Milovan

Milovan (Милован) is a Slavic name derived from the passive adjective milovati ("caress"). It is recorded in Serbia since the Late Middle Ages. Variants include Milovanac and Milovanče.

Given name

 * Milovan Bojić (born 1955), Serbian politician
 * Milovan Ćirić (1918–1986), Serbian football manager
 * Milovan Đilas (1911–1995), Montenegrin-Serbian Communist politician, theorist and author in Yugoslavia
 * Milovan Đorić (born 1945), Serbian football player and manager
 * Milovan Danojlić (1937–2022), Serbian writer
 * Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), visual artist
 * Milovan Drašković (born 1995), Montenegrin basketball player
 * Milovan Drecun (born 1957), Serbian journalist of Montenegrin descent
 * Milovan Gavazzi (1895–1992), Croatian ethnologist
 * Milovan Glišić (1847–1908), Serbian writer, dramatist, and literary theorist
 * Milovan Ilic Minimaks (1938–2005), Serbian radio and TV journalist
 * Milovan Jakšić (1909–1953), Serbian footballer
 * Milovan Jović (1955–2009), Serbian footballer
 * Milovan Kapor (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
 * Milovan Krivokapić (born 1949), Serbian politician
 * Milovan Milovanović (1863–1912), Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer
 * Milovan Milović (born 1980), Serbian footballer
 * Milovan Mirosevic (born 1980), Chilean footballer
 * Milovan Obradović (born 1956), Serbian footballer
 * Milovan Petrovikj (born 1990), Macedonian footballer
 * Milovan Minja Prelević (1970–2019), Montenegrin footballer and coach
 * Milovan Raković (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player
 * Milovan Rajevac (born 1954), Serbian footballer
 * Milovan Savić (born 1953), Croatian middle-distance runner
 * Milovan Sikimić (born 1980), Serbian footballer
 * Milovan Stanković (born 1969), Serbian writer
 * Milovan Stepandić (1954–2020), Serbian basketball coach
 * Milovan Vesnić ( 2014), Serbian racing driver
 * Milovan Vidaković (1780–1841), Serbian writer
 * Milovan Vitezović (1944–2022), Serbian writer, poet, play writer and satirist
 * Milovan Zoričić (1884–1971), Croatian football official and criminal judge
 * Milovan Zoričić (statistician) (1850–1912), Croatian statistician

Surname

 * Berndt Lubich von Milovan, Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
 * Irena Milovan (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer
 * Ivan Milovan (born 1940), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate

Place names

 * Milovan, a village in Pleșoi Commune, Dolj County, Romania