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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 ...

. The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are known by the demonym "Bosnians", which includes people belonging to the three main constituent groups (

Bosniaks The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, ...

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

and

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their ...

Arts

Fine arts

Adi Granov Adi Granov (;) is a Bosnian-American comic book artist and conceptual designer. He is best known for his painted work with Marvel Comics, for whom most of his comics work is produced, in particular his work on Iron Man. He is especially known for ...

– comic book artist * Braco Dimitrijević – conceptual artist *

Endi E. Poskovic Endi Poskovic (born as Elvedin Pošković on January 29, 1969) is a Bosnian-born American visual artist, printmaker and educator. His graphic work merges visual representation with text, often shifting the reading of the imagery through continuo ...

– printmaker and artist * Gabrijel Jurkić – painter * Safet Zec – painter and graphic designer * Šejla Kamerić – video art and installation *

Helena Klakocar Helena Klakočar (born 1958) is a Croatian artist alternative cartoonist known for her autobiographical, social, and political observations. Life and work Helena Klakočar was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, into an ethnic Croat family ...

– cartoonist * Maya Kulenovic – painter (Canada) *

Mersad Berber Mersad Berber (1 January 1940 – 7 October 2012) was a Bosnian painter. Early life Berber was born in Bosanski Petrovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana where he graduated with a BA and MA. In 1978, ...

– painter * Nesim Tahirović – painter * Irfan Brkovic – visual artist * Lazar Drljača – painter * Slobodan Pejić – painter and sculptor *

Todor Švrakić Todor Švrakić (1882–1931) was a Bosnian painter. He was one of the early 20th century pioneers of Bosnian painting within the European style and is considered one of the Western Balkans' most notable watercolor artists.Zuko Džumhur – cartoonist * Adela Jušić – visual artist * Florijan Mićković – sculptor

Architecture

* Selma Harrington – architect and designer * Vesna Bugarski – Bosnia-Herzegovina's first female architect * Ivan Štraus – architect, academician *

Zlatko Ugljen Zlatko Ugljen (born 13 September 1929) is a Bosnian architect. He was born in Mostar in 1929. His work includes economic buildings, private housing, memorials, religious buildings, and cultural institutions. A significant part of his oeuvre co ...

– architect * Hasan Cemalovic – architect * Ivan Ceresnjes – architect *

Selman Selmanagić Selman Selmanagić (25 April 1905 – 7 May 1986) was a Bosnian-German architect and long-time professor at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin who worked extensively for the government of East Germany. Biography Selmanagić was born in Srebr ...

- architect

Composition

* Franciscus Bossinensis – composer *

Dino Zonić Edin Dino Zonić is a Bosnian composer and conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album), an album by indie rock band The Co ...

– composer and conductor * Nihad Hrustanbegovic – composier, concert artist, accordionist and pianist * Elvidin Krilić – musician, accordion player and composer * Miroslav Čangalović – Bosnian opera and concert singer * Lotfi Bouchnak – Tunisian singer, ud player, composer and public figure * Flory Jagoda – composer and singer *

Merima Ključo Merima Ključo (born 26 December 1973) is a Bosnian concert accordionist and composer. In 1993 she moved to the Netherlands as a refugee of the Bosnian War. Currently she is a Bosnian-Dutch citizen. After receiving a Genius visa in 2011 she becam ...

– concert accordionist

Theatre and performing arts

* Adnan Hasković – actor * Aleksandra Romanić – pianist *

Branko Đurić Branko Đurić ( sh-Cyrl, Бранко Ђурић; born 28 May 1962), also known by his nickname Đuro ( Cyrillic: Ђуро), is a Bosnian actor, comedian, film director and musician, who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Born and raised ...

– actor, director, original member of the cult comedy Top Lista Nadrealista line-up *

Davor Dujmović Davor Dujmović (20 September 1969 – 31 May 1999) was a Yugoslavian actor best known for his memorable roles in Emir Kusturica's movies as Mirza in ''When Father Was Away on Business'', Perhan in ''Time of the Gypsies'' and Bata in ''Undergroun ...

– actor * Enis Bešlagić – actor * Haris Pašović – director * Josip Pejaković – actor *

Midhat Ajanović Midhat "Ajan" Ajanović (born 20 October 1959) is a Bosnian-Swedish film theorist, animator and novelist. He is a lecturer on animation and in 2009 defended his doctorate thesis on animation, the second one on the subject in Sweden. Since 1983 he ...

– film theorist, animator and novelist * Mustafa Nadarević – actor * Oskar Danon – composer and conductor * Vedran Smailović, – cellist * Vladimir Valjarević – pianist *

Zijah Sokolović Zijah Sokolović (born 22 December 1950) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director. He is the director of ''Theaterland'' in Salzburg, professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, artistic director of ''Dežela gledališča'' theatr ...

– actor, director * Zoran Bečić – actor and director * Arijana Marić Gigliani – opera singer * Zlatko Topčić – playwright

Literature

* Ivo Andrić – writer,

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make ...

* Meša Selimović – writer * Branko Ćopić – writer * Aleksa Šantić – poet * Aleksandar Hemon – writer * Abdulah Sidran – writer * Petar Kočić – writer * Isak Samokovlija – writer * Mak Dizdar – poet * Miljenko Jergović – writer * Semezdin Mehmedinovic – writer * Jovan Dučić – poet * Zaim Topčić – writer * Zlatko Topčić – writer *

Prokopije Čokorilo Prokopije Čokorilo (born ''Procopius Tchokorilo''; 1802–1866) was a Serbian Orthodox priest from Bosnia and Herzegovina who wrote several works in Serbian, Russian and Greek, his most well-known work being ''The Chronicles of Herzegovina''. Ea ...

– traveler, writer and historian * Nićifor Dučić – writer * Staka Skenderova – writer

Science and technology

Mahmut Bajraktarević Mahmut Bajraktarević (22 December 1909 in Sarajevo – 13 April 1985 in Bugojno) was a Bosnian mathematician and academician.. He graduated from the University of Belgrade in 1933 and received his doctorate from the Sorbonne in 1953 with the ...

– mathematician *

Rifat Hadžiselimović Academician Rifat Hadžiselimović is a Bosnian geneticist. He was born in Šiprage, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 January 1944. In 2013, with over 45 years of service, he was appointed Emeritus. He acts as scientific adviser in Institute for G ...

– genetist *

Asaf Duraković Asaf Duraković (16 May 1940 – 16 December 2020) was a Croatian medical doctor. He is also known for his poetry and verses. Duraković was born in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina and educated at the University of Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia where ...

– physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium * Asim Kurjak – physician, gynecologist * Asim Peco – linguist and professor of Philology at the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac- ...

* Vladimir Prelog – chemist, Nobel Laureate * Irfan Škiljan – creator of freeware image viewer IrfanView

Popular culture

Film, radio and television

* Aida Begić – film director * Ademir Kenović – film director and producer François Chalais Prize * Adnan Hasković – actor * Bekim Fehmiu – actor *

Danis Tanović Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie '' No Man's Land'' which won him many awards, including an Academy Award fo ...

