DraganBehind the Name - Dragan
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given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

derived from the common

Slavic Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Slav ...

element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include:

Politicians and office holders

Dragan Čavić Dragan Čavić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Чавић; born 10 March 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician who was the 5th President of Republika Srpska from 28 November 2002 until 9 November 2006, after having been Vice President from 2000 to 2002. ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

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 again from 2014 to 2018. He is the current president of the Croatian Dem ...

, Croat politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Dragan Đilas Dragan Đilas ( sr-cyr, Драган Ђилас, , born 22 February 1967) is a Serbian businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2008 to 2013. From 25 November 2012 until 31 May 2014, he served as the President of the ...

, Serbian politician and businessman *

Dragan Đokanović Dragan Đokanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ђокановић; born 20 April 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician, member, founder and president of the Democratic Party of Federalists, physician, sportsman and one of the most popular men i ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Dragan Đorđević Dragan Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Драган Ђорђевић) (born 1970 in Niš) was the presidential candidate in the 2004 Serbian presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Serbia on Sunday, 13 June 2004. As no ca ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Jočić Dragan Jočić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Јочић, born 7 September 1960) is a Serbian lawyer and politician. He served as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia), Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia from 2004 until 2008 in the cabinet of Pri ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Kojadinović Dragan Kojadinović (, born 29 November 1954) is a Serbian journalist and former Minister of Culture. Early life and education He graduated from the Department of Yugoslav Literature and Serbian Language at the University of Belgrade Faculty of ...

, Serbian journalist, politician and Minister of Culture *

Dragan Marković Dragan Marković ( sr-cyr, Драган Марковић; 2 May 1960 – 22 November 2024), commonly known as Palma ( sr-cyr, Палма, lit=palm tree), was a Serbian businessman and politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly of ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Maršićanin Dragan Maršićanin ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Маршићанин; born 26 January 1950) is a Serbian economist and politician. He was the ambassador of Serbia to Switzerland from 2004 to 2009. He served as the Ministry of Economy (Serbia), Minist ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Mikerević Dragan Mikerević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Микеревић; born 12 February 1955) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Republika Srpska from 2003 to 2005. Previously, he served as Chairman of the Counc ...

, Bosnian Serb politician *

Dragan Primorac Dragan Primorac (born June 7, 1965) is a Croatian politician, physician, geneticist, and forensic scientist. He served as Minister of Science, Education and Sports in the 9th and 10th government of Croatia under HDZ's Ivo Sanader, and was ...

, Croatian scientist and politician * Dragan Šutanovac, Serbian Minister of Defense *

Dragan Todorović (politician) Dragan Todorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Тодоровић; born 25 January 1953) is a Serbian politician who was the vice-president of the Serbian Radical Party. He was the Radical Party representative in the Parliaments of Federal Re ...

, Serbian politician *

Dragan Tomić Dragan Tomić ( sr-cyrl, Драган Томић; 9 December 1935 – 21 June 2022) was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the National Assembly of Serbia from 1994 to 2001. He was a member of the Socialist Party of Serbia and ...

, Serbian politician, acting President of Serbia in 1997 *

Dragan Tsankov Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov () (9 November 1828 – 24 March 1911) was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country. He was born in Svishtov. Tsankov was initially a civil servant in the administration of the ...

, Bulgarian politician, twice Prime Minister *

Dragan Vulin Dragan Vulin (born 1 May 1986) is a Croatian politician and scientist. Early life and education Vulin was born in Osijek in 1986. He graduated from secondary school in 2005. He studied electrical engineering at thFaculty of Electrical Engineerin ...

, Croatian politician and scientist

Soldiers

Dragan Nikolić Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Драган Николић, ; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Serbian and Yugoslav actor. Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the film ' ...

, Serbian military officer *

Dragan Paskaš Dragan Paskaš ( sr-cyr, Драган Паскаш; born 4 April 1951) is a retired Serbs, Serbian military Officer (armed forces), officer, who served as the Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)#Armed Forces of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Monteneg ...

, Serbian general *

Dragan Vasiljković Dragan Vasiljković ( sr-cyrl, Драган Васиљковић; born 12 December 1954), nicknamed Captain Dragan () is a convicted war criminal and former commander of a Serb paramilitary unit called the Kninjas during the Yugoslav Wars. In 200 ...

