Slavko () is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable holders of the name include:

Arts

Slavko Avsenik Slavko Avsenik (November 26, 1929 – July 2, 2015) was a Slovene composer and musician. Beginning in 1953 with the formation of the Avsenik Brothers Ensemble, Avsenik produced more than 1,000 songs and garnered success both in Slovenia and i ...

, Slovenian musician * Slavko Avsenik, Jr., Slovenian musician * Slavko Brankov, Croatian actor *

Slavko Brill Slavko Brill (27 December 1900 – January 1943) was a Croatian-Jewish sculptor and ceramics artist born in Nova Gradiška. He graduated in 1926 at Art Academy in Zagreb. His artistic works included portraits, busts, and cemetery monuments. Af ...

, Croatian Jewish sculptor *

Slavko Kalezić Slavko Kalezić ( cnr, Славко Калезић, ; born 4 October 1985) is a Montenegrin actor, singer and songwriter. He took part in '' X Factor Adria'' but failed to make it to the live shows. He represented Montenegro in the Eurovision So ...

, Montenegran singer *

Slavko Labović Slavko Labović (born 17 November 1962, Kolašin, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-Danish actor most popular for the role as a Serbian gangster in the '' Pusher trilogy''. Labović was born to Serbian Orthodox parents in Kolašin; he a ...

, Serbian-Danish actor * Slavko Osterc, Slovenian composer *

Slavko Pengov Slavko Pengov (24 June 1908 – 6 January 1966) was a Slovene painter best known for his monumental opus of murals such as those in the National Assembly Building in Ljubljana and the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Bled. Pengov was born ...

, Slovene painter *

Slavko Sobin Slavko Sobin (born 13 November 1984 in Split) is a Croatian actor. Biography At 18 Sobin moved to Los Angeles to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he graduated in 2007. Upon his return to Croatia, he moved to Zagreb an ...

, Croatian actor * Slavko Stolnik, Croatian painter *

Slavko Štimac Slavko Štimac ( sr-cyrl, Славко Штимац; born 15 October 1960) is a Serbian actor. Born in a village near Perušić in modern-day Croatia, he later graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Štimac made his screen debut ...

, Serbian actor *

Slavko Vorkapić Slavoljub "Slavko" Vorkapić ( sr-Cyrl, Славољуб "Славко" Воркапић; March 17, 1894 – October 20, 1976), known in English as Slavko Vorkapich, was a Serbian-born Hollywood montagist, an independent cinematic artist, chair ...

, Serbian-American film director

Politics and Military

Slavko Cuvaj Baron Slavko Cuvaj de Ivanska (26 February 1851 – 31 January 1931) was a Croatian politician who was the Ban of Croatia-Slavonia and royal commissioner for Austria-Hungary. He was appointed in January 1912, when anti-Habsburg sentiments wer ...

, Croatian politician *

Slavko Dokmanović Slavko Dokmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Славко Докмановић; 14 December 1949 – 29 June 1998) was a Croatian Serb who was charged with grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, violation of the customs of war and crimes against hum ...

, Croatian Serb politician *

Slavko Kvaternik Slavko Kvaternik (25 August 1878 – 7 June 1947) was a Croatian Ustaše military general and politician who was one of the founders of the Ustaše movement. Kvaternik was military commander and Minister of '' Domobranstvo'' (''Armed Forces''). O ...

, Croatian fascist leader *

Slavko Linić Slavko Linić (born 19 September 1949) is a Croatian politician and economist. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics on the University of Rijeka. From 1990 to 2000, he was the Mayor of Rijeka. From 2000 to 2003 he served as Deputy Prime M ...

, Croatian politician * Slavko Perović, Montenegrin politician *

Slavko Šlander Slavko Šlander, nom de guerre Aleš (20 June 1909 – 24 August 1941), was a Slovene communist, Partisan, and people's hero. He was born in Dolenja Vas near Prebold, Duchy of Styria, Austria-Hungary (now part of Slovenia). Due to being e ...

, Slovenian war hero * Slavko Štancer, Croatian general * Slavko Vukšić, Croatian politician

Sports

Slavko Beda Slavko Beda (17 October 1919 – 8 June 1975) was a Croatian footballer who played internationally for the Croatia national team.

, Croatian football player *

Slavko Cicak Slavko Cicak (born 25 October 1969) is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001. He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiad in 2006, 2008 and 2010 and in the European Team Chess Championship in 2007. In 2005 ...

, Montenegrin-Swedish chess player *

Slavko Goluža Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and current coach of RK Zagreb. Club career Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. At the a ...

, Croatian handball player *

Slavko Ištvanić Slavko Ištvanić (born 12 July 1966 in Zagreb) is a retired Croatian professional footballer who played over 200 league matches for NK Dinamo Zagreb in the Croatian Prva HNL. International career Ištvanić made his debut for Croatia in a Ju ...

, Croatian football player *

Slavko Kodrnja Slavko Kodrnja (1911–1970) was a footballer who played as a forward. Internationally, he played for Yugoslavia and the Independent State of Croatia. Club career In the 1939–40 season of the Portuguese league, he was the top scorer, tied wi ...

