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Šimić
Šimić () is a surname found mainly among the Croats, but sometimes also among the Serbs. It may refer to: * Ana Šimić, Croatian athlete * Andrijica Šimić, Croatian folk hero *Antun Branko Šimić, Bosnian Croat poet *Dario Šimić, Croatian footballer * Josip Šimić, Croatian footballer, brother of Dario * *Petar Šimić, Croatian Yugoslav admiral * Tatjana Šimić, Dutch-Croatian model and actress See also * Šime Šime () is a masculine Croatian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Šime Budinić (1535–1600), a 16th-century Catholic priest and writer from Zadar, Venetian Dalmatia (today Croatia) *Šime Ljubić (1822–1896), Croatian histor ... * Simić {{DEFAULTSORT:Simic Croatian surnames Serbian surnames Surnames from given names fr:Šimić it:Šimić pl:Šimić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dario Šimić
Dario Šimić (; born 12 November 1975) is a Croatian former footballer. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back; a physical and hard-tackling defender, he was known in particular for his strength and ability in the air. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and A.C. Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010, where he retired from the game during the same year. Šimić played for Croatia national football team between 1996 and 2008. He retired from international football shortly after becoming the first Croatian player to win 100 international caps. He is currently the team's eighth most capped player. He was a member of Croatia's squad for each of the six major tournaments for which the team qualified during the 1990s and 2000s, which includes three FIFA World Cups (11 appearances in 1998, 2002 and 2006) and three UEFA European Championships (5 appearances i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antun Branko Šimić
Antun Branko Šimić (18 November 1898 – 2 May 1925) was a Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century. Life He was born to a Croat family from Drinovci near Grude on 18 November 1898, in the family of Vida and Martin Šimić. He attended primary school in his native village, and then the first three forms of the Franciscan classical grammar school in Široki Brijeg. He decided to change school in the fourth form and went to Mostar and afterwards to Vinkovci (Gymnasium Vinkovci). His unruly spirit made him change his surroundings again and so he continued his education in Zagreb, in the upper town grammar school. In 1917, he started the journal for art and culture, '' Vijavica'' (Whirlwind), which forced him to leave school. This is when he lost his parents' support and it also meant a hard life overpowered by many illnesses. After four issues of ''Vijavica'', taking the example of German j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šimić
Šimić () is a surname found mainly among the Croats, but sometimes also among the Serbs. It may refer to: * Ana Šimić, Croatian athlete * Andrijica Šimić, Croatian folk hero *Antun Branko Šimić, Bosnian Croat poet *Dario Šimić, Croatian footballer * Josip Šimić, Croatian footballer, brother of Dario * *Petar Šimić, Croatian Yugoslav admiral * Tatjana Šimić, Dutch-Croatian model and actress See also * Šime Šime () is a masculine Croatian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Šime Budinić (1535–1600), a 16th-century Catholic priest and writer from Zadar, Venetian Dalmatia (today Croatia) *Šime Ljubić (1822–1896), Croatian histor ... * Simić {{DEFAULTSORT:Simic Croatian surnames Serbian surnames Surnames from given names fr:Šimić it:Šimić pl:Šimić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Šimić
Petar Šimić (1932 – 12 April 1990) was an admiral of the Yugoslav Navy, Commander of the Split Military Area and Assistant Commander of the Military Naval Area for political-legal sector. Early life Šimić's family hailed from the village of Drivenik near Novi Vinodolski. Role in SKJ Before his death, Šimić served as the President of the Organization of the League of Communists in the Yugoslav People's Army, thereby acting as head of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). In the late 1980s, he represented hardliners within JNA in public appearances. On 31 January 1989, he issued an announcement in which he accused some politicians of "pushing the Yugoslav ship on the rocks". Although he didn't name them at the time, it was clear that the announcement was directed at Croat and Slovene politicians, especially at Stipe Šuvar, the President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia at the time. Šimić also added that "JNA wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Šimić
Tatjana Šimić (born 9 June 1963), also known by the mononym Tatjana, is a Croatian-Dutch model, actress and singer. Biography Šimić was born in Zagreb, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia on 9 June 1963, but moved with her mother and sister to Rotterdam in 1979 at the age of 16. In the 1980s, having won a national modeling contest, she commenced work as an actress and model. In the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, she remains known for her portrayal of the character Kees Flodder, a daughter in the dysfunctional and anti-social Flodder family, which featured in several Dutch comedy films and a television series in the 1980s and 1990s. The original movie was popular in the Netherlands, reaching two and a half million viewers. Šimić, a sex symbol, has appeared on the cover of ''Playboy'' seventeen times between 1988 and 1996; thirteen times on the Dutch edition and four times on the German edition. In December 2012, she made her last appearance in the Dutch Playboy's Christmas special. � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josip Šimić
