List of Serbs

This is a list of prominent ethnic Serbs and people from Serbia.

Serbs

Rulers, Politicians and Knights

Historical

Unknown Archont (knez, also translated Prince, led the Serbs to the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius, 610 - 641. He died in 680)
Svevlad (ruled up to 660)
Selimir (ruled 679 - 680)
Vladin (ruled until 700)
Ratimir (ruled until 730)
Archont
Prosigoj (son of Radoslav, 822 - 836)

Medieval

House of Vlastimirović
Časlav Klonimirović
House of Vojislavljević
Constantine Bodin
Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanjić
Stefan Radoslav
Stefan Vladislav
Stefan Uroš I
Stefan Dragutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin
Stefan Uroš III Dečanski
Stefan Dušan (Emperor)
Stefan Uroš V
Vukan Nemanjić
Đorđe Nemanjić
Stefan Vladislav II of Syrmia
Simeon Uroš
House of Kotromanic
Pavle Orlović, Duke and knight, direct ancestor of Serbian royal house of Obrenović
Balša I (Zeta ruler and founder of the House of Balšić)
John Uroš
Vuk Branković (Lord)
Knez Lazar
Stefan Lazarević (1389-1427; survived the Battle of Angora against Timur and his Golden Horde)
Prince Marko
Đurađ Branković (1427-1456)
Lazar Branković (1456-1458)
Stefan Branković (1458-1459)
Emperor Jovan Nenad
Vlatko Vuković (Bosnian lord)
Miloš Obilić, the most famous knight and founder of Order of the Dragon
Despot Jovan Oliver, one of Emperor Dusan's military leaders
Constantine Dragaš
Constantine XI - The last Emperor of Byzantium (Constantinople)

Rulers of Montenegro

Petrović-Njegoš Dynasty

Prince-bishop Danilo I Šćepčev Petrović-Njegoš (1679 - 1737)
Prince-bishop Sava II Petrović-Njegoš (1737 - 1782)
Prince-bishop Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1744 - 1766)
Nephew of Vasilije III, Sava III (1774 - 1782)
Prince-bishop Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Saint Peter of Cetinje, Sveti Petar Cetinjski) (1782 - 1830)
Prince-bishop Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1830 - 1851)
Vladika Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš/Prince (Knjaz) Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš (1851 - 1852 as Vladika, 1852 - 1860 as Knjaz)
Prince/King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš (1860 - 1910 as Prince, 1910 - 1918 as King, 1918 - 1921 as King in exile)

Royals 19th Century

Karađorđević Dynasty

Karađorđe Petrović (or Supreme Commander Karađorđe or Đorđe Petrović)
Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia
HM King Petar I Karađorđević,
HM King Alexander I Karađorđević,
Princess Maria of Romania and Hohenzollern HM Queen Mother Maria,
HRH Tomislav Karađorđević
HM King Petar II Karađorđević,
Prince Pavle Karađorđević
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
HRH Princess Jelisaveta of Serbia and Yugoslavia
HRH Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia,

Politicians

Saints

Scholars & Academics

Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Dr. Andrija (Zoran) Vujisić (Linguist)
Charles Simic
George Vid Tomasevic
Milos Mladenovic (Professor Emiritus, History Department, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec)
V. Lalich (Professor, Slavistics, University of Montreal)
S. Bosnitch (Professor, University of New Brunswick)
Michael Boro Petrovich
Biljana Šljivić-Šimšić (Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago)

