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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 ...

. The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are known by the demonym "Bosnians", which includes people belonging to the three main constituent groups (

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

and

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

Arts

Fine arts

Adi Granov Adi Granov (; born 1977) is a Bosnian-American comic book artist and conceptual designer. He is best known for his painted work with Marvel Comics, for whom most of his comics work is produced, in particular his work on Iron Man. He is especially ...

– comic book artist *

Braco Dimitrijević Slobodan "Braco" Dimitrijević (born 18 June 1948) is a former Yugoslav and French conceptual artist. His works deal mainly with history and the individual's place in it. He lives and works in Paris, France since 1980s. He has exhibited intern ...

– conceptual artist *

Endi E. Poskovic Endi Poskovic (born as Elvedin Pošković on January 29, 1969) is an American visual artist, printmaker and educator. His early graphic work merges visual representation with text, often shifting the reading of the imagery through continuous rep ...

– printmaker and artist *

Gabrijel Jurkić Gabrijel Jurkić (24 March 1886 – 25 February 1974) was a Bosnian Croat artist.Lončarević, Vladimir. 2016. ''Gabrijel Jukić - slikar Božje ljubavi''. Glas koncila (print edition). 2016-03/04. Nr. 14 (2016.), p. 21 He was born in Livno, ...

– painter *

Safet Zec Safet Zec (born 5 December 1943) is a Bosnian painter and graphic designer. Biography Safet Zec was born in the town of Rogatica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a Bosniak family. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Sarajevo in 1964. ...

– painter and graphic designer *

Šejla Kamerić Šejla Kamerić (born 1976) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Visual arts, visual artist. Early life and education Šejla Kamerić was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a child she lived in Dubai, where her father worked for se ...

– video art and installation * Helena Klakocar – cartoonist *

Maya Kulenovic Maya Kulenovic is a Canadian artist working in Painting and Sculpture. She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and exhibits internationally. Biography Kulenovic was born in 1975 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. Sh ...

– painter (Canada) *

Mersad Berber Mersad Berber (1 January 1940 – 7 October 2012) was a Bosnian painter. Early life Berber was born in Bosanski Petrovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana where he graduated with a BA and MA. In 1978, B ...

– painter *

Nesim Tahirović Nesim Tahirović (23 October 1941 – 14 August 2020) was a Bosnian painter. He studied art (painting) in Belgrade under professor Kosta Hakman. Along with painting he also worked in the area of scenic design and other applied arts. During a f ...

– painter * Irfan Brkovic – visual artist *

Lazar Drljača Lazar Drljača (10 October 1882 – 13 July 1970) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina painter, who self-identified as the Bosnian bogumil. Biography Born in Blatna near Bosanski Novi into a Bosnian Serb family, he was initially an expressionist, bu ...

– painter *

Slobodan Pejić Slobodan Pejić (19 June 1944 – 25 August 2006) was a Bosnian sculptor and painter who lived for most of his life in Slovenia. He is best known after having transformed a 300-year-old oak tree that fell in the storm in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana in ...

– painter and sculptor *

Ismet Rizvić Ismet Rizvić ( Mostar, 1933 - Sarajevo 1992) was a Bosnian artist. Life Rizvić was born in Mostar in 1933, but spent much of his life, and all of his working life, in Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different lan ...

– painter *

Todor Švrakić Todor Švrakić (1882–1931) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Painting, painter. He was one of the early 20th century pioneers of Bosnian painting within the European style and is considered one of the Western Balkans' most notable waterc ...

– painter *

Zuko Džumhur Zulfikar "Zuko" Džumhur (24 September 1920 – 27 November 1989) was a prominent Bosnian writer, painter and Caricature, caricaturist. His bohemian nature, versatility of a polymath and extremely creative personality have made him a unique f ...

– cartoonist *

Adela Jušić Adela Jušić (born 1982 Sarajevo) is a Bosnian contemporary visual artist. She was born in Sarajevo. She is known for her socially engaged art on the subject of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the role of partisan women during the Second Wo ...

– visual artist *

Florijan Mićković Florijan Mićković (26 April 1935 – 19 February 2021) was a Bosnian Croat sculptor living and working in Mostar and Međugorje. Life and work Florijan Mićković was born in Mostar in 1935. He graduated from University of Zagreb Academy of F ...

– sculptor

Architecture

Selma Harrington Selma Harrington née Arnautović is a Bosnian-Irish architect and designer. She holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of Strathclyde and an MPhil European Studies from the Trinity College Dublin. She is an Executive Board member and Vice ...

– architect and designer *

Vesna Bugarski Vesna Bugarski (2 May 1930 – 22 August 1992) was a Bosnian architect. She was Bosnia and Herzegovina's first ever female architect. Biography Bugarski was born in Sarajevo. After embarking on her studies in Belgrade where she was the only woman ...

– Bosnia-Herzegovina's first female architect *

Ivan Štraus Ivan Štraus (24 July 1928 – 24 August 2018) was a Bosnian architect. Life Born in 1928, in Kremna, Zlatibor county, Serbia, to a Slovenian father and mother from Herzegovina. He identified as a "Bosnian of Slovenian and Herzegovinian desc ...

– architect, academician *

Zlatko Ugljen Zlatko Ugljen (born 13 September 1929) is a Bosnian architect. He was born in Mostar in 1929. His work includes economic buildings, private housing, memorials, religious buildings, and cultural institutions. A significant part of his oeuvre cons ...

– architect *

Hasan Cemalovic Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People *Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...

– architect *

Ivan Ceresnjes Ivan Čerešnješ (born 1945, Sarajevo), also known as Ivica Čerešnješ, is a Bosnians, Bosnian architect-researcher at the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem specializing in the documentation of the Jews, Jewish architec ...

– architect *

Selman Selmanagić Selman Selmanagić (25 April 1905 – 7 May 1986) was a Bosnian- German architect and long-time professor at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin who worked extensively for the government of East Germany. Biography Selmanagić was born in S ...

– architect

Composition

Franciscus Bossinensis Franciscus Bossinensis (''fl.'' 1509 – 1511) ( Francis the Bosnian) was a lutenist-composer active in Italy in the 16th century. Bojan Bujić, "Navigating through the Past": Issues Facing an Historian of Music in Bosnia, ''International Review o ...

– composer *

Dino Zonić Edin Dino Zonić is a Bosnian composer and conductor. Biography Zonić was born and raised in Sarajevo. He is the composer, conductor, and director of productions throughout Europe and the United States concert halls, festivals and theaters o ...

– composer and conductor *

Nihad Hrustanbegovic Nihad Hrustanbegović (born 7 June 1973) is a Bosnian-Dutch composer, accordionist and pianist from Amsterdam. He is considered to be one of the most prominent and successful solo concert accordion artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Netherlands ...

– composier, concert artist, accordionist and pianist * Elvidin Krilić – musician, accordion player and composer *

Miroslav Čangalović Miroslav Čangalović ( sr-Cyrl, Мирослав Чангаловић; 3 March 1921 – 1 October 1999) was a Serbs, Serbian opera and concert singer and is considered to be one of the greatest bass (voice type), basses in Yugoslav history. Ča ...

– Bosnian opera and concert singer *

Lotfi Bouchnak Lotfi Bouchnak (; born January 18, 1954) is a Tunisian singer, oud player, composer and public figure. He is considered one of the best tenors in the Arab world and has been dubbed as Tunisia's " Pavarotti". He also played in Tunisian TV series ...

– Tunisian singer, ud player, composer and public figure *

Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda (born Flora Papo; December 21, 1923January 29, 2021) was a Bosnian Jewishborn American guitarist, composer and singer-songwriter. She was known for her composition and interpretation of Sephardic songs, Judeo-Espanyol (Ladino) song ...

– composer and singer *

Merima Ključo Merima Ključo (born 26 December 1973) is a Bosnian concert accordionist and composer. In 1993 she moved to the Netherlands as a refugee of the Bosnian War The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an internatio ...

– concert accordionist

Theatre and performing arts

Tea Alagic Tea Alagic (sometimes written Tea Alagić; born 1972) is a Bosnian-American stage director and creator of Devised theatre, devised theater. Her productions include the premiere of ''The Brothers Size'' by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the U.S premieres ...

(born 1972), Bosnian-American theatre director *

Adnan Hasković Adnan Hasković (born 23 December 1984) is a Bosnian actor. Biography Adnan Hasković studied acting in Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo from 2003. He studied under professor Izudin Bajrović and then under professor Admir Glamočak. His ...

– actor *

Aleksandra Romanić Aleksandra Romaniċ (born 1958 in Zagreb) is a Croatian musician. Born into a family of musicians, she attended the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and studied with Gyorgy Sandor at the Juilliard School in New York. She is regarded as "one of the ...

– pianist *

Branko Đurić Branko Đurić (; born 28 May 1962), also known by his nickname Đuro (Cyrillic: Ђуро), is a Bosnian actor, comedian, film director and musician, who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Born and raised in Sarajevo, Đurić rose to prom ...

– actor, director, original member of the cult comedy

Top Lista Nadrealista ''Top lista nadrealista'' ("The Top List of the Surrealists", sometimes "The Surrealists' Chart Toppers")—also known as ''TLN'' or ''Nadrealisti'' ("Surrealists")—is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav sketch comedy and vari ...

line-up * Davor Dujmović – actor *

Enis Bešlagić Enis Bešlagić (born 6 January 1975) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian actor. In the 2000s, he starred in several films such as ''Fuse (film), Fuse'' (2003), ''Summer in the Golden Valley'' (2003), ''Ivko's Feast'' (2005), ''Ram za sliku moje ...

– actor *

Haris Pašović Haris Pašović (born 16 July 1961) is a Bosnian theatre director. Over the course of his career, he has also worked as a playwright, producer, choreographer, performer, and designer. He is best known for his productions of Wedekind's “Spring Aw ...

– director *

Josip Pejaković Josip Pejaković (born 5 March 1948) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian actor and writer born in Travnik, Bosnia. At one time he was the lead singer for the Travnik-based rock group Veziri. He was also an antiwar activist at the start of the Bo ...

– actor *

Midhat Ajanović Midhat "Ajan" Ajanović (born 20 October 1959) is a Bosnian- Swedish film theorist, animator and novelist. He is a lecturer on animation and in 2009 defended his doctorate thesis on animation, the second one on the subject in Sweden. Since 1983 ...

– film theorist, animator and novelist *

Mustafa Nadarević Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including '' The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), '' When Father Was Away on ...

– actor *

Oskar Danon Oskar (Šlomo) Danon (Sephardi Hebrew: אוסקר (שלמה) דנון, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Оскар (Шломо) Данон; 7 February 1913 – 18 December 2009)Vedran Smailović Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "''Cellist of Sarajevo''", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's '' Adagio in G Minor'' in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he ...

– cellist * Vladimir Valjarević – pianist *

Zijah Sokolović Zijah Sokolović (born 22 December 1950) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director. He is the director of ''Theaterland'' in Salzburg, professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, artistic director of ''Dežela gledališča'' theatr ...

– actor, director *

Zoran Bečić Zoran Bečić (April 2, 1939 – March 29, 2006) was one of the most prominent artists of the Bosnian theatrical community in the 20th century. One of the founding actors of Sarajevo War Theatre, he studied acting at the Belgrade Academy of Dramati ...

– actor and director * Arijana Marić Gigliani – opera singer *

Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake (2003 film), Remake'', ''The Abandoned (2010 film), The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater p ...

– playwright

Literature

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...

– writer,

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in th ...

Meša Selimović Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (; ; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Bosnian and Serbian literature.

– writer *

Branko Ćopić Branko Ćopić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко Ћопић, ; 1 January 1915 – 26 March 1984) was a Yugoslav writer. He wrote poetry, short stories, and novels, and became famous for his stories for children and young adults, often set during World War ...

– writer *

Aleksa Šantić Aleksa Šantić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Шантић, (); 27 May 1868 – 2 February 1924) was a Herzegovinian Serb poet and writer from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Šantić wrote about the urban culture of his hometown Mostar and Herzegovi ...

– poet *

Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Xeмoн; born September 9, 1964) is a Bosnian- American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels '' Nowhere Man'' (2002) and '' The Lazarus P ...

– writer *

Abdulah Sidran Abdulah Sidran (2 October 1944 – 23 March 2024), often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname ''Avdo'', was a Bosnian poet and screenwriter. He is considered to be one of the most influential writers in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and the fo ...

– writer *

Petar Kočić Petar Kočić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Кочић; 29 June 1877 – 27 August 1916) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb writer, activist and politician. Born in rural northwestern Bosnia (region), Bosnia in the final days of Ot ...

– writer *

Isak Samokovlija Isak Samokovlija (3 September 1889 – 15 January 1955) was a Bosnian writer. By profession he was a physician. His stories describe the life of the Bosnian Sephardic Jews. Biography Samokovlija was born into a Sephardi Jewish family in Goraž ...

– writer *

Mak Dizdar Mehmedalija "Mak" Dizdar (17 October 1917 – 14 July 1971) was a Bosnian poet. His poetry combined influences from the Bosnian Christian culture, Islamic mysticism and cultural remains of medieval Bosnia, and especially the stećci. His works ...

– poet *

Miljenko Jergović Miljenko Jergović (born 28 May 1966) is a prominent Bosnian writer. Biography Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to Croatian parents, Jergović received his M.A. in literature from the Sarajevo University. While at hi ...

– writer * Semezdin Mehmedinovic – writer *

Jovan Dučić Jovan Dučić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Дучић, ; 15 February 1872 – 7 April 1943) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb poet-diplomat and academic. He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and Modernist poetry, modernist poe ...

