List of Famous people named Jovan

Jovan Henry Allen Belcher was an American football linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He grew up in West Babylon, New York and was a standout high school athlete before attending and graduating from the University of Maine, where he played for the Maine Black Bears football team. Belcher was named an All-American twice in college after switching in his junior year from linebacker to defensive end.

Jovan Kirovski is an American former soccer player who is the Technical Director for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Kirovski is the first American to win the UEFA Champions League and the first to score in a Champions League match. He has won an MLS Cup championship as a player, assistant coach, and Technical Director. He was instrumental in the Galaxy's signing of Zlatan Ibrahimović.

Jovan Divjak was a Bosnian army general who served as the Deputy Commander of the Bosnian army's main staff until 1994, during the Bosnian War.

Jovan Adepo is a British-American actor. He is known for his role as Cory Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences (2016), and he also starred in the 2018 film Overlord and as Lionel Jefferson in CBS' All in the Family/The Jeffersons special. Adepo was featured in the series When They See Us, the second season of Jack Ryan, and the Facebook series Sorry for Your Loss. He plays Michael Murphy in the HBO series The Leftovers and in 2019 appeared in Watchmen as Hooded Justice. For the latter, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He is also playing as Larry Underwood in an miniseries of Stephen King's The Stand.

Jovan Dejanović, known as Jovan Dragaš, was a Serbian nobleman that held the title of despot under the Serbian Emperor Uroš V, his maternal uncle. He later became an Ottoman vassal after the Battle of Maritsa in 1371.

Gjon Kastrioti, was an Albanian nobleman, member of the Kastrioti family, and the father of Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg. He governed the territory between the Cape of Rodon and Debar and had at his disposal an army of 2,000 horsemen.

Jovan Branković was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. Title of despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas II of Hungary. From 1493 to 1497 he held the title together with his elder brother Đorđe Branković, who was despot since 1486. In 1497, Đorđe relinquished the title, and Jovan remained the sole Despot of Serbia, until his death in 1502. Jovan was the last Serbian Despot of the Branković dynasty. Brothers built the Krušedol monastery, and made various donations to Hilandar and other Eastern Orthodox monasteries. He was proclaimed a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Jovan Teodorović Obrenović, also known as Gospodar Jovan, was a Serbian divisional general, commander of the Morava-Podrinje military area, governor of the Rudnik and Požega districts. He was the brother of Miloš Obrenović and Jevrem Obrenović.

Jovan Bijelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Бијелић was a painter and academic. Bijelić is one of the most important representatives of color expressionism in Serbian painting and Yugoslavia.

Jovan Markoski is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Napredak Kruševac. He was capped four times for Serbia and Montenegro.