Here follows a list of notable Ragusans and

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s of the

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(also known as the Republic of Dubrovnik), a

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centered on the city of

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on the eastern coast of the Adriatic.

Note on first and last names

Reflecting the dual Romance and Slavic influence on Ragusan culture, most Ragusan noble families, as well as members of the citizen class, used both Romance and Slavic versions of their first and last names, especially since the Late Middle Ages onward, while the lower classes mostly only used Slavic names. Some used only one version of their family name exclusively, e.g. the noble families Natali and Zlatarić. Since the official language of the Republic was always from the Romance language group, the official records record the last names almost exclusively in those versions, although in the older records the first names can be found in Slavic. Members of noble families, even those originally of Slavic descent, used the Slavic forms of their family names in an unofficial capacity in literary works written in Slavic, and in an official capacity only in treaties that the Ragusan State signed with its neighboring Slavic states in their language and script. In the noble class' everyday usage, most commonly the first name was in Slavic and the last name in Italian, a traditional practice which has continued until today, and transformed into official. When only the Romance version of a first or last name appears in the sources, modern Croatian and Serbian scientific literature very frequently translates it creating a new slavicized version, which often results in various errors due to insufficient knowledge of Ragusan traditions, e.g. erroneously using non-Ragusan Slavic form "Vinko" instead of Ragusan Slavic form "Vicko", or "Blaž" instead of "Vlaho", or incorrectly adapting a Romance version while ignoring actual Ragusan usage, e.g. "Natal" instead of "Božo", "Junije" instead of "Džono". When several persons had the same first and last name, it was Ragusan custom to append the father's name in the genitive case, also changing the declension of the last name (in Ragusan the genitive case for nouns ending in -o is -a), e.g. there were two persons named ''Đivo Gundulić'', so one was called Đivo Frana Gundulića, and the other Đivo Nika Gundulića (in modern literature this is sometimes indicated with the possessive determiner -ov, thus ''Franov'', ''Nikov'', translated to English as ''Frano's'', ''Niko's''). When translating this into Latin, the genitive case was kept, e.g. ''Joannes Francisci Gundulae'', however, when translating into languages in which names do not have

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s (such as Italian) it was written as effectively a middle name (''Giovanni Francesco Gondola''). It is important to differentiate this from actual middle names, such as

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, an example where the names were also anglicized. Some examples of Romance and Slavic versions of last names: Bassegli, Basilio - Basiljević
Bobali, Babalio - Bobaljević
Bona - Bunić
Bonda - Bundić
Caboga - Kabužić
Cerva, Cervinus - Crijević
Ghetaldi - Getaldić
Giorgi - Đorđić, Đurđević
Gondola - Gundulić
Gozze - Gučetić
Gradi - Gradić
Luccari - Lukarević
Menze - Menčetić
Palmotta - Palmotić
Pozza - Pucić
Resti - Rastić, Restić
Sorgo - Sorkočević
Stay - Stojković
Zamagna - Zamanja, Zamanjić

Notable Ragusans

14th century

* Franco Sacchetti (c.1335–1400) - poet and short story writer, his father was a Florentine merchant.

15th century

Benedetto Cotrugli Benedetto Cotrugli ( hr, Benedikt "Beno" Kotruljević; 1416–1469) was a Ragusan merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Life Cotrugli was born in the city of Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), part of the Republic of Ragusa. As a dip ...

(1416–1469) - merchant, humanist, scientist, diplomat *

Džore Držić Džore Držić (; Italian: ''Giorgio Darsa'') (February 6, 1461 – September 26, 1501) was a poet and playwright, one of the fathers of Croatian literature. This respectable citizen of Dubrovnik, the uncle of the greatest Croatian playwright Mari ...

(1461–1501) - poet and playwright *

Bonino De Boninis Bonino De' Boninis (also known as Dobrić Dobričević) one of the pioneers of printing in Europe, was born in 1454 on the small Adriatic Island of Lastovo in the Republic of Ragusa (modern Croatia). Dobrić began to print books in 1478 when he ...

(1454–1528) - printer and publisher *

Mavro Vetranović Mauro Vetrani ( hr, Mavro Vetranović) (1482–1576) was a writer and Benedictine monk from Ragusa. Biography Born in Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), then the Republic of Ragusa, in 1482, he entered the Benedictine Order in 1507 on the island of Mlje ...

