List of Famous people born in Serbia
Laslo Djere
Laslo Đere is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is of Hungarian descent. He has won two ATP Tour singles titles, one an ATP 500 Series event in Rio in 2019, after which he made break-through into top 30, and the inaugural Forte Village Sardegna Open in 2020, an ATP 250 Series event. In both of those finals, he didn't lose a set. On 10 June 2019, Đere reached his best singles rankings of world No. 27. On 14 September 2015, he peaked at world No. 747 in the doubles rankings. In both singles and doubles, Đere debuted on ATP Tour on 2013 PTT Thailand Open, where he got to the wild-card. His first attempt to play in main-draw at any grand-slams, happened on 2015 French Open, but his first successful attempt happened on 2016 French Open. At 2018 US Open, he marked his first grand-slam win, defeating Leonardo Mayer in first round.
Milena Dravić
Milena Dravić was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian film, television and theatre actress.
Gru
Dalibor Andonov, known professionally as Gru, was a Serbian rapper, musician and DJ. His song Biću tu from the 1996 album Gru 2, gained him popularity in Eastern Europe, as well as the 2010 release I dalje me žele alongside Serbian rapper Ajs Nigrutin. His album Gru 2 is the most commercially successful album in Serbia, selling four million copies, and reaching certified gold status in Serbia. Other than his immense popularity in the Balkans, he is well known in other countries of Eastern and Northern Europe. He has been dubbed The Serbian Rap Machine.
Miroslav Raduljica
Miroslav Raduljica is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represents the Serbian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at 2.13 m, he plays at the center position.
Ivana Španović
Ivana Vuleta is a Serbian long jumper, two-time World indoor champion, three times European indoor champion and reigning European champion.
Nina Stojanović
Nina Stojanović is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and nine singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 2 March 2020, Stojanović reached her best singles ranking of world No. 81. On 19 July 2021, she peaked at No. 42 in the doubles rankings.As a junior, Stojanović reached three Grand Slam semifinals in doubles, the French Open and Wimbledon in 2013, and the Australian Open in 2014. As a professional, she made her debut in both singles and doubles on the WTA Tour in 2016. In 2019, she reached her first WTA semifinal in singles at the Jiangxi Open and also won her first doubles title at the Baltic Open. That year, she also debuted in the top 100 in singles, while in doubles, she made her top-100 debut in 2017, when she reached three WTA tournament finals.
Miomir Kecmanović
Miomir Kecmanović is a Serbian tennis player. Kecmanović reached his best singles ranking of world No. 38 on 8 March 2021 and he peaked at world No. 161 on 16 September 2019 in the doubles rankings. He has won one ATP title and two Challenger titles in his career.
Aleksandar Đorđević
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević or Sale Đorđević is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as the head coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Serie A. During his playing career, he was listed as a 1.88 m (6'2") 90 kg (198 lb.) point guard.
Momčilo Gavrić
Momčilo Gavrić was the youngest known soldier ever who was accepted into his unit at the age of seven, and promoted to the rank of corporal at the age of eight.
Duško Tošić
Duško Tošić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender.