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Mihailo Janković, architect who designed a few of the important structures in Serbia[4]
Milan Zloković, architect, founder of the Group of Architects of Modern Expressions.[5]
Momčilo Tapavica designer of Matica Srpska building in Novi Sad, also the first Serb to win an Olympic medal in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
Louis and Dennis Astorino, American architects of Serbian origin, Louis was the first American architect to design a building in the Vatican
Sculptors
Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor and academic, highly regarded for his bronzes and fountains (Čukur Fountain), frequently cited as one of the most important figures in Yugoslavian sculpture
Drinka Radovanović (born 1943), the author of many monuments to national heroes
Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910, recognized as the first sculptor of modern Serbia
Risto Stijović (1894–1974), sculptor, author of Monument to Franchet d'Esperey
Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), won prizes at the World Exhibitions in Paris 1889 and 1900, for the works "Gusle" and "Kosovo Monument"
Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), former professor at Faculty of Applied Arts
Painters, cartoonists, illustrators
Michael Astrapas and Eutychios (flourished 1294 to 1317) were Greek painters from Thessaloniki. They were invited by Serbian ruler Stefan Milutin (c. 1253-1321) and commissioned to paint frescoes at the following locations: Church of Saint Clement at Ohrid (1294–1295); Church of Saint Niketas at Čucer Sandevo (before 1316); Church of Holy Virgin of Ljeviša in Prizren (1307); and Church of Saint George at Staro Nagoričane (1317).
Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), painter and portraitist of the 19th century.
Olja Ivanjicki, contemporary artist, in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting.[10]
Saints Cyril and Methodius (815-885 A.D.) influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, for which they received the title "Apostles to the Slavs". They translated the Bible from Greek into the language later known as Old Church Slavonic and invented a Slavic alphabet based on Phoenician alphabet and ancient Greek characters, which in its final Cyrillic form is still in use as the alphabet for a number of Slavic languages, including Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian. They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their missionary work of educating other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equal-to-apostles".
Anonymous author of Codex Marianus, an Old Church Slavonic fourfold Gospel Book written in Glagolitic script, dated to the beginning of the 11th century, which is along with Codex Zographensis, one of the oldest manuscript witnesses to the Old Church Slavonic language, one of the two fourfold gospels being part of the Old Church Slavonic canon.
Buća, a noble family, originating in Kotor during the Middle Ages. Some of their antecedents were writers and poets.
Miroslav of Hum was a 12th-century Great Prince (Велики Жупан) of Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the medieval Serbian Principality (Rascia) covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia.
Anonymous author of the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a 12th-century literary work, preserved in its Latin version only, has all the indication that it was written in Old Slavic, or, at least, that a portion of the material included in it existed previously in the Slavic language.
Stefan Nemanja (1113–1199) issued an edict called the "Hilandar Charter" for the newly established Serbian monastery at Mount Athos.
Stefan the First-Crowned (1165–1228) wrote "The Life of Stefan Nemanja", a biography of his father.
Domentijan (c. 1210-died after 1264) Serbian scholar and writer. For most of his life he was a monk dedicated to writing biographies of clerics, including "Life of St. Sava."
Bratko Menaion represents the oldest Serbian transcription of this liturgical book, discovered in the village of Banvani, and written by presbyter Bratko during the reign of the Serbian king Vladislav in 1234.
Dragolj Code, written in 1259 by Serbian monk Dragolj.
Theodosius the Hilandarian (1246–1328), technically the first Serbian novelist, wrote biographies of Saint Sava and St. Simeon
Nikodim I (c. 1250–1325), Abbot of Hilandar (later Serbian Archbishop), issued an edict (gramma) wherein he grants to the monks of the Kelion of St. Sava in Karyes a piece of land and an abandoned monastery. He translated numerous ancient texts and wrote some poetry. Also, he wrote Rodoslov (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).
Elder Grigorije (fl. 1310–1355), Serbian nobleman and monk, possibly "Danilo's pupil" (Danilov učenik), i.e. the main author of "Žitija kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih".
Elder Siluan (14th century) is the author of a hymn to Saint Sava. Hesychasm left a strong imprint in Serbian medieval literature and art, which is evident in works by Domentijan and Teodosije the Hilandarian, but most prominently in the writings of Danilo of Peć, Isaija the Monk and Elder Siluan.
