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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 ...

masculine given name, derived from Slavic root '' drag'' ("dear, beloved"). Notable people with the name include: *

Dražen Besek Dražen Besek (born 10 March 1963) is a Croatian coach and former professional football midfield player, who is currently a general manager of Maghreb de Fès. As a player he was mainly remembered for his time with Croatian teams Varteks and Di ...

(born 1963), Croatian football player and manager * Dražen Biškup (born 1965), Croatian football player and manager *

Dražen Bolić Dražen Bolić (; born 12 September 1971) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career After playing for Obilić, Bolić was transferred to Partizan in 1994, spending the next four seasons with the ''Crno-beli''. He then ...

(born 1971), Serbian football player * Dražen Brnčić (born 1971), Croatian football player and manager *

Dražen Budiša Dražen Budiša (born 25 July 1948) is a Croatian politician who used to be a leading opposition figure in the 1990s and a two-time presidential candidate. As president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party through the 1990s he remains to date the ...

(born 1948), Croatian politician *

Dražen Dalipagić Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; born 27 November 1951) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian his ...

(born 1951), Serbian basketball player and manager of Bosnian-Herzegovinian origin *

Dražen Erdemović Dražen Erdemović (born 25 November 1971) was a soldier who fought during the Bosnian War for the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) and was later sentenced for his participation in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. Background Erdemović was born in Tuz ...

(born 1971), Bosnian soldier and war criminal of Serb and Croat descent * Dražen Gović (1981–2022), Croatian football player *

Mirko Dražen Grmek Mirko Dražen Grmek (9 January 1924 – 6 March 2000) was a Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist. He was one of the pioneers and founders of the history of medicine. His entire opus promotes the historical research of me ...

(1924–2000), Croatian and French historian of medicine *

Dražen Funtak Dražen Funtak (born 6 July 1975 in Osijek) is a Croatian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. st ...

(born 1975), Croatian sprint canoer *

Dražen Ladić Dražen Ladić (; born 1 January 1963) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player who is the current assistant manager of the Croatia national team. Playing career Club Ladić was born in Čakovec, but grew up in the nearby vil ...

(born 1963), Croatian football player and manager *

Dražen Lalić Dražen Lalić, DSc (born 15 June 1960, Makarska) is a Croatian educator and academic at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb and one of the better known sociologists in the country. Lalić graduated from the Faculty of ...

(born 1960), Croatian sociologist *

Dražen Marović Dražen Marović (born January 14, 1938 in Split) is a Croatian chess player who was active in former Yugoslavia, later a trainer, journalist, writer and broadcaster. Biography Despite learning the game at the relatively late age of sixteen, h ...

(born 1938), Croatian chess player *

Dražen Mužinić Dražen Mužinić (born 25 January 1953) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Mužinić spent most of his career in his native Yugoslavia. With Hajduk Split he won four league titles, five cups and he was ca ...

(born 1953), Croatian football player *

Dražen Petrović Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the Natio ...

(1964–1993), Yugoslav and Croatian basketball player *

Dražen Prćić Dražen Prćić ( Subotica, November 1, 1967) is Croatian novelist from area of Bačka, autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. He's the son of Croatian writer Milivoj Prćić. Until March 2020, he wrote fourteen novels and two historic book ...

(born 1967), Serbian Croat novelist *

Dražen Ričl Dražen Ričl (12 March 1962 – 1 October 1986) was a Bosnian rock musician and comedian, best known as the first lead vocalist of popular Sarajevo-based rock band Crvena jabuka. Biography Ričl was born in Sarajevo to Czech father Ferdinan ...

(1962–1986), Bosnian rock musician and comedian of Czech and Bosniak descent *

Dražen Žerić Dražen "Žera" Žerić (born 20 July 1964) is a Bosnian singer and one of the founders and lead vocalist of famous Bosnian band, Crvena Jabuka (Red Apple). Noted for his spiky hair and a distinctive voice, he remains one of the most recogniza ...

(born 1964), Bosnian singer of Bosniak descent

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