List of people from Sarajevo
Sarajevo has had a number of famous citizens over the years. They include an Academy Award winner, two Nobel Prize winners, legendary musicians, novelists, and politicians. Sarajevo has also produced presidents for three countries.
- Vladimir Prelog (born 1906), Nobel prize winner for Chemistry
- Ivica Osim (born 1941), football coach
- Jasmila Zbanic (born 1974), director
- Mula Mustafa Bašeskija (1731-1809), traveling writer
- Goran Bregović (born 1950), composer
- Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), President of the Republic of Macedonia
- David Elazar (1925-1976), general
- Mustaj-Beg Fadilpašić (1830-1892), mayor
- Asim Ferhatović (1933-1987), footballer
- Aleksandar Hemon, writer
- Almir Imsirevic, playwriter
- Miljenko Jergović (born 1966), writer
- Hasan Kaimija (1625-1691), dervish
- Nehemija Kije Kajon {1650-1726), Jewish mystic
- Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865-1908), poet
- Hamdija Kreševljaković (1888-1959), historian
- Emir Kusturica (born 1954), director
- Nele Karajlić (born 1962), musian, composer, actor, director
- Fra Grgo Martić (1822-1905), priest
- Juraj Neidhart (1918-1979), architect
- Muhamed Nerkesija Es-Seraji (1592-1634), poet
- David Pardo (1719-1792), rabbi
- Vladimir Prelog (1906-1998), chemist
- Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1790-1847), poet
- Muhamed Fadil-Pasha Šerifović (1802-1882), religious man
- Abdulah Sidran (born 1944), writer
- Ivan Straus (born 1928), architect
- Boris Tadić (born 1958), President of Serbia
- Mladen Savovich (born 1950), engineer
- Mladen Vojicic aka Tifa, Musician, former lead singer of Bijelo Dugme
- Tomo Miličević (born 1979), musician
- Davor Sučić (Sejo Sexon) (born 1961), musician
- Dubravko Brigic (1959-1998) poet, journalist
- Branko Đurić Đuro (born 1962), actor and director
- Radivoje Andrić (born 1967), director