List of Montenegrins
This is a list of prominent people from Montenegro.
It includes individuals who ethnically declare or have declared themselves as Montenegrins or Serbs.
Several persons on the list fall outside of this ethnic group, largely on the basis of self-determination. The list includes a few that declare or have declared as either Bosniaks, Muslims by nationality, Croats, Albanians or Yugoslavs.
Additionally, among the above-mentioned ethnic groups there are individuals not necessarily born and raised in Montenegro, but who have either had parent(s) born in Montenegro or have themselves lived there for a significant portion of their life. Such individuals are included as well.
Artists
Writers
- Čedo Vuković
- Mihailo Lalić
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (born Radivoje Tomov Petrović)
- Mirko Kovač
- Radovan Zogović
- Andrej Nikolaidis
- Marko Miljanov Popović
- Andrija Paltašić
- Jovan Cvijić
- Milovan Đilas
- Dejan Stojanović
- Aleksa Šantić
- Novak Kilibarda
Poets
- Petar II Petrović Njegoš (born Radivoje Tomov Petrović)
- Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
- Rambo Amadeus
- Marko Miljanov
- Andrija Zmajević
- Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša
- Vitomir Vito Nikolić
- Danilo Kiš
- Borislav Pekić
- Miodrag Bulatović
- Dejan Stojanović
- Matija Bećković
- Jovan Sundečić
- Andrija Radulović
- Giovanni Bona Boliris (Ivan Bolica or Ivan Bunić)
- Aleksandar Bečanović
Historians
Painters
- Petar Lubarda
- Boris Dragojević
- Tripo Kokolja
- Andrija Paltašić
- Milo Milunović
- Filip Janković
- Miloš Vusković
- Gojko Berkuljan
- Miodrag "Dado" Đurić
- Vojo Stanić
- Dimitrije Popović
- Mario Maskareli
Sculptors
Musicians
- Milan Popović - Daniel
- Nenad Knežević - Knez
- Rambo Amadeus
- Miloš Karadaglić
- Šako Polumenta
- Dado Polumenta
- Vlado Georgiev
- Bojan Marović
- Sergej Ćetković
- Vesna Zmijanac
- Boban Rajović
- Zoran Kalezić
- Goran Vukošić
- Petar Perunović
- Stefan Filipović
- Igor Lazić - Niggor
- Miladin Šobić
- Milić Vukašinović
- Dragoljub Đuričić
- Nina Petković
- Danijel Alibabić
Actors/actresses
- Bojan Bazelli
- Veljko Bulajić
- Duško Ivanović
- Milutin Karadžić
- Slavko Labović
- Danilo Lazović
- Bojan Marović
- Miljan Milošević
- Krsto Papić
- Vladimir Popović
- Dubravka Vukotić
- Milena Dravić[1]
- Dragan Nikolić[2]
Models
Performers
Violinists
Journalists
Chroniclers
Militarians
Admirals
Captains
Commanders
- Peko Dapčević
- Vlado Dapčević
- Radola Gajda (born Rudolf Geidl)
- Marko Popović
Generals
Majors
Seamen
Voivodes
Other
Politicians
Prime Ministers
- Andrija Radović
- Evgenije Popović
- Anto Gvozdenović
- Jovan Plamenac
- Milutin Vučinić
- Đorđije Pajković
- Veselin Đuranović
- Vidoje Žarković
- Žarko Bulajić
- Marko Orlandić
- Momčilo Cemović
- Radivoje Brajović
- Vuko Vukadinović
- Radoje Kontić
- Filip Vujanović
- Milo Đukanović
- Željko Šturanović
- Radoman Božović
- Thaksin Shinawatra[3][4][5]
- Zoran Žižić
Presidents
- Nikola Miljanić
- Miloš Rašović
- Nikola Kovačević
- Blažo Jovanović
- Filip Bajković
- Andrija Mugoša
- Veljko Milatović
- Vidoje Žarković
- Veselin Đuranović
- Marko Orlandić
- Miodrag Vlahović
- Branislav Šoškić
- Radivoje Brajović
- Božina Ivanović
- Branko Kostić
- Momir Bulatović
- Milo Đukanović
- Filip Vujanović
Other
- Predrag Bulatović
- Dragiša Burzan
- Rifat Rastoder
- Dragan Đurović
- Sekule Drljević
- Ranko Krivokapić
- Nebojša Medojević
- Koca Pavlovic
- Milovan Đilas
- Dragan Đilas, Minister in Serbian Government
- Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo
- Puniša Račić
- Sava Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky
- Novak Kilibarda
- Jovica Stanišić
- Žarko Obradović, Socialist Party of Serbia leader
- Slobodan Samardžić, Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija
Foreign figures of Montenegrin descent
People with Montenegrin ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:
- Slobodan Milosevic, President of Serbia Government of Serbia
