Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in

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and to some degree in

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. Notable people with this given name include: *

Zoran Bečić Zoran Bečić (April 2, 1939 – March 29, 2006) was one of the most prominent artists of the Bosnian theatrical community in the 20th century. One of the founding actors of Sarajevo War Theatre, he studied acting at the Belgrade Academy of Dramati ...

, Bosnian Serb actor *

Zoran Baldovaliev Zoran Baldovaliev (; born 4 March 1983) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Tikvesh Kavadarci. Club career Baldovaliev started his career in the Macedonian club Belasica, and played for the Macedonian national team between ...

, Macedonian football player *

Zoran Ćirjaković Zoran Ćirjaković ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Ћирјаковић; born 22 December 1965) is a Serbian journalist, author, academic researcher, world traveler and former university professor. He is a former correspondent for ''Newsweek'' and the ''Los ...

, Serbian journalist * Zoran Cvijanović, Serbian actor * Zoran Ćirić, Serbian writer * Zoran Đerić, Bosnian Serb politician *

Zoran Đinđić Zoran Đinđić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Ђинђић, ; 1 August 1952 – 12 March 2003) was a Serbian politician and philosopher who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia, prime minister of Serbia from 2001 until Assassination of Zoran Đinđić, ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Dukić Zoran Dukić (born 1969 in Zagreb) is a Croatian classical guitarist. Between 1990 and 1997, Dukić won more competitions than any other guitarist had at the time. Life He started to play the guitar at the age of six. He graduated from the Musi ...

, Croatian classical guitarist *

Zoran Džorlev Zoran Džorlev (10 January 19671 January 2021) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian violinist. Life His father, Nasko, was a famous composer of folk music and conductor of an orchestra, and his grandfather Hristo, a friend of national h ...

, Macedonian violinist *

Zoran Erić Zoran Erić (, ; 6 October 1950 – 20 January 2024) was a Serbian composer based in Belgrade. He taught composition, orchestration, theater and film music at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. Biography Zoran E ...

, Serbian composer *

Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward positi ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Zoran Filipović Zoran Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Филиповић, ; born 6 February 1953) is a Montenegrin former football coach and player, best known for his playing stints with Red Star Belgrade and S.L. Benfica. Club career Filipović, born 6 Fe ...

, Montenegrin football coach *

Zoran G. Jančić Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and to some degree in Slovenia. Notable people with this g ...

, Bosnian Croat pianist *

Zoran Janjetov Zoran Janjetov ( sr-cyr, Зоран Јањетов; born 23 June 1961) is a Serbian comics artist. Janjetov is among most prominent comics creators of former Yugoslavia, published worldwide. He is best known as the illustrator of '' Avant l'Incal ...

, Serbian comic artist * *

Zoran Jovanovski Zoran Jovanovski (born 21 August 1972 in Skopje) is a Macedonian retired football defender. International career He made his senior debut for Macedonia in an October 1993 friendly match away against Slovenia, which was his country's first ever ...

, Macedonian football player *

Zoran Jolevski Zoran Jolevski (; born 16 July 1959) is a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian diplomacy, diplomat and the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Defense, he served as Macedonia's Ambas ...

, Macedonian Ambassador to the US *

Zoran Knežević (astronomer) Zoran Knežević ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Кнежевић; born 23 August 1949 in Osijek) is a Serbian astronomer, who has been publishing since 1982. He is the current president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) since 2023. His ...

, Serbian astronomer *

Zoran Knežević (politician) Zoran Knežević ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Зоран Кнежевић; 13 February 1948 – 12 September 2014) was a Montenegrin politician. Early life and education Zoran Knežević was born on 13 February 1948. He graduated from the University ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Korach Zoran Korach (born April 29, 1986) is an American television actor, best known for starring as the character Goomer in the Nickelodeon television series '' Sam & Cat'' (2013–2014), and '' Henry Danger'' (2017–2019), Biography Zoran Korach ...

, American actor *

Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') ...

, Croatian writer *

Zoran Ladicorbic Zoran Ladicorbic (born 1947), known as Zoran, is an American fashion designer who launched his business in 1976. He is particularly known for extremely minimalist, understated garments following the American sportswear principle, in neutral colo ...

, Yugoslavian-born American fashion designer, professionally known as Zoran. *

Zoran Lilić Zoran Lilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Лилић; born 27 August 1953) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav politician. He served as President of the National Assembly of Serbia in 1993, and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslav ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Lončar Zoran Lončar ( sr-cyr, Зоран Лончар; born 1965) is a Serbian politician and a university professor. He served as Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government from 2004 to 2007, and as Minister of Education from 2007 ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Mamić Zoran Mamić (; born 30 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional football manager and player. He is most known for his successful time as a player and later manager of Dinamo Zagreb. Mamić represented the Croatia national team 6 tim ...

, Croatian football player * Zoran Mićović, Serbian politician *

Zoran Milanović Zoran Milanović (; born 30 October 1966) is a Croatia, Croatian politician and the incumbent president of Croatia. First elected in 2020, he was re-elected in 2025 with 74% voter support. Prior to assuming the presidency, he was the prime min ...

, Croatian politician *

Zoran Milinković (politician) Zoran Milinković (Зоран Милинковић; born 26 September 1956) was the presidential candidate of the Patriots of the Serbian Diaspora in the 2004 Serbian presidential election. He was born in Kraljevo, but from 1980th lives in Paris ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Mirković Zoran "Bata" Mirković ( sr-cyrl, Зоран Бата Мирковић, ; born 21 September 1971) is a retired Serbian footballer and current manager. Playing career Club career Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990– ...

