List of Famous people born in Serbia
Zoran Tošić
Zoran Tošić is a Serbian footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese club Taizhou Yuanda. He has built a reputation as a free-kick specialist and a tricky dribbler.
Borisav Jović
Borisav Jović is an economist, former Serbian and Yugoslav diplomat and politician, who was Yugoslavia's ambassador to Italy from the mid to late 1970s, was the Serbian representative of the collective presidency of Yugoslavia during the late 1980s and early 1990s, was the President of Yugoslavia from 1990–91, and was a leading figure in the Socialist Party of Serbia in the 1990s. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Belgrade in 1965. He is a fluent speaker of Russian and Italian.
Neda Arnerić
Neda Arnerić was a Serbian film, stage and television actress, and politician. A graduate art historian, she was considered a sex symbol of Yugoslav cinematography.
Sanja Vučić
Sanja Vučić is a Serbian singer. Initially recognised as the lead vocalist of the Serbian crossover band ZAA, she became best known for represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Goodbye" and since 2017 as member of R&B girl group Hurricane.
Ivana Sert
Ivana Sert is a Serbian-Turkish television personality, socialite, presenter, model, fashion designer, entrepreneur, businesswoman, beauty pageant titleholder, author, and occasional actress. She is the founder of the Ivana Sert brand and was known for her role as a judge on Show TV's Bugün Ne Giysem? (2010–13). After that Sert joined the TV show İşte Benim Stilim.
Ana Brnabić
Ana Brnabić is a Serbian politician serving as the Prime Minister of Serbia since 2017. She is the first woman and first openly gay person to hold the office.
Alen Smailagić
Alen Smailagić is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Milorad Petrović
Milorad Petrović was an Armijski đeneral in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 1st Army Group during the April 1941 German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of World War II. Petrović was commissioned into the Royal Serbian Army in 1901 and served in multiple staff positions during the Balkan Wars. During World War I, he served in various staff roles at the army and divisional level during the Serbian Campaign and later on the Macedonian Front. Following the war, he took part in military operations along the disputed northern border of the nascent Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. During the interwar period, Petrović was steadily promoted, performing key roles at the Ministry of the Army and Navy. He reached the rank of armijski đeneral in 1937. At the time of the 27 March 1941 Yugoslav coup d'état, he was the military commander of the Yugoslav capital, Belgrade.
Miloš Mihajlović
Miloš Mihajlović is a Serbian pianist and university professor.
Vladimir Ivić
Vladimir Ivić is a Serbian football manager and former player, who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship side Watford.