Josip Šimić (born 16 September 1977) is a retired Croatian football striker. He is the younger brother of Dario Šimić. Club career Šimić started his professional career with Dinamo Zagreb in 1993, when the club was known as Croatia Zagreb. He was also part of the first team when they won four consecutive titles in the Croatian league between 1997 and 2000. In the 1998–1999 and 1999–2000 seasons, he also appeared in a total of 10 UEFA Champions League group matches for the club, memorably scoring the winning goal in their 1–0 away win at Ajax on 25 November 1998. In 2000, he left his homeland to play in Belgium for Club Brugge before going on to play in the national leagues of Greece, Korea and Austria. He returned to Croatia in 2006, signing for Varteks as a free agent upon the end of his contract with FC Kärnten. After an alleged injury problem and only a few appearances, he left Varteks in the summer of 2007. International career Šimić was a Croatian youth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrijica Šimić
Andrija "Andrijica" Šimić (1833 – 5 February 1905) was a Herzegovinian hajduk. Biography Andrija Šimić (Andrijica is a diminutive form) was born in Grude, into an ethnic Croat family of seven children: he had a brother and five sisters. At the age of ten, he moved to Mostar to work for the Ottoman aga Tikvina as a wage worker. He worked there until the age of 20, when he returned to his village. The Ottoman Turkish taxmen harassed the local population, and at one point robbed his father at gunpoint. Andrijica was enraged and decided to become a hajduk, an outlaw, to fight the Turkish government. He was hunted down and imprisoned on several occasions, as he also pillaged and stole from Muslim and Christian wealthy men in the region. His robberies affected not only Ottoman but also Austro-Hungarian territory in inner Dalmatia, so even the Austrian authorities put a warrant for the arrest of him and his group. He was joined by other young men and evaded the authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Šimić
Ana Šimić (born 5 May 1990) is a Croatian athlete who competes in the high jump. She competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. Her personal best is , set in August 2014 at the European Athletics Championships in Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i .... Competition record References External links * 1990 births Living people People from Gradačac Croatian female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Croatia World Athletics Championships athletes for Croatia European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterrane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croats
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Due to political, social and economic reasons, many Croats migrated to North and South America as well as New Zealand and later Australia, establishing a diaspora in the aftermath of World War II, with grassroots assistance from earlier communities and the Roman Catholic Church. In Croatia (the nation state), 3.9 million people identify themselves as Croats, and constitute about 90.4% of the population. Another 553,000 live in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they are one of the three constituent ethnic groups, predominantly living in Western Herzegovina, Central Bosnia and Bosnian Posavina. The minority in Serbia number about 70,000, mostly in Voj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šime
Šime () is a masculine Croatian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Šime Budinić (1535–1600), a 16th-century Catholic priest and writer from Zadar, Venetian Dalmatia (today Croatia) *Šime Ljubić (1822–1896), Croatian historian * Šime Đodan (1927–2007), Croatian politician and economist *Šime Luketin (born 1953), Croatian footballer * Šime Vrsaljko (born 1992), Croatian footballer See also * Šimun, of which Šime can be a diminutive form * Šimić Šimić () is a surname found mainly among the Croats, but sometimes also among the Serbs. It may refer to: * Ana Šimić, Croatian athlete *Andrijica Šimić, Croatian folk hero * Antun Branko Šimić, Bosnian Croat poet *Dario Šimić, Croatian f ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Sime Croatian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simić
Simić ( sr-cyr, Симић; ) is a Serbo-Croatian surname derived from the male given name ''Simo'' (a diminutive), found mainly among ethnic Serbs, but also Croats. It may refer to: * Aleksa Simić (1800-1872), three-time prime minister * Aleksandar Simić (born 1973), Serbian composer * Blagoje Simić (born 1960), Bosnian Serb war criminal * Charles Simic (born 1938), Serbian-American poet * Goran Simić (born 1952), Bosnian poet * Goran Simić (1953–2008), Serbian singer * Jelena Simić (born 1992), Bosnian tennis player * Jovan Simić Bobovac (1775-1831), Serbian prince * Ljubiša Simić (born 1963), Serbian boxer * Marko Simić (born 1987), Serbian-born Montenegrin football player * Milorad Simić (born 1946), Bosnian-born Serbian linguist * Valentina Simić (born 1994), Serbian dancer, hula-hooper, poet and writer - creator of Panda Time * Vasilije Simić (1866-1931), Serbian lawyer, judge and attorney See also * Simović Simović ( sr, Симовић, uk, Сімо� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their nation state of Serbia, as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. They also form significant minorities in North Macedonia and Slovenia. There is a large Serb diaspora in Western Europe, and outside Europe and there are significant communities in North America and Australia. The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro. Ethnology The identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions. In the 19th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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