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Kovačević
Kovačević (Serbo-Croatian, sh-Cyrl, Ковачевић), Kovačevič ( Slovene and Slovak; feminine (Slovak): Kovačevičová) or Kovačovič (Slovak; feminine: Kovačovičová), is a Slavic surname meaning " lackmith's son". The surname is derived from '' Kovač'', which means " lackmith", and is the equivalent of English '' Smithson''. Kovačević is the second most frequent surname in Croatia. It is the equivalent of the Polish surname '' Kowalewicz'' which has the same meaning. Notable people Arts * Dušan Kovačević (born 1948), Serbian playwright and director * (born 1938), Slovakian choreographer * Milan Kovačević (born 1985), DJ/Producer Military *Sava Kovačević (1905–1943), Montenegrin partisan commander * Veljko Kovačević (1912–1994), Montenegrin writer and general * Vladimir Kovačević (military officer) (born 1961), Montenegrin Serb military officer charged with violation of the laws of war Politics * Anto Kovačević (1952–2020), Croatian rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Kovačević
Darko Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Ковачевић; born 18 November 1973) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Kovačević began his career in his native country with FK Proleter Zrenjanin, Proleter Zrenjanin and subsequently played for Red Star Belgrade, with whom he won a First League of FR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav League title and two FR Yugoslavia Cup, Yugoslav Cups. His prolific performances earned him a move to Premier League side Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday, although his time in England was less successful. He is mainly known for his spells at Real Sociedad, where his offensive partnership with Nihat Kahveci was one of the best in Spain. Kovačević also had positive spells with Italian club Juventus FC, Juventus and Greek side Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos. Internationally, Kovačević represented Serbia and Montenegro national football team, Yugoslavia at the 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Kovačević
Adnan Kovačević (; born 9 September 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for I liga club Miedź Legnica. Kovačević started his professional career at Travnik, before joining Sarajevo in 2013. Four years later, he moved to Korona Kielce. In 2020, he signed with Ferencváros. Three years later, he joined Raków. The following year, he switched to Miedź Legnica. A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kovačević made his senior international debut in 2019, earning 13 caps until 2024. Club career Early career Kovačević started playing football at a local club, before joining Travnik's youth setup in 2008. He made his professional debut against Borac Banja Luka on 19 May 2011 at the age of 17. On 28 May, he scored his first professional goal against Olimpic. In July 2013, Kovačević switched to Sarajevo. In July 2016, he suffered a severe knee injury, which was diagnosed as an anterior cruciate ligament tear and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Kovačević (archaeologist)
Darko Kovačević (born 18 May 1980, in Užice, Serbia) is a Serbian maritime archaeologist. His work integrates academic research, project development, and immersive technologies. His career includes institutional capacity building, the development of research units, particularly in Malta and Montenegro. Early life and education As a teenager, Kovačević contributed to the independent cultural scene through fanzine publication and work in local radio. He was a paragliding pilot and an amateur radio operator. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in History from the University of Novi Sad. He completed a master's degree in Maritime archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage at thCenter for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritageat the University of Alexandria, Egypt, focusing on Late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages of the Middle East and North Africa region. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Geomatics and has received specialized training ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Kovačević
Sava Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Сава Ковачевић; 25 January 1905 – 13 June 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander during World War II, and one of the heroes of the communist Partisan movement. Early life Kovačević was born in the village of Nudo near Grahovo to father Blagoje and mother Jovana (née Perović), into a family of peasants. In his early age he worked as a lumberjack and blacksmith and adopted communism, becoming a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) in 1925. He gradually rose through the party ranks, became one of the communist leaders in Montenegro. He was often arrested for his activities. World War II After the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Kovačević was one of the leading organizers of the uprising in Montenegro against the Italian occupation. He became commander of the Nikšić Partisan Detachment, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ковачевић, ; born 12 July 1948) is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal. Biography Kovačević was born in Mrđenovac near Šabac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, graduated from Svetozar Marković Gymnasium in Novi Sad, and received a bachelor's degree in dramaturgy from the University of Belgrade in 1973. From 1973, he worked as a dramaturge at ''TV Beograd'' for five years. Since 1998, he has been the artistic director of ''Zvezdara teatar''. In 2003 he directed his first movie, ''Profesionalac'' ('' The Professional''). Kovačević's prolific work is well known and popular in Serbia. His comedies have been translated into 20 languages, but his work didn't become available in English until the mid-1990s. A declared royalist, Dušan Kovačević is a member of the Crown Council of Aleksandar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Kovačević
