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List Of People From Sarajevo
Sarajevo has had a number of famous citizens over the years. They include an Academy Awards, Academy Award winner, two Nobel Prize winners, musicians, novelists, athletes, actors, artists, designers, film directors, screenwriters, politicians etc. Sarajevo has also produced presidents for three countries. Apart from people born in Sarajevo, this list also includes people that were or are associated with Sarajevo throughout their career, nevermind where they were actually born. A * Abdulah Sidran (1944–2024), poet and screenwriter. * Adela Jušić (born 1982), contemporary visual artist. * Ademir Kenović (born 1950), film director and producer. * Adi Granov (born 1977), comic book artist and conceptual designer. * Adi Lukovac (1970–2006), musician. * Adnan Hasković (born 1984), actor. * Ahmed Imamović (born 1971), film director, film producer and screenwriter. * Ajla Hodžić (born 1980), actress. * Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), writer, winner of a MacArthur Foundation grant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area with its surrounding municipalities has a population of 592,714 people. Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southeastern Europe. Sarajevo is the political, financial, social, and cultural centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a prominent centre of culture in the Balkans. It exerts region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion, and the arts. Due to its long history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo is sometimes called the "Jerusalem of Europe" or "Jerusalem of the Balkans". It is one of a few major Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Bećirović
Alma Bećirović is a Bosnian filmmaker and theatre director born in Sarajevo. She won several awards for her short feature films and documentaries, including Best Screenplay at the Göteborg International Film Festival Göteborg Film Festival (GFF), formerly Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF), known in English as the Gothenburg Film Festival, formerly Gothenburg International Film Festival, is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden and the large ... for the short feature film ''On Wednesdays'' in CineBosnia selection and Best Short Feature film at the Torino Film Festival for the same film. Award of Germany Ministry of Culture for the documentary film ''Survived and Lived Through One More Day'' at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Her films have been part of the official selection at Tribeca Film Festival New York, LA Film Festival, Mediterranean Short Film Festival Of Tangier, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, GoEast, Wiesbaden Film Festival, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božo Vrećo
Božo Vrećo ( sr-cyr, Божо Врећо; born 18 October 1983) is a Bosnian musician. Childhood Božo Vrećo was born in Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia on October 18, 1983. His father died when he was five years old, and he grew up with his mother and two sisters. His mother was an artist and encouraged Vrećo to paint and draw, as well as to learn music. He taught himself how to read and write music, as well as sing, from the Internet. As an effeminate boy, Vrećo experienced many struggles growing up in his provincial home town, and was frequently bullied. Professional career Vrećo went to Belgrade, Serbia, to earn his master's degree in archaeology, but after graduation he realized that his true passion was sevdalinka, a traditional genre of folk music. At age 27, he began learning how to sing from traditional recordings. He then traveled to Sarajevo. A local musician discovered Vrećo singing in a café and invited him to perform in the band Halka, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božidar Pavićević
Božidar Pavićević (9 January 1932 – 13 July 2004) was a Serbian-Yugoslavian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1955 to 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1932 births 2004 deaths Male actors from Sarajevo Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian male film actors {{Serbia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Novković
Boris Novković (born 25 December 1967) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. He has been active since the 1980s. Biography Novković was born in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. His interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with mother Ozana who taught music, and father Đorđe Novković, Đorđe who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager. He released his first album, ''Kuda idu izgubljene djevojke'' in 1986, selling 120,000 copies, while his follow-up release in 1987, ''Jači od sudbine'', sold 160,000 copies and remained his highest-selling album to date. Two more successful albums followed: ''Dok svira radio'' in 1988 and ''Obojeni snovi'' in 1989. In 1990, he narrowly missed out on the chance to represent Yugoslavia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dajana", but his second-place finish in the national pre-selection inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojan Hadzihalilovic
Bojan Hadzihalilovic (born 6 June 1964) is a Sarajevo-based graphic designer and creative director of a Bosnia and Herzegovina design company called Fabrika. He graduated from the Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts in 1989 and with his colleague Lejla Mulabegovic formed the designer group called TRIO Sarajevo in 1989. From its founding until April 1992, they have designed some 50 important projects, including record covers of some of the most popular rock bands from Bosnia and Herzegovina, numerous design projects at many festivals in the former Yugoslavia, design of books, newspapers and film posters. For their pre-Bosnian war work they have been awarded by Saatchi & Saatchi. They have also taken part in numerous exhibits in the country and abroad (Moscow, Berlin and Sarajevo). During the siege of Sarajevo The siege of Sarajevo () was a prolonged military blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. After it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billain
