Boban ( sr-cyr, Бобан) is a Croatian family name and Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian masculine given name. Among Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians, Boban might be used as a nickname form of the name "
Slobodan
Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović w ...
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Bogdan
Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words '' Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: ...
". Most Croats named "Boban" are originally from village named Bobanova Draga in the municipality of
Grude
Grude () is a town and a municipality located in West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Geography
Grude is located 49 kilometers from Mostar, 19 kilometers from Imotski, and 1 ...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
. Boban is a masculine given name in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
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Ana Boban
Ana Boban (born 12 December 1947 in Split) is a former Croatian sports swimmer. She competed for the former Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in th ...
(born 1947), Croatian swimmer who competed for Yugoslavia at 1968 Olympics
* Blaženko Boban (born 1960), Croatian politician
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Bruno Boban
Bruno Boban (12 August 1992 – 24 March 2018) was a Croatian Association football, footballer who played professionally for NK Zagreb. He died while representing NK Marsonia, Marsonia, after collapsing in a game against NK Slavonija Požega, ...
(1992-2018), Croatian footballer
* Eugène Boban (1834-1908), French antiquarian who sold the first crystal skulls to museum collections in the late 19th century
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Ervin Boban
Ervin Boban (born 17 March 1965 in Split) is a former Croatian professional football player, who is currently a coach for feeder club Johor Darul Ta'zim II. He started his career in professional football and coaching in his home town club, RNK ...
(born 1965), Croatian footballer
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Gabrijel Boban
Gabrijel Boban (born 23 July 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bosnian Premier League club Posušje.
Career Early career
Born in Požega, Boban went through the youth ranks of the nearby Kamen Ingrad team f ...
(born 1989), Croatian footballer
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Gordana Boban
Gordana Boban (born 13 September 1967) is a Bosnian actress. She graduated in Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in class of professor Boro Stjepanović.
Currently, she is acting in Kamerni teatar 55, theater in Sarajevo.
Early life
Sin ...
(born 1967), actress from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Kunchacko Boban
Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer. Sometimes referred to as Chackochan, he works in the Malayalam film industry and has acted in more than 90 films in more than two decades. He is a member of the List ...
(born 1976), Indian film actor
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Ljubo Boban
Ljubo Boban (10 May 1933 – 9 October 1994) was a Croatian historian and academic.
He was born in Solin. At the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Philosophy, he graduated and later obtained a PhD degree in 1964 with a thesis on the 1939 Cvetkovi ...
(1933-1994), Croatian historian
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Mate Boban
Mate Boban (; 12 February 1940 – 7 July 1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician and one of the founders of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the 1st President of Herzeg-Bosnia from ...
(1940-1997), Bosnian-Herzegovian politician
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Rafael Boban
Rafael may refer to:
* Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin
* Rafael, California
* Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology
* Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane
Fiction
* Rafa ...
(1907-1945?), Croatian Ustaše officer
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Tonči Boban
Tonči Boban (born 30 November 1971) is a retired Croatian Association football, footballer.
Boban made a total of 15 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga during his career, having played mostly in Germany.
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(born 1971), Croatian footballer
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Zvonimir Boban
Zvonimir "Zvone" Boban (; born 8 October 1968) is a Croatian former footballer who currently works at UEFA as the Chief of Football. Boban played as a midfielder and was usually deployed as an attacking midfielder. He played most of his professi ...
(born 1968), Croatian footballer
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Boban Alummoodan
Boban Alummoodan is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films and Television serials. He is the son of the late Malayalam actor Alummoodan. He is best known for his role as ''Prakash Mathew'' in the 1999 movie Niram. Boban played a lead ro ...
, Indian actor
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Boban Apostolov
Boban Apostolov ( mk, Бобан Апостолов, born 1984) is a Macedonian Multi-Platinum composer, songwriter, arranger and record producer.
Biography
Boban Apostolov was born in 1984 in Yugoslavia. At the age of six, he began to play v ...
(born 1984), Macedonian musical artist
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Boban Babunski
Boban Babunski ( mk, Бобан Бабунски; born 5 May 1968) is a Macedonian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a coach.
Playing career
Babunski was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugosla ...
(born 1968), Yugoslav/Macedonian footballer
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Boban Bajković
Boban Bajković (; born 15 March 1985) is a Montenegro, Montenegrin former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Cetinje, Bajković made his first senior ...
(born 1985), Montenegrin footballer
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Boban Birmančević
Boban Birmančević ( sr-cyr, Бобан Бирманчевић; born 1969) is a politician in Serbia. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia on a mostly continuous basis since 2014 as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.
Early lif ...
(born 1969), Serbian politician
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Boban Bogosavljević
Boban Bogosavljevic (born 26 April 1988)was the Serbian Chess Champion. He obtained FIDE Master title in 2005. In 2008, FIDE awarded him with Chess Grandmaster title. He won the Serbian Chess Championship The Serbian Chess Championship is held ...
(born 1988), Serbian chess grandmaster
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Boban Božović
Boban Božović (born 24 November 1963) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia.
Club career
He was a member of the memorable Sarajevo squad that won the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League.
International career ...
(born 1963), Bosnian footballer
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Boban Cenić
Boban Cenić (; born November 13, 1981) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender.
