The 100 most prominent Serbs
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The 100 most prominent Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: 100 најзнаменитијих Срба) is a book containing the biographies of the hundred most important Serbs 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 first published in 1993 on 20+617 pages, reprinted in 2001, and the third extended edition was printed in 2009.
The list
- Stefan Nemanja (circa 1113–1199), Grand Prince of Raška
- Stefan the First-Crowned (circa 1156–1228), king of Serbia
- Saint Sava (circa 1169–1236), Serbian prince, monk and the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church
- Domentijan (circa 1210–1264), monk and biographer
- Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (circa 1253–1321), king of Serbia between 1282–1321
- Teodosije the Hilandarian (circa 1246–1328), clergyman
- Saint Danilo II, monk and chronicler
- Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (circa 1308–1355), Serbian Emperor
- Lazar of Serbia (circa 1329–1389), ruler of Moravian Serbia
- Miloš Obilić, knight
- Jefimija (circa 1349–1405), one of the first Serbian female poets
- Prince Marko (circa 1335–1395), Serbian king
- Stefan Lazarević (circa 1377–1427), prince and despot
- Kir Stefan the Serb, monk and musicologist
- Đurađ Branković (1377–1456), baron and despot
- Makarije Sokolović (died 1574), the archbishop of Peć and Serbian patriarch
- Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638), poet
- Arsenije III Čarnojević (1633–1706), archbishop and patriarch
- Pavle Nenadović (1703–1768), archbishop
- Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711–1787), physicist, philosopher, theologian and polymath.
- Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), writer and linguist
- Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (1748–1830), ruler of Montenegro and exarch
- Stefan Stratimirović (1757–1836), head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire
- Karađorđe (1768–1817), revolutionary leader who fought for Serbian independence
- Filip Višnjić (1767–1834), poet and guslar
- Matija Nenadović (1777–1854), archpriest and writer
- Veljko Petrović (1884–1967), vojvoda
- Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, prince of Serbia
- Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), linguist
- Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), painter
- Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856), poet and playwright
- Ilija Garašanin (1812–1874), statesman
- Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851), prince-bishop of Montenegro, poet and philosopher
- Josif Pančić (1814–1888), botanist and doctor, first president of Serbian Royal Academy
- Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (1823–1868), prince of Serbia
- Branko Radičević (1824–1853), poet and the founder of modern Serbian lyric poetry
- Đuro Daničić (1825–1882), historian and philologist
- Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), mayor of Novi Sad
- Jovan Ristić (1831–1899), diplomat and historian
- Kornelije Stanković (1831–1865), composer
- Ilarion Ruvarac (1832–1905), priest
- Đura Jakšić (1832–1878), painter and poet
- Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), physician and poet
- Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908), jurist
- Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921), sovereign prince and king of Montenegro
- Laza Kostić (1841–1910), poet and prose writer
- Stojan Novaković (1842–1915), historian, scholar, writer, literary critic, translator, politician and diplomat
- Peter I of Serbia (1844–1921), king of Serbia
- Vladan Đorđević (1844–1930), mayor of Belgrade
- Nikola Pašić (1845–1926), politician
- Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), bishop
- Svetozar Marković (1846–1875), political activist and philosopher
- Sima Lozanić (1847–1935), chemist
- Radomir Putnik (1847–1917), general
- Đorđe Krstić (1851–1907), painter
- Laza Lazarević (1851–1891), writer, psychiatrist and neurologist
- Simo Matavulj (1852–1908), novelist
- Pera Dobrinović (1853–1923), actor
- Milan I of Serbia (1854–1901), prince and king of Serbia
- Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), physicist and chemist
- Živojin Mišić (1855–1921), general
- Stevan Sremac (1855–1906), comedy writer
- Stepa Stepanović (1856–1929), general
- Jovan Žujović (1856–1936), antrophologist
- Stevan Mokranjac (1856–1914), composer
- Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), physicist, inventor, mechanical and electrical engineer
- Paja Jovanović (1859–1957), painter
- Vojislav Ilić (1860–1894), poet
- Ljubomir Stojanović (1860–1930), politician, member of Serbian Royal Academy
- Bogdan Popović (1863–1944), literary critic
- Branislav Nušić (1864-1938), novelist and satirist
- Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), geographer
- Mihailo Petrović (1868–1943), mathematician
- Pavle Popović (1868–1939), literary critic and historian
- Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), lawyer and politician
- Miloje Vasić (1869–1956), archaeologist
- Jovan Dučić (1871–1943), poet and diplomat
- Radoje Domanović (1873–1908), writer and teacher
- Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915), painter
- Branislav Petronijević (1875–1954), scientist and philosopher
- Borisav Stanković (1876–1927), writer
- Milan Rakić (1876–1938), poet
- Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960), linguist
- Milan Nedić (1878–1946), general and politician
- Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), prose writer and novelist
- Petar Kočić (1877–1916), poet and politician
- Jovan Skerlić (1877–1914), writer and critic
- Milutin Milanković (1879–1958), mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer and popularizer of science
- Nikolaj Velimirović (1881–1956), bishop
- Petar Konjović (1890–1942), composer
- Vladimir Ćorović (1885–1941), historian
- Stevan Hristić (1885–1958), pedagogue and music writer
- Jovan Bijelić (1884–1964), painter
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia and King of Yugoslavia
- Petar Dobrović (1890–1942), painter and politician
- Ivo Andrić (1892–1975), writer and Nobel prize laureate
- Miloš Crnjanski (1892–1977), poet and journalist
- Sava Šumanović (1896–1942), painter
- Meša Selimović (1910–1982), writer
- Vasko Popa (1922–1991), Serbian poet of Romanian descent