List of Famous people born in Serbia
Darko Miličić
Darko Miličić is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is 2.13 m, and played the center position. Miličić played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2003 to 2013. He is the fourth youngest player and the youngest foreign player to have played in the NBA, and is the youngest player to have played in an NBA Finals game and the youngest player to win the NBA championship.
Radomir Antić
Radomir Antić was a Serbian professional football manager and player.
Đorđe Balašević
Đorđe Balašević was a Serbian and former Yugoslav recording artist and singer-songwriter.
Marco Huck
Muamer Hukić, best known as Marco Huck, is a German professional boxer. He held the WBO cruiserweight title from 2009 to 2015, and is the joint-longest reigning cruiserweight world champion of all time, having made thirteen consecutive successful defenses, a division record shared with Johnny Nelson. Huck also held the IBO cruiserweight title from 2016 to 2017, the European cruiserweight title from 2008 to 2009, and has challenged once for the WBA (Regular) heavyweight title in 2012.
Dejan Petković
Dejan Petković is a Serbian football pundit and retired footballer. In his native country he is widely known under the nickname Rambo while in Brazil he is known as Pet. He played six times for the FR Yugoslavia, scoring one goal. Petković played for seven Brazilian clubs in his career, and was made an honorary consul of Serbia in Brazil.
Igor Kokoškov
Igor Stefan Kokoškov is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague, and the Serbia national team. He previously spent 19 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as an assistant coach, with his most recent tenure there being with the Sacramento Kings, after briefly being a head coach for the Phoenix Suns for a full season.
Miloš Teodosić
Miloš Teodosić is a Serbian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna of the LBA and the Eurocup. He also represents the National Basketball Team of Serbia internationally. He primarily plays the point guard and guard shooting guard positions. He is a six time All-EuroLeague selection, and was voted EuroLeague MVP in 2010.
Dragan Pantelić
Dragan Pantelić was a Yugoslav professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He scored over 20 goals over the course of his career, mainly from penalties.
Milan Pavkov
Milan Pavkov is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade.
Marko Jarić
Marko Jarić is a Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 2.01 m, he mainly played the shooting guard position. He also represented the senior FR Yugoslavian national basketball team internationally. Jarić was an All-EuroLeague First Team member in 2002.