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Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
. The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are known by the demonym "Bosnians", which includes people belonging to the three main constituent groups ( Bosniaks,
Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...
and
Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
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Arts


Fine arts

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Adi Granov Adi Granov (;) is a Bosnian-American comic book artist and conceptual designer. He is best known for his painted work with Marvel Comics, for whom most of his comics work is produced, in particular his work on Iron Man. He is especially known f ...
– comic book artist *
Braco Dimitrijević Slobodan "Braco" Dimitrijević (born 18 June 1948) is a Bosnian conceptual artist. His works deal mainly with history and the individual's place in it. He lives and works in Paris, France. He has exhibited internationally since the 1970s, includ ...
– conceptual artist *
Endi E. Poskovic Endi Poskovic (born as Elvedin Pošković on January 29, 1969) is a Bosnian-born American visual artist, printmaker and educator. His graphic work merges visual representation with text, often shifting the reading of the imagery through continuou ...
– printmaker and artist *
Gabrijel Jurkić Gabrijel Jurkić (24 March 1886 – 25 February 1974) was a Bosnian Croat artist.Lončarević, Vladimir. 2016. ''Gabrijel Jukić - slikar Božje ljubavi''. Glas koncila (print edition). 2016-03/04. Nr. 14 (2016.), p. 21 He was born in Livno, ...
– painter * Safet Zec – painter and graphic designer * Šejla Kamerić – video art and installation *
Helena Klakocar Helena Klakočar (born 1958) is a Croats, Croatian artist alternative comics, alternative cartoonist known for her autobiographical, social, and political observations. Life and work Helena Klakočar was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, i ...
– cartoonist * Maya Kulenovic – painter (Canada) * Mersad Berber – painter *
Nesim Tahirović Nesim Tahirović (23 October 1941 – 14 August 2020) was a Bosnian painter. He studied art (painting) in Belgrade under professor Kosta Hakman. Along with painting he also worked in the area of scenic design and other applied arts. During a ...
– painter *
Irfan Brkovic Irfan Brković is a Bosnian interdisciplinary artist based in New York. He is a Member of The Wooster Group. Career In the early 2000s Irfan founded audio visual collective Fa11out. After receiving his degree from Academy of Drama in Bosni ...
– visual artist * Lazar Drljača – painter *
Slobodan Pejić Slobodan Pejić (19 June 1944 – 25 August 2006) was a Bosnian sculptor and painter who lived for most of his life in Slovenia. He is best known after having transformed a 300-year-old oak tree that fell in the storm in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana in ...
– painter and sculptor *
Todor Švrakić Todor Švrakić (1882–1931) was a Bosnian painter. He was one of the early 20th century pioneers of Bosnian painting within the European style and is considered one of the Western Balkans' most notable watercolor artists.Zuko Džumhur – cartoonist * Adela Jušić – visual artist * Florijan Mićković – sculptor


Architecture

* Selma Harrington – architect and designer * Vesna Bugarski – Bosnia-Herzegovina's first female architect * Ivan Štraus – architect, academician * Zlatko Ugljen – architect * Hasan Cemalovic – architect * Ivan Ceresnjes – architect * Selman Selmanagić - architect


Composition

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Franciscus Bossinensis Franciscus Bossinensis (''fl.'' 1509 – 1511) (Francis the Bosnian) was a lutenist-composer active in Italy in the 16th century. Bojan Bujić, "Navigating through the Past": Issues Facing an Historian of Music in Bosnia, ''International Review of t ...
– composer *
Dino Zonić Edin Dino Zonić is a Bosnian composer and conductor. Biography Maestro Dino Zonić was born and raised in Sarajevo. He is the composer and conductor and director of many productions throughout Europe and the United States concert halls, fe ...
– composer and conductor *
Nihad Hrustanbegovic Nihad Hrustanbegović (born 7 June 1973) is a Bosnian-Dutch composer, accordionist and pianist from Amsterdam. He is considered to be one of the most prominent and successful solo concert accordion artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Netherlands ...
– composier, concert artist, accordionist and pianist *
Elvidin Krilić Elvidin Krilić (born 30 September 1962; more commonly known as Edo Krila), is a Bosnian musician, accordionist, composer and educator. He was born in Sarajevo to a family that cherished Bosnian traditional folk music. As a young boy, he received ...
– musician, accordion player and composer *
Miroslav Čangalović Miroslav Čangalović ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Чангаловић; 3 March 1921 – 1 October 1999) was a Serbian opera and concert singer and is considered to be one of the greatest basses in Yugoslav history. Čangalović was born in the s ...
– Bosnian opera and concert singer * Lotfi Bouchnak – Tunisian singer, ud player, composer and public figure *
Flory Jagoda Flory Jagoda (born Flora Papo; December 21, 1923January 29, 2021) was a Bosnian Jewishborn American guitarist, composer and singer-songwriter. She was known for her composition and interpretation of Sephardic songs, Judeo-Espanyol (Ladino) song ...
– composer and singer * Merima Ključo – concert accordionist


Theatre and performing arts

* Adnan Hasković – actor *
Aleksandra Romanić Aleksandra Romaniċ was born 1958 in Zagreb into a family of musicians. She was awarded a scholarship at the age of sixteen to go to the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She graduated in 1981 summa cum laude. Completing her master's degree, she wa ...
– pianist *
Branko Đurić Branko Đurić ( sh-Cyrl, Бранко Ђурић; born 28 May 1962), also known by his nickname Đuro (Cyrillic: Ђуро), is a Bosnian actor, comedian, film director and musician, who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Born and raised i ...
– actor, director, original member of the cult comedy
Top Lista Nadrealista ''Top lista nadrealista'' ("The Top List of the Surrealists", sometimes "The Surrealists' Chart Toppers")—also known as ''TLN'' or ''Nadrealisti'' ("Surrealists")—is a Yugoslav sketch comedy and variety television show. Produced by TV Sar ...
line-up * Davor Dujmović – actor *
Enis Bešlagić Enis Bešlagić (born 6 January 1975) is a Bosnian actor. In the 2000s, he starred in several films such as ''Fuse'' (2003), ''Summer in the Golden Valley'' (2003), '' Ivko's Feast'' (2005), ''Ram za sliku moje domovine'' (2005) and '' All for F ...
– actor *
Haris Pašović Haris Pašović (born 16 July 1961) is a Bosnian theatre director. Over the course of his career, he has also worked as a playwright, producer, choreographer, performer, and designer. He is best known for his productions of Wedekind's “ Spring A ...
– director * Josip Pejaković – actor * Midhat Ajanović – film theorist, animator and novelist *
Mustafa Nadarević Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian and Croatian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including '' The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), ''When Father ...
– actor *
Oskar Danon Oskar Danon (7 February 1913 – 18 December 2009)
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– composer and conductor *
Vedran Smailović Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's ''Adagio in G Minor'' in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat ...
, – cellist * Vladimir Valjarević – pianist *
Zijah Sokolović Zijah Sokolović (born 22 December 1950) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director. He is the director of ''Theaterland'' in Salzburg, professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, artistic director of ''Dežela gledališča'' theat ...
– actor, director *
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 ...
– actor and director * Arijana Marić Gigliani – opera singer *
Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake'', '' The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater plays: ''Time Out'', '' I Don't Like Mondays'', ' ...
– playwright


Literature

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Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in ...
– writer, Nobel Laureate *
Meša Selimović Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (; ; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose novel '' Death and the Dervish'' is one of the most important literary works in post-World War II Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are the ...
– writer *
Branko Ćopić Branko Ćopić ( sr-cyrl, Бранко Ћопић, ; 1 January 1915 – 26 March 1984) was a Serbian, Bosnian and Yugoslavian writer. He wrote poetry, short stories and novels, and became famous for his stories for children and young adults, oft ...
– writer *
Aleksa Šantić Aleksa Šantić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Шантић, (); 27 May 1868 – 2 February 1924) was a poet from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His poetry reflecting both the urban culture of the region. The most common themes of his poems are social inju ...
– poet *
Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Xeмoн; born September 9, 1964) is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels '' Nowhere Man'' (2002) and '' The Lazarus Pr ...
– writer *
Abdulah Sidran Abdulah Sidran (born 2 October 1944), often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname ''Avdo'', is a Bosnian poet and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the poetry book Sarajevski Tabut and the scripts for ''When Father Was Away on Busines ...
– writer *
Petar Kočić Petar Kočić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Кочић; 29 June 1877 – 27 August 1916) was a Bosnian Serb writer, activist and politician. Born in rural northwestern Bosnia in the final days of Ottoman rule, Kočić began writing around the turn ...
– writer *
Isak Samokovlija Isak Samokovlija (3 September 1889 – 15 January 1955) was a prominent Bosnian Jewish writer. By profession he was a physician. His stories describe the life of the Bosnian Sephardic Jews. Biography Samokovlija was born into a Sephardi Jewish ...
– writer *
Mak Dizdar Mehmedalija "Mak" Dizdar (17 October 1917 – 14 July 1971) was a Bosnian poet. His poetry combined influences from the Bosnian Christian culture, Islamic mysticism and cultural remains of medieval Bosnia, and especially the stećci. His works ' ...
– poet *
Miljenko Jergović Miljenko Jergović (born 28 May 1966) is a prominent Bosnian writer. Biography Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to Croatian parents, Jergović received his M.A. in literature from the Sarajevo University. While at high ...
– writer * Semezdin Mehmedinovic – writer *
Jovan Dučić Jovan Dučić ( sr-cyr, Јован Дучић, ; 17 February 1871 – 7 April 1943) was a Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat and academic. He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and modernist poets. Dučić published his first collec ...
– poet * Zaim Topčić – writer *
Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake'', '' The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater plays: ''Time Out'', '' I Don't Like Mondays'', ' ...
– writer * Prokopije Čokorilo – traveler, writer and historian * Nićifor Dučić – writer * Staka Skenderova – writer


Science and technology

* Mahmut Bajraktarević – mathematician * Rifat Hadžiselimović – genetist * Asaf Duraković – physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium * Asim Kurjak – physician, gynecologist * Asim Peco – linguist and professor of Philology at the
University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-ba ...
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Vladimir Prelog Vladimir Prelog (23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born and grew up in ...
– chemist, Nobel Laureate * Irfan Škiljan – creator of freeware image viewer
IrfanView IrfanView () is an image viewer, editor, organiser and converter program for Microsoft Windows. It can also play video and audio files, and has some image creation and painting capabilities. IrfanView is free for non-commercial use; commercial u ...