–

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment in ...

Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

Berlin Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films ...

-winning director and screenwriter * Haris Pašović – theatre and film director *

Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...

– film director, two time

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

winner * Hajrudin Krvavac – film director *

Harun Mehmedinović Harun Mehmedinović is a Bosnian American director, screenwriter, photographer, cinematographer, and author. He is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and American Film Institute. He is the co-creator of the viral time ...

– filmmaker, photographer, author * Ivana Miličević – actress, notable appearances in

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld ( ...

, Felicity, among others *

Jasmila Žbanić Jasmila Žbanić (; born 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for having written and directed '' Quo Vadis, Aida?'' (2020), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Languag ...

– film director,

nominee, BAFTA nominee, 2006 Golden Bear winner * Jasmin Dizdar – film director * Karl Malden – actor, Oscar winner, and the former president of the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion ...

. His family originates from

Bileća Bileća ( sr-cyrl, Билећа) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 7,476 inhabitants, while the municipality has 10,807 inhabitants. History ...

. *

Nenad Dizdarević Nenad Dizdarević (born 21 May 1955) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and teacher of cinema from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His most notable film, '' Magarece godine'' (1994), was the Bosnian submission to the Academy Awards ...

– film director * Pjer Žalica – film director * Srđan Vuletić – filmmaker * Tarik Filipović – actor *

Vehid Gunić Vehid Gunić ( Kozarac, 9 February 1941 – Sarajevo, 29 April 2017) was a Bosnian journalist. He worked for many years as a journalist, presenter and editor for Radio Television Sarajevo, later Radio Television Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has so ...

– TV presenter * Zaim Topčić – editor of the Sarajevo radio station * Zlatko Topčić – screenwriter

Music

* Adi Lukovac – musician, music producer, founder of band Adi Lukovac & Ornamenti * Alen Islamović – musician, one-time frontman of Divlje Jagode i

Bijelo Dugme Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Yugoslav rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic ...

* Aljoša Buha – member of the original line-up of

Crvena Jabuka Crvena jabuka () is a pop rock band formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1985. Since then they had great success and are still very popular. They were a part of the New primitives movement that started during the 80s. Biography The ...

, killed in a car accident * Alma Čardžić – pop singer * Amila Glamočak – pop singer, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest * Beba Selimović –

sevdalinka Sevdalinka (), also known as Sevdah music, is a traditional genre of folk music originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevdalinka is an integral part of the Bosniak culture, but is also spread across the ex-Yugoslavia ...

singer *

Boris Novković Boris Novković (born 25 December 1967) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. He has been active since the 1980s. Biography Novković was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. His interest in a musical career was cultivated ...

– singer and songwriter *

Brano Likić Brano Likić (born 23 January 1954, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a composer, producer, and performer. He founded the band ''Rezonansa''. Likić's studio, BLAP, was where most of the music from Sarajevo in the 1980s and 19 ...

– composer and founder of Rezonansa * Dado Džihan – composer, producer, one-time member of

Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Current ...

and Top lista nadrealista *

Davor Badrov Davor Badrov (born 21 September 1992) is a Bosnian singer whose musical career started in 2007, when he was 15 years old. Biography Early life Davor Badrov was born 21 September 1992 in the small town of Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during th ...

– singer * Davorin Popović – singer and frontman of Indexi *

Deen Deen may refer to: People * Deen (singer), singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina * Deen Castronovo, American musician * James Deen, American pornographic actor * Paula Deen, American chef and TV personality Other uses * Dīn (also ''Deen''), an Arab ...

– former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest * Dejan Matić – folk singer * Damir Imamović – sevdalinka singer *

Dina Bajraktarević Hajrudina Bajraktarević Nikolić (born 19 March 1953), known professionally as Dina Bajraktarević, is a Bosnian former singer and the younger sister of Silvana Armenulić and Mirjana Bajraktarević. Both of her sisters died in a car crash in 1 ...

– sevdalinka and folk singer *

Dino Merlin Edin Dervišhalidović (; born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin (), is a Bosnian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he was the founder and leader of Merlin, which eventually became one of ...

– pop singer, songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest * DJ Krmak – singer *

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 Ferdina ...

a.k.a. Zijo – original frontman for

* Dražen Žerić a.k.a. Žera – original member of

and its current frontman * Duško Kuliš – folk singer * Edo Maajka – rapper, leader of rap group Disciplinska komisija * Elvir Laković Laka, rock music singer, songwriter *

Esad Plavi Esad Muharemović (; born 22 February 1965), known by his stage name Esad Plavi (, "Esad the Blond / Blond Esad") is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. Esad's best known songs are "Šeherezada", popular with young females, and "Babo". Esad is the twin b ...

– pop-folk singer * Goran Bregović – musician and composer, founder of

* Hakala – folk singer * Halid Bešlić – folk singer * Hanka Paldum – sevdalinka singer * Haris Džinović – folk singer *

Hajrudin Varešanović Hajrudin is a Bosnian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hajrudin Ćatić (born 1975), Bosnian footballer * Hajrudin Đurbuzović (born 1956), Bosnian football manager and former player * Hajrudin Krvavac Hajrudin "� ...

– a.k.a.

Hari Mata Hari Hari Mata Hari is a Bosnian pop band. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hari Varešanović. The group originated from the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has performed over 1,000 concerts and sol ...

pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest finishing third * Himzo Polovina – sevdalinka singer * Igor Vukojević – singer * Indira Radić – folk singer *

Jadranka Stojaković Jadranka Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Јадранка Стојаковић, 24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te ...

– pop singer *

Jasmin Muharemović Jasmin Muharemović (; born 22 February 1965) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. In 1983 he moved in Požarevac in order to meet Novica Urošević, the folk hit-maker, and start a professional folk singer career. Muharemović's first album sold 250, ...

– pop-folk singer *

Jura Stublić Jurislav "Jura" Stublić (born 19 December 1953) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. References 1950s births Singers from Sarajevo Living people Croatian rock musicians 20th-century Croatian male singers Bosnia and Herzegovina rock sin ...

– rock singer * Kemal Malovčić – popular Bosnian etno-psyhodelic singer *

Kemal Monteno Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. Early life Monteno's father Osvaldo was an Italian from Monfalcone. During World ...

– singer, musician, and songwriter * Kornelije Kovač – composer, musician, member of the original line-up of Indexi, founder of Korni grupa * Lepa Brena – pop-folk singer *

Marinko Rokvić Marinko Rokvić ( sr-cyr, Маринко Роквић; 27 January 1954 – 6 November 2021) was a Serbian folk singer. Early life Marinko Rokvić was born on January 27, 1954 in Bosanski Petrovac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia (moder ...

– folk singer * Mate Bulić – pop-folk singer * Maya Berović – pop star * Meho Puzić – sevdalinka-folk singer * Mile Kitić – turbofolk singer * Miloš Bojanić – pop-folk singer * Mirsada Bajraktarević – singer * Mitar Mirić – singer * Mladen Vojičić Tifa – singer * Nada Mamula – sevdalinka singer * Nada Topčagić – singer *

Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for the German adaption of the reality television show '' Popstars'' and became a member of the girl group No ...

