List of Famous people born in Serbia
Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjić is a Serbian professional tennis player who was ranked World No. 1 in 2008 in doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No. 1, after Slobodan Živojinović. While Zimonjić is known as a doubles specialist, he has recorded two big wins in his singles career. A 22-year span consisting of 54 Davis Cup ties including 43 victories has resulted in him becoming the most accomplished Davis Cup player in his nation's history. He has a very powerful first serve that he can hit at up to 235 km/h (146 mph).
Peter I of Serbia
Peter I reigned as the last King of Serbia (1903–1918) and as the first King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1921). Since he was the king of Serbia during a period of great Serbian military success, he was remembered by the Serbian people as King Peter the Liberator, and also known as Old King.
Slobodan Rajković
Slobodan Rajković is a Serbian footballer.
Vukašin Jovanović
Vukašin Jovanović is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Bordeaux.
Branka Katić
Branka Katić is a Serbian actress known for appearing in the films Black Cat, White Cat and Public Enemies, and the TV series Big Love.
Boris Podrecca
Boris Podrecca is a Slovene-Italian architect and urban designer living in Vienna, Austria. Podrecca is considered by some critics a pioneer of postmodernism. With some of his early works, such as the neuro-physiological institute at Stahremberg Palace (1982), he took a new, more tolerant attitude towards historical architectural forms.
Dragomir Milošević
Dragomir Milošević is a former Bosnian Serb commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps (SRK) of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) which besieged Sarajevo for three years during the Bosnian War. He was subsequently convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 29 years in prison.
Vladimir Veličković
Vladimir Veličković was a Serbian painter.
Dino Patti Djalal
Dr. Dino Patti Djalal is a former Indonesian Ambassador to the United States. He resigned from his ambassador post in September 2013 to pursue a presidential primary bid. He served as Indonesia's Deputy Foreign Minister between July 2014 and October 2014.
Nikola Pašić
Nikola Pašić was a Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat who was a leading political figure for almost 40 years. He was the leader of the People's Radical Party and, among other posts, was twice a mayor of Belgrade, several times Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.