Stefan Dušan (1308–1355) is the author of Dušan's Code, the second oldest preserved constitution of Serbia.
Stanislav of Lesnovo (c. 1280–1350) wrote "Oliver's Menologion" in Serbia in 1342.
Jefrem (patriarch) (c. 1312-1400), born in a priestly family, of Bulgarian origin, was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1375 to 1379 and from 1389 to 1392. He was also a poet who left a large body of work, preserved in a 14th-century manuscript from Hilandar Monastery.
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (1336–1406) was a Bulgarian-born, Serbian clergyman who as the Metropolitan of Moscow wrote The Book of Degrees (Stepénnaya kniga), which grouped Russian monarchs in the order of their generations. The book was published in 1563.
Rajčin Sudić (1335–after 1360),Serbian monk-scribe who lived during the time of Lord Vojihna, the father of Jefimija.
Jefimija (1310–1405), daughter of CaesarVojihna and widow of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, took monastic vows and is the author of three found works, including "Praise to Prince Lazar". One of the earliest European female writers.
Saint Danilo II wrote biographies of Serbian medieval rulers, including the biography of Jelena, the wife of King Stefan Dragutin.
Antonije Bagaš translated works from Greek into Serbian.
Euthymius of Tarnovo, founder of the Tarnovo Literary School that standardized the literary texts of all Orthodox Slavs, including those in Serbia and in Kievan Rus (Ukraine, Belarus and Russia).
Nikola Radonja (c. 1330–1399), as monk Gerasim, served and helped with great merit Hilandar and other monasteries at Mount Athos, and authored "Gerasim Chronicle" (Gerasimov letopis).
Jelena Balšić (1366–1443), an educated Serbian noblewoman, who wrote the Gorički zbornik, correspondence between her and Nikon of Jerusalem, a monk in Gorica monastery (Jelena's monastic foundation) on Beška (Island) in Zeta under the Balšići. She is now regarded as a representative of Montenegro because she was married on what eventually became Montenegrin territory, though Montenegro did not exist in her day.
Stefan Lazarević(1374–1427), Knez/Despot of Serbia (1389–1427), wrote biographies and poetry, one of the most important Serbian medieval writers. He founded the Resava school at Manasija monastery.
Kir Joakim was a late 14th century musical writer.
Tomić Psalter is named after Simon Tomić, a Serbian art collector, found the 14th century illuminated manuscript in Old Serbia in 1901.
Đurađ Branković (1377–1456) is the author psalter Oktoih, published posthumously in 1494 by Hieromonk Makarije, the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing.
Romylos of Vidin, also known as Romylos of Ravanica where he died in the late 1300s.
Kir Stefan the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century) was a Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Nikola the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century) was a Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Isaiah the Serb was a monk-scribe and composer of chants in the 15th century. He transcribed the manuscripts of Joachim, Domestikos of Serbia.
Constantine of Kostenets (fl. 1380–1431), Bulgarian writer and chronicler who lived in Serbia, author of the biography of Despot Stefan Lazarević and of the first Serbian philological study, Skazanije o pismenah (A History on the Letters).
Radoslav Gospels is the work of both Celibate Priest Feodor, also known as "Inok from Dalsa" (fl. 1428-1429), who is credited for transcribing the Radoslav Gospel (Tetraevangelion) in the Serbian recension, now in the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. Radoslav is the famed miniaturist who illuminated the pages.
Dimitrije Kantakuzin While residing in the Rila monastery in 1469 Kantakuzin wrote a biography of Saint John of Rila and a touching "Prayer to the Holy Virgin" imploring her aid in combating sin.
Konstantin Mihailović (c. 1430–1501), the last years of his life were spent in Poland where he wrote his Turkish Chronicle, an interesting document with a detailed description of the historical events of that period as well as various customs of the Turks and Christians.
Pachomius the Serb (Paxomij Logofet), was a prolific hagiographer who came from Mount Athos to work in Russia between 1429 and 1484. He wrote eleven saint's lives (zhitie) while employed by the Russian Orthodox Church in Novgorod. He was one of the representatives of the ornamental style known as pletenje slova (word-braiding).
