The

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 ...

of Romania (, , ) are a recognized

ethnic minority The term "minority group" has different meanings, depending on the context. According to common usage, it can be defined simply as a group in society with the least number of individuals, or less than half of a population. Usually a minority g ...

numbering 18,076 people (0.1%) according to the 2011 census. The community is concentrated in western Romania, in the Romanian part of the

Banat Banat ( , ; ; ; ) is a geographical and Historical regions of Central Europe, historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. It is divided among three countries: the eastern part lie ...

region (divided with

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 ...

), where they constitute the absolute majority in two

communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

and the relative majority in one other. The community represents the oldest Serbian community outside of Serbia.

History

Historical background

Slavic presence is attested in Romania since the Early Middle Ages. The

Avar Khaganate The Pannonian Avars ( ) were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in the chronicles of the Rus' people, Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai (), or Pseudo-Avars in Byzantine Empi ...

was the dominant power of the

Carpathian Basin The Pannonian Basin, with the term Carpathian Basin being sometimes preferred in Hungarian literature, is a large sedimentary basin situated in southeastern Central Europe. After the Treaty of Trianon following World War I, the geomorphologic ...

between around 567 and 803. Most historians agree that

Slavs The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and ...

and

Bulgars The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic peoples, Turkic Nomad, semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region between the 5th and 7th centu ...

, together with the remnants of the Avars, and possibly with

Vlachs Vlach ( ), also Wallachian and many other variants, is a term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate speakers of Eastern Romance languages living in Southeast Europe—south of the Danube (the Balkan peninsula ...

, inhabited the

region after the fall of the khaganate. Place names of Slavic origin recorded already in the Middle Ages show the early presence of a Slavic-speaking population.

Early modern period

From the late 14th- to the beginning of the 16th century a large number of Serbs lived in

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...

and

Moldavia Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially in ...

. Following Ottoman expansion in the 15th century, Serb mass migrations ensued into

Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, on the west by Noricum and upper Roman Italy, Italy, and on the southward by Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia and upper Moesia. It ...

. Serbian Orthodox monasteries began to be built in the area from the 15th century, including Kusić and Senđurađ built by ''despot''

Jovan Branković Jovan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Бранковић, ; c. 1465 – 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of Despot (court title), despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas I ...

, and in the 16th century including Bezdin and Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery where built by the Jakšić family. In the Ottoman period, some thirty Serbian Orthodox monasteries were built in the administrative unit Eyalet of Temeşvar, modern day territory of Romania. Ottoman pressure traditionally forced members of several South Slavic communities to seek refuge in

- although under Ottoman rule as well, the latter was always subject to less requirements than regions to south of the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

. The Serbian Uprising in Banat (1594) against the Ottomans in Eyalet Temeşvar, included territories that are part of modern Romania. There were reprisals, contemporary sources speaking of "the living envied the dead". After the crushing of the uprising in Banat, many Serbs migrated to Transylvania under the leadership of Bishop Teodor; the territory towards Ineu and

Teiuș Teiuș (, ; ) is a town in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 6,308 inhabitants as of 2021. The town, declared as such in 1994, administers four villages: Beldiu (''Marosbéld''), Căpud (''Magyarkapud''), Coșlariu Nou ('' ...

was settled, where Serbs had lived since earlier – the Serbs had their eparchies, opened schools, founded churches and printing houses. Serbs-proper probably constituted the vast majority of

mercenary A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather t ...

troops known as '' seimeni'', given that their nucleus is attested to have been formed by "Serb ''seimeni''" (as it was during their revolt in 1655), and that the rule of

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

Matei Basarab Matei Basarab (; 1588, Brâncoveni, Olt – 9 April 1654, Bucharest) was the voivode (prince) of Wallachia from 1632 to 1654. Reign Much of Matei's reign was spent fighting off incursions from Moldavia, which he successfully accomplished in 1 ...

had witnessed the arrival of a large group of Serb refugees. After defeating the Turks and ending Ottoman rule, the result was

Treaty of Karlowitz The Treaty of Karlowitz, concluding the Great Turkish War of 1683–1699, in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated by the Holy League at the Battle of Zenta, was signed in Karlowitz, in the Military Frontier of the Habsburg Monarchy (present-day ...

