Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South

Slavic name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), ...

, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in

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and a little in

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. Notable people with this given name include: *

Zoran Bečić Zoran Bečić (April 2, 1939 – March 29, 2006) was one of the most prominent artists of the Bosnian theatrical community in the 20th century. One of the founding actors of Sarajevo War Theatre, he studied acting at the Belgrade Academy of Dramati ...

, Bosnian Serb actor *

Zoran Baldovaliev Zoran Baldovaliev ( mk, Зоран Балдовалиев; born 4 March 1983) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Tikvesh Kavadarci. Club career Baldovaliev started his career in the Macedonian club Belasica, and played for ...

, Macedonian football player *

Zoran Cvijanović Zoran "Zoki" Cvijanović ( sr-cyr, Зоран "Зоки" Цвијановић; born 25 January 1958) is a Serbian actor and producer. He has starred in over 70 films and television series with his most notable role coming in the drama series ''Siv ...

, Serbian actor *

Zoran Ćirić Zoran Ćirić ( sr-cyr, italic=yes, Зоран Ћирић) (born in 1962) is a writer from Niš, Serbia. He writes poetry and prose. Ćirić received the NIN award in 2001 for his novel ''Hobo''. Novels * ''Prisluškivanje'' (2000) * ''Hobo ...

, Serbian writer *

Zoran Đerić Zoran Đerić was minister of the interior of the Republika Srpska. He was removed from office in 2004 by the High representative because of his failure to ensure that article 19 of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Zoran Đinđić Zoran Đinđić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Ђинђић, ; 1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in 2003. He was the mayor of Belgrade in 1997. Đinđić ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Dukić Zoran Dukić (born 1969 in Zagreb) is a Croatian classical guitarist. Between 1990 and 1997, Dukić won more competitions than any other guitarist. Life He started to play the guitar at the age of six. He graduated from the Music Academy of Zag ...

, Croatian classical guitarist *

Zoran Džorlev Zoran Džorlev ( mk, Зоран Џорлев; 10 January 1967 – 1 January 2021) was a Macedonian violinist. Life His father, Nasko, was a famous composer of folk music and conductor of an orchestra, and his grandfather Hristo, a friend of nati ...

, Macedonian violinist *

Zoran Erić Zoran Erić ( sr, Зоран Ерић / ''Zoran Erić'', ) (born 6 October 1950) is a Serbian composer based in Belgrade. He teaches composition, orchestration, theater and film music at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serb ...

, Serbian composer *

Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward positio ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Zoran Filipović Zoran Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Филиповић, ; born 6 February 1953) is a Montenegrin former football coach and player, best known for his playing stints with Red Star Belgrade and S.L. Benfica. Club career Filipović, born 6 Febr ...

, Montenegrin football coach *

Zoran G. Jančić Zoran G. Jančić (born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb pianist. He was educated at Primary and Secondary Music School. He gave his first recital at the age of twelve. He was also educated at the Zagreb Academy of ...

, Bosnian Croat pianist *

Zoran Janjetov Zoran Janjetov ( sr-cyr, Зоран Јањетов; born 23 June 1961) is a Serbian comics artist. Janjetov is among most prominent comics creators of former Yugoslavia, published worldwide. He is best known as the illustrator of '' Avant l'Incal'' ...

, Serbian comic artist *

Zoran Janković (disambiguation) Zoran Janković may refer to: *Zoran Janković (politician) (born 1953), Slovenian businessman and politician *Zoran Janković (footballer) (born 1974), Serbian-born Bulgarian football manager and former player *Zoran Janković (water polo) (1940� ...

, several people *

Zoran Jovanovski Zoran Jovanovski (born 21 August 1972 in Skopje) is a Macedonian retired football defender. International career He made his senior debut for Macedonia in an October 1993 friendly match away against Slovenia, which was his country's first ever ...

, Macedonian football player *

Zoran Jolevski Zoran Jolevski ( mk, Зоран Јолевски; born 16 July 1959) is a Macedonian diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense, he served as Macedonia's Ambassador t ...