Popular culture


Film, radio and television

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Aida Begić Aida Begić (born 9 May 1976) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. Education and career She graduated in Film and Theater Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2000. Her graduation film "The First Death Experience ...
– film director *
Ademir Kenović Ademir Kenović (born September 14, 1950) is a Bosnian film director and producer. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1975. In 1972–73 he studied film, English literature and art at the Denison University in Ohio. His films inclu ...
– film director and producer
François Chalais Prize The François Chalais Prize (French: ''Prix François Chalais'') is awarded at two main events, the Cannes Film Festival (since 1997) and the Young Reporters' Awards (since 1999). It was created to pay tribute to French journalist and film histori ...
* Adnan Hasković – actor *
Bekim Fehmiu Bekim Fehmiu (; ; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War. Biography Early life Fehmiu was born in S ...
– actor *
Danis Tanović Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie ''No Man's Land'' which won him many awards, including an Academy Award f ...
–
Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
, Golden Globe, Berlin Film Festival,
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
-winning director and screenwriter *
Haris Pašović Haris Pašović (born 16 July 1961) is a Bosnian theatre director. Over the course of his career, he has also worked as a playwright, producer, choreographer, performer, and designer. He is best known for his productions of Wedekind's “ Spring A ...
– theatre and film director *
Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...
– film director, two time
Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...
winner *
Hajrudin Krvavac Hajrudin "Šiba" Krvavac (22 December 1926 – 11 July 1992) was a Bosnian film director most notable for directing movies from the Partisan film genre during 1960s and 70s. His gift for precise storytelling was visible in his early documentaries ...
– film director * Harun Mehmedinović – filmmaker, photographer, author *
Ivana Miličević Ivana Miličević (; born April 26, 1974) is a Bosnian Croat-American actress and model. She is best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action drama series ''Banshee'' (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series ''The 100'' (20 ...
– actress, notable appearances in Seinfeld, Felicity, among others *
Jasmila Žbanić Jasmila Žbanić (; born 19 December 1974) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for having written and directed '' Quo Vadis, Aida?'' (2020), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Lan ...
– film director,
Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
nominee, BAFTA nominee, 2006
Golden Bear The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The win ...
winner *
Jasmin Dizdar Jasmin Dizdar (born 8 June 1961) is a British-Bosnian film director, screenwriter and author best known for his feature film '' Beautiful People'' and his World War Two thriller '' Chosen''. Jasmin Dizdar also published a book on cinema, which achi ...
– film director *
Karl Malden Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American actor. He was primarily a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun aut ...
– actor, Oscar winner, and the former president of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motio ...
. His family originates from Bileća. *
Nenad Dizdarević Nenad Dizdarević (born 21 May 1955) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and teacher of cinema from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His most notable film, '' Magarece godine'' (1994), was the Bosnian submission to the Academy Awards ...
– film director *
Pjer Žalica Pjer Žalica (born 7 May 1964 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and a professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. His father Miodrag (1926–1992) was a noted dramaturgist and poet who scripted several TV movi ...
– film director *
Srđan Vuletić Srđan Vuletić (born 1971) is a Bosnian filmmaker. Personal life Vuletić was born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and attended school in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the age of eighteen he enrolled the Academy of Performing Arts ...
– filmmaker *
Tarik Filipović Tarik Filipović (born 11 March 1972) is a Bosnian-Croatian television presenter and actor. He has appeared in over 800 theatre plays since his debut in 1985. He has also been in many films and TV dramas produced throughout the areas of former Yu ...
– actor * Vehid Gunić – TV presenter * Zaim Topčić – editor of the Sarajevo radio station *
Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake'', '' The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater plays: ''Time Out'', '' I Don't Like Mondays'', ' ...
– screenwriter


