The 100 most prominent Serbs
Author | Group of authors |
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Language | Serbian |
Genre | Biography |
Publisher | Princip, Š-Jupublik |
Publication date | 1993 |
Publication place | Yugoslavia, modern-day Serbia |
Pages | 835[1] |
The 100 most prominent Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: 100 најзнаменитијих Срба) is a book containing the biographies of the hundred most important Serbs[2] compiled by a committee of academicians at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The committee members were Sava Vuković, Pavle Ivić, Dragoslav Srejović, Dejan Medaković, Dragomir Vitorović, Zvonimir Kostić, Vasilije Krestić, Miroslav Pantić and Danica Petrović. The book was published for the first time in 1993 on 20+617 pages, reprinted in 2001, and the third extended edition was printed in 2009 and 2013.[3][4]
The list
Rank | Name | Occupation | |
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1 | Stefan Nemanja
(1113–1199) |
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Grand Prince of Serbia and the founder of the Nemanjić dynasty |
2 | Stefan the First-Crowned
(1165–1228) |
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He was the Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196, and the King of Serbia as the first Rascian king |
3 | Saint Sava
(1174–1236) |
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The first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law, and a diplomat. |
4 | Domentijan
(1210–1264) |
monk and biographer | |
5 | king Stefan Milutin
(1253–1321) |
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medieval king |
6 | Teodosije the Hilandarian
(1246–1328) |
clergyman and one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages | |
7 | Danilo II, Serbian Archbishop
(~1270–1337) |
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monk and chronicler |
8 | Emperor Stefan Dušan
(1308–1355) |
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Serbian Emperor |
9 | Lazar of Serbia
(1329–1389) |
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medieval Serbian ruler |
10 | Miloš Obilić
(unknown–1389) |
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Serbian knight and alleged assassin of the Ottoman sultan Murad I |
11 | Jefimija
(1349–1405) |
one of the first Serbian female poets | |
12 | Prince Marko
(1335–1395) |
Serbian king | |
13 | despot Stefan Lazarević
(1377–1427) |
prince and despot | |
14 | Kir Stefan the Serb
(14th century–15th century) |
musicologist, composer and monk | |
15 | despot Đurađ Branković
(1377–1456) |
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baron and despot |
16 | Makarije Sokolović
(1500s–1574) |
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Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch |
17 | Ivan Gundulić
(1589–1638) |
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poet |
18 | Arsenije III Čarnojević
(1633–1706) |
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Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch |
19 | Pavle Nenadović
(1703–1768) |
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archbishop |
20 | Roger Joseph Boscovich
(1711–1787) |
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physicist, philosopher, theologian and polymath. |
21 | Dositej Obradović
(1739–1811) |
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writer and linguist |
22 | Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
(1748–1830) |
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ruler of Montenegro and exarch |
23 | Stefan Stratimirović
(1757–1836) |
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head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire and author |
25 | Karađorđe
(1768–1817) |
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revolutionary leader who fought for Serbian independence |
24 | Filip Višnjić
(1767–1834) |
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poet and guslar |
26 | Matija Nenadović
(1777–1854) |
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archpriest and writer |
27 | Veljko Petrović
(1780–1813) |
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military leader |
28 | Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia
(1780–1860) |
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prince of Serbia |
29 | Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
(1787–1864) |
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a philologist and linguist who was the major reformer of the Serbian language |
30 | Konstantin Danil
(1798–1873) |
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painter |
31 | Jovan Sterija Popović
(1806–1856) |
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playwright and poet |
32 | Ilija Garašanin
(1812–1874) |
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statesman |
33 | Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
(1813–1851) |
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prince-bishop of Montenegro, poet and philosopher |
34 | Josif Pančić
(1814–1888) |
botanist and doctor | |
35 | Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia
(1823–1868) |
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Prince of Serbia |
36 | Branko Radičević
(1824–1853) |
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poet |
37 | Đuro Daničić
(1825–1882) |
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historian and philologist |
38 | Svetozar Miletić
(1826–1991) |
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politician and mayor of Novi Sad |
39 | Jovan Ristić
(1831–1899) |
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diplomat, politician and writer |
40 | Kornelije Stanković
(1831–1865) |
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composer |
41 | Ilarion Ruvarac
(1832–1905) |
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historian and monk |
42 | Đura Jakšić
(1832–1878) |
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poet, writer and painter |
43 | Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
(1833–1904) |
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poet and doctor |
44 | Valtazar Bogišić
(1834–1908) |
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jurist and a pioneer in sociology |
45 | Nicholas I of Montenegro
(1841–1921) |
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Montenegrin king |
46 | Laza Kostić
(1841–1910) |
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poet and writer |
