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Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...

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derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include:

Politicians and office holders

Dragan Čavić Dragan Čavić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Чавић; born 10 March 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the 5th President of Republika Srpska from 28 November 2002 until 9 November 2006, after having been Vice President from 2000 to 2002. ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Dragan Čović Dragan Čović (; born 20 August 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 4th Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2005 and from 2014 to 2018. He is the current president of the Croatian Democratic ...

, Croat politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Dragan Đilas Dragan Đilas ( sr-cyr, Драган Ђилас, , born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013. From 25 November 2012 until 31 May 2014, he served as the President of the D ...

, Serbian politician and businessman *

Dragan Đokanović Dragan Đokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђокановић; born 20 April 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician, member, founder and president of the Democratic Party of Federalists, physician, sportsman and one of the most popular men in ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Dragan Đorđević Dragan Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Драган Ђорђевић) (born 1970 in Niš) was the presidential candidate in the 2004 Serbian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004. As no can ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Jočić Dragan Jočić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Јочић, born 7 September 1960) is a Serbian lawyer and politician. He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia from 2004 until 2008 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica. He h ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Kojadinović Dragan Kojadinović (, born 29 November 1954) is a Serbian journalist and former Minister of Culture. Early life and education He graduated from the Department of Yugoslav Literature and Serbian Language at the University of Belgrade Faculty of ...

, Serbian journalist, politician and Minister of Culture *

Dragan Marković Dragan Marković ( sr-cyr, Драган Марковић; born 2 May 1960), commonly known as Palma ("palm tree"), is a Serbian businessman, politician and entrepreneur. He currently serves as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia and is a ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Maršićanin Dragan Maršićanin ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Маршићанин; born 26 January 1950) is a Serbian economist and politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland from 2004 to 2009. He served as the Minister of Economy in 2004, only t ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Mikerević Dragan Mikerević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Микеревић; born 12 February 1955) is a Bosnian Serb politician. He served as the 8th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 17 January 2003 until 17 February 2005. He announced his res ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Dragan Primorac Dragan Primorac (born June 7, 1965) is a Croatian physician, geneticist and forensic scientist. He is the first recipient of the title "Global Penn State University Ambassador". Currently, he serves as the Chair of the International Affairs Comm ...

, Croatian scientist and politician *

Dragan Šutanovac Dragan Šutanovac ( sr-cyrl, Драган Шутановац, ; born 24 July 1968) is a Serbian politician, former leader of the Democratic Party and former Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia. He supports the accession of Serbia to ...

, Serbian Minister of Defense *

Dragan Todorović (politician) Dragan Todorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Тодоровић; born 25 January 1953) is a Serbian politician who was the vice-president of the Serbian Radical Party. He was the Radical Party representative in the Parliaments of Federal Rep ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Tomić Dragan Tomić ( sr, Драган Томић; 9 December 1935 – 21 June 2022) was a Serbian politician, a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia, who was the President of the National Assembly of Serbia, holding the position from 1994 to 2001 ...

, Serbian politician, acting President of Serbia in 1997 *

Dragan Tsankov Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov ( bg, Драган Киряков Цанков) (9 November 1828 – 24 March 1911) was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country. He was born in Svishtov. Tsankov was initially a ...

, Bulgarian politician, twice Prime Minister *

Dragan Vulin Dragan Vulin (born 1 May 1986) is a Croatian politician and scientist. Early life and education Vulin was born in Osijek in 1986. He graduated from secondary school in 2005. He studied electrical engineering at thFaculty of Electrical Engineerin ...

, Croatian politician and scientist

Soldiers

Dragan Nikolić Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Драган Николић, ; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor. Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the ...

, Serbian military officer *

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, Serbian general *

Dragan Vasiljković Dragan Vasiljković ( sr-cyrl, Драган Васиљковић; born 12 December 1954), nicknamed Captain Dragan ( sr, Капетан Драган, Kapetan Dragan) is a convicted war criminal and the former commander of a Serb paramilitary unit ...

, Serbian paramilitary officer

Athletes

Dragan Antanasijević Dragan Antanasijević (; born 19 July 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Canadian Soccer League club BGHC 1. Honours ;BASK * Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига � ...

(born 1987), Serbian footballer *

Dragan Bender Dragan Bender (born 17 November 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB. He stands and plays the power forward and center positions. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the fourth ...

