List of Bosnia and Herzegovina people
This is a list of Bosnians and Herzegovinians (including those of contemporary Bosniak, Croat, Serb and other ethnicities):
Arts
Fine arts
- Adi Granov – comic book artist
- Braco Dimitrijević – conceptual artist
- Endi E. Poskovic – printmaker and artist
- Gabrijel Jurkić – painter
- Safet Zec – painter and graphic designer
- Šejla Kamerić – video art and installation
- Senad Basic ´aka´ Bruno Baziq – Photographer
- Helena Klakocar – cartoonist
- Maya Kulenovic – painter (Canada)
- Mersad Berber – painter
- Nesim Tahirović – painter
- Lazar Drljača – painter
- Dragan Vlasic – Photographer, Videographer
- Slobodan Pejić – painter and sculptor
- Todor Švrakić – painter
- Zuko Džumhur – cartoonist
Architecture
- Selma Harrington - architect and designer
- Vesna Bugarski - Bosnia-Herzegovina's first female architect
- Ivan Štraus - architect, academician
- Zlatko Ugljen - architect
- Hasan Cemalovic - architect
- Ivan Ceresnjes - architect
- Izet Soko - architect
Composition
- Franciscus Bossinensis – composer
- Dino Zonić – composer and conductor
- Nihad Hrustanbegovic – composier, concert artist, accordionist and pianist
- Elvidin Krilić – musician, accordion player and composer
- Miroslav Čangalović – Bosnian opera and concert singer
- Lotfi Bouchnak – Tunisian singer, ud player, composer and public figure
- Flory Jagoda – composer and singer
Theatre and performing arts
- Adnan Hasković - actor
- Branko Đurić – actor, director, original member of the cult comedy Top Lista Nadrealista line-up
- Davor Dujmović – actor
- Enis Bešlagić – actor
- Haris Pašović – director
- Josip Pejaković – actor
- Midhat Ajanović – film theorist, animator and novelist
- Mustafa Nadarević – actor
- Oskar Danon – composer and conductor
- Vedran Smailović, - cellist
- Vladimir Valjarević – pianist
- Zijah Sokolović – actor, director
- Zoran Bečić – actor and director
Literature
- Ivo Andrić – writer, Nobel Laureate
- Meša Selimović – writer
- Branko Ćopić – writer
- Aleksa Šantić – poet
- Aleksandar Hemon – writer
- Isak Samokovlija – writer
- Mak Dizdar – poet
- Zaim Topčić – writer
- Zlatko Topčić – writer
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
- Zlatko Tešanović - physicist, professor at the Johns Hopkins University, USA
Popular culture
Film, radio and television
- Aida Begić – film director
- Ademir Kenović – film director and producer François Chalais Prize
- Adnan Hasković – actor
- Bekim Fehmiu – actor
- Danis Tanović – Academy Award, Golden Globe, Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival-winning director and screenwriter
- Haris Pašović – theatre and film director
- Emir Kusturica – film director, two time Palme d'Or winner
- Hajrudin Krvavac - film director
- Harun Mehmedinović - filmmaker, photographer, author
- Ivana Miličević – actress, notable appearances in Seinfeld, Felicity, among others
- Jasmila Žbanić – film director, 2006 Golden Bear winner
- Jasmin Dizdar – film director
- Karl Malden – actor, Oscar winner, and the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His family originates from Bileća.