47 | Stojan Novaković
(1842–1915) |
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politician, historian, writer, academic |
48 | Peter I of Serbia
(1844–1921) |
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Serbian king |
49 | Vladan Đorđević
(1844–1930) |
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politician, mayor of Belgrade |
50 | Nikola Pašić
(1845–1926) |
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politician |
51 | Nikodim Milaš
(1845–1915) |
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bishop and author |
52 | Svetozar Marković
(1846–1875) |
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philosopher and author |
53 | Sima Lozanić
(1847–1935) |
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chemist, professor and politician |
54 | Radomir Putnik
(1847–1917) |
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military commander |
55 | Đorđe Krstić
(1851–1907) |
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painter |
56 | Laza Lazarević
(1851–1907) |
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writer, psychiatrist and neurologist |
57 | Simo Matavulj
(1852–1908) |
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novelist |
58 | Pera Dobrinović
(1853–1923) |
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actor |
59 | king Milan I of Serbia
(1854–1901) |
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king of Serbia |
60 | Mihajlo Pupin
(1858–1935) |
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physicist and chemist |
61 | Živojin Mišić
(1855–1921) |
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military commander |
62 | Stevan Sremac
(1855–1906) |
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writer |
63 | Stepa Stepanović
(1856–1929) |
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military commander |
64 | Jovan Žujović
(1856–1936) |
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anthropologist, known as a pioneer in geology, paleontology and craniometry in Serbia |
65 | Stevan Mokranjac
(1856–1914) |
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composer and music educator |
66 | Nikola Tesla
(1856–1943) |
physicist, inventor, mechanical and electrical engineer | |
67 | Paja Jovanović
(1859–1957) |
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painter |
68 | Vojislav Ilić
(1860–1894) |
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poet |
69 | Ljubomir Stojanović
(1860–1930) |
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politician, historian and academic |
70 | Bogdan Popović
(1863–1944) |
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literary critic and professor |
71 | Branislav Nušić
(1864–1938) |
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novelist, dramatist, satirist and diplomat |
72 | Jovan Cvijić
(1865–1927) |
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geographer, anthropologist, professor, academic |
73 | Mihailo Petrović
(1868–1943) |
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mathematician, professor and academic |
74 | Pavle Popović
(1868–1939) |
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literary critic and historian, professor and academic |
75 | Slobodan Jovanović
(1869–1958) |
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lawyer and politician |
76 | Miloje Vasić
(1869–1956) |
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archaeologist |
77 | Jovan Dučić
(1871–1943) |
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poet and diplomat |
78 | Radoje Domanović
(1873–1908) |
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writer and teacher |
79 | Nadežda Petrović
(1873–1915) |
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painter and early photographer |
80 | Branislav Petronijević
(1875–1954) |
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scientist and philosopher |
81 | Borisav Stanković
(1876–1927) |
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writer |
82 | Milan Rakić
(1876–1938) |
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poet |
83 | Aleksandar Belić
(1876–1960) |
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linguist and academic |
84 | Milan Nedić
(1878–1946) |
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general and politician; Prime Minister of a puppet government |
85 | Isidora Sekulić
(1877–1958) |
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prose writer and novelist |
86 | Petar Kočić
(1877–1916) |
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poet and politician |
87 | Jovan Skerlić
(1877–1914) |
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writer and literary critic |
88 | Milutin Milanković
(1879–1958) |
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mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer and popularizer of science |
89 | Nikolaj Velimirović
(1881–1956) |
bishop and theological writer | |
90 | Petar Konjović
(1883–1970) |
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composer |
91 | Vladimir Ćorović
(1885–1941) |
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historian |
92 | Stevan Hristić
(1885–1958) |
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composer |
93 | Jovan Bijelić
(1884–1964) |
painter | |
94 | Alexander I of Yugoslavia
(1888–1934) |
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ruler of Yugoslavia |
95 | Petar Dobrović
(1890–1942) |
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painter |
96 | Ivo Andrić
(1892–1975) |
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writer, Nobel Prize winner |
97 | Miloš Crnjanski
(1892–1977) |
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writer, poet and diplomat |
98 | Sava Šumanović
(1896–1942) |
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painter |
99 | Meša Selimović
(1910–1982) |
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writer |
100 | Vasko Popa
(1922–1991) |
poet and academic |
References
- ^ Марибор, IZUM-Институт информацијских знаности. "100 најзнаменитијих Срба :: COBISS+". plus.sr.cobiss.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- ^ "100 najznamenitijih Srba". Begen Comerc doo (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-12-07.
- ^ Марибор, IZUM-Институт информацијских знаности. "Резултати претраживања 100 najznamenitijih Srba :: COBISS+". plus.sr.cobiss.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-12-07.
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