– poet *

Zaim Topčić Zaim Topčić (28 February 1920 – 15 July 1990) was a Bosnian writer of novels. He twice won the Annual Award of the Association of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the novels '' Lump of Sun'' and '' Black Snows'' (his son Zlatko To ...

– writer *

Prokopije Čokorilo Prokopije Čokorilo (born Procopius Tchokorilo; 1802–1866) was a Serbian Orthodox priest from Bosnia and Herzegovina who wrote several works in Serbian, Russian and Greek, his most well-known work being ''The Chronicles of Herzegovina''. Early ...

– traveler, writer and historian *

Nićifor Dučić Archimandrite Nićifor Dučić ( sr-cyr, Нићифор Дучић; 1832–1900), was a Bosnian Serb theologian, historian, philologist, archimandrite, writer and academic. As Archimandrite of Herzegovina Nićifor Dučić founded the Seminary ...

– writer *

Staka Skenderova Staka Skenderova (c. 1831 – 26 May 1891) was a Serb teacher, social worker, writer and folklorist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is credited with establishing Sarajevo's first school for girls on 19 October 1858. The following year, she became ...

– writer

Science and technology

* Mahmut Bajraktarević – mathematician *

Rifat Hadžiselimović Rifat Hadžiselimović is a Bosnian geneticist. He was born in Šiprage, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 January 1944. In 2013, with over 45 years of service, he was appointed Emeritus. He acts as scientific adviser in Institute for Genetic Enginee ...

– genetist *

Asaf Duraković Asaf Duraković (16 May 1940 – 16 December 2020) was a Croatian medical doctor. He is also known for his poetry and verse (poetry), verses. Duraković was born in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina and educated at the University of Zagreb in Zagreb ...

– physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium * Asim Kurjak – physician, gynecologist *

Asim Peco Asim Peco ( sr-Cyrl, Асим Пецо, ; 24 May 1927 – 7 December 2011) was a Bosnian linguist, academician, professor, author and editor. Peco's work is credited for the development of Bosnian and Herzegovinian linguistics. His areas of sp ...

– linguist and professor of philology at the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

Vladimir Prelog Vladimir Prelog (23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born, and spent his ...

– chemist, Nobel Laureate *

Irfan Škiljan IrfanView () is an image viewer, editor, organiser and converter program for Microsoft Windows. It can also play video and audio files, and has some image creation and painting capabilities. IrfanView is free for non-commercial use; commercial ...

– creator of freeware image viewer

IrfanView IrfanView () is an image viewer, editor, organiser and converter program for Microsoft Windows. It can also play video and audio files, and has some image creation and painting capabilities. IrfanView is free for non-commercial use; commercial ...

Popular culture

Film, radio and television

Aida Begić Aida Begić (born 9 May 1976) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. Education and career She graduated in Film and Theater Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2000. Her graduation film "The First Death Experience ...

– film director *

Ademir Kenović Ademir Kenović (born September 14, 1950) is a Bosnian film director and producer. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1975. In 1972–73 he studied film, English literature and art at the Denison University in Ohio Ohio ( ...

– film director and producer

François Chalais Prize The François Chalais Prize ( French: ''Prix François Chalais'') is awarded at two main events, the Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film fe ...

– actor *

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. ...

– actor *

Danis Tanović Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or. Ta ...

–

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every Januar ...

Berlin Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...

-winning director and screenwriter *

– theatre and film director *

Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица, ; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s. He has competed at the Cannes ...

– film director, two time

Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

winner *

Hajrudin Krvavac Hajrudin "Šiba" Krvavac (22 December 1926 – 11 July 1992) was a Bosnian film director most notable for directing movies from the Partisan film genre during 1960s and 70s. His gift for precise storytelling was visible in his early documentaries ...

– film director *

Harun Mehmedinović Harun Mehmedinović is a Bosnian American director, screenwriter, photographer, cinematographer, and author. He is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and American Film Institute. He is the co-creator of the viral timela ...

– filmmaker, photographer, author *

Ivana Miličević Ivana Miličević (; born April 26, 1974) is a Croatian-American actress and model based in the United States, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series ''Banshee (TV series), Banshee'' (2013–2016) and The CW science ...

– actress, notable appearances in

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...

, Felicity, among others *

Jasmila Žbanić Jasmila Žbanić (; born 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer. She has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the Academy Awards, Academy Award and two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Awards. ...

– film director,

nominee,

BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

nominee, 2006

Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...

winner *

Jasmin Dizdar Jasmin Dizdar (born 8 June 1961) is a British-Bosnian film director, screenwriter and author known for his feature film '' Beautiful People'' (1999) and his World War II thriller '' Chosen'' (2016). Early life Dizdar was born on 8 June 1961 and ...

– film director *

Karl Malden Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's '' All My Sons'' and Tennessee Will ...

– actor, Oscar winner, and the former president of the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of adva ...

. His family originates from

Bileća Bileća ( sr-cyrl, Билећа) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,476 inhabitants, while the municipality has 10,807 inhabitants. History The first traces of ci ...

. *

Nenad Dizdarević Nenad Dizdarević (born 21 May 1955) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and teacher of cinema from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His most notable film, '' Magareće godine'' (1994), was the Bosnian submission to the Academy Awards ...

– film director *

Pjer Žalica Pjer Žalica (born 7 May 1964) is a Bosnians, Bosnian film director, screenwriter and a professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. His father Miodrag (1926–1992) was a noted dramaturgist and poet who scripted several TV movies. H ...

– film director *

Srđan Vuletić Srđan Vuletić (born 1971) is a Bosnian filmmaker. Personal life Vuletić was born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and attended school in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the age of eighteen he enrolled the Academy of Performing Arts ...

– filmmaker *

Tarik Filipović Tarik Filipović (born 11 March 1972) is a Bosnian-Croatian television presenter and actor. He has appeared in over 800 theatre plays since his debut in 1985. He has also been in many films and TV dramas produced throughout the areas of former Yu ...

– actor *

Vehid Gunić Vehid Gunić (Kozarac, 9 February 1941 – Sarajevo, 29 April 2017) was a Bosnian journalist. He worked for many years as a journalist, presenter and editor for Radio Television Sarajevo, later Radio Television Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has so fa ...

– TV presenter *

– editor of the Sarajevo radio station *

– screenwriter

Music

Adi Lukovac Adi Lukovac (9 September 1970 – 18 June 2006) was a Bosnian musician, best known as the pioneer of electronic music in Bosnia and Herzegovina and leader of the Bosnian industrial band Adi Lukovac & The Ornaments. Lukovac founded the band Orna ...

– musician, music producer, founder of band Adi Lukovac & Ornamenti *

Alen Islamović Alija "Alen" Islamović (born 17 August 1957) is a Bosnian rock vocalist. He is best known as the lead singer of Bosnian and Yugoslav rock bands Divlje jagode from 1981 to 1986 and Bijelo Dugme from 1986 to 1989. Born Alija Islamović in Bihać ...

– musician, one-time frontman of

Divlje Jagode Divlje Jagode () is a hard rock and heavy metal band, originally formed in 1977 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, and since their 1994 reunion based in Croatia. Led by guitarist Sead "Zele" Lipovača, Divlje Jagode are co ...

Bijelo Dugme () is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Rock music, rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. is widely considered to have been the most popular and the best-selling band ever to exist in the former S ...

Aljoša Buha Aljoša Buha ( sr-Cyrl, Аљоша Буха; 4 January 1962 – 18 September 1986) was a Yugoslav rock musician, known as the member of the bands Kongres and Crvena Jabuka. Buha rose to prominence as the bassist of Kongres, participating in ...

– member of the original line-up of Crvena Jabuka, killed in a car accident *

Alma Čardžić Alma Čardžić ( sr-cyrl, Алма Чарџић; born 10 March 1968) is a Bosnian singer. She's best known internationally for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests in 1994 and 1997. Biography Born in Maglaj she demonstrated a flair ...

– pop singer *

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 Bosn ...

– pop singer, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest *

Beba Selimović Izeta "Beba" Selimović (27 March 1936 – 10 March 2020) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Zehra Deović, Nada Mamula and Silvana Armenulić. ...

–

sevdalinka Sevdalinka (), also known as Sevdah music, is a traditional genre of folk music originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sevdalinka is an integral part of the Bosniak culture, but is also spread across the ex- Yugoslav region, including Croatia, Mo ...

singer *

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 Re ...

– singer and songwriter *

Brano Likić Brano Likić (born 23 January 1954, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a composer, producer, and performer. He founded the band ''Rezonansa''. Likić's studio, BLAP, was the place where most of the music from Sarajevo in the 1980 ...

– composer and founder of Rezonansa *

Dado Džihan Jadranko "Dado" Džihan (1964), also credited as Dado Jehan, is a composer, music producer and sound master from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a member of New Primitives, Top lista nadrealista an art movement of Sarajevo of the early 1980s. From 1 ...

– composer, producer, one-time member of

Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno Pušenje () is a Bosnian Rock music, rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with Bosnian folk music, folk influences, often featuring innovative production a ...

and

Top lista nadrealista ''Top lista nadrealista'' ("The Top List of the Surrealists", sometimes "The Surrealists' Chart Toppers")—also known as ''TLN'' or ''Nadrealisti'' ("Surrealists")—is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav sketch comedy and vari ...

Davor Badrov Davor Badrov (born 21 September 1992) is a Bosnian singer whose musical career started in 2007, when he was 15 years old. Biography Early life Davor Badrov was born 21 September 1992 in the small town of Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during th ...

– singer *

Davorin Popović Davorin Popović (23 September 1946 – 18 June 2001) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter. Born in Sarajevo and well known throughout the former Yugoslavia, he is considered to be one of the greatest rock singers of the region. Popović was the ...

– singer and frontman of

Indexi Indexi was a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died. Some of their most notable songs are "Svijet u kome ži ...

* Deen – former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the

2004 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, following the country's victory at the with the song "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener. Organised by the European Bro ...

Dejan Matić Dejan Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Матић; born 26 April 1978) is a Serbian folk music singer. He is the twin brother of fellow singer Saša Matić. Early life Dejan Matić was born in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the son of Zoran and Dra ...

– folk singer *

Damir Imamović Damir Imamović born in 1978, stands as a luminary figure in the realm of Bosnian music, wielding expertise as a musician, singer, composer, and preeminent authority on the traditional melodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically the evocati ...

– sevdalinka singer *

Dina Bajraktarević Hajrudina Bajraktarević Nikolić (born 19 March 1953), known professionally as Dina Bajraktarević, is a Bosnian former singer and the younger sister of Silvana Armenulić and Mirjana Bajraktarević. Both of her sisters died in a car crash in 1 ...

– sevdalinka and

folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk horror ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Fo ...

singer *

Dino Merlin Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he founded and led the band Merlin (Yugoslav band), Merlin, one of the best-selling Rock b ...

– pop singer, songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the

1999 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 at the International Convention Centre in Jerusalem, Israel. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Isra ...

and the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest *

DJ Krmak Goran Žižak (born 30 August 1968), better known as DJ Krmak (), is a Bosnian Croat turbo-folk musician. Biography Žižak began making music in childhood, when he started performing at the nearby motels. Upon completing his military service, ...

– singer *

Dragi Šestić Dragi Šestić (born 14 May 1966) is a Bosnian music producer, sound engineer, director of music video clips and record label owner. In 1998 he founded the first Bosnian World Music band, Mostar Sevdah Reunion. He rediscovered almost forgotten Gy ...

– music producer *

Dražen Ričl Dražen Ričl, known under nicknames "Zijo" and "Para", (12 March 1962 – 1 October 1986) was a SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Rock music, rock musician, best known as the original frontman of popular pop rock band Crvena Jabuka. Ričl started his mu ...

a.k.a. Zijo – original frontman for Crvena Jabuka *

Dražen Žerić Dražen "Žera" Žerić (born 20 July 1964) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian and SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav musician currently based in Croatia, best known as the vocalist for the popular pop rock band Crvena Jabuka. Žerić started his career ...

a.k.a. Žera – original member of Crvena Jabuka and its current frontman *

Duško Kuliš Duško Kuliš (born 7 February 1960) is a Croatian folk singer and songwriter from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He released his music mostly on Jugoton and its successor, Croatia Records. He is married and has two children. Discography He released ...

– folk singer *

Edo Maajka Edin Osmić (born 22 December 1978), better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper, record producer and songwriter. His popularity brought his group Disciplinska Komisija to the mainstream. He lives in Zagreb, Croatia, with his ...

– rapper, leader of rap group Disciplinska komisija *

Elvir Laković Laka Elvir Laković, also known as Laka ; born 15 March 1969), is a Bosnian rock singer-songwriter, born in Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Early life He attended music school there studying guitar, but he disliked the school's teaching methods an ...

, rock music singer, songwriter * Esad Plavi – pop-folk singer *

Goran Bregović Goran Bregović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the ...

– musician and composer, founder of

Hakala Hakala is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aki Hakala (born 1979), Finnish drummer * Aleksi Hakala (1886–1959), Finnish politician * Antti Hakala (born 1978), Finnish musician known by his stage name Nopsajalka * J ...

– folk singer *

Halid Bešlić Halid Bešlić (; born 20 November 1953) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian folk music, folk singer and musician who has been performing professionally since 1979. Bešlić's singing career was one of the most successful in SFR Yugoslavia, Yugo ...

– folk singer *

Hanka Paldum Hanka Paldum (born 28 April 1956) is a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and co-founder of the record label Sarajevo Disk. She is regarded as one of the best female sevdah performers of the 20th century and is popular in her home country of Bosnia as ...

