List of Bosnians and Herzegovinians

This is a list of prominent people from Bosnia and Herzegovina (including Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs, and others):

Arts

Literature and poetry

*Avdo Međedović
*Bisera Alikadić
*Ivo Andrić
*Safvet-beg Bašagić
*Musa Ćazim Ćatić
*Enver Čolaković
*Umihana Čuvidina
*Vlado Dijak
*Osman Đikić
*Mehmedalija Dizdar
*Zija Dizdarević
*Jovan Dučić
*Zulfikar Džumhur
*Hamid Šahinović Ekrem
*Aleksandar Hemon
*Abdulvehab Ilhamija
*Almir Imširević
*Miljenko Jergović
*Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić
*Petar Kočić
*Skender Kulenović
*Vitomir Lukić
*Semezdin Mehmedinović
*Velimir Milošević
*Ahmed Muradbegović
*Andrej Nikolaidis
*Safet Plakalo
*Izet Sarajlić
*Meša Selimović
*Aleksa Šantić
*Abdulah Sidran
*Antun Branko Šimić
*Derviš Sušić
*Nenad Veličković
*Marko Vešović

Fine arts

*Mersad Berber - painter
*Braco Dimitrijević - conceptual artist
*Zuko Džumhur - cartoonist
*Adi Granov - comic book artist
*Gabrijel Jurkić - painter
*Nesim Tahirović - painter

Composition

*Bego-Šimunić Anđelka
*Goran Bregović
*Dado Džihan
*Adi Mulahalilović, songwriter.
*Edo Mulahalilović, songwriter.

Theatre and performing arts

*Zoran Bečić - actor and director
*Enis Bešlagić - actor
*Oskar Danon - composer and conductor
*Davor Dujmović - actor
*Branko Đurić - actor, director, original member of the cult commedy Top Lista Nadrealista line-up
*Mustafa Nadarević - actor
*Haris Pašović - director
*Josip Pejaković - actor
*Zijah Sokolović - actor, director
*Vladimir Valjarević - pianist

Science and technology

*Mahmut Bajraktarević - mathematician
*Vladimir Prelog - chemist, Nobel Laureate
*Irfan Skiljan - creator of freeware image viewer] IrfanView

Popular culture

Film, radio and television

*Jasmin Dizdar - film director
*Nenad Dizdarević - film director
*Tarik Filipović - actor
*Vehid Gunić - TV presenter
*Emir Kusturica - famous film director
*Ivana Miličević - actress, appearances in Seinfeld, Felicity, among others
*Danis Tanović - film director, Oscar winner
*Duško Trifunović - writer, author
*Srđan Vuletić - filmmaker
*Pjer Žalica - film director

Pop, rock and alternative music

*Fuad Backović - a.k.a Deen singer, former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest
*Željko Bebek - musician and singer
*Nikša Bratoš - composer, producer, one-time member of Rezonansa and Valentino, member of Crvena jabuka
*Goran Bregović - musician and composer, founder of Bijelo dugme
*Aljoša Buha - member of the original line-up of Crvena jabuka, tragically killed in a car accident
*Alma Čardžić - pop singer
*Zdravko Čolić - pop singer
*Dado Džihan - composer, producer, one-time member of Zabranjeno pušenje and Top lista nadrealista
*Edin Dervišhalidović a.k.a. Dino Merlin - pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest
*Amila Glamočak - pop singer, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest
*Alen Islamović - musician, one-time frontman of Divlje jagode i Bijelo dugme
*Nenad Janković - musician, original frontman of Zabranjeno pušenje, original member of the Top lista nadrealista line-up
*Amir Kazić - aka Leo pop singer
*Kornelije Kovač - composer, musician, member of the original line-up of Indexi, founder of Korni grupa
*Brano Likić - composer and founder of Rezonansa
*Saša Lošić - singer, composer and founder of the Plavi orkestar band
*Kemal Monteno - singer, musician, and songwriter
*Boris Novković - singer and songwriter
*Edin Osmić a.k.a. Edo Maajka - rapper, leader of rap group Disciplinska komisija
*Vesna Pisarović - pop singer
*Davorin Popović a.k.a. Pimpek - singer and frontman of Indexi
*Dražen Ričl a.k.a Zijo - original frontman of Crvena Jabuka, tragically killed in a car accident
*Sejo Sexon, real name Davor Sučić - founder of Zabranjeno pušenje and current frontman of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up
*Jadranka Stojaković - international pop singer
*Hajrudin Varešanović - a.k.a Hari Mata Hari pop singer and songwriter, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest
*Mladen Vojičić a.k.a. Tifa - singer and musician
*Igor Vukojević - singer
*Dražen Žerić a.k.a Žera - original member of Crvena jabuka and its current frontman