Karla Kovačević, also Dragutin Kovačević and Karlo Kovačević (25 October 1870 – 6 July 1942) was a Croatian and Yugoslavian politician and a leading member of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (HSS) from 1905 until 1920s. He was elected a member of the Croatian Sabor in the 1910 Croatian parliamentary election in the constituency of Novska. In 1918, Kovačević was appointed a member of the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs—a body working towards political unification of the South Slavs in the processes of dissolution of Austria-Hungary and establishment of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Together with party leader Stjepan Radić, he was appointed a member of the Temporary National Representation, the provisional legislative body of the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Kovačević was elected to the Constitutional Assembly in the 1920 election, as well as in 1923 and 1925 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Kovačević (military Officer)
Vladimir Kovačević (; born 15 January 1961), also known as Rambo (), is a Montenegrin Serb military officer who was charged with the violation of the laws of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the siege of Dubrovnik during the Croatian War of Independence. Kovačević faced six counts of violations of the laws of war all related to the bombing of the UNESCO Heritage Site of Dubrovnik by the Third Battalion of the JNA 472 (Trebinje) Motorised Brigade, of which he was in command. His case was originally to be processed along with Pavle Strugar, a higher-ranking commander of the operation, but the trial was split up on 26 November 2003. On 31 January 2005, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced Strugar to eight years in prison for his role in the 1991 shelling of Dubrovnik. In 2004 Kovačević was ruled unfit for trial due to mental health problems. On 30 July 2007, the Serbian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Kovačević
Jelena Kovačević is a Serbian American engineering professor at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. She served as dean of the school from 2018-2024. Education Kovačević received her Engineering Diploma Degree in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade and her MS and PhD from Columbia University, under doctoral advisor Martin Vetterli, with whom she later co-authored multiple books on signal processing and wavelet theory. Career Kovačević became head of NYU Tandon School of Engineering in 2018, the first woman to do so in the school's 164-year history. At the end of her five-year term in May 2023, she announced she would be stepping down on August 31, 2024. Kovačević is an elected fellow of the IEEE and EURASIP. She is a recipient of the "Belgrade October Prize," the "E.I. Jury Award" from Columbia University, the "CIT Philip L. Dowd Fellowship Award" from Carnegie Mellon University, the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anto Kovačević
Anto Kovačević (21 March 1952 – 14 November 2020) was a Croatian philosopher, publicist, and politician. A native of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kovačević earned a Ph.D. degree from the University of Vienna. He entered Croatian politics in early 1990s as one of the most prominent members of the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU). He was outspoken critic of Franjo Tuđman and his handling of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a member of opposition alliance that included the left-wing Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), he entered the Croatian Parliament in 1995. As the rule of Franjo Tuđman neared its end, Kovačević, as well as his party, began to distance itself from Croatian political centre and shift to hardline nationalist right, embodied in their new partners Croatian Party of Rights (HSP). During the 2005 presidential election, Kovačević ran as HKDU candidate, finishing 8th with 0.86% of the vote. He died from COVID-19 in Zagreb Zagreb ( ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Kovačević
Bust of Kovačević at the Technical Museum in Zagreb, set in 1999 Ferdinand Kovačević (21 April 1838– 27 May 1913) was an inventor, engineer, and pioneer in telegraphy who originated from Gospić (actually near Smiljan) in modern-day Croatia. He invented the duplex connection of telegraphic transmission, patented in 1876 in Vienna and Budapest. He died in Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ... on 27 May 1913. His son was the painter, Ferdo Kovačević. References Croatian inventors Croatian engineers Engineers from Austria-Hungary Engineers from Zagreb Telegraph engineers and inventors 1838 births 1913 deaths People from Gospić {{Croatia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božo Kovačević (politician)
Božo Kovačević (born 11 January 1955) is a Croatian politician and diplomat. Kovačević was born in Pakrac and he graduated in sociology and philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb.http://www.mvep.hr/hr/predstavnistva/poslanici/kovacevic-bozo/ Kovačević was one of the founders of the Croatian Social Liberal Party in 1989, and the Liberal Party in 1998. Kovačević was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the Russian Federation Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ... from January 2004 to February 2009. He was the Minister of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning in the 7th and 8th Government of the Republic of Croatia, from January 2000 to July 2003. See also * Embassy of Croatia in Moscow Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Kovačević (footballer)
Aleksandar Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ковачевић; born 9 January 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Novi Pazar. Honours ;Red Star *Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...: 2013–14 References External links * at Srbijafudbal * * Aleksandar Kovačevićat Fotboll.no {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Aleksandar 1992 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football midfielders Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Sopot players FK Spartak Subotica players Lechia Gdańsk players Śląsk Wrocław players FK Haugesund players Xanthi F.C. players FK Radnički Niš playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
