List of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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This is a list of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina (including Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs, and others of Bosnian parentage):

[edit] Arts

[edit] Literature and poetry

[edit] Fine arts

Mersad Berber – painter
Braco Dimitrijević – conceptual artist
Zuko Džumhur – cartoonist
Adi Granov – comic book artist
Gabrijel Jurkić – painter
Nesim Tahirović – painter
Endi E. Poskovic – printmaker and artist

[edit] Composition

[edit] Theatre and performing arts

Zoran Bečić – actor and director
Enis Bešlagić – actor
Oskar Danon – composer and conductor
Davor Dujmović – actor
Branko Đurić – actor, director, original member of the cult comedy Top Lista Nadrealista line-up
Adnan Hasković - actor
Mustafa Nadarević – actor
Haris Pašović – director
Josip Pejaković – actor
Zijah Sokolović – actor, director
Vedran Smailović, - cellist
Vladimir Valjarević – pianist

[edit] Science and technology

Mahmut Bajraktarević – mathematician
Asaf Duraković - physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium
Asim Kurjak - physician, gynecologist
Asim Peco - linguist and professor of Philology at the University of Belgrade
Vladimir Prelog – chemist, Nobel Laureate
Irfan Škiljan – creator of freeware image viewer IrfanView

[edit] Popular culture

[edit] Film, radio and television

Alja Hodžić- actress
Jasmin Dizdar – film director
Nenad Dizdarević – film director
Tarik Filipović – actor
Vehid Gunić – TV presenter
Emir Kusturica – film director, actor
Mladen Đorđe Sekulović – actor, Oscar winner, and the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His family originates from Bileća.
Harun Mehmedinović - filmmaker, photographer
Ivana Miličević – actress, notable appearances in Seinfeld, Felicity, among others
Danis Tanović – film director, Oscar winner
Duško Trifunović – writer, author
Srđan Vuletić – filmmaker
Pjer Žalica – film director
Jasmila Žbanić – film director, the 2006 Golden Bear winner

[edit] Pop, rock and alternative music

Fuad Backović – former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest
Željko Bebek – musician and singer
Nikša Bratoš – composer, producer, one-time member of Rezonansa and Valentino, member of Crvena jabuka
Goran Bregović – musician and composer, founder of Bijelo dugme
Aljoša Buha – member of the original line-up of Crvena jabuka, killed in a car accident
Alma Čardžić – pop singer
Zdravko Čolić – pop singer
Dado Džihan – composer, producer, one-time member of Zabranjeno pušenje and Top lista nadrealista
Edin Dervišhalidović – pop singer, songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest
Amila Glamočak – pop singer, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest
Alen Islamović – musician, one-time frontman of Divlje jagode i Bijelo dugme
Nenad Janković – musician, original frontman of Zabranjeno pušenje, original member of the Top lista nadrealista line-up
Kornelije Kovač – composer, musician, member of the original line-up of Indexi, founder of Korni grupa
Elvir Laković Laka, rock music singer, songwriter
Brano Likić – composer and founder of Rezonansa
Sead Lipovača a.k.a. ZELE -original member of Divlje Jagode Heavy Metal band from Bosnia and ex-Yugoslavia.
Saša Lošić – singer, composer and founder of the Plavi orkestar band
Adi Lukovac - musician, music producer, founder of band Adi Lukovac & Ornamenti
Kemal Monteno – singer, musician, and songwriter
Boris Novković – singer and songwriter
Edin Osmić – rapper, leader of rap group Disciplinska komisija
Vesna Pisarović – pop singer
Davorin Popović – singer and frontman of Indexi
Dražen Ričl a.k.a Zijo – original frontman for Crvena Jabuka
Davor Sučić, – founder of Zabranjeno pušenje and current frontman of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up
Jadranka Stojaković – pop singer
Hajrudin Varešanović – a.k.a Hari Mata Hari pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest
Mladen Vojičić – singer and musician
Igor Vukojević – singer
Dražen Žerić a.k.a Žera – original member of Crvena jabuka and its current frontman

[edit] Ethno and folk music

Silvana Armenulić, sevdalinka singer
Seka Aleksić – pop-folk singer
Selma Bajrami – folk singer
Zilha Bajraktarević – folk and sevdalinka singer
Halid Bešlić – folk singer
Miloš Bojanić – turbofolk singer
Haris Džinović – folk singer
Nihad Fetić – folk singer
Osman Hadžić – folk singer
Zaim Imamović – sevdalinka singer
Safet Isović – sevdalinka singer
Fahreta Jahić – turbofolk singer
Mile Kitić – turbofolk singer
Šerif Konjević – folk singer
Nada Mamula – sevdalinka singer
Kemal Malovčić - popular Bosnian etno-psyhodelic singer
Saša Matić – folk singer
Hanka Paldum, sevdalinka singer
Himzo Polovina – sevdalinka singer
Beba Selimović – sevdalinka singer
Šemsa Suljaković, folk singer