– singer * Nedeljko Bajić Baja – singer * Nenad Janković – musician, original frontman of

, original member of the Top lista nadrealista line-up *

Nikša Bratoš Nikša Bratoš (born 17 August 1959 in Travnik, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian musician. He is known for having played in bands Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on songs for a variety of Croatian pop artists. ...

– composer, producer, one-time member of Rezonansa and Valentino, member of

* Nino Rešić – singer * Osman Hadžić – folk singer * Safet Isović – sevdalinka singer * Sanja Maletić – pop-folk singer * Saša Lošić – singer, composer and founder of the Plavi orkestar band * Saša Matić – folk singer *

Sead Lipovača Sead "Zele" Lipovača (; born 31 August 1955) is a Bosnian guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and founder of the popular former Yugoslav and Bosnian heavy metal band Divlje jagode. Prior to the forming of Divlje Jagode in 1977 he had ...

– original member of Divlje Jagode * Sejo Sexon, – founder of

and current frontman of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up *

Seka Aleksić Svetlana Piljikić (; ; born 23 April 1981), better known as Seka Aleksić, is a Bosnian-born Serbian singer. Born in Zvornik and raised near Šabac, she rose to prominence in 2002 with her debut album ''Idealno tvoja''. Aleskić has collective ...

– pop-folk singer * Selma Bajrami – folk singer * Šemsa Suljaković, folk singer * Šerif Konjević – folk singer * Silvana Armenulić, folk and sevdalinka singer * Tifa – singer and musician * Tomo Miličević – guitarist for

Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, p ...

* Vesna Pisarović – pop singer *

Vladimir Savčić Čobi Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

– singer * Zaim Imamović – sevdalinka singer *

Zdravko Čolić Zdravko Čolić (, ; born 30 May 1951) is a Bosnian Serb singer and is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Dubbed the "Tom Jones of the Balkans", he has garnered fame in Southeastern Euro ...

– pop singer * Željko Bebek – musician and singer *

Željko Samardžić Željko Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Жељко Самарџић; born 3 October 1955) is a Folk music, folk singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, popular throughout the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, former Yugoslav ...

– pop-rock singer

Politicians and historical figures

Medieval

*14th century Vojvoda Bogut – First known ancestor of the

House of Petrović-Njegoš A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

, royal Family of Montenegro, ruler of Jablan Grad, near present-day Ugljevik,

*14th century Đurađ Bogutović – the son of Vojvoda Bogut and the 14th century nobleman, grandfather of Herak Heraković, the founding father of the Petrović-Njegoš and Heraković-Popović families of the Njeguši tribe *1154–1163 Ban Borić *

Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić (ca. 1350–1416) was a medieval Bosnian nobleman and magnate, Grand Duke of Bosnia, Knyaz of Donji Kraji, and Duke of Split. He was the most prominent member of the Hrvatinić noble family, and one of the major feudal ...

– Bosnian Duke, founder of the town of

Jajce Jajce (Јајце) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 7,172 inhabitants, wit ...

*1172–1204 Ban Kulin *1204–1232 Stjepan Kulinić *1232–1253 Matej Ninoslav *1254–1287 Prijezda I *1287–1290 Prijezda II *1267–1313

Stjepan I Kotromanić Stephen I Kotromanić ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Стефан I, Stjepan I) (1242–1314) was a Bosnian Ban from 1287 to 1290 jointly with Ban Prijezda II and 1290–1314 alone as a vassal of the Kingdom of Hungary. He is the eponymous fo ...

*1314–1353

Stjepan II Kotromanić Stephen II ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Стефан II, Stjepan II) was the Bosnian Ban from 1314, but in reality from 1322 to 1353 together with his brother, Vladislav Kotromanić in 1326–1353. He was the son of Bosnian Ban Stephen I Kot ...

*1353–1366 & 1367–zaljke 1391 Tvrtko I of Bosnia *1366–1367 Stjepan Vuk *1391–1395

Stephen Dabiša of Bosnia Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

*1398–1404 & 1409–1418 Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia *1404–1409 & 1421–1433 & 1435–1442 Tvrtko II of Bosnia *1433–1435

Radivoj Ostojić Radivoj of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Radivoj Ostojić, Радивој Остојић; died in late May or early June 1463) was anti-king of Bosnia from 1432 until 1435, when he lost all control over the kingdom but did not relinquish the ...

*1443–1461 Stephen Thomas *1461–1463 Stephen Tomašević *

Elizabeth of Bosnia Elizabeth of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Elizabeta Kotromanić, Елизабета Котроманић; hu, Kotromanics Erzsébet; pl, Elżbieta Bośniaczka; – January 1387) was queen consort of Hungary and Croatia, as well ...

* Dorothea of Bulgaria * Dorothy Garai * Jelena Gruba *

Jelena Nelipčić Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. It is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helen, which is of uncertain origin. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka, and Alena. Not ...

* Katarina Kosača * Kujava * Mary of Serbia *

Vitača Vitača ( sr-cyr, Витача) was Queen consort of Bosnia as the first wife of King Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia. Vitača married Ostoja, the illegitimate son of King Tvrtko I of Bosnia, before his accession to the throne of Bosnia. Ostoja was a mem ...

* Sandalj Hranić, Sandalj Hranić Kosača, 1370–1435, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača. * Stjepan Vukčić Kosača a.k.a. Duke of

Saint Sava Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbs, Serbian prince and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monk, the first ...

, Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Vojvoda of Hum (Herzegovina) – father of Bosnian Queen, Katarina Kosača Kotromanić * Vlatko Vuković, Vlatko Vuković Kosača, died 1392, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača

Ottoman rule 1463–1878

* Gazi Husrev-beg – military strategist and the greatest donor and builder of

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajev ...

* Husein Gradaščević a.k.a. Husein-kapetan, The Dragon of Bosnia – 19th century Bosnian nobleman and autonomy fighter * Isa-Beg Isaković – general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of

and

Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabi ...

Ivan Franjo Jukić Ivan Franjo Jukić (8 July 1818 – 20 May 1857) was a Bosnian writer and Franciscan friar from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose life and cultural and political legacy have left an indelible mark on the cultural history of the country, where he is re ...

* Ferhad Pasha Sokolović – founder and designer of Banja Luka old town *

Mehmed Paša Sokolović Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ( ota, صوقوللى محمد پاشا, Ṣoḳollu Meḥmed Pașa, tr, Sokollu Mehmet Paşa; ; ; 1506 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman statesman most notable for being the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in ...

a.k.a. Sokollu Mehmet Paşa – Grand Vizier to Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II * Damad Ibrahim Pasha – Grand Vizier * Tiryaki Hasan Pasha a.k.a. Hasan-Paša Tiro – Bosnian national hero * Osman Pazvantoğlu, Bosnian Ottoman soldier, a governor of the Vidin district after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule.

Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878–1918

* Gavrilo Princip – member of

black hand Black Hand or The Black Hand may refer to: Extortionists and underground groups * Black Hand (anarchism) (''La Mano Negra''), a presumed secret, anarchist organization based in the Andalusian region of Spain during the early 1880s * Black Hand ...

, Serb, and assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, This

assassination Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have a ...

triggered World War I.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918–1941

David Elazar David "Dado" Elazar ( he, דוד אלעזר; 27 August 1925 – 15 April 1976) was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the aftermath of the Yom Kipp ...

– Chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Forces * Džemaludin Čaušević –

Reis-ul-ulema The Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is the head of regional muftis, Islamic jurisconsults, of a state. The office originated in the early modern era in the Ottoman empire and has been later adopted in a num ...

* Mehmed Spaho – leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organisation

World War II

* Peter Tomich – World War II hero * Rodoljub Čolaković – World War II war hero,

People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...

Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...
1943–1991

Presidents of the Socialist Republic of
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 ...
1943–1990

*Kecmanović, Vojislav Đedo – (25 November 1943 – November 1946) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (November 1946 – September 1948) *Šegrt, Vlado – (September 1948 – March 1953) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (December 1953 – June 1963) *Dugonjić, Rato – (June 1963 – 1967) * Bijedić, Džemal – (1967–1971) * Pozderac, Hamdija – (1971 – May 1974) *Dugonjić, Rato – (May 1974 – April 1978) * Dizdarević, Raif – (April 1978 – April 1982) * Mikulić, Branko – (April 1982 – 26 April 1984) * Renovica, Milanko – (26 April 1984 – 26 April 1985.) *Mesihović, Munir – (26 April 1985 – April 1987) *Andrić, Mato – (April 1988 – April 1989) *Filipović, Nikola – (April 1988 – April 1989) * Piljak, Obrad – (April 1989 – December 1990)

Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1945–1990

* Čolaković, Rodoljub – (27 April 1945 – September 1948) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (September 1948 – December 1953) * Humo, Avdo – (December 1953 – 1956) * Karabegović, Osman – (1956–1963) * Brkić, Hasan – (1963–1965) * Kolak, Rudi – (1965–1967) * Mikulić, Branko – (1967–1969) *Kosovac, Dragutin – (1969 – April 1974) * Renovica, Milanko – (April 1974 – 28 April 1982) *Maglajlija, Seid – (28 April 1982 – 28 April 1984) *Ubiparip, Gojko – (28 April 1984 – April 1986) *Lovrenović, Josip – (April 1986 – April 1988)

Bosnian presidents since 1990

Alija Izetbegović Alija Izetbegović (; ; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, lawyer, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovin ...

– (December 1990 – October 1996) (collective presidency chairman) *Alija Izetbegović (October 1996 – October 1998) (collective presidency chairman) *

Živko Radišić Živko Radišić ( sr-Cyrl, Живко Радишић, ; 15 August 1937 – 5 September 2021) was a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 2nd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1998 to 2002. Previously, from 1977 u ...

– (October 1998 – June 1999) *

Ante Jelavić Ante Jelavić (born 21 August 1963) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2000. He was elected to the post of chairman as a candidate of the Croatian Democratic Union. ...

– (June 1999 – February 2000) *Alija Izetbegović – (February 2000 – October 2000) *Živko Radišić – (October 2000 – June 2001) *

Jozo Križanović Jozo Križanović (28 July 1944 – 2 December 2009) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 3rd Croat member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 until 2002. He was later on a member of the House of Representati ...

– (June 2001 – February 2002) *

Beriz Belkić Beriz Belkić (born 8 September 1946) is a Bosnian former politician who served as the 3rd Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002. He also served as Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton from 1998 to 2001. Belk ...

– (February 2002 – October 2002) * Mirko Šarović – (October 2002 – April 2003) *

Borislav Paravac Borislav Paravac ( sr-Cyrl, Борислав Паравац; born 18 February 1943) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 4th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003 to 2006. Previously, he was a member of bot ...

– (April 2003 – June 2003) * Dragan Čović – (June 2003 – February 2004) *

Sulejman Tihić Sulejman Tihić (26 November 1951 – 25 September 2014) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 4th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. He was a member and later president of the Party of Democrati ...

– (February 2004 – October 2004) *Borislav Paravac – (October 2004 – June 2005) * Ivo Miro Jović – (June 2005 – October 2006) *

Nebojša Radmanović Nebojša Radmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Радмановић, ; born 1 October 1949) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 5th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2014. He is currently a member o ...

– (part of collective presidency) *

Željko Komšić Željko Komšić (; born 20 January 1964) is a Bosnian politician and diplomat who is the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is also its current chairman, since 2021. Previously, he was a member of the ...

– (part of collective presidency)(collective presidency chairman) * Haris Silajdžić – (part of collective presidency)

Other political figures since 1943

Adnan Terzić Adnan Terzić (born 5 April 1960) is a Bosnian politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2007. He was a longtime member of the Party of Democratic Action, until he left it to join the U ...

– politician, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Boris Tadić Boris Tadić ( sr-cyr, Борис Тадић, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psycholog ...

– President of the Republic of Serbia * Cvijetin Mijatović a.k.a. Majo – politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia * Irfan Ljubijankić – surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat * Jovan Divjak – general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 war, poet * Mladen Ivanić – politician and diplomat *

Nikola Špirić Nikola Špirić (, ; born 4 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the 7th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 11 January 2007 until 12 January 2012. He was also the Minister of Finance and Treasur ...

– politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Stjepan Šiber Stjepan Šiber (20 August 1938, Gradačac – 25 August 2016, Sarajevo) was a wartime general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After finishing high school in Gradačac, he went to Ljubljana, where he finished schooling at t ...

– Deputy Commander of the B&H Army during the 1992–1995 conflict * Vladimir Dedijer – a Partisan fighter, politician, and historian *

Zlatko Lagumdžija Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 26 December 1955) is a Bosnian former politician who served as the 4th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002 and ...

– politician and diplomat *

Zoran Đinđić Zoran Đinđić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Ђинђић, ; 1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in 2003. He was the mayor of Belgrade in 1997. Đinđi� ...

– prime minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mayor of Belgrade, and the philosopher

Sportspeople

Team sports

;Basketball * Adnan Hodžić – basketball player *

Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of S ...

– "Father of Yugoslav Basketball" * Anđa Jelavić – basketball player * Bogdan Tanjević – basketball coach *

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– former basketball player * Damir Omerhodžić-Markota – NBA basketball player with the

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* Damir Mršić - former basketball player * Damir Mulaomerović – retired basketball player * Dejan Bodiroga – Voted first on the list by the fans worldwide for the Euroleague Basketball 2001–2010 All-Decade Team. His family originates from the village of Bodiroge near

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the r ...

* Dragana Stanković – basketball player * Dražen Dalipagić – basketball player, former Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist and FIBA Hall of Famer * Džanan Musa - basketball player * Emir Mutapčić – assistant coach of FC Bayern Munich and current coach of the German national team * Edin Bavčić – former NBA basketball player with the

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Ea ...

* Elmedin Kikanović – basketball player * Jasmin Repeša – basketball coach *

Jelica Komnenović Jelica Komnenović (born 20 April 1960) is a former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known a ...

– former basketball player * Jusuf Nurkić - basketball player *

Mile Ilić Mile Ilić ( sr, Миле Илић; born 2 June 1984) is a Serbian podcaster and former professional basketball player. Known in Serbia as Jao Mile (word play referencing Yao Ming and the Serbian expression for ouch, ''jao''), the 2.15-metre-ta ...

– former basketball player * Mirza Delibašić – basketball player, former Bosna and Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist and FIBA Hall of Famer * Bojan Bogdanović, basketball player (born in Mostar), former Real Madrid player * Mirza Teletović – NBA basketball player the

Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. T ...

Nedžad Sinanović Nedžad Sinanović (born 29 January 1983) is a Bosnian former basketball player. Professional career In 2003, Sinanović was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers as the 54th overall selection of the 2003 NBA draft The 2003 NBA draft was hel ...

– basketball player *

Nenad Marković Nenad Marković (born June 6, 1968) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player and current head coach for JDA Dijon of French LNB Pro A. Playing career Born in Doboj to a Bosnian Serb father and a Bosnian Croat mother, Marković started ...

– basketball coach and former basketball player *

Nihad Đedović Nihad Đedović (born January 12, 1990) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally. Professional career Đedović started his c ...

– basketball player with Bayern Munich * Predrag Danilović – basketball coach and former basketball player *

Razija Mujanović Razija Mujanović (born 15 April 1967) is a Bosnian former women's basketball player. She was voted the best female European basketball player three times (1991, 1994 and 1995) by the Italian sports magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport. She was elec ...

– former basketball player * Robert Rothbart (born as Boris Kajmaković in 1986), Bosnian-Israeli-American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player *

Saša Čađo Saša Čađo ( sr-cyr, Саша Чађо, born July 13, 1989) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player who plays for İstanbul Üniversitesi SK of the Turkish League. She also represents the Serbian national basketball team. Internatio ...

– basketball player *

Slađana Golić Slađana Golić (February 12, 1960 in Banja Luka) is a former Yugoslav basketball player who participated at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly ...

– former basketball player *

Tima Džebo Tima Džebo, née Imširović (born 24 October 1963 in Olovo) is a former Yugoslav and Bosnian female basketball player. She represented Yugoslavia and won a silver at the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women in Malaysia, and later won a gold ...

– former basketball player * Vesna Bajkuša – former basketball player * Vladimir Radmanović – NBA basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers * Zoran Planinić – NBA basketball player * Zoran Savić – former basketball player * Kornelija Kvesić – former basketball player * Mara Lakić – former basketball player * Mersada Bećirspahić – former basketball player ;Football * Ivica Osim – football coach and former footballer *

Safet Sušić Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of TFF First League club Akhisarspor. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and techni ...

– football coach and former footballer, Paris Saint-Germain and Ligue 1 great *

Josip Katalinski Josip Katalinski (12 May 1948 – 9 June 2011) was a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and Football player, player. Club career Katalinski's career began in a small club Igman based in Ilidža, a suburb of Sar ...

– former football player * Asim Ferhatović – former football player * Dušan Bajević – football coach and former player * Vahid Halilhodžić – football coach and former footballer * Enver Marić – former football goalkeeper * Faruk Hadžibegić – former football player * Blaž Slišković – football coach and former footballer * Meho Kodro – former football player * Sergej Barbarez – football player *

Elvir Baljić Elvir Baljić (born 8 July 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. As a player, Baljić's biggest success was winning the UEFA Champions League with Spanish giant Real Madrid in the 1999–2000 season. Apart fro ...

– football player * Elvir Bolić – football player *

Emir Spahić Emir Spahić (; born 18 August 1980) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. During his club career, he represented teams in his homeland, Croatia, Russia, France, Spain and Germany. He earned a total of 94 inte ...

– football player * Edin Džeko – Manchester City (on loan to

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) and Bosnia national team * Vedad Ibišević – football player *

Asmir Begović Asmir Begović (; born 20 June 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Everton. Begović started his professional career with English club Portsmouth, signing for them in the summer of 2003. After a sequen ...

– football goalkeeper * Boro Primorac – football coach * Edin Višća – football player * Elvir Rahimić – football player * Franjo Vladić – former footballer * Muhamed Konjić - former footballer * Vahidin Musemić - former football player * Gradimir Crnogorac – football player * Haris Medunjanin – football player *

Haris Škoro Haris Škoro (born September 2, 1962) is a Bosnian former footballer who represented Yugoslavia at international level. Club career He started playing football at hometown club FK Vogošća. After that, this still talented youngster, left to N ...

– former football player * Hasan Salihamidžić – former Bayern Munich midfielder and second Bosnian to win Champions League * Ibrahim Duro – former football player *

Izet Hajrović Izet Hajrović (; born 4 August 1991) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Greece club Aris and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Hajrović started his professional career at Grasshoppers, bef ...

– football player *

Mario Stanić Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972) is a former Croatian footballer. Being a versatile offensive player, he was no stranger to any forward or attacking midfield position, and was even deployed as a wing-back in the national team. Club career S ...

– former footballer *

Mehmed Baždarević Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club Guingamp. Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Socha ...

– former footballer * Mensur Mujdža – football player * Miroslav Blažević – football coach *

Mirsad Fazlagić Mirsad Fazlagić (born 4 April 1943) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer and manager, considered one of the best full-backs of his generation. Club career Fazlagić started his football career in the youth setup of his local hometown ...

– former football player * Miralem Pjanić – Juventus and Bosnia national team * Muhamed Mujić – former footballer * Mirsad Hibić – former footballer * Predrag Pašić – football coach, former player *

Safet Nadarević Safet Nadarević (born 30 August 1980) is a retired Bosnian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Nadarević started his career at NK Jedinstvo Bihać. He then played for FK Sarajevo and NK Zagreb before joining Eskişehirspor in ...

– football player * Sead Sušić – football player * Saša Papac – football player * Savo Milošević – football player * Sead Kolašinac – football player * Sejad Salihović – football player *

Senijad Ibričić Senijad Ibričić (born 26 September 1985) is a Bosnian football executive and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

– football player *

Zlatan Bajramović Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Bajramović spent all of his playing career in the country of his birth, Germany. After starting his caree ...

– football player *

Darko Maletić Darko Maletić ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Малетић; born 20 October 1980) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He holds a peculiar record: he played in the UEFA Cup for five clubs from five countries (Rapid Wien, Publi ...

– football player * Zvjezdan Misimović – football player *

Sulejman Halilović Sulejman Halilović (born 14 November 1955 in Odžak) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer who played as a forward. Club career During his club career he played for FK Jedinstvo Odžak, Dinamo Vinkovci, Red Star Belgrade, Rapid Wien and ...