Ethno and folk music

*Nihad Alibegović - folk singer
*Halid Muslimović - folk singer
*Selma Bajrami - turbofolk singer
*Zilha Barjektarević a.k.a. Silvana Armenulić - folk and sevdalinka singer
*Halid Bešlić - folk singer
*Haris Džinović - folk singer
*Nihad Fetić aka Hakala - folk singer
*Osman Hadžić - folk singer
*Zaim Imamović - sevdalinka singer
*Safet Isović - sevdalinka singer
*Fahreta Jahić a.k.a. Lepa Brena - folk singer
*Šerif Konjević - folk singer
*Nada Mamula - sevdalinka singer
*Saša Matić - turbofolk singer
*Himzo Polovina - sevdalinka singer
*Beba Selimović - sevdalinka singer
*Fadil Toskić - sevdalinka singer

Politicians and historical figures

Medieval Bosnian state 1154-1463

Borić Dynasty

*1154. - 1163. Ban Borić

Kulinić Dynasty

*1172. - 1204. Ban Kulin
*1204. - 1232. Stjepan Kulinić
*1232. - 1253. Matej Ninoslav

Kotromanić Dynasty

*1254. - 1287. Prijezda I
*1287. - 1290. Prijezda II
*1267. - 1313. Stjepan I Kotromanić, also known as Kotroman
*1314. - 1353. Stjepan II Kotromanić
*1353. - 1366. Tvrtko I Kotromanić
*1366. - 1367. Stjepan Vuk
*1367. - 1391. Tvrtko I Kotromanić a.k.a. King Tvrtko (First King of Bosnia)
*1391. - 1395. Stjepan Dabiša
*1395. - 1398. Jelena Gruba a.k.a. Helena the Cruel of Rama
*1398. - 1404. Stjepan Ostoja
*1404. - 1409. Tvrtko II Kotromanić
*1409. - 1418. Stjepan Ostoja (Restored)
*1418. - 1420. Stjepan Ostojić
*1421. - 1433. Tvrtko II Kotromanić (Restored)
*1433. - 1435. Radovoj Ostojić
*1435. - 1442. Tvrtko II Kotromanić (Restored)
*1443. - 1461. Stjepan Tomaš Kotromanić
*1461. - 1463. Katarina Kosača-Kotromanić - wife of Stjepan Tomaš (Stephen Thomas), queen consort and one of the last two Bosnian Queens, one of the most tragic figures in the Bosnian history, died in exile in Rome
*1461. - 1463. Stjepan Tomašević

Hrvatinić Family

*Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić - Bosnian Duke, founder of the town of Jajce

Kosača Family

*Stjepan Vukčić Kosača a.k.a. Duke of Saint-Abbas, Herceg Stjepan Kosača, Vojvoda of Hum (Herzegovina) - father of the last Bosnian Queen, Katarina Kosača Kotromanić

Ottoman rule 1463-1878

*Gazi Husrev-beg - military strategist and the greatest donor and builder of Sarajevo
*Husein Gradaščević a.k.a. Husein-kapetan, The Dragon of Bosnia - XIX century Bosnian nobleman and autonomy fighter
*Isa-Beg Isaković - general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of Sarajevo and Novi Pazar
*Ivan Frano Jukić
*Omer Pasha Latas - Bosnian Governor, Ottoman Marshal and Pasha, ethnically Serb, born in Lika, Croatia
*Ferhat-paša Sokolović - founder and designer of Banja Luka old town
*Mehmed Pasha Sokolović a.k.a. Sokollu Mehmet Paşa - Grand Vizier to Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II
*Damat İbrahim Pasha - Grand Vizier

Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878-1918

*Gavrilo Princip - member of Young Bosnia, native Serb, and assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the assassination triggered World War I

Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918-1941

*Džemaludin Čaušević - Reis-ul-ulema
*Mehmed Spaho - leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organisation

World War II

*Peter Tomich - WWII hero
*Rodoljub Čolaković - WWII war hero, People's Hero of Yugoslavia
*Valter Perić - WWII defender of Sarajevo, cultural icon

ocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1943-1991

Presidents of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1943-1990

*Kecmanović, Vojislav Đedo - (25 November 1943 - November 1946)
*Pucar, Đuro Stari - (November 1946 - September 1948)
*Šegrt, Vlado - (September 1948 - March 1953)
*Pucar, Đuro Stari - (December 1953 - June 1963)
*Dugonjić, Rato - (June 1963 - 1967)
*Bijedić, Džemal - (1967 - 1971)
*Pozderac, Hamdija - (1971 - May 1974)
*Dugonjić, Rato - (May 1974 - April 1978)
*Dizdarević, Raif - (April 1978 - April 1982)
*Mikulić, Branko - (April 1982 - 26 April 1984)
*Renovica, Milanko - (26 April 1984 - 26 April 1985.)
*Mesihović, Munir - (26 April 1985 - April 1987)
*Andrić, Mato - (April 1988 - April 1989)
*Filipović, Nikola - (April 1988 - April 1989)
*Piljak, Obrad - (April 1989 - December 1990)

Prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1945-1990

*Čolaković, Rodoljub - (27 April 1945 - September 1948)
*Pucar, Đuro Stari - (September 1948 - December 1953)
*Humo, Avdo - (December 1953 - 1956)
*Karabegović, Osman - (1956 - 1963)
*Brkić, Hasan - (1963 - 1965)
*Kolak, Rudi - (1965 - 1967)
*Mikulić, Branko - (1967 - 1969)
*Kosovac, Dragutin - (1969 - April 1974)
*Renovica, Milanko - (April 1974 - 28 April 1982)
*Maglajlija, Seid - (28 April 1982 - 28 April 1984)
*Ubiparip, Gojko - (28 April 1984 - April 1986)
*Lovrenović, Josip - (April 1986 - April 1988)

Bosnian presidents since 1990

*Alija Izetbegović - (December 1990 - October 1996) (sole)
*Alija Izetbegović (October 1996 - October 1998) (collective presidency chairman)
*Živko Radišić - (October 1998 – June 1999)
*Ante Jelavić - (June 1999 – February 2000)
*Alija Izetbegović - (February 2000 - October 2000)
*Živko Radišić - (October 2000 – June 2001)
*Jozo Križanović - (June 2001 – February 2002)
*Beriz Belkić - (February 2002 - October 2002)
*Mirko Šarović - (October 2002 - April 2003)
*Borislav Paravac - (April 2003 - June 2003)
*Dragan Čović - (June 2003 - February 2004)
*Sulejman Tihić - (February 2004 - October 2004)
*Borislav Paravac - (October 2004 - June 2005)
*Ivo Miro Jović - (June 2005 - October 2006)
*Nebojša Radmanović - (October 2006 - present)
*Željko Komšić - (part of collective presidency)
*Haris Silajdžić - (part of collective presidency)(collective presidency chairman)

Other political figures since 1943

*Jovan Divjak - legendary general of the Bosnian Army during the 1992-1995 war, poet
*Mladen Ivanić - politician and diplomat
*Zlatko Lagumdžija - politician and diplomat
*Irfan Ljubijankić - surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat
*Cvijetin Mijatović a.k.a. Majo - politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia
*Stjepan Šiber - Deputy Commander of the B&H Army during the 1992-1995 conflict
*Adnan Terzić - politician, former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina

portspeople

Basketball

*Edin Bavcic - NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers (Bosniak)
*Dražen Dalipagić - basketball player, former Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist (Bosnian Serb)
*Predrag Danilović - basketball coach and former basketball player (Bosnian Serb)
*Damir Omerhodzic-Markota - NBA basketball player with the Milwaukee Bucks (Bosnian Croat)
*Mirza Delibašić - basketball player, former Bosna and Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist (Bosniak)
*Razija Mujanovic - basketball player (Bosniak)
*Aleksandar Nikolić - "Father of Yugoslav Basketball" (Bosnian Serb)
*Mile Ilić - basketball player (Bosnian Serb)
*Zoran Planinić - NBA basketball player (Bosnian Croat)
*Vladimir Radmanović - NBA basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers (Bosnian Serb)
*Zoran Savić - basketball player (Bosnian Serb)
*Nedžad Sinanović - basketball player (Bosniak)
*Robert Rothbart - basketball player (Jew)
*Borislav Stanković - former basketball player (Bosnian Serb)
*Bogdan Tanjević - basketball coach (Bosnian Serb)
*Žarko Varajić - basketball player, Olympic medalist (Bosnian Serb)
*Marković, Nenad - basketball player, former Bosnia national team player, National team coach (Bosnian Serb)

