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Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

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derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include:

Politicians and office holders

Dragan Čavić Dragan Čavić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Чавић; born 10 March 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the 5th President of Republika Srpska from 28 November 2002 until 9 November 2006, after having been Vice President from 2000 to 2002. ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Dragan Čović Dragan Čović (; born 20 August 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 4th Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2005 and from 2014 to 2018. He is the current president of the Croatian Democrat ...

, Croat politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Dragan Đilas Dragan Đilas ( sr-cyr, Драган Ђилас, , born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013. From 25 November 2012 until 31 May 2014, he served as the President of the ...

, Serbian politician and businessman *

Dragan Đokanović Dragan Đokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђокановић; born 20 April 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician, member, founder and president of the Democratic Party of Federalists, physician, sportsman and one of the most popular men in ...

, Bosnian Serb politician * Dragan Đorđević, Serbian politician * Dragan Jočić, Serbian politician * Dragan Kojadinović, Serbian journalist, politician and Minister of Culture * Dragan Marković, Serbian politician *

Dragan Maršićanin Dragan Maršićanin ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Маршићанин; born 26 January 1950) is a Serbian economist and politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland from 2004 to 2009. He served as the Minister of Economy in 2004, only ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Mikerević Dragan Mikerević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Микеревић; born 12 February 1955) is a Bosnian Serb politician. He served as the 8th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 17 January 2003 until 17 February 2005. He announced his res ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Dragan Primorac Dragan Primorac (born June 7, 1965) is a Croatian physician, geneticist and forensic scientist. He is the first recipient of the title "Global Penn State University Ambassador". Currently, he serves as the Chair of the International Affairs Comm ...

, Croatian scientist and politician *

Dragan Šutanovac Dragan Šutanovac ( sr-cyrl, Драган Шутановац, ; born 24 July 1968) is a Serbian politician, former leader of the Democratic Party and former Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia. He supports the accession of Serbia t ...

, Serbian Minister of Defense * Dragan Todorović (politician), Serbian politician *

Dragan Tomić Dragan Tomić ( sr, Драган Томић; 9 December 1935 – 21 June 2022) was a Serbian politician, a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, who was the President of the National Assembly of Serbia, holding the position from 1994 to 2001 ...

, Serbian politician, acting President of Serbia in 1997 *

Dragan Tsankov Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov ( bg, Драган Киряков Цанков) (9 November 1828 – 24 March 1911) was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country. He was born in Svishtov. Tsankov was initially ...

, Bulgarian politician, twice Prime Minister *

Dragan Vulin Dragan Vulin (born 1 May 1986) is a Croatian politician and scientist. Early life and education Vulin was born in Osijek in 1986. He graduated from secondary school in 2005. He studied electrical engineering at thFaculty of Electrical Engineerin ...

, Croatian politician and scientist

Soldiers

Dragan Nikolić Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Драган Николић, ; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor. Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the ...

, Serbian military officer *

Dragan Paskaš , native_name_lang = , birth_name = , other_name = , nickname = , birth_date = , birth_place = Bački Gračac ( Odžaci), SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia , death_date = , death_place = , placeofburial ...

, Serbian general * Dragan Vasiljković, Serbian paramilitary officer

Athletes

Dragan Antanasijević Dragan Antanasijević (; born 19 July 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Canadian Soccer League club BGHC 1. Honours ;BASK * Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига � ...

(born 1987), Serbian footballer *Dragan Bender (born 1997), Croatian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League *Dragan Blatnjak (born 1981), Bosnian footballer *Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer *Dragan Ćirić, Serbian footballer *Dragan Džajić, retired Serbian footballer *Dragan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer *Dragan Dragutinović, Serbian footballer *Dragan Džajić, Yugoslavian footballer *Dragan Glogovac, Bosnian Serb footballer *Dragan Holcer, Yugoslavian footballer *Dragan Jović, Bosnian football coach *Dragan Jovanović (footballer), Dragan Jovanović, Yugoslavian footballer *Dragan Kanatlarovski, Yugoslavian/Macedonian footballer and manager *Dragan Kićanović, retired Serbian basketball player *Dragan Kokotović, Serbian footballer and manager *Dragan Lukovski, Serbian basketball player *Dragan Milosavljević, Serbian basketball player *Dragan Mladenović (footballer) (born 1976), Serbian footballer *Dragan Mrđa, Serbian footballer *Dragan Mustapić, Croatian discus thrower *Dragan Načevski, Macedonian footballer *Dragan Okuka, Serbian footballer and manager *Dragan Pantelić, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer *Dragan Perić, retired Serbian Olympic athlete *Dragan Popović, Yugoslavian footballer and coach *Dragan Punišić, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer *Dragan Raca, Serbian basketball coach *Dragan Radojičić, Serbian/Montenegrin footballer and manager *Dragan Stančić, Serbian footballer *Dragan Stojisavljević, Serbian footballer *Dragan Stojkov, Macedonian footballer *Dragan Stojković, retired Serbian footballer and current manager *Dragan Talajić, Croatian footballer and manager *Dragan Tarlać, retired Serbian basketball player *Dragan Tešanović (born 1985), Serbian mixed martial arts fighter *Dragan Travica, Croatian naturalized Italian volleyball player. *Dragan Umicevic, Swedish ice hockey player *Dragan Žarković, Serbian footballer *Dragan Zorić, Serbian sprint canoer

Artists and entertainers

*Dragan Bjelogrlić, Serbian actor *Dragan Espenschied, German musician and artist *Dragan Kojić Keba, Gipsy/Serbian folk singer *Dragan Marinković, Bosnian Serb actor and TV personality *Dragan Mićanović, Serbian actor *Dragan Nikolić, Serbian actor *Dragan Malesevic Tapi, Serbian painter and Freemason *Dirty South (musician), Dragan Roganović, renowned Serbian-Australian music producer and DJ *Dragan Todorović, Yugoslavian writer, journalist, and artist

References

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