[edit] Politicians and historical figures

[edit] Medieval Bosnian state 1154–1463

[edit] Bogutović Family

14th Century Vojvoda Bogut – First known ancestor of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, royal Family of Montenegro, ruler of Jablan Grad, near present day Ugljevik, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

14th Century Đurađ Bogutović – the son of Vojvoda Bogut and the 14th Century nobleman, grandfather of Herak Heraković, the founding father of the Petrović-Njegoš and Heraković-Popović families of the Njeguši tribe

[edit] Borić Dynasty

1154–1163 Ban Borić

[edit] Hrvatinić Family

Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić – Bosnian Duke, founder of the town of Jajce

[edit] Kulinić Dynasty

1172–1204 Ban Kulin
1204–1232 Stjepan Kulinić
1232–1253 Matej Ninoslav

[edit] Kotromanić Dynasty

Kings:

1254–1287 Prijezda I
1287–1290 Prijezda II
1267–1313 Stjepan I Kotromanić, also known as Kotroman
1314–1353 Stjepan II Kotromanić
1353–1366 & 1367–1391 Tvrtko I of Bosnia
1366–1367 Stjepan Vuk
1391–1395 Stephen Dabiša of Bosnia
1398–1404 & 1409–1418 Stephen Ostoja of Bosnia
1404–1409 & 1421–1433 & 1435–1442 Tvrtko II of Bosnia
1433–1435 Radivoj Ostojić
1443–1461 Stephen Thomas of Bosnia
1461–1463 Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia

Queens:

[edit] Kosača Family

Sandalj Hranić, Sandalj Hranić Kosača, 1370–1435, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača.
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača a.k.a. Duke of Saint Sava, Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Vojvoda of Hum (Herzegovina) – father of Bosnian Queen, Katarina Kosača Kotromanić
Vlatko Vuković, Vlatko Vuković Kosača, died 1392, medieval nobleman from the House of Kosača

[edit] Ottoman rule 1463–1878

Gazi Husrev-beg – military strategist and the greatest donor and builder of Sarajevo
Husein Gradaščević a.k.a. Husein-kapetan, The Dragon of Bosnia – XIX century Bosnian nobleman and autonomy fighter
Isa-Beg Isaković – general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of Sarajevo and Novi Pazar
Ivan Frano Jukić
Ferhat-Paša Sokolović – founder and designer of Banja Luka old town
Mehmed Paša Sokolović a.k.a. Sokollu Mehmet Paşa – Grand Vizier to Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II
Damat İbrahim Pasha – Grand Vizier
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha a.k.a. Hasan-Paša Tiro – Bosnian national hero

[edit] Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878–1918

Gavrilo Princip – member of black hand, Serb, and assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the assassination triggered World War I

[edit] Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918–1941

Džemaludin Čaušević – Reis-ul-ulema
David Elazar - Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces
Mehmed Spaho – leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organisation

[edit] World War II

Rodoljub Čolaković – World War II war hero, People's Hero of Yugoslavia
Peter Tomich – World War II hero

[edit] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1943–1991

[edit] Presidents of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1943–1990

Kecmanović, Vojislav Đedo – (25 November 1943 – November 1946)
Pucar, Đuro Stari – (November 1946 – September 1948)
Šegrt, Vlado – (September 1948 – March 1953)
Pucar, Đuro Stari – (December 1953 – June 1963)
Dugonjić, Rato – (June 1963 – 1967)
Bijedić, Džemal – (1967–1971)
Pozderac, Hamdija – (1971 – May 1974)
Dugonjić, Rato – (May 1974 – April 1978)
Dizdarević, Raif – (April 1978 – April 1982)
Mikulić, Branko – (April 1982 – 26 April 1984)
Renovica, Milanko – (26 April 1984 – 26 April 1985.)
Mesihović, Munir – (26 April 1985 – April 1987)
Andrić, Mato – (April 1988 – April 1989)
Filipović, Nikola – (April 1988 – April 1989)
Piljak, Obrad – (April 1989 – December 1990)

[edit] Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1945–1990

Čolaković, Rodoljub – (27 April 1945 – September 1948)
Pucar, Đuro Stari – (September 1948 – December 1953)
Humo, Avdo – (December 1953 – 1956)
Karabegović, Osman – (1956–1963)
Brkić, Hasan – (1963–1965)
Kolak, Rudi – (1965–1967)
Mikulić, Branko – (1967–1969)
Kosovac, Dragutin – (1969 – April 1974)
Renovica, Milanko – (April 1974 – 28 April 1982)
Maglajlija, Seid – (28 April 1982 – 28 April 1984)
Ubiparip, Gojko – (28 April 1984 – April 1986)
Lovrenović, Josip – (April 1986 – April 1988)