(1482/1483-1576) - Benedictine, writer *

Šiško Menčetić Šišmundo Menčetić ( it, Sigismondo Menze), known simply as Šiško Menčetić (; 1457–1527) was a poet from Ragusa, chiefly creating his opus in the 15th century. Biography Menčetić was born in 1458 in the city of Dubrovnik (today's Croati ...

(1457–1527) - poet and nobleman *

Elio Lampridio Cerva Elio Lampridio Cervino or Cerva (, sh, Ilija Crijević; 1463–1520) was a Ragusan poet who wrote in Latin. Life Cerva was born in 1463, belonging to one of the most important noble families of Ragusa, the House of Cerva. He spent several ye ...

(c. 1460 - 1520) - orator, lexicographer, poet of Latin laudes, * Paladino Gondola (fl. 1423–1472) - diplomat and merchant

16th century

* Savino Bobali (1530–1585) - writer *

Nikola Nalješković Nikola Nalješković ( it, Niccolò Nale) (around 1500, Dubrovnik - 1587, Dubrovnik) was a Ragusan poet, playwright and scholar. He wrote poetry, romantic canzones, masques (carnival songs), epistles, pastoral plays, mythological plays, farce, c ...

(1505–1587) - poet, playwright and scientist *

Marin Držić Marin Držić (; also ''Marino Darza'' or ''Marino Darsa''; 1508 – 2 May 1567) was a Croatian writer from Republic of Ragusa. He is considered to be one of the finest Renaissance playwrights and prose writers of Croatian literature. L ...

(1508–1567) - playwright and poet * Cvijeta Zuzorić (1555-c.1600) - poet * Marino Ghetaldi (1568–1626) - scientist, mathematician and physicist *

Ivan Bunić Vučić Ivan (Đivo) Vučić Bunić (or Đivo Sarov Bunić; it, Giovanni Serafino Bona; 1592 – 6 March 1658), now known predominantly as Ivan Bunić Vučić, was a politician and poet from the Republic of Ragusa. Biography He was born into a la ...

(1591–1658) - politician and poet *

Dinko Zlatarić Dominko "Dinko" Zlatarić (1558–1613) was a Croatian poet and translator from Republic of Ragusa, considered the best translator of the Renaissance. Life Dominiko was the most famous member of the Zlatarić noble family from Dubrovnik. Din ...

(1558–1613) - poet and translator *

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(*1585) - poet *

Nikola Vitov Gučetić Nicolò Vito di Gozzi ( la, Nicolai Viti Gozzii, 1549–1610), Niko Vita Gozze, or Nikola Gučetić was a Ragusan statesman, philosopher, science writer and author of one of the first scientific dissertations regarding speleology. Life Gučet ...

(1549–1610) - statesman, philosopher, scientist *

Ivan Gundulić Dživo Franov Gundulić ( it, Gianfrancesco Gondola; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian nat ...

(1589–1638) - writer, poet, statesman, nobleman *

Dinko Ranjina Dinko Ranjina (also Domenico Ragnina) (1536–1607) was a Croatian poet from the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). In 1556 he was accepted into the Republic's ruling Grand Council. He was married to the sister of Francesco Luccari Burina. Life R ...

(1536–1607) - poet * Nikša Ranjina (1494–1577) - collector of poems * Trojan Gundulić - merchant, printer *

Mavro Orbini Mavro Orbini (1563–1614) was a Ragusan chronicler, notable for his work ''The Realm of the Slavs'' (1601) which influenced Slavic ideology and historiography in the later centuries. Life Orbini was born in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), the capital o ...

(mid-16th century -1614) - writer, ideologist and historian * Luco Ghetaldi - writer * Božo Tudisi - writer * Niko Primi - writer * Đulia Bona - poet *

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- writer

17th century

* Vladislav Menčetić (1600/1617- 1666) - poet * Giorgio Baglivi (1668–1707) - physician and researcher * Junije Palmotić (1607–1657) - writer, nobleman and dramatist * Dživo Šiškov Gundulić (1677–1721) - nobleman, poet * Šišmundo Gundulić (1634–1682) - politician (Rector) poet, nobleman * Brno Ghetaldi - clergyman and historian * Stjepan Gradić (1613–1683) - philosopher and scientist * Frano Điva Gundulića (1630–1700) - nobleman and soldier (

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marshal) * Beno Rogacci (1646–1719) - Jesuit, poet *

Ignjat Đurđević Ignjat Đurđević (also Ignazio Giorgi; February 1675 – 21 January 1737) was a baroque poet and translator from the Republic of Ragusa, best known for his long poem ''Uzdasi Mandaljene pokornice'' ("''Sighs of Repentant Magdalene''"). He wr ...

