Ribic is a spelling without diacritic of South Slavic surnames Ribič or Ribić, both literally meaning the occupation of
fisherman
A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish.
Worldwide, there are about 38 million Commercial fishing, commercial and Artisan fishing, subsistence fishers and Fish farming, fi ...
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Notable people with these surnames include:
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Esad Ribić
Esad T. Ribić (born 10 November 1972) is a Croatian comic book artist and animator, known for his work on various titles for Marvel Comics, including ''Loki'', '' Silver Surfer: Requiem'', '' Sub-Mariner: The Depths, Thor: God of Thunder'' and t ...
, Croatian comic book artist and animator
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Nicholas Ribic
Nicholas "Nick" Ribic (born 1974) is a Canadian who fought in the Bosnian Serb Army where he was also known as Nikola Ribić. In 1995, he took four United Nations peacekeepers hostage and used them as a human shield to try to force a halt to th ...
, a.k.a. Nikola Ribić, a Canadian who fought in the Bosnian Serb Army prosecuted for hostage-taking
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Tanja Ribič
Tanja Ribič (born 28 June 1968) is a Slovenian actress and singer.
Biography
Ribič graduated from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. She has been a member of Ljubljana City Theatre since 1992.
She represented ...
, Slovenian actress and singer
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Vladimir Ribić
Vladimir Ribić (; born 28 March 1981) is a Serbian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker.
Career
While playing for FK Bežanija, Bežanija, Ribić became the Serbian League Belg ...
, Serbian football player
Melanija Knav's paternal grandmother was born with the Ribić surname.
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