– former football player * Tarik Hodžić- footballer *

Tomislav Piplica Tomislav Piplica (born 5 April 1969) is a Bosnian football manager who formerly played as goalkeeper. His nickname is "Pipi" and he is considered to be a ''cult-goalkeeper'', in Germany as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Playing career Clu ...

– former football player Foreign footballers of Bosnian origin – Australian national team * Eli Babalj – forward for Adelaide United and the Australian national team * Dino Djulbic – defender for Perth Glory and formerly the Australian national team – Austrian national team *

Marko Arnautović Marko Arnautović (; born 19 April 1989) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Bologna and the Austria national team. Arnautović began his career in his native Austria playing in the youth teams for ...

– striker Stoke City and Austrian national team *

Zlatko Junuzovic Zlatko ( sr-Cyrl, Златко, ) is a South Slavic masculine given name. The name is derived from the word ''zlato'' meaning gold with hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' common in South Slavic languages. Zlatko is a given name. Notable people with the na ...

– midfielder SV Werder Bremen and Austrian national tean – Croatian national team * Alen Halilović – midfielder and Croatian national team *

Ante Ćorić Ante Ćorić (; born 14 April 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Roma. He has also represented the Croatia national team. Club career Early years Ćorić started playing football a ...

– midfielder and Croatian national team *

Boris Živković Boris Živković (; born 15 November 1975) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a full-back and centre-back. At one point of his career he even played as defensive midfielder. Živković began his professional career wit ...

– defender and Croatian national team *

Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former footballer who played as a striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. He began his footballing career in his hometo ...

– retired Croatian national team striker * Darijo Srna – midfielder and Croatian national team (Bosnian father) * Dejan Lovren – defender and Croatian national team * Goran Jurić – defender and Croatian national team * Ivan Klasnić – striker Nantes and Croatian national team * Ivan Rakitić – midfielder Sevilla and Croatian national team * Jerko Leko – midfielder and Croatian national team * Josip Šimunić – defender and Croatian national team * Krunoslav Jurčić – defensive midfielder and Croatian national team * Mario Mandžukić – striker Bayern Munich and Croatian national team *

– retired midfielder Chelsea F.C. and Croatian national team *

Mario Tokić Mario Tokić (born 23 July 1975) is a former Croatian footballer who is the current assistant coach of Oman. He retired following the end of the 2010–11 season. Playing career Club Mario Tokić started his professional career in NK Rijeka i ...

– defender and Croatian national team *

Mateo Kovačić Mateo Kovačić (; born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Croatia national team. He is usually deployed in a central or box-to-box role, but can play in deeper po ...

– midfielder and Croatian national team * Mato Neretljak – defender and Croatian national team * Mladen Petrić – striker West Ham United and Croatian national team * Niko Kovač – midfielder and Croatian national team * Nikica Jelavić, striker Hull and Croatian national team *

Robert Kovač Robert Kovač (; born 6 April 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He was known for his ability with the ball and skill at dispossessing opponents. His older brother is football manage ...

– defender and Croatian national team *

Stjepan Tomas Stjepan Tomas (born 6 March 1976) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. His previous clubs include Dinamo Zagreb, Vicenza Calcio, Como, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Rubin Kazan. He played as centre-back, and at one poi ...

– defender and Croatian national team * Tin Jedvaj – defender and Croatian national team * Vedran Ćorluka – defender Lokomotiv Moscow and Croatian national team *

Zoran Mamić Zoran Mamić (; born 30 September 1971) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, and convicted fraudster. He was most recently the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb. He is a wanted criminal i ...

– defensive midfielder and Croatian national team – German national team * Marko Marin – midfielder Sevilla and German national team – Serbian national team * Luka Jović, striker Real Madrid and Serbian national team * Mladen Krstajić – defender Schalke 04 and Serbian national team * Neven Subotić – defender Borrusia Dortmund and Serbian national team * Ognjen Koroman – midfielder Red Star Belgrade and Serbian national team * Savo Milošević – retired Serbian national team striker * Zdravko Kuzmanović – midfielder AC Fiorentina and Serbian national team – Slovenian national team * Armin Bačinović – midfielder Palermo and Slovenian national team * Zlatan Ljubijankić – retired striker and Slovenian national team * Jasmin Kurtič – midfielder Sassuolo and Slovenian national team *

Mirnes Šišić Mirnes Sead Šišić (born 8 August 1981) is a former Slovenian footballer. Club career Early career Šišić began his professional footballing career in Slovenia with NK Rudar Velenje in 2001. In 2003, Šišić signed with Ilisiakos F.C. in ...

– midfielder Olympiacos and Slovenian national team *

Samir Handanovič Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...

– goalkeeper Inter Milan and Slovenian national team * Josip Iličić – midfielder Fiorentina and Slovenian national team * Haris Vučkić – midfielder Newcastle United and Slovenian national team – Swedish national team *

Zlatan Ibrahimović Zlatan Ibrahimović (, ; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for club AC Milan and the Sweden national team. Ibrahimović is renowned for his acrobatic strikes and volleys, powerful long-range sh ...

– striker Paris Saint-Germain and Swedish national team – Swiss national team *

Eldin Jakupović Eldin Jakupović (; born 2 October 1984) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. He started his professional career at Grasshopper Club Zürich in 2004, then moved to FC Thun a ...

– goalkeeper Hull City and Swiss national team * Haris Seferovic – striker Real Sociedad and Swiss national team ;Handball * Adnan Harmandić – handball player for HSG Wetzlar *

Abas Arslanagić Abas Arslanagić (born October 2, 1944) is a Bosnian former handball player and coach who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1972, he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at ...

– former handball player, gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics *

Benjamin Burić Benjamin Burić (born 20 November 1990) is a Bosnian handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He is the twin brother Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definit ...

- handball player * Bilal Šuman - handball player *

Danijel Šarić Danijel Šarić (; born 27 June 1977) is a Bosnian-Qatari handball player of Serbs, Serbian descent who plays for Qatari club Al Arabi SC (handball), Al Arabi and the Qatar men's national handball team, Qatar national team. Club career After star ...

– goalkeeper for FC Barcelona Handbol *

Enid Tahirović Enid Tahirović (born July 22, 1972) is a Bosnian former handballer. He was once considered one of the top goalkeepers in the Bundesliga. He last played in Germany for HSV Hamburg, after having spent four seasons at Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn ...

– former handball goalkeeper *

Ermin Velić Ermin Velić (born April 1, 1959 in Jajce) is a Yugoslav former handball player who won bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

- former handball player, bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics * Jasna Kolar-Merdan – IHF World Player of the Year 1990 * Ćamila Mičijević – handball player for Croatian national team * Irfan Smajlagić – former handball player, gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Mirko Alilović – goalkeeper plays for Croatian national team * Mirsad Terzić – handball player, captain of Bosnian national team * Mirza Džomba - handball player, Olympic and World champion *

Muhamed Memić Muhamed Memić (born 2 September 1960) is a Bosnian former handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Club career After starting out at his hometown club Derventa, Memić spent one season with Metaloplastika, before ...

