- Gabe Serbian
Gabe Serbian is an American drummer and guitarist, most famous for his work in The Locust, Cattle Decapitation, and Holy Molar. He is recognized as a very capable drummer, as showcased in recent Locust albums. He is also a member of Head Wound City, a hardcore/punk rock supergroup. Gabe Serbian has topped many famous drummers lists, as being one of the world's greatest living drummers.
- Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. Born in Smiljan, Croatia, he was an ethnic Serb subject of the Austrian Empire and later became an American citizen. Tesla is best known for his many revolutionary contributions to the discipline of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th century.
- Fatmir Sejdiu
Fatmir Sejdiu is the 2nd and current President of Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration since the 1999 Kosovo War. He was born in the small village of Pakaštica near Podujevo, in Kosovo, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Sejdiu was an influential parliamentarian in the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the party of former Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova. He was elected President by the Kosovo Assembly after Rugova died from lung cancer in early 2006.
- Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić is a former Bosnian Serb politician, poet and psychiatrist fugitive indicted for war crimes and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. There is currently an outstanding international arrest warrant against Karadžić following the Rule 61 of ICTY which concluded that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the accused has committed the crimes in question including genocide.
- Boris Tadić
Boris Tadić is the President of Serbia. A psychologist by profession, he is a member of the social democratic Democratic Party.
- Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia. He served as President of Serbia from 1989 to 1997 and then as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He also led Serbia's Socialist Party from its foundation in 1990. He is from the Vasojevići Montenegrin clan. He was one of the key figures in the Yugoslav wars during the 1990s and Kosovo War in 1999. He was indicted in May 1999, during the Kosovo War, …
- Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica (born November 24, 1954) is a Bosnian filmmaker born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then FPR Yugoslavia). With an impressive string of internationally acclaimed features, Kusturica is seen as one of the most creative directors in cinema during the 1980s and '90s. As well as being one of the few directors to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice (for "When Father Was Away on Business" and "Underground"), …
- Vojislav Koštunica
Dr. Vojislav Koštunica (pronounced, born March 24, 1944, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is the current Prime Minister of Serbia. He was also the last President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, succeeding Slobodan Milošević. A law graduate from the University of Belgrade with a Ph.D. at the Faculty of Law, he lost his job in 1974 after criticizing Tito's Communist government. In 1989, he became one of the founders of the Democratic Party.
- Monica Seles
I read two books (biographies) about Monica Seles . I suggest you to read Monica's official biography, Monica Seles : From Fear to Victory . Nancy Ann Richardson is the author of this book. Richardson wrote the book with the help of Monica, her friends and her family. The other book, Return of a Champion ; The Monica Seles Story , is from Joseph Layden . Here is my version of Monica's story.
- Ivana Bozilovic
Ivana Bozilovic is a Serbian model and actress born in Belgrade on the 28 September 1977. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Her credits includes roles in the films "100 Girls", "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" and "Wedding Crashers". She also co-hosted the reality television show "Hotlines" in 2003.
- Saint Sava
Saint Sava (son of the Serbian ruler and founder of the Serbian medieval state Stefan Nemanja and brother of Stefan Prvovenčani, first Serbian king), is the first Serb archbishop (1219-1233), the most important saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church and important cultural and political worker of that time.
- Miroljub Labus
Miroljub Labus is a Serbian economist and politician, professor of Belgrade University. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, serving under Vojislav Koštunica, but resigned on May 3, 2006, after EU suspended enlargement talks with Serbia, over Ratko Mladić. He also resigned from the position of President of G17 Plus.
- Svetislav Basara
Svetislav Basara (born December 21 1953 in Bajina Bašta, Yugoslavia, today Serbia) is a contemporary Serbian author. He is the author of more than twenty literary works, including novels, story collections, and essays. He has received numerous Serbian literary awards, and his novel "Fuss about Cyclists" (Fama o biciklistima) is considered by his countrymen to be one of the ten best novels of the last decade.
- Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac (born February 3 1968, in Prijepolje, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia)) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the United States' NBA. At 7'1" he played at center and was known for his deft passing skills.
- Ratko Mladić
Ratko Mladić (born March 12, 1942) was the Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republika Srpska (VRS) (the Bosnian Serb Army) during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia. Mladić was indicted on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague in connection with the 1992-1996 siege of Sarajevo and the massacre of around 8,300 Bosniak men and boys on July 11, 1995 at Srebrenica.
- Ana Ivanović
Ana Ivanović, born November 6, 1987 in Belgrade, is a Serbian women's professional tennis player. She is the fifth-ranked player in the world as of July 2007, and the second ranked Serbian player behind Jelena Janković. In June 2007, she reached her first Grand Slam final at the French Open, losing to Justine Henin; this was followed by a semi-final appearance at Wimbledon.
- Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković is a Serbian professional female tennis player. Janković entered the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 15 in late 2006 when she reached the semi-finals of the US Open. At the beginning of 2007, she broke into the top 10 in the WTA rankings, and entered the top 3 when she reached the semifinals of the French Open. She won the Mixed Doubles title at Wimbledon 2007 with partner Jamie Murray.