– sevdalinka singer *

Haris Džinović Haris Džinović (born 26 September 1951) is a Bosnian folk singer, composer and lyricist. Džinović is one of the best known singers of Southeastern Europe Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a geographical sub-region of Europe, c ...

– folk singer *

Hajrudin Varešanović Hajrudin is a Bosnian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hajrudin Ćatić (born 1975), Bosnian footballer * Hajrudin Đurbuzović (born 1956), Bosnian football manager and former player * Hajrudin Krvavac (born 1929 - ...

– a.k.a.

Hari Mata Hari Hari Mata Hari is a Bosnian pop band. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hari Varešanović. The group originated from the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has performed over 1,000 concerts and s ...

pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest and finished in 3rd place *

Himzo Polovina Himzo Polovina (; 11 March 1927 – 5 August 1986) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter, and one of the most famous and widely revered folk and sevdalinka artists in the region. In addition, Dr. Himzo Polovina was a neuropsychiatrist by professio ...

– sevdalinka singer *

Igor Vukojević Igor Vukojević (born 1975 in Doboj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer, musician and songwriter. Igor started playing guitar when he was 10 years old, composed his first song when he was 11 and did his first song arra ...

– singer *

Indira Radić Indira Radić (; ; born 14 June 1966) is a Serbia, Serbian Folk-pop, pop-folk singer. She has established herself on the music scene of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and sings almost exclusively in her native language. In the period from 199 ...

– folk singer *

Jadranka Stojaković Jadranka Stojaković ( sr-Cyrl, Јадранка Стојаковић, 24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te ...

– pop singer * Jasmin Muharemović – pop-folk singer * Jura Stublić – rock singer *

Kemal Malovčić Kemal Malovčić (; born 6 May 1946) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Folk music, folk singer. He started his career in the 1960s. During the 1980s, Malovčić was a member of Južni Vetar (band), Južni Vetar, being among the "Big 5" singer ...

– popular Bosnian etno-psyhodelic singer *

Kemal Monteno Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. He is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of the former Yugoslavia. Mon ...

– singer, musician, and songwriter *

Kornelije Kovač Kornelije "Bata" Kovač ( sr-Cyrl, Корнелије "Бата" Ковач, ; ; 1 January 1942 – 13 September 2022) was a Serbian composer. Early life Born in Niš during World War II in the Nazi-occupied Serbia to a Hungarian father an ...

– composer, musician, member of the original line-up of

, founder of

Korni grupa Korni Grupa ( sr-cyr, Корни Група, trans. ''Korni Group'') was a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1968. Launched and led by, as well as named after, the keyboardist Kornelije Kovač, the band was one of the first Yugoslav ro ...

Lepa Brena Lepa may refer to: People * Astrid Lepa (1924–2015), Estonian actress and director * Margus Lepa (born 1953), Estonian radio journalist and actor Places * Palma de Mallorca Airport, assigned the ICAO code LEPA * Lepa, Samoa village in Samoa ...

– pop-folk singer *

Marinko Rokvić Marinko Rokvić ( sr-cyr, Маринко Роквић; 27 January 1954 – 6 November 2021) was a Bosnian Serb folk singer. Early life Marinko Rokvić was born on January 27, 1954, in Bosanski Petrovac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavi ...

– folk singer *

Mate Bulić Mate Bulić (; born 18 February 1957) is a Herzegovinian pop and folk singer, whose songs are influenced by his native Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since the 1990s, he has been living and performing from Frankfurt, Germany, wher ...

– pop-folk singer *

Maya Berović Maja "Maya" Berović (; born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian singer. Born in Ilijaš, she made her recording debut in 2007 with the album ''Život uživo''. It was followed by four other moderately successful releases: ''Crno zlato'' (2008), ''Maya (Ma ...

– pop star * Meho Puzić – sevdalinka-folk singer *

Mile Kitić Milojko "Mile" Kitić ( sr-Cyrl, Милојко "Миле" Китић; born 1 January 1952, is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-born Serbian folk singer. He rose to prominence as a member of the popular eighties Folk music, folk colle ...

– turbofolk singer *

Miloš Bojanić Miloš Bojanić (; born 16 October 1950) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer, well known in former Yugoslavia where he has maintained a popularity throughout his 30-year-career. Personal life Bojanić was born to a family of ethnic Bosnian Serbs in B ...

– pop-folk singer *

Mirsada Bajraktarević Mirsada or Mersada is a Bosnian feminine given name that may refer to the following notable people: *Mirsada Bajraktarević (1951–1976), Bosnian singer and songwriter *Mersada Bećirspahić (born 1957), Bosnian basketball player * Mirsada Burić ( ...

– singer *

Mitar Mirić Mitar Mirić ( sh-Cyrl, Митар Мирић, born 16 January 1957) is a Bosnian-born, Serbian pop-folk singer. Some of his most popular songs include: ''"Ciganče"'', ''"Nisam lopov"'', ''"Voli me danas više nego juče"'', ''"Doberman"'', ' ...

– singer *

Mladen Vojičić Tifa Mladen Vojičić (; born 17 October 1960), better known by his nickname Tifa (), is a Bosnian rock vocalist. He gained acclaim throughout former Yugoslavia for his brief stint as the lead singer of Bijelo Dugme in the mid-1980s. Apart from Bijel ...

– singer *

Nada Mamula Nada Mamula (9 January 1927 – 11 October 2001) was a Serbian and Bosnian singer. She started her career on Radio Beograd, where she passed an audition in 1946 (as Nada Vukićević). In 1946 she delivered her first ever professional performa ...

– sevdalinka singer *

Nada Topčagić Nada Topčagić (; born 3 July 1953) is a Bosnian-Serbian folk singer. Life and career Early life Nada Topčagić was born on July 3, 1953, in Modriča, FPR Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) and was raised in the nearby village of ...

– singer *

Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for Popstars (German TV series), the German adaption of the reality television show ''Popstars (Germany), Popsta ...

– singer *

Nedeljko Bajić Baja Nedeljko Bajić (; born 9 June 1968), known as Baja (), is a Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer. Personal life Bajić was born into a Bosnian Serb family in Šipovo, near Jajce in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Y ...

– singer *

Nenad Janković Nenad (; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It is common in countries that speak South Slavic languages, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. The name is derived from the ...

– musician, original frontman of

, original member of the

line-up *

Nikša Bratoš Nikša Bratoš (born 17 August 1959) is a Croatian musician. He is known for having played in bands Bonton Baya, Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on songs for a variety of Croatian pop artists. Biography Bratoš was born in 1959, an ...

– composer, producer, one-time member of Rezonansa and Valentino, member of Crvena Jabuka *

Nino Rešić Amir Rešić (22 January 1964 – 18 October 2007), known by the stage name Nino, was a Bosnian turbo-folk singer. Biography Rešić was born January 22, 1964, in Bosanska Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a Bosniak family. After completing hig ...

– singer *

Osman Hadžić Osman Hadžić (; born 9 September 1966) is a Bosnian folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk horror ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk ...

– folk singer *

Safet Isović Safet Isović (8 January 1936 – 2 September 2007) was a Bosnian singer who performed the Bosnian traditional music sevdalinka. Early life and family Isović was born into a Bosniak family in Bileća, located in the Herzegovina region of mode ...

– sevdalinka singer *

Sanja Maletić Sanja Maletić ( sr-cyr, Сања Малетић; born 27 April 1973) is a bosnian-serbian pop-folk singer. Music career Sanja began her music career in the end of 1998. Personal life Maletić was born into an ethnic Serb family in Tuzla, SR ...

– pop-folk singer *

Saša Lošić Saša Lošić "Loša" (; born 19 July 1964) is a Bosnian singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer and music producer currently residing in Slovenia. He is best known as the frontman of the highly popular pop rock band Plavi Orkestar. Lošić st ...

– singer, composer and founder of the Plavi orkestar band *

Saša Matić Aleksandar "Saša" Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Саша Матић; born 26 April 1978) is a Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer. He is the twin brother of fellow singer Dejan Matić. Life and career Early life Matić was born on 26 April 1 ...

– folk singer *

Sead Lipovača Sead "Zele" Lipovača (; born 31 August 1955) is a Bosnian and Yugoslav rock musician, songwriter and music producer, currently based in Zagreb, Croatia, best known as the guitarist and leader of the popular hard rock and heavy metal band Divl ...

– original member of

Sejo Sexon Davor Sučić (; born June 7, 1961), better known by his stage name Sejo Sexon, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, film score composer, actor and television director. He is most notably the bandleader and a co-founder of the rock group Zabranjen ...

, – founder of

and current frontman of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up *

Seka Aleksić Svetlana Piljikić (; ; born 23 April 1981), better known as Seka Aleksić ( sr-Cyrl, Сека Алексић), is a Serbian singer. She rose to prominence with her debut album ''Idealno tvoja'' (2002). Aleksić has collectively released nine st ...

– pop-folk singer *

Selma Bajrami Selma Bajrami (born 4 July 1980) is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and media personality. Her professional music career began when she was a teenager joining the pop group "IF". With the release of her first studio album '' Kad suza ne bude...'' in ...

– folk singer *

Šemsa Suljaković Šemsa Suljaković (born 29 September 1951) is a Bosnian folk singer. Early life Suljaković was born in Maglaj, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, FPR Yugoslavia. S ...

, folk singer *

Šerif Konjević Konj Serifovic (born 26 April 1958) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer and one of the most prominent from the former Yugoslavia. He is considered an aficionado in his relative genre and often performs across various parts of former Yugoslavia and aroun ...

– folk singer *

Silvana Armenulić Zilha Armenulić (née Bajraktarević; 10 February 1939 – 10 October 1976), known professionally as Silvana Armenulić (), was a Yugoslavian singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditional se ...

, folk and sevdalinka singer * Tifa – singer and musician *

Tomo Miličević Tomislav "Tomo" Miličević (; born September 3, 1979) is a Bosnian Croats, Bosnian Croat-American musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars from 2003 to 2018. Born in Sarajevo but raised in ...

– guitarist for

Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American Rock music, rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Let ...

Vesna Pisarović Vesna Pisarović (born 9 April 1978) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. Life and career 1978–1999: Early life Pisarović was born in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega, Croatia. From her earliest childhood s ...

– pop singer *

Vladimir Savčić Čobi Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology T ...

– singer *

Zaim Imamović Zaim Imamović (26 August 1920 – 2 February 1994) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer, accordionist and author. Biography Imamović was born into a Bosniak family in Mrkonjić Grad, modern Bosnia and Herzegovina and after a year his family m ...

– sevdalinka singer *

Zdravko Čolić Zdravko Čolić (, ; born 30 May 1951) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Serbian Pop music, pop singer and widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Favourably compared to Paul McCartney and T ...

– pop singer *

Željko Bebek Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of the SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 until 1984. He has since ...

– musician and singer *

Željko Samardžić Željko Samardžić (Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Жељко Самарџић; born 3 October 1955) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Serbian Folk music, folk singer who is popular throughout the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, former ...

– pop-rock singer

Politicians and historical figures

Medieval

*14th century Vojvoda Bogut – first known ancestor of the

House of Petrović-Njegoš A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air co ...

, royal Family of Montenegro, ruler of Jablan Grad, near present-day

Ugljevik Ugljevik ( sr-cyrl, Угљевик) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 15,710 inhabitants, while the town of Ugljevik has a population of 4,155 inhabitants. The ...

*14th century

Đurađ Bogutović Đurađ Bogutović ( sr-cyr, Ђурађ Богутовић; fl. 1370–1399) was a Serbian medieval nobility, Serbian medieval nobleman. He is an ancestor of the Petrović-Njegoš, House of Petrović-Njegoš and the Tribes of Montenegro, Njeguši ...

– son of Vojvoda Bogut and the 14th century nobleman, grandfather of Herak Heraković, the founding father of the Petrović-Njegoš and Heraković-Popović families of the

Njeguši Njeguši ( cnr-Cyrl, Његуши) is a village in the Cetinje Municipality of southern Montenegro, located on the slopes of Mount Lovćen, within the Lovćen national park. It is part of the historical territory of the Njeguši tribe. Demogr ...

tribe *1154–1163

Ban Borić } References Sources and further reading ;Books * * * * * * ;Journals * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ban Boric Bans of Bosnia 12th-century monarchs in Europe 12th-century Hungarian people 12th-century Bosnian people Borićević dy ...

Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (c. 1350–1416) was a medieval Bosnian nobleman and magnate, Grand Duke of Bosnia, Knez of Donji Kraji, and Duke of Split. He was the most prominent member of the Hrvatinić noble family, and one of the major feu ...

– Bosnian Duke, founder of the town of

Jajce Jajce ( sr-Cyrl, Јајце) is a town and municipality in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 7,172 inhabitants, wi ...

*1172–1204

Ban Kulin Kulin ( sh-Cyrl, Кулин; d. November 1204) was the Ban of Bosnia from 1180 to 1204, first as a vassal of the Byzantine Empire and then of the Kingdom of Hungary, although his state was de facto independent. Kulin was son of the first known ...

*1204–1232

Stjepan Kulinić Stjepan is a Croatian masculine given name, variant of Stephen. Historically it was found among ijekavian South Slavs, and it was also used as a honorific. In Croatia, the name Stjepan was among the top ten most common masculine given names in th ...

*1232–1253

Matej Ninoslav Matej Ninoslav ( sr-Cyrl, Матеј Нинослав; died 1250) was the Ban of Bosnia in the period of 1232–50. Most of Bosnia was under the Kingdom of Hungary from 1235 to 1241. Ninoslav was also a Prince of Split in 1242–1244 during the lo ...

