List of Famous people born in Nikšić Municipality, Montenegro

Milo Đukanović is a Montenegrin politician serving as the President of Montenegro since 2018, previously serving the role from 1998 to 2002. He also served as the Prime Minister of Montenegro and is the long-term president of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, originally the Montenegrin branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which governed Montenegro alone or in a coalition from the introduction of multi-party politics in the early 1990s until its defeat in the 2020 parliamentary election.

Zdravko Krivokapić is a Montenegrin mechanical engineering professor, writer, and politician serving as the Prime Minister of Montenegro since 4 December 2020. In addition to his professorship at the Universities of Montenegro and East Sarajevo, he is one of the founders of the non-governmental organization called "We won't give up Montenegro", which was founded by Montenegrin professors and intellectuals in support of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro after a controversial religion law targeted the legal status and the property of the Church. His political views and public appearances are generally defined as moderate right, anti-corruption, Christian democratic, pro-European, and economically liberal, as well as pro-church, supportive of ethnic Serb interests, and culturally conservative.

Željko Petrović is a retired Montenegrin footballer and current head coach at Eredivisie club Willem II. He represented the FR Yugoslavia national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Mirko Vučinić is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Petar Škuletić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club Montpellier.

Miljan Radović is a retired Montenegrin footballer who last played for Pelita Bandung Raya in the Indonesia Super League. He is famous because of his accurate set pieces that often led to beautiful goals. He is also nicknamed 'The Professor' because of average well-timed and smart passes and also his entertaining skills.

Žarko Varajić was a Serbian professional basketball player and executive. He represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally.

Mirko Kovač was a Yugoslav writer. In his rich career he wrote novels, short stories, essays, film scripts, TV and radio plays. Among his best known works are the novels "Gubilište", "Životopis Malvine Trifković", "Vrata od utrobe", "Grad u zrcalu", the short story collection "Ruže za Nives Koen", the book of essays "Europska trulež" and the scripts for some of the most successful films of Yugoslav cinema like Lisice (1969), Playing Soldiers and Occupation in 26 Pictures among others. He was one quarter of the infamous Belgrade quartet, the other three being Danilo Kiš, Borislav Pekić and Filip David.

Petar Banićević was a Serbian actor.

Darko Bulatović is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a left back for Montenegrin club Sutjeska Nikšić.