List of people from Novi Sad

Svetozar Miletić (1826-1901)

Statue of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj in Novi Sad

List of people from Novi Sad - famous or notable citizens (included in the list are natives as well as permanent and/or temporary residents).

Arts

Literature and poetry

• Mika Antić (1932–1986), a Serbian poet. He was born in village Mokrin near Kikinda and lived in Novi Sad.
• Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875), a poet. He was born in village Čerević in Beočin municipality. He attended gymnasium in Novi Sad.
• Jakov Ignjatović (1822–1889), a writer. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Đura Jakšić (1831–1878), a Serb poet, painter, narrator, play writer, bohemian, and patriot. He was born in Srpska Crnja and lived in Novi Sad.
• Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), one of the best-known Serb poets. He was born in Novi Sad.
• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), a Serb linguist and major reformer of the Serbian language. He spent 1809/1810 winter in Novi Sad.
• Danilo Kiš (1935–1989), possibly the best-known ex-Yugoslavian writer alongside the Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Laza Kostić (1841–1910), a Serb man of letters. He was born in the village of Kovilj near Novi Sad, and lived in Novi Sad.
• Branislav Nušić (1864–1938), a Serbian novelist, playwright, comediographer, story writer, essayist, founder of modern Rhetoric in Serbia. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Jovan Pačić (1771–1849), poet, painter and officer. He was born in Baja and lived in Novi Sad.
• Vasko Popa (1922–1991), a Yugoslav poet of Romanian descent. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), writer and historian. He was born in Sremski Karlovci and lived in Novi Sad.
• Pavel Jozef Šafarik (1795–1861), a Slovak philologist, poet, one of the first scientific Slavists; literary historian, historian and ethnographer. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Vasa Stajić (1878–1947), writer and professor. He was born in village Mokrin near Kikinda and lived in Novi Sad.
• Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1830–1878), a writer. She was born in village Bukovac near Novi Sad.
• Aleksandar Tišma (1924–2003), a writer. He was born in village Horgoš near Kanjiža and lived in Novi Sad.
• Kosta Trifković (1843–1875), was a Serb writer, one of the best comediographers of the time. He was born in Novi Sad.
• Lajos Zilahy, author of the novel Two Prisoners inter alia, died in Novi Sad on December 1, 1974.

Painting

• Uroš Predić (1857–1953), a painter. He was born in village Orlovat in Zrenjanin municipality and lived in Novi Sad.

Theatre and film

• Joakim Vujić (1772–1847), a theatrical worker. Lived in Novi Sad.
• Želimir Žilnik, award-winning film director. Born in Novi Sad.

Music

• Isidor Bajić (1878–1915), a composer. Born in Kula, lived in Novi Sad.
• Đorđe Balašević, a prominent Serbian songwriter and singer. Born in 1953 in Novi Sad.
• Janika Balaž (1925–1988), a musician. Lived in Novi Sad.
• Nataša Bekvalac, pop-folk singer. Born, raised and residing in Novi Sad.
• Dara Bubamara, a folk singer. Born, raised and residing in Novi Sad.
• Rex Illusivi, eccletic musician and producer, electronic music pioneer in SFR Yugoslavia. Born and raised in Novi Sad.
• Cveta Majtanović, winner of the Idol competition.
• Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), a Serb composer and lieutenant-colonel in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Born in Vinkovci in *Srem (then part of Austrian Empire), died in Novi Sad.
• Boris Kovač, a musician and composer from Novi Sad.
• Nebojša Zivkovic (born 1962), a Serbian percussion composer and performer.

Sciences

• Albert Einstein, a theoretical physicist of profound genius, who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century. He lived in Novi Sad in 1905 through 1907 (in Kisačka Street 20) together with his wife, Mileva Marić.
• Adolf Hempt, born in Novi Sad and the founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad
• Mileva Marić (1875–1948), a Serb mathematician, and Albert Einstein's first wife. She was born in Titel and lived in Novi Sad.

Scholars

• Branko Mikasinovich (1938), Serbian-American slavist, journalist

Politics and army

• Petar Biga (1811–1879), a Serb army general in 1848/1849 Revolutions, defender of Srbobran. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Stevan Branovački (1804–1880), advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, president of Matica Srpska, and one of the founders of Serbian National Theatre. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Mihajlo Polit Desančić (1833–1920), jurist, publicist and politician. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Miša Dimitrijević (1841–1889), politician and publicist. He lived in Novi Sad.
• Josip Jelačić (1801–1859), the Ban of Croatia between March 23, 1848 and May 19, 1859. He was born in Petrovaradin.
• Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), a prime minister of the Yugoslav government in exile during World War II. He was born in Novi Sad.
• Yosef Lapid, justice minister of Israel. He was born in Novi Sad.
• Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina. He was born in the village Mošorin in Šajkaška.
• Jovan Subotić (1817–1886), politician and writer. He was born in village Dobrinci near Ruma and lived in Novi Sad.
• Jaša Tomić (1856–1922), publicist and politician. He lived in Novi Sad.

Sports

Basketball

• Milan Gurović, professional basketball player with an illustrious career on the Serbia-Montenegro national team and club career stops all over Europe. Born and grew up in Novi Sad.
• Darko Miličić, a professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic, taken 2nd overall in the 2003 NBA Draft. He was born in 1985 in Novi Sad.
• Svetislav Pešić, professional basketball player and famous basketball coach. Born and grew up in Novi Sad.
• Jovo Stanojević, professional basketball player. Born and grew up in Novi Sad.
• Dragan Tarlać, retired professional basketball player with Olympiakos, Chicago Bulls, Real Madrid, and CSKA Moscow. He was born and grew up in Novi Sad.

Tennis

• Monica Seles, a former World No. 1 female tennis player. She was born in 1973, in Novi Sad.
• Tatjana Ječmenica, a tennis coach and a former tennis player.

Football

• Vujadin Boškov, retired professional footballer and famous coach. Born in the nearby village of Begeč, but spent most of his life in Novi Sad.
• Slaviša Jokanović, retired professional footballer. Born and raised in Novi Sad.
• Ljubomir Lovrić, late professional goalkeeper and later football coach. Born and raised in Novi Sad.
• Radoslav Samardžić, retired professional footballer. Born and raised in Novi Sad.
• Milan Stepanov, professional footballer, currently at F.C. Porto. Born and raised in Novi Sad.
• Damir Stojak, professional footballer.