Economists

Scientists & Inventors

Serbian scientists

Miloš Vujić (Chemist)
Nikola Tesla (Physics)
Mileva Marić Einstein (Mathematician)
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Philologist)
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (Physics)
Miodrag Stojković (Genetic Scientist)
Milutin Milanković (Astronomy)
Josif Pančić
Jovan Cvijić (Ethnographer, Geographer and Geologist)
Pavle Savić (Physics)
Vladimir Ajdačić
Tatomir Anđelić
Sima Avramovic (Legal Scholar)
Anton Bilimović
Milan Budimir
Jovan Čokor
Ljiljana Crepajac
Stevan Dedijer
Aleksandar Despić
Vladimir Ćorović (Historian)
Veselin Čajkanović (Historian)
Milan Damnjanović (Physicist)
Dušanka Đokić
Petar Đurković
Mihailo Đurić
Nićifor Dučić
Bogdan Gavrilović
Spiridon Gopčević (Astronomer, born in Trieste to Serbian parents)
Radoslav Grujić
Slobodan Jovanović
Pavle Ivić
Milka Ivić
Jovan Karamata
Tamara Katić (Physicist)
Đuro Kurepa
Milan Kurepa
Laza Lazarević
Branko Lazarević
Marko Leko
Dr. Boško Lončarević (of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia)
Sima Lozanić
Branko Milanović
Dragoslav Mitrinović
Dimitrije Nesić
Atanasiјe Nikolić
Ogneslav Kostović Stepanović
Branislav Petronijević
Mihailo Petrović Alas
Dragoljub Pokrajac
Milorad B. Protić
Paul R. Radosavljevich (Professor of Experimental Pedagogy, 1912-1933)
Jovan Rašković
Dušan Ristanović
Nikolaj Saltikov
Uroš Jovanović
Bob Urosevich (Head of Diebold Election Systems and his brother Todd is Vice President, Customer Support, at Election System & Software, based in Omaha. Bob created Diebold's original electronic voting machine software)
Đorđe Stanojević
Jasmina Vujić (first female nuclear engineering department chair of a Top 10 US school)
Milan Vukcevich
Obrad Zelić
Jovan Žujović
Miodrag B. Pavlović (linguist)
Teodor Jankovic-Mirijevski (1741-1814) is best-known as the reformer of the education system in Rumania, Serbia and Russia.
Atanasije Stojković was the first Rector and Physics Professor of the newly-established university at Harkov, then in Russia, now part of Ukraine.
Gligorije Trlajić
Teodor Filipović
Milan Uskoković (Chemist)
Olivera Živković (Chemist)

Writers

Poets

Mika Antić
Matija Ban
Matija Bećković
Oskar Davičo
Jovan Dučić
Radovan Gajić
Vojislav Ilić
Đura Jakšić
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Petar Kočić
Laza Kostić
Dragan Lukić
Desanka Maksimović
Dušan Matić
Milan Milišić
Marko Miljanov
Lukijan Mušicki
Jovan Pačić (1771-1849; Hungarian and Serb poet)
Sima Pandurović
Miodrag Pavlović
Vladislav Petković Dis
Mirko Petrović Njegoš
Petar Petrović Njegoš
Veljko Petrović
Sandor Petofi (Hungarian poet of Serb father and Slovak mother)
Vasko Popa
Dušan Radović
Branko Radičević
Slobodan Rakitić
Milan Rakić
Charles Simic
Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja
Jovan Sundečić
Aleksa Šantić
Novica Tadić
Duško Trifunović
Mihaly Vitkovics (1778-1829; Hungarian and Serb poet)
Prvoslav Vujčić
Slobodan Vuksanović
Andrija Zmajević

Guslars

Filip Višnjić

Actors

Milla Jovovich
Karl Malden (Mladen Sekulović)
Velimir Bata Živojinović
Catharine Oxenberg (Serbian mother Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia)
Rade Šerbedžija
Miki Manojlović
Brad Dexter (Born Veljko "Boris" Soso in Nevada, also went by name of Boris Milanovich)
John Miljan (1892-1960; Hollywood actor, 1923-60)
Branka Katić
Branko Tomović
Mirjana Karanović
Anica Dobra
Mija Aleksić
Marija Karan
Slobodan Aligrudić
Mira Banjac
Zoran Bečić
Predrag Bjelac
Dragan Bjelogrlić
Dragomir Bojanić Gidra
Petar Božović
Vojislav Brajović
Vojin Ćetković
Zoran Cvijanović
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja
Lolita Davidović (Lolita Davidovich)
Bogdan Diklić
Nikola Đuričko
Branko Đurić (Serbian father)
Milena Dravić
Gojko Mitić
Predrag Ejdus
Nebojša Glogovac
Adrienne Janic
Sonja Kolačarić
Nikola Kojo
Danilo Lazović
Tasko Nacic
Dragan Nikolić
Marko Nikolić
Iván Petrovich (1894-1962; German actor of Serbian origin)
Zoran Radmilović
Lazar Ristovski
Ivan Rassimov (Italian movie star, born in Trieste to Serb parents. To confirm Serb origins, please see Velimir Đerasimović's biography, the father of both Ivan and Rada Đerasimović. Rassimov originates from Đerasimović )
Rada Rassimov (Italian movie actress, born in Trieste to Serb parents. Rada and Ivan are brother and sister)
Seka Sablić
Ljubiša Samardžić
Sonja Savić
Nataša Šolak
Danilo Bata Stojković
Boro Stjepanović
Mira Stupica
Ljuba Tadić
Srđan Žika Todorović
Vesna Trivalić
Predrag Miletić
Gala Videnović
Pavle Vujisić
Stevo Žigon
Sasha Alexander
Ben Mulroney
Lolita Davidovich

