List of people from Belgrade

This is a list of famous or notable citizens of Belgrade (included in the list are natives as well as permanent and/or temporary residents).

Arts

Architecture

• DragiÅ¡a BraÅ¡ovan (1887–1965), modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia, born in VrÅ¡ac and lived in Belgrade
• Dragutin Djordjević (1866-1933), academic style architect and university professor, born in Loznica and lived in Belgrade
• Petar Bajalović (1876-1947), modernism architect, born in Å abac and lived in Belgrade
• Zoran Bojović (1936–2018), Serbian and Yugoslav architect and engineer

Literature and poetry

• Bruce Sterling, science fiction author, one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement
• Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet
• Srđan Ćuković (born 1952), poet and composer
• Gordana Ćulibrk (born 1952), writer
• MeÅ¡a Selimović, author
• Milorad Pavić, poet, prose writer, translator, and literary historian
• Nune Popović, Serbian author, activist

Painting

• Dragomir GliÅ¡ić (1872–1957), realism and impressionism painter and war photographer, born in Valjevo and lived in Belgrade
• Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915), fauvism painter, born in Čačak and lived in Belgrade
• UroÅ¡ Predić (1857–1953), realism painter, born in Orlovat and lived in Belgrade

Comics

• Aleksa Gajić (born in 1974), comics artist and film director, creator of Technotise and the main author of the animated feature film
• Enki Bilal, comic book creator, comics artist and film director

Sculpture

• Lilly OtaÅ¡ević, Canadian sculptor and designer

Multiple art disciplines

• Dositej Obradović (1739–1811; born as Dimitrije Obradović), Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia, born in Ciacova, Romania and lived in Belgrade
• Jovan Hristić (1933-2002), Serbian poet, playwright, essayist, literary and theater critic, translator

Entertainment

Fashion and modeling

• Bojana Sentaler, Canadian fashion designer
• Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish TV personality, model, and fashion designer
• Roksanda Ilinčić, London-based fashion designer

Film, theater, and television

• DuÅ¡an Makavejev, Yugoslavian film director, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s
• Emir Kusturica, filmmaker, double winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
• Jelena Adžić, Canadian media personality, CBC arts reporter
• Marina Abramović, performance artist
• Milan Radonjić, TV personality, comedian
• Mladen Kalpić, journalist, lecturer, filmmaker, and artist
• Nikola Đuričko (born 1974), Serbian actor

Internet

• Bogdan Ilić (born 1996; pseudonym Baka Prase), Serbian YouTuber, internet personality, rapper, gamer, actor and entertainer, born in Vranje and lived in Belgrade
• Kristina Đukić (2000–2021; pseudonym Kika), Serbian YouTuber and livestreamer

Music

• Ana Đurić (born 1978; stage name Konstrakta), singer, Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
• Ana Popović (born 1976), blues guitarist
• Ana Sokolović (born 1968), Canadian award winning music composer
• Bojana Stamenov (born 1986), singer, Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Bojan ZulfikarpaÅ¡ić (born 1968), jazz pianist and composer
• Dania Ben Sassi (born 1998), Libyan Amazigh singer, born in Belgrade
• David Bižić (born 1975), opera singer
• Dejan Miladinović (1948–2017), opera director (Serbia, US, Yugoslavia), professor of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
• Djordje Stijepovic, Serbian-American double bass player and composer
• DuÅ¡an Bogdanović (born 1955), guitarist and composer
• Goran Bregović (born 1950), Serbian and Yugoslav musician and singer-songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and lives in Belgrade
• Goran Simić (1953–2008), opera singer, bass
• Ivana Jenkins (born 1983; born Ivana Vujić, stage name Ivy Jenkins), Canadian bass player and designer
• Jelena KarleuÅ¡a (born 1978), singer, one of the biggest stars in Southeast Europe
• Jelena Mihailović (born 1987; stage name Jela Cello), cellist, born in Valjevo and lives in Belgrade
• Katarina Pejak, blues singer and pianist
• Maja Bogdanović (born 1982), cellist
• Marija Å erifović (born 1984), singer, Serbian representative and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, born in Kragujevac and lives in Belgrade
• Milenko Stefanović (1930–2022), classical and jazz clarinetist
• Predrag Gosta (born 1972), conductor and harpsichordist
• Sara Jovanović (born 1993; pseudonym Sara Jo), Serbian singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress, born in Rome, Italy and lives in Belgrade
• Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914), Serbian composer and music educator, led the Belgrade choir in the late 19th century
• Zdravko Čolić (born in 1951), Serbian and Yugoslav singer, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and lives in Belgrade

Sciences

• Archibald Reiss, scientist
• Igor Delijanić, meteorologist
• Milutin Milanković, mathematician
• Vesna Milosevic-Zdjelar, Canadian astrophysicist, science educator
• Živojin BumbaÅ¡irević (1920–2008), Serbian orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist, born in KruÅ¡evac and lived and died in Belgrade