Dimitar of Kratovo was a 15th-century Serb writer and lexicographer of the Kratovo Literary School.
Ninac Vukoslavić (fl. 1450–1459), chancellor and scribe at the court of Scanderbeg, and author of his letters.
Deacon Damian who wrote "Koporin Chronicle" in 1453.
Hieromonk Makarije (1465–c. 1530) is the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing, having printed the first book in the Serbian language in Obod (Crnagora) in 1493, and the first book in Wallachia. He also wrote extensively.
Stefan Paštrović (fl. 1560-1599), author of two books, engaged a certain hieromonk Sava of Visoki Dečani to print them in Venice at the Francesco Rampazetto and Heirs publishing house in 1597.
Hegumen Mardarije (fl. 1543-45) was a Serbian Orthodox abbott and one of the first printers.
Stefan Marinović was a Serb printer from Scutari during the time of Vićenco Vuković, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others.The longest-lived printing in the Balkans was done at Scutari, where Stefan Skadranin worked between 1563 and 1580. When his press stopped, because of continued Turkish authority over the region, Serbian printing left the Balkans. Later, Serbian books were printed in Venice, Leipzig, Vienna, and Trieste.
Radiša Dimitrović owned the Belgrade printing house where many medieval works were published.
Mojsije Dečanac (fl. 1536-40) is remembered for printing Praznićni minej (Holiday Menaion) of Božidar Vuković in Venice in 1538.
Hieromonk Genadije was another printer who worked alongside hieromonk Teodosije at Mileševa monastery and later in Venice with hierodeacon Mojsije and hieromonk Teodosije.
Peja (priest) wrote a poem In the Court and in the Dungeon, from The Service of Saint George of Kratovo, and a biography of the same saint between 1515 and 1523.
Tronoša Chronicle was written in 1526 and transcriped by hieromonk Josif Tronoša in the eighteenth century.
Jovan Maleševac was a Serbian Orthodox monk and scribe who collaborated in 1561 with the Slovene Protestant reformer Primož Trubar to print religious books in Cyrillic.
Matija Popović was a 16th-century Serbian Orthodox cleric from Ottoman Bosnia who also supported the Reformation movement.
Peter Petrovics was a 16th-century Serbian magnate and one of Hungary's most influential and fervent supporters of the Reformation.
Luka Radovanović was a 15th-century Serb Catholic priest from Ragusa who owned a small printing press, one of the earliest at the time.
Ludovico Pasquali (Ljudevit Pašković) was an Italian poet and Venetian soldier of Serbian origin, though Roman Catholic by faith, who lived in the early and mid-1500s.
Teodor Račanin (Bajina Bašta, c. 1500–Bajina Bašta, past-1560) was the first Serbian writer and monk of the Rachan Scriptorium School mentioned in Ottoman and Serbian sources.
Vićenco Vuković was one of the major printers of 16th century Serbia, like his father before him.
Mavro Orbin (1563-1614) was the author of the "Realm of the Slavs" (1601) which made a significant impact on Serbian historiography, influencing future historians, particularly Đorđe Branković (count).
Jerotej Račanin (c. 1650–after 1727) was a Serbian writer and copyist of church manuscripts and books. After visiting Jerusalem in 1704 he wrote a book about his travel experiences from Hungary to the Holy Land and back.
Julije Balović (1672-1727) wrote in Italian and Serbian. He is the author of Practichae Schrivaneschae, a manual for a ship's scribe, and Perast Chronicles, a collection of epic poetry.
Gavril Stefanović Venclović (fl. Bajina Bašta, 1670–Szentendre, 1749), one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque and Enlightenment literature, wrote in the vernacular. Milorad Pavić saw Venclović as a living link between the Byzantine literary tradition and the emerging new views on modern literature. He was the precursor of enlightenment aiming, most of all, to educate the common folk.
Ivan Krušala (1675-1735) is best known for writing a poem about the Battle of Perast in 1654, among others. He worked in a Russian embassy in China at the time when Sava Vladislavich was the ambassador.
Simeon Končarević (c. 1690-1769), a Serbian writer and Bishop of Dalmatia who, exiled twice from his homeland, settled in Russia where he wrote his chronicles.
