Vasa (name)

Vasa is a masculine given name and nickname (short for Vasilije), as well as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Vasa Mihich (born 1933), American artist
• Vasa Mijić (born 1973), Serbian volleyball player
• Vasa Stajić (1878—1947), Serbian writer and philosopher
• Vasilije Vasa Čarapić (1768–1806), Serbian voivode (military commander)
• Vasilije Vasa Jovanović (1874–1970), Serbian lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement and a founding member of the League of Nations
• Vasilije Vasa Živković (1819–1891), Serbian poet and Orthodox priest
• Vasilije Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899), Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist and proponent of utopian socialism
• Vasilije Vaso Čubrilović (Vasilije Vasa Čubrilović; 1897–1990), Bosnian Serb scholar and politician
• Eero Vasa (born 1997), Finnish tennis player
• Robert F. Vasa (born 1951), American Roman Catholic prelate and former Bishop of Baker

See also

• Váša Příhoda (1900–1960), Czech violinist