, Croatian football player *

Slavko Lukić Slavko Lukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Cлaвкo Лукић; born 14 March 1989) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a right back. Club career Lukić was a member of Red Star Belgrade's youth selections as well as the youth teams of Serbia and Monte ...

, Serbian football player *

Slavko Luštica Slavko Luštica (11 January 1923 – 14 July 1992) was a footballer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He played club football in Yugoslavia with NK Osvit and Hajduk Split. Playing career Club Born in a small fishing commu ...

, Croatian football player *

Slavko Marić Slavko Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Славко Марић; born 7 March 1984) is a retired Serbian professional footballer who played as a defender. He is one of the most capped Serbian SuperLiga players with over 250 appearances. Honours ;Hajduk ...

, Bosnian Serb football player *

Slavko Matić Slavko Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Славко Матић; born 2 July 1976) is a Serbian football. He is a holder of the UEFA Pro Licence. He played for OFK Beograd, Spartak Moscow, PFC Slavia Sofia and PFC CSKA Sofia. Matić had a short stint as ma ...

, Serbian football player *

Slavko Obadov Slavko Obadov (born 12 July 1948 in Zemun) is a Serbian former judoka who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимп ...

, Serbian judoka *

Slavko Pavletić Slavko Pavletić (; 15 April 1914– 27 May 1945) was a Croatian footballer who played as a midfielder for Meteor Zagreb and Concordia Zagreb. International career He made his debut for Croatia under the flag of the Independent State of Croati ...

, Croatian football player *

Slavko Perović (footballer) Slavko Perović ( sr-Cyrl, Славко Перовић; born 9 June 1989, in Kragujevac) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a striker. Career His senior first team debut occurred for FK Obilić towards the end of 2004–05 season, setting t ...

, Serbian football player * Slavko Petrović, Serbian football player * Slavko Radovanović, Serbian football player *

Slavko Stefanović Slavko Stefanović (born March 28, 1981) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played the power forward position. Professional career Stefanović began his professional career with Belgrade clubs Beopetrol and Lavovi 063. In Nov ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Slavko Stojanović Slavko "Vavo" Stojanović (1 June 1930 – 3 December 2012) was a Croatian football goalkeeper. Club career Stojanović started playing in his hometown clubs Udarnik and Proleter, the predecessors of today's NK Osijek, before moving to Belgrad ...

, Croatian football player * Slavko Svinjarević, Serbian football player *

Slavko Šajber Slavko Šajber (25 February 1929 – 3 November 2003) was a Croatian politician, football official and former president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia. Early life Šajber was born in Gradina, near Virovitica, to a Jewish family, ...

, Croatian football manager *

Slavko Šurdonja Slavko Šurdonja (1 October 1912 – 8 January 1943) was a Croatian football player who appeared for Yugoslavia in international competitions. Club career He was famous as being a big, strong forward, with great ball control, excellent shot and ...

, Croatian football player * Slavko Vraneš, Montenegrin basketball player *

Slavko Vučković Slavko Vučković (Serbian Cyrillic: Cлaвкo Bучкoвић, born 5 August 1982) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonl ...

, Serbian football player * Slavko Zagorac, Bosnian Serb football player

Writers and Journalists

Slavko Ćuruvija Slavko Ćuruvija ( sr-Cyrl, Славко Ћурувија, ; 9 August 1949 – 11 April 1999) was a Serbian journalist and newspaper publisher. His murder on 11 April 1999 in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia provoked international outrage and wide condemna ...

, Serbian journalist * Slavko Fras, Slovenian journalist *

Slavko Goldstein Slavko Goldstein (22 August 1928 – 13 September 2017) was a Croatian historian, politician, and fiction writer. Biography Early life Slavko Goldstein was born in Sarajevo in the Jewish family of Ivo and Lea Goldstein. His grandfather Aron h ...

, Croatian writer * Slavko Janevski, Macedonian writer *

Slavko Pregl Slavko Pregl, full name Vekoslav Pregl, (born 9 September 1945) is a Slovene writer, editor and publisher best known for his youth literature. He is the current director of the Slovenian Book Agency. Pregl was born in Ljubljana Ljubljana ( ...

, Slovenian writer

Others

Slavko Hirsch Dr. Slavko Hirsch (29 March 1893 – 1942) was a Croatian physician, founder and director of the Epidemiological Institute in Osijek. Hirsch was born on 29 March 1893 in Glina to a Jewish family of Bertold and Josefina Hirsch. After high school ...

, Croatian physician * Slavko Kremenšek, Slovene historian * Slavko Kulić, Croatian economist *

Slavko Löwy Slavko Löwy (August 7, 1904 – April 1, 1996) was well-known Croatian architect. Background, family and education Löwy was born in Koprivnica to a respectable and wealthy Croatian Jewish family, who were engaged in trade. In Koprivnica he att ...

, Croatian architect * Slavko Milosavlevski, Macedonian sociologist * Slavko Wolf, Croatian Jewish lawyer *

Slavko Ziherl Slavko Ziherl, MD, PhD (September 23, 1945January 21, 2012) was a Slovenian specialist in psychiatry. Early life and education Ziherl was born in Ljubljana in 1945. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine in 1970, and ...

, Slovenian psychiatrist

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