, Macedonian Ambassador to the US *

Zoran Knežević (astronomer) Zoran Knežević ( sr-cyr, Зоран Кнежевић, born 23 August 1949 in Osijek) is a Serbian astronomer, who has been publishing since 1982. His major scientific contributions are in the field of movement of small Solar System bodies, thei ...

, Serbian astronomer *

Zoran Knežević (politician) Zoran Knežević ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Кнежевић; 13 February 1948 – 12 September 2014) was a Montenegrin politician. Early life and education Zoran Knežević was born on 13 February 1948. He graduated from the University of Belgrade F ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') ...

, Croatian writer *

Zoran Ladicorbic Zoran Ladicorbic (born 1947), known as Zoran, is an American fashion designer who launched his business in 1976. He is particularly known for extremely minimalist, understated garments following the American sportswear principle, in neutral color ...

, Yugoslavian-born American fashion designer, professionally known as Zoran. *

Zoran Lilić Zoran Lilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Лилић; born 27 August 1954) is a Serbian and former Yugoslavs, Yugoslav politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Serbia from 1992 to 1994, and as President of the Federal Re ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Lončar Zoran Lončar ( sr-cyr, Зоран Лончар; born 1965) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government from 2004 to 2007, and as the Minister of Education from 2007 to 2008. He holds ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Mamić Zoran Mamić (; born 30 September 1971) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, and convicted fraudster. He was most recently the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb. He is a wanted criminal in C ...

, Croatian football player *

Zoran Milanović Zoran Milanović (; born 30 October 1966) is a Croatian politician serving as President of Croatia since 19 February 2020. Prior to assuming the presidency, he was prime minister from 2011 to 2016 and president of the Social Democratic Party f ...

, Croatian politician *

Zoran Milinković (politician) Zoran Milinković (Зоран Милинковић; born 26 September 1956) was the presidential candidate of the Patriots of the Serbian Diaspora in the 2004 Serbian presidential election. He was born in Kraljevo, but from 1980th lives in Paris a ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Mirković Zoran "Bata" Mirković ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Бата Мирковић, ; born 21 September 1971) is a retired Serbian footballer and current manager. Playing career Club career Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990– ...

, Serbian football player *

Zoran Mušič Zoran Mušič (12 February 1909 – 25 May 2005), baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of It ...

, Slovenian painter *

Zoran Pavlovič Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and a little in Slovenia. Notable people with this given na ...

, Slovenian football player *

Zoran Planinić Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Early years Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk fr ...

, Croatian basketball player *

Zoran Pešić (rugby league) Zoran Pešić (born 14 July 1983) is a Serbian rugby league footballer, who currently plays for French club RC Carpentras XIII in the Elite Two Championship. He plays mainly at . He has represented Serbia many times, and played at club level fo ...

, Serbian rugby player *

Zoran Predin Zoran Predin (born 16 June 1958) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the new wave rock band ''Lačni Franz''. He also writes music for film, television, and theatre. In the late 1990s and early 20 ...

, Slovenian musician *

Zoran Radmilović Zoran Radmilović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Радмиловић; 11 May 1933 – 21 July 1985) was a Serbian actor who had some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. He studied law, architecture and philology at the ...

, Serbian actor *

Zoran Radović Zoran Radović (born February 17, 1961 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator. Early career and college Known for tenacious defensive skills, Radović started playing basket ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Zoran Rankić Zoran Rankić ( sr-cyr, Зоран Ранкић; 9 August 1935 – 9 December 2019) was a Serbian actor and writer. He was best known for the controversial role of Chetnik commander Nikola Kalabić in 1981 TV docudrama ''Poslednji čin'' and for ...

, Serbian actor *

Zoran Rant Zoran Rant (14 September 1904 – 12 February 1972) was a Yugoslav mechanical engineer, scientist and professor, associate member of SAZU. Rant invented the terms exergy and anergy In immunology, anergy is a lack of reaction by the body's ...

, Slovenian scientist *

Zoran Redžić Zoran Redžić (born 29 January 1948) is a Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, he is a younger brother of another Bosnian ...