Filmmakers

Emir Kusturica (director/editor/producer/actor/writer)
Peter Bogdanovich (director) (Serbian father)
Boris Mitić (director)
Srđan Dragojević (director)
Goran Gajić (director)
Vane Ivanovich (formerly with the BBC in the U.K. and the National Film Board of Canada)
Dušan Kovačević
Bojan Maljević (producer)
Dušan Makavejev (director)
Gojko Mitić (director)
Goran Paskaljević (director)
Aleksandar Petrović (director)
Lazar Ristovski (actor/director)
Dragiša Stojadinović (founder of Serbian cinematography)
Paul Stojanovich (producer/director)
Steve Tesich (Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright)
Slavko Vorkapić (director/editor)
Nena Toth (Canadian filmmaker,Director of Photography/First woman Cinematographer in Serbia)
Slobodan Šijan (director)
Mihailo Ilić
Djordje Kadijević (Famous Serbian director renowned for his horror yet arty movies.)

Painters

Dimitrije Avramović
Stojan Aralica
Jovan Bijelić (1886-1964)
Janko Brašić
Natalija Cvetković (1882-1928)
Marko Čelebonović
Teodor Ilić Češljar
Miša Čolović
Konstantin Danil
Petar Dobrović
Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962; born in Trieste, of Serbian parents, originally from Montenegro)
Alexander Dzigurski
Pavel Đurković
Emerik Fejes
Dragomir Glisić (1872-1957)
Mališa Glisić (1855-1915)
Rada Greg
Nedeljko Gvozdenović
Bora Iljovski
Olja Ivanjicki
Katarina Ivanović
Kosta Hakman
Đura Jakšić
Mladen Josić
Paja Jovanović
Uroš Knežević
Stevan Knežević
Leon Kojen (1859-1934)
Milan Konjović
Teodor Kračun
Marko Krsmanović
Đorđe Krstić
Željko Kujundžić
Đorđe Andrejević Kun
Petar Lubarda
Milić od Mačve
Milovan Destil Marković / De Stil Marković
Moma Marković (1902-1977)
Sladjana Matejevic (1974)
Đorđe Mitrofanović
Kosta Miličević
Milan Miljanović (1876-1964)
Mihael Milunović
Marko Murat
Miroslav Nesić
Nikola Nešković
Novak Radonić
Milena Pavlović-Barili
Đorđe Petrović
Nadežda Petrović (1873-1973)
Vasa Pomorisac (Studied in Belgrade, Zagreb, Munich, London; the first to paint on glass)
Branko Popović (1882-1944)
John Popovic
Ljuba Popović
Mića Popović
Uroš Predić
Šejma Prodanović
Miodrag B. Protić
Djordje Prudnikov
Radomir Reljić
Sava Stojkov
Sava Šumanović
Leonid Šejka
Ivan Tabaković
Vladimir Veličković
Slobodan Vujović
Beta Vukanović
Dario Borojević (currently resides in Sweden)

Performance artists

Sculptors

John David Brcin (Serbian-American sculptor, 1899-1983; born in Austro-Hungary to Serb parents)
Vladimir Barac
Olga Jančić
Olga Jevrić
Đorđe Jovanović
Ferenc Kalmar
Francois Lorraine
Jose Majzner (Born in Belgrade in 1914, to Serb and Czech parents)
Peko Nikčević
Drinka Radovanović
Simeon Roksandić
Jovan Soldatović
Sreten Stojanović
Yevgeny Vuchetich
Matija Vuković
Kosta Bogdanović
Toma Rosandić
Radeta Stanković

Architects

Ivan Antić
Dragiša Brašovan
Aleksandar Deroko
Aleksandar Đorđević
Aleksandar Đokić
Svetozar Ivačković
Mihailo Janković
Zoran Manević
Milan Zloković
Jean Badovici (Rumanian-born, of Serbian parents)

