Savić (), Sawicz, Савич, Савiч, Savic, Savich or Savitch is a Slavic surname, sometimes used as a first name, most common among South Slavs. It can be related to the name Sava or
Sava (river)
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
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Notable people with the surname include:
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Savić
* Ana Savić (born 1989), former Croatian tennis player
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Aleksandar Savić
Aleksandar Savić (born Alel Schwarz; 19231941) was a Croatian communist activist and member of the partisan resistance movement in Croatia, murdered during the Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia.
Savić was born in Zagreb to a Jewish ...
(1923–1941), Croatian Jewish communist and member of the resistance movement in Croatia
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Branko Savić
Branko Savić (; born 8 August 1972) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Savić started his senior career with Dinamo Pančevo, before moving to Proleter Zrenjanin in 1994. He was transferred to Partizan in the summe ...
(born 1972), retired Serbian football player
* Darko Savić (born 1979), Serbian footballer
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David Savić
David Savić (; born August 23, 1985) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. In 2012 he was banned from tennis for match-fixing. After an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the permanent suspension was upheld ...
(born 1985), Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player
* Dejan Savić (born 1975), Serbian water polo player
* Dušan Savić (born 1955), Serbian former football player
* Dušan Savić (footballer born 1985) (born 1985), Macedonian international footballer
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Duško Savić
Duško Savić (, born 1 July 1968) is a former Bosnian Serb footballer.
Career
He played with FK Sloboda Uzice before joining Red Star Belgrade with which they won the Yugoslav First League in 1990–91 and 1991–92.
Savić had a spell with ...
, former Bosnian Serb association footballer
*Ivan Savić (1949–2005), Croatian Franciscan Catholic priest
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Jela Spiridonović-Savić
Jela Spiridonović-Savić (11 January 1890 - September 1974) was a Serbian poet.
Biography
Jelena "Jela" Spiridonović-Savić was born in Šabac, Kingdom of Serbia, 11 January 1890. She was the wife of a prominent Consul general of Yugoslavia in ...
(1891–1974), poet and wife of Vladislav Savić, the Consul general of Yugoslavia
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Luka Savić
Luka Savić (born 2 July 1991) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He primarily played in a central role, but also played in attacking and defensive positions.
Club career
He played for FC Barcelona C in 2006.
In 2012, ...
(born 1991), Serbian footballer
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Maja Savić
Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976 in Berane, Montenegro) is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slage ...
(born 1976), handball player from Montenegro
*Maja Savić (born 1979), Croatian Jazz singer
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Marko Savić (pianist)
Marko Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Савић; 26 April 1941 – 8 February 2013) was a Serbian pianist and university professor.
Education
Marko Savić graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy in 1965 (Music Theory) and 1969 (Piano). He ...
(1941–2013), Kosovo Serb pianist and university professor
* Marko Savić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian football striker
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Massimo Savić
Massimo Moreno Savić (6 June 1962 – 23 December 2022), also known simply as Massimo, was a Croatian pop singer.
His father was a native of Tulež near Aranđelovac. His mother was Italian from Istria, a native of Raša near Labin.
He fir ...
(born 1962), Croatian singer
* Michaela Savić (born 1991), Swedish beauty pageant titleholder and model
* Milisav Savić (born 1945), Serbian writer
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Miloš Savić
Miloš Savić (born 1 March 1987 in Kragujevac) is a Serbian bobsledder who has competed since 2009. He finished 18th in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.Milunka Savić (1888–1973), Serbian woman war heroine from The First World War
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Miroslav Savić
Miroslav Savić (; born 20 April 1973) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
After playing for Radnički Beograd, Savić moved to Obilić in 1996. He was a regular member of the team that won the 199 ...
(born 1973), Serbian footballer
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Momir Savić Momir Savić (born 21 January 1951, Drinsko, Višegrad) is a Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander convicted for war crimes committed during the ethnic cleansing of the Višegrad region of eastern Bosnia during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War.
Crimes
Momi ...
(born 1951), Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander convicted for war crimes
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Nenad Savić
Nenad Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Савић; born 28 January 1981) is a Serbian-born Swiss former professional footballer.
Career Early years
Savić's family moved to Switzerland while he was still very young. He started his youth f ...
(born 1981), Serbian-born Swiss football player
* Pavle Savić (1909–1994), Serbian physicist and chemist
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Radmila Savić
Rada "Rada" Savić ( sr-cyrl, Раda "Рада" Савић, born 18 June 1961 in Belgrad) is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийски ...
(born 1961), former Yugoslav handball player
* Slobodan Savić (born 1964), journalist, writer, critic
* Sonja Savić (1961–2008), cult Serbian actress, famous for her husky voice
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Stefan Savić
Stefan Savić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Стефан Савић, ; born 8 January 1991) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Montenegro national team as a central defender.
Born in Mojkovac ...
(born 1991), Montenegrin football defender
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Tanja Savić
Tanja Savić ( sr-cyr, Тања Савић; born 20 March 1985) is a Serbian singer.
Career
In 2004, Savić auditioned for the first season of the singing competition show '' Zvezde Granda'', where she ultimately placed as the second runner-up. S ...
(born 1985), Serbian folk singer
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Vladan Savić
Vladan Savić ( Cyrillic: Владан Савић; born 26 July 1979) is a Montenegrin retired footballer.
Club career
He played for hometown club FK Berane as well as for Kecskeméti TE, FK Budućnost Podgorica, FK Mladost Apatin, FK Spartak ...
(born 1979), Montenegrin footballer
* Vujadin Savić (born 1990), Serbian football Central back, playing for Red Star Belgrade
* Zoran Savić (born 1966), retired Serbian professional basketball player
* Zoran Savić (soccer), retired Yugoslavian soccer forward
Savich
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Vsevolod Savich
Vsevolod Pavlovich Savich (; 19 February 1885 – 25 May 1972) was a Soviet lichenologist. He headed the Section of Cryptogamic Plants of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Savich died in Leningrad ...
(1885–1972), Russian lichenologist
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Zach Savich
Zach Savich (born December 1, 1982, in Lansing, Michigan) is an American poet.
Life
Savich is the author of the poetry collections ''Full Catastrophe Living'' ( University of Iowa Press, 2009) which won the 2008 Iowa Poetry Prize; ''Annulments'' ...
Savić Marković Štedimlija
Savić Marković Štedimlija ( sr-cyrl, Савић Марковић Штедимлија; 12 January 1906 – 25 January 1971) was a Montenegrin writer. He studied the history of Croatia and was an associate of the Lexicographic Institute in Zagr ...