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

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

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

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

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and a little in

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. 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 '' Si ...

, 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 File:20 ...

, Serbian writer *

Zoran Đerić Zoran Đerić was minister of the interior of the Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, t ...

, 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. Đinđi� ...

, 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 Za ...

, 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 positi ...

, Serbian basketball player * Zoran Filipović, 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) (194 ...

, 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 to ...

, 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, the ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Yugoslav politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Serbia from 1992 to 1994, and as President of the Federal Republic of ...

, 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 Cr ...

, 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, Serbian football player *Zoran Mušič, Slovenian painter *Zoran Pavlovič, Slovenian football player *Zoran Planinić, Croatian basketball player *Zoran Pešić (rugby league), Serbian rugby player *Zoran Predin, Slovenian musician *Zoran Radmilović, Serbian actor *Zoran Radović, Serbian basketball player *Zoran Rankić, Serbian actor *Zoran Rant, Slovenian scientist *Zoran Redžić, Bosnian musician *Zoran Savić, Serbian basketball player *Zoran Simjanović, Serbian musician *Zoran Simović, Montenegrin football player *Zoran Stanković, Serbian politician *Zoran Stojković, Serbian politician *Zorán Sztevanovity (Zoran Stefanović), Serbian-Hungarian musician *Zoran Šami, Serbian Politician *Zoran Terzić, Serbian volleyball player and coach *Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer *Zoran Urumov, Serbian footballer *Zoran Vanev, Macedonian musician *Zoran Vujović, Croatian football player *Zoran Vuković, Bosnian Serb war crime suspect *Zoran Vulić, Croatian football player *Zoran Zaev, Macedonian politician *Zoran Žigić, Bosnian Serb war crime suspect *Zoran Živković (politician), Serbian politician *Zoran Živković (handballer), Serbian handball player *Zoran Živković (writer), Serbian writer

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