution, born in Bukovik and lived in Belgrade

Criminals

 * Isa Lero "Džamba", criminal

Military

 * David Albala (1886–1942), military officer, physician, diplomat, and Jewish community leader, born in Belgrade
 * Dragutin Gavrilović, colonel of the Serbian Army in World War I and the defender of Belgrade in 1915
 * Mihailo Golubović (1889–1941), Serbian and Yugoslav soldier and a brigadier general of the Royal Yugoslav Army
 * Milisav Čamdžija (1785–1815), warrior during the First Serbian Uprising, born in Veliki Borak in Belgrade
 * Stepa Stepanović, field marshal (vojvoda) of Serbian Army
 * Tasa Donić (1863-1939), Chetnik duke participant in the Serbian liberation wars of 1912–1918, born in Orašac and lived and died in Belgrade

Basketball

 * Bogdan Bogdanović, National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Atlanta Hawks
 * Marko Jarić, NBA player

Football

 * Edin Ajdinović (born 2001), football central midfielder, born in Belgrade

High Jumping

 * Dragutin Topić, high jumper, gold medallist at the 1990 European Athletics Championships

Racewalking

 * Shaul Ladany, Israeli world-record-holding Olympic racewalker, Bergen-Belsen survivor, Munich Massacre survivor, and Professor of Industrial Engineering

Rugby

 * Radoslav Novaković, rugby player

Swimming

 * Luka Stevanović, swimmer and IT expert

Tennis

 * Ana Ivanovic, WTA tennis player; former World No. 1 in singles
 * Daniel Nestor (Danijel Nestorović), Canadian Olympic Gold tennis player
 * Janko Tipsarević, ATP tennis player
 * Jelena Dokić, WTA tennis player
 * Jelena Janković, WTA tennis player; former World No. 1 in singles
 * Novak Đoković, ATP tennis player (World No.1)

Wrestling

 * Zurabi Datunashvili (born 1991), Georgian-born Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler, born in Tbilisi, Georgia and lives in Belgrade