*1254–1287

Prijezda I Prijezda I ( sr-cyr, Пријезда I; (1211–1287) was a Bosnian Ban as a vassal of the Hungarian Kingdom, reigning 1250–1287. He was probably the founder of the House of Kotromanić. Biography From Christianity to Heresy and back ...

*1287–1290 Prijezda II *1267–1313

Stjepan I Kotromanić Stephen I Kotromanić ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Стефан I, Stjepan I) (1242–1314) was a Bosnian Ban from 1287 to 1290 jointly with Ban Prijezda II and 1290–1314 alone as a vassal of the Kingdom of Hungary. Origin His ancestry is ...

*1314–1353 Stjepan II Kotromanić *1353–1366 & 1367–zaljke *1391

Tvrtko I of Bosnia Stephen Tvrtko I ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; 1338 – 10 March 1391) was the first king of Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, he succeeded his uncle Stephen II ...

*1366–1367 Stjepan Vuk *1391–1395

Stephen Dabiša of Bosnia Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the firs ...

*1398–1404 & 1409–1418

Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia Stephen OstojaHis name in Bosnian is rendered Stjepan Ostoja (), while in Croatian it is Stjepan Ostoja. In Serbian, he is called Stefan Ostoja (). ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan Ostoja, Стјепан Остоја; died September 141 ...

*1404–1409 & 1421–1433 & 1435–1442

Tvrtko II of Bosnia Stephen Tvrtko II ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; died in November 1443), also known as Tvrtko Tvrtković (), was a member of the House of Kotromanić who reigned as King of Bosnia from 1404 to 1409 ...

*1433–1435

Radivoj Ostojić Radivoj of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Radivoj Ostojić, Радивој Остојић; died in late May or early June 1463) was anti-king of Bosnia from 1432 until 1435, when he lost all control over the kingdom but did not relinquish the ...

*1443–1461 Stephen Thomas *1461–1463

Stephen Tomašević Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the firs ...

Elizabeth of Bosnia Elizabeth of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Elizabeta Kotromanić, Јелисавета Котроманић ; ; ; – January 1387) was queen consort of Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary and Croatia in personal union with Hungary, Croat ...

Dorothea of Bulgaria Dorothea of Bulgaria (, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Doroteja, Доротеја; died 1390), also called Doroslava (), was the first Queen of Bosnia. Daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Sratsimir, Dorothea was held hostage by King Louis I of Hungary, who ma ...

Dorothy Garai Dorothy Garai (/Доротеја Горјанска, ; died between 19 and 24 September 1438) was a Hungarian noblewoman who became Queen of Bosnia upon her marriage to King Tvrtko II in 1428. She functioned as art patron and exerted significa ...

Jelena Gruba Helen ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Jelena, Јелена; 1345 – after 18 March 1399), also known by the name sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=none, separator=/, Gruba, Груба, ruled the Kingdom of Bosnia from September 1395 until late April or early Ma ...

Jelena Nelipčić Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. The name is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helena, and it signifies the word ‘Greek’ (Ελληνικά) meaning bright, light. Helena comes from Helios meaning shining and su ...

Katarina Kosača Catherine of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Katarina Kosača, Катарина Косача; 1424/1425 – 25 October 1478) was Queen of Bosnia as the wife of King Thomas, the penultimate Bosnian sovereign. She was born into the powerful ...

* Kujava * Mary of Serbia *

Vitača Vitača ( sr-Cyrl, Витача) was List of Bosnian consorts, Queen consort of Bosnia as the first wife of King Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia. Vitača married Ostoja, the illegitimate son of King Tvrtko I of Bosnia, before his accession to the throne ...

Sandalj Hranić Sandalj Hranić Kosača ( cyrl, Сандаљ Хранић Косача; 1370 – 15 March 1435) was a powerful Bosnian nobleman whose primary possessions consisted of Hum, land areas between Adriatic coast, the Neretva and the Drina rivers ...

, Sandalj Hranić Kosača, 1370–1435 – medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača *

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (1404–1466) was a powerful Bosnian Nobility, nobleman who was politically active from 1435 to 1466; the last three decades of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages, Bosnian medieval history. During this period, ...

a.k.a. Duke of

Saint Sava Saint Sava (, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; Glagolitic: ; ; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1235/6), known as the Enlightener or the Illuminator, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, abbot of Studenica Monastery, Studeni ...

Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Vojvoda of Hum (Herzegovina) – father of Bosnian Queen, Katarina Kosača Kotromanić *

Vlatko Vuković }; died between August 1392 and August 1393) was a 14th-century Bosnian nobleman who held the titles of the '' vojvoda humski'' (duke of Hum) and Grand Duke of Bosnia. He distinguished himself as one of the best military commanders of King Tvrtko ...

, Vlatko Vuković Kosača, died 1392 – medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača

Ottoman rule 1463–1878

Gazi Husrev-beg Gazi Husrev Bey (, ''Gāzī Ḫusrev Beğ''; Modern Turkish: ''Gazi Hüsrev Bey''; ; 1484–1541) was an Ottoman Bosnian sanjak-bey (governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia in 1521–1525, 1526–1534, and 1536–1541. He was known for his succes ...

– military strategist and the greatest donor and builder of

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 2 ...

Husein Gradaščević Husein Gradaščević (''Husein-kapetan'') (31 August 1802 – 17 August 1834), also known as Zmaj od Bosne (lit. 'Dragon of Bosnia'), was an Ottoman Bosnian military commander who led an uprising against the Tanzimat, a system of political ref ...

a.k.a. Husein-kapetan, The Dragon of Bosnia – 19th century Bosnian nobleman and autonomy fighter * Isa-Beg Isaković – general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of

and

Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inha ...

Ivan Franjo Jukić Ivan Franjo Jukić (8 July 1818 – 20 May 1857) was a Bosnian writer and Franciscan friar from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose life and cultural and political legacy have left an indelible mark on the cultural history of the country, where he is r ...

Ferhad Pasha Sokolović Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (, sr-cyrl, Ферхад-паша Соколовић, Ferhad-paša Sokolović) (died 1590) was an Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia. He was the last sanjak-bey of Bosnia and first beylerbey of Bosnia. Origi ...

– founder and designer of Banja Luka old town *

Mehmed Paša Sokolović Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (; ; ; 1505 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman of Serb origin most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in Ottoman Herzegovina into an Orthodox Christian family, Mehmed was recruited a ...

a.k.a. Sokollu Mehmet Paşa – Grand Vizier to Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II * Damad Ibrahim Pasha – Grand Vizier *

Tiryaki Hasan Pasha Tiryaki Hasan Pasha ( Turkish: ''Tiryaki Hasan Paşa''); also called Alacaatlı Hasan Pasha (1530–1611), was an Ottoman military commander, who participated in the Long Turkish War. He received his education in the Enderun school. Biograph ...

a.k.a. Hasan-Paša Tiro – Bosnian national hero *

Osman Pazvantoğlu Osman Pazvantoğlu (; 1758 – January 27, 1807 in Vidin) was an Ottoman Bosnian soldier, governor of Vidin after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule. He is also remembered as the friend of Rigas Feraios, a Greek revolutionary poet, whom he ...

– Bosnia Ottoman soldier, a governor of the Vidin district after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule.

Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878–1918

Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess von ...

– member of

black hand Black Hand or The Black Hand may refer to: Extortionists and underground groups * Black Hand (), 1919–1924 Mexican-American raiders of the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant * Black Hand (anarchism) (), a presumed secret, anarchist organization based ...

, Serb, and assassin of

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I. Fran ...

, This

assassination Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

triggered World War I.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918–1941

David Elazar David "Dado" Elazar (; 27 August 1925 – 15 April 1976) was an Israeli senior military officer who was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the afterma ...

– Chief of staff of the

Israeli Defence Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and ...

Džemaludin Čaušević Mehmed Džemaludin Effendi, ef. Čaušević (28 December 1870 – 28 March 1938) was a Bosnian Muslim theologian, thinker, educator, reformer, journalist, translator and linguist who served as the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina#List ...

–

Reis-ul-ulema A Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is a title for the leading Islamic jurist of a country, typically Sunni, who may oversee other muftis. Not all countries with large Sunni Muslim populations have Grand Muft ...

Mehmed Spaho Mehmed Spaho ( sr-cyrl, Мехмед Спахо; 13 March 1883 – 29 June 1939) was a Bosnian Muslim politician and leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization. Spaho was described as the "undisputed leader of the Bosniaks between the two world w ...

– leader of the Yugoslavia Muslim Organisation *

Džafer Kulenović Džafer Kulenović (17 February 1891 – 3 October 1956), often referred to as Džafer- beg Kulenović, was a Bosnian Muslim and Yugoslav politician who led the Yugoslav Muslim Organization in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was briefly Minis ...

- 3rd President of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization

World War II

* Peter Tomich – World War II hero *

Rodoljub Čolaković Rodoljub "Roćko" Čolaković ( sr-cyr, Родољуб Чолаковић; 7 June 1900 – 30 March 1983) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav politician and writer who served as the 1st Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina#Prime ...

– World War II war hero,

People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; , ), was a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav gallantry medal, the ...

Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...
1943–1991

Presidents of the Socialist Republic of
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 ...
1943–1990

*Kecmanović, Vojislav Đedo – (25 November 1943 – November 1946) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (November 1946 – September 1948) *Šegrt, Vlado – (September 1948 – March 1953) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (December 1953 – June 1963) *Dugonjić, Rato – (June 1963 – 1967) * Bijedić, Džemal – (1967–1971) * Pozderac, Hamdija – (1971 – May 1974) *Dugonjić, Rato – (May 1974 – April 1978) * Dizdarević, Raif – (April 1978 – April 1982) * Mikulić, Branko – (April 1982 – 26 April 1984) * Renovica, Milanko – (26 April 1984 – 26 April 1985.) *Mesihović, Munir – (26 April 1985 – April 1987) *Andrić, Mato – (April 1988 – April 1989) *Filipović, Nikola – (April 1988 – April 1989) * Piljak, Obrad – (April 1989 – December 1990)

Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1945–1990

* Čolaković, Rodoljub – (27 April 1945 – September 1948) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (September 1948 – December 1953) * Humo, Avdo – (December 1953 – 1956) * Karabegović, Osman – (1956–1963) * Brkić, Hasan – (1963–1965) * Kolak, Rudi – (1965–1967) * Mikulić, Branko – (1967–1969) *Kosovac, Dragutin – (1969 – April 1974) * Renovica, Milanko – (April 1974 – 28 April 1982) *Maglajlija, Seid – (28 April 1982 – 28 April 1984) *Ubiparip, Gojko – (28 April 1984 – April 1986) *Lovrenović, Josip – (April 1986 – April 1988)

Bosnia presidents since 1990

Alija Izetbegović Alija Izetbegović (; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, president of the Presidency ...

– (December 1990 – October 1996) (collective presidency chairman) *Alija Izetbegović (October 1996 – October 1998) (collective presidency chairman) *

Živko Radišić Živko Radišić ( sr-Cyrl, Живко Радишић, ; 15 August 1937 – 5 September 2021) was a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 2nd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1998 to 2002. Radišić previously ser ...

– (October 1998 – June 1999) *

Ante Jelavić Ante Jelavić (born 21 August 1963) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 2nd Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1998 to 2001. He was the youngest person to hold the office of Presidency member and also the ...

– (June 1999 – February 2000) *Alija Izetbegović – (February 2000 – October 2000) *Živko Radišić – (October 2000 – June 2001) *

Jozo Križanović Jozo Križanović (28 July 1944 – 2 December 2009) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 3rd Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002. He later served as member of the national House of Representatives ...

– (June 2001 – February 2002) *

Beriz Belkić Beriz Belkić (8 September 1946 – 16 August 2023) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 3rd Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002. He also served as Premier of Sarajevo Canton from 1998 to 2001. Bel ...

– (February 2002 – October 2002) *

Mirko Šarović Mirko Šarović ( sr-cyrl, Мирко Шаровић; born 16 September 1956) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician who served as the List of Serb members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3rd Serb member of the ...

– (October 2002 – April 2003) *

Borislav Paravac Borislav Paravac ( sr-Cyrl, Борислав Паравац; born 18 February 1943) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 4th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003 to 2006. Previously, he was a member of bot ...

– (April 2003 – June 2003) *

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 again from 2014 to 2018. He is the current president of the Croatian Dem ...

– (June 2003 – February 2004) *

Sulejman Tihić Sulejman Tihić (26 November 1951 – 25 September 2014) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 4th List of Bosniak members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2 ...

– (February 2004 – October 2004) *Borislav Paravac – (October 2004 – June 2005) *

Ivo Miro Jović Ivo Miro Jović (born 15 July 1950) is a Bosnian Croat former politician who served as the 5th Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2005 to 2006. He was a member of both the national House of Peoples and House of Repr ...

– (June 2005 – October 2006) *

Nebojša Radmanović Nebojša Radmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Радмановић, ; born 5 February 1949) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 5th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2014. He has been serving as memb ...

– (part of collective presidency) *

Željko Komšić Željko Komšić (; born 20 January 1964) is a Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Croat politician serving as the List of Croat members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia a ...

– (part of collective presidency)(collective presidency chairman) *

Haris Silajdžić Haris Silajdžić (; born 1 October 1945) is a Bosnian politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegov ...

– (part of collective presidency)

Other political figures since 1943

Adnan Terzić Adnan Terzić (born 5 April 1960) is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2007. He was a longtime member of the Party of Democratic Action, until he left it to join the U ...

– politician, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Boris Tadić Boris Tadić, (born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psychology. He later worked as a journalist ...

