Sokolović
Sokolović (Serbian Cyrillic: Соколовић, may also be transliterated as Sokolovic or Sokolovich) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, found among Serbs and Bosniaks. It derives from the Slavic word sokol present also in the Polish language, meaning "falcon" and literally means "son of the falcon" (Sokołowicz).
Sokolović may refer to one of the following persons:
- Mehmed-paša Sokolović (1506–1579) - Ottoman statesman
- Makarije Sokolović - Serbian Patriarch from 1557 to 1571
- Antonije Sokolović - Serbian Patriarch from 1571 to 1575
- Gerasim Sokolović - Serbian Patriarch from 1575 to 1586
- Savatije Sokolović - Serbian Metropolitan of Herzegovina and later Serbian Patriarch, 1587
- Ferhat-paša Sokolović (died 1586) - Ottoman statesman
- Gligor Sokolović (1870–1910) - Chetnik military commander
- Semka Sokolović-Bertok (1935–2008) - Bosnian actress
- Zijah Sokolović (born 1950) - Bosnian actor and director
- Zoran Sokolović (1938–2001) - former Minister of Internal Affairs (Serbia) and Minister of the Interior (Yugoslavia)
- Milorad Sokolović - former player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team
- Ljubiša Sokolović (born 1948) Serbian ekonomist
See also
- Sokolovići, toponym
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