Visual artists Architects •
Atanasije Nikolić (1803–1882) •
Emilijan Josimović (1823–1897) •
Nikola Djordjević (the 19th century) •
Aleksandar Bugarski (1835–1891) •
Svetozar Ivačković (1844–1924), post-
Romantic architect •
Konstantin Jovanović (1849–1923), architect who designed National assemblies of
Serbia and
Bulgaria and
National Bank of Serbia •
Milan Antonović (1850–1929) •
Milica Krstić Čolak-Antić (1887–1964), one of the most important female architects during the first half of the twenty-first century. •
Vladimir Nikolić (1857–1922) •
Andra Stevanović (1859–1929) •
Dimitrije T. Leko (1864–1914), Serbian architect and
urbanist •
Nikola Nestorović (1868–1957) •
Danilo Vladisavljević (1871–1923) •
Momčilo Tapavica (1872–1949), designer of
Novi Sad's
Matica Srpska building; also 1st Serb to win an Olympic medal at 1st modern Olympic Games (Athens, Greece, 1896) •
Petar Popović (1873–1945) •
Petar Bajalović (1876–1947) •
Branko Tanazević (1876–1945) •
Jelisaveta Načić (1876–1955), pioneer in women's architecture in Serbia •
Đura Bajalović (1879–1949) •
Momir Korunović (1883–1969) •
Dragiša Brašovan (1887–1965), modernist architect, leading architect of the early 20th century in
Yugoslavia •
Jovanka Bončić-Katerinić (1887–1966), architect, 1st woman engineer in Germany •
Milan Minić (architect) (1889–1961, architect •
Aleksandar Deroko (1894–1988), architect, artist, professor and author •
Nikola Dobrović (1897–1967) •
Milan Zloković (1898–1965), architect, founder of the
Group of Architects of Modern Expressions. •
Branislav Kojić (1899–1986) •
Mihailo Janković (1911–1976), architect who designed several important structures in Serbia •
Milica Šterić (1914–1998), architect for Energoprojekt, built post World War 2 power plants •
Alexis Josic (1921–2011), French architect •
Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010), architect,
urbanist and
essayist, designed
monumental concrete sculpture in Jasenovac •
Ivan Antić (1923–2005), architect and academic, considered one of the
former Yugoslavia's best post-World War 2 architects •
Ilija Arnautović (1924–2009),
Yugoslav and Serbian architect, known for his projects during the period of Serbian and Slovenian socialism (1960–1980) •
Ivanka Raspopović (1930–2015), Serbian architect •
Predrag Ristić (1931–2019), Serbian architect •
Ranko Radović (1935–2005) •
Aleksandar Đokić (1936–2002), architect known for
Brutalist and
postmodernist styles •
Zoran Bojović (1936–2018), architect for Energoprojekt, worked in Africa •
Zoran Manević (1937–2019), prominent Serbian architecture historian •
Ljiljana Bakić (1939–2022), Serbian architect •
Jovan Prokopljević (born 1940) •
Louis and Dennis Astorino (born 1948), American architects of Serbian origin, Louis was the 1st American architect to design a building in the
Vatican •
Ksenija Bulatović (born 1967), architect •
Maja Vidaković Lalić (born 1972), architect •
Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), architect and academic
Sculptors •
Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910), recognized as the first sculptor of modern Serbia •
Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), won prizes at the World Exhibitions in Paris 1889 and 1900 for the works "Gusle" and "Kosovo Monument" •
Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor and academic, highly regarded for his bronzes and fountains (
Čukur Fountain), frequently cited as one of the most important figures in Yugoslavian sculpture. •
Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945) •
Vukosava Velimirović (1888–1965) •
Iva Despić-Simonović (1891–1961) •
Risto Stijović (1894–1974), sculptor, author of Monument to Franchet d'Esperey in Belgrade •
Sreten Stojanović (1898–1960) •
John David Brcin (1899–1983), Serbian American sculptor •
Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908–1974) •
Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), Yugoslav sculptor •
Bogosav Živković (1920–2005) •
Jovan Soldatović (1920–2005) •
Dragiša Stanisavljević (1921–2012) •
Olga Jevrić (1922–2014), awarded sculptor •
Matija Vuković (1925–1985) •
Dušan Džamonja (1928–2009), sculptor •
Miodrag Živković (1928–2020) •
Slavomir Miletić (born 1930) •
Nebojša Mitrić (1931–1989) •
Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), former professor at Faculty of Applied Arts •
Drinka Radovanović (born 1943), sculptor of many monuments to national heroes •
Slobodan Pejić (1944–2006) •
