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, musicians, novelists, and politicians. Sarajevo has also produced presidents for three countries.

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Abdulah Sidran (born 1944), writer
Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), writer, winner of a MacArthur Foundation grant
Asim Ferhatović (1933–1987), footballer

B

Bekim Fehmiu (1936–2010), actor
Branko Đurić Đuro (born 1962), actor and director

D

David Elazar (1925–1976), Israeli general and IDF Chief of Staff
Danis Tanović (born 1969) director

E

Edin Džeko (born 1986), football player
Elvir Baljić, ex-footballer who played for Real Madrid
Emir Kusturica (born 1954), director

F

Fra Grgo Martić (1822–1905), priest

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Gazi Husrev-beg (1480–1541), bey in the Ottoman Empire, greatest donor and builder of Sarajevo
Goran Bregović (born 1950), composer
Adi Granov (born 1977), is a Bosnian-American comic book artist and conceptual designer

H

Hamdija Kreševljaković (1888–1959), historian
Haris Brkić (1974–2000), basketball player

I

Ivan Štraus (born 1928), architect
Ivana Miličević (born 1974), actress
Ivica Osim (born 1941), football coach
Ivo Andrić (born 1892), writer

J

Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974), director

M

Maya Berović (born 1987), pop star
Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
Mladen Milicevic (born 1958) is a composer of experimental music, sound installation, and film music.
Miljenko Jergović (born 1966), writer
Mirza Delibašić (1954–2001), basketball player
Mladen Vojičić aka Tifa, musician, former lead singer of Bijelo Dugme
Mula Mustafa Bašeskija (1731–1809), chronicler, diarist, poet, calligrapher and Jannisary

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Nele Karajlić (born 1962), musician, composer, actor, director
Nenad Marković (born 1968), basketball player
Nijaz Ibrulj (born 1956), philosopher

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Predrag Danilović (1971), Yugoslav basketball player, member of NBA's Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks
Endi E. Poskovic (born 1969), visual artist and printmaker

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Dino Residbegovic (born 1975), is contemporary classical music and electronic/electroacoustic music composer
Robert Rothbart (born Boris Kajmaković in 1986), Bosnian-Israeli-Serbian professional basketball player playing center for Ironi Nahariya

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Safet Isović (1936–2007), sevdalinka singer
Sanela Diana Jenkins, entrepreneur, philanthropist and owner of NeuroDrinks from California
Saša Toperić (born 1972), concert pianist and diplomat
Sejo Sexon (born 1961), musician
Senad Hadžimusić Teno (born 1957), musician
Ališer Sijarić (born 1969), is Contemporary Classical Music, Electroacoustic music and Computer Music Composer
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865–1908), poet
Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), poet

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Tomo Miličević (born 1979), musician

V

Vladimir Prelog (born 1906), Nobel prize winner for Chemistry
Vedad Čolić (born 1987), Domestic web & graphic designer

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Zaim Topčić (1920–1990), writer
Zdravko Čolić (born 1951), pop singer
Zlata Filipović (born 1980), novelist and short story writer
Zlatko Topčić (born 1955), writer and screenwriter

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Željko Bebek (born 1945), lead singer of Bijelo Dugme 1974-1984
Žan Marolt (1964–2009) actor

Politics

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Alija Behmen (born 1940), 37th mayor of Sarajevo
Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), first Bosnian president

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Bakir Izetbegović (born 1956), politician
Boris Tadić (born 1958), President of Serbia
Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), President of the Republic of Macedonia

E

Emerik Blum (1911–1984), businessman, 27th mayor of Sarajevo

I

Isa-Beg Isaković (15th century), general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of Sarajevo and Novi Pazar
Ivo Komšić (born 1948), 38th mayor of Sarajevo

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Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902), second mayor of Sarajevo
Mila Mulroney former first lady of Canada
Mustafa Fadilpašić (1830–1892), first mayor of Sarajevo

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Nezir Škaljić (1844–1905), third mayor of Sarajevo

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Semiha Borovac (born 1955), 36th mayor of Sarajevo
Sven Alkalaj (born 1948), diplomat