Born in Leskovac, he played top level football in Serbia with Radnički Niš and Mladi Radnik.Boban Đerić (born 1993), Bosnian footballer
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Boban Dmitrović
Boban Dmitrović (; born 2 April 1972) is a Serbian Association football, football manager and former player.
Club career
Born in Konarevo, a village near Kraljevo, Dmitrović started out at local club Budućnost Konarevo, before joining FK Slog ...
(born 1972), Serbian footballer
* Boban Georgiev (born 1997), Macedonian footballer
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Boban Grnčarov
Boban Grncharov ( mk, Бобан Грнчаров; born 12 August 1982) is a Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), central defender.
Club career OFK Beograd ...
(born 1982), Macedonian footballer
* Boban Ilić (born 1963), Serbian sculptor
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Boban Jančevski
Boban Jančevski - Janker ( mk, Бобан Јанчевски - Јанкер) (born 30 April 1978, Vienna, Austria) is a Macedonian retired football striker who last played for FK Teteks in the Macedonian Second League.
Club career
Boban grew ...
(born 1978), Macedonian footballer
* Boban Janković (1963-2006), Serbian basketball player
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Boban Jović
Boban Jović (born 25 June 1991) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Jović started playing football at his local club Šampion, but moved to Aluminij in his teens. Even though he was playing in Slovenian ...
(born 1991), Slovenian footballer
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Boban Kajgo
Boban Kajgo (born March 10, 1989, in Mostar) is a Canadian soccer player of Serbian origin who plays for the OFK Balkan Mirijevo in the Serbian League Belgrade.
Career
Youth
Kajgo began his career with ASJ Jean Talon and attended 2003 into ...
(born 1989), Canadian soccer player of Serbian origin
* Boban Knežević (born 1959), Serbian writer
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Boban Lazić
Boban Lazić (born 29 January 1994) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a forward or right winger. He was eligible for national teams of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and had already played for Netherlands U-17.
However, in 2013 Lazić had ...
(born 1994), Bosnian footballer
* Boban Maksimović (born 1985), Swiss footballer of Serbian descent
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Boban Marjanović
Boban Marjanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бобан Марјановић; born August 15, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also plays for the Serbian national basket ...
(born 1988), Serbian basketball player
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Boban Marković
Boban Marković ( sr-cyr, Бобан Марковић) is a Serbian trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Vladičin Han. He is of Romani background.
Boban Marković Orchestra
The Boban Marković Orchestra is a Balkan brass band from Vla ...
(born 1964), Serbian trumpet player of Romani background
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Boban Mitev
Boban "Bobi" Mitev ( mk, Бобан "Боби" Митев; born 7 August 1972) is a Macedonian professional basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular ...
(born 1972), Macedonian basketball coach
* Boban Nikolić (born 1980), Serbian footballer
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Boban Nikolov
Boban Nikolov ( mk, Бобан Николов; born 28 July 1994) is a Macedonian association football, footballer who plays for Liga I club FCSB and North Macedonia national football team, North Macedonia as a Midfielder, central midfielder.
Cl ...
(born 1994), Macedonian footballer
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Boban Nikolovski
Boban Nikolovski (Macedonian Language, Macedonian: Бобан Николовски; born 1 August 1977) is a Macedonian retired Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
After starting to play in his hometown club ...
(born 1977), Macedonian footballer
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Boban Petrović
Boban Petrović ( sr-cyr, Бобан Петровић; 19 July 1957 – 27 September 2021), was a Serbian professional basketball player.
Playing career
A Forward (basketball position), forward, Petrović played 18 seasons in Yugoslavia, Franc ...
(1957-2021), Serbian basketball player
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Boban Rajović
Boban Rajović (, born 25 December 1971) is a Denmark, Danish-born Montenegro, Montenegrin singer popular in former Yugoslavia. Some of his big hit songs include "Usne boje vina" (''Wine-colored Lips'') and "Provokacija" (''Provocation''). He has ...
(born 1971), Montenegrin pop singer
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Boban Ranković
Boban Ranković (born 4 February 1979) is a Serbian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharu ...
(born 1979), Serbian rower
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Boban Samuel
Boban Samuel is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam films. Boban made his directional debut with ''Janapriyan'' (2011) and followed it up with ''Romans
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Anci ...
, Indian film director
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Boban Savović
Slobodan "Boban" Savović (born November 27, 1979) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player.
Early career
Raised in Serbia and Montenegro, Savović came to the United States in 1994 and played at East Side High School (Newark, New J ...
(born 1979), Montenegrin basketball player
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Boban Stajić
Boban Stajić (born October 6, 1993) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for KK Rabotnički, Rabotnički. He was also member of U-20 Macedonia national basketball team.
References
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Adriatic League ProfileEurob ...
(born 1993), Macedonian basketball player
* Boban Stojanović (born 1978), Serbian activist
* Boban Stojanović (born 1979), Serbian footballer
* Boban Tomić (born 1988), Slovenian basketball player
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Boban Vasov
Boban Vasov ( sr-Cyrl, Бобан Васов; born 9 January 1986 in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia, Dimitrovgrad) is a Serbs, Serbian Association football, football player who plays for Austrian club FC Großklein.
Club career
Serbia
In 2001, FK Radni ...
(born 1986), Serbian footballer
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Boban Zirintusa
Boban Zirintusa Bogere (born 2 February 1992) is a Ugandan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder for Mtibwa Sugar F.C., Mtibwa in Tanzania Premier League and for the Uganda nat ...