Lilly Otasevic (born 1969), Serbian born Canadian sculptor/designer •
Mihailo Stošović (born 1971)
Painters, cartoonists, illustrators •
Lovro Dobričević of
Kotor (c. 1420 – 1478), Venetian painter who first started to paint at the Serbian Orthodox
Savina Monastery, Montenegro, in the mid-15th century. •
Đorđe Mitrofanović (c. 1550 – 1630), Serbian fresco painter and muralist who travelled and worked throughout the Balkans and the
Levant. •
Joakim Marković (c. 1685 – 1757) •
Hristofor Žefarović (1710–1753) •
Teodor Stefanov Gologlavac (18th century) •
Janko Halkozović (18th century) •
Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781) •
Jakov Orfelin, (early 18th century–1803) •
Vasa Ostojić, (1730–1791) •
Teodor Kračun (1730–1781) •
Dimitrije Bačević (1735–1770) •
Nikola Nešković (1740–1789) •
Lazar Serdanović, (1744–1799) •
Simeon Lazović (c. 1745 – 1817) •
Teodor Ilić Češljar (1746–1793) •
Stefan Gavrilović (c. 1750 – 1823) •
Jovan Pačić (1771–1849) •
Pavel Đurković (1772–1830) •
Aleksije Lazović (1774–1873) •
Petar Nikolajević Moler (1775–1816), revolutionary and painter •
Georgije Bakalović (1786–1843), Serbian painter •
Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), painter and portraitist of the 19th century •
Grigorije Davidović-Obšić, (18th century) •
Uroš Knežević (1811–1876) •
Katarina Ivanović and is also considered the first
interior designer in Serbia. •
Jovan Pešić (1866–1936) •
Beta Vukanović (1872–1972) •
Rista Vukanović (1873–1918) •
Nadežda Petrović • Draginja Vlasic (1928–2011), painter •
Radomir Stević Ras (1931–1982) •
Olja Ivanjicki (1931–2009), contemporary artist in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting. •
Predrag Koraksić Corax (born 1933), political caricaturist •
Ljuba Popović (1934–2016) •
Milić od Mačve (1934–2000) •
Vladislav Lalicki (1935–2008) •
Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957) •
Vladimir Veličković (1935–2019) •
Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan (born 1935) •
Bratsa Bonifacho (born 1937) •
Djordje Prudnikov (1939–2017) •
Dušan Otašević (born 1940) •
Stevan Knežević (1940–1995) •
Dušan Petričić (born 1946), illustrator and caricaturist (
Toronto Star,
New York Times) •
Dragan Malešević Tapi (1949–2002) •
Jugoslav Vlahović (born 1949), illustrator, known for many Yugoslav album covers •
Relja Penezic (born 1950) •
Branislav Kerac (born 1952), comics artist, he created
Cat Claw •
Rastko Ćirić (born 1955) •
Gradimir Smudja (born 1956), cartoonist in France and Italy, published acclaimed "Le Cabaret des Muses" •
Mile V. Pajić (born 1958) •
Milica Tomić (born 1960) •
Zoran Janjetov (born 1961), comics artist, worked with
Alejandro Jodorowsky •
Slobodan Peladić (1962–2019) •
Aleksandar Zograf (born 1963), cartoonist •
Uroš Đurić (born 1964) •
Gradimir Smudja (born 1965) •
Petar Meseldžija (born 1965) •
Jasmina Đokić (born 1970) •
Viktor Mitic (born 1970) •
Irena Kazazić (born 1972), Slovenian painter of Serbian origin •
Aleksa Gajić (born 1974), comics artist
Performance artists •
Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist •
Ana Prvacki (born 1976), performance and installation artist
Photographers •
Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), first professional photographer of Serbia •
Branibor Debeljković) (1916–2003), the first photographer member of ULUS (Serbian Association of Artists) •
Stevan Kragujević (1922–2002), photojournalist and art photographer •
Boris Spremo (1935–2017), Serbian-born Canadian award-winning photojournalist, member of the
Order of Canada •
Dragan Tanasijević (born 1959), portrait photographer •
Željko Jovanović (born 1961), press photographer •
Srdjan Ilic (born 1966), award-winning press photographer •
Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich) (born 1969), Serbian-born American documentary photographer •
Goran Tomasevic (born 1969), award-winning press photographer for
Reuters •
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Paja Jovanović remains one of Serbia's most acclaimed painters. NaPetrovic.jpg|
Nadežda Petrović was a noted painter and photography pioneer. Momir korunovic.jpg|
Momir Korunović was the leading architect of unique
Serbo-Byzantine Revival architectural school. Young Petar Lubarda.jpg|
Petar Lubarda was an internationally acclaimed painter. Vojin Bakić.jpg|
Vojin Bakić was a prominent sculptor in Yugoslavia. Marina Abramović - The Artist Is Present - Viennale 2012 (cropped).jpg|
Marina Abramović is dubbed the "Godmother of performance art".
