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

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

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

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and a little in

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. Notable people with this given name include: * Zoran Bečić, Bosnian Serb actor * Zoran Baldovaliev, Macedonian football player * Zoran Cvijanović, Serbian actor * Zoran Ćirić, Serbian writer * Zoran Đerić, Bosnian Serb politician * Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician * Zoran Dukić, Croatian classical guitarist * Zoran Džorlev, Macedonian violinist * Zoran Erić, Serbian composer *

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

, Serbian basketball player * Zoran Filipović, Montenegrin football coach * Zoran G. Jančić, Bosnian Croat pianist * Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist *

Zoran Janković (disambiguation) Zoran Janković may refer to: * Zoran Janković (politician) (born 1953), Slovenian businessman and politician * Zoran Janković (footballer) (born 1974), Serbian-born Bulgarian football manager and former player * Zoran Janković (water polo) (194 ...

, several people *

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

, Macedonian football player *

Zoran Jolevski Zoran Jolevski ( mk, Зоран Јолевски; born 16 July 1959) is a Macedonian diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense, he served as Macedonia's Ambassador ...

, Macedonian Ambassador to the US *

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

, Serbian astronomer *

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

, Serbian politician *

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

, Croatian writer *

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

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

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

, Serbian politician *

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

, Serbian politician *

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

, Croatian football player * Zoran Milanović, Croatian politician * Zoran Milinković (politician), Serbian politician * Zoran Mirković, Serbian football player * Zoran Mušič, Slovenian painter * Zoran Pavlovič, Slovenian football player * Zoran Planinić, Croatian basketball player * Zoran Pešić (rugby league), Serbian rugby player * Zoran Predin, Slovenian musician *

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

, Serbian actor * Zoran Radović, Serbian basketball player * Zoran Rankić, Serbian actor * Zoran Rant, Slovenian scientist * Zoran Redžić, Bosnian musician * Zoran Savić, Serbian basketball player *

Zoran Simjanović Zoran Simjanović (; 11 May 1946 – 11 April 2021) was a Serbian and SFRY, Yugoslav musician, composer and music educator. Simjanović started his career in 1961, as the Musical keyboards, keyboardist for the rock music, rock band Siluete. In 1 ...

, Serbian musician * Zoran Simović, Montenegrin football player * Zoran Stanković, Serbian politician * Zoran Stojković, Serbian politician * Zorán Sztevanovity (Zoran Stefanović), Serbian-Hungarian musician * Zoran Šami, Serbian Politician * Zoran Terzić, Serbian volleyball player and coach * Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer * Zoran Urumov, Serbian footballer * Zoran Vanev, Macedonian musician * Zoran Vujović, Croatian football player * Zoran Vuković, Bosnian Serb war crime suspect * Zoran Vulić, Croatian football player *

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

, Macedonian politician * Zoran Žigić, Bosnian Serb war crime suspect * Zoran Živković (politician), Serbian politician * Zoran Živković (handballer), Serbian handball player * Zoran Živković (writer), Serbian writer

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