List of Famous people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Miraj Grbić
Miraj Grbić is a Bosnian-American film, television and theater actor.
Danis Tanović
Danis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won him many awards, including an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film among many others.
Sejad Halilović
Sejad Halilović is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played for several clubs throughout Europe, including Dinamo Zagreb, Real Valladolid and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Abdulah Sidran
Abdulah Sidran, often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname Avdo, is a Bosnian poet and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the poetry book Sarajevski Tabut and the scripts for When Father Was Away on Business and Do You Remember Dolly Bell?.
Nele Karajlić
Nenad Janković, known as Dr Nele Karajlić, is a Bosnian Serb comedian, musician, composer, actor and television director living and working in Belgrade, Serbia. One of the founders of the New Primitivism cultural movement in his homeown of Sarajevo, he was also the lead singer and co-author for one of former Yugoslavia's best known bands, Zabranjeno Pušenje. He co-created and participated in TV shows Top lista nadrealista and Složna braća. During the Bosnian War Nele moved to Belgrade where he formed one of two descendant factions of Zabranjeno Pušenje. That splinter of the band was joined by filmmaker Emir Kusturica, and renamed it The No Smoking Orchestra.
Franjo Komarica
Franjo Komarica is a Bosnian prelate of the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Banja Luka and president of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Vladimir Pištalo
Vladimir Pištalo is a Serbian American writer, most notably winning the NIN Award for novel of the year in 2008.
Branko Đurić
Branko Đurić also known by his nickname Đuro, is a Bosnian actor, comedian, film director and musician, who lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Boro Stjepanović
Borislav "Boro" Stjepanović is a Bosnian film, theater and television actor.
Dino Merlin
Edin Dervišhalidović, known professionally as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.