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

, Serbian politician * Zoran Dukić, 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) (1940 ...

, several people *

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

, Macedonian football player *

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

, Macedonian Ambassador to the US *

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

, Serbian astronomer *

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

, Serbian politician *

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

, Croatian writer *

Zoran Ladicorbic Zoran Ladicorbic (born 1947), known as Zoran, is an American fashion designer who launched his business in 1976. He is particularly known for extremely minimalist, understated garments following the American sportswear principle, in neutral 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 Zoran Milanović (; born 30 October 1966) is a Croatian politician serving as President of Croatia since 19 February 2020. Prior to assuming the presidency, he was prime minister from 2011 to 2016 and president of the Social Democratic Party f ...

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

, Slovenian scientist *

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

, Bosnian musician * Zoran Savić, Serbian basketball player * Zoran Simjanović, Serbian musician *

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

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

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