Cartoonists

Photographers

Models

Musicians

Composers

Isidor Bajić
Stanislav Binički
Dejan Despić
Zoran Erić
Dragutin Gostuški
Stevan Hristić
Jovo Ivanišević
Petar Konjović
Petar Krstić
Luigi von Kunits (Born in Graz, Austria, of Serbian antecedents; also spelled Kunich)
Ljubica Marić
Josif Marinković
Miloje Milojević
Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac
Vasilije Mokranjac
Dragan Petrović
Miloš Raičković
Nikola Resanovic
Rudolph Réti
Kornelije Stanković
Petar Stojanović
Marko Tajčević
Vladimir Tošić
Jasna Veličković

Performers

Marina Arsenijević (pianist)
Momčilo Bajagić (singer)
Đorđe Balašević (pop singer)
Goran Bregović (Folk-Rock musician)
Zdravko Čolić (pop singer)
Arsen Dedić (Serbian father)
Uroš Dojčinović (guitarist)
Oscar Dronjak (Heavy metal guitarist) (Serbian father)
Denise Djokic (Canadian Cellist)
Philippe Djokic (Prof. of Violin at Dalhousie U.)
Bora Đorđević (rock singer)
Duško Gojković (jazz trumpetist and composer)
Miroslav Ilić (folk singer)
Željko Joksimović (pop singer)
Jovan Jovičić (classical guitarist)
Nele Karajlić (rock musician)
Aleksandra Kovač (pop singer) Winner of MTV music awards 2006
Kornelije Kovač (Rock keyboard player)
Zoran Lesandrić (rock'n'roll)
Alex Lifeson (Aleksandar Živojinović - guitarist of Rush)
Boban Marković (folk ensemble leader)
Stefan Milenković (Violin player)
Aleksandra Slađana Milošević (singer)
Dragana Mirković (folk singer)
Milan Mladenović (singer, guitar player, composer, poet)
Ana Nikolić (folk singer)
Boris Novković
Đorđe Novković
Dragan Petrović (jazz pianist Toronto)
Ana Popović (blues guitarist)
Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović (folk singer)
Laza Ristovski (Rock,Jazz keyboard player)
Dejan Sinadinović (pianist)
Milenko Stefanović, classical and jazz clarinettist
Marija Šerifović Winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Radomir Mihailović Točak (rock, jazz, blues guitarist)
Miroslav Tadić Classical Guitarist
Holly Valance (Serbian father)
Pete Vuckovic (rock singer) (Serbian father)
Larry Vukovich (Jazz pianist)
"Weird Al" Yankovic (singer) (Serbian father)
Bojan Zulfikarpašić (pianist)

Chess

Theologians

Philosophers

Military History (Serbian Revolution 1804-1815)

Hajduks/Freedom Fighters

Karađorđe Petrović (turkified version of Đorđe Petrović, meaning "Black" Đorđe)
Stevan Sinđelić (voivode of the First Serbian Uprising)
Stanoje Stamatović Glavaš
Hajduk Veljko Petrović
Stojan Janković
Janko Mitrović
Jovan Nenad

Balkan Wars and WWI

General Petar Bojović
Major Dragutin Gavrilović
General Živojin Mišić
Vojvoda Vuk (real name Vojin Popovic)
General Radomir Putnik
General Stepa Stepanović
General Pavle Jurišić Šturm
General Petar Pešić

WWII

Yugoslav Wars

Foreign Armies

Austria-Hungary

Baron Stephan von Jovanovich (1828-1885; Austrian General of Serb ethnicity)
Josef Philipp Vukassovich (Austrian Lieutenant-General, mortally wounded in the Napoleonic Wars)
Paul Davidovich
Peter Quasdanovich
Baron George Mamula (Austrian General and Governor of Dalmatia)

The following Grand Viziers were exclusively collected through the forced levy of Christian children (Devshirmeh) by the Janissaries who indoctrinated them in the faith of Islam and the service of the Ottoman Empire:

Dervish Mehmed Pasha the Bosniak, Grand Vizier, 1606-1611
Daltaban Mustafa Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1702-1703
Damat Rustem Pasha Opulovic, Grand Vizier, 1544-1553 and 1555-1561
Damat Ferid Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1919-1920
Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1596, 1597, and 1599-1601
Damat Melek Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1792-1794
Semiz Ali Pasha, 1561-1565
Hadim Ali Pasha, 1501-1503
Hersekli Ahmed Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1497-1498, 1505-1510, 1511, 1512-1514, and 1515-1516
Ishak Pasha Ishakovic, Grand Vizier, 1469-1472 and 1481-1482
Gazi Ekrem Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1628-1631
Kara Davut Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1622
Kara Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1683-1685
Sari Suleyman Pasha (1685-1687)
Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1580
Nevesinli Salih Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1645-1647
Omar Pasha (1806-1871), General, Mihailo Micha Latas, of Serbian origin, converted to Islam
Topal Recep Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1632
Lala Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier, 1604-1606
Osman-Pasha Skopljak, High Turkish Official, of Serbian origin, who corresponded with Petar II Petrović Njegos on numerous issues
Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, 1565-1579
Sinan Pasha (Ottoman admiral)

Moldavia

Starina Novak, also known as Baba Novak
Deli Marko
George Slankamenac

United States

Alex N. Dragnich (Office of Strategic Services, OSS)
Nick Lalich (OSS)
Tyrus Cobb (Reagan national security staffer; Army colonel)
Louis Cukela (Marine Corps major)
George S. Musulin (1914-1987; U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence/CIA; Chief of 'Halyard' Mission; rescued 500 American and Allied airmen from Nazi-occupied Serbia with the help of freedom fighter General Dragoljub Mihailovich and his loyal Chetniks, in 1944)
Mitchell Paige (Marine Corps colonel)
Butch Verich (Navy commander)
Mele "Mel" Vojvodich (Air Force)
Milo Radulovich (Air Force)
Joe Veselinovich (OSS)
George Vujnovich (OSS)
Lance Sijan (Air Force captain)
Nicholas Stepanovich (U.S. lawyer and military leader, appointed to the U.S. ambassadorial staff to the U.N. by President Eisenhower)

Russian Empire

In the service of Peter the Great:

Sava Lukich Vladislavich Raguzinsky (1664-1738, Diplomatist)

In the service of Imperial Russia, circa 18th Century:

Georgije Bogdanov, Major General
Ivan Božić-Srbin, Brigadier General
Stefan Vitković, Brigadier General
Maksim Zorić, Lieutenant General
Simeon Zorić Count and Major General
Teodor Janković, Brigadier General
Konstantin Janković, Brigadier General
Konstantin Nikolajević Juzbasa Brigadier General
Konstantin Lalos, Major general
Mihail Andrejević Miloradović, General, 1771-1821
Petar Miloradović, Major General
David Neranšić, Major General
Simeon Piščević, Major General
Rodion Stefanović Plemenac, Brigadier General
Baron Georgije Petrović Podgoričanin, Major General
Ivan Petrović Podgoričanin, Lieutenant General
Aleksej Preradović, Brigadier General
Georgije Preradović, Brigadier General
Ivan Rodionović Preradović, Major General
Rajko Rodion Preradović, Lieutenant General
Mihajlo Ivana Stojanov, Major General
Antonije Stratimirović, Brigadier General
Petar Tekelija, General-in-Chief, achieved the highest rank among the Serbs who served in the Imperial Russian Army
Georgije Ivanović Horvat, Brigadier General
Ivan Dimitrijević Horvat, Major General
Ivan Sanojlović Horvat, Lieutenant General
Josif Horvat, Lieutenant General
Nikolaj Corba Major General
Fedor Arsenijev Corba, Lieutenant General
Fedor Černojević, Major General
Georgije Šević, Lieutenant General
Ivan Đorđević Šević, Lieutenant General
Ivan Sterić, Lieutenant General
Serdar Vukotić, General, 1757-61

In the service of Tsar Alexander I in the Patriotic War of 1812:

Nikolaj Ivanovich DePreradovich (1767-1843),
Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1771-1825)
Georgi Emmanuel
Count Ilya Ducca or Ilya Duka (1768-1836)
Ivan Shevich

In the service of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia during the Russo-Turkish War (1828-1829):

Jovan Riznić (1793-1861)

In the service of Tsar Nicholas II during the Russian Revolution of 1917:

Post-WWI Military Leaders

Entrepreneurs

Richard Kovacevich of Wells Fargo, one of the highest paid excutives in the U.S.A., according to Forbes magazine.
Bogoljub Karić, currently under investigation for fraud, embezzlement, he disappeared in 2006 and is believed to be hiding in Russia.
Milan Mandarić current owner and chairman of FC Koper, former owner of the Portsmouth F.C. and the current owner of Leicester City F.C.
Miroslav Mišković President of Delta Holding
Milan Panić President and Chief Executive Officer, MP Global Enterprises & Associates, USA
Dejan Ristanović, founder and owner of Sezam Pro and PC PRESS
Sava Tekelija
Philip Zepter (owner of Zepter formerly known as Milan Janković)
Milan Puskar (Owner and Originator of Mylan Laboratories)

