Vasilije () is a South Slavic masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, a variant of Greek given name ''

Vassilios Vassilios or Vassileios, also transliterated Vasileios, Vasilios, Vassilis or Vasilis ( el, Βασίλειος or Βασίλης), is a Greek given name, the origin of Basil (name), Basil. In ancient/medieval/Byzantine context, it is also transliter ...

'' (" Basil"). It may refer to: *

Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch Vasilije ( sr-cyr, Василије) born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić (Sremski Karlovci, Austrian Empire, 1719 - Imperial Russia, 10 February 1772) was a Serbian metropolitan of Dabar and Bosnia who managed to depose and succeed Patriarch Kirilo ...

(), Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić *

Vasilije Calasan Vasilije Calasan (born December 23, 1981 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a former French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various diale ...

(born 1981), French racing driver *

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) *

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 Krestić (born 1932), intellectual and historian, and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts *

Vasilije Matić Vasilije Matić (12 June 1906 – 20 August 1981) was a forestry expert from Yugoslavia. Matić was born in Srpske Moravice. He graduated from the Faculty of Agroforestry at the University of Zagreb in 1930. He worked at Sušak, Sarajevo ...

(1906–1981), forestry expert born in Srpske Moravice *

Vasilije Mokranjac Vasilije Mokranjac (Belgrade, 11 September 1923 – Belgrade, 27 May 1984) was a Serbian composer, professor of composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was one of the most promi ...

(1923–1984), greatly influential and renowned Serbian composer * Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899), Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist and proponent of utopian socialism * Vasilije Petrović (1709–1766), Prince Bishop of Montenegro * Vasilije Popović (disambiguation), multiple people * Vasilije Prodanović (born 1985), Serbian footballer * Vasilije Radović (born 1938), former Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager * Vasilije Šijaković (1929–2003), Montenegrin football player * Vasilije Tomović (born 1906), Montenegrin chess master * Vasilije Trbić (1881–1962), Serbian Chetnik leader and politician * Vasa Živković (1819–1891), Serbian poet and Orthodox priest

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