(1675–1737) - poet and translator Stema

18th century

Serafino Cerva Serafino Cerva ( hr, Serafin Crijević; 1696–1759), also known as Saro, was the author of ''Ragusan Library'', the first encyclopedia in the Dalmatian language, which comprised 435 biographies of ancient men and of the "Athens of the Adriatic" ( ...

(1696–1759) - historian and encyclopedist *

Sebastiano Dolci Sebastiano Dolci ( hr, Sebastijan Dolci-Slade; 1699-1777) was a Ragusan historian and writer. In 1750 he published a biography of Saint Jerome. He joined the Franciscans at the age of 14 years, in 1744 he wrote about the Franciscan Order in Ragusa ...

(1699–1777) - writer and Franciscan * Đivo Frana Sorgo (1706–1771) - writer, poet * Rajmundo Kunić (1719–1794) - writer and humanist *

(1711–1787) - physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, and Jesuit *

Đuro Ferić Đuro Ferić, also Giorgio Ferrich, (May 5, 1739 – 1820) was a poet and a Jesuit vicar general of the Republic of Ragusa. As a poet, he belonged to the Illyrian circle in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik, Croatia). Illyrian (Slavic) was synonymous with ...

(1739–1820) - Jesuit, general-bicar * Šišmundo Ghetaldi-Gondola (1795–1860) - politician, nobleman *

Vlaho Getaldić Vlaho Getaldić (also Biagio Ghetaldi; 22 December 1788 - 27 October 1872) was a Dalmatian writer, translator and politician from Dubrovnik. Born in the Republic of Ragusa. He was the grand-nephew of the renowned Marin Getaldić, and descendant ...

(1788–1872) - nobleman, politician, poet * Luko Stulić (1772–1828) - scientist and physician * Antun Kaznačić (1784–1874) - writer * Marc Bruère (1770–1823) - writer, diplomat, dramatist and nobleman * Jeronim Ljubibratić (1716–1779) - nobleman, soldier (Austrian marshal) * Ivan Mane Jarnović (1740–1804) - composer *

Bernardo Zamagna Bernardo Zamagna ( hr, Bernard/Brno Zamanja; 9 November 1735 – 20 April 1820) was a Ragusan priest, poet and translator. He wrote in Latin. Bernardo was born in Ragusa (present day Dubrovnik) in 1735. He was the son of Marco Zamagna (who died ...

(1735–1820) - theologian, Jesuit, and Dominican * Giunio Resti (1755–1814) - politician, writer, nobleman * Elena Pucić-Sorkočević (1786–1865) - composer * Pijerko Franatice Sorga (1749–1826) - nobleman, writer, poet * Antun Sorkočević (1775–1841) - diplomat, writer, composer *

Luka Sorkočević Count Luka Sorkočević ( it, Luca Sorgo; January 13, 1734 – September 11, 1789) was composer from the Republic of Ragusa. His music has been preserved, like other Sorkočević family possessions, in the archives of the Dubrovnik Franciscan ...

/ Luca Sorgo (1734–1789) - diplomat and composer *

Benedetto Stay Benedetto Stay (1714–1801) was a Ragusan Roman Catholic clergyman, educated by Jesuits, he attended the academic assemblies of Marin Sorgo, beginning the composition of a poem on Alexander Farnese. Later on he published "Saggio sull'uomo", base ...

(1714–1801) - Jesuit and theologian * Joakim Stulić (1730–1817) - lexicographer and linguist *

Bernardin Pavlović Bernardin Pavlović was a Franciscan writer from Dubrovnik, born in Ston. He had two works printed in Venice in 1747 which he wrote were "in Croatian". The title of the second work notes it's printed in "our worthy Croatian language" for "the use ...

- Franciscan, writer * Vito Marija Bettera-Vodopić (1771–1841) - soldier, politician, Dubrovnik patriot * Bernhard Caboga-Cerva (1785–1855) - nobleman and soldier (Austrian marshall)

Partial list of rectors of the Ragusan Republic (1358-1808)

Sources

* ''Zbornik Župe dubrovačke'', Author Pero Butigan, Franica Grbić, Ivo Grbić, Josipa Kerner, Ivan Bošković, Mirjana Butigan * Heyer von Rosenfeld, Carl Georg Friedrich
Der Adel des Königreiches Dalmatien
J. Siebmacher's grosses und allgemeines Wappenbuch, Nürnberg, 1873. *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Ragusans History of Dubrovnik Ragusans * Ragusans