[edit] Bosnian presidents since 1990

Alija Izetbegović – (December 1990 – October 1996) (sole)
Alija Izetbegović (October 1996 – October 1998) (collective presidency chairman)
Živko Radišić – (October 1998 – June 1999)
Ante Jelavić – (June 1999 – February 2000)
Alija Izetbegović – (February 2000 – October 2000)
Živko Radišić – (October 2000 – June 2001)
Jozo Križanović – (June 2001 – February 2002)
Beriz Belkić – (February 2002 – October 2002)
Mirko Šarović – (October 2002 – April 2003)
Borislav Paravac – (April 2003 – June 2003)
Dragan Čović – (June 2003 – February 2004)
Sulejman Tihić – (February 2004 – October 2004)
Borislav Paravac – (October 2004 – June 2005)
Ivo Miro Jović – (June 2005 – October 2006)
Nebojša Radmanović – (part of collective presidency)
Željko Komšić – (part of collective presidency)(collective presidency chairman)
Haris Silajdžić – (part of collective presidency)

[edit] Other political figures since 1943

Vladimir Dedijer – a Partisan fighter, politician, and historian
Jovan Divjak – general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 war, poet
Zoran Đinđić – prime minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mayor of Belgrade, and the philosopher
Mladen Ivanić – politician and diplomat
Zlatko Lagumdžija – politician and diplomat
Irfan Ljubijankić – surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat
Cvijetin Mijatović a.k.a. Majo – politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia
Boris Tadić – President of the Republic of Serbia
Adnan Terzić – politician, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stjepan Šiber – Deputy Commander of the B&H Army during the 1992–1995 conflict
Nikola Špirić – politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina

[edit] Sportspeople

[edit] Basketball

Edin Bavčić – NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers
Dejan Bodiroga – Voted first on the list by the fans worldwide for the ULEB Euroleague Basketball 2001–2010 All-Decade Team. His family originates form the village of Bodiroge near Trebinje
Dražen Dalipagić – basketball player, former Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist
Predrag Danilović – basketball coach and former basketball player
Mirza Delibašić – basketball player, former Bosna and Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist
Adnan Hodžić - basketball player
Damir Omerhodžić-Markota – NBA basketball player with the Milwaukee Bucks
Nenad Marković – basketball player, former Bosnia national team player, National team coach
Razija Mujanović – basketball player
Aleksandar Nikolić – "Father of Yugoslav Basketball"
Mile Ilić – basketball player
Zoran Planinić – NBA basketball player
Vladimir Radmanović – NBA basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers
Zoran Savić – basketball player
Nedžad Sinanović – basketball player
Robert Rothbart – basketball player
Borislav Stanković – former basketball player
Bogdan Tanjević – basketball coach
Žarko Varajić – basketball player, Olympic medalist

[edit] Chess

Predrag Nikolić – chess player, Grand Master since 1983
Ivan Sokolov – chess player, Grand Master since 1987, (now plays for the Netherlands)

[edit] Football

Dušan Bajević – football coach and former player
Zlatan Bajramović – football player
Elvir Baljić – football player
Sergej Barbarez – football player
Asmir Begović – football player
Miroslav Blažević – football coach
Elvir Bolić – football player
Ivan Curović – former footballer
Edin Džeko – football player
Mirsad Fazlagić – former footballer
Asim Ferhatović – former football player
Faruk Hadžibegić – former football player
Vahid Halilhodžić – football coach and former footballer
Sulejman Halilović – former football player from Odzak
Tarik Hodžić- footballer
Mirsad Hibić – former footballer
Josip Katalinski – former football player
Meho Kodro – former football player
Darko Maletić – footballer
Enver Marić – former football goalkeeper
Haris Međunjanin – football player
Savo Milošević – football player
Zvjezdan Misimović – football player
Muhamed Mujić – former footballer
Safet Nadarević – football player
Ivica Osim – football coach and former footballer
Saša Papac – football player
Predrag Pašić – football coach, former player
Boro Primorac – football coach
Hasan Salihamidžić – midfielder
Blaž Slišković – football coach and former footballer
Safet Sušić – football coach and former footballer
Mario Stanić – former player
Franjo Vladić – former footballer

[edit] Foreign footballers of Bosnian birth/parentage

– Croatian national team

Vedran Ćorluka – defender Totenham and Croatian national team
Niko Kovač – midfielder and Croatian national team
Robert Kovač – defender and Croatian national team
Ivan Klasnić – striker Nantes and Croatian national team
Jerko Leko – midfielder and Croatian national team
Mladen Petrić – striker Hamburger SV and Croatian national team
Ivan Rakitić – midfielder Schalke 04 and Croatian national team
Mario Mandžukić – striker NK Dinamo Zagreb and Croatian national team
Darijo Srna – midfielder and Croatian national team (Bosnian father)
Mario Stanić – retired midfielder FC Chelsea and Croatian national team

