Alimpije Marjanovià(Donja à  atornja, 24 December 1874 – Belgrade, 15 March 1940) was a Serbian revolutionary and commander who fought in the struggle for Macedonia, the Balkan Wars and the Great War. His military reputation is equal to Vojin Popoviàand Vojislav Tankosiàas leading Chetniks in the Balkan Wars and World War I.
He was born in Donja à  atornja. After his primary education, the family moved to Belgrade where Marjanoviàfinished high school and entered the Military Academy. He rounded out his education in post-graduate studies in France's Saint Cyr Military Academy.
He spent 23 years in the army with 27 different services. He retired as a colonel.
In 1908, Major Marjanoviàserved as the head of the eastern Povardarie's mountain headquarters as commander of all the Serbian bands in the vicinity of Preà ¡evo, Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka and Kratovo. He led the Serbian detachments with voivodes Spasa Garda, à ½ivko GvozdiÃÂ, Ditko AleksiÃÂ, Vojislav TankosiÃÂ, Nikola LukiÃÂ-Skadarac and Denko ÃÂuma. Following the successful action, he was given a nickname "OvÃÂepoljski" after the region (OvÃÂe Polje) for reforming the Serbian Chetnik Organization of the Serbian Defense Force and linking Serbian armies and organizing villages of the Western and Eastern Povardarie across OvÃÂe Pole. His work was nullified by the Young Turk revolution on 23 July 1908.
In the First Balkan War of 1912, Marjanoviàserved as the head of the Chetnik Detachment Command in charge of Serbian border guards attached to the headquarters of the Supreme Command of the Regular Army and commander of the Chetnik Detachment in the district of Lisica. He was engaged in the mobilization, organization, and coordination of the chetas. In the Second Balkan War, he was the commander of a Serbian Army Brigade. He participated in the First World War, leading one of the most notable detachments -- Third Army detachments in MedveÃÂa, Kurà ¡umlija, Lukovo and Kolaà ¡in. He died on 15 March 1940 in Belgrade.