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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 ...

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"). It may refer to: * Vasilije, Serbian Patriarch (), Serbian cleric born Vasilije Jovanović-Brkić * Vasilije Calasan (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 Vasilije Krestić ( sr-cyr, Василије Крестић; born 20 July 1932) is a Serbian historian and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Biography As a historian, he focuses on the history of the Serbs of the Habsburg mona ...

(born 1932), intellectual and historian, and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts * Vasilije Matić (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 pro ...

(1923–1984), greatly influential and renowned Serbian composer *

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 Petrović Vasilije Petrović ( sr-cyrl, Василије Петровић; 1709 – 10 March 1766) was the metropolitan bishop of Cetinje ( Prince-Bishop of Montenegro), ruling with Sava Petrović, his cousin. He was author of the ''History of Montenegro' ...

(1709–1766), Prince Bishop of Montenegro *

Vasilije Popović (disambiguation) Vasilije Popović may refer to: * Vasilije Popović (cleric) (1860–1938), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan * Vasilije Popović (revolutionary) (1775–1832), Serbian revolutionary * Vasilije Popović, real name of Pavle Ugrinov (1926–2007), Ser ...

, multiple people *

Vasilije Prodanović Vasilije Prodanović (; born 24 November 1985) is a retired Serbian footballer. Career Born in Belgrade, he previously played with FK Jedinstvo Ub, FK Čukarički, FK Zemun, FK Bežanija, FK Jagodina on Serbia. He had spells abroad with Polonia ...

(born 1985), Serbian footballer *

Vasilije Radović Vasilije Radović (, 10 September 1938 – 25 March 2019) was a Yugoslav football former goalkeeper and manager. He was born in Montenegro, but spent most of his life in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Radović (nicknamed "Čiko") had also mad ...

(born 1938), former Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager *

Vasilije Šijaković Vasilije Šijaković (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Bacилиje Шиjaкoвић; 31 July 1929 – 10 November 2003) was a Montenegrin footballer. He played at two World Cup Finals tournaments for Yugoslavia. Club career At club level, he played for ...

(1929–2003), Montenegrin football player *

Vasilije Tomović Vasilije Tomović aka Vasily Tomovic (born 11 May 1906, died c. 1994) was a Montenegrin chess master. He was born in Mateševo. Before World War II, Vasilije Tomovic was the first significant chess player in Montenegro. He was also mathematician a ...

(born 1906), Montenegrin chess master *

Vasilije Trbić Vasilije Trbić ( sr-Cyrl, Василије Трбић; 1881 – 1962) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Macedonia who became a politician in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, first representing the People's Radical Party (NRS) in t ...

(1881–1962), Serbian Chetnik leader and politician *

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

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