Sava Petrović (1702-1782) wrote numerous letters to the Moscow metropolitan and the Empress Elizabeth of Russia about the deploring conditions of the Serb Nation under occupation by the Turks, Republic of Venice and the Habsburg Empire.
Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1709–1766), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro, wrote patriotic poetry and the first history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754
Pavle Julinac (1730–1785) was a Serbian writer, historian, traveller, soldier and diplomat
Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), writer, historian, traveller, and pedagogue, who wrote the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs
Mojsije Putnik (1728–1790), Metropolitan, educator, writer and founder of secondary schools and institutions of higher learning.
Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), one of the most notable representatives of the Serbian Baroque in art and literature.
Pavel Đurković (1772–1830) was one of the most important Serbian Baroque artists (writers, icon painters, goldsmiths, woodcarvers) along with Jakov Orfelin (1750–1803), Stefan Gavrilović, Georgije Bakalović, and others.
Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781) was a Serbian icon painter. He painted the Lepavina and Orahovica monasteries, among others.
Kiril Zhivkovich (1730–1807) was a Serbian and Bulgarian writer.
Petar I Petrović Njegoš (1748-1830) was a writer and poet besides being a spiritual and temporal ruler of the "Serb land of Montenegro" as he called it.
Sofronije Jugović-Marković (fl. 1789) was a Serbian writer and activist in Russian service. He wrote "Serbian Empire and State" in 1792 in order to raise the patriotic spirit of the Serbs in both the Habsburg and Ottoman empires.
Stefano Zannowich (1751-1786) was a Montenegrin Serb writer and adventurer. From his early youth he was prone to challenges and adventures, unruly and dissipated life. He wrote in Italian and French, besides Serbian. He is known for his "Turkish Letters" that fascinated his contemporaries.
Tripo Smeća (1755-1812) was a Venetian historian and writer who wrote in Italian and in Serbian.
Hadži-Ruvim (1752-1804) was a Serbian Orthodox archimandrite who documented events and wars in his time, established a private library, wrote library bibliographies, collected books in which he drew ornaments and miniatures. He did wood carving and woodcutting.
Rationalism
Simeon Piščević (1731–1797), was a Serbian writer and high-ranking officer in the service of both Austria and Imperial Russia.
Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, founder of modern Serbian literature
Avram Miletić (1755-after 1826) was a merchant and writer of epic folk sings.
Avram Mrazović (1756-1826) was a Serbian writer, translator and pedagogue
Jovan Muškatirović (1743–1809) was one of the early disciples of Dositej Obradović
Aleksije Vezilić (1753–1792) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the Teutonic vision of the Enlightenment to the Serbs.
Emanuilo Janković (1758–1792) was a Serbian man of letters and of science
Pavle Solarić (1779–1821) was Obradović's disciple who wrote poetry and the first book on geography in the vernacular.
Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer (compatriot of Dositej). His chief work was the travel memoirs Žitije (Lives), which also served as a sociological work
Gligorije Trlajić (1766–1811), writer, poet, polyglot and professor of law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Kharkiv (Harkov), author of a textbook on Civil Law which according to some laid the foundations of Russian civil law doctrine
Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) was a Serbian writer, pedagogue, physicist, mathematician and astronomer in the service of Imperial Russia.
Vićentije Rakić (1750–1818) was a Serbian writer and poet. He founded the School of Theology (now part of the University of Belgrade) when in 1810 he headed a newly established theological college and in 1812 the first students graduated from it. He was disciple of Dositej Obradović.
Jovan Pačić (1771–1848) was a Serbian poet, writer, translator, painter and soldier. He translated Goethe
Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), writer, jurist and educator, wrote the Decree of the Governing Council of Revolutionary Serbia. He taught at the University of Harkov, with his compatriots, Gligorije Trlajić and Atanasije Stojković.
Jovan Došenović (1781-1813) was a Serbian philosopher, poet and translator.
Jovan Avakumović (1748–1810), known as a representative of the Serbian folk poetry of the 18th century, though he only wrote a few poems which were part of handwritten poem books
Rationalism to Romanticism or Pseudo-Classicism
Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837), Serbian Orthodox abbott, poet, prose writer, and polyglot.
Sava Mrkalj devised an alphabet system, which rejected 18 of 44 Slavonic letters.