- Boris Tadic, President of Serbia Government of Serbia
- Radovan Karadzic, President of Republika Srpska Government of Republika Srpska
- Jorge Milton Capitanich, Argentinian Senator
- Dragan Jočić, Minister of Interior in the Government of Serbia
- Juan Daniel Knesevich, Mayor of General Madariaga Partido, Chaco Province, Argentina
- Adrian Mirkovich, Mayor of General Madariaga Partido, Chaco Province, Argentina
- Michael Anthony Stepovich, Governor of Alaska
- Melissa Bean Luburic, Serb Democratic Party representative in the United States of America House of Representatives
Senators
Criminals
War Criminals
Rulers
Princes
- Prince Boris I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Crown Prince Danilo I Aleksandar Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Prince Michael I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Prince Milo Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- HRH Prince Nikola II Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
Prince-Bishops (Vladikas)
Princesses
- Princess Altinaï of Montenegro
- Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna of Montenegro
- Princess Milica Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Militsa Nicholaievna of Montenegro
- Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Queen Elena of Italy
- Princess Ljubica (Zorka) Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/ Ljubica (Zorka) of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
- Princess Marija (Marica) Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Anna Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Sophia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Ksenija Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Vjera Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
Historical Figures
Vojislavljević family
- Dobroslav I, Prince of Duklja
- Michael I, Prince of Duklja
- Konstantin Bodin, King of Dukljam Duke of Dalmatia and Tsar of Bulgaria
- Desa, Prince of Duklja and Travunia, Duke of Raška
- Dobroslav II, Prince of Duklja
- Dobroslav III, Prince of Duklja
- Dragomir, Prince of Duklja
- Đorđe, Prince of Duklja
- Gradihna/Gradinja, Prince of Duklja
- Grubeša, Prince of Duklja and Antivari
- Hvalimir, Prince of Duklja
- Jovan Vladimir, Prince of Duklja and Travunia
- Kočopar Branislavljević, Prince of Duklja
- Mihailo I, Prince of Duklja, King
- Mihailo II, Prince of Duklja
- Mihailo III, Prince of Duklja
- Petar (Predimir), Prince of Duklja, Travunia, and Zahumlje
- Petrislav, Prince of Duklja and Travunia
- Petrislav, Duke of Raška
- Radoslav Gradišnić, Prince of Duklja
- Stefan Dobroslav I Vojislav, Prince of Duklja
- Tugemir, Prince of Duklja
- Uroš I, Duke of Raška
- Uroš II, Duke of Raška
- Vladimir, Prince of Duklja
Balšić family
Crnojević family
- Stefan I
- Ivan I
- Đurađ IV
- Đurađ V
- Staniša a.k.a. Sandžak Beg
- Arsenije III Čarnojević, Serb patriarch (late 17th century)
Petrović family
Karađorđević family
- Karađorđe Petrović, Prince of Serbia, and his descendants, the Karađorđevići.
- Aleksandar I, King of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and King of Yugoslavia
- Đorđe, Crown Prince of Serbia
Obrenović family
- Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, and his descendants
Saints
- Petar I Petrović-Njegoš/Saint Peter of Cetinje
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš/Saint Peter II of Cetinje
- Saint Jovan Vladimir
- Saint Stefan Štiljanović
- Saint Stefan of Piperi
Sports
- Dejan Savićević (football)
- Predrag Mijatović (football)
- Mirko Vučinić (football)
- Ivan Strugar (kick-boxing)
- Petar Kapisoda (handball)
- Alen Muratović (handball)
- Mlađan Janović (water polo)
- Refik Šabanadžović (football)
- Veljko Uskoković (water polo)
- Vlado Šćepanović (basketball)
- Predrag Drobnjak (basketball)
- Stevan Jovetic (football)
- Simon Vukčević (football)
Religious figures
- Leopold Mandić (Saint)
- Ozana of Kotor (beatified)
- Pope Sixtus V
Scientists and mathematicians
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