Musicians Composers •
Kir Joakim (14th and early 15th century) •
Kir Stefan the Serb (14th and early 15th century) •
Nikola the Serb (14th and early 15th century) •
Isaiah the Serb (14th and early 15th century) •
Pajsije (1542–1647), the Serbian Patriarch from 1614 to 1647, he also composed chants •
Josip Runjanin, (1821–1878), Croatian and Serbian composer, ethnic Serb. •
Kornelije Stanković •
Vojna Nešić (born 1947) •
Vladimir Tošić (born 1949) •
Zoran Erić (born 1950) •
Goran Bregović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Bosnian composer •
Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955) •
Miloš Raičković (born 1956) •
Vladimir Graić (born 1967) •
Isidora Žebeljan (1967–2020) •
Ana Sokolovic (born 1968), Serbian born Canadian music composer •
Aleksandra Vrebalov (born 1970), Serbian – American composer •
Aleksandar Kobac (born 1971) •
Kornelije Kovač (born 1942) •
Aleksandra Kovač (born 1972) •
Kristina Kovač (born 1974) •
Jasna Veličković (born 1974) •
Đuro Živković (born 1975)
Opera singers •
Miroslav Čangalović (1921–1999) •
Radmila Bakočević (born 1933), spinto soprano •
Olivera Miljaković (born 1934) •
Milka Stojanović (1937–2023), soprano,
prima donna at the
Belgrade National Opera for decades, appearing internationally in East and West •
Radmila Smiljanić (born 1940), classical soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1965. She is particularly known for her portrayals of heroines from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini. •
Oliver Njego (born 1959), baritone, student of Bakočević, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming a prominent opera singer. •
Dragana Jugović del Monaco (born 1963) •
Laura Pavlović, lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad. •
Milena Kitic (born 1968), Serbian-born American mezzo-soprano •
Željko Lučić (born 1968), Serbian
operatic
baritone •
Suzana Šuvaković Savić (1969–2016) •
Jelena Bodražić (born 1971) •
Nikola Mijailović (born 1973), baritone •
David Bižić (born 1975), baritone •
Milo Miloradovich (1887–1972), soprano opera singer, cookbook author, and investment fund councillor
Music performers •
Filip Višnjić (1767–1834),
guslar •
Brian Linehan (1944–2004), host-producer of TV's
City Lights •
Bora Dugić (born 1945), flautist •
Alex Lifeson (born Aleksandar Živojinović, 1953), Guitarist for the legendary rock band
Rush •
Lene Lovich (born 1949), New Wave singer-songwriter, musician •
Raša Đelmaš (born 1950), rock drummer •
Philippe Đokić (born 1950), professor of violin at Dalhousie University •
Radomir Mihailović Točak (born 1950), rock, jazz, blues guitarist •
Laza Ristovski (1956–2007), rock/jazz keyboard player •
Miroslav Tadić (born 1956),
classical guitarist •
Milan Mladenović (1958–1994), singer, guitar player •
Uroš Dojčinović (born 1959), guitarist •
Dragomir Mihajlović (born 1960), guitarist •
Zoran Lesandrić (born 1961), rock musician •
Boban Marković (born 1964), acclaimed brass ensemble leader (Boban Marković Orchestra), won "Best Orchestra" at 40th Guča Sabor (2000) •
Bojan Zulfikarpašić (born 1968), pianist •
Mike Dimkich (born 1968), Punk guitarist (The Cult & Bad Religion) •
Marija Bubanj (born 1968), violinist, violist, and music instructor •
Marina Arsenijevic (born 1970), concert pianist and composer •
Marija Gluvakov (born 1973) •
Ana Popović (born 1976), blues guitarist •
Stefan Milenković (born 1977),
violin player •
Slobodan Trkulja (born 1977),
multi-instrumentalist •
Kornelije Kovač (born 1978), rock keyboard player and composer •
Miloš Mihajlović (born 1978) •
Milaan (born 1979), accordionist •
Jasna Popovic (born 1979), pianist •
Denise Djokic (born 1980), Canadian cellist •
Maja Bogdanović (born 1982), cellist •
Ivy Jenkins (born Ivana Vujic, 1983), metal bass player, fashion designer •
Nemanja Radulović (born 1985), violinist •
Jelena Mihailović (born 1987), cellist •
Marija Šestić (born 1987) •
Dejan Bogdanović •
Tatjana Olujić •
Đorđe Stijepović (born 1977),
double bass player and composer
Singers •
Nada Mamula (1927–2001), traditional folk singer •
Đorđe Marjanović (1931–2021) •
Bora Spužić Kvaka (1934–2002), singer •