– President of the Republic of Serbia *

Cvijetin Mijatović Cvijetin "Majo" Mijatović ( sr-cyr, Цвијетин Мајо Мијатовић; 8 January 1913 – 15 November 1993) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1980 to 1981. He also ser ...

a.k.a. Majo – politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia *

Irfan Ljubijankić Irfan Ljubijankić (26 November 1952 – 28 May 1995) was a Bosnian diplomat, politician, accomplished surgeon, and a classical music composer, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 30 October ...

– surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat *

Jovan Divjak Jovan Divjak ( sr-cyrl, Јован Дивјак; 11 March 1937 – 8 April 2021) was a Bosnian army general who served as the Deputy Commander of the Bosnian army's general staff until 1994, during the Bosnian War. Early life and education Div ...

– general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 war, poet *

Mladen Ivanić Mladen Ivanić ( sr-cyr, Младен Иванић, ; born 16 September 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 6th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2014 to 2018. He is the founder, member and former pr ...

– politician and diplomat *

Nikola Špirić Nikola Špirić (, ; born 4 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2007 to 2012. He has served as a member of the national House of Peoples since 2019. Špi ...

– politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Stjepan Šiber Stjepan Šiber (20 August 1938 – 25 August 2016) was a Croat Bosnian brigadier general and politician who. After finishing high school in Gradačac, he went to Ljubljana, where he finished schooling at the military academy. Afterward, he bec ...

– Deputy Commander of the B&H Army during the 1992–1995 conflict *

Vladimir Dedijer Vladimir Dedijer ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Дедијер; 4 February 1914 – 30 November 1990) was a Yugoslav partisan fighter during World War II who became known as a politician, human rights activist, and historian. In the early postwar ...

– Partisan fighter, politician, and historian *

Zlatko Lagumdžija Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 26 December 1955) is a Bosnian diplomat and politician serving as List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations since July 2023. ...

– politician and diplomat *

Zoran Đinđić Zoran Đinđić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Ђинђић, ; 1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician and philosopher who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia, prime minister of Serbia from 2001 until Assassination of Zoran Đinđić, ...

– prime minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mayor of Belgrade, and the philosopher

Sportspeople

Team sports

;Basketball *

Adnan Hodžić Adnan Hodžić (born 6 December 1988) is a Bosnian-American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" power forward, Hodžić played college basketball for Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Hodžić is notable both for winning the ...

– basketball player *

Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of S ...

– "Father of Yugoslav Basketball" *

Anđa Jelavić Anđa Jelavić (born 21 September 1980) is a former Croatian female basketball player and current basketball Coach (basketball), coach. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Croatia women's national basketball team, Croatian national ...

– basketball player *

Bogdan Tanjević Bogdan Tanjević ( sr-Cyrl, Богдан Тањевић; born 13 February 1947), nicknamed "Boša" () is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He is best known for being KK Bosna's head coach when the club became the t ...

– basketball coach *

Borislav Stanković ),Boris (Борис) , image = Borislav Bora Stanković.jpg , imagesize = , caption = , order = 2nd , office = Secretary General of FIBA , term_start = 1 January 1976 , ter ...

– former basketball player * Damir Omerhodžić-Markota – NBA basketball player with the

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), East ...

* Damir Mršić – former basketball player *

Damir Mulaomerović Damir Mulaomerović (born 19 September 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current coach of KK Dinamo Zagreb. Professional career Mulaomerović started his career with Sloboda Dita in 1990. Not too lo ...

– retired basketball player *

Dejan Bodiroga Dejan Bodiroga ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Бодирога; born 2 March 1973) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player, who is currently the president of EuroLeague Basketball. In 1998 and 2002, he received the Golden Badge ...

– voted first on the list by the fans worldwide for the Euroleague Basketball 2001–2010 All-Decade Team. His family originates from the village of Bodiroge near

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...

Dragana Stanković Dragana Stanković ( sr-cyr, Драгана Станковић, born 18 January 1995) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player for KGHM Polkowice of the EuroLeague Women and the Serbian national basketball team. International care ...

– basketball player *

Dražen Dalipagić Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; 27 November 1951 – 25 January 2025) was a Serbian professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugos ...

– basketball player, former Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist and

FIBA Hall of Fame The FIBA Hall of Fame, or FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, honors players, coaches, teams, referees, and administrators who have greatly contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA in 1991. Originally built in ...

r *

Džanan Musa Džanan Musa (, born 8 May 1999) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at and weighing , Musa plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by ...

– basketball player *

Emir Mutapčić Emir Mutapčić (born 27 May 1960) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. He most recently worked as the head coach for Zalaegerszeg of the Hungarian league. Mutapčić competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics ...

– assistant coach of FC Bayern Munich and current coach of the Germany national team *

Edin Bavčić Edin Bavčić (born 6 May 1984) is a retired Bosnian professional basketball player. Professional career Europe Edin played for KK Bosna, which was the champion of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Basketball League in 2006. At the beginning of th ...

– former NBA basketball player with the

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlan ...

Elmedin Kikanović Elmedin Kikanović (born September 2, 1988) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League. He has also played for his country's national basketball team. Professional career Kikanović began his car ...

– basketball player *

Jasmin Repeša Jasmin Repeša (born 1 June 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball coach and former player currently serving as head coach for Trapani Shark of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Repeša has won numerous pro club competitions d ...

– basketball coach *

Jelica Komnenović Jelica Komnenović (born 20 April 1960 or 16 April 1960) is a former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympia ...

– former basketball player *

Jusuf Nurkić Jusuf Nurkić ( ; born 23 August 1994) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 16th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, be ...

– basketball player * Mile Ilić – former basketball player *

Mirza Delibašić Mirza Delibašić (9 January 1954 – 8 December 2001) was a Bosnian professional basketball player and coach. Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2008, he ...

– basketball player, former Bosna and Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist and

r *

Bojan Bogdanović Bojan Bogdanović (; born 18 April 1989) is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Standing at , he plays the small forward position. Bogdanović has also ...

– basketball player (born in Mostar), former Real Madrid player *

Mirza Teletović Mirza Teletović (born September 18, 1985) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player who was the president of the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022. As a player, he spent six seasons in the National Baske ...

– NBA basketball player the

Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), ...

Nedžad Sinanović Nedžad Sinanović (born 29 January 1983) is a Bosnian former basketball player. Professional career In 2003, Sinanović was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American ...

– basketball player *

Nenad Marković Nenad Marković (born 6 June 1968) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player who played at the shooting guard position. He was most recently the head coach for Dinamo Sassari in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Early life ...

– basketball coach and former basketball player *

Nihad Đedović Nihad Đedović (born January 12, 1990) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally. Professional career Đedović started his c ...

– basketball player with

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

Predrag Danilović Predrag "Saša" Danilović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг "Саша" Даниловић, ; born February 26, 1970), usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilović, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, considered one o ...

– basketball coach and former basketball player *

Razija Mujanović Razija Mujanović (born 15 April 1967) is a Bosnian former women's basketball player. She was voted the best female European basketball player three times (1991, 1994 and 1995) by the Italian sports magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport. She was el ...

– former basketball player *

Robert Rothbart Robert Rothbart (; born Boris Kajmaković on June 16, 1986) is a Bosnian born Serbian-Israeli professional basketball player playing the position of center for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He was named the Israeli Baske ...

(born as Boris Kajmaković in 1986) – Bosnian-Israeli-American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

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Saša Čađo Saša Čađo ( sr-Cyrl, Саша Чађо, born 13 July 1989) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player who plays for İstanbul Üniversitesi SK of the Turkish Women's Basketball League, Turkish League. She also represents the Serbia w ...

– basketball player *

Slađana Golić Slađana Golić (born 12 February 1960 in Banja Luka) is a former Yugoslav basketball player who participated at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially b ...

– former basketball player *

Tima Džebo Tima Džebo, née Imširović (born 24 October 1963 in Olovo) is a former Yugoslav and Bosnian female basketball player. She represented Yugoslavia and won a silver at the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women in Malaysia, and later won a gold ...

– former basketball player *

Vesna Bajkuša Vesna Bajkuša (born 21 May 1970 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian basketball coach and former basketball player. She played as a defender won a silver medal playing for the Yugoslavian women's basketball team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She later r ...

– former basketball player *

Vladimir Radmanović Vladimir Radmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Радмановић; born 19 November 1980) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. In Serbia he played for Crvena zvezda and FMP and in the National Basketball Association ...

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NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

basketball player with the

Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

Zoran Planinić Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Early years Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk f ...

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basketball player *

Zoran Savić Zoran Savić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Савић; born November 18, 1966) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former professional player who is currently the sports director for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic Le ...

– former basketball player * Kornelija Kvesić – former basketball player * Mara Lakić – former basketball player *

Mersada Bećirspahić Mersada Bećirspahić (born 8 December 1957) is a former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as M ...

– former basketball player * Parker Huffman – former NBA basketball player ;Football *

Boško Antić Božidar "Boško" Antić ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар Бошко Антић, ; 7 January 1944 – 4 December 2007) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Being drafted into the youth setup of Sar ...

- former football player *

Ivica Osim Ivan Osim (6 May 1941 – 1 May 2022), best known as Ivica Osim, was a Bosnian professional Football player, footballer and Manager (association football), football manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all ...

– football coach and former footballer *

Safet Sušić Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and technical ability, and is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest Eur ...

– football coach and former footballer, Paris Saint-Germain and Ligue 1 great *

Josip Katalinski Josip Katalinski (12 May 1948 – 9 June 2011) was a Bosnian professional football manager and player. Club career Katalinski's career began in a small club Igman based in Ilidža, a suburb of Sarajevo. In 1964, when he was 15 years old, he was ...

– former football player *

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. ...

– former football player *

Dušan Bajević Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; , ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football manager ...

– football coach and former player *

Vahid Halilhodžić Vahid Halilhodžić (; born 15 May 1952) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most controversially successful Bosnian football managers, due to his successful tenure in coaching various nation ...

– football coach and former footballer *

Enver Marić Enver Marić (born 16 April 1948) is a Bosnian former professional football goalkeeper and retired football manager. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers from the former Yugoslavia of all time. Club career Marić starte ...

– former football goalkeeper *

Faruk Hadžibegić Faruk Hadžibegić (; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Club career During his career, Hadžibegić played for hometown club Sarajevo, Real Betis, Sochaux and Toulouse. He was an important member ...

– former football player *

Blaž Slišković Blaž "Baka" Slišković (; born 30 May 1959) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers. As a player, Slišković was capped 26 times for Yugoslavia in th ...

– football coach and former footballer *

Meho Kodro Mehmed "Meho" Kodro (born 12 January 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. Kodro started playing professionally at Velež Mostar, making his first team debut in 1985. He spent most of his 1 ...

– former football player *

Sergej Barbarez Sergej Barbarez ( sr-cyrl, Сергеј Барбарез; born 17 September 1971) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. A forward, Barbarez played for sev ...

– football player *

Elvir Baljić Elvir Baljić (born 8 July 1974) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional football manager and former player. As a player, Baljić's biggest success was winning the UEFA Champions League with Spanish giant Real Madrid in the 1999–2000 season. Apar ...

– football player *

Elvir Bolić Elvir Bolić (; born 10 October 1971) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his 18-year professional career in Turkey, appearing for seven clubs including Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. He also pl ...

– football player * Arnela Šabanović – football player *

Emir Spahić Emir Spahić (; born 18 August 1980) is a Bosnian football executive and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the current director of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. During his club career, Spahić represented teams in his ...

– football player *

Edin Džeko Edin Džeko (; born 17 March 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains both Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He is the all-time top goalscorer and most capped ...

– Manchester City (on loan to

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: People, characters, figures, names * Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas. * Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun * Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...

) and Bosnia national team *

Ervin Zukanović Ervin Zukanović (; born 11 February 1987) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Zukanović started his professional career at Željezničar. After leaving the club, he had short spells with Austria Lustenau ...

- football player *

Vedad Ibišević Vedad Ibišević (; born 6 August 1984) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is a currently assistant coach of the New York Red Bulls. Ibišević started his professional career at Paris Saint-Germain. He had ...

– football player *

Asmir Begović Asmir Begović (; born 20 June 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent. Begović started his senior career at Portsmouth, signing for them in the summer of 2003. After a sequence of loan ...

– football goalkeeper *

Boro Primorac Boro Primorac (; born 5 December 1954) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Croatian First Football League club Hajduk Split. Playing career Club Primorac featured as a centre half with Yugoslavian ...

– football coach *

Edin Višća Edin Višća (; born 17 February 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. Višća started his professional career at Budućnost Banovići, before joining Željezničar in 2009. Two yea ...

– football player *

Elvir Rahimić Elvir Rahimić (born 4 April 1976) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. He is the current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar. Rahimić spent the majority of his career playing for Russian Premier League ...

– football player *

Franjo Vladić Franjo Vladić (19 October 1950 – 18 June 2024) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also briefly worked as a football manager. Club career Vladić began his club career with the then-largest regional side in H ...

– former footballer *

Muhamed Konjić Muhamed Konjić (; born 14 May 1970) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back, most notably for Monaco, Coventry City and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team who he also captained. Club career A solid defen ...

– former footballer * Vahidin Musemić – former football player *

Gradimir Crnogorac Gradimir Crnogorac (born 14 November 1982) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Bosnian Premier League club Sloboda Tuzla. International career Crnogorac made his debut for Bosnia and ...

– football player *

Haris Medunjanin Haris Medunjanin (; born 8 March 1985) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current assistant manager of Spanish club Castellón. He started his professional career at AZ, who loaned him to Sparta R ...

