List of Bosnia and Herzegovina people

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

Arts

Literature and poetry

• Bisera Alikadić
• Ivo Andrić
• Safvet-beg Bašagić
• Musa Ćazim Ćatić
• Enver Čolaković
• Branko Ćopić
• Umihana Čuvidina
• Vlado Dijak
• Osman Đikić
• Mehmedalija Dizdar
• Zija Dizdarević
• Jovan Dučić
• Zulfikar Džumhur
• Hamid Šahinović Ekrem
• Aleksandar Hemon
• Abdulvehab Ilhamija
• Miljenko Jergović
• Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić
• Petar Kočić
• Skender Kulenović
• Vitomir Lukić
• Avdo Međedović
• Semezdin Mehmedinović
• Velimir Milošević
• Ahmed Muradbegović
• Andrej Nikolaidis
• Safet Plakalo
• Izet Sarajlić
• Meša Selimović
• Aleksa Šantić
• Abdulah Sidran
• Antun Branko Šimić
• Derviš Sušić
• Nenad Veličković

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

Composition

• Asim Bajramović, - songwriter
• Bego-Šimunić Anđelka
• Franciscus Bossinensis, composer
• Goran Bregović
• Dado Džihan
• Vlado Dzihan
• Edo Mulahalilović, - songwriter
• Dado Polumenta, - singer, songwriter

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

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

Popular culture

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

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

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

Politicians and historical figures

Medieval Bosnian state 1154–1463

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

Borić Dynasty

• 1154–1163 Ban Borić

Hrvatinić Family

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

Kulinić Dynasty

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

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:

• Dorothea of Bulgaria
• Jelena Gruba
• Vitača
• Kujava
• Jelena Nelipčić
• Dorothy Garai
• Katarina Kosača
• Mary of Serbia

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

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

Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878–1918

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

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

World War II

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

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1943–1991

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)

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)

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)

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

Sportspeople

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

Chess

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

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

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

Handball

• 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

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

Tennis

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

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
• Goran Pandev
• 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

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

See also

• Bosnian-Herzegovian demographic changes in 1991-2005 period
• List of Bosniaks
• List of Croats
• List of Serbs