Lola Novaković (1935–2016), pop singer •
Predrag Živković Tozovac (1936–2021) •
Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), chanson singer •
Toma Zdravković (1938–1991) •
Lepi Mića (born 1959), singer •
Ana Bekuta (born 1959) •
Snežana Đurišić (born 1959) •
Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" (born 1960), rock musician, member of
Bajaga i Instruktori •
Bebi Dol (born 1962), pop, rock and jazz singer-songwriter •
Nele Karajlić (born 1962), rock musician, member of
Zabranjeno Pušenje •
Baja Mali Knindža (born 1966), singer •
Aca Lukas (born 1968),
pop-folk musician •
Dragana Mirković (born 1968), pop-folk singer •
Divna Ljubojević (born 1970), singer •
Svetlana Spajić (born 1971), world music singer-songwriter •
Aleksandra Kovač (born 1972), pop and R&B singer-songwriter, member of
K2 •
Željko Joksimović (born 1972), pop singer, 2nd place at
Eurovision 2004, and 3rd place at
Eurovision 2012 •
Aco Pejović (born 1972) •
Ceca (born 1973), pop-folk singer •
Dalibor Andonov Gru (1973–2019), rapper •
Aleksandra Radović (born 1974), pop and R&B singer •
Viki Miljković (born 1974) •
Goca Tržan (born 1974), Europop singer, member of
Tap 011 •
Kristina Kovač (born 1974), pop and R&B singer-songwriter, member of K2 •
Vlado Georgiev (born 1976), pop-rock musician •
Jelena Karleuša (born 1978), pop singer •
Konstrakta (born 1978), alternative-pop singer and songwriter •
Nataša Bekvalac (born 1980), pop singer •
Saša Matić (born 1978), pop-folk musician •
Seka Aleksić (born 1981), pop-folk singer •
Marija Šerifović (born 1984), pop singer, winner of the
Eurovision 2007 •
Bojana Vunturišević (born 1985), singer-songwriter •
Milan Stanković (born 1987), pop singer •
Stefan Đurić Rasta (born 1989), rapper •
Teya Dora (born 1992), pop singer •
Danica Crnogorčević (born 1993), religious songs singer •
Barbara Pravi (born 1993), French singer Mokranjac by Uroš Predić.jpg|Composer and educator
Stevan Mokranjac is considered the "father of Serbian music." Stevan Hristić.jpg|
Stevan Hristić was a noted Serbian and Yugoslav composer. Toma Zdravković.jpg|
Toma Zdravković remains an iconic folk singer and bohemian figure. Zdravko Čolić in Požarevac.jpg|
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Đorđe Balašević was a notable Serbian singer-songwriter.
Performing artists Actors •
Toša Jovanović (1845–1893) •
Milorad Petrović (1865–1928) •
Dobrica Milutinović (1880–1956) •
Žanka Stokić Academy award-winning actor •
John Vivyan (1915–1983), born as John R. Vukayan; film, stage and television actor ("
Mr. Lucky", a popular
CBS adventure series), also a highly decorated veteran •
Brad Dexter (1917–2002), actor in Hollywood classics •
Rade Marković (1921–2010) •
Michel Auclair (1922–1988) •
Olga Spiridonović (1923–1994) •
Mija Aleksić (1923–1995) •
Mira Stupica (1923–2016) •
Mihajlo Bata Paskaljević (1923–2004) •
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja •
Đoko Rosić (1932–2014) •
Dragomir Gidra Bojanić (1933–1993) •
Velimir Bata Živojinović (1933–2016) •
Jelena Žigon (1933–2018) •
Predrag Milinković (1933–1998) •
Dragomir Bojanić (1933–1993) •
Danilo Stojković Italian actress, best known for her role in
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly •
Ivan Rassimov (1938–2003) •
Vera Čukić (born 1938) •
Mihailo Janketić (1938–2019) •
Zoran Bečić (1939–2006) •
Miloš Žutić (1939–1993) •
Gojko Mitić (born 1940) •
Olivera Katarina (born 1940) •
Milena Dravić (1940–2018) •
Neda Spasojević (1941–1981) •
Petar Kralj (1941–2011) •
Vladan Živković (born 1941) •
Mel Novak (born 1942) •
Seka Sablić (born 1942) •
Beba Lončar (born 1943), Serbian-Italian film actress •
Dragan Nikolić (1943–2016) •
Snežana Nikšić (born 1943) •
Dušica Žegarac (1944–2019) •
Boro Stjepanović (born 1946) •
Predrag Ejdus (1947–2018) •
Josif Tatić (1946–2013) •
Marko Nikolić (1946–2019) •
Milan Gutović (born 1946) •
Rade Šerbedžija (born 1946) •
Sasha Montenegro (born 1946) •
Petar Božović (born 1946) •
Branko Cvejić (born 1946) •
Miroljub Lešo (1946–2019) •
Branko Milićević (born 1946) •
Svetlana Bojković (born 1947) •
Stole Aranđelović (1949–2001) •
Vojislav Brajović (born 1949) •
Miodrag Krivokapić (born 1949) •