Music

* Adi Lukovac – musician, music producer, founder of band Adi Lukovac & Ornamenti *
Alen Islamović Alija "Alen" Islamović (; born 17 August 1957) is a Bosnian rock vocalist. He is best known as the lead singer of Bosnian and Yugoslav rock bands Divlje jagode from 1979 to 1986 and Bijelo Dugme from 1986 to 1989. Born Alija Islamović in Bih ...
– musician, one-time frontman of Divlje Jagode i
Bijelo Dugme Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Yugoslav rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic ...
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Aljoša Buha Aljoša Buha ( sr-cyr, Аљоша Буха; 4 January 1962 – 18 September 1986) was a Bosnian musician best known for having played in two bands: Kongres and Crvena Jabuka. Early life Aljoša Buha was born in Ljubljana to a Herzegovinian Se ...
– member of the original line-up of
Crvena Jabuka Crvena jabuka () is a pop rock band formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1985. Since then they had great success and are still very popular. They were a part of the New primitives movement that started during the 80s. Biography The ...
, killed in a car accident *
Alma Čardžić Alma Čardžić (; born 10 March 1968) is a Bosnian singer, best known internationally for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests in 1994 and 1997. Biography Born in Maglaj she demonstrated a flair for music even as a child. When she ...
– pop singer *
Amila Glamočak Amila Glamočak (; born 19 July 1966 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song " Za našu ljubav" for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzego ...
– pop singer, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest *
Beba Selimović Izeta Selimović (27 March 1936 – 10 March 2020), known by her stage name Beba Selimović, was a Bosnian sevdalinka- folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Zehra Deović, ...
– sevdalinka singer *
Boris Novković Boris Novković (born 25 December 1967) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. He has been active since the 1980s. Biography Novković was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. His interest in a musical career was cultivated by ...
– singer and songwriter *
Brano Likić Brano Likić (born 23 January 1954, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a composer, producer, and performer. He founded the band ''Rezonansa''. Likić's studio, BLAP, was where most of the music from Sarajevo in the 1980s and 1990s ...
– composer and founder of Rezonansa *
Dado Džihan Jadranko "Dado" Džihan (born 24 May 1964), also credited as Dado Jehan, Waves and Patterns, is a composer, music producer and sound master from Bosnia and Herzegovina. A member of New Primitives, Top lista nadrealista an art movement of Sarajevo ...
– composer, producer, one-time member of
Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Curre ...
and
Top lista nadrealista ''Top lista nadrealista'' ("The Top List of the Surrealists", sometimes "The Surrealists' Chart Toppers")—also known as ''TLN'' or ''Nadrealisti'' ("Surrealists")—is a Yugoslav sketch comedy and variety television show. Produced by TV Sar ...
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Davor Badrov Davor Badrov (born 21 September 1992) is a Bosnian singer whose musical career started in 2007, when he was 15 years old. Biography Early life Davor Badrov was born 21 September 1992 in the small town of Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during t ...
– singer *
Davorin Popović Davorin Popović (23 September 1946 – 18 June 2001) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter, born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was well known throughout the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer and frontman of the progressive and pop rock ba ...
– singer and frontman of
Indexi Indexi was a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died. Some of their most notable songs are "Svijet u kome živ ...
* Deen – former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest * Dejan Matić – folk singer *
Damir Imamović Damir Imamović (born 1978) is a Bosnian musician, singer, composer and author of the traditional music of Bosnia and Herzegovina, "sevdalinka" or "sevdah". The winner of "The Best Artist of Europe" in 2021 Songlines World Music Awards. Early l ...
– sevdalinka singer * Dina Bajraktarević – sevdalinka and
folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Fo ...
singer *
Dino Merlin Edin Dervišhalidović (; born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin (), is a Bosnian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he was the founder and leader of Merlin, which eventually became one of ...
– pop singer, songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest *
DJ Krmak Goran Žižak (; born 30 August 1968), better known as DJ Krmak (), is a Bosnian turbo-folk musician. Biography Žižak began making music in childhood, when he started performing at the nearby motels. Upon completing his military service, he c ...
– singer *
Dražen Ričl Dražen Ričl (12 March 1962 – 1 October 1986) was a Bosnian rock musician and comedian, best known as the first lead vocalist of popular Sarajevo-based rock band Crvena jabuka. Biography Ričl was born in Sarajevo to Czech father Ferdinan ...
a.k.a. Zijo – original frontman for
Crvena Jabuka Crvena jabuka () is a pop rock band formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1985. Since then they had great success and are still very popular. They were a part of the New primitives movement that started during the 80s. Biography The ...
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Dražen Žerić Dražen "Žera" Žerić (born 20 July 1964) is a Bosnian singer and one of the founders and lead vocalist of famous Bosnian band, Crvena Jabuka (Red Apple). Noted for his spiky hair and a distinctive voice, he remains one of the most recogniza ...
a.k.a. Žera – original member of
Crvena Jabuka Crvena jabuka () is a pop rock band formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1985. Since then they had great success and are still very popular. They were a part of the New primitives movement that started during the 80s. Biography The ...
and its current frontman *
Duško Kuliš Duško Kuliš (born 7 February 1960) is a Croatian folk singer and songwriter from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He released his music mostly on Jugoton and its successor, Croatia Records. He is married and has two children. Discography He released ...
– folk singer *
Edo Maajka Edin Osmić (born 22 December 1978), better known by his stage name Edo Maajka, is a Bosnian rapper, record producer and songwriter. His popularity brought his group Disciplinska Komisija to the mainstream. He lives in Zagreb, Croatia, with his w ...
– rapper, leader of rap group
Disciplinska komisija Disciplinska Komisija (The Disciplinary Commission) is a Bosnian rap group. Its most prominent member is Edo Maajka, with other members Frenkie, HZA and Moonja and their DJ/producer DJ Soul. Formation Disciplinska Komisija was formed in 20 ...
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Elvir Laković Laka Elvir Laković, also known as Laka ; born 15 March 1969), is a Bosnian rock singer-songwriter, born in Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Early life He attended music school there studying guitar, but he disliked the school's teaching methods and ...
, rock music singer, songwriter * Esad Plavi – pop-folk singer *
Goran Bregović Goran Bregović (born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic-speaking countries in the Balkans, and is one of the few former Yug ...
– musician and composer, founder of
Bijelo Dugme Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Yugoslav rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic ...
* Hakala – folk singer *
Halid Bešlić Halid Bešlić (; born 20 November 1953) is a Bosnian folk singer and musician who has been performing professionally since 1979. Bešlić's singing career was one of the most successful in Yugoslavia, and continues today throughout the entire ...
– folk singer *
Hanka Paldum Hanka Paldum (born 28 April 1956) is a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and founder of the record label Sarajevo Disk. She is regarded as one of the best female sevdah performers of the 20th century and is popular in her home country of Bosnia as well ...
– sevdalinka singer *
Haris Džinović Haris Džinović (; born 26 September 1951) is a Bosnian and former Yugoslavian folk singer, composer and lyricist. Džinović is one of the best known singers of Southeastern Europe Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geogra ...
– folk singer * Hajrudin Varešanović – a.k.a.
Hari Mata Hari Hari Mata Hari is a Bosnian pop band. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hari Varešanović. The group originated from the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has performed over 1,000 concerts and sol ...
pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest finishing third *
Himzo Polovina Himzo Polovina (; 11 March 1927 – 5 August 1986) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter, and one of the most famous and widely revered folk and sevdalinka artists in the region. In addition, Dr. Himzo Polovina was a neuropsychiatrist by professi ...
– sevdalinka singer * Igor Vukojević – singer *
Indira Radić Indira Radić (; ; born 14 June 1966) is a Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer. She has established herself on the music scene of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and sings almost exclusively in her native tongue. In the period from 1992 to 2015 she r ...
– folk singer *
Jadranka Stojaković Jadranka Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Јадранка Стојаковић, 24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te n ...
– pop singer *
Jasmin Muharemović Jasmin Muharemović (; born 22 February 1965) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. In 1983 he moved in Požarevac in order to meet Novica Urošević, the folk hit-maker, and start a professional folk singer career. Muharemović's first album sold 250,00 ...
– pop-folk singer *
Jura Stublić Jurislav "Jura" Stublić (born 19 December 1953) is a Croatian singer-songwriter. References 1950s births Singers from Sarajevo Living people Croatian rock musicians 20th-century Croatian male singers Bosnia and Herzegovina rock sin ...
– rock singer *
Kemal Malovčić Kemal Malovčić (; born 6 May 1946) is a Bosnian folk singer. He started his career in the 1960s. During the 1980s, Malovčić was a member of Južni Vetar, being among the "Big 5" singers of the band, together with Sinan Sakić, Dragana Mir ...
– popular Bosnian etno-psyhodelic singer *
Kemal Monteno Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. Early life Monteno's father Osvaldo was an Italian from Monfalcone. During World War ...
– singer, musician, and songwriter *
Kornelije Kovač Kornelije "Bata" Kovač ( sr-Cyrl, Корнелије "Бата" Ковач, ; hu, Kovács Kornél; 1 January 1942 – 13 September 2022) was a Serbian composer. Early life Born in Niš during World War II in the Nazi-occupied Serbia to a ...
– composer, musician, member of the original line-up of
Indexi Indexi was a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died. Some of their most notable songs are "Svijet u kome živ ...
, founder of Korni grupa *
Lepa Brena Fahreta Živojinović (; ; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (), is a folk singer, actress, and businesswoman. She is the best-selling female recording artist from the former Yugoslavia. Lepa Brena grew up in Brčko, Bosni ...
– pop-folk singer * Marinko Rokvić – folk singer *
Mate Bulić Mate Bulić (; born 18 February 1957) is a Herzegovinian pop and folk singer, whose songs are influenced by his native Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1990s, he has been living and performing from Frankfurt, Germany, where h ...
– pop-folk singer *
Maya Berović Maja "Maya" Berović (; born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian- Serbian singer. Born in Ilijaš, she debuted in 2007 with the album '' Život uživo'', featuring her first hit "Džin i limunada". It was followed by '' Crno zlato'' (2008) and ''Maya'' ( ...
– pop star *
Meho Puzić Meho Puzić (; 24 July 1937 – 25 June 2007) was a Bosnian sevdalinka- folk singer and songwriter. Early life Meho Puzić was born on 24 July 1937 in the town of Odžak, into a Bosniak family. He had two brothers named Adem and Bahrija. The latt ...
– sevdalinka-folk singer *
Mile Kitić Milojko "Mile" Kitić ( sr-Cyrl, Милојко "Миле" Китић; born 1 January 1952) is a Bosnian-born Serbian folk singer. He rose to prominence as a member of the popular eighties folk collective Južni Vetar with fellow folk singers ...
– turbofolk singer * Miloš Bojanić – pop-folk singer * Mirsada Bajraktarević – singer *
Mitar Mirić Mitar Mirić ( sh-Cyrl, Митар Мирић, born 16 January 1957) is a Bosnian-born, Serbian pop-folk singer. Some of his most popular songs include: ''"Ciganče"'', ''"Nisam lopov"'', ''"Voli me danas više nego juče"'', ''"Doberman"'', '' ...
– singer *
Mladen Vojičić Tifa Mladen Vojičić (; born 17 October 1960), known professionally by his nickname/stagename Tifa (), is a Bosnian rock vocalist. He gained acclaim throughout former Yugoslavia for his brief stint as the lead singer of Bijelo Dugme in the mid-1980s ...
– singer *
Nada Mamula Nada Mamula (9 January 1927 – 11 October 2001) was a Serbian singer. She started her career on Radio Beograd, where she passed an audition in 1946 (as Nada Vukićević). In 1946 she delivered her first ever professional performances as Nada ...
– sevdalinka singer * Nada Topčagić – singer *
Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for the German adaption of the reality television show ''Popstars'' and became a member of the girl group No An ...
– singer *
Nedeljko Bajić Baja Nedeljko Bajić (; born 9 June 1968), known as Baja (), is a Serbian pop-folk singer. Personal life Bajić was born into a Bosnian-Serb family in Šipovo, near Jajce in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, and was brought up with two brother ...
– singer * Nenad Janković – musician, original frontman of
Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Curre ...
, original member of the
Top lista nadrealista ''Top lista nadrealista'' ("The Top List of the Surrealists", sometimes "The Surrealists' Chart Toppers")—also known as ''TLN'' or ''Nadrealisti'' ("Surrealists")—is a Yugoslav sketch comedy and variety television show. Produced by TV Sar ...
line-up *
Nikša Bratoš Nikša Bratoš (born 17 August 1959 in Travnik, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian musician. He is known for having played in bands Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on so ...
– composer, producer, one-time member of Rezonansa and Valentino, member of
Crvena Jabuka Crvena jabuka () is a pop rock band formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1985. Since then they had great success and are still very popular. They were a part of the New primitives movement that started during the 80s. Biography The ...
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Nino Rešić Amir Rešić (22 January 1964 – 18 October 2007), known by the stage name Nino, was a Bosnian and Serbian singer, popular in the 1990s. Biography Amir Rešić was born into a Bosnian Muslim family and raised in Bosanska Dubica, SR Bosnia and ...
– singer *
Osman Hadžić Osman Hadžić (; born 9 September 1966) is a Bosnian folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * F ...
– folk singer *
Safet Isović Safet Isović (; 20 October 1936 – 2 September 2007) was a Bosnian singer who performed the Bosnian traditional music sevdalinka. Early life and family Isović was born into a Bosniak family in Bileća, located in the Herzegovina region of mod ...
– sevdalinka singer * Sanja Maletić – pop-folk singer *
Saša Lošić Saša Lošić "Loša" (; born 19 July 1964) is a Bosnian recording artist. He initially rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the Bosnian-based music act Plavi orkestar, which is one of the most popular music bands of the former Yugoslav Pop ...
– singer, composer and founder of the
Plavi orkestar Plavi orkestar () is a Bosnian and former Yugoslavian pop rock band from Sarajevo. The band was formed in 1983 by Saša Lošić, who is the lead singer and songwriter of the group. The band has remained popular with seven albums and more than ...
band *
Saša Matić Aleksandar Matić ( sr-cyr, Александар Матић; born 26 April 1978), better known as Saša Matić is a Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer. Life and career Early life Matić was born on 26 April 1978 in Bihać, SFR Yugoslavia. He has a twi ...
– folk singer * Sead Lipovača – original member of Divlje Jagode *
Sejo Sexon Davor Sučić (; born June 7, 1961), better known by his stage name Sejo Sexon, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, film score composer, actor and television director. He is most notably the bandleader and a co-founder of the rock group Zabranjen ...
, – founder of
Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje () is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Curre ...
and current frontman of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up * Seka Aleksić – pop-folk singer *
Selma Bajrami Selma Bajrami (born 4 July 1980) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. Her professional music career began when she was a teenager with the release of her first studio album '' Kad suza ne bude...'' in 1998. Early life Bajrami was born in Tuzla, Bosnia ...
– folk singer *
Šemsa Suljaković Šemsa Suljaković born 29 September 1951) is a Bosnian folk singer. Early life Suljaković was born in Maglaj, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia. She was born as the eldest of six children into an ethnic Bosniak family. Career Suljakov ...
, folk singer *
Šerif Konjević Šerif Konjević (born 26 April 1958) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer and one of the most prominent from the former Yugoslavia. He is considered an aficionado in his relative genre and often performs across various parts of former Yugoslavia and aro ...
– folk singer *
Silvana Armenulić Silvana Bajraktarević (born Zilha Bajraktarević; 18 February 1939 – 10 October 1976), known professionally as Silvana Armenulić (), was a Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditi ...
, folk and sevdalinka singer * Tifa – singer and musician *
Tomo Miličević Tomislav "Tomo" Miličević (; born September 3, 1979) is a Bosnian-American musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars from 2003 to 2018. Born in Sarajevo but raised in the United States, M ...
– guitarist for
Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, ...
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Vesna Pisarović Vesna Pisarović (born 9 April 1978) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. Life and career 1978–1999: Early life Pisarović was born in Brčko (city), Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega, Croatia, Požega, SR ...
– pop singer * Vladimir Savčić Čobi – singer * Zaim Imamović – sevdalinka singer *
Zdravko Čolić Zdravko Čolić (, ; born 30 May 1951) is a Bosnian Serb singer and is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Dubbed the "Tom Jones of the Balkans", he has garnered fame in Southeastern Europe ...
– pop singer *
Željko Bebek Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnian and Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 to 1984. He also has a successful career as a solo artis ...
– musician and singer * Željko Samardžić – pop-rock singer


Politicians and historical figures


Medieval

*14th century Vojvoda Bogut – First known ancestor of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, royal Family of Montenegro, ruler of Jablan Grad, near present-day
Ugljevik Ugljevik ( sr-cyrl, Угљевик) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 15,710 inhabitants, while the town of Ugljevik has a population of 4,155 inhabitan ...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
*14th century
Đurađ Bogutović Đurađ Bogutović ( sr-cyr, Ђурађ Богутовић; fl. 1370-1399) was Serbian nobleman. He is an ancestor of the House of Petrović-Njegoš and the Njeguši tribe. Life Đurađ's father, "Bogut" or "Boguta", is believed to be the oldest ...
– the son of Vojvoda Bogut and the 14th century nobleman, grandfather of Herak Heraković, the founding father of the Petrović-Njegoš and Heraković-Popović families of the
Njeguši Njeguši ( cnr, Његуши) is a village in the Cetinje Municipality of southern Montenegro, located on the slopes of Mount Lovćen, within the Lovćen national park. It is part of the territory of Njeguši tribe. Demographics According to th ...
tribe *1154–1163
Ban Borić } References Sources and further reading ;Books * * * * * * ;Journals * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ban Boric Bans of Bosnia 12th-century rulers in Europe 12th-century Hungarian people 12th-century Bosnian people Borićević dynast ...
* Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić – Bosnian Duke, founder of the town of Jajce *1172–1204 Ban Kulin *1204–1232 Stjepan Kulinić *1232–1253
Matej Ninoslav Matej Ninoslav ( sr-cyr, Матеј Нинослав; died 1250) was the Ban of Bosnia in the period of 1232–50. Most of Bosnia was under the Kingdom of Hungary from 1235 to 1241. Ninoslav was also a Prince of Split in 1242–1244 during the lo ...
*1254–1287
Prijezda I Prijezda I ( sr-cyr, Пријезда I; (1211–1287) was a Bosnian Ban as a vassal of the Hungarian Kingdom, reigning 1250–1287. He was probably the founder of the House of Kotromanić. Biography From Christianity to Heresy and back Pri ...
*1287–1290
Prijezda II Prijezda II ( sr-cyr, Пријезда II; Born 1242) was a Bosnian Ban in 1287–1290 alone, but later together with his possible brother Stephen I Kotroman as a vassal of the Hungarian Kingdom. He was one of the sons of Ban Prijezda I. After h ...
*1267–1313 Stjepan I Kotromanić *1314–1353 Stjepan II Kotromanić *1353–1366 & 1367–zaljke 1391
Tvrtko I of Bosnia Stephen Tvrtko I ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; 1338 – 10 March 1391) was the first king of Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, he succeeded his uncle Stephen I ...
*1366–1367 Stjepan Vuk *1391–1395 Stephen Dabiša of Bosnia *1398–1404 & 1409–1418 Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia *1404–1409 & 1421–1433 & 1435–1442
Tvrtko II of Bosnia Stephen Tvrtko II ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; died in November 1443), also known as Tvrtko Tvrtković (), was a member of the House of Kotromanić who reigned as King of Bosnia from 1404 to 1409 ...
*1433–1435 Radivoj Ostojić *1443–1461 Stephen Thomas *1461–1463 Stephen Tomašević *
Elizabeth of Bosnia Elizabeth of Bosnia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Elizabeta Kotromanić, Елизабета Котроманић; hu, Kotromanics Erzsébet; pl, Elżbieta Bośniaczka;  – January 1387) was queen consort of Hungary and Croatia, as well ...
* Dorothea of Bulgaria *
Dorothy Garai Dorothy Garai ( sh, Doroteja Gorjanska/Доротеја Горјанска, hu, Garai Dorottya; died between 19 and 24 September 1438) was a Hungarian noblewoman who became Queen of Bosnia upon her marriage to King Tvrtko II in 1428. She func ...
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Jelena Gruba Helen ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Jelena, Јелена; 1345 – after 18 March 1399), also known by the name sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=none, separator=/, Gruba, Груба, ruled the Kingdom of Bosnia from September 1395 until late April or early M ...
* Jelena Nelipčić * Katarina Kosača * Kujava * Mary of Serbia * Vitača * Sandalj Hranić, Sandalj Hranić Kosača, 1370–1435, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača. * Stjepan Vukčić Kosača a.k.a. Duke of
Saint Sava Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...
, Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Vojvoda of Hum (Herzegovina) – father of Bosnian Queen, Katarina Kosača Kotromanić *
Vlatko Vuković }; died ) was a 14th-century Bosnian nobleman, Duke of Hum, Grand Duke of Bosnia ( sh, Veliki vojvoda bosanski) and one of the best military commanders of King Tvrtko I, for whom he governed Hum (part of modern-day Herzegovina), which was part of ...
, Vlatko Vuković Kosača, died 1392, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača


Ottoman rule 1463–1878

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Gazi Husrev-beg Gazi Husrev-beg ( ota, غازى خسرو بك, ''Gāzī Ḫusrev Beğ''; Modern Turkish: ''Gazi Hüsrev Bey''; 1480–1541) was an Ottoman Bosnian sanjak-bey (governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia in 1521–1525, 1526–1534, and 1536–1541. He ...
– military strategist and the greatest donor and builder of
Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
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Husein Gradaščević Husein Gradaščević (''Husein-kapetan'') (31 August 1802 – 17 August 1834) was a Bosnian military commander who later led a rebellion against the Ottoman government, seeking autonomy for Bosnia. Born into a Bosnian noble family, Gradaš ...
a.k.a. Husein-kapetan, The Dragon of Bosnia – 19th century Bosnian nobleman and autonomy fighter * Isa-Beg Isaković – general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of
Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
and
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabit ...
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Ivan Franjo Jukić Ivan Franjo Jukić (8 July 1818 – 20 May 1857) was a Bosnian writer and Franciscan friar from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose life and cultural and political legacy have left an indelible mark on the cultural history of the country, where he is re ...
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Ferhad Pasha Sokolović Ferhad Pasha Sokolović ( tr, Sokollu Ferhad Paşa, sh, Ferhad-paša Sokolović) (died 1586) was an Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia. He was the last sanjak-bey of Bosnia and first beylerbey of Bosnia. Origin Born into the Sokolović ...
– founder and designer of Banja Luka old town * Mehmed Paša Sokolović a.k.a. Sokollu Mehmet Paşa – Grand Vizier to Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II *
Damad Ibrahim Pasha Damat Ibrahim Pasha ( tr, Damat İbrahim Paşa, sh, Damat Ibrahim-paša; 1517–1601) was an Ottoman military commander and statesman who held the office of grand vizier three times (the first time from 4 April to 27 October 1596; the second t ...
– Grand Vizier *
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha Tiryaki Hasan Pasha ( Turkish: ''Tiryaki Hasan Paşa''); Hasan-paša Tiro (Bosnian); also called Alacaatlı Hasan Pasha (1530–1611), was an Ottoman military commander, who participated in the Long Turkish War. He received his education in the ...
a.k.a. Hasan-Paša Tiro – Bosnian national hero *
Osman Pazvantoğlu Osman Pazvantoğlu (1758 – January 27, 1807 in Vidin) was an Ottoman soldier, governor of Vidin after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule. He is also remembered as the friend of Rigas Feraios, a Greek revolutionary poet, whom he tried to r ...
, Bosnian Ottoman soldier, a governor of the Vidin district after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule.


Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878–1918

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Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Pr ...
– member of
black hand Black Hand or The Black Hand may refer to: Extortionists and underground groups * Black Hand (anarchism) (''La Mano Negra''), a presumed secret, anarchist organization based in the Andalusian region of Spain during the early 1880s * Black Hand (e ...
, Serb, and assassin of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I. F ...
, This assassination triggered World War I.


Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918–1941

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David Elazar David "Dado" Elazar ( he, דוד אלעזר; 27 August 1925 – 15 April 1976) was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the aftermath of the Yom Kip ...
– Chief of staff of the
Israeli Defence Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branch ...
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Džemaludin Čaušević Mehmed Džemaludin Effendi Čaušević ( sr-cyrl, Мехмед Џемалудин ефендија Чаушевић; 28 December 1870 – 28 March 1938) was a Bosnian Muslim theologian, thinker, educator, reformer, journalist, translator and ling ...
– Reis-ul-ulema *
Mehmed Spaho Mehmed Spaho (13 March 1883 – 29 June 1939) was a Bosnian politician and leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization. He was the first Bosnian Muslim politician in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Spaho was described as the "undispu ...
– leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organisation


World War II

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Peter Tomich Petar Herceg-Tonić (later anglicized as Peter Tomich; June 3, 1893 – December 7, 1941) was a United States Navy sailor of Herzegovinian Croat descent who received the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his acti ...
– World War II hero *
Rodoljub Čolaković Rodoljub "Roćko" Čolaković ( sr-cyr, Родољуб Чолаковић; 7 June 1900 – 30 March 1983) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav politician and writer who served as the 1st Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina#Prime ...
– World War II war hero,
People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...


Socialist Federal Republic of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
1943–1991


Presidents of the Socialist Republic of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
1943–1990

*Kecmanović, Vojislav Đedo – (25 November 1943 – November 1946) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (November 1946 – September 1948) *Šegrt, Vlado – (September 1948 – March 1953) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (December 1953 – June 1963) *Dugonjić, Rato – (June 1963 – 1967) * Bijedić, Džemal – (1967–1971) * Pozderac, Hamdija – (1971 – May 1974) *Dugonjić, Rato – (May 1974 – April 1978) * Dizdarević, Raif – (April 1978 – April 1982) * Mikulić, Branko – (April 1982 – 26 April 1984) * Renovica, Milanko – (26 April 1984 – 26 April 1985.) *Mesihović, Munir – (26 April 1985 – April 1987) *Andrić, Mato – (April 1988 – April 1989) *Filipović, Nikola – (April 1988 – April 1989) * Piljak, Obrad – (April 1989 – December 1990)


Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1945–1990

* Čolaković, Rodoljub – (27 April 1945 – September 1948) * Pucar, Đuro Stari – (September 1948 – December 1953) * Humo, Avdo – (December 1953 – 1956) * Karabegović, Osman – (1956–1963) * Brkić, Hasan – (1963–1965) * Kolak, Rudi – (1965–1967) * Mikulić, Branko – (1967–1969) *Kosovac, Dragutin – (1969 – April 1974) * Renovica, Milanko – (April 1974 – 28 April 1982) *Maglajlija, Seid – (28 April 1982 – 28 April 1984) *Ubiparip, Gojko – (28 April 1984 – April 1986) *Lovrenović, Josip – (April 1986 – April 1988)


Bosnian presidents since 1990

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Alija Izetbegović Alija Izetbegović (; ; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, lawyer, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovin ...
– (December 1990 – October 1996) (collective presidency chairman) *Alija Izetbegović (October 1996 – October 1998) (collective presidency chairman) *
Živko Radišić Živko Radišić ( sr-Cyrl, Живко Радишић, ; 15 August 1937 – 5 September 2021) was a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 2nd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1998 to 2002. Previously, from 1977 u ...
– (October 1998 – June 1999) * Ante Jelavić – (June 1999 – February 2000) *Alija Izetbegović – (February 2000 – October 2000) *Živko Radišić – (October 2000 – June 2001) * Jozo Križanović – (June 2001 – February 2002) * Beriz Belkić – (February 2002 – October 2002) *
Mirko Šarović Mirko Šarović ( sr-cyrl, Мирко Шаровић; born 16 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2003. From 2000 to 2002, he also served as the 4t ...
– (October 2002 – April 2003) *
Borislav Paravac Borislav Paravac ( sr-Cyrl, Борислав Паравац; born 18 February 1943) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 4th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003 to 2006. Previously, he was a member of both ...
– (April 2003 – June 2003) *
Dragan Čović Dragan Čović (; born 20 August 1956) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 4th Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2005 and from 2014 to 2018. He is the current president of the Croatian Democrat ...
– (June 2003 – February 2004) *
Sulejman Tihić Sulejman Tihić (26 November 1951 – 25 September 2014) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 4th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006. He was a member and later president of the Party of Democratic ...
– (February 2004 – October 2004) *Borislav Paravac – (October 2004 – June 2005) *
Ivo Miro Jović Ivo Miro Jović (born 15 July 1950) is a Bosnian Croat former politician who served as the 5th Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2005 to 2006. He was a member of both the national House of Peoples and House of Repre ...
– (June 2005 – October 2006) * Nebojša Radmanović – (part of collective presidency) *
Željko Komšić Željko Komšić (; born 20 January 1964) is a Bosnian politician and diplomat who is the 6th and current Croat member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is also its current chairman, since 2021. Previously, he was a member of the na ...
– (part of collective presidency)(collective presidency chairman) *
Haris Silajdžić Haris Silajdžić (; born 1 October 1945) is a Bosnian politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2006 to 2010. He was the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzeg ...
– (part of collective presidency)