, Serbian paramilitary officer

Athletes

Dragan Antanasijević Dragan Antanasijević (; born 19 July 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Canadian Soccer League club Hamilton City. Club career Hungary In 2010, he played abroad in Hungary's Nemzeti Baj ...

(born 1987), Serbian footballer *

Dragan Bender Dragan Bender (born 17 November 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for the Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB. He stands and played the power forward and center positions. He was selected by the Phoenix ...

(born 1997), Croatian basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Dragan Blatnjak Dragan Blatnjak (born 1 August 1981) is a Bosnian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Croatian club Zadar. Club career Previously Blatnjak played for Russian club FC Khimki (until 2010) and Hajduk Split in the Cr ...

(born 1981), Bosnian footballer *

Dragan Bogavac Dragan Bogavac (Cyrillic: Драган Богавац; born 7 April 1980) is a retired Montenegrin professional footballer who played as a striker and winger. Club career Bogavac started his career in the Serbia and Montenegro lower leagues w ...

, Montenegrin footballer *

Dragan Ćirić Dragan Ćirić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Ћирић; born 15 September 1974) is a Serbian retired professional Association football, footballer who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielde ...

, Serbian footballer *

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Serbian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Football Association of Serbia from 14 March 2023. Džajić is widely considered to b ...

, retired Serbian footballer * Dragan Desančić, Yugoslavian sprint canoeist * Dragan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer *

Dragan Dragutinović Dragan Dragutinović (; born 17 January 1980) is a Serbian retired footballer. Career Born in Čačak, his previous clubs were FK Borac Čačak, FK Vojvodina and FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac in the Serbian SuperLiga. In 2008, he played in the 2008 ...

, Serbian footballer *

, Yugoslavian footballer * Dragan Glogovac, Bosnian Serb footballer *

Dragan Holcer Dragan Holcer (19 January 1945 – 23 September 2015) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a defender. Early life Holcer was born in captivity in a Nazi prison camp to Slovenian father Franc Holcer and to Austrian-Italian mother Ida Orell ...

, Yugoslavian footballer *

Dragan Jović Dragan Jović (born 19 July 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers. Managerial career Early career In his early career, Jović managed Travnik and Posušje. He rep ...

, Bosnian football coach * Dragan Jovanović, Yugoslavian footballer * Dragan Kanatlarovski, Yugoslavian/Macedonian footballer and manager *

Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kićanović (; born 17 August 1953) is a Serbian and Yugoslav retired professional basketball player. A tall shooting guard, Kićanović played in the 1970s and 1980s, and is considered to be one of the best European players and scorers ...

, retired Serbian basketball player * Dragan Kobiljski, retired Serbian volleyball player and professional coach. *

Dragan Kokotović Dragan Kokotović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Кокотовић) is a former Serbian football player who has become a football manager. Kokotović played most of his career in the Yugoslav First League with FK Rad, but finished after playin ...

, Serbian footballer and manager * Dragan Lukovski, Serbian basketball player *

Dragan Milosavljević Dragan Milosavljević ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Милосављевић; born May 11, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player and team captain for Igokea m:tel of the Bosnian League and the ABA League. He also represented the Serbian n ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Dragan Mladenović (footballer) Dragan Mladenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Младеновић; born 16 February 1976) is a retired Serbian professional footballer. Career Mladenović joined Rangers from Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade for £1.1m in August 2004 ...

(born 1976), Serbian footballer * Dragan Mrđa, Serbian footballer * Dragan Mustapić, Croatian discus thrower *

Dragan Načevski Dragan Načevski () (born 27 January 1980) is a Macedonian retired football striker. Clubs *1998–2004: FK Vardar *2004–2005: FK Madžari Solidarnost *2005–2008: Ergotelis FC *2008–2009: Kerkyra FC *2009: FK Baku *2009–2011: Ilio ...

, Macedonian footballer *

Dragan Okuka Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (; born 2 April 1954) is a Serbian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with FK Velež Mostar, Velež ...

, Serbian footballer and manager *

Dragan Pantelić Dragan Pantelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Пантелић; 9 December 1951 – 20 October 2021) was a Yugoslav professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He scored over 20 goals over the course of his career, mainly from pena ...

, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer *

Dragan Perić Dragan Perić (, born 8 May 1964) is a Serbian shot putter who occasionally competed in the discus throw. He holds the Serbian records in athletics, Serbian records in both events. He represented Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro in four consecut ...