Dragan Maksimović (1949–2001) •
Miki Manojlović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Serbian actor, star of some of the most important films in Yugoslav cinema, president of the Serbian Film Center since 2009 •
Natalia Nogulich (born 1950), American actress (Performed in
Star Trek: The Next Generation) •
Aleksandar Berček (born 1950) •
Danilo Lazović (1951–2006) •
Lazar Ristovski (born 1952), actor and director •
Gorica Popović (born 1952) •
Predrag Miletić (born 1952) •
Tanja Bošković (born 1953) •
Bogdan Diklić (born 1953) •
Radmila Živković (born 1953) •
Radoš Bajić (born 1953) •
Neda Arnerić (1953–2020) •
Vesna Čipčić (born 1954) •
Jelica Sretenović (born 1954) •
Zlata Petković (1954–2012) •
Ljiljana Blagojević (born 1955) •
Mima Karadžić (born 1955) •
Milenko Zablaćanski (1955–2008) •
Branislav Lečić (born 1955) •
Mirjana Karanović (born 1957) •
Boris Komnenić (1957–2021) •
Olga Odanović (born 1958) •
Zoran Cvijanović (born 1958) •
Radoslav Milenković (born 1958) •
Branimir Brstina (born 1960) •
Tihomir Stanić (born 1960) •
Žarko Laušević (born 1960) •
Svetislav Goncić (born 1960) •
Lolita Davidovich (born 1961), American actress,
True Detective •
Catharine Oxenberg (born 1961), American TV actress (Serbian mother Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia) •
Sonja Savić (1961–2008) •
Milorad Mandić (1961–2016) •
Dubravko Jovanović (born 1961) •
Predrag Bjelac (born 1962) •
Slavko Labović (born 1962) •
Dragoljub Ljubičić (born 1962) •
Anica Dobra (born 1963), Serbian actress, who won
Bavarian Film Awards "Best Young Actress" for
Rosamunde, cast in German
Love Scenes from Planet Earth •
Dragan Bjelogrlić (born 1963) •
Branka Pujić (born 1963) •
Srđan Žika Todorović (born 1965) •
Slobodan Ninković (born 1965) •
Dragan Jovanović (born 1965) •
Marko Todorović (born 1965) •
Vesna Trivalić (born 1965) •
Dejan Čukić (born 1966) •
Nikola Pejaković (born 1966) •
Boris Isaković (born 1966) •
Jasna Đuričić (born 1966) •
Nikola Kojo (born 1967) •
Mirjana Joković (born 1967) •
Anita Mančić (born 1968) •
Dubravka Mijatović (born 1968) •
Nebojša Glogovac (1969–2018) •
Dragan Mićanović (born 1970) •
Branka Katić (born 1970) •
Goran Kostić (born 1971) •
Vojin Ćetković (born 1971) •
Boris Milivojević (born 1971) •
Nenad Jezdić (born 1972) •
Nataša Ninković (born 1972) •
Katarina Žutić (born 1972) •
Sergej Trifunović (born 1972) •
Vjera Mujović (born 1972) •
Sasha Alexander (born 1973), Hollywood actress (''Dawson's Creek
, Rizzoli and Isles''), daughter-in-law of Sophia Loren •
Adrienne Janic (born 1974) •
Nikola Đuričko (born 1974) •
Miloš Samolov (born 1974) •
Miloš Timotijević (born 1975) •
Milla Jovovich (born 1975) •
Nataša Tapušković (born 1975) •
Ben Mulroney (born 1976) •
Ljubomir Bandović (born 1976) •
Ursula Yovich (born 1977), Australian actress of Serbian-Aboriginal origin •
Gordan Kičić (born 1977) •
Branislav Trifunović (born 1978) •
Andrija Milošević (born 1978) •
Marinko Madžgalj (1978–2016) •
Stefan Kapičić (born 1978) •
Stana Katić (born 1978), Canadian born Hollywood actress, featured in TV series
Castle •
Vuk Kostić (born 1979) •
Ivan Bosiljčić (born 1979) •
Branko Tomović (born 1980) •
Sonja Kolačarić (born 1980) •
Sarah Sokolovic (born 1980) •
Sloboda Mićalović (born 1981) •
Bojana Novakovic (born 1981) •
Marija Karan (born 1982) •
Holly Valance (born 1983), Australian actress and singer, Serbian father •
Petar Benčina (born 1984), actor •
Danica Curcic (born 1985), Danish actress, Serbian parentage •
Nataša Petrović (born 1988) •
Miloš Biković (born 1988) •
Nataša Petrović (born 1988) •
Jelisaveta Orašanin (born 1988) •
Tamara Dragičević (born 1989) •
Mirka Vasiljević (born 1992) •
Nataša Stanković (born 1992), Bollywood Actress, Dancer and Model •
Olympia Valance (born 1993), Australian actress and model, Serbian father
Film/TV directors and screenwriters •
Svetozar Botorić (1857–1916), owner of Serbia's first movie theatre, the Paris Cinema •
Slavko Vorkapić (1894–1976), director and editor •
Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008) •
Aleksandar Petrović (1929–1994),
film director (born 1969) •
Srdan Golubović (born 1972), director •
