Milošević ( sr-cyr, Милошевић, ) is 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 ...

surname derived from the given name

Miloš Miloš, Milos, Miłosz or spelling variations thereof is a mainly male Slavic given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name Sportsmen * Miłosz Bernatajtys, Polish rower * Miloš Bogunović, Serbian footballer * Miloš Budaković, ...

. It is predominantly worn by ethnic

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

, and to a lesser degree

Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...

and

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

. Milošević is the tenth most frequent surname in

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. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Milošević Goran Alexander Sjöström Milošević (, sr-Cyrl, Александaр Милошевић; born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), centre back for club Po ...

, Swedish footballer *

Boki Milošević Božidar "Boki" Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар "Боки" Милошевић; 31 December 1931 – 15 April 2018) was a Serbs, Serbian clarinetist. Milošević was born in Prokuplje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Serbia. He completed undergr ...

, Serbian clarinetist *

Deni Milošević Deni Milošević (; born 9 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor. Born in Belgium, he played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Milošević started his professi ...

, Bosnian footballer *

Dragomir Milošević Dragomir Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир Милошевић; born 4 February 1942) is a Bosnian Serb and former commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps (SRK) of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) which besieged Sarajevo for three ...

, Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader *

Dušan Milošević Dušan Milošević ( sr-cyr, Душан Милошевић; 1 June 1894 – 19 May 1967) was a Serbian multi-sport athlete and Olympian. He competed as one of two athletes from Serbia at the 1912 Summer Olympics, the other one being Dragutin T ...

, Serbian footballer * Danny Milosevic, Australian footballer *

Goran Milošević Goran Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Милошевић; born 9 July 1972) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a centre-back. Honours ;Železnik * Serbia and Montenegro Cup The Serbia and Montenegro Cup was an associatio ...

, Serbian footballer * Ivan Milošević (born 1984), Serbian footballer *

Katrina Milosevic Katrina Milosevic (born 25 April 1976) is an Australian actress who has appeared in many television programs and theatre productions, including a starring role in the prison drama series '' Wentworth as Sue 'Boomer' Jenkins''. and as Sophie Nov ...

(born 1976), Australian Actor *

Milenko Milošević Milenko Milošević (born 13 November 1976) is a retired Bosnian footballer and football manager. He usually fielded as a defensive midfielder, although ''Milo'' was also able to play as central defender. Club career FR Yugoslav First League Born ...

, Bosnian-Serb footballer * * Miloš Milošević, Croatian swimmer of Serbian descent * *

Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. A former Forward (association football), forward, he ...

, Serbian footballer, ex-captain of nation team *

Selena Milošević Selena Milošević (born 9 June 1989) is a Croatian handball player for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship ...

, Croatian handball player *

Slađana Milošević Aleksandra Milošević Hagadone ( sr-cyr, Александра Милошевић Хагадон; 3 October 1955 – 26 March 2024), better known as Slađana Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слађана Милошевић, ), was a Serbian and Yugoslav ...

, Serbian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and writer *

Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Милошевић, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugos ...

(1941–2006), Serbian politician, war criminal and President of FR Yugoslavia *

Sofija Milošević Sofija Milošević (; born March 18, 1991) is a Serbian fashion model. She worked for Serbian fashion designers and brands Diesel and Jeremy Scott in Milan and New York. Personal life Sofija was engaged to Filip Živojinović, son of retired Se ...

, Serbian fashion model * Tamara Milosevic, German documentary filmmaker of Serbian descent *

Vlado Milošević Vlado Milošević (; 1901–1990) was a Bosnian composer and ethnomusicologist from Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina. His hometown of Banja Luka holds an annual musical festival named after the composer. He attended elementary school and gimnazija ...

, Bosnian-Serb composer

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