, Bosnian musician *

Zoran Savić Zoran Savić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Савић; born November 18, 1966) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former professional player who is currently the sports director for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic Lea ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Zoran Simjanović Zoran Simjanović (; 11 May 1946 – 11 April 2021) was a Serbian and Yugoslav musician, composer and music educator. Simjanović started his career in 1961, as the keyboardist for the rock band Siluete. In 1962, he moved to the band Elipse, wi ...

, Serbian musician *

Zoran Simović Zoran Simović (Cyrillic: Зоран Симовић; born 2 November 1954) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Simović was named the Yugoslav Footballer of the Year in 1983. He also won the Turkish Foo ...

, Montenegrin football player *

Zoran Stanković Zoran Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Станковић, ; 9 November 1954 – 5 October 2021) was a Serbian major-general and politician. He served as the Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Serbia ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Stojković Zoran Stojković ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стојковић; 7 October 1946 — 6 July 2020) was a Serbian politician who served as Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007. Stojković graduated from the University of Belgra ...

, Serbian politician *

Zorán Sztevanovity Zorán Sztevanovity ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стевановић) (born 4 March 1942) is a Serbian guitarist, singer and composer in Hungary. Life and career Zoran Stevanović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стевановић) was born in Belgrade, Kingdom ...

(Zoran Stefanović), Serbian-Hungarian musician *

Zoran Šami Zoran Šami ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Шами; 2 November 1948 – 4 September 2016) was the speaker of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro from Democratic Party of Serbia. Šami was born on 2 November 1948 in Valjevo. He graduated from the Facu ...

, Serbian Politician *

Zoran Terzić Zoran Terzić ( sr-cyr, Зоран Терзић, born 9 July 1966) is a Serbian volleyball coach. He was the coach of the Serbia women's national volleyball team between 2002 and 2022, and under his leadership the team won 20 European, World and ...

, Serbian volleyball player and coach *

Zoran Tošić Zoran Tošić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Тошић, ; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club Lamia. He has built a reputation as a free-kick specialist and a tricky dribbler. Toši ...

, Serbian footballer *

Zoran Urumov Zoran Urumov (; born 30 August 1977) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Urumov began his career on the books of Red Star Belgrade, making his first-team debut i ...

, Serbian footballer *

Zoran Vanev Zoran "Zoki" Vanev (Serbian/Macedonian: Зоран Ванев) is a Macedonian pop-folk singer. He was born in Štip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and began his career in 1993 with the release of his song ''"Angela"''. He enjoyed moderate success i ...

, Macedonian musician * Zoran Vujović, Croatian football player *

Zoran Vuković Zoran Vuković (born 6 September 1955 in Brusna, Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the city of Fo ...

, Bosnian Serb war crime suspect *

Zoran Vulić Zoran Vulić (; born 4 October 1961) is a Croatian professional association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He is most notable for having man ...

, Croatian football player *

Zoran Zaev Zoran Zaev ( mk, Зоран Заев, ; born 8 October 1974) is a Macedonian economist and politician who served as prime minister of North Macedonia from May 2017 to January 2020, and again from August 2020 to January 2022. Prior to entering ...

, Macedonian politician *

Zoran Žigić Zoran Žigić (Зоран Жигић) (born September 20, 1958 in Balte, Čelinac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with violation of the customs of war and crimes against humanity by the International Cri ...

, Bosnian Serb war crime suspect *

Zoran Živković (politician) Zoran Živković ( sr-cyr, Зоран Живковић, ; born 22 December 1960) is a Serbian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia from 2003 to 2004 and as the Mayor of Niš from 1997 to 2000. Živković served as mayor of Ni� ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Živković (handballer) Zoran "Tuta" Živković (; born 5 April 1945) is a Serbian former handball coach and player. Club career Živković started playing handball at his hometown club Železničar Niš, before moving to Crvenka. He would help them win the national c ...

, Serbian handball player *

Zoran Živković (writer) Zoran Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Живковић, pronounced , born October 5, 1948) is a Serbian writer, university professor, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. Žiković's works have been translated to 20 languages ...

, Serbian writer

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