Vladimir Perišić (born 1976), director •
Stefan Arsenijević (born 1977), director, Golden Bear winner at the Berlin International Film Festival •
Michael Jelenic (born 1977) •
Mila Turajlić (born 1979), documentary filmmaker •
Boris Malagurski (born 1988), documentary filmmaker •
Dušan Lazarević Designers •
Zoran Ladicorbic (born 1947), Serbian-born American fashion designer •
Verica Rakocević (born 1948), fashion designer •
Miljen Kljaković (born 1950), award-winning production designer •
Sacha Lakic (born 1964), Serbian-born French automotive and furniture designer •
Konstantin Grcic (born 1965), industrial designer •
Jelena Behrend (born 1968), Serbian-born American jewelry designer •
Marek Djordjevic (born 1969), automobile designer •
Marijana Matthäus (born 1971), Serbian fashion designer •
Elena Karaman Karić (born 1971), interior designer, furniture designer •
Aleksandar Protić (born 1973), fashion designer •
Ana Šekularac (born 1974), British fashion designer of Serbian descent •
Boris Nikolić (1974–2008), fashion designer •
Roksanda Ilincic (born 1975), Serbian-born British fashion designer •
Zvonko Marković (born 1975), fashion designer •
Gorjana Reidel (born 1978), Serbian-born American jewelry designer •
Ivana Sert (born 1979), swimsuit designer, television presenter, model •
Bojana Sentaler, Serbian-born Canadian fashion designer •
Bata Spasojević, fashion designer •
Ines Janković (born 1983), fashion designer •
Ana Kras (born 1984), Serbian-born American fashion and furniture designer, photographer •
Ana Ljubinković (born 1985), fashion designer •
George Styler, Serbian-born American fashion designer •
Rushka Bergman, Serbian-born American fashion stylist and editor •
Jovan Jelovac, founder and director of
Belgrade Design Week •
Ivana Pilja, fashion designer •
Ana Rajcevic, fashion artist •
Aleksandra Lalić, fashion designer •
Evica Milovanov-Penezic, glove designer
Models •
Zlata Petković (1954–2012) •
Aleksandra Melnichenko (born 1977), Serbian model and pop group member, wife of
Andrey Melnichenko •
Nataša Vojnović (born 1979), Serbian fashion model •
Maja Latinović (born 1980), Serbian fashion model •
Dragana Atlija (born 1983), model and actress •
Sanja Papić (born 1984), Miss Serbia and Montenegro at the Miss Universe 2002 •
Sara Brajovic (born 1985) French fashion model •
Tijana Arnautović (born 1986), Miss World Canada •
Vedrana Grbović (born 1987), model and beauty pageant winner •
Danijela Dimitrovska (born 1987), Serbian fashion model •
Georgina Stojiljković (born 1988), Serbian fashion model •
Olya Ivanisevic (born 1988), Serbian fashion model •
Aleksandra Nikolić (born 1990), Serbian fashion model •
Mila Miletic (born 1991), Serbian fashion model •
Sofija Milošević (born 1991), Serbian fashion model •
Andreja Pejic (born 1991), Australian fashion model •
Veruska Ljubisavljević (born 1991), Miss Venezuela 2018 •
Anđelka Tomašević (born 1993), model and beauty pageant winner •
Sara Mitić (born 1995), model and beauty pageant winner
Dancers and choreographers •
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1898–1985), granddaughter of
Marko Miljanov and wife of
Frank Lloyd Wright •
Nick Kosovich (1909–1947), ballroom dancer and actor •
George Zoritch (1917–2009), Russian dancer and teacher of Serbian antecedents •
Milorad Mišković (1928–2013),
ballet dancer and choreographer, honorary president of UNESCO International Dance Council •
Jelena Tinska (born 1953), actress and ballerina •
Mia Čolak-Slavenska,
prima ballerina Karl Malden - autographed.jpg|
Karl Malden (born: Mladen Sekulović) won an
Academy-Award and a number of other awards. Pavle Vuisić.jpg|
Pavle Vuisić is one of the most recognizable faces of Yugoslav cinema. Velimir Bata Živojinović 1.jpg|
Bata Živojinović acted in more than 340 films and TV series, and is regarded as one of the best actors in former Yugoslavia. Milena Dravić in 1969.jpg|
Milena Dravić was a well-known actress who won the
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Miki Manojlović (cropped).jpg|
Miki Manojlović starred in many European films. Emir kusturica 72 9643.jpg|
Emir Kusturica won
Palme d'Or twice.