Georgije Magarašević (1793–1830), eminent writer, historian, dramatist, publisher, and founder and first editor of Serbski Letopis.
Joakim Vujić, (1772–1847), writer, dramatist, actor, traveler and polyglot. He is known as the Father of Serbian Theatre.[12]
Dimitrije Davidović (1789–1838), Minister of Education of the Principality of Serbia, writer, journalist, publisher, historian, diplomatist, and founder of modern Serbian journalism and publishing.
Prokopije Čokorilo (1802–1866) is better known for his chronicles and a dictionary of Turkish expressions in Serbian. He contributed to the Srbsko-dalmatinski Magazin.
Tomo Milinović (1770-1846) is a Serbian writer and freedom-fighter. He authored two books, Umotvorina (published posthumously 1847) and Istorija Slavenskog Primorija (lost and never published).
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, (1813–1851) works include The Mountain Wreath (Горски вијенац / Gorski vijenac), the Ray of the Microcosm (Луча микрокозма / Luča mikrokozma), the Serbian Mirror (Огледало српско / Ogledalo srpsko), and False Tsar Stephen the Little (Лажни цар Шћепан Мали / Lažni car Šćepan Mali).
Svetozar Miletić, writer and editor of a magazine called Slavjanka, in which Serbian students living under Habsburg occupation championed their ideas of national freedom
Đuro Daničić, collaborated with Vuk Karadžić in reforming and standardizing the Serbian language, and translating the Bible from old Serbo-Slavonic into modern-day Serbian
Vuk Vrčević, collaborated with Vuk Karadžić collecting Serbian tales and songs in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dalmatia along with Vuk Popović
B. Wongar Serbian-Australian writer who explores traditional Serbian and Australian Aboriginal cultures that were both impacted by similar political structures.
Dušan Vasiljev (1900–1924), among the first poets of Serbia's postwar generation to appear in print after the Great War. Pessimism is characteristic of the lyrics of Vasiljev, also known as "the poet of revolt."
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Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian Serb actor, director and musician. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is now internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in Hollywood films during the 1990s and 2000s.
Miki Manojlović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Serbian actor, star of some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. In February 2009, the Serbian Government established him as a president of the Serbian Film Center.
Jelena Tinska (Her grandfather was Woislav M. Petrovitch, the late Attaché to the Royal Serbian Legation at London)
Milena Govich is a Serbian American actress of TV series Law & Order fame. Her aunt is actress Milica Govich, the mother of actor Nicholas Vukasovich, all American-born Serbs.
Dušan Makavejev, filmdirector and screenwriter. hi films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of which are part of the Black Wave, are regarded as groundbreaking. His most successful movie was the 1971 political satire WR: Mysteries of the Organism, which he directed and wrote.
Gabriel Pascal, born in Arad, Romania (then part of Austria-Hungary), of Serbian and Roma parents, assumed the name of Gabriel Pascal in order to avoid being conscripted during World War I.
Vlatko Vedral, physicist, known for his research on the theory of Entanglement and Quantum Information Theory.
Petar Gburčik (1931–2006), scientist and a Professor of Meteorology at the University of Belgrade. He was the author of first mathematical models of the numerical weather prediction,[19] which were used operationally in the Weather Service of Yugoslavia from 1970 to 1977. In the same period he began modeling of the atmospheric diffusion of air-pollution and created the first model of the spatial distribution of air-pollution[20]
Spiridon Gopčević, also known by his nom de plume Leo Brenner, was an astronomer. American astronomer Percival Lowell was a frequent visitor to Gopčević's home and observatory on the island of Losinj in 1896.
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (1854–1935), physicist, professor and the inventor of new telecommunications technology.
Mihailo Petrović (1868–1943), author of the mathematical phenomenology and inventor of the first hydraulic computer capable to solve differential equations.
Pavle Vujević (1881–1966), founder of the science of microclimatology, and one of the first in the science of potamology
Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), author, philosopher, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia, regarded founder of modern Serbian literature
Branislav Petronijević is the most important Serbian philosopher and paleontologist in the first half of the 20th century.