, Serbian football player *

Zoran Mušič Zoran Mušič (12 February 1909 – 25 May 2005), baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of ...

, Slovenian painter * Zoran Pavlovič, Slovenian football player *

Zoran Planinić Zoran Planinić (born September 12, 1982) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Early years Planinić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. He started his basketball career at HKK Brotnjo Čitluk f ...

, Croatian basketball player *

Zoran Pešić (rugby league) Zoran Pešić (born 14 July 1983) is a Serbian rugby league footballer, who currently plays for French club RC Carpentras XIII in the Elite Two Championship. He plays mainly at . He has represented Serbia many times, and played at club level fo ...

, Serbian rugby player * Zoran Popovich (1931–2018), Pennsylvania mayor and judge *

Zoran Predin Zoran Predin (born 16 June 1958) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the new wave rock band ''Lačni Franz''. He also writes music for film, television, and theatre. In the late 1990s and early 20 ...

, Slovenian musician *

Zoran Radmilović Zoran Radmilović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Радмиловић; 11 May 1933 – 21 July 1985) was a Serbian actor who had some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. He studied law, architecture and philology at the ...

, Serbian actor *

Zoran Radović Zoran Radović (born February 17, 1961, in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player and current FIBA administrator. Early career and college Known for tenacious defensive skills, Radović started playing bask ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Zoran Rankić Zoran Rankić ( sr-cyr, Зоран Ранкић; 9 August 1935 – 9 December 2019) was a Serbian actor and writer. He was best known for the controversial role of Chetnik commander Nikola Kalabić in 1981 TV docudrama ''Poslednji čin'' and for ...

, Serbian actor *

Zoran Rant Zoran Rant (14 September 1904 – 12 February 1972) was a Yugoslav mechanical engineer, scientist and professor, associate member of SAZU. Rant invented the terms exergy and anergy In immunology, anergy characterizes the absence of a respo ...

, Slovenian scientist *

Zoran Redžić Zoran Redžić (born 29 January 1948) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock music, rock band Bijelo Dugme. Born in Sarajevo, Bo ...

, Bosnian musician *

Zoran Savić Zoran Savić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Савић; born November 18, 1966) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former professional player who is currently the sports director for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic Le ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Zoran Simjanović Zoran Simjanović (; 11 May 1946 – 11 April 2021) was a Serbian and Yugoslav musician, composer and music educator. Simjanović started his career in 1961, as the keyboardist for the rock band Siluete. In 1962, he moved to the band Elipse, w ...

, Serbian musician *

Zoran Simović Zoran Simović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Зоран Симовић; born 2 November 1954) is a former Yugoslavia, Yugoslav and Montenegro, Montenegrin Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), ...

, Montenegrin football player *

Zoran Stanković Zoran Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Станковић, ; 9 November 1954 – 5 October 2021) was a Serbian major general and politician. He served as the Minister of Defence in the Government of Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Serbia ...

, Serbian politician *

Zoran Stojković Zoran Stojković ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стојковић; 7 October 1946 — 6 July 2020) was a Serbian politician who served as Minister of Justice in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007. Stojković graduated from the University of Belgra ...

, Serbian politician *

Zorán Sztevanovity Zorán Sztevanovity ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стевановић) (born 4 March 1942) is a Serbian-Hungarian guitarist, singer and composer living in Hungary. Life and career Zoran Stevanović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Стевановић) was born in ...

(Zoran Stefanović), Serbian-Hungarian musician *

Zoran Šami Zoran Šami ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Шами; 2 November 1948 – 4 September 2016) was the speaker of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro from Democratic Party of Serbia. Šami was born on 2 November 1948 in Valjevo. He graduated from the Facu ...

, Serbian Politician *

Zoran Terzić Zoran Terzić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Терзић, born 9 July 1966) is a Serbian volleyball coach. He was the coach of the Serbia women's national volleyball team between 2002 and 2022, and under his leadership the team won 20 European, World a ...

, Serbian volleyball player and coach *

Zoran Tošić Zoran Tošić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Тошић, ; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a winger. He built a reputation as a free-kick specialist and a tricky dribbler. Tošić began his career with his l ...

, Serbian footballer *

Zoran Urumov Zoran Urumov (; born 30 August 1977) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Urumov began his career on the books of Red Star Belgrade, making his first-team debut in the 1995–96 seaso ...

, Serbian footballer *

Zoran Vanev Zoran "Zoki" Vanev ( Serbian/ Macedonian: Зоран Ванев) is a Macedonian pop-folk singer. He was born in Štip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and began his career in 1993 with the release of his song ''"Angela"''. He enjoyed moderate success ...

, Macedonian musician *

Zoran Vujović Zoran Vujović (; born 26 August 1958) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a defender. His twin brother, Zlatko, is also a former professional footballer. They were both Yugoslav internationals, and both spent a large part of the ...

, Croatian football player * Zoran Vuković, Bosnian Serb

war crime A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostage ...

suspect * *

Zoran Vulić Zoran Vulić (; born 4 October 1961) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is notable for having managed Hajduk Split five separate times between 1998 and 2018, which is a record among all Ha ...

, Croatian football player *

Zoran Zaev Zoran Zaev (, ; born 8 October 1974) is a Macedonian economist and politician who served as prime minister of North Macedonia from May 2017 to January 2020, and again from August 2020 to January 2022. Prior to entering politics, he ran a privat ...

, Macedonian politician *

Zoran Žigić Zoran Žigić (born 20 September 1958), sometimes known by the nickname Žiga, is a former reserve policeman who was found guilty by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of persecutions, torture and cruel treatment ...

, Bosnian Serb war crime suspect *

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