Vuksan () is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from Slavic noun vuk, "wolf". It is a hypocoristic, possibly of the name Vukoslav. It is attested in the Middle Ages, and Serbian epic poetry. It is also used as a surname. The patronymic surname VuksanoviÃÂ is derived from the name. It may refer to:
Given name
- Vuksan BilanoviÃÂ, Serbian pop lyrics writer (Kraj i taÃÂka)
- Vuksan ( 1477), Rovca knez and epic character (Vuksan od Rovaca)
- Vuksan Gela (or Gelja), legendary founder of the northern Albanian Gruda tribe
- (1939âÂÂ1993) Yugoslav and Serbian film editor
Surname
- DuÃ
¡an Vuksan (1881âÂÂ1944), Yugoslav historian and educator
- (1905âÂÂ1941), participant in the Spanish Civil War and the National Liberation War and a national hero of Yugoslavia
- Radoje M. Vuksan (fl. 1898), Austro-Hungarian Serb educator and writer
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