(born 1997), Croatian basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

Dragan Blatnjak Dragan Blatnjak (born 1 August 1981) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football manager and former player who last managed Zagora Unešić. Club career Previously he played for FC Khimki (until 2010) and Hajduk Split in the Croatian First League. Int ...

(born 1981), Bosnian footballer *

Dragan Bogavac Dragan Bogavac ( Cyrillic: Драган Богавац; born 7 April 1980) is a retired Montenegrin professional footballer who played as a striker and winger. Club career Bogavac started his career in the Serbia and Montenegro lower leagues w ...

, Montenegrin footballer *

Dragan Ćirić Dragan Ćirić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћирић; born 15 September 1974) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Partizan, Barcelona, AEK Athens, and Real Valladolid. Internationally, he pla ...

, Serbian footballer *

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Yugoslav former footballer from Serbia. Džajić is widely considered to be one of the best footballers to emerge from the former Yugoslavia, and one of the greatest lef ...

, retired Serbian footballer * Dragan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer * Dragan Dragutinović, Serbian footballer *

, Yugoslavian footballer *

Dragan Glogovac Dragan Glogovac (; born 27 October 1967) is a Bosnian Serb former Association football, footballer. Club career Born in Bileća, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, he started playing in the local club FK Hercegovac where he became member of the first te ...

, Bosnian Serb footballer *

Dragan Holcer Dragan Holcer (19 January 1945 – 23 September 2015) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a defender. Holcer was born in captivity in a Nazi prison camp to Slovenian father Franc Holcer and Austrian mother Ida Orelli of mixed Austrian-Italia ...

, Yugoslavian footballer *

Dragan Jović Dragan Jović (born 19 July 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers. Managerial career Early career In his early career, Jović managed Travnik and Posušje. He rep ...

, Bosnian football coach * Dragan Jovanović, Yugoslavian footballer *

Dragan Kanatlarovski Dragi Kanatlarovski - Capar ( mk, Драги Канатларовски - Цапар; born 8 November 1960) is a Macedonian football manager and former player. He represented the Yugoslav national team and the Macedonian national team. Nam ...

, Yugoslavian/Macedonian footballer and manager *

Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kićanović ( sr, Драган Кићановић; born 17 August 1953) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired professional basketball player. A 1.92m (6 ft 3 in) tall shooting guard, Kićanović played in the 1970s and 1980s, and is cons ...

, retired Serbian basketball player *

Dragan Kokotović Dragan Kokotović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Кокотовић) is a former Serbian football player who has become a football manager. Kokotović played most of his career in the Yugoslav First League with FK Rad, but finished after play ...

, Serbian footballer and manager *

Dragan Lukovski Dragan Lukovski (born March 21, 1975) is a retired Macedonian-born Serbian professional basketball player. He is tall, 85 kg and he was a point guard. Dragan and his father Janko Lukovski Janko Lukovski (born 7 April 1946) is a former Mac ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Dragan Milosavljević Dragan Milosavljević ( sr-cyr, Драган Милосављевић; born May 11, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Igokea, Igokea of the ABA League. He also represented the Serbia national basketball team, Serbian nationa ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Dragan Mladenović (footballer) Dragan Mladenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Младеновић; born 16 February 1976) is a retired Serbian professional footballer. Career Mladenović joined Rangers from Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade for £1.1m in August 2004. ...

(born 1976), Serbian footballer *

Dragan Mrđa Dragan Mrđa ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Мрђа; born 23 January 1984) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a forward. At international level he has represented Serbia. Club career Early career After spending many years of his youth playi ...

, Serbian footballer * Dragan Mustapić, Croatian discus thrower * Dragan Načevski, Macedonian footballer *

Dragan Okuka Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (; born 2 April 1954) is a Serbian football coach and former player. As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with Velež Mostar where he won the 1981 Yugoslav Cup before joining Swedish club Örebro SK, ...

, Serbian footballer and manager *

Dragan Pantelić Dragan Pantelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Пантелић; 9 December 1951 – 20 October 2021) was a Yugoslav professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He scored over 20 goals over the course of his career, mainly from pen ...

, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer *

Dragan Perić Dragan Perić ( sr, Драган Перић, born 8 May 1964) is a Serbian retired shot putter who occasionally competed in the discus throw. He holds the Serbian records in both events. He represented Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro in four co ...

, retired Serbian Olympic athlete *

Dragan Popović Dragan "Don" Popovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Дон Поповић; born 1 January 1941) is a retired professional soccer midfielder and coach in the United States. He played professionally in Yugoslavia, Canada and the North American Socc ...