Billain (born ''Adis Kutkut'') is a Bosnian drum and bass producer, DJ and sound designer from Sarajevo. He is mostly known for his distinctive style within the neurofunk genre and his collaborations with Frenkie and Edo Maajka. Career Billain was influenced as a pre-teen by the Bosnian War. During the four-year-long Siege of Sarajevo he began to draw and later discovered graffiti and created his first hip hop productions. In search of new possibilities to express his feelings originating in the siege, at first Billain taught himself how to produce techno music and later neurofunk. Before he released his first music, Billain joined the drum and bass collective ''Kontra'' which organised many drum and bass events in Sarajevo with Djs like ''Matrix & Optical'', ''Teebee'', ''Stakka & Skynet'' and '' Konflict''. His music has been played on BBC Radio 1 and has been featured on UKF Music. In 2014, Billain, alongside composer Sloven Anzulović, created and composed the sound desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bekim Fehmiu
Bekim Fehmiu (; ; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War, and one of the internationally best-known ethnic Albanian actors. Biography Early life Fehmiu was born in Sarajevo, into an ethnic Albanian family originating from Gjakova, Kosovo. His father Ibrahim adopted his high-school nickname Fehmiu as a surname replacing the original Imer Halili. The family moved to Shkodër, Albania, where they spent three years, and in 1941 returned to Prizren where Bekim spent his childhood. He was part of the acting club at his high school in Prizren, and after graduation he became a member of County Popular Theatre in Pristina, the only professional Albanian language theatre in Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) in Belgrade in 1960. Acting career In 1960, Fehmiu became a member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, which he left in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asim Ferhatović
Asim Ferhatović "Hase" (; 24 January 1933 – 23 January 1987) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his football career in 1948 with hometown club FK Sarajevo, for whom he made his first-team debut in 1952. Ferhatović remained with the club until his retirement in 1967, although he represented Fenerbahçe in the 1962–63 Turkish league season. He won a solitary cap for the Yugoslavia national team in 1961. Club career During the 1950s and 1960s, Ferhatović led FK Sarajevo to great heights, and became the club's best and most famous player, scoring 198 goals in 422 games. He also had a short stint at Fenerbahçe where he played only seven league games and scored one goal. After only half a season he left Fenerbahçe and went back to Sarajevo. His greatest personal achievement was becoming the lead scorer in the Yugoslav First League with 19 goals for FK Sarajevo in the 1963–64 season. His last season, ( 1966–67) saw Sarajevo win t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Radović (handballer)
Ana Radović ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Радовић; born 21 August 1986) is a former Montenegrin handballer. She plays for the Montenegrin national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. Starting her career in RK Medicinar Šabac, she later played six full seasons for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica ŽRK Budućnost is a professional women's handball team from Podgorica, Montenegro (previously, the club also appeared under the names ZRK Budućnost MONET, Budućnost Brillant, Budućnost Bemax and Budućnost Titograd). Among the numerous title ... (2006–2012), also winning the Champions League with the Podgorica club (2011–12 season), when she decided it is time for new challenge, and joined KIF Vejen for the 2012–13 season. References External links * 1986 births Montenegrin female handball players 21st-century Montenegrin sportswomen Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Montenegro Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amra Silajdžić
Amra Silajdžić-Džeko (born October 1, 1984) is a Bosnian model and actress. Career In 2000, aged 16, Silajdžić won the French contest, Metropolitan Top Model. She was noticed by fashion scouts and became a member of the modeling agency Elite Model in Paris. Silajdžić was featured in commercials for the clothing company Anchor Blue and was the face of Robin Jeans. Since 2010, she has had bit parts in several American television series and a couples of films. Silajdžić has appeared in music-videos by recording artists such as Enrique Iglesias, Chromeo, The Cataracs, Taio Cruz and Blake Shelton. Silajdžić had her first starring role in the American film ''Gothic Assassins'', which premiered in October 2011 at the Lucerne Int'l Film Festival in Switzerland. Amra is the face-model of Jill Valentine in Resident Evil Revelations, Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D, and Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City. Personal life Silajdžić married Serbian businessman Vladimir Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amila Glamočak
Amila Glamočak (née Čengić; ; born 19 July 1966 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song " Za našu ljubav" for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ..., finishing 22nd out of 23. She appeared in the Bosnian national final on two other occasions (2001 and 2003) but failed to qualify. She now lives in Turkey and is remarried. References External links Official website 1966 births Living people Musicians from Sarajevo Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina women singers Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Turkey 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
