Savo is a masculine given name found in South Slavic, Albanian and Italian-speaking places. It can be a cognate to
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
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Savio Savio may refer to:
People
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* Carlos Fernando Savio (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer
* Daniel Savio (born 1978), Swedish musician
* Dominic Savio (1842–1857), Italian saint
* Ernesto Savio (1899–1945), Italian partisan
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Notable people with the name include:
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Savo Dobranić
Savo Dobranić ( sr-cyr, Саво Добранић; born 1964) is a politician in Serbia. He served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2004 to 2012 and was the mayor of Kikinda from 2012 to 2013, as a member of the Democratic Party (''Demokratska s ...
(born 1964), Serbian politician
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Savo Ekmečić
Savo Ekmečić (born 9 May 1948) is a retired Bosnian football goalkeeper.
Playing career
He played a large part of his career for Grazer AK
Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is m ...
(born 1948), Bosnian football player
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Savo Fatić (1889–1948), Montenegrin and Yugoslav jurist
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Savo Gazivoda (born 1994), Montenegrin football player
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Savo Gjirja (born 1945), Albanian research engineer
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Savo Jovanović (born 1999), Serbian football player
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Savo Klimovski
Savo Klimovski ( mk, Саво Климовски; born 13 June 1947, Skopje) is a Macedonian lawyer and politician. He served as interim President of Macedonia from 19 November to 15 December 1999.
He studied law at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Univers ...
(born 1947), Macedonian lawyer and politician
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Savo Kovačević (born 1988), Serbian football player
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Savo Lazarević (1849–1943), Montenegrin and Yugoslav military officer
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Savo Martinović (born 1935), Montenegrin-Serbian satirist
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Savo Millini (1644–1701), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal
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Savo Milošević
Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player.
A former forward (association football), forwar ...
(born 1973), Serbian football manager and player
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Savo Mitrovic (born 1969), Serbian-Canadian ice hockey player
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Savo Nakićenović
Savo Nakićenović (1882 - 1926) was a Serbian Orthodox priest, writer, geographer, historian and ethnologist.
Biography
Nakićenović was born on 25 January 1882 in Kuti to father Jovan and mother Ljubica. He finished elementary school in his h ...
(1882–1926), Serbian priest and scientist
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Savo Pavićević (born 1980), Serbian-born Montenegrin football player
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Savo Pređa
Savo Pređa was a Serbian Partisan general in World War II and, later, governor of Bileća prison. He was also a director of OZNA for eastern Bosnia for a short period, after that, he was deputy minister of interior. Savo was well known for being c ...
, Serbian general and politician
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Savo Radulović
Savo Radulović (27 January 1911 – 17 November 1991) was a Serbian American painter.
Biography
Born in Gornje Polje, near Nikšić in the Principality of Montenegro, Savo Radulović was the son of Ivan and Petruša Radulović from the region of ...
(1911–1991), Serbian American painter
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Savo Raković
Savo Raković (Serbian Cyrillic: Саво Раковић; born 1 October 1985) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Career
Raković started out at his hometown club Sloga Požega, before switching to Sevojno in the 200 ...
(born 1985), Serbian football player
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Savo Sovre
Savo Sovre (7 July 1928 – 2008) was a Slovene painter also known for his illustrations of children's books.
He won the Levstik Award
The Levstik Award ( sl, Levstikova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded for achievements in child ...
(1928–2008), Slovene painter and illustrator
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Savo Štrbac
Savo Štrbac ( sr-cyr, Саво Штрбац; born 1949) is a Croatian Serb lawyer and author. He is best-known for being the director of the Serbian NGO "Veritas" that documents with the history of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and locates miss ...
(born 1949), Croatian Serb lawyer and author
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Savo Zlatić (1912–2007), Croatian physician, politician and chess composer
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Montenegrin masculine given names