List of Famous people born in Serbia
Dragana of Serbia
Dragana was a Serbian princess and the Empress consort of Bulgaria as the second wife of Ivan Shishman. She was a daughter of the Serbian Prince Lazar and Princess Milica Nemanjić.
Danica Curcic
Danica Curcic is a Serbian-Danish actress.
Aleksandar Ignjovski
Aleksandar Ignjovski is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back for Holstein Kiel.
Slavoljub Muslin
Slavoljub Muslin ; born 15 June 1953) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He worked as a head coach of the Serbian national football team. He began his head coaching career in 1988 and has since had stints in France, Morocco, Serbia-Montenegro, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belgium, Cyprus, Belarus and Russia. On 5 May 2016 he became the head coach of the Serbian national football team until October 2017. Prior to that, Muslin was a notable football player. He played as a defender for several clubs, being the most important Red Star Belgrade and later Lille OSC.
Stefan Lazarević
Stefan Lazarević, also known as Stefan the Tall, was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427). The son of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, he was regarded as one of the finest knights and military leaders at that time. After the death of his father at Kosovo (1389), he became ruler of Moravian Serbia and ruled with his mother Milica, until he reached adulthood in 1393. Stefan led troops in several battles as an Ottoman vassal, until asserting independence after receiving the title of despot from the Byzantines in 1402.
Aleksandar Stanojević
Aleksandar Stanojević is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Serbian SuperLiga club Partizan.
Stevan Sinđelić
Stevan Sinđelić was a Serbian revolutionary commander in Resava, who fought during the First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813) against Ottoman rule. As the commander of the Resava Brigade, he fought in many battles and skirmishes against Ottoman foot-soldiers, including the Battle of Ivankovac in 1805 and the Battle of Deligrad in 1806. He is remembered for his actions during the Battle of Čegar Hill in 1809, in which he and the Resava Brigade found themselves surrounded by the Ottomans. Encircled and without much chance of survival, Sinđelić ignited the gunpowder kegs in the powder cave, creating an enormous explosion that killed him, all of the Serb and Ottoman soldiers.
Dušan T. Bataković
Dušan T. Bataković was a Serbian historian and diplomat. His specialty was modern and contemporary Serbian and Balkan history as well as French-Serbian relations. The last post he held was that of Director of the Institute for Balkan Studies at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Milan Živadinović
Milan Živadinović was a Serbian football player and coach. He was also the scout for Ghanaian footballers for Southeast Europe.In his homeland he was nicknamed Bard
Zlatko Portner
Zlatko Portner was a Serbian handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1988 Summer Olympics.