Other political figures since 1943

* Adnan Terzić – politician, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Boris Tadić Boris Tadić ( sr-cyr, Борис Тадић, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psycholo ...
– President of the Republic of Serbia *
Cvijetin Mijatović Cvijetin "Majo" Mijatović ( sr-cyr, Цвијетин Мајо Мијатовић; 8 January 1913 – 15 November 1993) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as President of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1980 until 19 ...
a.k.a. Majo – politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia * Irfan Ljubijankić – surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat *
Jovan Divjak Jovan Divjak ( sr-cyrl, Јован Дивјак; 11 March 1937 – 8 April 2021) was a Bosnian army general who served as the Deputy Commander of the Bosnian army's main staff until 1994, during the Bosnian War. Early life and education Divjak ...
– general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 war, poet *
Mladen Ivanić Mladen Ivanić ( sr-cyr, Младен Иванић, ; born 16 September 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 6th Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 17 November 2014 until 20 November 2018. He is the found ...
– politician and diplomat *
Nikola Špirić Nikola Špirić (, ; born 4 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the 7th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 11 January 2007 until 12 January 2012. He was also the Minister of Finance and Treasury ...
– politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina *
Stjepan Šiber Stjepan Šiber (20 August 1938, Gradačac – 25 August 2016, Sarajevo) was a wartime general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After finishing high school in Gradačac, he went to Ljubljana, where he finished schooling at the m ...
– Deputy Commander of the B&H Army during the 1992–1995 conflict *
Vladimir Dedijer Vladimir Dedijer ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Дедијер; 4 February 1914 – 30 November 1990) was a Yugoslav partisan fighter during World War II who became known as a politician, human rights activist, and historian. In the early postwar ye ...
– a Partisan fighter, politician, and historian *
Zlatko Lagumdžija Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 26 December 1955) is a Bosnian former politician who served as the 4th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2002 and ...
– politician and diplomat *
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 ...
– prime minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mayor of Belgrade, and the philosopher