– football player * Haris Škoro – former football player *

Hasan Salihamidžić Hasan Salihamidžić (; born 1 January 1977), nicknamed Brazzo (, , "Little Bro"), is a Bosnian former professional footballer who last served as sporting director of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. After starting his club career with German side ...

– former Bayern Munich midfielder and second Bosnian to win Champions League *

Ibrahim Duro Ibrahim Duro (born 26 April 1970) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer. Club career Duro played for NK Zagreb and NK Rijeka in the Croatian Prva HNL. Played in the Israeli premier league between 1997 and 2001, and was one of the key pl ...

– former football player *

Irvin Latić Irvin Latić (born 24 May 2002) is a Luxembourgish footballer who plays club football for UN Käerjéng, as a defensive midfielder. Career Born in Niederkorn, Luxembourg, Irvin started out playing club football for the UN Käerjéng youth club ...

- football player *

Izet Hajrović Izet Hajrović (; born 4 August 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. Born in Switzerland, he played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Hajrović started his professional career at Grasshoppers, before j ...

– football player *

Mario Stanić Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972) is a Croatian former professional footballer. A versatile offensive player, he played in forward or attacking midfield positions, and was also deployed as a wing-back in the Croatia national team. He is curr ...

– former footballer *

Mehmed Baždarević Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club En Avant Guingamp, Guingamp. Baždarevi� ...

– former footballer *

Mensur Mujdža Mensur Mujdža (; born 28 March 1984) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is currently an assistant manager for Croatian Football League club Gorica. Mujdža started his professional career at Zagreb, before joinin ...

– football player *

Miroslav Blažević Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (; 9 February 1935 – 8 February 2023) was a Bosnian-Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. A former right winger, his professional ...

– football coach *

Mirsad Fazlagić Mirsad Fazlagić (born 4 April 1943) is a Bosnian retired professional football player and manager. He played as a full-back. Club career Fazlagić started his football career in the youth setup of his local hometown team Čapljina in 1957. As ...

– former football player *

Miralem Pjanić Miralem Pjanić (born 2 April 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. Pjanić started his professional career at Metz, playing there for one season. He signed for fellow ...

– Juventus and Bosnia national team * Muhamed Mujić – former footballer *

Mirsad Hibić Mirsad Hibić (born 11 October 1973) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career At club level, he played for NK Čelik Zenica, Hajduk Split, Sevilla FC, and Atlético Madrid, before retiring in January ...

– former footballer *

Predrag Pašić Predrag Pašić (born 18 October 1958) is a Bosnian retired professional Football player, footballer who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder or as a Forward (association football), forward. Club career During his c ...

– football coach, former player *

Safet Nadarević Safet Nadarević (born 30 August 1980) is a retired Bosnian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Nadarević started his career at NK Jedinstvo Bihać. He then played for FK Sarajevo and NK Zagreb before joining Eskişehirspor in Jun ...

– football player *

Sead Sušić Sead Sušić (born 3 January 1953) is a Bosnian former football player who played for Red Star Belgrade, among other teams. He also earned one cap for Yugoslavia against Spain's national team, in 1978. Club career Sušić arrived to Red Star Be ...

– football player *

Saša Papac Saša Papac (born 7 February 1980) is a Bosnian former professional footballer, who played as a left-back. He was capped 39 times for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career Early career Papac started his career with NK Široki ...

– football player *

Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. A former Forward (association football), forward, he ...

– football player *

Sead Kolašinac Sead Kolašinac (; born 20 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in Germany, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Kolašinac started his professional career at Sch ...

– football player *

Sejad Salihović Sejad Salihović (; born 8 October 1984) is a Bosnian professional manager and a former player who currently serves as the assistant coach for 1899 Hoffenheim II. He spent most of his career playing for 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga ...

– football player *

Senijad Ibričić Senijad Ibričić (born 26 September 1985) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Slovenian fifth division side Litija. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ibričić played in Croatia, Russia, Turkey, Macedonia, Iran, and S ...

– football player *

Zlatan Bajramović Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently both the assistant head coach of 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC and the Bosnia and H ...

– football player *

Darko Maletić Darko Maletić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Малетић; born 20 October 1980) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He holds a peculiar record: he played in the UEFA Cup for five clubs from five countries (Rapid Wien, Publi ...

– football player * Zvjezdan Misimović – football player *

Sulejman Halilović Sulejman Halilović (born 14 November 1955) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career During his club career, Halilović played for Dinamo Vinkovci, Red Star Belgrade, Rapid Wien and Sloga Doboj. Intern ...

– former football player *

Tarik Hodžić Tarik Hodžić (born 1 December 1951) is a Bosnian retired footballer. Playing career Born in Sarajevo, Hodžić started playing football with hometown club Željezničar's youth team. In 1970, he signed his first professional contract with th ...

– footballer *

Tomislav Piplica Tomislav Piplica (born 5 April 1969) is a Bosnian football manager who formerly played as goalkeeper. His nickname is "Pipi" and he is considered to be a ''cult-goalkeeper'', in Germany as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Playing career Club P ...

– former football player Foreign footballers of Bosnian origin – Australia national team *

Eli Babalj Eli Babalj (born 21 February 1992) is a footballer who plays as a striker. Born in Yugoslavia, he has represented Australia at international level. Alongside Robert Cornthwaite and Sasa Ognenovski, Babalj, at 1.95 m is the joint third talles ...

– forward for Adelaide United and the Australia national team *

Dino Djulbic Dino Djulbic (born 16 February 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, he made two appearances for the Australia national team. Club career South Me ...

– defender for Perth Glory and formerly the Australia national team – Austria national team *

Marko Arnautović Marko Arnautović ( sr-cyr, Марко Арнаутовић; born 19 April 1989) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Austria national team. Arnautović began his career in his nati ...

– striker Stoke City and Austria national team * Zlatko Junuzovic – midfielder SV Werder Bremen and Austria national tean – Croatia national team *

Alen Halilović Alen Halilović (; born 18 June 1996) is a Croatian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch club Fortuna Sittard. As the Prva HNL's youngest ever goalscorer (until May 2021) and the youngest ...

– midfielder and Croatia national team *

Ante Ćorić Ante Ćorić (; born 14 April 1997) is a Croatian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Croatian Football League club NK Varaždin (2012), Varaždin. He played for the Croatia national football tea ...

– midfielder and Croatia national team *

Boris Živković Boris Živković (; born 15 November 1975) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a full-back and centre-back. Živković began his professional career with Marsonia and Hrvatski Dragovoljac in his native country before s ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian Association football, football administrator and former professional player who played as a Striker (association football), striker. He served as the president of the Croatian Football Federatio ...

– retired Croatia national team striker *

Darijo Srna Darijo Srna (; born 1 May 1982) is a Croatian former professional association football, footballer and current director of football of Ukrainian Premier League club FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar Donetsk. During most of his career he played as a r ...

– midfielder and Croatia national team (Bosnia father) *

Dejan Lovren Dejan Lovren (; born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club PAOK. Lovren began his career at Dinamo Zagreb before moving to Lyon in January 2010. He spent three and a half seas ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Goran Jurić Goran "Goca" Jurić (born 5 February 1963) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defender. During his career, he played for Velež Mostar, Red Star Belgrade, Celta Vigo, Croatia Zagreb, Yokohama F. Marinos, and NK Z ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Ivan Klasnić Ivan Klasnić (; born 29 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career with local side FC St. Pauli, and moved to Werder Bremen in 2001 after helping his previous team to promotion to th ...

– striker Nantes and Croatia national team *

Ivan Rakitić Ivan Rakitić (; born 10 March 1988) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for HNL club Hajduk Split. Rakitić started his professional career at Basel and spent two seasons with them before he was signed by Schalke ...

– midfielder Sevilla and Croatia national team *

Jerko Leko Jerko Leko (born 9 April 1980) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of the second-tier Druga HNL club Jarun. He primarily played as a central midfielder, but could also operate as a right o ...

– midfielder and Croatia national team *

Josip Šimunić Josip "Joe" Šimunić (; born 18 February 1978) is a retired footballer and current president of NK Rudeš. Born in Australia to Bosnian Croat parents, Šimunić started his career at Melbourne Knights then moved to Germany where he spent ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Krunoslav Jurčić Krunoslav "Kruno" Jurčić (; born 26 November 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC. Playing career Club Jurčić started his professional ...

– defensive midfielder and Croatia national team *

Mario Mandžukić Mario Mandžukić (; born 21 May 1986) is a Croatian association football, football coach and a former player who was most recently an assistant coach for the Croatia national football team, Croatia national team. As a player, he played as a for ...

– striker Bayern Munich and Croatia national team *

– retired midfielder Chelsea F.C. and Croatia national team *

Mario Tokić Mario Tokić (born 23 July 1975) is a Croatian football manager and former player. he is the currently assistant coach of China. He retired following the end of the 2010–11 season. Playing career Club Mario Tokić started his professional care ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Mateo Kovačić Mateo Kovačić (; born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the Croatia national football team, Croatia national team. Ko ...

– midfielder and Croatia national team *

Mato Neretljak Mato Neretljak (born 3 June 1979) is a Croatian professional football manager and former professional player who is the manager of First League of FBiH club Zvijezda Gradačac. Club career Neretljak started his professional career in 1999 with ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Mladen Petrić Mladen Petrić (; born 1 January 1981) is a retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. During his career, he played for Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshopper, FC Basel, Basel, B ...

– striker West Ham United and Croatia national team *

Niko Kovač Niko Kovač (; born 15 October 1971) is a professional Association football, football manager and former player. He is the manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Born and raised in West Germany, Kovač was the long-standing captain of th ...

– midfielder and Croatia national team *

Nikica Jelavić Nikica Jelavić (; born 27 August 1985) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Jelavić began his career with Croatian side Hajduk Split of the Prva HNL in 2002, before moving to Belgian Pro League club Zulte Wa ...

– striker Hull and Croatia national team *

Robert Kovač Robert Kovač (; born 6 April 1974) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is currently the assistant coach of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. Born in Germany, he played for the Croatia national ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Stjepan Tomas Stjepan Tomas (born 6 March 1976) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. His previous clubs include Dinamo Zagreb, Vicenza, Como, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Rubin Kazan. He played as centre-back, and at one point o ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Tin Jedvaj Tin Jedvaj (; born 28 November 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos. He was a part of the Croatia national team's squad which ended runners-up to France in 2018 FIFA Wor ...

– defender and Croatia national team *

Vedran Ćorluka Vedran Ćorluka (; born 5 February 1986) is a Croatian football coach and former player who played as a centre-back or right-back. He is an assistant to Zlatko Dalić in the Croatia national team. Ćorluka graduated from the Dinamo Zagreb You ...

– defender Lokomotiv Moscow and Croatia national team *

Zoran Mamić Zoran Mamić (; born 30 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional football manager and player. He is most known for his successful time as a player and later manager of Dinamo Zagreb. Mamić represented the Croatia national team 6 tim ...

– defensive midfielder and Croatia national team – Germany national team *

Marko Marin Marko Marin ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Марин, born 13 March 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and left winger. He was known for his acceleration, dribbling, agility, creativity, versatility, ...

– midfielder Sevilla and Germany national team – Serbia national team *

Luka Jović Luka Jović ( sr-Cyrl, Лука Јовић; born 23 December 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Serbia national team. Early life Jović was born in Loznica, FR Yugoslavia. He was raised in the small vil ...

– striker Real Madrid and Serbia national team *

Mladen Krstajić Mladen Krstajić ( sr-cyr, Младен Крстајић, ; born 4 March 1974) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. From Janua ...

– defender Schalke 04 and Serbia national team *

Neven Subotić Neven Subotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Heвeн Cубoтић, ; born 10 December 1988) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Subotić made his professional debut in 2007 for 1. FSV Mainz 05. In the fo ...

– defender Borrusia Dortmund and Serbia national team *

Ognjen Koroman Ognjen Koroman (, ; born 19 September 1978) is a Serbian Manager (association football), football manager and current professional football player, player for FK Ježevica in Serbian lower league Zona Drina. As a player, he represented Serbia an ...

– midfielder Red Star Belgrade and Serbia national team *

– retired Serbia national team striker *

Zdravko Kuzmanović Zdravko Kuzmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Здравко Кузмановић, ; born 22 September 1987) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a defensive or central midfielder. He last played for FC Basel. He represented Serbia in the 2010 FIFA Wor ...

– midfielder AC Fiorentina and Serbia national team – Slovenia national team *

Armin Bačinović Armin Bačinović (born 24 October 1989) is a Slovenian retired football midfielder who last played for Sambenedettese. Club career Early career in Slovenia Bačinović started his career at Železničar Maribor and was later transferred to N ...

– midfielder Palermo and Slovenia national team *

Zlatan Ljubijankić Zlatan Ljubijankić (; ; born 15 December 1983) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a forward. International career Ljubijankić was a member of the Slovenia national team between 2006 and 2015. He scored one of the three Sloveni ...

– retired striker and Slovenia national team * Jasmin Kurtič – midfielder Sassuolo and Slovenia national team *

Mirnes Šišić Mirnes Sead Šišić (born 8 August 1981) is a Slovenian retired footballer. Club career Early career Šišić began his professional footballing career in Slovenia with NK Rudar Velenje in 2001. In 2003, Šišić signed with Ilisiakos F.C. i ...

– midfielder Olympiacos and Slovenia national team *

Samir Handanovič Samir (also spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In Arabic, Samir () means "holy", "jovial", "loyal", or "charming". In Albanian, it literally means "so good" but loosely "exquisite", ...

