Velimir ( sr-cyr, Велимир) is a

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 ...

masculine given name and sometimes a surname, a

Slavic name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...

derived from elements ''vele'' "great" and ''mir'' "peace, prestige". It may refer to: * Velimir Ilić (born 1951), politician * Velimir Ivanović, (born 1978), Serbian footballer *

Velimir Jovanović Velimir Jovanović (born 25 August 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for German club Greifswalder FC, as a striker. Career Born in Niš, Jovanović has played club football in Germany for TSG Neustrelitz, Energie Cottbus ...

, (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), Russian poet and playwright * Velimir Milošević (1937–2004), Montenegrin writer, poet, and editor *

Velimir Naumović Velimir Naumović Serbian Cyrillic: Beлимиp Haумoвић (19 March 1936 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 19 December 2011) was a Serbian striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia. He was often called Veljko (Velco) Naumović. During h ...

(1936–2011), Serbian footballer *

Velimir Perasović Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. Early life Perasović was bo ...

(born 1965), Croatian basketball player * Velimir Radinović, (born 1981), Canadian-Serbian basketball player *

Velimir Radman Velimir Radman (born 28 May 1983 in Banja Luka) is a Croatian football goalkeeper, who last played for NK Lošinj, a club based in Lošinj which competes in 4th Croatian league. Club career He played for NK Rijeka from 2002 to 2010, with a on ...

, (born 1983), Croatian footballer *

Velimir Sombolac Velimir Sombolac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Сомболац; 27 February 1939 – 22 May 2016) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Playing career Club Follow ...

, (1939–2016), Serbian-Yugoslav footballer *

Velimir Stjepanović Velimir Stjepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Стјепановић; born 7 August 1993) is a Serbian professional Swimming (sport), swimmer currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League. He has won gold medals ...

, (born 1993), Serbian swimmer * Velimir Škorpik (1919–1943), Croatian-Yugoslav Partisan commander *

Velimir Valenta Velimir Valenta (21 April 1929 – 27 November 2004) was a Yugoslav/ Croatian rower who won a gold medal in the coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspel ...

(1929–2004), Croatian-Yugoslav rower * Velimir Varga (born 1980), Slovenian-Croat footballer *

Velimir Vukićević Velimir Vukićević (11 July 1871 – 27 November 1930) was a Serbian Yugoslav politician. He served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 17 April 1927 until 28 July 1928. After the parliamentary election on 11 September 1927 he was re-elected. ...

(1871–1930), Serbian-Yugoslav politician * Velimir Zajec (born 1956), Croatian footballer and manager * Velimir Živojinović (disambiguation), several people ;Other * 3112 Velimir

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