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Vasilije Vasilije () is a South Slavic masculine given name, a variant of Greek given name ''Vassilios'' ("Basil"). It may refer to: * Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch (), Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić * Vasilije Calasan (born 1981), French rac ...

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surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Vasa Mihich (born 1933), American artist *

Vasa Mijić Vasa Mijić (born 11 April 1973) is a Serbian volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Yugoslavian Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Standing at 1.86 m, he played as a libero. Career Mijić was named ''Best Digger'' at t ...

(born 1973), Serbian volleyball player * Vasa Stajić (1878—1947), Serbian writer and philosopher * Vasilije

Vasa Čarapić Vasilije "Vasa" Čarapić, known as the Dragon from Avala ( sr-Cyrl, Василије Васа Чарапић, Змај од Авале; 1768–1806) and Vasso Tscharapitsch was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) that participated in the F ...

(1768–1806), Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) * Vasilije

Vasa Jovanović Vasilije Jovanović ( sr, Василије Јовановић; February 1874 – 31 December 1970), also known as Vasa Makedonac ("Vasa the Macedonian;" sr, Васа Македонац), was a Serbian lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik mo ...

(1874–1970), Serbian lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement and a founding member of the League of Nations * Vasilije

Vasa Živković Vasilije "Vasa" Živković (1819–1891) was a Serbian poet and Orthodox priest. He is highly regarded in Serbian culture for his role in collecting verses from oral traditions of his people. His literary opus sustained only half of his poems to ...

(1819–1891), Serbian poet and Orthodox priest * Vasilije

Vasa Pelagić Vasilije "Vasa" Pelagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије "Васа" Пелагић; 1833 – 25 January 1899) was a Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist and a proponent of utopian socialism among the Serbs in the ...

(1833–1899), Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist and proponent of utopian socialism * Vasilije

Vaso Čubrilović Vaso Čubrilović ( sr-Cyrl, Васо Чубриловић; 14 January 1897 – 11 June 1990) was a Bosnian Serb scholar and politician. As a teenager, he joined the South Slav student movement known as Young Bosnia and was involved in the conspir ...

(''Vasilije Vasa Čubrilović''; 1897–1990), Bosnian Serb scholar and politician *

Eero Vasa Eero Vasa (born 1 February 1997) is a Finnish tennis player. Vasa has a career high ATP singles ranking of 601 achieved on 29 July 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 340 achieved on 7 November 2022. On the junior tour Vasa ...

(born 1997), Finnish tennis player *

Robert F. Vasa Robert Francis Vasa (born May 7, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. On Monday, January 24, 2011, Vasa was named the coadjutor bishop to Bishop Daniel F. Walsh of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California by Pope Benedic ...

(born 1951), American Roman Catholic prelate and former Bishop of Baker

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