Literature Writers •
Buća, noble family, originating in
Kotor during the Middle Ages. Some of their antecedents were writers and poets. •
Miroslav of Hum, 12th-century Great Prince (Велики Жупан) of
Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the medieval Serbian Principality (Rascia) covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia. • Anonymous author of the
Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a 12th-century literary work, preserved in its Latin version only, has all the indication that it was written in Old Slavic, or, at least, that a portion of the material included in it existed previously in the Slavic language. •
Stefan Nemanja (1113–1199), issued an edict called the "
Hilandar Charter" for the newly established Serbian monastery at
Mount Athos. •
Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), writer, historian, traveler, and pedagogue, who wrote the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs (1898–1949) •
Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947) •
Jovan Popović (1905–1952) •
Vladan Desnica (1905–1967) •
Meša Selimović (1911–1966) •
Mihailo Lalić (1914–1992) •
Branko Ćopić (born 1944) •
Pero Zubac (born 1945) •
Raša Papeš (born 1947) •
Dragomir Brajković (1947–2009) •
Jovan Zivlak (born 1947) •
Zoran Živković (born 1948) •
Dušan Kovačević (born 1948) •
Novica Tadić (1949–2011) •
Zoran Spasojević (born 1949) •
Radosav Stojanović (born 1950) •
Svetislav Basara (born 1953) •
Biljana Jovanović (1953–1996) •
Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) •
Siniša Kovačević (born 1954) •
Radoslav Pavlović (born 1954) •
Vladislav Bajac (born 1954) •
Nenad Prokić (born 1954) •
Dejan Stojanović (born 1959) •
Prvoslav Vujčić (born 1960) •
Goran Petrović (born 1961) •
Vladan Matijević (born 1962) •
Dragomir Dujmov (born 1963) •
Slobodan Savić (born 1964) •
Aleksandar Gatalica (born 1964) •
Uroš Petrović (born 1967) •
Zoran Stefanović (born 1969) •
Branislava Ilić (born 1970) •
Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970) •
Vesna Perić (born 1972) •
Aleksandar Novaković (born 1975) •
Srđan Srdić (born 1977) •
Saša Stanišić (born 1978), Bosnian-German writer, Serbian Father •
Barbi Marković (born 1980) •
Olivia Sudjic (born 1988), British fiction writer, Serbian father
Poets •
Paskoje Primojević (fl. 1482–1527) was a poet and Serbian scribe in the
Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik during the time of the
Republic of Ragusa. •
Dimitrije Karaman, born in
Lipova, Arad, in the early 1500s, was an early Serbian poet and bard. •
Ludovico Pasquali (Ljudevit Pašković) was an Italian poet and Venetian soldier of Serbian origin, though Roman Catholic by faith, who lived in the early and mid-1500s. •
Hristofor Žefarović (1690–1753), Serbian poet who died in
Imperial Russia spreading the Pan-Slav culture. •
Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1709–1766), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro, wrote patriotic poetry and the first history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754 •
Jovan Avakumović (1748–1810), known as a representative of the Serbian folk poetry of the 18th century, though he only wrote a few poems which were part of handwritten poem books. •
Pavle Solarić (1779–1821) was Obradović's disciple who wrote poetry and the first book on geography in the vernacular. •
Aleksije Vezilić (1753–1792) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the Teutonic vision of the Enlightenment to the Serbs. •
Avram Miletić (1755 – after 1826) was a merchant and writer of epic folk sings. •
Mato Vodopić (1816–1893) was a Serb-Catholic Bishop of
Dubrovnik and poet, Romanticism •
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), Romanticism •
Mileta Jakšić (1863–1935), Realism to Moderna •
Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924), Realism to Moderna •
Jovan Dučić (1871–1943), Moderna (1938–2023) •
Matija Bećković (born 1939) •
Ljubivoje Ršumović (born 1939)
Journalists •
Mihailo Polit-Desančić (1833–1920) •
Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897) •
Maga Magazinović (1882–1968),
Serbia's 1st female journalist and women's rights activist •
Milorad Sokolović (born 1922), sports journalist •
Vasilije Stojković (1923–2008), sports journalist •
Zaharije Trnavčević (1926–2016) •
Ranko Munitić (1934–2009), film critic •
Gordana Suša (1946–2021), television journalist and columnist •
Milorad Vučelić (born 1948) •
Stojan Cerović (1949–2005), writer for the magazine
Vreme •
Miroslav Lazanski (1950–2021), journalist, military analyst, politician, and diplomat •
Walt Bogdanich (born 1950), American
investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the
Pulitzer Prize. •
Milan Pantić (1954–2001) •
Saša Marković Mikrob (1959–2010) •
Ljiljana Aranđelović (born 1963), news paper editor •