– Serbian national team

Mladen Krstajić – defender Schalke 04 and Serbian national team
Zdravko Kuzmanović – midfielder AC Fiorentina and Serbian national team
Ognjen Koroman – midfielder C.Zvezda and Serbian national team
Savo Milošević – retired Serbian national team striker
Neven Subotić – defender Borrusia Dortmund and Serbian national team

– Swedish national team striker

Denni Avdić – striker FC Elfsborg and Swedish national team striker
Zlatan Azinović – goalkeeper Kalmar FF and Swedish U21 national team
Zlatan Ibrahimović – striker FC Barcelona and Swedish national team striker
Ajsel Kujović – striker and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Montenegro, Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Emir Kujović – striker and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Montenegro, Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Anes Mravac – defender FF Malmö and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Emra Tahirović – striker FC Zürich and Swedish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Sweden or Bosnia and Herzegovina)

– Austrian national team

Marko Arnautović – striker FC Twente and Austrian national team
Haris Bukva – defender SK Austria Kärnten and Austrian U21 national team
Zlatko Junuzović – striker and Austrian national team
Sanel Kuljić – striker and Austrian national team

– German national team

Mustafa Kučuković – striker Grenoble Foot 38 and German U19, U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Germany or Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Marko Marin – midfielder Borrusia M'gladbach and German national team
Mario Vrančić – midfielder Mainz and German U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Germany or Bosnia and Herzegovina)

– Swiss national team

Eldin Jakupović – goalkeeper FC Zürich and Swiss national team
Danijel Subotić – striker FC Portsmouth and Swiss U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Serbia, Swiss or Bosnia and Herzegovina)

– Danish national team

Nikola Sarić – striker FC Liverpool and Danish U21 national team (possibly senior national team of Denmark, Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina)

– Slovenian national team

Armin Bačinović – midfielder Maribor and Slovenian U21 national team
Samir Handanović – goalkeeper AC Udineze and Slovenian national team
Jasmin Handanović – goalkeeper and Slovenian national team
Jasmin Kurtič – midfielder Bela Krajina and Slovenian U21 national team
Mirnes Šišić – midfielder Olympiacos and Slovenian national team

[edit] Handball

Danijel Šarić (handballer) – goalkeeper plays FC Barcelona Handbol
Mirko Alilović – goalkeeper plays for Croatian national team
Zlatan Arnautović – team handball player (Olympic Gold Medal 1984, World Cup Gold 1986)
Irfan Smajlagić – former team handball player
Svetlana Dašić-Kitić – best female handball player ever by International Handball Federation

[edit] Martial arts

Marijan Beneš – boxing, gold medal at the 1973 European Championship
Anton Josipović – boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Amel Mekić – judo
Armin Mrkanovic - kickboxing
Arnela Odžaković – karate, 5th place at 2006 World Championship

[edit] Tennis

Marin Čilić – tennis player
Amer Delić – tennis player
Ivan Ljubičić – tennis player
Mervana Jugić-Salkić – tennis player

[edit] Other prominent people

Tijana Arnautović – Miss World Canada 2004, model
Emerik Blum – founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo, arguably the most successful and influential businessman in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mirza Čaušević, artist, film producer, music producer, photographer
Vladimir Ćorović – historian
Zoran Đinđić – former Prime Minister of Serbia
Fikret Hodžić Yugoslav-Bosnian bodybuilder
Inga Peulich – Australian politician born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mila Pivnicki – wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney
Alija Sirotanović – Bosnian coal-miner, worker-hero, his face was on the 10 and 20000 dinar banknotes
Boris Tadić – President of Serbia
Adil Zulfikarpašić – businessman, one-time politician, and philanthropist, founder of the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo

[edit] Infamous people

Andrija Artuković – minister in the government of the Independent State of Croatia and war criminal
Tihomir Blaškić – convicted of violating the laws of war, committing ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war
Miroslav Filipović – Ustaše leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, and war criminal
Radovan Karadžić – Political leader of the Serbs during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and genocide, most wanted man in Europe
Momčilo Krajišnik – politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war
Maks Luburić – Ustaše leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, war criminal
Ratko Mladić – General of the Serbian Army during 1992–1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and genocide, most wanted man in Europe alongside Karadžić
Ante Pavelić – Ustaše leader, founder and leader of the fascist Independent State of Croatia, war criminal
Biljana Plavšić – politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes during the Bosnian war
Vojislav Šešelj – politician, radical extremist, Chetnik leader, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war

[edit] See also