, retired Serbian Olympic athlete * Dragan Popović, Yugoslavian footballer and coach *

Dragan Punišić Dragan Punišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Пунишић; born 1 March 1966 in Belgrade) is a Serbian retired footballer. Punišić began his career in the Yugoslav First League with Red Star Belgrade. In 1991, he moved from Rijeka to C ...

, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer *

Dragan Raca Dragan Raca ( sr-cyr, Драган Раца; born 3 March 1961) is a Cypriot–Serbian basketball coach and former player. He used to be the coach of the national basketball teams of Lebanon, Cyprus and North Macedonia national basketball team. He ...

, Serbian basketball coach *

Dragan Radojičić Dragan Radojičić (; born 3 June 1970) is a Montenegrin Association football, football manager and former player. Playing career Radojičić started out at his hometown club FK Sutjeska Nikšić, Sutjeska Nikšić, making 31 appearances and sco ...

, Serbian/Montenegrin footballer and manager * Dragan Stančić, Serbian footballer *

Dragan Stojisavljević Dragan Stojisavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Стојисављевић; born 6 January 1974) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career After starting out with his hometown club Vrbas, Stojisavl ...

, Serbian footballer * Dragan Stojkov, Macedonian footballer * Dragan Stojković, retired Serbian footballer and current manager *

Dragan Talajić Dragan Talajić (born 25 August 1965) is a Croatian former footballer who is the head coach of Bahrain national football team. Talajić played as a goalkeeper and is a football manager who has managed many clubs in the Middle East, Thailand and ...

, Croatian footballer and manager *

Dragan Tarlać Dragan Tarlać ( sr-cyr, Драган Тарлаћ, born May 9, 1973) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He also holds Greek citizenship. Standing at , he played as a center. Professional career Europe After starting his seni ...

, retired Serbian basketball player *

Dragan Tešanović Dragan Tešanović ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Тешановић, born September 2, 1985) is a Serbian retired mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Tešanović mostly c ...

(born 1985), Serbian mixed martial arts fighter *

Dragan Travica Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Olympiacos Piraeus, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the Eu ...

, Croatian naturalized Italian volleyball player. * Dragan Umicevic, Swedish ice hockey player *

Dragan Žarković Dragan Žarković (; born 16 April 1986) is a Serbian football defender. Youth years Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Žarković started playing and have spent 10 years in youth ranks of in his hometown club FK Obilić. Senior career He turned pro ...

, Serbian footballer *

Dragan Zorić Dragan Zorić ( sr-cyr, Драган Зорић; born 20 May 1979, in Bačka Palanka) is a Serbian sprint canoer who has competed from the late 1990s to 2007. Until 2006, he competed for Serbia and Montenegro. Zorić won five ...

, Serbian sprint canoer

Artists and entertainers

Dragan Bjelogrlić Dragan "Bjela" Bjelogrlić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган "Бјела" Бјелогрлић, ; born 10 October 1963) is a Serbian actor, director and producer. Career Bjelogrlić made his acting debut as a 15-year old, playing Sava Jovanović Sirogojn ...

, Serbian actor *

Dragan Espenschied Dragan Espenschied (born 1975) is an 8-bit musician and media artist who lives and works in New York City. He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart, Germany. Dragan started to develop software for Atari Computers in 19 ...

, German musician and artist * Dragan Kojić Keba, Gipsy/Serbian folk singer *

Dragan Marinković Dragan Marinković "Maca" (born 17 March 1968) is a Bosnian actor and TV personality. Widely known by his nickname Maca, though trained as an actor, Marinković is most notable for his outrageous personality showcased during his stints on real ...

, Bosnian Serb actor and TV personality *

Dragan Mićanović Dragan Mićanović (; born 30 September 1970) is a Serbia, Serbian actor from Loznica who played in the films ''Layer Cake (film), Layer Cake'' (2004), ''The White Countess'' (2005) and ''RocknRolla'' (2008). He played his first role abroad in ...

, Serbian actor * Dragan Nešić (born 1954), Serbian artist *

, Serbian actor * Dragan Malesevic Tapi, Serbian painter and Freemason * Dragan Roganović, renowned Serbian-Australian music producer and DJ *

Dragan Todorović Dragan Todorović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Тодоровић; born September 1958 in Kragujevac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a writer and multimedia artist. Until 1995 he lived in Yugoslavia, where he worked as ...

, Yugoslavian writer, journalist, and artist

Politicians and office holders

Soldiers

Athletes

Artists and entertainers

References

See also