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The 100 most prominent Serbs ( Serbian Cyrillic: 100 најзнаменитијих Срба) is a book containing the biographies of the hundred most important Serbs [2] compiled by a committee of academicians at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The committee members were Sava Vuković, Pavle Ivić, Dragoslav Srejović, Dejan ...
RankNameName1Stefan Nemanja (1113–1199)Grand Prince of Serbia and the founder of ...2Stefan the First-Crowned (1165–1228)Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196, and the ...3Saint Sava (1174–1236)The first Archbishop of the Autocephalous ...4Domentijan (1210–1264)A major medieval Serbian writer, monk, ...History of Serbia. List of people from Serbia is a list of notable people from Serbia. The list contains names of people who are associated with Serbia and its territory by their place of birth, and also by naturalization, domicile, citizenship or some other similar connection, modern or historical.
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Vlade Divac is a Serbian former basketball player and one of only seven players in the history of NBA to record 13,000 points, 3,000 assists, 9,000 rebounds, and 1,500 blocked shots. In 2010, he was made an inductee of the FIBA Hall of Fame .
- Nikola Tesla
- Mihailo Pupin
- Ivo Andrić
- Emir Kusturica
- Lepa Brena
- Vuk Karadžić
- Mileva Einstein
- Milunka Savić
- Milutin Milanković
- Novak Đoković
“The man who invented the 20th century” or “The Electric Jesus” is what people call one of the greatest minds in history, known for designing modern alternating current electricity supply systems, Nikola Tesla. After finishing high school in Serbia, Tesla moved to the United States where he established himself as a world-class scientist and conduct...
Along with Nikola Tesla, Mihajlo Pupin is probably one of the most successful “characters” in the history of science. Soon after finishing high school, Pupin became an international name in science. The world knows him for his countless patents such as improving long-distance telephone communication, electrical energy distribution via alternate cur...
If you ever wondered why Tolkin, Steinback, or Forster never received a Nobel Prize for literature (if you didn’t, you should), wonder no more. A Bosnian Serb, called Ivo Andrić is the one to blame. Dealing mostly with the life under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, his book “Na Drini Ćuprija” (“The Bridge Over Drina”) won the Nobel Prize award in t...
If you’ve seen the movies “When Father Was Away on Business,” “Underground,” or “Time of the Gypsies,” then you’re already familiar with both Goran Bregović’s music and Kusturica’s movies. This controversial Serbian/Bosnian film director (raised in former Yugoslavia) received various internationally acclaimed awards such as Palme d’Or (twice!), a S...
Serbian/Bosnian singer Fahreta Živojinović, who everyone knows by her stage name Lepa Brena, is one of several symbols of former Yugoslavia, as she was probably the last pop star to emerge before the country broke up. She was raised in Bosnia and Herzegovina but moved to Belgrade (Serbia) at the age of 20 in order to build her musical career. Her b...
If you read our article about famous Slovenes, you might have already read a bit about Serbian philologist and linguist Vuk Karadžić and his friendship and cooperation with the Slovenian linguist Jerner Kopitar. Vuk Karadžić is best known for the most important Serbian language reform. He standardized the cyrilic alphabet according to strict phonem...
Everyone knows who Albert Einstein is, regardless of whether they understand his theory or not. But little is known about his first wife Mileva Marić who was a Serbian physicist and mathematician. Born in Titel (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, today Serbia), Mileva was the only female student at Zürich Polytechnic and Einstein was her professor. She ...
The most awarded woman in the history of warfare, Milunka Savić joined the First Balkan War instead of her brother, pretending to be a man. She cut her hair and put on a male uniform and it wasn’t until the Battle of Bregalnica that her true gender was revealed. She was severely injured during this battle so she had to be treated in the hospital wh...
Mathematician, climatologist, civil engineer, astronomer, geophysicist… I am not sure which of these titles best suits Milanković’s versatile scientific career. He “indebted” the global science with two of his fundamental works: 1. “Cannon of the Earth’s Insolation”; 2. “Milanković cycles” (long-term climate changes explanations). Milanković gave u...
Even if you’re not a huge fan of sports, you must have heard about the world’s best tennis player on six occasions, currently the most popular Serb world-wide, Novak Đoković. Novak Đoković’s professional career began at the time when Federer and Nadal were considered the two best players in men’s tennis. Novak was a 20-year old player when he inter...
Nov 29, 2017 · Philip Zepter. With a net worth of some $5 billion, Philip Zepter is thought to be the richest Serbian on the planet. Born Milan Janković, Zepter got his business start selling pots and pans, eventually growing his Zepter International company into a major global conglomerate. Zepter now lives in Monte Carlo, because of course he does.
Famous People. Nationality. Serbian. 1. Novak Đoković. 2. Nikola Tesla. 3. Slobodan Milošević. 4. Ana Ivanović. 5. Draža Mihailović. 6. Radovan Karadžić. 7. Ratko Mladić. List of Serbian People. 1610-12-12 Basil of Ostrog [Saint Vasilije], Serbian Orthodox bishop, born in Mrkonjići (d. 1671)
List of Serbs is a list of notable people who are Serbs or of Serb ancestry. The list includes all notable Serbs sorted by occupation and year of birth, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern.
