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, 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, 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, Serbian football player * Zoran Mušič, Slovenian painter * Zoran Pavlovič, Slovenian football player * Zoran Planinić, 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, Slovenian musician * Zoran Radmilović, Serbian actor * Zoran Radović, Serbian basketball player * Zoran Rankić, Serbian actor * Zoran Rant, 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, Serbian basketball player * Zoran Simjanović, Serbian musician * Zoran Simović, Montenegrin football player * Zoran Stanković, Serbian politician * Zoran Stojković, Serbian politician * Zorán Sztevanovity (Zoran Stefanović), Serbian-Hungarian musician * Zoran Šami, Serbian Politician * Zoran Terzić, 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, Serbian footballer * Zoran Vanev, Macedonian musician * Zoran Vujović, 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, 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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