List of Famous people born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pjer Žalica is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and a professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. His father Miodrag (1926–1992) was a noted dramaturgist and poet who scripted several TV movies.

Haris Silajdžić is a Bosnian politician and academic who served as the 5th Bosniak Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 6 November 2006 until 10 November 2010 and as the 3rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 25 October 1993 to 30 January 1996.

Zlatko Lagumdžija is a Bosnian former politician. He was the President of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 until 2014.

Amra Silajdžić-Džeko is a Bosnian model and actress.

Radovan Karadžić is a Bosnian Serb former politician who served as the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War, and was later convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Hajrudin "Hari" Varešanović is a Bosnian musician. Known for his impassioned lyrical tenor vocals, distinct stage presence and specific brand of poetic lyrics, Varešanović remains the vocal soloist, primary composer and lyricist for the musical group Hari Mata Hari.

Miraj Grbić is a Bosnian-American film, television and theater actor.

Jasmila Žbanić is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for writing and directing award winning Bosnian films Grbavica, On the Path and Quo Vadis, Aida?.

Vladimir Prelog ForMemRS was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born and grew up in Sarajevo. He lived and worked in Prague, Zagreb and Zürich during his lifetime.

Davorin Popović was a Bosnian singer and songwriter. He was well known throughout the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer and frontman of the progressive and pop rock band Indexi throughout most of their career. He and his band "Indexi" became founders of specific music style in former Yugoslavia known as "Sarajevo pop-rock school" who later influenced other bands and singers in Sarajevo and other parts of Yugoslavia.