(1699), northern Pomorišje present Southern

Crișana Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...

ceded to the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm (), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities (composite monarchy) that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it is ...

, and, between 1702 and 1751, it was part of the Tisa-Mureș (Potisje-Pomorišje) section of the Habsburg

Military Frontier The Military Frontier (; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна крајина, Vojna krajina, sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна граница, Vojna granica, label=none; ; ) was a borderland of the Habsburg monarchy and later the Austrian and Austro-Hungari ...

. During this period, the Serb population in the region was still significant. In 1720, the population of Arad, the main city of the region, numbered 177 Romanian, 162 Serbian, and 35 Hungarian families. Other important cities in Pomorišje were Lipova, Pecica, Nădlac, Macău, and Seghedin. Roughly, the area between Seghedin and Arad was mainly populated by Serbs, while area in the east of Arad mainly by Romanians. Remainder of Pomorišje was passed from Ottomans to Austrians after

Treaty of Passarowitz The Treaty of Passarowitz, or Treaty of Požarevac, was the peace treaty signed in Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, , ), a town that was in the Ottoman Empire but is now in Serbia, on 21 July 1718 between the Ottoman Empire and its ad ...

in 1718. The

Great Migrations of the Serbs The Great Migrations of the Serbs (), also known as the Great Exoduses of the Serbs, were two migrations of Serbs from various territories under the rule of the Ottoman Empire to the Kingdom of Hungary under the Habsburg monarchy. The First ...

in 1690 and 1737–39 led to additional settlement of Serbs.

Modern

These groups are, however, hard to distinguish one from another in early Wallachian references, as the term "Serbs" is regularly applied to all Southern Slavs, no matter where they might have originated. This only changed in the 19th century, through a transition made clear by an official statistic of 1830, which reads "census of how many Serbs are resident here in the town of

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...

, all of them

Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...

" (Giurescu, p. 269). The Bărăgan deportations (1951–56) saw minorities (including Serbs) from the Banat region bordering Yugoslavia deported to south-eastern Romania due to the deteriorating Yugoslav–USSR relations and the perceived "elements who present a danger through their presence in the area" to the Romanian Communist regime.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, there was 18,076 people of the Serb minority, down from 22,561 people in 2002. The vast majority of the Serbs in Romania today live in about sixty localities in the west and south-west part of Romania, starting with the village of Turnu and the towns of Nădlac and Arad on the north-side of Mures river, all the way to the commune of Sviniţa located on the

along the border with Serbia. Serbs live primarily in the (counties of Arad, Timiş, Caraș -Severin and Mehedinti). The number of Serbs is constantly decreasing, it has effectively halved in the last eight decades: according to the statistics of the Serbian Diocese of Timisoara in 1924 there were 44,078, following the 2002 census – 22,561; according to the 2011 census, approximately 18 000 Serbs live in Romania, which represents less than 0.1% of the country's total population.https://savezsrba.ro/ro/sarbii-din-romania/ In

Caraș-Severin County Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...

, the Serbs constitute an absolute majority in the commune of Pojejena (52.09%) and a plurality in the commune of

Socol Socol (, , ) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Caraș-Severin County, Romania (in the ''Clisura Dunării'' area of Banat). It is composed of five villages: Baziaș (Базјаш, ''Báziás''), Câmpia (Луговет, ''Néramező''), Pârneaur ...

(49.54%). Serbs also constitute absolute majority in the municipality of

Svinița Svinița (, , ) is a commune in Mehedinți County, Romania, located on the Danube (in the area of the Banat known as Clisura Dunării – ''Banatska Klisura'' in Serbian). It is composed of a single village, Svinița. It is one of four localiti ...

(87.27%) in the

Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes (Dubova, Mehedinți, Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svi ...

. The region where these three municipalities are located is known as '' Clisura Dunării'' in

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

or ''Banatska Klisura'' (Банатска Клисура) in Serbian.