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851). The most original work in the non-academic philosophy in the vernacular is his philosophical epic poem in six cantos, Luča Mikrokozma (The Ray of the Microcosm). The epic presents a thoroughly dualistic metaphysics and a rather unorthodox cosmogony.
Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and one of the first female professors of Belgrade University
Vladimir Jovanović made a name for himself with his "Politički rečnik"(Political Dictionary) as a political theorist
Peter I of Serbia while still in exile, translated and published John Stuart Mill's On Liberty. Mill became a part of the intellectual armour of every self-respecting young Serb, thanks to the influence of Petar Karađorđević
Miloš Milojević, historian who went to the Kosovo and Metohija region in the 1870s and used three books of travel notes to write a demographic-statistical structures of the mutual relations between Serbs and Albanians before the Serbo-Turkish War.
Andrija Paltašić was a Serb Catholic Bokelj and printer in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, one of the co-founders of Javor (The Maple) at Novi Sad in 1862, was its editor for many years. Zmaj is best known for his poetry.
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), philologist and linguist who was the major reformer of the Serbian language. He deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was also the author of the first Serbian dictionary.
Fanula Papazoglu (1917–2001), Greek-Serbian classical scholar and epigraphist.
Emil Petrović, Romanian linguist, who studied both Romanian and Slavic languages. His studies included Romanian phonetics, phonology, and Romanian and Slavic dialectology. Ethnic Serbian.
Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), the first Serb doctor of law, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. Tekelija founded the Tekelijanum in Budapest in 1838 for Serb students studying in the city.
Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), Serbian Orthodox bishop, polyglot, authority on church law and the Slavistics.
Teodor Filipović (also known as Bozidar Grujović), a lawyer and professor who taught at the University of Harkov with his two other Serbian compatriots, Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) and Gligorije Trlajić.
Bozidar Petranovic undertook to write the history of world literature in the 1840s, explaining that national culture had neglected literary history.
Svetomir Nikolajevic, the first professor in the newly founded Department of World Literature in Belgrade School of Philosophy. Later, he became professor in the School of Philology at the University of Belgrade.
Laura Pavlović, lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad.
Radmila Smiljanić, classical soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1965. She is particularly known for her portrayals of heroines from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.[26]
Milena Kitic, Serbian American operatic mezzo-soprano
Business and entrepreneurship
Drago K. Jovanovich (Co-founder of the Helicopter Engineering Research Corporation in Philadelphia with F. Kozloski)Bogoljub Karić, currently under investigation for fraud, embezzlement, he disappeared in 2006 and is believed to be hiding in Russia.
Jovan Ristić was known for his diplomatic skills at the height of his career between 1868 and 1880. He became one of the most successful negotiators during Serbia's dialogue with other European powers and the Ottoman Empire.
Emil Uzelac first joined the Austrian Air Force of Austro-Hungarian Empire.
King Peter I of Serbia led his government, army and civilian refugees through the Montenegrin and Albanian mountains to the Adriatic seacoast where they were eventually transported by Allied ships to Corfu, Vido and Thessaloniki in World War I Greece (Government-in-Exile).
Lance Sijan (Air Force captain). Malcolm McConnell's "Into the Mouth of the Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam" tells the experiences of an American fighter pilot as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam during the 1960s. He was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.
James I. Mestrovitch was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the U.S. Army during the Great War. His remains were repatriated to Crnagora, where he was buried at a cemetery next to the Serbian Orthodox Church "St John the Baptist" (Sveti Jovan Krstitelj).
Louis Cukela (1888–1956) became a double recipient of the Medal of Honor for his brave deeds in France in 1918. He was twice wounded in battle, at Jaulny, France, on September 16, 1918, during fighting at St. Michel and at Champagne. He was also decorated by King Alexander of Yugoslavia with the Order of the Yugoslav Crown.
Rade Grbitch, a naturalized Serbian American, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service on board the USS Bennington for extraordinary heroism at the time of an explosion of a boiler in that vessel at San Diego, California, on the 21st of July 1905.
George Musulin of Operation Halyard with the assistance of General Draza Mihailovich and his loyal Chetniks saved the lives of several hundred Allied airmen, including Richard Felman and many other Americans. President Harry Truman on March 29, 1948, posthumously awarded Mihailovich the medal of the Legion of Merit in recognition of the help of his troops in evacuating American and other Allied airmen from Serbia and for his contribution to the Allied victory. The decoration was purposefully kept classified until 1967, when Ed Derwinski made it public.
