Ivanović ( sr-Cyrl, Ивановић, ), also transliterated as Ivanovich or Ivanovitch) is a South Slavic surname, a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

derived from ''

Ivan Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the B ...

''. It is a Slavic equivalent of

Johnson Johnson may refer to: People and fictional characters *Johnson (surname), a common surname in English * Johnson (given name), a list of people * List of people with surname Johnson, including fictional characters *Johnson (composer) (1953–2011) ...

. It is a common surname in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

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, and

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. It may refer to the following notable people: *

Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger (name at birth, née Ivanovic; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tenn ...

(born 1987), Serbian tennis player * Andrei Ivanovitch (born 1968), Romanian pianist *

Božidar Ivanović Božidar Ivanović ( cnr-Cyrl, Божидар Ивановић; born 24 August 1946) is a Montenegrin chess grandmaster, politician, and chess official. He has served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in Montenegro. He won the Yugoslav Chess Champ ...

(born 1946), Montenegrin chess grandmaster and politician *

Božina Ivanović Božina M. Ivanović (; 31 December 1931 – 10 October 2002) was a Montenegrin anthropologist and politician. He served as General Secretary of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts and President of Matica crnogorska. He was a professor ...

(1931–2002), Montenegrin anthropologist and politician *

Branislav Ivanović Branislav Ivanović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Ивановић, ; born 22 February 1984) is a Serbian former professional Association football, footballer. A versatile defender, Ivanović played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back ...

(born 1984), Serbian footballer *

Cristoforo Ivanovich Cristoforo Ivanovich (1628–1689) was the first historian of Venetian opera, who also wrote several librettos of his own. Biography Ivanovich was born in Budva, Budua (Budva), at the time part of Venetian Albania (now southeastern Montenegro). A ...

(1620–1689), Venetian music historian, poet, librettist *

Đorđe Ivanović Đorđe Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ивановић, ; born 20 November 1995) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays for FK Čukarički, Čukarički. Club career Spartak Subotica Early years and loan spells Af ...

(born 1995), Serbian footballer *

Duško Ivanović Duško Ivanović (; born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Professional playing ca ...

, (born 1957), Montenegrin basketball player and coach *

Franjo Ivanović Franjo Ivanović (born 1 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Union SG and the Croatia national team. Club career Ivanović started his football career at the age of five in 2008 with SV ...

(born 2003), Croatian footballer *

Ivan Rikard Ivanović Dr. Ivan Rikard Ivanović (1880–1949) was a Croatian industrialist, politician and one of the founders of the Croatian National Progressive Party (NNS). Life and career Ivan Rikard Mendel Kraus was born in 1880 in Osijek, Kingdom of Croatia-Sl ...

(born Ivan Kraus; 1880–1949), Croatian politician *

Josef Ivanović Josef Ivanović (born 5 December 1973) is a German football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (wor ...

(born 1973), former German football player and coach * Marin Ivanović (born 1981), Croatian rapper better known by his stage name Stoka *

Mihailo Ivanović (disambiguation) Mihailo Ivanović may refer to: * Mihailo Ivanović (politician) (1874–1949), Montenegrin politician * Mihailo Ivanović (football manager) Mihailo "Miki" Ivanović (; born 4 February 1952) is a Serbian football manager. He previously worked as ...

, several people *

Milan Ivanović Milan Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Ивановић, ; born 21 December 1960) is a former soccer player. Born in Yugoslavia, he played for the Australia national team. Club career Ivanović started his career with a local club Crv ...

(born 1960), Serbian-born Australian footballer *

Nemanja Ivanović Nemanja Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Немања Ивановић; born 14 May 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Ivanović is a product of Red Star Belgrade youth sportive school. In January 2019, Ivanović sig ...

(born 1997), Serbian footballer *

Oliver Ivanović Oliver Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Оливер Ивановић; 1 April 1953 – 16 January 2018) was a Kosovo Serb politician. Ivanović served as the State Secretary of the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija from 2008 to 2012 and was also a member of ...

(1953–2018), Kosovo Serb politician *

Saša Ivanović Saša Ivanović (born 26 June 1984) is a Montenegrin retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He had a spell in Poland, playing for ŁKS Łódź in the 2008–09 Ekstraklasa Cup.Tina Ivanović Radmila "Tina" Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Радмила "Тина" Ивановић; born 28 September 1973) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer. Born in Kosovska Kamenica, at fourteen years of age she won ''Prvi glas pomoravlja'' singing festival in Bato� ...

, (born 1974), Serbian singer and model *

Vane Ivanović Ivan "Vane" Stefan Ivanović (9 June 1913 – 4 April 1999) was a Yugoslav-British athlete, shipowner, political activist, diplomat, writer and philanthropist. One of the founders of the European Movement and the consul general of Monaco in Lond ...

(1913–1999), Yugoslav diplomat, athlete and philanthropist *

Velimir Ivanović Velimir Ivanović (; born 22 November 1978) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career After starting out at Radnički Kragujevac, Ivanović was transferred to Greek club Larissa in 1999. He subsequently ...

(born 1978), Serbian footballer

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