Velimir ( sr-cyr, Велимир) is a

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...

masculine given name and sometimes a surname, a

Slavic name Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...

derived from elements ''vele'' "great" and ''mir'' "peace, prestige". It may refer to: *

Velimir Ilić Velimir "Velja" Ilić ( sr-cyr, Велимир "Веља" Илић, ; born 28 May 1951) is a Serbian politician and founder and president of the New Serbia party. He served as the Minister of Capital Investments from 2004 to 2008, Ministry of ...

(born 1951), politician * Velimir Ivanović, (born 1978), Serbian footballer *

Velimir Jovanović Velimir Jovanović (born 25 August 1987) is a Serbian former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. Career Born in Niš, Jovanović played club football in Germany for TSG Neustrel ...

, (born 1987), Serbian footballer *

Velimir Khlebnikov Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name ( rus, Велими́р Хле́бников, p=vʲɪlʲɪˈmʲir ˈxlʲɛbnʲɪkəf; – 28 June 1922), was a Russian poet and playwright, a central part of the Russian Futurist ...

(1885–1922), Russian poet and playwright * Velimir Milošević (1937–2004), Montenegrin writer, poet, and editor *

Velimir Naumović Velimir Naumović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Наумовић; 19 March 1936 – 19 December 2011) was a Serbian footballer who played as a striker for SFR Yugoslavia. He was often called Veljko Naumović. During his managerial career, ...

(1936–2011), Serbian footballer *

Velimir Perasović Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. Early life Perasović was born in Stob ...

(born 1965), Croatian basketball player *

Velimir Radinović Velimir Radinović (born January 17, 1981) is a Canadian-Serbian former professional basketball player. He is a 2.12 center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in v ...

, (born 1981), Canadian-Serbian basketball player *

Velimir Radman Velimir Radman (born 28 May 1983 in Banja Luka) is a Croatian football goalkeeper, who last played for NK Lošinj, a club based in Lošinj which competes in 4th Croatian league. Club career He played for NK Rijeka from 2002 to 2010, with a one ...

, (born 1983), Croatian footballer *

Velimir Sombolac Velimir Sombolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Сомболац; 27 February 1939 – 22 May 2016) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Playing career Club Follow ...

, (1939–2016), Serbian-Yugoslav footballer *

Velimir Stjepanović Velimir Stjepanović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Стјепановић; born 7 August 1993) is a Serbian professional swimmer currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League. He has won gold medals at the Europ ...

, (born 1993), Serbian swimmer * Velimir Škorpik (1919–1943), Croatian-Yugoslav Partisan commander * Velimir Valenta (1929–2004), Croatian-Yugoslav rower *

Velimir Vukićević Velimir Vukićević (11 July 1871 – 27 November 1930) was a Serbian Yugoslav politician. He served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 17 April 1927 until 28 July 1928. After the parliamentary election on 11 September 1927 he was re-elected ...

(1871–1930), Serbian-Yugoslav politician *

Velimir Zajec Velimir Zajec (born 12 February 1956) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the current president of Dinamo Zagreb. Club career Zajec began his career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1974, aged 18. In ten years at the c ...

(born 1956), Croatian footballer and manager *

Velimir Živojinović (disambiguation) Velimir Živojinović may refer to: * Massuka Živojinović (1886–1974) * Bata Živojinović (1933–2016) {{hndis, Zivojinovic, Velimir ...

, several people ;Other *

3112 Velimir 311 may refer to: * 311 (number), a natural number * AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD * 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar * 311 (band), an American band ** ''311'' (album), band 311's self-titled al ...

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