Scholars

• Bogumil Hrabak (1927-2010), Serbian historian, university professor and pedagogue, born in Zrenjanin and lived and died in Belgrade
• Boris Begović (born 1956), economic scholar
• Đurađ BoÅ¡ković (1904-1990), Serbian art historian of Serbian medieval architecture
• Gordan Lazarević, Canadian musicologist, university department head
• Ivan Avakumović, History professor at the University of British Columbia and author
• Jelena Kovacevic, American engineering professor and university leader
• Paulina Lebl-Albala, feminist, translator, literary critic, literature theoretician, and professor
• Thomas Nagel, philosopher
• Slobodan Antonić (born 1959), political scientist, sociologist and university professor

Business

• Ana Kras, American furniture and fashion designer, photographer, artist
• Jelena Behrend, American jewelry designer
• Sacha Lakic, French automobile and furniture designer
• Veselin Jevrosimović, CEO of IT company ComTrade Group

Politics

• Aleksandar I Obrenović (1876–1903), King of Serbia, last ruler of the House of Obrenović
• Atilla the Hun, used the city as a military base for his further penetration into the Balkans, between 441 and 443 AD, a decade before his death in 453; he is presumably buried 70 km north of the city
• Danica Karađorđević (born 1986), Hereditary Princess of Serbia and Yugoslavia and graphic designer
• Filip Karađorđević (born 1982), Hereditary Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia, born in Fairfax, Virginia, United States and lives in Belgrade
• Jovian, Flavius Claudius Iovianus, Emperor of Rome, born in the city in 332 AD, restored Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire
• Jelisaveta Karađorđević (born 1936), Princess of Yugoslavia, political activist, and former presidential candidate for Serbia
• Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), Yugoslav president, founder of socialist Yugoslavia and co-founder of Non-Aligned Movement
• Jovanka Broz (1924–2013), first lady of Yugoslavia and wife of Josip Broz Tito, born in Pećane near Udbina and lived and died in Belgrade
• Laurent-Désiré Kabila, former president of the Congo
• Lisa Gavrić (1907-1974; born as Elisabeth Bechmann), Austrian communist, born in Vienna, Austria and lived in Belgrade
• Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, proclaimed Belgrade the capital city of the Principality of Serbia in 1841
• Novica Antić (born 1978), political activist and president of the Military Trade Union of Serbia
• Pavle Karađorđević, Prince of Yugoslavia
• Petar I Karađorđević, King of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia
• Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević, late president of Serbia and Yugoslavia
• Stefan Dragutin, first King of Serbia to rule the city, made Belgrade the capital of his Kingdom of Syrmia in 1284
• Stefan Lazarević, Despot of Serbia, made Belgrade the capital city of Serbian Despotate in 1404
• Zoran Đinđić (1952–2003), prime minister of Serbia and mayor of Belgrade
• Aleksandar Vučić (born 1970), president of Serbia

Clergy

• Atanasije Antonijević (1734-1804), Serbian archpriest of Bukovik, one of the leading people of the Serbian Revolution, born in Bukovik and lived in Belgrade

Criminals

• Isa Lero "Džamba", criminal

Military

• David Albala (1886–1942), military officer, physician, diplomat, and Jewish community leader, born in Belgrade
• Dragutin Gavrilović, colonel of the Serbian Army in World War I and the defender of Belgrade in 1915
• Mihailo Golubović (1889–1941), Serbian and Yugoslav soldier and a brigadier general of the Royal Yugoslav Army
• Milisav Čamdžija (1785–1815), warrior during the First Serbian Uprising, born in Veliki Borak in Belgrade
• Stepa Stepanović, field marshal (vojvoda) of Serbian Army
• Tasa Donić (1863-1939), Chetnik duke participant in the Serbian liberation wars of 1912–1918, born in OraÅ¡ac and lived and died in Belgrade

Sports

Basketball

• Bogdan Bogdanović, National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Atlanta Hawks
• Marko Jarić, NBA player

Football

• Edin Ajdinović (born 2001), football central midfielder, born in Belgrade

High Jumping

• Dragutin Topić, high jumper, gold medallist at the 1990 European Athletics Championships

Racewalking

• Shaul Ladany, Israeli world-record-holding Olympic racewalker, Bergen-Belsen survivor, Munich Massacre survivor, and Professor of Industrial Engineering

Rugby

• Radoslav Novaković, rugby player

Swimming

• Luka Stevanović, swimmer and IT expert

Tennis

• Ana Ivanovic, WTA tennis player; former World No. 1 in singles
• Daniel Nestor (Danijel Nestorović), Canadian Olympic Gold tennis player
• Janko Tipsarević, ATP tennis player
• Jelena Dokić, WTA tennis player
• Jelena Janković, WTA tennis player; former World No. 1 in singles
• Novak Đoković, ATP tennis player (World No.1)

Wrestling

• Zurabi Datunashvili (born 1991), Georgian-born Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler, born in Tbilisi, Georgia and lives in Belgrade

See also

• List of honorary citizens of Belgrade
• List of people from Novi Sad

References