Localities

The following localities had a Serb population greater than 1% according to the 2011 census. Serbian placenames are included in brackets. *

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...

** Felnac (Фелнак/Felnak or Фенлак/Fenlak) — 5.52% ** Secusigiu (Секусић/Sekusić) — 2.77% *Caraș-Severin County **

(Соколовац/Sokolovac) — 50.38% ** Pojejena () — 45.76% ** Berzasca () — 20.82% ** Naidăș () — 15.27% ** Moldova Nouă () — 11.19% *Mehedinți County **

(Свињица/Svinjica) — 90.27% *

Timiș County Timiș () is a county (''județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...

** Beregsău Mic () — 50% ** Cenei () — 16.1% ** Peciu Nou () — 13.52% ** Sânpetru Mare () — 12.71% ** Variaș () — 9.61% ** Saravale () — 7.38% ** Giulvăz () — 6.44% **

Cenad Cenad (, during the Dark Ages ''Marosvár''; , archaically ''Maroschburg''; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cenad. The village serves as a customs point on the border with Hungary. Today's village ...

() — 6.39% ** Foeni (Фењ/Fenj) — 5.87% **

Topolovățu Mare Topolovățu Mare (; ; ) is a communes of Romania, commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Cralovăț, Ictar-Budinț, Iosifalău, Șuștra, Topolovățu Mare (commune seat), and Topolovățu Mic. Name History Until ...

() — 5.43% ** Giera () — 4.51% ** Recaș () — 4.27% ** Denta (Дента/Denta) — 4.25% ** Deta (Дета/Deta) — 3.96% ** Birda — 3.46% **

Sânnicolau Mare Sânnicolau Mare (; ; ; Banat Swabians, Banat Swabian: ''Sanniklos''; ; Banat Bulgarian dialect, Banat Bulgarian: ''Smikluš'') is a List of cities and towns in Romania, town in Timiș County, Romania, and the westernmost in the country. Located i ...

() — 2.98% ** Checea () — 2.82% ** Parța () — 2.02% ** Săcălaz (Секелаз/Sekelaz) — 1.98% ** Becicherecu Mic () — 1.78% **

Brestovăț Brestovăț (, until 1892 ''Bresztovác''; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County. It is composed of five villages: Brestovăț (commune seat), Coșarii, Hodoș, Lucareț and Teș. History Brestovăț first appears in written history as ''Breztolcz'' ...

(Брестовац/Brestovac) — 1.63% **

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

() — 1.52% ** Moravița (Моравица/Moravica) — 1.35% Image:South slavs romania.png, Communes with a Serbian majority in Romania (2002 census) Image:Sarbi Romania (2002).png, Distribution of Serbs in Romania (2002 census)

Culture and heritage

Three well-known Orthodox hierarchs came from the Branković family from Ineu: Sava I, of Lipova and Ienopole (at the beginning of the 17th century), Longin of Ienopole (1628 – after 1645) and Sava II, the metropolitan of

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș (river), Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a ...

(1656-1683). They assumed the role of leaders of the Serbian and Romanian Orthodox population and defended them against Catholics and Evangelicals, stoically enduring Catholic and Calvinist persecutions. Earlier, the despot

Đorđe Branković Đorđe Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Бранковић; anglicized as George; also known as Saint Maksim; 1461–1516) was the last male member of the Branković dynasty, and titular Despot of Serbia from 1486 to 1497. The title was grant ...

renounced his title and domains and, being ordained as a monk with the name Maksim, moved to Wallachia at the call of the ruler and became metropolitan. In Târgovişte he opens the first printing house in Romania, where the Serbian monk Makarije worked, later also Dimitrije Ljubavić. Metropolitans Sava II and Maksim were canonized by the Romanian and

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...

es. Saint Iosif/Josif of Partoș was metropolitan of Timisoara in 1643, respectively between 1648-1656. He was born in

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, later moving to the Banat Partoș Monastery. Shortly after his death he was proclaimed a saint. He was canonized by the Romanian and Serbian Orthodox Churches. His relics are found in the Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral. The Serbs has left a rich heritage, especially orthodox churches and monasteries in Banat and in southern

called Pomorišje historically. Most of the Serbs in Romania are Orthodox Christians; the vast majority belong to Serbian Orthodox Church Eparchy of

. *There are Serbian Orthodox Churches with several in

(''Темишвар/Temišvar''), with two in Arad (''Арад''),

Reșița Reșița (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had a population of 58,393 in 2021. It administers six villages: Câlnic (''Kölnök''), Cuptoare (''Kupt ...