Pete Maravich, American, one of the best NBA players and the greatest scorer in college basketball history.[29]
George Glamack starred for North Caroline in the early forties. Nicknamed The Blind Bomber because his eyesight was so poor that he had to look at the lines on the court to determine how hard to shoot the ball. He overcame his adversity by practicing and playing. He was named to the All-American team in 1940 and 1941, earned the Helm Player of the Year award, and finished as the top career scorer in Tar Heel history. During World War II he volunteered for the U.S. military and was accepted despite his poor eyesight.
Gregg Popovich American basketball coach of Serbian descent
Press Maravich, American basketball coach of Serbian descent, played guard for Pittsburgh in the NBA's inaugural year. He averaged 4.6 points per game during 1946–1947 season. He is the father of Pete Maravich.
Darko Miličić Serbian basketball player, NBA champion 2004
Predrag Đorđević (born 1972), retired, played as a left midfielder for the Greek club Olympiacos for 13 years, becoming Olympiacos' greatest foreign goalscorer, averaging a goal every three league matches, as well as becoming a symbol of Olympiacos' "Golden Age" of 12 championship trophies in 13 years. Đorđević is acknowledged as one of the greatest foreign players to have played in Greece. Đorđević also played for the Serbian football team, amassing 37 caps and 1 goal.
Siniša Mihajlović, retired football player, present coach, playing for Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio and Inter Milan in Serie A (1992–2006), 1990–91 UEFA Champions League with Red Star Belgrade; considered by many to be among the best free kick takers of all time, and he holds the all-time Serie A free-kick record with 27 goals scored from free-kicks during his fourteen seasons in the top Italian league.
Momcilo Gavrić was a professional soccer player with OFK Beograd, Oakland Clippers, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Tornado, and San Jose Earthquakes, from 1959 to 1978.
Slobodan Živojinović (born 1963), former doubles world No. 1 (September 8, 1986), and singles No. 19 (October 26, 1987). Currently President of the Serbian Tennis Federation.
Momčilo Tapavica (1872–1949), ethnic Serb who represented Austria-Hungary in tennis, weightlifting and wrestling in the first 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won a bronze medal in the men's singles tennis competition. He is the first Serb to win an Olympic medal. He became an architect. The Matica srpska-building in Novi Sad is his work, among many others.
Peter "Poppe" Popovic (born February 10, 1968) is a retired Swedish ice hockey defenceman of Serbian ancestry. And currently an assistant coach of Tre Kronor. Popovic was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 5th round (93rd overall) of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.
Sasha Lakovic or Saša Laković (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey left winger who played for 17 different professional teams during his career (NHL/AHL). Serbian parents.
Milan Marcetta had played professional hockey with nine teams in 10 seasons before he became a member of a championship club, the Patrick Cup winner Victoria Maple Leafs in 1965-1966. Later that year he was called to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 1967 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After NHL expansion, he played 54 regular season and 14 playoff games for the Minnesota North Stars (1967–1969). Also, Marcetta had played with Denver, the Patrick Cup-winning team in 1971-1972. He shares the all-time WHL record for goals in a game with five.
Mike Karakas (1910-1992) won the Calder Trophy as a rookie with the Blackhawks in 1935-36, also winning the Stanley Cup there in 1937-38. In 1944-45 he was named to the NHL’s second All-Star team. Also, he played five games with the Montreal Canadiens in 1940. Born in the United States, his Serbian ancestors were from Bosnia.
Savo Mitrovic, a Serbian Canadian hockey player, now retired.
Stan Smrke of Slovenian paternal (and of Serbian maternal) ancestry, was the first Belgrade-born, albeit Yugoslavian-born, player ever to play in the NHL. In his debut year with the Rochester Americans in 1957–1958 in which he scored 20 goals, he became the second Amerk ever to score a hat trick on December 27, 1957, against Buffalo. He had several more seasons with 20-plus goals with the Rochester Americans by 1967.
Black Mike Winage (1870–1977), Serbian-Canadian miner, pioneer, adventurer and one of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush who lived to be 107 years old.
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