List of people from Sarajevo

Sarajevo has had a number of famous citizens over the years. They include an Academy Award winner, two Nobel Prize winners, musicians, novelists, and politicians. Sarajevo has also produced presidents for three countries.

A

• Abdulah Sidran (born 1944), writer
• Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), writer, winner of a MacArthur Foundation grant
• Asim Ferhatović (1933–1987), footballer

B

• Bekim Fehmiu (1936–2010), actor
• Boris Tadić (born 1958), President of Serbia
• Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), President of the Republic of Macedonia
• Branko Đurić Đuro (born 1962), actor and director

D

• David Elazar (1925–1976), Israeli general and IDF Chief of Staff
• Davor Sučić (Sejo Sexon) (born 1961), musician
• Dubravko Brigić (1959-1998) poet and journalist
• Danis Tanović (born 1969, director

E

• Edin Džeko football player
• Elvir Baljić, ex-footballer who played for Real Madrid
• Emir Kusturica (born 1954), director
• Emerik Blum (1911-1984), businessman, Mayor of Sarajevo

F

• Fra Grgo Martić (1822–1905), priest

G

• Gazi Husrev-beg (1480–1541), bey in the Ottoman Empire, greatest donor and builder of Sarajevo
• Goran Bregović (born 1950), composer

H

• Hamdija Kreševljaković (18 September 1888 – 9 May 1959), historian
• Haris Brkić (1974-2000), basketball player

I

• Isa-Beg Isaković - general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of Sarajevo and Novi Pazar
• Ivan Štraus (born 1928), architect
• Ivana Pičićević (born 1974), actress
• Ivica Osim (born 1941), football coach
• Ivo Andrić (born 1892), writer

J

• Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974), director

M

• Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
• Mila Mulroney former first lady of Canada
• Miljenko Jergović (born 1966), writer
• Mladen Savović (born 1950), engineer
• Mladen Vojičić aka Tifa, Musician, former lead singer of Bijelo Dugme
• Mustafa Fadilpašić (1830–1892), first Mayor of Sarajevo
• Mirza Delibasic,(1954-2001), basketball player

N

• Nele Karajlić (born 1962), musician, composer, actor, director
• Nenad Marković,(born 1968), basketball player

P

• Predrag Danilović (1971), Yugoslav basketball player, member of NBA's Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks
• Endi E. Pošković Endi E. Poskovic (born 1969), graphic artist and printmaker, Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts and Professor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan

S

• Safet Isović, Bosniak sevdah singer
• Sandra Blažić, wife of Welsh actor Christian Bale
• Sanela Diana Jenkins, entrepreneur, philanthropist and owner of NeuroDrinks from California
• Saša Toperić (born 1972), concert pianist and diplomat
• Senad Hadžimusić Teno (born 1957), musician
• Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865–1908), poet
• Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1790–1847), poet

T

• Tadić Ognjen (born 1974), politician
• Tinka Kurči (born 1932), famous Albanian actress
• Tomo Pičićević (born 1979), musician

V

• Vladimir Prelog (born 1906), Nobel prize winner for Chemistry
• Vuk Kurcenovic (born 1946), classical composer

Ž

• Željko Bebek (born 1945), lead singer of Bijelo Dugme 1974-1984
• Žan Marolt (25 September 1964 - 11 July 2009) actor
• Zlata Filipović (born December 3, 1980), novelist and short story writer
• Zdravko Čolić (born 1951), pop singer