– goalkeeper Inter Milan and Slovenia national team *

Josip Iličić Josip Iličić (; born 29 January 1988) is a Slovenian professional Association footballer, footballer who plays for FC Koper, Koper. Primarily an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger (association football), winger or forward (assoc ...

– midfielder Fiorentina and Slovenia national team *

Haris Vučkić Haris Vučkić (born 21 August 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Domžale. Vučkić represented Slovenia internationally at youth level, before making his senior debut against Scotl ...

– midfielder Newcastle United and Slovenia national team – Sweden national team *

Zlatan Ibrahimović Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Ibrahimović is known for his acrobatic strikes and Volley (association footba ...

– striker Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden national team – Switzerland national team *

Eldin Jakupović Eldin Jakupović (; born 2 October 1984) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for MLS Next Pro club Chattanooga FC. He started his professional career at Grasshopper Club Zürich in 2004, then moved to FC Thun a yea ...

– goalkeeper Hull City and Switzerland national team *

Haris Seferovic Haris Seferovic (, ; born 22 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for UAE Pro League club Al-Nasr. Seferovic made his professional debut at Grasshopper in April 2009. Shortly afterwards, in January 2010, he ...

– striker Real Sociedad and Switzerland national team ;Handball *

Adnan Harmandić Adnan Harmandić (born 28 June 1983 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a retired Bosnian professional handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two ...

– handball player for

HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. It competes in the top-tier Handball-Bundesliga and in the DHB-Pokal, German Handball Cup. They have played in the Bundesliga since 1998 without relegation. History The modern ...

Abas Arslanagić Abas Arslanagić (born October 2, 1944) is a Bosnian former handball player and coach who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1972, he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at ...

– former handball player, gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics *

Benjamin Burić Benjamin Burić (born 20 November 1990) is a Bosnian handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He is the twin brother of Senjamin Burić. Honours Club Flensburg-Handewitt *Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top Ger ...

– handball player * Bilal Šuman – handball player *

Danijel Šarić Danijel Šarić (; born 27 June 1977) is a Bosnian-Qatari handball player of Serbian descent who plays for Qatari club Al Arabi. Club career After starting out at his hometown club Sloga Doboj and later playing for Borac Banja Luka, Šarić m ...

– goalkeeper for

FC Barcelona Handbol Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a professional Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and ...

Enid Tahirović Enid Tahirović (born July 22, 1972) is a Bosnian former handballer. He was once considered one of the top goalkeepers in the Bundesliga. He last played in Germany for HSV Hamburg, after having spent four seasons at Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- ...

– former handball goalkeeper *

Ermin Velić Ermin Velić (born April 1, 1959 in Jajce) is a Yugoslav former handball player who won bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seo ...

– former handball player, bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics *

Jasna Kolar-Merdan Jasna Kolar-Merdan ( Jasna Merdan, (bosnian: ''Јасна Мердан'') born 19 October 1956 in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a formerly Yugoslav and now Austrian former handball player, who is considered one of the best Austrian p ...

– IHF World Player of the Year 1990 *

Ćamila Mičijević Ćamila Mičijević (born 8 September 1994) is a Croatian handball player who plays for SCM Craiova (women's handball), SCM Craiova and the Croatia women's national handball team, Croatian national team. Career Mičijević was born in Heidenheim ...

– handball player for Croatia national team *

Irfan Smajlagić Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and the current coach of Borac Banja Luka. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia. In ...

– former handball player, gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics *

Mirko Alilović Mirko Alilović (born 15 September 1985) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper for Wisła Płock. He won the silver medals both, on the World Championship (2009) and the European Championship (2008, 2010), and a bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...

– goalkeeper plays for Croatia national team *

Mirsad Terzić Mirsad Terzić (born 12 July 1983) is a Bosnian handball player for Wisła Płock. He is a left-back, but primarily known as a defender. While with Izviđač though, he scored 50 goals in only six games of the 2004–05 EHF Champions League se ...

– handball player, captain of Bosnia national team *

Mirza Džomba Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a Croatian former professional team handball, handball player, World champion in 2003 World Men's Handball Championship, 2003 and Olympic champion in Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournam ...

– handball player, Olympic and World champion * Muhamed Memić – handball player, World champion *

Muhamed Mustafić Muhamed Mustafić (born April 6, 1981 in Rogatica) is a Bosnia 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 S ...

– handball player *

Muhamed Toromanović Muhamed Toromanović (born 9 April 1984) is a Bosnian handball player for RK Slavija Istočno Sarajevo. He was the captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national handball team, Bosnian national team. References External links

* 1 ...

– handball player * Svetlana Dašić-Kitić – best female handball player ever by

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

Zlatan Arnautović Zlatan Arnautović (; born 2 September 1956) is a Serbian former handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Prijedor, Arnautović started playing handbal ...

– former handball player (Olympic Gold Medal 1984) *

Jasmina Janković Jasmina Jankovic (born 6 December 1986) is a Dutch handball player of Bosnian origin, who played for the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia. In 2016 she represented th ...

– former goalkeeper Dutch National Team, currently goalkeeper coach for Dutch National Team and SG BBM Bietingheim ;Volleyball *

Tijana Bošković Tijana Bošković ( sr-Cyrl, Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player of VakıfBank S.K., VakıfBank. A left-handed Opposite hitter, opposite, she has won gold medals with the Serbia women's n ...

, Serbia national team player, Olympic medalist *

Đorđe Đurić Đorđe Đurić may refer to: * Đorđe Đurić (volleyball) Đorđe Đurić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Ђурић, born 24 April 1971) is a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, ...

, Serbia national team player, Olympic medalist *

Brankica Mihajlović Brankica Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранкица Михајловић; born 13 April 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Serbia women's national volleyball team where she won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Ol ...

, Serbia national team player, Olympic medalist *

Jelena Blagojević Jelena Blagojević (born 1 December 1988) is a Serbian professional volleyball player and two-time Olympian. She plays for Serbia women's national volleyball team. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. She also compet ...

, Serbia national team player *

Aleksandar Okolić Aleksandar Okolić (born 26 June 1993) is a Serbian male volleyball player. He is part of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and played at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship. On club level he plays for VK České Budějovice ...

, Serbia national team player *

Adis Lagumdžija Adis Lagumdžija (born 29 March 1999) is a Turkish professional volleyball player of Bosniak descent who plays as an opposite spiker for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey national team. Personal life His father, Ekrem Lagumdžija, is a former volleyb ...

, Turkish national team player * Meliha Smajlović, Turkey national team player *

Sanja Starović Sanja Starović (, born 25 March 1983) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She has played for Serbia women's national volleyball team, competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games o ...

, Serbia national team player * Saša Starović, Serbia national team player ;Water polo * Milan Muškatirović *

Veselin Đuho Veselin Đuho (Веселин Ђухо, born 5 January 1960) is a Croatian professional water polo coach and former player who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Đuho was born in Foča but ...

* Zoran Janković

Individual sports

;Athletics *

Amel Tuka Amel Tuka (born 9 January 1991) is a Bosnian middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. His achievements include a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships. Tuka holds ...

– middle-distance runner *

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 Zuric ...

– high jumper *

Borisav Pisić Borisav Pisić–Piske (31 January 1949 – 21 April 2015)

– hurdler * Branko Dangubić – javelin thrower *

Dako Radošević Dako Radošević (17 August 1934 – 14 August 2021) was a Bosnian discus thrower. He was born in Bosanska Krupa, Yugoslavia and competed for Yugoslavia in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and com ...

– discus thrower *

Dragan Perić Dragan Perić (, born 8 May 1964) is a Serbian shot putter who occasionally competed in the discus throw. He holds the Serbian records in athletics, Serbian records in both events. He represented Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro in four consecut ...

– shot putter *

Elvir Krehmić Elvir Krehmić (born 27 April 1973) is a retired Bosnian athlete specializing in the high jump. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, narrowly missing the final round. He is currently the national team coach for the Athletic Federatio ...

– high jumper * Filip Mihaljević – shot putter *

Hamza Alić Hamza Alić (born 20 January 1979) is a Bosnian shot putter. On 1 March 2013, at 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal which he dedicated to all the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina to coincide with the Bosnia and He ...

– shot putter *

Irvin Tahmaz Irvin Tahmaz (born 28 January 1976) is a retired Bosnian long jumper and athletic coach. He competed in the men's long jump event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Personal life Tahmaz was born on January 28, 1976, in Sara ...

- long jumper *

Ivan Ivančić Ivan Ivančić (6 December 1937 – 28 August 2014) was a Croatian athletics coach and shot putter who represented Yugoslavia. He was the gold medalist in the 1975 Mediterranean Games, as well as a multiple national champion and record holder. A ...

– shot putter *

Sejad Krdžalić Sejad Krdžalić (born January 5, 1960, in Doboj) is a retired javelin thrower from Yugoslavia, who finished in twelfth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He set his personal best (83.34 m) on 30 May 1987 in Belgrade ...

– javelin thrower *

Zlatan Saračević Zlatan Saračević (born 27 July 1956) is a retired Bosnian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Biography He was born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. but represented the clubs AK Sloboda Tuzla, AK S ...

– shot putter ;Chess * Ivan Sokolov – chess player, Grandmaster since 1987 *

Predrag Nikolić Predrag Nikolić (born 11 September 1960 in Bosanski Šamac) is a Bosnian chess grandmaster. Biography He first competed for the Yugoslav Championship in 1979, taking a share of second place. The following year and agai ...

– chess player, Grandmaster since 1983 *

Bojan Kurajica Bojan Kurajica (born 15 November 1947) is a Croatian-Bosnian chess grandmaster (GM). Biography Kurajica grew up in Split. He earned the International Master (IM) title in 1965 by winning the World Junior Championship. He moved to Zagreb in 1966 ...

– chess player, Grandmaster *

Borki Predojević Borki Predojević ( sr-cyrl, Борки Предојевић; born 6 April 1987 in Teslić) is a Bosnian chess grandmaster, the youngest ever from his country. He is the No. 1 ranked player of Bosnia and Herzegovina Early life Borki Predojevi ...

– grandmaster, top Bosnia chess player ;Martial arts/boxing *

Anton Josipović Anton "Ante" Josipović (born 22 October 1961) is a former Yugoslav boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia). He won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzego ...

– boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics *

Marijan Beneš Marijan Beneš (11 June 1951 – 4 September 2018) was a Yugoslavian boxer from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is considered one of the best boxers in Yugoslav history. After a brilliant amateur career, culminating in the gold medal in E ...

– boxing, gold medal at the 1973 European Championship * Tomislav Krizmanić – boxing, bronze medal at the 1953 European Championship *

Memnun Hadžić Memnun Hadžić (born 20 January 1981) is a former professional boxer, boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. As amateur he reached quarterfinals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almeria and won bronze medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Cham ...

– boxing, bronze medal at the 2008 European championship *

Hamid Guska Hamid Guska (born 15 February 1953 in Glavatičevo) is a Bosnian boxing trainer and a former boxer. Boxing career He started his amateur boxing career in 1974 in BK Partizan Sarajevo. His boxing career ended 1980 due to an arm injury. One year ...

– boxing coach *

Almedin Fetahović Almedin Fetahović (born 19 May 1964) is a Bosnian professional boxing coach and former amateur boxer. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in France. It was the first gold medal ever for Bosnia and Herzeg ...

– boxing * Adnan Ćatić – boxing, reigning IBF world champion, former WBO champion, and a two time former WBA champion *

Jasmin Hasić Jasmin Hasić (born 28 September 1988, Banovići) Bosnian-born boxer in super heavyweight best known for winning bronze medal at the European Junior Championships 2007 in Sombor. At the European Junior Championships 2007, he defeated Drastamat As ...

– super heavyweight boxing best known for winning bronze medal at the European Junior Championships 2007 in Sombor *

Mirsad Bektić Mirsad Bektić (born February 16, 1991) is a Bosnian-born American retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Background Mirsad Bektić was born on February ...

– mixed martial artist * Arian Sadiković – pro. welterweight Kickboxer *

Amer Hrustanović Amer Hrustanović (born 11 June 1988) is an amateur Austrian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's light heavyweight category. He holds both Austrian and Bosnian citizenship in order to compete internationally in wrestling, including ...

– wrestler *

Amel Mekić Amel Mekić (born 21 September 1981) is a retired Bosnian judoka. He won a gold medal at European Judo Championships in 2011, beating five opponents on a way, including two Olympic medalists Ariel Ze'evi and Henk Grol. Mekić was part of the ...

– judo, European champion *

Larisa Cerić Larisa Cerić (born 26 January 1991) is a Bosnian judoka competing in the women's +78 kg division. She won a silver medal at the 2014 European Judo Championships and a bronze medal at the 2018 World Judo Championships. At the 2019 European ...

– judo, European championship medalist *

Davor Vlaškovac Davor Vlaškovac (born 22 July 1967) is a Bosnians, Bosnian judoka. Achievements References External links

* 1967 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina male judoka German male judoka Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic j ...

– judo, European championship medalist *

Zoran Prerad Zoran Prerad ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Прерад; born August 15, 1971, in Banja Luka) is a Bosnian Serb taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He claimed a bronze medal in the 83-kg division at the 1995 World Taek ...

– taekwondo, European champion *

Nedžad Husić Nedžad Husić (born 15 September 2001) is a Bosnian taekwondo athlete. Career Husić won a silver medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships, in the men's 74 kg. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European ...

– taekwondo, 5th place at the 2020 Summer Olympics *

Arnela Odžaković Arnela Odžaković (born September 5, 1983, in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian karateka and Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportsperson of the Year, sportswoman of the year in 2007. She finished fifth in the female +60 kg ...