(''Решица/Rešica''),

Lugoj Lugoj (; ; ; ; ; ) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș, Timiș River divides the city into two halves: the "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank, and the "German Lugoj" on the left bank. Th ...

(Лугош/Lugoš), Ineu (''Јенопоље/Jenopolje''), Buziaş (''Бузјаш/Buzjaš''),

(''Велики Семиклуш/Veliki Semikluš''), Pecica (''Печка/Pečka''), Nădlac (''Nađlak/Нађлак''), Ciacova (''Чаково/Čakovo''), Jimbolia (Жомбољ/Žombolj), Orşova (''Оршава/Oršava''), Moldova Nouă (''Нова Молдава or Бошњак/Nova Moldova or Bošnjak''), Deta (''Дета'') and

Oravița Oravița (; ; ; ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Oravica, separator=/, Оравица) is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 9,346 in 2021. Its theater is a fully functional scaled down version of the old Burgth ...

(''Оравица/Oravica''). *There are also village churches in

(''Нађчанад/Nađčanad''), Variaș (''Варјаш/Varjaš''), Felnac (''Фенлак/Fenlak''), Turnu (''Torno/Торња''), Moravița (''Моравица/Moravica''),

(''Брестовац/Brestovac''), Sânpetru Mare (''Велики Семпетар/Veliki Sempetar''), Peciu Nou (''Улбеч/Ulbeč''), Cenei (''Ченеј/Čenej''),

(''Свињица/Svinjica''), Secusigiu (''Секусић/Sekusić''),

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(''Стара Молдава/Stara Moldova''), Denta (''Дента''), Saravale (''Саравола/Saravola''), Foeni (''Фењ/Fenj''),

(''Сокол/Sokol''), Baziaș, (''Базјаш/Bazjaš''), Zlatița (''Златица/Zlatica''), Pojejena (''Пожежена/Požežena''), Belobreșca (''Белобрешка/Belobreška''), Divici (''Дивић/Divić''), Radimna (''Радимна/Radimna''), Șușac (''Шушка/Šuška'') and Berzasca (''Берзаска/Berzaska''), Dejan (''Дејан/Dejan'') and Sânmartinu Maghiar (''Мађарски Семартон/Mađarski Semarton). List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Romania: * Sveti Đurađ monastery (Манастир светог Ђорђа - Манастир свети Ђурађ / Manastir svetog Đorđa - Manastir sveti Đurađ). According to the legend, it was founded in 1485 by the Serbian despot,

. It was rebuilt in the 18th century. * Šemljug monastery (Манастир Шемљуг / Manastir Šemljug). It was founded in the 15th century. * Sveti Simeon monastery (Манастир светог Симеона / Manastir svetog Simeona). * Bazjaš Monastery (Манастир Базјаш / Manastir Bazjaš), built 1225 * Bezdin Monastery (Манастир Бездин / Manastir Bezdin). * Zlatica monastery (Манастир Златица / Manastir Zlatica). * Kusić monastery (Манастир Кусић / Manastir Kusić). *The "St. Peter and Paul" Serbian Church, raised in 1698-1702 in Arad, early Baroque architecture

Notable people

* Milica Despina of Wallachia (c. 1485 – d. 1554), Princess consort of Wallachia, regent of Wallachia from 1521 to 1522. *

Jovan Nenad Jovan Nenad ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Ненад; or ; c. 1492 – 26 July 1527), known as "the Black", was a Serb military commander in the service of the Kingdom of Hungary who took advantage of a Hungarian military defeat at Mohács and subseque ...