The Infamously famous

Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis - leader of Black Hand organization
Gavrilo Princip - Serb national activist, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Puniša Račić - parliament assassin of Stjepan Radić and Đuro Basariček
Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga - outlaw
Zvezdan Jovanović - Zoran Đinđić assassin; ex member of special unit of Serbian police; outlaw
Milorad Ulemek Legija - ex leader of special unit of Serbian police; outlaw
Slobodan Milošević former president of Yugoslavia
Ratko Mladić
Radovan Karadžić
Vojislav Šešelj
Mijailo Mijailović

The People in Sports

Sasha Lakovic (NHL/AHL)
Mickey Lolich (Baseball)
Milan Lučić (ice hockey WHL)
Mike Mamula (NFL)
Doc Medich (baseball)
Ivan Miljković (volleyball)
Nevena Stefanov (volleyball)
John Miljus (baseball)
Bob O'Billovich (CFL)
Momir Petkovic (1976 Olympics, gold medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling in Montreal)
Milt Popovich (NFL)
Nik Puača (cycling)
Dan Radakovich (sports administration)
Jeff Samardzija (NCAA American football)
Aleksandar Šapić (waterpolo)
Dragan Škrbić (handball)
Branislav Simic (1964 Olympics, gold medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling in Tokyo)
Alex Stepanovich (NFL)
Ivan Stević (cycling)
Pete Suder (baseball)
Stojan Trickovic (Washington Diplomats Football)
Peter Vuckovich (baseball) (AL Cy Young winner: 1982)
Goran Vujević (volleyball)
Mick Vukota (NHL)
Peter Zezel (NHL)
Novak Djokovic (Tennis)
Ana Ivanovic (Tennis)
Jelena Jankovic (Tennis)
Milorad Cavic (Swimming)
Predrag Stojakovic (NBA)
Vlade Divac (NBA)
Predrag Drobnjak (NBA)
Pete Maravich (NBA)
Press Maravich (College Basketball Coach)
Darko Milicic (NBA)
Nikola Pekovic (NBA)
Nenad Krstic (NBA)
Marko Jaric (NBA)
Veselin Petrović (1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics/Cycling)

Others

Dušan Popov (A man onto whom James Bond was created)
Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich (First US born Serbian Orthodox priest: San Francisco 1863)
Ben Mulroney (Serbian mother)
Bill Dorich
George Fisher (Djordje Ribar), American adventurer, linguist, and politician (Serbian parents)
Adolf Hempt, founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad
Mila Mulroney (nee Mila Pivnicki: Wife of former Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney.)
Filip Višnjić (self-taught gusle player and poet)
Hieromonk Makarije (printed the first book in Serbian)
Zoran Jovičić (president of the Serbian business and humanitarian society, Privrednik), which was founded in 1897 and president of Serbian World Congress - Srpski svetski kongres dijaspore )
William Jovanovich (President and CEO of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers)
Niko Bellic (protagonist and playable character in Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto IV video game)

Serbian language speakers, learners, etc.

Friedrich Engels
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
J. R. R. Tolkien
Leo Tolstoy
Peter Handke
Pierre de Ronsard
Charles Nodier
Prosper Merimee
Lamartine
Sir Walter Scott (Corresponded with Vuk Karadžić)
Sir John Bowring
Jacob Grimm (Corresponded with Vuk Karadžić)
Watson Kirkconnell (Corresponded with Pavle Popovich of Belgrade University)
Oliver Elton (Translator of Modern Serbian Poetry)
Franz von Suppe
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Benjamin von Kallay (An Austro-Hungarian statesman who lived from 1839 to 1903)
Pipo of Ozora
Armin Vambery

Famous Sportsmen/women

Basketball

Famous Footballers (since 1990)

Tennis

Jelena Dokić
Novak Đoković
Nenad Zimonjić
Ana Ivanović
Jelena Janković
Daniel Nestor (original name Nesterović)
Monica Seles (Serbia born - Hungarian)
Janko Tipsarević
Alex Bogdanovic

Benjamin von Kallay