- Nenad Dizdarević – film director
- Pjer Žalica – film director
- Srđan Vuletić – filmmaker
- Tarik Filipović – actor
- Vehid Gunić – TV presenter
- Zlatko Topčić – screenwriter
Music
- Adi Lukovac – musician, music producer, founder of band Adi Lukovac & Ornamenti
- Alen Islamović – musician, one-time frontman of Divlje Jagode i Bijelo Dugme
- Aljoša Buha – member of the original line-up of Crvena Jabuka, killed in a car accident
- Alma Čardžić – pop singer
- Amila Glamočak – pop singer, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest
- Beba Selimović – sevdalinka singer
- Boris Novković – singer and songwriter
- Brano Likić – composer and founder of Rezonansa
- Dado Džihan – composer, producer, one-time member of Zabranjeno pušenje and Top lista nadrealista
- Davorin Popović – singer and frontman of Indexi
- Deen – former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest
- Dina Bajraktarević - sevdalinka and folk singer
- Dino Merlin – pop singer, songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest
- Dražen Ričl a.k.a. Zijo – original frontman for Crvena Jabuka
- Dražen Žerić a.k.a. Žera – original member of Crvena Jabuka and its current frontman
- Edo Maajka – rapper, leader of rap group Disciplinska komisija
- Elvir Laković Laka, rock music singer, songwriter
- Goran Bregović – musician and composer, founder of Bijelo Dugme
- Hakala – folk singer
- Halid Bešlić – folk singer
- Hanka Paldum, sevdalinka singer
- Haris Džinović – folk singer
- Hajrudin Varešanović – a.k.a. Hari Mata Hari pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest finishing third
- Himzo Polovina – sevdalinka singer
- Igor Vukojević – singer
- Indira Radić – folk singer
- Jadranka Stojaković – pop singer
- Kemal Malovčić - popular Bosnian etno-psyhodelic singer
- Kemal Monteno – singer, musician, and songwriter
- Kornelije Kovač – composer, musician, member of the original line-up of Indexi, founder of Korni grupa
- Lepa Brena – pop-folk singer
- Maya Berović - pop star
- Mile Kitić – turbofolk singer
- Mirsada Bajraktarević - singer
- Nada Mamula – sevdalinka singer
- Nada Topčagić - singer
- Nadja Benaissa - singer
- Nenad Janković – musician, original frontman of Zabranjeno pušenje, original member of the Top lista nadrealista line-up
- Nikša Bratoš – composer, producer, one-time member of Rezonansa and Valentino, member of Crvena Jabuka
- Osman Hadžić – folk singer
- Safet Isović – sevdalinka singer
- Saša Lošić – singer, composer and founder of the Plavi orkestar band
- Saša Matić – folk singer
- Sead Lipovača - original member of Divlje Jagode
- Sejo Sexon, – founder of Zabranjeno pušenje and current frontman of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up
- Seka Aleksić – pop-folk singer
- Selma Bajrami – folk singer
- Šemsa Suljaković, folk singer
- Šerif Konjević – folk singer
- Silvana Armenulić, folk and sevdalinka singer
- Tifa – singer and musician
- Tomo Miličević - guitarist for Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Vesna Pisarović – pop singer
- Zaim Imamović – sevdalinka singer
- Zdravko Čolić – pop singer
- Željko Bebek – musician and 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, 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
- 1461–1463 Stephen Tomašević
Queens:
- Elizabeth of Bosnia
- Dorothea of Bulgaria
- Dorothy Garai
- Jelena Gruba
- Jelena Nelipčić
- Katarina Kosača
- Kujava
- Mary of Serbia
- Vitača
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 – 19th 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 Franjo Jukić
- Ferhad Pasha 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
- Damad Ibrahim Pasha – Grand Vizier
- Tiryaki Hasan Pasha a.k.a. Hasan-Paša Tiro – Bosnian national hero
- Osman Pazvantoğlu, Bosnian Ottoman soldier, a governor of the Vidin district after 1794, and a rebel against Ottoman rule.
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
- David Elazar - Chief of staff of the Israeli Defence Forces
- Džemaludin Čaušević – Reis-ul-ulema
- Mehmed Spaho – leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organisation
World War II
- Peter Tomich – World War II hero
- Rodoljub Čolaković – World War II war hero, People's Hero of Yugoslavia
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) (collective presidency chairman)
- 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
- Adnan Terzić – politician, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Boris Tadić – President of the Republic of Serbia
- Cvijetin Mijatović a.k.a. Majo – politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia
- Irfan Ljubijankić – surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat
- Jovan Divjak – general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 war, poet
- Mladen Ivanić – politician and diplomat
- Nikola Špirić – politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Stjepan Šiber – Deputy Commander of the B&H Army during the 1992–1995 conflict
- Vladimir Dedijer – a Partisan fighter, politician, and historian
- Zlatko Lagumdžija – politician and diplomat
- Zoran Đinđić – prime minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mayor of Belgrade, and the philosopher
Sportspeople
Basketball
- Adnan Hodžić - basketball player