- handball player, World champion *

Muhamed Mustafić Muhamed Mustafić (born April 6, 1981 in Rogatica) is a Bosnian professional handballer Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt pla ...

– handball player * Muhamed Toromanović – handball player *

Svetlana Dašić-Kitić Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as ...

– best female handball player ever by

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball ...

* Zlatan Arnautović – former handball player (Olympic Gold Medal 1984) ;Volleyball * Tijana Bošković, Serbian national team player, Olympic medalist *

Đorđe Đurić Đorđe Đurić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Ђурић, born April 24, 1971) is a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ljubinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia Yugosla ...

, Serbian national team player, Olympic medalist * Brankica Mihajlović, Serbian national team player, Olympic medalist *

Jelena Blagojević Jelena Blagojević (born 1 December 1988) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She plays for Serbia women's national volleyball team. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is tall. She plays for KS DevelopRes Rzeszów. Achieveme ...

, Serbian national team player *

Aleksandar Okolić Aleksandar Okolić (born 26 June 1993) is a Serbian male volleyball player. He is part of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and played at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship. On club level he plays for OK Crvena Zvezda, Crvena ...

, Serbian national team player * Adis Lagumdžija, Turkish national team player * Meliha Smajlović, Turkish national team player * Sanja Starović, Serbian national team player *

Saša Starović Saša Starović ( sr-cyrl, Саша Старовић; born 19 October 1988) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Tourcoing Lille Métropole, a participant of the Olympic Games ( B ...

, Serbian national team player ;Water polo *

Milan Muškatirović Milan "Gale" Muškatirović (9 March 1934 – 27 September 1993) was a Yugoslav water polo goalkeeper. He is considered to have been one of the best goalkeepers of his era. He was part of the Yugoslav teams that won a silver medal at the 1964 Ol ...

* Veselin Đuho * Zoran Janković

Individual sports

;Athletics * Amel Tuka – middle-distance runner *

Ana Šimić Ana Šimić (born 5 May 1990) is a Croatian athlete who competes in the high jump. She competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. Her personal best is , set in August 2014 at the European Athletics Championships in Zürich Zürich () ...

– high jumper * Borisav Pisić – hurdler *

Branko Dangubić Branko Dangubić (13 July 1922 in Ljubinje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) – 24 November 2002 in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia) was a Serbian javelin thrower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. ...

– javelin thrower *

Dako Radošević Dako Radošević (17 August 1934 – 14 August 2021) was a Bosnian discus thrower. He was born in Bosanska Krupa, Yugoslavia and competed for Yugoslavia in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and c ...

– discus thrower *

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 ...

– shot putter *

Elvir Krehmić Elvir Krehmić (born 27 April 1973) is a retired Bosnian athlete specializing in the high jump. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, narrowly missing the final round. He is currently the national team coach for the Athletic Federatio ...

– high jumper * Filip Mihaljević – shot putter *

Hamza Alić Hamza Alić (born 20 January 1979) is a Bosnian shot putter. On 1 March 2013, at 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal which he dedicated to all the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina to coincide with the Bosnia and ...

– shot putter *

Ivan Ivančić Ivan Ivančić (6 December 1937 – 28 August 2014) was a Croatian athletics coach and shot putter who represented Yugoslavia. He was the gold medalist in the 1975 Mediterranean Games, as well as a multiple national champion and record holder. As ...

– shot putter *

Sejad Krdžalić Sejad Krdžalić (born January 5, 1960 in Doboj) is a retired javelin thrower from Yugoslavia, who finished in twelfth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He set his personal best (83.34 m) on 30 May 1987 in Belgrade Be ...

– javelin thrower * Zlatan Saračević – shot putter ;Chess * Ivan Sokolov – chess player, Grandmaster since 1987 * Predrag Nikolić – chess player, Grandmaster since 1983 * Bojan Kurajica – chess player, Grandmaster * Borki Predojević – grandmaster, top Bosnian chess player ;Martial arts/boxing * Anton Josipović – boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics * Marijan Beneš – boxing, gold medal at the 1973 European Championship *

Tomislav Krizmanić Tomislav Krizmanić (13 January 1929 – 10 October 2005) was a Croatian boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1 ...

- boxing, bronze medal at the 1953 European Championship *

Memnun Hadžić Memnun Hadžić (born 20 January 1981) is a former boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. As amateur he reached quarterfinals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almeria and won bronze medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverp ...

– boxing, bronze medal at the 2008 European championship *

Hamid Guska Hamid Guska (born 15 February 1953 in Glavatičevo) is a Bosnian boxing trainer and a former boxer. Boxing career He started his amateur boxing career in 1974 in BK Partizan Sarajevo. His boxing career ended 1980 due to an arm injury. One year ...

– boxing coach *

Almedin Fetahović Almedin Fetahović (born 19 May 1964) is a Bosnian professional boxing coach and former amateur boxer. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in France. It was the first gold medal ever for Bosnia and Herze ...

- boxer * Adnan Ćatić – boxing, reigning IBF world champion, former WBO champion, and a two time former WBA champion *

Jasmin Hasić Jasmin Hasić (born 28 September 1988, Banovići) Bosnian-born boxer in super heavyweight best known for winning bronze medal at the European Junior Championships 2007 in Sombor. At the European Junior Championships 2007, he defeated Drastamat A ...

– super heavyweight boxer best known for winning Bronze Medal at the European Junior Championships 2007 in Sombor * Mirsad Bektić - mixed martial artist * Amer Hrustanović, wrestler * Amel Mekić – judo, European champion * Larisa Cerić – judo, European championship medalist * Davor Vlaškovac – judo, European championship medalist * Zoran Prerad – taekwondo, European champion *

Nedžad Husić Nedžad Husić (born 15 September 2001) is a Bosnian taekwondo athlete. Career Husić won a silver medal at the 2021 European Taekwondo Championships, in the men's 74 kg. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through the 2021 European ...

- taekwondo, 5th place at the 2020 Summer Olympics * Arnela Odžaković – karate, two silver medals at the European Championships *

Dževad Poturak Dževad Poturak (born September 20, 1977) is a Bosnian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Jumruk Gym in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the former WAKO Pro World Low-Kick champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament champi ...

– retired super heavyweight kickboxer and former WKA European Champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament Champion ;Tennis * Alexandros Jakupovic – tennis player (Bosnian father) *

Amer Delić Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeaster ...

– tennis player * Ivan Dodig – tennis player *

Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand ...

– tennis player * Marin Čilić – tennis player *

Mervana Jugić-Salkić Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a retired Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached wo ...

– tennis player * Sandra Martinović – tennis player *

Damir Džumhur Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a professional tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. His career-best singles ranking of World No. 23 achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highes ...

– tennis player * Andrea Petkovic – tennis player, playing for Germany ;Other * Lana Pudar, swimmer * Almir Velagić, weightlifter *

Nedžad Fazlija Nedžad Fazlija (born 25 February 1968) is a Bosnian retired Olympic sports shooter. Fazlija was a part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer ...