Sportspeople


Team sports

;Basketball * Adnan Hodžić – basketball player *
Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Sp ...
– "Father of Yugoslav Basketball" *
Anđa Jelavić Anđa Jelavić (born 21 September 1980) is a former Croatian female basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary object ...
– basketball player *
Bogdan Tanjević Bogdan Tanjević ( sr-cyr, Богдан Тањевић; born 13 February 1947), nicknamed "Boša" ( it, Boscia) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He is best known for being KK Bosna's head coach when the club beca ...
– basketball coach *
Borislav Stanković ),Boris (Борис) , image = Borislav Bora Stanković.jpg , imagesize = , caption = , order = 2nd , office = Secretary General of FIBA , term_start = 1 January 1976 , ter ...
– former basketball player * Damir Omerhodžić-Markota – NBA basketball player with the
Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...
* Damir Mršić - former basketball player *
Damir Mulaomerović Damir Mulaomerović (born 19 September 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Cedevita Junior of the Croatian League. Professional career Mulaomerović started his career with S ...
– retired basketball player *
Dejan Bodiroga Dejan Bodiroga ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Бодирога; born 2 March 1973) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player who is the Chairman of the Euroleague Basketball. During his playing career, he mainly played at the sm ...
– Voted first on the list by the fans worldwide for the Euroleague Basketball 2001–2010 All-Decade Team. His family originates from the village of Bodiroge near
Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the r ...
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Dragana Stanković Dragana Stanković ( sr-cyr, Драгана Станковић, born 18 January 1995) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player for Sopron Basket of the EuroLeague Women and the Serbian national basketball team Serbian may refer t ...
– basketball player *
Dražen Dalipagić Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; born 27 November 1951) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugoslavian his ...
– basketball player, former Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist and
FIBA Hall of Fame The FIBA Hall of Fame, or FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, honors players, coaches, teams, referees, and administrators who have greatly contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA, in 1991. It includes the " Samar ...
r *
Džanan Musa Džanan Musa (, born 8 May 1999) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at and weighing , Musa plays at the small forward position. He was selected ...
- basketball player *
Emir Mutapčić Emir Mutapčić (born 27 May 1960) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently works as the head coach for Zalaegerszeg of the Hungarian league. Mutapčić competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1 ...
– assistant coach of FC Bayern Munich and current coach of the German national team *
Edin Bavčić Edin Bavčić (born May 6, 1984) is a retired Bosnian professional basketball player. Professional career Europe Edin played for KK Bosna, which was the champion of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Basketball League in 2006. At the beginning of the ...
– former NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers *
Elmedin Kikanović Elmedin Kikanović (b. 2 September 1988) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. He has also played for his country's national basketball team. Professional career Early career ...
– basketball player *
Jasmin Repeša Jasmin Repeša (born 1 June 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball coach and former player whose last coached team was Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A. Repeša has won numerous pro club competitions during his head coa ...
– basketball coach * Jelica Komnenović – former basketball player * Jusuf Nurkić - basketball player * Mile Ilić – former basketball player *
Mirza Delibašić Mirza Delibašić (9 January 1954 – 8 December 2001) was a Bosnian professional basketball player and coach. Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2008, he w ...
– basketball player, former Bosna and Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist and
FIBA Hall of Fame The FIBA Hall of Fame, or FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, honors players, coaches, teams, referees, and administrators who have greatly contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA, in 1991. It includes the " Samar ...
r *
Bojan Bogdanović Bojan Bogdanović (; born 18 April 1989) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Croatian national team internationally. Standing at , he plays t ...
, basketball player (born in Mostar), former Real Madrid player *
Mirza Teletović Mirza Teletović (born September 18, 1985) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player who was the president of the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022. As a player, he spent six seasons in the National Basketb ...
– NBA basketball player the
Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The ...
* Nedžad Sinanović – basketball player * Nenad Marković – basketball coach and former basketball player * Nihad Đedović – basketball player with Bayern Munich *
Predrag Danilović Predrag "Saša" Danilović ( sr-cyr, Предраг "Саша" Даниловић, ; born February 26, 1970), usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilović, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, considered one of ...
– basketball coach and former basketball player * Razija Mujanović – former basketball player *
Robert Rothbart Robert Rothbart ( he, רוברט רות'בארט, born Boris Kajmaković on June 16, 1986) is a Bosnian-Israeli professional basketball player playing the position of center for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He was named t ...
(born as Boris Kajmaković in 1986), Bosnian-Israeli-American
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player * Saša Čađo – basketball player * Slađana Golić – former basketball player * Tima Džebo – former basketball player *
Vesna Bajkuša Vesna Bajkuša (born 21 May 1970 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian basketball coach and former basketball player. She played as a defender won a silver medal playing for the Yugoslavian women's basketball team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She later r ...
– former basketball player *
Vladimir Radmanović Vladimir Radmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Радмановић; born November 19, 1980) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. In Serbia he played for Crvena zvezda and FMP and in the National Basketball Association ...
– NBA basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers *
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 ...
– NBA basketball player *
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 Le ...
– former basketball player *
Kornelija Kvesić Kornelija Kvesić (born 25 August 1963 in Kakanj, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Yugoslav and Bosnian former female professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players ...
– former basketball player *
Mara Lakić Mara Lakić-Brčaninović (born 18 August 1963 in Gradačac, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian basketball coach and former basketball player. Career She started her career in Jedinstvo Aida, Tuzla, and played most of her club career for Jedinstvo ...
– former basketball player * Mersada Bećirspahić – former basketball player ;Football * Ivica Osim – football coach and former footballer * Safet Sušić – football coach and former footballer, Paris Saint-Germain and Ligue 1 great * Josip Katalinski – former football player *
Asim Ferhatović Asim Ferhatović "Hase" (; 24 January 1933 – 25 January 1987) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his football career in 1948 with hometown club FK Sarajevo, for whom he made his first-team debut in 1952. ...
– former football player *
Dušan Bajević Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; gr, Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς, ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as the most succes ...
– football coach and former player *
Vahid Halilhodžić Vahid Halilhodžić (; born 15 October 1952) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most controversially successful Bosnian football managers, due to his successful tenure in coaching various na ...
– football coach and former footballer *
Enver Marić Enver Marić (born 16 April 1948) is a Bosnian former professional football goalkeeper and retired football manager. Club career He started his career playing for FK Velež Mostar from 1967 to 1976, for who he played a record 600 games in his ni ...
– former football goalkeeper *
Faruk Hadžibegić Faruk Hadžibegić (; born 7 October 1957) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career During his career, Hadžibegić played for hometown club Sarajev ...
– former football player * Blaž Slišković – football coach and former footballer *
Meho Kodro Mehmed "Meho" Kodro (born 12 January 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He spent most of his 16-year senior career in Spain, mostly with Real Sociedad (four seasons) and Tenerife (three ...
– former football player *
Sergej Barbarez Sergej Barbarez (born 17 September 1971) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Barbarez played for several clubs in the German Bundesliga and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He is considered one of the a ...
– football player *
Elvir Baljić Elvir Baljić (born 8 July 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. As a player, Baljić's biggest success was winning the UEFA Champions League with Spanish giant Real Madrid in the 1999–2000 season. Apart from ...
– football player *
Elvir Bolić Elvir Bolić (; born 10 October 1971) is a Bosnian former footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his 18-year professional career in Turkey, appearing for seven clubs including Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. He also played three ye ...
– football player * Emir Spahić – football player *
Edin Džeko Edin Džeko (; born 17 March 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Inter Milan and captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Džeko was named Bosnian Footballer of the Year for three years in a ...
– Manchester City (on loan to
Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
) and Bosnia national team *
Vedad Ibišević Vedad Ibišević (; born 6 August 1984) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently assistant head coach of Hertha BSC. Ibišević started his professional career at Paris Saint-Germain. He had a two-yea ...
– football player * Asmir Begović – football goalkeeper *
Boro Primorac Boro Primorac (; born 5 December 1954) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Croatian First Football League club Hajduk Split. Playing career Club Primorac featured as a centre half with Yugosl ...
– football coach * Edin Višća – football player *
Elvir Rahimić Elvir Rahimić (born 4 April 1976) is a Bosnian football coach and former professional player who spent the majority of his career playing for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. He is currently a coach for the Bosnia and Herzegovina nation ...
– football player * Franjo Vladić – former footballer *
Muhamed Konjić Muhamed Konjić (; born 14 May 1970) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back, most notably for Monaco, Coventry City and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team who he also captained. Club career A solid def ...
- former footballer *
Vahidin Musemić Vahidin Musemić (born 29 October 1946 in Janja near Bijeljina, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Bosnian footballer. Club career During his brilliant career with FK Sarajevo he became one of the team's legends, but he truly ...
- former football player * Gradimir Crnogorac – football player *
Haris Medunjanin Haris Medunjanin (; born 8 March 1985) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club PEC Zwolle. He started his professional career at AZ, who loaned him to Sparta Rotterdam in 2006. In 2008 he joined Valladolid ...
– football player * Haris Škoro – former football player *
Hasan Salihamidžić Hasan Salihamidžić (; born 1 January 1977), nicknamed Brazzo ( bs, Braco, , "Little Bro"), is a Bosnian former professional footballer and current sporting director of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. After starting his club career with German s ...
– former Bayern Munich midfielder and second Bosnian to win Champions League *
Ibrahim Duro Ibrahim Duro (born 26 April 1970) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian football (soccer), footballer. Club career Duro played for NK Zagreb and NK Rijeka in the Croatian Prva HNL. Played in the Israeli premier league between 1997-2001, and was on ...
– former football player *
Izet Hajrović Izet Hajrović (; born 4 August 1991) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Greece club Aris and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Hajrović started his professional career at Grasshoppers, befor ...
– football player *
Mario Stanić Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972) is a former Croatian footballer. Being a versatile offensive player, he was no stranger to any forward or attacking midfield position, and was even deployed as a wing-back in the national team. Club career S ...
– former footballer *
Mehmed Baždarević Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club Guingamp. Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Sochau ...
– former footballer *
Mensur Mujdža Mensur Mujdža (; born 28 March 1984) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a right back. Club career Early career Mujdža began his professional career with his hometown team Zagreb. SC Freiburg In June 2009, he transferre ...
– football player *
Miroslav Blažević Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević (; born 10 February 1935) is a Croatian former professional football manager and player. His professional playing career spanned from 1954 to 1966, during which he played for Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva Zagreb, FK Saraje ...
– football coach * Mirsad Fazlagić – former football player *
Miralem Pjanić Miralem Pjanić (born 2 April 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for UAE Pro League club Sharjah and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Pjanić started his professional career at Metz being there for one ...
– Juventus and Bosnia national team *
Muhamed Mujić Muhamed Mujić (25 April 1933 – 20 February 2016) was a Yugoslav footballer of Bosnian ethnicity. Mujić played for Velež Mostar for most of his career and made his international debut in an April 1956 Central European International Cup ...
– former footballer *
Mirsad Hibić Mirsad Hibić (born 11 October 1973) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career At club level, he played for NK Čelik Zenica, Hajduk Split, Sevilla FC, and Atlético Madrid, before retiring in January ...
– former footballer *
Predrag Pašić Predrag Pašić (born 18 October 1958) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a forward. Club career During his career, he played for hometown club Sarajevo and German clubs VfB Stuttgart and ...
– football coach, former player * Safet Nadarević – football player *
Sead Sušić Sead Sušić (born 3 January 1953) is a Bosnian former football (soccer), football player who played for Red Star Belgrade, among other teams. He also earned one Cap (sport), cap for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia against Spain's na ...
– football player *
Saša Papac Saša Papac (born 7 February 1980) is a Bosnian former professional footballer, who played as a left-back. Having started his career in his native country of Bosnia and Herzegovina for Široki Brijeg, he went to play in Austria for Kärnten a ...
– football player *
Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. A former forward, he signed for English club Aston Villa after making a name for himself at Partiza ...
– football player *
Sead Kolašinac Sead Kolašinac (; born 20 June 1993) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Kolašinac started his professional career at Schalke 04, playing fir ...
– football player *
Sejad Salihović Sejad Salihović (; born 8 October 1984) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim II. He spent most of his career playing for 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga. He also played for Hertha BSC, Beijing Renhe, St. ...
– football player *
Senijad Ibričić Senijad Ibričić (born 26 September 1985) is a Bosnian football executive and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. Besides Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ibr ...
– football player *
Zlatan Bajramović Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Bajramović spent all of his playing career in the country of his birth, Germany. After starting his career ...
– football player * Darko Maletić – football player *
Zvjezdan Misimović Zvjezdan Misimović (, ; born 5 June 1982) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who most notably played for Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Dynamo Moscow, and Beijing Renhe as an attacking midfielder. Misimović is the fourth m ...
– football player * Sulejman Halilović – former football player * Tarik Hodžić- footballer * Tomislav Piplica – former football player Foreign footballers of Bosnian origin – Australian national team *
Eli Babalj Eli Babalj (born 21 February 1992) is an Australian footballer who plays as a striker. Alongside Robert Cornthwaite and Sasa Ognenovski, Babalj, at 1.95 m is the joint third tallest player to have represented the Australia national associatio ...
– forward for Adelaide United and the Australian national team *
Dino Djulbic Dino Djulbic (born 16 February 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in the former SFR Yugoslavia, he made two appearances for the Australia national team. Club career South Melbourne FC Djulbic was sig ...
– defender for Perth Glory and formerly the Australian national team – Austrian national team *
Marko Arnautović Marko Arnautović (; born 19 April 1989) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Bologna and the Austria national team. Arnautović began his career in his native Austria playing in the youth teams for a ...
– striker Stoke City and Austrian national team * Zlatko Junuzovic – midfielder SV Werder Bremen and Austrian national tean – Croatian national team * Alen Halilović – midfielder and Croatian national team * Ante Ćorić – midfielder and Croatian national team * Boris Živković – defender and Croatian national team *
Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former footballer who played as a striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. He began his footballing career in his hometo ...
– retired Croatian national team striker *
Darijo Srna Darijo Srna (; born 1 May 1982) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current director of football of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. During most of his career he played as a right wing-back. He began his career at Haj ...
– midfielder and Croatian national team (Bosnian father) *
Dejan Lovren Dejan Lovren (; born 5 July 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Croatia national team. Lovren began his career at Dinamo Zagreb before moving to ...
– defender and Croatian national team * Goran Jurić – defender and Croatian national team *
Ivan Klasnić Ivan Klasnić (; born 29 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career with local side FC St. Pauli, and moved to Werder Bremen in 2001 after helping his previous team to promotion to th ...
– striker Nantes and Croatian national team *
Ivan Rakitić Ivan Rakitić (; born 10 March 1988) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Sevilla. Rakitić started his professional career at Basel and spent two seasons with them before he was s ...
– midfielder Sevilla and Croatian national team *
Jerko Leko Jerko Leko (born 9 April 1980) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of the second-tier Druga HNL club Jarun. He primarily played as a central midfielder, but could also operate as a right o ...
– midfielder and Croatian national team *
Josip Šimunić Josip "Joe" Šimunić (; born 18 February 1978) is a Croatian retired footballer and current manager of the Croatia national under-19 team. Born in Australia to Bosnian Croat parents, Šimunić started his career at Melbourne Knights then mov ...
– defender and Croatian national team *
Krunoslav Jurčić Krunoslav "Kruno" Jurčić (; born 26 November 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club Jurčić started his professional career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1988, before moving to Inker Zaprešić in 1991 ...
– defensive midfielder and Croatian national team *
Mario Mandžukić Mario Mandžukić (; born 21 May 1986) is a Croatian football coach and a former player who is an assistant coach of the Croatia national team. As a player, he played as a forward and became known for his aggressiveness, defensive contribution ...
– striker Bayern Munich and Croatian national team *
Mario Stanić Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972) is a former Croatian footballer. Being a versatile offensive player, he was no stranger to any forward or attacking midfield position, and was even deployed as a wing-back in the national team. Club career S ...
– retired midfielder Chelsea F.C. and Croatian national team *
Mario Tokić Mario Tokić (born 23 July 1975) is a former Croatian footballer who is the current assistant coach of Oman. He retired following the end of the 2010–11 season. Playing career Club Mario Tokić started his professional career in NK Rijeka in ...
– defender and Croatian national team *
Mateo Kovačić Mateo Kovačić (; born 6 May 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea and the Croatia national team. He is usually deployed in a central or box-to-box role, but can play in deeper po ...
– midfielder and Croatian national team *
Mato Neretljak Mato Neretljak (born 3 June 1979) is a Croatian professional football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He was most recently the manager of Croatian club NK Rudeš. Club career He started his professional career in ...
– defender and Croatian national team *
Mladen Petrić Mladen Petrić (; born 1 January 1981) is a retired Croatian professional footballer who played as a forward or striker. During his career, he played for Grasshopper, Basel, Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Fulham, West Ham United and Pana ...
– striker West Ham United and Croatian national team *
Niko Kovač Niko Kovač (; born 15 October 1971) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of Bundesliga club VFL Wolfsburg. Kovač was the long-standing captain of the Croatia national team until his retire ...
– midfielder and Croatian national team *
Nikica Jelavić Nikica Jelavić (; born 27 August 1985) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Jelavić began his career with Croatian side Hajduk Split of the Prva HNL in 2002, before moving to Belgian Pro League club Zulte Ware ...
, striker Hull and Croatian national team *
Robert Kovač Robert Kovač (; born 6 April 1974) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He was known for his ability with the ball and skill at dispossessing opponents. His older brother is football manag ...
– defender and Croatian national team * Stjepan Tomas – defender and Croatian national team * Tin Jedvaj – defender and Croatian national team *
Vedran Ćorluka Vedran Ćorluka (; born 5 February 1986) is a Croatian football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He is an assistant to Zlatko Dalić in the Croatia national team. Ćorluka graduated from the Dinamo Zagreb Youth Academ ...
– defender Lokomotiv Moscow and Croatian national team *
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 ...
– defensive midfielder and Croatian national team – German national team *
Marko Marin Marko Marin ( sr-cyr, Марко Марин, born 13 March 1989) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and winger (association football), left winger. He was known for his accele ...
– midfielder Sevilla and German national team – Serbian national team *
Luka Jović Luka Jović ( sr-Cyrl, Лука Јовић; born 23 December 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Fiorentina and the Serbia national team. Early life Jović was born in Loznica, FR Yugoslavia. He was rais ...
, striker Real Madrid and Serbian national team *
Mladen Krstajić Mladen Krstajić ( sr-cyr, Младен Крстајић, ; born 4 March 1974) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. From Janua ...
– defender Schalke 04 and Serbian national team *
Neven Subotić Neven Subotić (; Serbian Cyrillic: Heвeн Cубoтић; born 10 December 1988) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Subotić made his professional debut in 2007 for 1. FSV Mainz 05. In the following year, ...
– defender Borrusia Dortmund and Serbian national team *
Ognjen Koroman Ognjen Koroman (, ; born 19 September 1978) is a Serbian football manager and former professional player. As a player, he represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Club career After coming through the youth systems Željez ...
– midfielder Red Star Belgrade and Serbian national team *
Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. A former forward, he signed for English club Aston Villa after making a name for himself at Partiza ...
– retired Serbian national team striker * Zdravko Kuzmanović – midfielder AC Fiorentina and Serbian national team – Slovenian national team *
Armin Bačinović Armin Bačinović (born 24 October 1989) is a Slovenian football midfielder who most recently played for Sambenedettese. Club career Early career in Slovenia Bačinović started his career at Železničar Maribor and was later transferred to ...
– midfielder Palermo and Slovenian national team *
Zlatan Ljubijankić Zlatan Ljubijankić (; ; born 15 December 1983) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward. International career Ljubijankić was a member of Slovenia national team between 2006 and 2015. He scored one of three Slov ...
– retired striker and Slovenian national team * Jasmin Kurtič – midfielder Sassuolo and Slovenian national team * Mirnes Šišić – midfielder Olympiacos and Slovenian national team *
Samir Handanovič Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...
– goalkeeper Inter Milan and Slovenian national team *
Josip Iličić Josip Iličić (; born 29 January 1988) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor. Iličić began his professional career with Slovenian club Bonifika, later also playing for Interblock ...
– midfielder Fiorentina and Slovenian national team *
Haris Vučkić Haris Vučkić (born 21 August 1992) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Buriram United. Vučkić has represented Slovenia international youth selections in every category. He made his senior debut ...
– midfielder Newcastle United and Slovenian national team – Swedish national team *
Zlatan Ibrahimović Zlatan Ibrahimović (, ; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for club AC Milan and the Sweden national team. Ibrahimović is renowned for his acrobatic strikes and volleys, powerful long-range sho ...
– striker Paris Saint-Germain and Swedish national team – Swiss national team * Eldin Jakupović – goalkeeper Hull City and Swiss national team *
Haris Seferovic Haris Seferovic ( bs, Seferović, ; born 22 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Galatasaray, on loan from Portuguese club Benfica, and the Switzerland national team. Seferovic made his ...
– striker Real Sociedad and Swiss national team ;Handball *
Adnan Harmandić Adnan Harmandić (born 28 June 1983 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian professional team handball, handball player currently playing for RK Bosna from Visoko from 2017. Career Clubs: *Čelik Zenica (BIH) *HRK Izviđač (BIH) *RK Bos ...
– handball player for
HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. Currently, HSG Wetzlar competes in the German First League of Handball (Bundesliga) and the German Handball Cup. Crest, colours, supporters Kits Accomplishments * DHB ...
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Abas Arslanagić Abas Arslanagić (born October 2, 1944) is a Bosnian former handball player and coach who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1972, he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at ...
– former handball player, gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics * Benjamin Burić - handball player *
Bilal Šuman Bilal Šuman (born 9 June 1968) is a Bosnian former handball player and current coach. He coached Danish Men's Handball League club KIF Kolding and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Career As a player, he played in the right wing posit ...
- handball player * Danijel Šarić – goalkeeper for
FC Barcelona Handbol Futbol Club Barcelona Handbol is a Spanish handball team based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It is a part of the FC Barcelona multi sports club, and was founded on 29 November 1942. The club competes domestically in the Liga ASOBAL and in the Eu ...
* Enid Tahirović – former handball goalkeeper *
Ermin Velić Ermin Velić (born April 1, 1959 in Jajce) is a Yugoslav former handball player who won bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...
- former handball player, bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics *
Jasna Kolar-Merdan Jasna Kolar-Merdan (born 19 October 1956 in Mostar) is a former Bosnian and Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1980 she won the silver medal w ...
– IHF World Player of the Year 1990 *
Ćamila Mičijević Ćamila Mičijević (born 8 September 1994) is a Croatian handball player for Metz Handball and the Croatia women's national handball team, Croatian national team. Career Mičijević was born in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Heidenheim, Germany to Bo ...
– handball player for Croatian national team *
Irfan Smajlagić Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia. In 1988 he was part of the ...
– former handball player, gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics *
Mirko Alilović Mirko Alilović (born 15 September 1985) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper for SC Pick Szeged. He won the silver medals both, on the World Championship (2009) and the European Championship (2008, 2010), and a bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...
– goalkeeper plays for Croatian national team *
Mirsad Terzić Mirsad Terzić (born 12 July 1983) is a Bosnian handball player for Wisła Płock and the Bosnian national team. He is a left-back, but primarily known as a defender. While with Izviđač though, he scored 50 goals in only six games of the 20 ...
– handball player, captain of Bosnian national team *
Mirza Džomba Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a Croatian former professional handball player, World champion in 2003 and Olympic champion in 2004. He played for RK Zamet, Badel 1862 Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce ...
- handball player, Olympic and World champion * Muhamed Memić - handball player, World champion * Muhamed Mustafić – handball player * Muhamed Toromanović – handball player *
Svetlana Dašić-Kitić Svetlana () is a common Orthodox Slavic feminine given name, deriving from the East and South Slavic root ''svet'' (), meaning "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context similar if not the same as t ...
– best female handball player ever by
International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball ...
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Zlatan Arnautović Zlatan Arnautović (; born 2 September 1956) is a Serbian former handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Prijedor, Arnautović started playing handba ...
– former handball player (Olympic Gold Medal 1984) ;Volleyball *
Tijana Bošković Tijana Bošković ( sr-cyrl, Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Turkish Women's Volleyball League club Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and the Serbia women's nat ...
, Serbian national team player, Olympic medalist * Đorđe Đurić, Serbian national team player, Olympic medalist *
Brankica Mihajlović Brankica Mihajlović ( sr-cyrl, Бранкица Михајловић; born 13 April 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Serbia women's national volleyball team where she won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Oly ...
, Serbian national team player, Olympic medalist * Jelena Blagojević, Serbian national team player * Aleksandar Okolić, Serbian national team player * Adis Lagumdžija, Turkish national team player * Meliha Smajlović, Turkish national team player *
Sanja Starović Sanja Starović ( sr, Сања Старовић, born 25 March 1983) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She has played for Serbia women's national volleyball team, competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is tall. Career Star ...
, Serbian national team player *
Saša Starović Saša Starović ( sr-cyrl, Саша Старовић; born 19 October 1988) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Tourcoing Lille Métropole, a participant of the Olympic Games (Beijin ...
, Serbian national team player ;Water polo * Milan Muškatirović *
Veselin Đuho Veselin Đuho (born 5 January 1960) is a Croatian professional water polo coach and former player who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Đuho was born in Foča but moved to Dubrovnik as a ...
* Zoran Janković


