List of Montenegrins
This is a list of prominent people from Montenegro.
It includes individuals who ethnically declare or have declared themselves as Montenegrins.
Several persons on the list fall outside this ethnic group, largely on the basis of self-determination. The list includes a few that declare or have declared as either Serbs Bosniaks, Muslims by nationality, Croats, Albanians or Yugoslavs.
Additionally, among the above-mentioned ethnic groups there are individuals not necessarily born and raised in Montenegro, but who have either had parent(s) born in Montenegro or have themselves lived there for a significant portion of their life. Such individuals are included as well.
Artists
Writers
- Čedo Vuković
- Veljko P. Bojić
- Mihailo Lalić
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (born Radivoje Tomov Petrović)
- Mirko Kovač
- Radovan Zogović
- Marko Miljanov Popović
- Andrija Paltašić
- Milovan Đilas
- Dejan Stojanović
- Novak Kilibarda
Poets
- Petar II Petrović Njegoš (born Radivoje Tomov Petrović)
- Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
- Veljko P. Bojić
- Marko Miljanov
- Andrija Zmajević
- Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša
- Vitomir Vito Nikolić
- Dejan Stojanović
- Jovan Sundečić
- Andrija Radulović
- Giovanni Bona Boliris (Ivan Bolica or Ivan Bunić)
- Aleksandar Bečanović
Historians
Painters
- Miodrag "Dado" Đurić
- Uroš Tošković
- Petar Lubarda
- Milo Milunović
- Tripo Kokolja
- Boris Dragojević
- Andrija Paltašić
- Filip Janković
- Miloš Vusković
- Gojko Berkuljan
- Vojo Stanić
- Mario Maskareli
Sculptors
Musicians
- Miloš Karadaglić, pianist
- Milan Popović - Daniel
- Nenad Knežević - Knez
- Rambo Amadeus
- Šako Polumenta
- Dado Polumenta
- Vlado Georgiev
- Bojan Marović
- Sergej Ćetković
- Boban Rajović
- Zoran Kalezić
- Goran Vukošić
- Petar Perunović
- Stefan Filipović
- Igor Lazić - Niggor
- Miladin Šobić
- Dragoljub Đuričić
- Nina Petković
- Danijel Alibabić
- Sanja Đorđević
- Milomir Miljanić
- Goga Sekulić
Actors/actresses
- Bojan Bazelli
- Veljko Bulajić
- Duško Ivanović
- Milla Jovovich
- Milutin Karadžić
- Slavko Labović
- Bojan Marović
- Miljan Milošević
- Krsto Papić
- Vladimir Popović
- Dubravka Vukotić
Models
Violinists
Journalists
Chroniclers
Military
Admirals
Captains
Commanders
- Peko Dapčević
- Vlado Dapčević
- Radola Gajda (born Rudolf Geidl)
- Marko Popović
Generals
Majors
Seamen
Voivodes
Other
- Nikola Kavaja
- Nero Wolfe fictional detective created by American writer Rex Stout
Politicians
Prime Ministers
- Andrija Radović
- Evgenije Popović
- Anto Gvozdenović
- Jovan Plamenac
- Milutin Vučinić
- Đorđije Pajković
- Veselin Đuranović
- Vidoje Žarković
- Žarko Bulajić
- Marko Orlandić
- Momčilo Cemović
- Radivoje Brajović
- Vuko Vukadinović
- Radoje Kontić
- Filip Vujanović
- Milo Đukanović
- Željko Šturanović
- Radoman Božović
- Zoran Žižić
Presidents
- Nikola Miljanić
- Miloš Rašović
- Nikola Kovačević
- Blažo Jovanović
- Filip Bajković
- Andrija Mugoša
- Veljko Milatović
- Vidoje Žarković
- Veselin Đuranović
- Marko Orlandić
- Miodrag Vlahović
- Branislav Šoškić
- Radivoje Brajović
- Božina Ivanović
- Branko Kostić
- Momir Bulatović
- Milo Đukanović
- Filip Vujanović
Other
- Predrag Bulatović
- Dragiša Burzan
- Dragan Đurović
- Ranko Krivokapić
- Nebojša Medojević
- Koča Pavlović
- Milovan Đilas
- Dragan Đilas, Minister in Serbian Government
- Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo
- Sava Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky
- Novak Kilibarda
Foreign figures of Montenegrin descent
People with Montenegrin ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:
- Slobodan Milosevic, President of Serbia Government of Serbia
- Boris Tadic, President of Serbia Government of Serbia
- Radovan Karadžić, President of Republika Srpska Government of Republika Srpska
- Jorge Milton Capitanich, Argentinian Senator
- Dragan Jočić, Minister of Interior in the Government of Serbia
- Juan Daniel Knesevich, Mayor of General Madariaga Partido, Chaco Province, Argentina
- Adrian Mirkovich, Mayor of General Madariaga Partido, Chaco Province, Argentina
- Michael Anthony Stepovich, Governor of Alaska
- Melissa Bean Luburic, Serb Democratic Party representative in the United States of America House of Representatives
- Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona
Senators
Criminals
War Criminals
Rulers
Princes
- Prince Boris I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Crown Prince Danilo I Aleksandar Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Prince Michael I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Prince Milo Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- HRH Prince Nikola II Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
Prince-Bishops (Vladikas)
Princesses
- Princess Altinaï of Montenegro
- Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna of Montenegro
- Princess Milica Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Militsa Nicholaievna of Montenegro
- Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Queen Elena of Italy
- Princess Ljubica (Zorka) Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/ Ljubica (Zorka) of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
- Princess Marija (Marica) Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Anna Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Sophia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Ksenija Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
- Princess Vjera Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
Historical Figures
Balšić family
Crnojević family
- Stefan I
- Ivan I
- Đurađ IV
- Đurađ V
- Staniša a.k.a. Sandžak Beg
- Arsenije III Crnojević, Serbian Patriarch (1674-1706)
Petrović family
Saints
- Petar I Petrović-Njegoš/Saint Peter of Cetinje
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš/Saint Peter II of Cetinje
- Saint Jovan Vladimir
- Saint Stefan Štiljanović
- Saint Stefan of Piperi
Sports
- Dejan Savićević (football)
- Predrag Mijatović (football)
- Mirko Vučinić (football)
- Stevan Jovetić (football)
- Marko Baša (football)
- Stefan Savić (football)
- Simon Vukčević (football)
- Refik Šabanadžović (football)
- Vlado Šćepanović (basketball)
- Predrag Drobnjak (basketball)
- Nikola Peković (basketball)
- Nikola Vučević (basketball)
- Nikola Mirotić (basketball)
- Petar Kapisoda (handball)
- Radovan Mijuskovic (Triathlon)
- Alen Muratović (handball)
- Mlađan Janović (water polo)
- Veljko Uskoković (water polo)
- Miloš Raonić (tennis)
- Ivan Strugar (kick-boxing)
Religious figures
- Leopold Mandić (Saint)
- Ozana of Kotor (beatified)
Scientists and mathematicians
- Dragan Hajduković (Physics)
References