Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Душан) is a
Slavic given name primarily used in the former
Yugoslavia
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and the former
Czechoslovakia
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. The name is derived from the Slavic noun ''duša'' "soul".
Occurrence
In
Serbia
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, it was the 29th most popular name for males, as of 2010.
People
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Stefan Uroš IV Dušan,
Emperor
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of the
Serbian Empire
The Serbian Empire ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско царство, Srpsko carstvo, separator=" / ", ) was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expande ...
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Dušan Bajević
Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; , ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football manager ...
(born 1948), Bosnian former footballer and current football manager
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Dušan Bařica (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
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Dušan Basta (born 1984), Serbian footballer
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Dušan Bavdek (born 1971), Slovenian composer
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Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955), Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist
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Dusan Djuric (born 1984), Swedish international footballer of Serbian descent
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Dušan Domović Bulut (born 1985), Serbian 3x3 basketball player
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Dušan Džamonja (1928–2009), Croatian sculptor
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Dušan Fitzel (born 1963), Slovak footballer and football manager
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Dušan Galis (born 1949), Slovak footballer and football manager
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Dušan Keketi (born 1951), Slovak footballer
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Dušan Keketi (born 1975), Slovak politician
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Dušan Kalmančok (born 1945), Slovak astronomer
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Dušan Kaprálik (1948–2023), Slovak actor
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Dušan Kerkez (born 1976), Bosnian former footballer and current football manager
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Dušan Kovačević (born 1948), Serbian playwright
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Dušan Lajović (born 1990), Serbian tennis player
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Dušan Makavejev (1932–2019), Serbian film director
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Dušan Mandić (born 1994), Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion
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Dušan Maravić (1939–2025), Serbian footballer
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Dušan Matić (1898–1980), Serbian poet
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Dušan Mihajlović (born 1948), Serbian politician
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Dušan Mihajlović (born 1985), Serbian footballer
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Dušan Mlađan (born 1986), Serbian-born Swiss basketball player
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Dušan Otašević (born 1940), Serbian painter and sculptor
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Dušan Pašek (1960–1998), Slovak ice hockey player
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Dušan Petković (footballer born 1974), Serbian former footballer
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Dušan Petković (footballer born 1903) (1903–1979), Serbian and Yugoslav football forward
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Dušan Petronijević (born 1983), Serbian footballer
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Dušan Pirjevec (1921–1977), Slovenian literary historian, philosopher and resistance fighter
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Dušan Poloz (born 1965), Slovak handball coach
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Dušan Popović, several people
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Dušan Radović (1922–1984), Serbian journalist and writer
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Dušan Repovš (born 1954), Slovenian mathematician
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Dušan Salfický (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player
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Dušan Šestić (born 1946), Bosnian musician, composer of the Bosnian national anthem
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Dušan Slobodník (1927–2001), Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician
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Dušan Švantner (born 1946), Slovak politician
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Dušan Tadić (born 1988), Serbian footballer
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Dušan Třeštík (1933–2007), Czech historian
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Dušan Uhrin (born 1943), Slovak footballer and football manager
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Dušan Velič (1966–2023), Slovak chemist and politician
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Dušan Vemić (born 1976), Serbian tennis player
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Dušan Vlahović (born 2000), Serbian footballer
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Dušan Uhrin Jr (born 1967), Slovak football manager and the Son of
Dušan Uhrin
Catholic saints
* Saint Dušan (Spiridion), the bishop, 4th century
See also
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Dušanovo (disambiguation)
References
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