- Marija Šerifović
Marija Šerifović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Шерифовић, born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
- Stefan Nemanja
Stefan Nemanja of the medieval Serb state of Rascia (Рашка) from 1166 to 1199. He established control over the territories of neighboring Serb states, including Zeta/Doclea, and unified them into a single state. He founded the Nemanjić dynasty and became recognized as an Orthodox Christian Saint (Symeon) after numerous miracles following his death.
- Constantine I
Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February c. 280 - 22 May 337 AD), commonly known as Constantine I, (among Roman Catholics) and Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine (among Eastern Orthodox Christians), was a Roman Emperor, proclaimed Augustus by his troops in 306, who ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire until his death. Best known for being the first Christian Roman Emperor, …
- Tomislav Nikolić
Tomislav Nikolić (born on February 15, 1952) is the deputy leader of the Serbian Radical Party. He is temporarily serving as the leader of the SRS because Vojislav Šešelj, the current leader, is on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia from May 8-13, 2007 being the Speaker with the shortest mandate in the history of parliamentarism on the Balkans.
- Zdravko Tolimir
Zdravko Tolimir (born November 27, 1948, Glamoč, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) was a Bosnian Serb commander during the Bosnian War. Zdravko Tolimir was Assistant Commander of Intelligence and Security for the Bosnian Serb army and reported directly to the commander, General Ratko Mladić. According to the indictment, Tolimir was aware of the program aimed at expelling Bosniaks from Srebrenica and Zepa, and he willingly participated in the project.
- Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović is one of the most popular singers of Serbia, but is also well-known in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and nearby countries. He represented Serbia & Montenegro in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Lane moje", which finished second behind Ukrainian singer Ruslana. In 2005, he once again composed a song for the national pre-selection for Eurovision, but "Jutro" ("Morning") was performed by Jelena Tomašević.
- Mirko Cvetković
Mirko Cvetković is the current Minister of Finance in the Government of Serbia. He graduated from the Belgrade Faculty of Economics where he also received his MA and PhD. He worked at the Mining Institute for ten years and then at the Economics Institute for another six years, followed by seven years at the advisory and research firm CES MECON where he worked as a consultant.
- Aca Lukas
Aleksandar Vuksanović aka Aca Lukas is a popular Serbian turbo folk singer.
- Želimir Žilnik
- Dara Bubamara
Dara Bubamara is the stage name of a popular Serbian turbo-folk singer.
- Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andrić was a novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature from Yugoslavia. His novels "The Bridge on the Drina" and "Chronicles of Travnik / The Days of the Consuls" dealt with life in Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire.
- Zoran Đinđić
Zoran Đinđić, Ph.D. (often Zoran Djindjić, from Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ђинђић,) (1 August, 1952 – 12 March, 2003) was a Serbian prime minister, mayor of Belgrade, long-time opposition politician and a philosopher by profession.
- Vuk Drašković
Vuk Drašković (born November 29, 1946, Međa village near Žitište, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia), leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement is a Serbian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. He was born in Međa ("Међа"), a village near Žitište in the Serbian province of Vojvodina and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law in 1968. From 1969 to 1980 he worked as a journalist in the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug.
- Novak Đoković
Novak Đoković (Serbian Cyrillic: Новак Ђоковић,, commonly spelled Djokovic in English media; born May 22, 1987 in Belgrade) is a Serbian tennis player, currently ranked 3rd in the world on the ATP Tour. According to ATP he resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Milorad Ulemek
Milorad "Legija" Ulemek (born on March 15,1968 in Belgrade) is a former Serbian militant who served in numerous military groups, most notoriously, the Red Berets, a branch of Serbia's secret police.
- Seka Aleksić
Svetlana "Seka" Aleksić is a turbo folk singer popular in the ex-Yugoslavian countries.
- Predrag Bubalo
Predrag Bubalo became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations. He was a popular minister and got support from other parties to become minister of industry and privatization. He is the current Minister of Trade in the Government of Serbia. He was born in 1954 in Vladičin Han.
- Charles Simic
Charles Simic (born May 9, 1938) is a Serbian-American poet. Having emigrated in his youth from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Simic represents an interesting counterpoint to many North American contemporaries, so many of whom have evolved from the traditions of American 19th century writers such as Dickinson and Whitman, both of whom wrote about the details of the world surrounding them.
- Zvonko Bogdan
Zvonko Bogdan (born January 5, 1942 in Sombor) is an eminent performer of traditional folk songs from Vojvodina, Serbia. Apart from being famous as a singer, he is also a composer, painter and harness racer.
- Jelena Karleuša
Jelena Karleuša, also known as JK, is a Serbian pop/folk singer.
- Rasim Ljajić
Rasim Ljajić is the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Affairs of Serbia. He was the minister for nationalities and human rights of Serbia. He was born in 1964 in Novi Pazar. He is a medical graduate. In 1990 he was elected Secretary General of the Democratic Action Party of Sandžak. He became minister for nationalities and human rights in 2000. He is the President of the Sandžak Democratic Party, elected on the list of the Democratic Party in the parliament, …
- Jelena Tomašević
Jelena Tomašević was born in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), and is a famous Serbian pop singer.She ended in the first place on the Serbian pop song contest, Beovizija, in 2005.
- Alex Bogdanovic
Aleksa "Alex" Bogdanović (born May 22, 1984) is an British tennis player born in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. Alex moved to Britain when he was 7 and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.