- Aleksandar Nikolić – "Father of Yugoslav Basketball"
- Amel Tuka-athlete
- Bogdan Tanjević – basketball coach
- Borislav Stanković – former basketball player
- Damir Omerhodžić-Markota – NBA basketball player with the Milwaukee Bucks
- Damir Mulaomerović - retired basketball player
- Dejan Bodiroga – Voted first on the list by the fans worldwide for the 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 and FIBA Hall of Famer
- Emir Mutapčić – assistant coach of FC Bayern Munich and current coach of the German national team
- Edin Bavčić – former NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers
Edin Džeko-football player
- Elmedin Kikanović - basketball player
- Jasmin Repeša - basketball coach
- Mile Ilić – former basketball player
- Mirza Delibašić – basketball player, former Bosna and Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist and FIBA Hall of Famer
- Bojan Bogdanović, basketball player (born in Mostar), former Real Madrid player
- Mirza Teletović - NBA basketball player the Brooklyn Nets
- Nedžad Sinanović – basketball player
- Nenad Marković – basketball player
- Nihad Đedović - basketball player with Bayern Munich
- Predrag Danilović – basketball coach and former basketball player
- Razija Mujanović – basketball player
- Robert Rothbart – basketball player
- Vladimir Radmanović – NBA basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Zoran Planinić – NBA basketball player
- Zoran Savić – former basketball player
Chess
- Ivan Sokolov – chess player, Grandmaster since 1987
- Predrag Nikolić – chess player, Grandmaster since 1983
- Bojan Kurajica - chess player, Grandmaster
Football
- Asim Ferhatović – former football player
- Asmir Begović – football goalkeeper
- Blaž Slišković – football coach and former footballer
- Boro Primorac – football coach
- Darko Maletić – football player
- Dušan Bajević – football coach and former player
- Edin Džeko – Manchester City (on loan to Roma) and Bosnia national team
- Edin Višća - football player
- Elvir Baljić – football player
- Elvir Bolić – football player
- Elvir Rahimić - football player
- Emir Spahić - football player
- Enver Marić – former football goalkeeper
- Faruk Hadžibegić – former football player
- Franjo Vladić – former footballer
- Gradimir Crnogorac - football player
- Haris Međunjanin – football player
- Haris Škoro - former football player
- Hasan Salihamidžić – former Bayern Munich midfielder and second Bosnian to win Champions League
- Ibrahim Duro - former football player
- Ivica Osim – football coach and former footballer
- Izet Hajrović - football player
- Josip Katalinski – former football player
- Mario Stanić – former footballer
- Mehmed Baždarević - former footballer
- Mensur Mujdža - football player
- Miroslav Blažević – football coach
- Mirsad Fazlagić – former football player
- Miralem Pjanić – AS Roma and Bosnia national team
- Muhamed Mujić – former footballer
- Mirsad Hibić – former footballer
- Meho Kodro – former football player
- Predrag Pašić – football coach, former player
- Safet Nadarević – football player
- Safet Sušić – football coach and former footballer, Paris Saint-Germain and Ligue 1 great
- Saša Papac – football player
- Savo Milošević – football player
- Sead Kolašinac - football player
- Sejad Salihović - football player
- Senijad Ibričić - football player
- Sergej Barbarez – football player
- Sulejman Halilović – former football player
- Tarik Hodžić- footballer
- Tomislav Piplica – former football player
- Vahid Halilhodžić – football coach and former footballer
- Vedad Ibišević - football player
- Zlatan Bajramović – football player
- Zvjezdan Misimović – football player
Foreign footballers of Bosnian origin
– Australian national team
- Eli Babalj – forward for Adelaide United and the Australian national team
- Dino Đulbić – defender for Perth Glory and formerly the Australian national team
– Croatian national team
- Alen Halilović – midfielder and Croatian national team
- Davor Šuker – retired Croatian national team striker
- Darijo Srna – midfielder and Croatian national team (Bosnian father)
- Dejan Lovren – defender and Croatian national team
- Ivan Klasnić – striker Nantes and Croatian national team
- Ivan Rakitić – midfielder Sevilla and Croatian national team
- Jerko Leko – midfielder and Croatian national team
- Mario Mandžukić – striker Bayern Munich and Croatian national team
- Mario Stanić – retired midfielder Chelsea F.C. and Croatian national team
- Mladen Petrić – striker West Ham United and Croatian national team
- Niko Kovač – midfielder and Croatian national team
- Nikica Jelavić, striker Hull and Croatian national team
- Robert Kovač – defender and Croatian national team
- Vedran Ćorluka – defender Lokomotiv Moscow and Croatian national team
– Serbian national team
- Mladen Krstajić – defender Schalke 04 and Serbian national team
- Neven Subotić – defender Borrusia Dortmund and Serbian national team
- Ognjen Koroman – midfielder Red Star Belgrade and Serbian national team
- Savo Milošević – retired Serbian national team striker
- Zdravko Kuzmanović – midfielder AC Fiorentina and Serbian national team
– Swedish national team
- Zlatan Ibrahimović – striker Paris Saint-Germain and Swedish national team
– Austrian national team