Individual sports

;Athletics *
Amel Tuka Amel Tuka (born 9 January 1991) is a Bosnian middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. His achievements include a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships. Tuka holds na ...
– middle-distance runner * Ana Šimić – high jumper *
Borisav Pisić Borisav Pisić–Piske (31 January 1949 – 21 April 2015)
– hurdler * Branko Dangubić – javelin thrower * Dako Radošević – discus thrower * Dragan Perić – shot putter * Elvir Krehmić – high jumper * Filip Mihaljević – shot putter * Hamza Alić – shot putter * Ivan Ivančić – shot putter * Sejad Krdžalić – javelin thrower *
Zlatan Saračević Zlatan Saračević (born 27 July 1956) is a retired Bosnian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Biography He was born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. but represented the clubs AK Sloboda Tuzla, AK Sla ...
– shot putter ;Chess * Ivan Sokolov – chess player, Grandmaster since 1987 * Predrag Nikolić – chess player, Grandmaster since 1983 *
Bojan Kurajica Bojan Kurajica (born 15 November 1947) is a Croatian-Bosnian chess grandmaster (GM). Kurajica grew up in Split. He earned the International Master (IM) title in 1965 by winning the World Junior Championship. He moved to Zagreb in 1966 to study ...
– chess player, Grandmaster * Borki Predojević – grandmaster, top Bosnian chess player ;Martial arts/boxing *
Anton Josipović Anton "Ante" Josipović (born 22 October 1961) is a former Yugoslav boxing, boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia). He won the Olympic medalists in boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though Cr ...
– boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics * Marijan Beneš – boxing, gold medal at the 1973 European Championship * Tomislav Krizmanić - boxing, bronze medal at the 1953 European Championship * Memnun Hadžić – boxing, bronze medal at the 2008 European championship *
Hamid Guska Hamid Guska (born 15 February 1953 in Glavatičevo) is a Bosnian boxing trainer and a former boxer. Boxing career He started his amateur boxing career in 1974 in BK Partizan Sarajevo. His boxing career ended 1980 due to an arm injury. One yea ...
– boxing coach * Almedin Fetahović - boxer * Adnan Ćatić – boxing, reigning IBF world champion, former WBO champion, and a two time former WBA champion * Jasmin Hasić – super heavyweight boxer best known for winning Bronze Medal at the European Junior Championships 2007 in Sombor *
Mirsad Bektić Mirsad Bektić (born February 16, 1991) is a Bosnian-born American retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Background Mirsad Bektić was born on February ...
- mixed martial artist *
Amer Hrustanović Amer Hrustanović (born 11 June 1988) is an amateur Austrian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's light heavyweight category. He holds both Austrian and Bosnian citizenship in order to compete internationally in wrestling, including ...
, wrestler * Amel Mekić – judo, European champion * Larisa Cerić – judo, European championship medalist * Davor Vlaškovac – judo, European championship medalist *
Zoran Prerad Zoran Prerad ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Прерад; born August 15, 1971 in Banja Luka) is a Bosnian Serb taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He claimed a bronze medal in the 83-kg division at the 1995 World Taekw ...
– taekwondo, European champion * Nedžad Husić - taekwondo, 5th place at the 2020 Summer Olympics * Arnela Odžaković – karate, two silver medals at the European Championships *
Dževad Poturak Dževad Poturak (born September 20, 1977) is a Bosnian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Jumruk Gym in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is the former WAKO Pro World Low-Kick champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament cham ...
– retired super heavyweight kickboxer and former WKA European Champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament Champion ;Tennis * Alexandros Jakupovic – tennis player (Bosnian father) *
Amer Delić Amer Delić (; born June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian American former professional tennis player. He is a former captain and member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team. Delić was born in Tuzla, then in Yugoslavia, now in the northeastern p ...
– tennis player *
Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Au ...
– tennis player *
Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career highlights include reaching a Grand S ...
– tennis player *
Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...
– tennis player *
Mervana Jugić-Salkić Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a retired Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached wor ...
– tennis player *
Sandra Martinović Sandra Martinović (born 4 October 1979) is a former Bosnian-Herzegovinian tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 187, achieved on 28 July 2008, and her best doubles ranking world No. 199, achieved on 28 April 2008. Career Mar ...
– tennis player *
Damir Džumhur Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a professional tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. His career-best singles ranking of World No. 23 achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highes ...
– tennis player *
Andrea Petkovic Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 a ...
– tennis player, playing for Germany ;Other *
Lana Pudar Lana Pudar (born 19 January 2006) is a Bosnian competitive swimmer specializing in the butterfly events. She won a gold medal in the women's 200 m butterfly and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly at the 2022 European Aquatics Champi ...
, swimmer *
Almir Velagić Almir Velagić (born 22 August 1981) is a Bosnian German weightlifter competing in the +105 kg category. Velagić became a German citizen in 2000. He competed for Germany in weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Weightlifting compe ...
, weightlifter * Nedžad Fazlija, sports shooter * Andrea Arsović, sports shooter *
Bojan Tokič Bojan (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently found ...
, table tennis player * Jasna Fazlić, table tennis player * Michi Halilović, skeleton racer *
Milenko Zorić Milenko Zorić ( sr-cyr, Миленко Зорић, born 2 April 1989) is a Serbian sprint canoer. Biography At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won with Marko Tomićević a silver team medal in the men's K-2 1000 m event. He also competed in the K ...
, canoer * Radoje Đerić, rower *
Dino Beganovic Dino Beganovic ( bs, Beganović dino bɛˈɡanovitɕ born 19 January 2004) is a Swedish-Bosnian racing driver, currently set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema Racing. He was the 2022 Formula Regional European champ ...
Racing Driver * Srećko Pejović, sports shooter *
Velimir Stjepanović Velimir Stjepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Стјепановић; born 7 August 1993) is a Serbian professional swimmer currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League. He has won gold medals at the European ...
, swimmer *
Veselin Petrović Veselin Petrović (6 September 1929 – 8 November 1995) was a Serbian cyclist. Career Veselin Petrović-Vesa was born 6 September 1929 in Vlasenica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (today Bosnia and Herzegovina). He was a Yugoslavian ( Serbian) cham ...
, cyclist


