Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily used in the former

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and the former

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. The name is derived from the Slavic noun ''duša'' "soul".

Occurrence

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, it was the 29th most popular name for males, as of 2010.

People

* Stefan Uroš IV Dušan,

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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 ...

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 * Dušan Bařica (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player *

Dušan Basta Dušan Basta ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Баста, ; born 18 August 1984) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a right-sided full-back. Basta made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2005, and later was selecte ...

(born 1984), Serbian footballer * Dušan Bavdek (born 1971), Slovenian composer * Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955), Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist * Dusan Djuric (born 1984), Swedish international footballer of Serbian descent * Dušan Domović Bulut (born 1985), Serbian 3x3 basketball player *

Dušan Džamonja Dušan Džamonja (, ; 31 January 1928 – 14 January 2009) was a Yugoslav sculptor of Serbian ancestry. Education and career Džamonja was born in 1928 in Strumica, Macedonia, former Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1945, Džamonja be ...

(1928–2009), Croatian sculptor *

Dušan Fitzel Dušan Fitzel (born 15 April 1963) is a Czech football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with FC Viktoria Plzeň. He managed the Malta national team from 2006 to 2009. Playing career For the most part of his career Fitzel p ...

(born 1963), Slovak footballer and football manager *

Dušan Galis Dušan Galis (born 24 November 1949) is a Slovak politician and a former association football, football player and manager. In the Czechoslovak league he played 226 matches, scoring 89 goals. He was capped eight times for Czechoslovakia national ...

(born 1949), Slovak footballer and football manager *

Dušan Keketi Dušan Keketi (born 24 March 1951) is a former Slovak football goalkeeper and current president of Spartak Trnava. During his career he played for mostly for Trnava, and earned 7 caps for the Czechoslovakia from 1973 to 1980, participating in ...

(born 1951), Slovak footballer *

(born 1975), Slovak politician *

Dušan Kalmančok Dušan Kalmančok (born 1945) is a Slovak astronomer and co-discoverer of minor planets. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 7 asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is n ...

(born 1945), Slovak astronomer *

Dušan Kaprálik Dušan Kaprálik (21 February 1948 – 8 August 2023) was a Slovak actor. Dušan Kaprálik was born on in Martin 21 February 1948. In his youth, he was interested in mathematics and physics, but eventually decided to pursue an acting career. He ...

(1948–2023), Slovak actor *

Dušan Kerkez Dušan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Керкез; born 1 May 1976) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Club career In the 2001–02 season, Kerkez played regularly for Radnički Obr ...

(born 1976), Bosnian former footballer and current football manager *

Dušan Kovačević Dušan Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ковачевић, ; born 12 July 1948) is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in ...

(born 1948), Serbian playwright *

Dušan Lajović Dušan Lajović ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Лајовић; born 30 June 1990) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2019, he reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 23. On 21 September 2020, he peaked at No. 82 in the doubl ...

(born 1990), Serbian tennis player * Dušan Makavejev (1932–2019), Serbian film director * Dušan Mandić (born 1994), Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion * Dušan Maravić (1939–2025), Serbian footballer * Dušan Matić (1898–1980), Serbian poet * Dušan Mihajlović (born 1948), Serbian politician * Dušan Mihajlović (born 1985), Serbian footballer * Dušan Mlađan (born 1986), Serbian-born Swiss basketball player * Dušan Otašević (born 1940), Serbian painter and sculptor * Dušan Pašek (1960–1998), Slovak ice hockey player * Dušan Petković (footballer born 1974), Serbian former footballer * Dušan Petković (footballer born 1903) (1903–1979), Serbian and Yugoslav football forward * Dušan Petronijević (born 1983), Serbian footballer * Dušan Pirjevec (1921–1977), Slovenian literary historian, philosopher and resistance fighter * Dušan Poloz (born 1965), Slovak handball coach * Dušan Popović, several people * Dušan Radović (1922–1984), Serbian journalist and writer * Dušan Repovš (born 1954), Slovenian mathematician * Dušan Salfický (born 1972), Czech ice hockey player * Dušan Šestić (born 1946), Bosnian musician, composer of the Bosnian national anthem * Dušan Slobodník (1927–2001), Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician * Dušan Švantner (born 1946), Slovak politician * Dušan Tadić (born 1988), Serbian footballer *

Dušan Třeštík Dušan Třeštík (1 August 1933 – 23 August 2007) was a Czech historian. He specialized in medieval history ( Dark Ages (500–1000)) of the Czech lands and theory of history. Třeštík was born in 1933 in Sobědruhy, now a part of the city ...

(1933–2007), Czech historian * Dušan Uhrin (born 1943), Slovak footballer and football manager * Dušan Velič (1966–2023), Slovak chemist and politician * Dušan Vemić (born 1976), Serbian tennis player * Dušan Vlahović (born 2000), Serbian footballer * Dušan Uhrin Jr (born 1967), Slovak football manager and the Son of Dušan Uhrin

Catholic saints

* Saint Dušan (Spiridion), the bishop, 4th century

References

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Occurrence

People

Catholic saints

See also

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