, Yugoslavian footballer and coach * Dragan Punišić, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer *

Dragan Raca Dragan Raca ( sr-cyr, Драган Раца; born 3 March 1961) is a Cypriot–Serbian basketball coach and former player. He used to be the coach of the national basketball teams of Lebanon, Cyprus and North Macedonia national basketball team. He ...

, Serbian basketball coach *

Dragan Radojičić Dragan Radojičić (; born 3 June 1970) is a Montenegrin football manager and former player. Playing career Radojičić started out at his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić, making 31 appearances and scoring eight goals in the Yugoslav Second Leag ...

, Serbian/Montenegrin footballer and manager * Dragan Stančić, Serbian footballer *

Dragan Stojisavljević Dragan Stojisavljević (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Стојисављевић; born 6 January 1974) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Club ...

, Serbian footballer * Dragan Stojkov, Macedonian footballer *

Dragan Stojković Dragan Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Стојковић, ; born 3 March 1965), also known by the nickname Piksi (Пикси), is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Serbia national team. Wi ...

, retired Serbian footballer and current manager *

Dragan Talajić Dragan Talajić (born 25 August 1965) is a Croatian former footballer who is the technical director of the Bahrain Football Association. Club career Talajić had a spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Süper Lig during the 1994–95 seaso ...

, Croatian footballer and manager *

Dragan Tarlać Dragan Tarlać ( sr-cyr, Драган Тарлаћ, born May 9, 1973) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also holds Greek citizenship. Standing at , he played as a center. Professional career Europe After starting his senior ...

, retired Serbian basketball player *

Dragan Tešanović Dragan Tešanović ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Тешановић, born September 2, 1985) is a Serbian retired mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Tešanović mostly ...

(born 1985), Serbian mixed martial arts fighter *

Dragan Travica Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Olympiacos Piraeus, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the E ...

, Croatian naturalized Italian volleyball player. *

Dragan Umicevic Dragan Umičević ( sr-cyr, Драган Умичевић; born 9 October 1984 in Dubica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player of Serbian descent. He is currently playing for Södertälje SK in the HockeyAllsvenskan (All ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Dragan Žarković, Serbian footballer *

Dragan Zorić Dragan Zorić ( sr-cyr, Драган Зорић; born 20 May 1979, in Bačka Palanka) is a Serbian sprint canoer who has competed from the late 1990s to 2007. Until 2006, he competed for Serbia and Montenegro. Zorić won five ...

, Serbian sprint canoer

Artists and entertainers

Dragan Bjelogrlić Dragan Bjelogrlić "Bjela" ( sr, Драган Бјелогрлић, ; born 10 October 1963) is a Serbian actor, director and producer. Career Bjelogrlić made his acting debut as a 15-year old, playing Sava Jovanović Sirogojno in ''Boško Buha'' ...

, Serbian actor *

Dragan Espenschied Dragan Espenschied (born 1975) is an 8-bit musician and media artist who lives and works in New York City. He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital ...

, German musician and artist *

Dragan Kojić Keba Dragan Kojić (), better known as Keba (), is a Serbian singer. Debuted in 1976, he has a career spanning more than four decades and remains one of the most acclaimed Serbian folk singers. Kojić also appeared in the second season of the Serbi ...

, Gipsy/Serbian folk singer *

Dragan Marinković Dragan Marinković "Maca" (born 17 March 1968) is a Bosnian actor and TV personality. Widely known by his nickname Maca, though trained as an actor, Marinković is most notable for his outrageous personality showcased during his stints on reali ...

, Bosnian Serb actor and TV personality *

Dragan Mićanović Dragan Mićanović ( sr, Драган Мићановић; born 30 September 1970) is a Serbian actor. He had roles in the films ''Layer Cake'' (2004), ''The White Countess'' (2005) and ''RocknRolla'' (2008). Mićanović played his first role abr ...

, Serbian actor *

Dragan Malesevic Tapi Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holde ...

, Serbian painter and Freemason * Dragan Roganović, renowned Serbian-Australian music producer and DJ *

Dragan Todorović Dragan Todorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Тодоровић; born September 1958 in Kragujevac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a6h ujwriter and multimedia artist. Until 1995 he lived in Yugoslavia, where he worked as a journalist, editor, ...

, Yugoslavian writer, journalist, and artist

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