List of Famous people born in Serbia
Ivan Tasovac
Ivan Tasovac was a Serbian pianist and manager. He served as the director of Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra from 2001 to 2013. He also served as the Minister of Culture and Information in the Government of Serbia from 2013 to 2016 and was elected to the National Assembly of Serbia in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.
John Simon
John Ivan Simon was an American author and literary, theater, and film critic.
Bojan Djordjic
Bojan Djordjic is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Starting off his career with IF Brommapojkarna, he is best remembered for his time with Manchester United, with which he was named the 1999–2000 Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year, and AIK, with which he won the 2009 Allsvenskan and 2009 Svenska Cupen. He represented clubs in Sweden, England, Denmark, Serbia, Scotland, Hungary, and Belgium before retiring with Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League in 2015.
Vanja Marinković
Vanja Marinković is a Serbian professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. Standing at 1.98 m, he plays the shooting guard position.
Milan Gutović
Milan "Lane" Gutović is a Serbian actor, cabaret performer, and television personality. He is best known for his role as Srećko Šojić.
Vladimir Petrović
Vladimir Petrović is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Vladimir Cvijan
Vladimir Cvijan was a Serbian lawyer and politician who served as the member of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2014. He was also a member of the Presidency of the Serbian Progressive Party and before that the legal advisor and General Secretary of the President of Serbia Boris Tadić from 2004 to 2010.
Princess Elizabeth of Serbia
Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia is a member of the House of Karageorgevich, a human rights activist and a former presidential candidate for Serbia. She is also known as Jelisaveta Karađorđević. Yugoslavia abolished its monarchy in 1943 and Yugoslavia has since broken up into numerous Republics.
Predrag Antonijević
Predrag "Gaga" Antonijević is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. In 2021 he was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star.
Svetislav Pešić
Svetislav Pešić, also known by his nickname Kari, is a Serbian professional basketball head coach, most recently for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Pešić is one of the most successful European basketball coaches.