(?–1527), Hungarian general and self-proclaimed "emperor", born in Lipova (northern Banat). *

(1645–1711),

n count, born in Ineu. * Sava II Branković, Orthodox priest and Saint * Jovan Tekelija (1660s — 1721 or 1722), nobleman and military officer, born in Arad. * Osman Aga of Temesvar (1670-1725), Ottoman army officer, historian, and famous travel writer born in Ottoman Timișoara. * Stefan Tenecki (1720–1789), icon painter and Senator of Arad * Peter Tekelija (1720–1792), Russian general-in-chief, born in Arad. *

Dimitrie Eustatievici Dimitrie Eustatievici (1730 – 1796) was an Austrian philologist, scholar and pedagogue. He was in charge of all the schools professing the Eastern Orthodox religion, Eastern Orthodox faith in the Habsburg Empire. Biography Of Serbian origin but ...

(1730 - 1796), Imperial Austrian philologist, scholar and pedagogue, born in Grid. *

Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић, ; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Se ...

(1742–1811), Serbian writer and translator, born in Ciacova (Čakovo). * Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), doctor of law, born in Arad. * Konstantin Danil (1798-1873), Serbian painter, born in Lugoj. * Aleksa Janković (1806-1869), Prime Minister of Serbia, born in

. *

Danilo Stefanović Danilo Magnum Stefanović (8 May 1815 – December 2, 1886) was a Serbian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia. Biography Danilo Stevanović was born on 8 May 1815 in Timișoara. He was the son of Jovan Stevanović, a Poreč tim ...

(1815-1886), Prime Minister of Serbia, born in

. * Pavel Petrović (1818–1887), a globe-trotting artist who painted the nobility and other interesting historical figures of his day from Europe to China and from Hawaii via South and North America back to Europe again. *

Ion Ivanovici Ion Ivanovici ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Ивановић) (alternatively: Jovan Ivanović, Iosif Ivanovici, Josef Ivanovich) (1845 – ) was a Romanian military band conductor and composer of Banat Serbian origin, best remembered today for his ...

(1845–1902) Romanian military bandleader and composer. *

Alexandru Macedonski Alexandru Macedonski (; also rendered as Al. A. Macedonski, Macedonschi or Macedonsky; 14 March 1854 – 24 November 1920) was a Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism (arts ...

(1854–1920), Romanian poet, novelist, and literary critic, paternal Serb descent. * Stevan Aleksic (1876–1923), Serbian painter, born in Arad. * Jovan Hadži (1884-1972), zoologist, born in

. *

Ivan Tabaković Ivan Tabaković (10 December 1898, Arad – 27 June 1977, Belgrade) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Serbian painter. Biography Tabaković was born in Arad, then part of the Habsburg Empire, in 1898, a son of noted Serbian architect Milan T ...

(1898–1977), Yugoslav painter, born in Arad. * Emil Petrovici (1899–1968), Romanian linguist, born in Serbia. * Slavomir Gvozdenovici or Gvozdenović (b. 1953), writer and the founder of the Union of Serbs of Romania. *

Miodrag Belodedici Miodrag Belodedici (; ; born 20 May 1964) is a Romanian former professional association football, footballer who played as a sweeper (association football), sweeper. Nicknamed ''The Deer'' due to his elegant Tackle (football move), tackles, he ...

or Belodedić (b. 1964), Romanian footballer, born in

(Sokol). * Slavoliub Adnagi or Adnađ (b. 1965), the current Serbian member of the

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. * Andrei Ivanovitch (b. 1968) an international classical pianist and winner of a number of international competitions. * Lavinia Miloșovici (b. 1976), Romanian gymnast, born in

."Romanian Coach Keeps Up the Fight"
Jane Perlez, ''New York Times,'' July 13, 1995 * Srdjan Luchin (b. 1986) Romanian footballer * Iasmin Latovlevici (b. 1986) Romanian footballer * Deian Boldor (b. 1995) Romanian footballer

References

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* Ethnic groups in Romania