There are several Serbian communities in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

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Miguel Avramovic Miguel Avramovic (born 18 July 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer currently playing for Agen in the Top 14. He has also played for Worcester Warriors in the Premiership. He usually plays in at centre or fullback. He h ...

(born 1981), Argentinian footballer, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II. * Gastón Bojanich (born 1985), Argentinian footballer. *

Marcelo Burzac Raúl Marcelo Burzac (born February 14, 1988) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for CA Fénix. He is of ethnic Serb descent (his name in Serbian is rendered ''Марсело Раул Бурсаћ''). Career Burzac played for a num ...

(born 1988), Argentinian footballer. *

Jorge Capitanich Jorge Milton Capitanich (born November 28, 1964) is an Argentine politician, businessman, and accountant who became Governor of Chaco Province in 2019, having held the position before from 2007 to 2013 and then from February to December 2015. A m ...

(born 1964), Argentinian politician, parents from Banjani, Montenegro. * Gloria Ana Chevesich (born 1958), Chilean judge, paternal Serb descent. * Eleodoro Damianovich (1843–1925), Argentine doctor. *

Andrea Jeftanovic Andrea Jeftanovic (born October 15, 1970, in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean author, sociologist and academic. Jeftanovic was three when the September 11, 1973 Chilean military coup took place. She grew up under Augusto Pinochet's military regim ...

(born 1970), Chilean sociologist and author, Croatian Serb father. * Blagoje Jovović (1922–1999), Chetnik fighter, emigrated to Argentine after World War II. *

Bora Milutinović Velibor "Bora" Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Велибор Бора Милутиновић; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager. He has managed at five editions of the FIFA World Cup, tied for the record a ...

(born 1944), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to many South American countries. *

Sergio Mihanovich Sergio Mihanovich (Buenos Aires, May 8, 1937 – May 7, 2012) was an Argentine jazz pianist, singer and composer. He is the uncle of Argentine singer and actress Sandra Mihanovich. His best known composition is "Sometime Ago", which has been r ...

(1937–2012), Argentine jazz musician, Croat father and Serb mother.«Cuando el amor era todo lo que teníamos. Sergio Mihanovich fue una figura fundamental del jazz argentino»
artículo de Diego Fischerman en el diario '' Página/12'' (Buenos Aires) del 8 de mayo de 2012. * Claudia Pavlovich Arellano (born 1969), Chilean politician, paternal Serb descent. * Nicolás Pavlovich (born 1978), Argentine footballer, Montenegrin ancestry. *

Dejan Petković Dejan Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Петковић, ; born 10 September 1972) is a Serbian football pundit and retired footballer. In his native country he is widely known under the nickname Rambo while in Brazil he is known as Pet. He played ...

(born 1972), Serbian football manager, former player, expatriated to Brazil. *

Vladica Popović Vladimir "Vladica" Popović (; 17 March 1935 – 10 August 2020) was a Serbian professional footballer and manager. The biggest success in his coaching career was winning the Intercontinental Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991. Born in Zemun, P ...

(1935–2020), footballer Olympic medalist, migrated in Venezuela *

Miguel Socolovich Miguel Ángel Socolovich (born July 24, 1986) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves, and in Nippon Professio ...

(born 1986), Venezuelan baseballer. *

Milan Stojadinović Milan Stojadinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Стојадиновић; 4 August 1888 – 26 October 1961) was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1935 to 1939. He also served as Forei ...

(1888–1961), Serbian politician, advisor to Argentine governments, emigrated in 1946. *

Lyanco Lyanco Evangelista Silveira Neves Vojnovic (, born 1 February 1997), known as Lyanco, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Southampton. Club career Early career Born in Vitória, Espírit ...

(born 1997), Brazilian footballer, Serbian paternal grandfather. * Miloš Vukasović/Miguel Vucassovich (1842–1908), shipbuilder, migrated to Argentine in 1865. *

Paola Vukojicic Paola Vukojicic ( sr, Paola Vukojičić, Паола Вукојчић; born August 28, 1974) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydne ...

(born 1974), retired Argentine female field hockey player. *

Geraldine Zivic Géraldine Zivic (born December 7, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-born Colombian award-winning actress, model and television host of Serbian descent best known for her roles in telenovelas. Biography At 15 years old, she mov ...

(born 1975), Argentine-born Colombian actress, paternal family emigrated from Serbia during World War II.

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