Dejan Ristanović (born 1963) •
Dada Vujasinović (1964–1994), columnist •
Brankica Stanković (born 1975), Serbian investigative journalist •
Zoran Kesić (born 1976), TV presenter and talk-show host •
Vukša Veličković (born 1979), British cultural critic of Serbian descent •
Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov (born 1961), television journalist •
Jasmina Karanac (born 1967), television journalist •
Dubravka Lakić, film critic •
Jelena Adzic, Serbian-born Canadian
CBC journalist and on-air personality •
Saša Petricic, Canadian award-winning
CBC journalist •
Anka Radakovich, American magazine columnist •
Tijana Ibrahimovic, Serbian-born American fashion journalist
Editors and publishers •
Andrija Paltašić (1440–1500), early printer and publisher of Serb books. •
Bonino De Boninis (1454–1528), early printer and publisher in
Dubrovnik. •
Božidar Vuković (1460–1530) and later his son,
Vićenco Vuković, ran his father's print shop in
Venice, from 1519 until 1561, with partners
Stefan Marinović,
Jerolim Zagurović,
Jakov of Kamena Reka and others. The best known presses were established in 1519 in
Goražde; at the Monastery of Rujno in the village of
Bioska, near
Užice; at
Gračanica monastery in
Kosovo; and at
Mileševa monastery, near
Prijepolje. In 1597 the Vuković press passed into the hands of Giorgio Rampazetto, who printed two important books—the Collection of Trvelers and the earliest Serbian primer. •
Hieromonk Makarije (1465 – c. 1530) is the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing, having printed the first book in the Serbian language in Obod (Crnagora) in 1493, and the first book in
Wallachia. He also wrote extensively. •
Hieromonk Pahomije (c. 1480 – 1544) learned the skills of the printing trade from Hieromonk Makarije at the
Crnojević printing house. •
Božidar Goraždanin founded the
Goražde printing house in the 1520s. •
Luka Radovanović (15th century), was a 15th-century Serb Catholic priest from
Ragusa who owned a small printing press, one of the earliest at the time. •
Đurađ Crnojević (fl. 1490–1496), first printed the
Oktoih at
Cetinje in 1495. •
Trojan Gundulić (c. 1500 – c. 1555), is remembered for printing the first book in
Belgrade in 1552, "The Four Gospels". •
Hieromonk Mardarije (fl. 1550–1568) used to print his books at
Mrkšina crkva printing house before the Ottomans destroyed it. •
Jerolim Zagurović (c. 1550 – 1580), was a Catholic-
Serb printer from Kotor. •
Vićenco Vuković (fl. 1560–1571), was one of the major printers of 16th century Serbia, like his father before him. •
Stefan Marinović (fl. 1561–1563), was a Serb printer from
Scutari during the time of Vićenco Vuković, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others. The longest-lived printing in the Balkans was done at Scutari, where Stefan Skadranin worked between 1563 and 1580. When his press stopped, because of continued Turkish authority over the region, Serbian printing left the Balkans. Later, Serbian books were printed in Venice, Leipzig, Vienna, and Trieste. •
Mojsije Dečanac (fl. 1536–40) is remembered for printing
Praznićni minej (Holiday Menaion) of
Božidar Vuković in Venice in 1538. • Hieromonk Genadije was another printer who worked alongside hieromonk Teodosije at
Mileševa monastery and later in
Venice with hierodeacon Mojsije and hieromonk Teodosije. •
Luka Primojević (16th century), is another early printer of the 16th century from
Ragusa to use
Church Slavonic,
Cyrillic type. •
Stefan Vujanovski (1743–1829) •
Gligorije Vozarević (1790–1848) •
Vasa Pelagić (1833–1800), publisher, socialist •
Dimitrije Ruvarac (1842–1931) •
Vladislav F. Ribnikar (1871–1914) •
Darko F. Ribnikar (1878–1914) •
Stijepo Kobasica (1882–1944) •
Velibor Gligorić (1899–1977), literary critic, editor, and writer •
Danilo Gregorić (1900–1957), news paper editor •
Drenka Willen, Serbian-American award-winning
editor, formerly with
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. Translators •
Okica Gluščević (1856–1898) •
Dimitrije Vladisavljević (1788–1858) is a Serbian grammarian, translator and writer. Petar II Petrovic-Njegos.jpg|
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš is the
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Jovan Sterija Popović is regarded as one of the best comic playwrights in
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Realist Borisav Stanković wrote several works which have been described as masterpieces. Miloš Crnjanski 1914.jpg|
Miloš Crnjanski is a noted modernist writer and poet. S.Kragujevic, Branko Copic.JPG|
Branko Ćopić is today remembered as a favorite writer of children stories and novels about
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Borislav Pekić was a major writer and dramatist of the second half of the 20th century. == Scholars and scientists ==