, sports shooter *

Andrea Arsović Andrea Arsović ( sr-cyr, Андреа Арсовић, born 5 February 1987) is a Serbian sport shooter. She won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle at the 2015 European Games and is also a two-time European champion in the same discipline as we ...

, sports shooter * Bojan Tokič, table tennis player *

Jasna Fazlić Jasna Rather born Jasna Fazlić, born December 20, 1970 in Foča, SFR Yugoslavia is former American table tennis player who played for Yugoslavia and then for United States, competing on four Olympics: in Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 19 ...

, table tennis player *

Michi Halilović Mirsad "Michi" Halilović (born 4 September 1983) is a German skeleton (sport), skeleton racer of Bosniaks, Bosnian origin who has competed since 2001. His first World Cup victory was at a men's event at Altenberg, Germany, Altenberg in December ...

, skeleton racer * Milenko Zorić, canoer *

Radoje Đerić Radoje Đerić ( sr, Радоје Ђерић, born 28 December 1991 in Trebinje) is a Serbian rower. He represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of rower Igor Đerić. He currently lives in Belgrade. Result ...

, rower * Dino Beganovic Racing Driver *

Srećko Pejović Srećko Pejović (Serbian Cyrillic: Срећко Пејовић; born 5 July 1953), is a Serbian sport shooter who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1976, 1980 and 1988 Olympic Games 1988 Olympics refers to both: *The 1988 Winter Olympics, ...

, sports shooter * Velimir Stjepanović, swimmer * Veselin Petrović, cyclist

Religion

* Makarije Sokolović, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1557–1571) *

Antonije Sokolović Antonije I Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Антоније I Соколовић) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1571 to 1574. He was the second primate of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, and nephew of previous Serbian ...

, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1571–1575) * Gerasim Sokolović, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1575–1586) * Savatije Sokolović, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1587) * Gavrilo II, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1752) * Basil of Ostrog (1610–1671), Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje * Visarion, Orthodox metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602) * Savatije Ljubibratić, Orthodox metropolitan of Zahumlje and Dalmatia (s. 1693–1716) * Nićifor Dučić (1832–1900), Orthodox theologian, historian, philologist and writer * Jovica Ilić (fl. 1834–), Orthodox priest, rebel leader *

Pavle Tvrtković Pavle Tvrtković ( sr-cyr, Павле Твртковић; 1834–51) was a Serbian Orthodox priest from Bosnia who participated in the rebellion organized by priest Jovica Ilić in northeastern Ottoman Bosnia in March 1834, published a collection ...

(fl. 1834–51), Orthodox priest, served at the Serbian court

Other prominent people

* Adil Zulfikarpašić – businessman, one-time politician, and

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

, founder of the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo * Alija Sirotanović – Bosnian coal-miner, worker-hero, his face was on the 10 and 20000 dinar banknotes *

– President of Serbia *

Branko Crvenkovski Branko Crvenkovski ( mk, Бранко Црвенковски, pronounced ; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, and as President of Macedonia ...

– Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, then President of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009. * Emerik Blum – founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo, arguably the most successful and influential businessman in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Fikret Hodžić Fikret Hodžić (26 June 1953 – 9 July 1992) was a professional Bosnian bodybuilder. Hodžić competed during the 1970s and 1980s representing the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Hodžić was murdered near his home by Serb paramil ...

– Bosnian bodybuilder *

Kemal Curić Kemal Curić (born February 17, 1978) is a Bosnian-German automobile designer born in Sarajevo. Curić is known best for his work at Ford, where he was responsible for numerous concept and production cars. Biography Curić was born in Sarajevo, ...

– automobile designer known best for his work at Ford, where he was responsible for numerous concept and production cars * Inga Peulich – Australian politician born in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Omer Halilhodžić Omer Halilhodžić (born 1963 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian automotive designer. Halilhodžić was previously a member of the famous designer team of Ferrari. A graduate of the University of Sarajevo with a degree in indu ...

– automobile designer responsible for the styling of the 2004 Mitsubishi Colt, and the concept cars which preceded it: CZ2, CZ3, CZ3 cabriolet, and CZT. He has since penned the Mitsubishi Concept Sportback, and the Mitsubishi Concept X, which presages the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X production car. * Mila Mulroney – wife of the 18th

Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority the elected House of Commons; as suc ...

Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney ( ; born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political ...

* Tijana Arnautović – Miss World Canada 2004, model * Vladimir Ćorović – historian *

– former Prime Minister of

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...

Nijaz Ibrulj Nijaz Ibrulj (born 2 July 1956) is a Bosnian philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo's Department of Philosophy and Sociology. He lectures on logic, analytic philosophy, methodology of social sciences, theory of knowledge, and ...

– philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo * Faruk Čaklovica – Professor of Bromatology and Rector of the University of Sarajevo *

Željko Topić Željko Topić (born 5 August 1959) is a Croatian civil servant, and a former Vice-President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Before taking up his position at the EPO, he was the Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office of the ...

, Croatian civil servant and Vice-President of the European Patent Office born in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Semir Osmanagić Semir Osmanagić (born June 1, 1960), also known as Sam Osmanagich, is a Bosnian businessman and author. He is best known for promoting his pseudo-archaeological project in central Bosnia (near the town of Visoko) related to the so-called "Bosn ...

- Bosnian author, businessman and pseudoarchaeologist

Infamous people

* Andrija Artuković – minister in the government of the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in p ...

and war criminal * Ante Pavelić –

Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movem ...

leader, founder and leader of the fascist

, war criminal * Biljana Plavšić – politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes during the

Bosnian war The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

* Vjekoslav Luburić –

leader, commander of the

Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration and extermination camp established in the Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County, village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in Invasion of Yugoslavia, occupied Yugosla ...

, war criminal *

Miroslav Filipović Miroslav Filipović (5 June 1915 – 29 June 1946), also known as Tomislav Filipović and Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović, was a Bosnian Croat Franciscan friar and Ustashe military chaplain who participated in atrocities during World War ...

–

leader, commander of the

, and war criminal * Momčilo Krajišnik – politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and

ethnic cleansing Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, and religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making a region ethnically homogeneous. Along with direct removal, extermination, deportation or population trans ...

during the

Radovan Karadžić Radovan Karadžić ( sr-cyr, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes ...

– Political leader of the Serbs during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and

genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the L ...

, most wanted man in Europe *

Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić ( sr-Cyrl, Ратко Младић, ; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal and colonel-general who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing ...

– General of the Serbian Army during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and

, most wanted man in Europe alongside Karadžić *

Tihomir Blaškić Tihomir Blaškić (born 2 November 1960) is a retired general of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) who served during the Bosnian War and the Croat–Bosniak War. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him ...

– convicted of violating the

laws of war The law of war is the component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war ('' jus ad bellum'') and the conduct of warring parties (''jus in bello''). Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and territ ...

, committing

and crimes against humanity during the

* Vojislav Šešelj – politician, radical extremist, Chetnik leader, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes,

, and crimes against humanity during the

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