– karate, two silver medals at the European Championships *

Dževad Poturak Dževad Poturak (born September 20, 1977) is a Bosnian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Jumruk Gym in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the former WAKO Pro World Low-Kick champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament cham ...

– retired super heavyweight kickboxer and former WKA European Champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament Champion ;Tennis *

Alexandros Jakupovic Alexandros Jakupović (, , , ; born December 14, 1981) is a Greek former tennis player who was banned for life in November 2015 by the Tennis Integrity Unit. He is the son of a Bosniak father and a Greek mother. Career His career high ATP s ...

– tennis player (Bosnia father) *

Amer Delić Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosla ...

– tennis player *

Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 2 in September 2023. He is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's double ...

– tennis player *

Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career high ...

– tennis player *

Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level si ...

– tennis player *

Mervana Jugić-Salkić Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a Bosnian former top 100 tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of ...

– tennis player *

Sandra Martinović Sandra Martinović (born 4 October 1979) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian former tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 187, achieved on 28 July 2008, and her best doubles ranking world No. 199, achieved on 28 April 2008. Career Mar ...

– tennis player *

Damir Džumhur Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. His career-best singles ATP ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highest-ranked tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bos ...

– tennis player *

Andrea Petkovic Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 ...

– tennis player, playing for Germany ;Other *

Lana Pudar Lana Pudar ( sr-cyrl, Лана Пудар; born 19 January 2006) is a Bosnian competitive swimmer specializing in the butterfly events. She won the gold medal in the women's 200 m butterfly and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly at t ...

, swimmer * Almir Velagić, weightlifter *

Nedžad Fazlija Nedžad Fazlija (born 25 February 1968) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired Olympic sports shooter. Fazlija was a part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics an ...

, sports shooter *

Andrea Arsović Andrea Arsović ( sr-cyr, Андреа Арсовић, born 5 February 1987) is a Serbian sport shooter. She won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle at the 2015 European Games and is also a two-time European champion in the same discipline as wel ...

, sports shooter *

Bojan Tokič Bojan ( Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently ...

, table tennis player *

Jasna Fazlić Jasna Rather (née Fazlić; December 20, 1970) is an American former table tennis player who played for Yugoslavia and then for the United States, competing on four Olympics: in Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Sydney ...

, table tennis player * Lejla Njemčević, cross-country and mountain bike cyclist *

Michi Halilović Mirsad "Michi" Halilović (born 4 September 1983) is a German skeleton (sport), skeleton racer of Bosniaks, Bosnian origin who has competed since 2001. His first World Cup victory was at a men's event at Altenberg, Germany, Altenberg in December ...

, skeleton racer *

Irvin Hušić Irvin Hušić (born 3 January 1982) is a Bosnian racing cyclist. Irvin was born in the city of Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeas ...

- racing cyclist * Milenko Zorić, canoer *

Radoje Đerić Radoje Đerić (, born 28 December 1991 in Trebinje) is a Serbian rower. He represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of rower Igor Đerić. He currently lives in Belgrade. Results Olympic games * 2012 - Co ...

, rower *

Dino Beganovic Dino Beganovic (, ; born 19 January 2004) is a Swedish and Bosnian racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech Pulse-Eight, Hitech Toyota Gazoo Racing, TGR as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He is a race winner ...

, racing driver *

Srećko Pejović Srećko Pejović (Serbian Cyrillic: Срећко Пејовић; born 5 July 1953), is a Serbian sport shooter who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1976, 1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a Uni ...

, sports shooter *

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

, swimmer *

Veselin Petrović Veselin Petrović (6 September 1929 – 8 November 1995) was a Serbian cyclist. Career Veselin Petrović-Vesa was born 6 September 1929 in Vlasenica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina). He was a Yugoslavian ( Serbian) cham ...

, cyclist * Azer Dugalić, content creator (league of legends player, consistent challenger, known for his vel'koz)

Religion

Makarije Sokolović Makarije Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Макарије Соколовић; died 1574) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1557 to 1571. He was the first head of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, after its lapse in 1463 that r ...

, Serbia Patriarch (s. 1557–1571) *

Antonije Sokolović Antonije I Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Антоније I Соколовић) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1571 to 1574. He was the second primate of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, and the nephew of previous Serbi ...

, Serbia Patriarch (s. 1571–1575) *

Gerasim Sokolović Gerasim I Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Герасим I Соколовић) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1574 to 1586. He was the third primate of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, and cousin of previous Serbian Patriarch ...

, Serbia Patriarch (s. 1575–1586) *

Savatije Sokolović Savatije Sokolović ( sr-cyr, Саватије Соколовић; 1573 – d. 1586), was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1585 to 1586. Before that, he served as Metropolitan of Herzegovina from 1573 to 1585. He was a member of th ...

, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1587) * Gavrilo II, Serbia Patriarch (s. 1752) *

Basil of Ostrog Basil of Ostrog (, ; 28 December 1610 – 29 April 1671), also known as Vasilije, was a Serbian Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Life Early life Stojan Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Стоја ...

(1610–1671), Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje * Visarion, Orthodox metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602) *

Savatije Ljubibratić Savatije Ljubibratić ( sr-cyr, Саватије Љубибратић; Piva, c. 1660—Topla, January, 1716) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop and metropolitan, and the caretaker of the Dragović monastery. Early life Ljubibratić was born in Piva, ...

, Orthodox metropolitan of Zahumlje and Dalmatia (s. 1693–1716) *

(1832–1900), Orthodox theologian, historian, philologist and writer *

Jovica Ilić Priest Jovica's Rebellion () was a Christian peasant rebellion that broke out in the Derventa and Gradačac ''nahiye'', in Bosnian Posavina, in 10–13 March 1834, organized by Orthodox priest Jovica Ilić from Banja Luka, stationed in Derventa ...

(fl. 1834–), Orthodox priest, rebel leader *

Pavle Tvrtković Pavle Tvrtković ( sr-cyr, Павле Твртковић; 1834–51) was a Serbian Orthodox priest from Bosnia who participated in the rebellion organized by priest Jovica Ilić in northeastern Ottoman Bosnia in March 1834, published a collecti ...

(fl. 1834–51), Orthodox priest, served at the Serbia court

Other prominent people

Adil Zulfikarpašić Adil Zulfikarpašić (23 December 1921 – 21 July 2008) was a Bosniak intellectual and politician who served as vice president of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War of the 1990s, under the first president of the Presi ...

– businessman, one-time politician, and

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material ...

, founder of the

Bosniak Institute The Bosniak Institute is an institution of culture and scholarship in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a museum and a gallery, a cultural centre and a library, a publishing house and a cultural centre. The institute is the result of its ...

in Sarajevo *

Alija Sirotanović Alija Sirotanović (14 August 1914 – 16 May 1990) was a Yugoslav miner, Hero of Socialist Labour and perhaps the most famous of all Yugoslav udarniks. He was held up by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to be a model of a hard-worker in the f ...

– Bosnia coal-miner, worker-hero, his face was on the 10 and 20000 dinar banknotes *

– President of Serbia *

Branko Crvenkovski Branko Crvenkovski (, pronounced ; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as the President of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 2004 to 2009. He previously served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and from ...

– Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, then President of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009. *

Emerik Blum Emerik Blum (7 August 1911 – 24 June 1984) was a Bosnian Jewish businessman, philanthropist and politician who served as the 26th mayor of Sarajevo from 1981 to 1983. He is known for being the founder and first director of one of Southeast Eur ...

– founder of Energoinvest, former mayor of Sarajevo, arguably the most successful and influential businessman in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Ervin Rustemagić Ervin Rustemagić (born 1952) is a Bosnian comic book publisher, distributor, and rights agent, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and currently based in Slovenia. He is the founder of Strip Art Features (SAF) in Sarajevo, as well as the ...

- comic book publisher, distributor, and rights agent * Foto Boško (1944–1993) – Yugoslavian Craftsman Photographer from Banja Luka known for his work and contributions to the local community. *

Fikret Hodžić Fikret Hodžić (26 June 1953 – 9 July 1992) was a professional Bosnian bodybuilder. Hodžić competed during the 1970s and 1980s representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Hodžić began bodybuilding in 1973. He was inspired b ...

– bodybuilder *

Kemal Curić Kemal Curić (born February 17, 1978) is a Bosnian-German automotive designer born in Sarajevo. Curić is widely known for his work at Ford, where he was responsible for numerous concept and production cars. Biography Curić was born in Sarajevo ...

– automobile designer known best for his work at Ford, where he was responsible for numerous concept and production cars *

Inga Peulich Inga Peulich (; née Došen (15 October 1956 − 25 July 2024) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018 and before that the Member for B ...

– Australia politician born in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Irvin Mujčić - human rights activist and survivor of the Srebrenica genocide *

Omer Halilhodžić Omer Halilhodžić (born 1963) is a Bosnian automotive designer. Early life and education Halilhodžić was born in 1963 in Mostar, a city in what was then Yugoslavia, but is today located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a graduate of the Un ...

– automobile designer responsible for the styling of the 2004 Mitsubishi Colt, and the concept cars which preceded it: CZ2, CZ3, CZ3 cabriolet, and CZT. He has since penned the Mitsubishi Concept Sportback, and the Mitsubishi Concept X, which presages the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X production car. *

Mila Mulroney Milica "Mila" Mulroney (née Pivnički; Serbian Cyrillic: Милица "Мила" Пивнички; born July 13, 1953) is the widow of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. She was notable for taking on a greater role during her hu ...

– wife of the 18th

Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada () is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority of the elected House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons ...

Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney (March 20, 1939 – February 29, 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studi ...

Tijana Arnautović Tijana Petković ( sr-cyr, Тијана Петковић; born August 15, 1986), née Tijana Arnautović, is Bosnian Canadian beauty pageant titleholder and model who won the title of Miss Canada in 2004 and represented her country in Miss World ...

– model, Miss World Canada 2004 *

Vladimir Ćorović Vladimir Ćorović ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Ћоровић; 27 October 1885 – 12 April 1941) was a Serb historian, university professor, author, and academic. Ćorović served two terms as the Rector of the University of Belgrade and twice ...

– historian *

– former Prime Minister of

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

* Nijaz Ibrulj – philosopher and professor at the University of Sarajevo * Faruk Čaklovica – Professor of Bromatology and Rector of the University of Sarajevo *

Željko Topić Željko Topić (born 5 August 1959) is a Croatian civil servant, and a former Vice-President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Before taking up his position at the EPO, he was the Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office (Croat ...

– Croatia civil servant and vice-president of the European Patent Office born in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Semir Osmanagić Semir Osmanagić (born June 1, 1960), also known as Sam Osmanagich, is a Bosnian businessman and author. He is best known for promoting his pseudo-archaeological project in central Bosnia (near the town of Visoko) related to the so-called " Bosn ...

– Bosnia author, businessman and pseudoarchaeologist

Infamous people

Andrija Artuković Andrija Artuković (19 November 1899 – 16 January 1988) was a Croatian lawyer, politician, and senior member of the fascist Ustaše movement, who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice in the Government of the ...

– minister in the government of the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia (, NDH) was a World War II–era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, ...

and war criminal *

Ante Pavelić Ante Pavelić (; 14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fasc ...

–

Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionar ...

leader, founder and leader of the fascist

, war criminal *

Biljana Plavšić Biljana Plavšić ( sr-Cyrl, Биљана Плавшић; born 7 July 1930) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb former politician, university professor and scientist who served as President of Republika Srpska and was later convict ...

– politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for

war crimes A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hos ...

during the

Bosnian war The Bosnian War ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

Vjekoslav Luburić Vjekoslav Luburić (6 March 1914 – 20 April 1969) was a Independent State of Croatia, Croatian Ustaše official who headed the system of concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during much of World War II. Luburić al ...

–

leader, commander of the

Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration camp, concentration and extermination camp established in the Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County, village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupied Yugoslavia durin ...

, war criminal *

Miroslav Filipović Miroslav Filipović (5 June 1915 – 29 June 1946), also known as Tomislav Filipović and Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović, was a Croatian Franciscan friar and Ustaše military chaplain who participated in atrocities during World War II in ...

–

leader, commander of the

, and war criminal *

Momčilo Krajišnik Momčilo Krajišnik (; 20 January 1945 – 15 September 2020) was a Bosnian Serb political leader and convicted war criminal, who along with Radovan Karadžić co-founded the Bosnian Serb nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS). Between 1990 and ...

– politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for

and

ethnic cleansing Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically homogeneous. Along with direct removal such as deportation or population transfer, it ...

during the

Radovan Karadžić Radovan Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal ...

– political leader of the Serbs during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for

and

genocide Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...

, most wanted man in Europe *

Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić ( sr-Cyrl, Ратко Младић, ; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb former military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing war crimes, crim ...

– General of the Serbia Army during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for

and

, most wanted man in Europe alongside Karadžić *

Tihomir Blaškić Tihomir Blaškić (born 2 November 1960) is a retired general of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), who served during the Bosnian War and the Croat–Bosniak War. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him ...

– convicted of violating the

laws of war The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (''jus ad bellum'') and the conduct of hostilities (''jus in bello''). Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and territories, ...

, committing

and

crimes against humanity Crimes against humanity are certain serious crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity can be committed during both peace and war and against a state's own nationals as well as ...

during the

Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Шешељ, ; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician and convicted war criminal. He is the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). Between 1998 and 2000, he was a D ...

– politician, radical extremist,

Chetnik The Chetniks,, ; formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland; and informally colloquially the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationalist m ...

leader, indicted by the International War Tribunal for

, and

during the

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