Religion

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Makarije Sokolović Makarije Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Макарије Соколовић ; died 1574) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1557 to 1571. He was the first head of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, after its lapse in 1463 that ...
, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1557–1571) *
Antonije Sokolović Antonije I Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Антоније I Соколовић) was the Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1571 to 1574. He was the second primate of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, and nephew of previous Serbian Pa ...
, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1571–1575) *
Gerasim Sokolović Gerasim I Sokolović ( sr-cyrl, Герасим I Соколовић) was Serbian Patriarch, Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1574 to 1586. He was the third primate of the restored Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, and cousin of previous ...
, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1575–1586) *
Savatije Sokolović Savatije Sokolović ( sr-cyr, Саватије Соколовић; 1573 – d. 1586), was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1585 to 1586. Before that, he served as Metropolitan of Herzegovina from 1573 to 1585. He was a member of the ...
, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1587) * Gavrilo II, Serbian Patriarch (s. 1752) *
Basil of Ostrog Saint Basil of Ostrog ( sr, Свети Василије Острошки/''Sveti Vasilije Ostroški'', , 28 December 1610 – 29 April 1671), also known as Vasilije, was a Serbian Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje who is venerated as a saint in the E ...
(1610–1671), Orthodox bishop of Zahumlje * Visarion, Orthodox metropolitan of Herzegovina (s. 1590–1602) * Savatije Ljubibratić, Orthodox metropolitan of Zahumlje and Dalmatia (s. 1693–1716) * Nićifor Dučić (1832–1900), Orthodox theologian, historian, philologist and writer *
Jovica Ilić Priest Jovica's Rebellion ( sr-cyr, поп-Јовичина буна) was a Christian peasant rebellion that broke out in the Derventa and Gradačac ''nahiye'', in Bosnian Posavina, in 10–13 March 1834, organized by Orthodox priest Jovica Ili ...
(fl. 1834–), Orthodox priest, rebel leader * Pavle Tvrtković (fl. 1834–51), Orthodox priest, served at the Serbian court


Other prominent people

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Adil Zulfikarpašić Adil Zulfikarpašić (23 December 1921 – 21 July 2008) was a prominent Bosniak intellectual and politician who was the vice president of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War of the 1990s, under Bosnia's first President ...
– businessman, one-time politician, and philanthropist, founder of the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo *
Alija Sirotanović Alija Sirotanović (14 August 1914 – 16 May 1990) was a Yugoslav miner, Hero of Socialist Labour and perhaps the most famous of all Yugoslav udarniks. He was held up by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to be a model of a hard-worker in the ...
– Bosnian coal-miner, worker-hero, his face was on the 10 and 20000 dinar banknotes *
Boris Tadić Boris Tadić ( sr-cyr, Борис Тадић, ; born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psycholo ...
– President of Serbia *
Branko Crvenkovski Branko Crvenkovski ( mk, Бранко Црвенковски, pronounced ; born 12 October 1962) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, and as President of Macedonia f ...
– Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, then President of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009. *
Emerik Blum Emerik Blum (7 August 1911 – 24 June 1984) was a Bosnian Jewish businessman, philanthropist and the founder and first director of one of Southeast Europe's largest conglomerates, Energoinvest. He also served as the 26th mayor of Sarajevo fro ...
– founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo, arguably the most successful and influential businessman in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Fikret Hodžić – Bosnian bodybuilder * Kemal Curić – automobile designer known best for his work at Ford, where he was responsible for numerous concept and production cars *
Inga Peulich Inga Peulich (; née Došen; born 15 October 1956) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018. From 2014 to 2018, Peulich served as the Victorian L ...
– Australian politician born in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Omer Halilhodžić – automobile designer responsible for the styling of the 2004 Mitsubishi Colt, and the concept cars which preceded it: CZ2, CZ3, CZ3 cabriolet, and CZT. He has since penned the Mitsubishi Concept Sportback, and the Mitsubishi Concept X, which presages the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X production car. *
Mila Mulroney Milica "Mila" Mulroney (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица "Мила" Пивнички; née Pivnički; born July 13, 1953) is the wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. She was notable for taking on a greater role during her hus ...
– wife of the 18th
Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority the elected House of Commons; as su ...
Brian Mulroney *
Tijana Arnautović Tijana Petković ( sr-cyr, Тијана Петковић; born August 15, 1986), née Tijana Arnautović, is Bosnian Canadian beauty pageant contestant and model who won the title of Miss Canada in 2004 and represented her country in Miss World ...
– Miss World Canada 2004, model *
Vladimir Ćorović Vladimir Ćorović ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Ћоровић; 27 October 1885 – 12 April 1941) was a Serbian historian, university professor, author, and academic. His bibliography consists of more than 1000 works. Several of his books on the ...
– historian *
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 ...
– former Prime Minister of
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 ...
* Nijaz Ibrulj – philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo *
Faruk Čaklovica Faruk Čaklovica (born 1953 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Professor of Bromatology and former Rector of the University of Sarajevo. He is member of the board at the Balkan Universities Network 2010.Željko Topić, Croatian civil servant and Vice-President of the European Patent Office born in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Semir Osmanagić - Bosnian author, businessman and pseudoarchaeologist


Infamous people

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Andrija Artuković Andrija Artuković (19 November 1899 – 16 January 1988) was a Croatian lawyer, politician, and senior member of the ultranationalist and fascist Ustasha movement, who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice in ...
– minister in the government of the
Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in p ...
and war criminal *
Ante Pavelić Ante Pavelić (; 14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and served as dictator of the Independent State of Croatia ( hr, l ...
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Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Move ...
leader, founder and leader of the fascist
Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in p ...
, war criminal *
Biljana Plavšić Biljana Plavšić ( sr-Cyrl, Биљана Плавшић; born 7 July 1930) is a former Bosnian Serb politician and university professor who served as President of Republika Srpska and was later convicted of crimes against humanity for her role ...
– politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes during the Bosnian war *
Vjekoslav Luburić Vjekoslav Luburić (6 March 1914 – 20 April 1969) was a Croatian Ustaše official who headed the system of concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during much of World War II. Luburić also personally oversaw and spe ...
–
Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Move ...
leader, commander of the
Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration and extermination camp established in the village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. The concentration camp, one of the ...
, war criminal * Miroslav Filipović –
Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Move ...
leader, commander of the
Jasenovac concentration camp Jasenovac () was a concentration and extermination camp established in the village of the same name by the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. The concentration camp, one of the ...
, and war criminal *
Momčilo Krajišnik Momčilo Krajišnik (; 20 January 1945 – 15 September 2020) was a Bosnian Serb political leader, who along with Radovan Karadžić co-founded the Bosnian Serb nationalist Serb Democratic Party (SDS). Between 1990 and 1992, he was speaker of ...
– politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war *
Radovan Karadžić Radovan Karadžić ( sr-cyr, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tr ...
– Political leader of the Serbs during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and
genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lat ...
, most wanted man in Europe *
Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić ( sr-Cyrl, Ратко Младић, ; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal and colonel-general who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing ...
– General of the Serbian Army during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and
genocide Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lat ...
, most wanted man in Europe alongside Karadžić *
Tihomir Blaškić Tihomir Blaškić (born 2 November 1960) is a retired general of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) who served during the Bosnian War and the Croat–Bosniak War. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted him o ...
– convicted of violating the
laws of war The law of war is the component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (''jus ad bellum'') and the conduct of warring parties (''jus in bello''). Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and territor ...
, committing ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war *
Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Шешељ, ; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician, founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS); he was convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal ...
– politician, radical extremist, Chetnik leader, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war


See also

* List of Bosniaks *
List of Croats The following is a list of prominent individuals who are or were Croatian citizens or of Croatian ancestry. Art Architecture * Viktor Axmann – architect, Jewish * Nikola Bašić – architect * Vjekoslav Bastl – architect * Julio D ...
* List of Serbs * Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina


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