- Marko Arnautović – striker Stoke City and Austrian national team
- Zlatko Junuzovic - midfielder SV Werder Bremen and Austrian national tean
– German national team
- Marko Marin – midfielder Sevilla and German national team
– Swiss national team
- Eldin Jakupović – goalkeeper Hull City and Swiss national team
- Haris Seferović – striker Real Sociedad and Swiss national team
– Slovenian national team
- Armin Bačinović – midfielder Palermo and Slovenian national team
- Zlatan Ljubijankić – retired striker and Slovenian national team
- Jasmin Kurtič – midfielder Sassuolo and Slovenian national team
- Mirnes Šišić – midfielder Olympiacos and Slovenian national team
- Samir Handanovič – goalkeeper Inter Milan and Slovenian national team
- Josip Iličić – midfielder Fiorentina and Slovenian national team
- Haris Vučkić - midfielder Newcastle United and Slovenian national team
Handball
- Adnan Harmandić – handball player for HSG Wetzlar
- Abaz Arslanagić – former handball player
- Danijel Šarić – goalkeeper for FC Barcelona Handbol
- Enid Tahirović – one of the top goalkeepers in the Bundesliga. Currently he plays for HSV Hamburg
- Irfan Smajlagić – former handball player
- Mirko Alilović – goalkeeper plays for Croatian national team
- Mirsad Terzić – handball player, and the current captain of Bosnian national team
- Muhamed Mustafić – handball player
- Muhamed Toromanović – handball player
- Svetlana Dašić-Kitić – best female handball player ever by International Handball Federation
- Zlatan Arnautović – former handball player (Olympic Gold Medal 1984)
Martial arts/boxing
- Amel Mekić – judo
- Anton Josipović – boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Arnela Odžaković – karate, 5th place at 2006 World Championship
- Dževad Poturak – retired super heavyweight kickboxer and former WKA European Champion and K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 tournament Champion
- Hamid Guska – boxing coach
- Marijan Beneš – boxing, gold medal at the 1973 European Championship
- Adnan Ćatić – boxing, reigning IBF world champion, former WBO champion, and a two time former WBA champion
- Jasmin Hasić – super heavyweight boxer best known for winning Bronze Medal at the European Junior Championships 2007 in Sombor
- Marijan Benes – boxing, Light Middleweight champion (march,17 1979
Tennis
- Alexandros Jakupovic – tennis player (Bosnian father)
- Amer Delić – tennis player
- Ivan Dodig – tennis player
- Ivan Ljubičić – tennis player
- Marin Čilić – tennis player
- Mervana Jugić-Salkić – tennis player
- Sandra Martinović – tennis player
- Damir Džumhur – tennis player
- Andrea Petkovic – tennis player, playing for Germany
Other prominent people
- Adil Zulfikarpašić – businessman, one-time politician, and philanthropist, founder of the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo
- Alija Sirotanović – Bosnian coal-miner, worker-hero, his face was on the 10 and 20000 dinar banknotes
- Boris Tadić – President of Serbia
- Branko Crvenkovski – Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2002 to 2004, then President of the Republic of Macedonia from 2004 to 2009.
- Dr. Eso Sadiković – doctor of medicine
- Emerik Blum – founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo, arguably the most successful and influential businessman in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Fikret Hodžić - Bosnian bodybuilder
- Kemal Curić - automobile designer known best for his work at Ford, where he was responsible for numerous concept and production cars
- Inga Peulich – Australian politician born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Omer Halilhodžić – automobile designer responsible for the styling of the 2004 Mitsubishi Colt, and the concept cars which preceded it: CZ2, CZ3, CZ3 cabriolet, and CZT. He has since penned the Mitsubishi Concept Sportback, and the Mitsubishi Concept X, which presages the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X production car.
- Mila Mulroney – wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney
- Tijana Arnautović – Miss World Canada 2004, model
- Vladimir Ćorović – historian
- Zoran Đinđić – former Prime Minister of Serbia
- Nijaz Ibrulj – philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo
- Faruk Čaklovica – Professor of Bromatology and Rector of the University of Sarajevo
- Željko Topić, Croatian civil servant and Vice-President of the European Patent Office born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Infamous people
- Andrija Artuković – minister in the government of the Independent State of Croatia and war criminal
- 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
- Vjekoslav Luburić – Ustaše leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, war criminal
- Miroslav Filipović – Ustaše leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, and war criminal
- Momčilo Krajišnik – politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war
- 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
- 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
- Tihomir Blaškić – convicted of violating the laws of war, committing ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity 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