Chess

*Predrag Nikolić - chess player, Grand Master since 1983
*Ivan Sokolov - chess player, Grand Master since 1987, now plays for the Netherlands

Football

*Sergej Barbarez - football player
*Elvir Baljić - football player
*Blažević - football coach
*Elvir Bolić - football player
*Asim Ferhatović - former football player
*Vahid Halilhodžić - football coach and former footballer
*Zlatan Ibrahimović - Swedish international footballer, Bosnian parents
*Josip Katalinski - former football player
*Savo Milošević - football player
*Ivica Osim - football coach and former footballer
*Saša Papac - football player
*Predrag Pašić - football coach, former player
*Boro Primorac - football coach
*Hasan Salihamidžić - football player
*Blaž Slišković - football coach and former footballer
*Safet Sušić - football coach and former footballer
*Sulejman Halilović - former football player from Odzak
*Meho Kodro - former football player
*Enver Marić - former football goalkeeper
*Mario Stanić - former player
*Dušan Bajević - football coach and former player
*Faruk Hadžibegić - former football player
*Mirsad Fazlagić - former footballer
*Mirsad Hibic - former footballer
*Zlatan Bajramović - football player
*Muhamed Mujić - Celebrated forward for Velez-Mostar and Yugoslav National Team.
*Ivan Curović - One of the best goalies of all times in former Yugoslavia. Velez-Mostar, Partizan-Belgrade, StEtiene-France, Yugoslav National Team.
*Franjo Vladić - One of the best midfielders in former Yugoslavia. Velez-Mostar, Yugoslav National Team. The best in long precise passes.
*Darko Maletić

Handball

*Zlatan Arnautović - team handball player (Olympic Gold Medal 1984, World Cup Gold 1986)
*Irfan Smajlagić - former team handball player

Martial arts

*Amel Mekić - judo
*Anton Josipović - boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
*Marijan Beneš - boxing, gold medal at the 1973 European Championship
*Arnela Odžaković - karate, 5th place at 2006 World Championship

Tennis

*Amer Delić - tennis player
*Ivan Ljubičić - tennis player
*Mervana Jugić-Salkić - tennis player
*Nermin Nakic - tennis player

Other prominent people

*Tijana Arnautović - Miss World Canada 2004, model
*Emerik Blum - founder of Energoinvest, former Mayor of Sarajevo, arguably the most successful and influential businessman in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Vladimir Ćorović - historian
*Emir Kusturica - actor and a filmmaker
*Zoran Đinđić - former Prime Minister of Serbia
*Mila Pivnicki - wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney
*Alija Sirotanović - Bosnian coal-miner, worker-hero, his face was on the 10 and 20000 dinar banknotes
*Boris Tadić - President of Serbia
*Adil Zulfikarpašić - businessman, one-time politician, and philanthropist, founder of the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo
*Inga Peulich - Australian politician born in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Infamous people

*Andrija Artuković - minister in the government of the Independent State of Croatia and war criminal
*Tihomir Blaškić - convicted of violating the laws of war, committing ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war
*Miroslav Filipović - Ustashe leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, and war criminal
*Radovan Karadžić - Political leader of the Serbs during 1992-1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and genocide, most wanted man in Europe
*Momčilo Krajišnik - politician, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian war
*Maks Luburić - Ustashe leader, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, war criminal
*Ratko Mladić - General of the Serbian Army during 1992-1995, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes and genocide, most wanted man in Europe alongside Karadžić
*Ante Pavelić - Ustashe leader, founder and leader of the fascist Independent State of Croatia, war criminal
*Biljana Plavšić - politician, convicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes during the Bosnian war
*Vojislav Šešelj - politician, radical extremist, Chetnik leader, indicted by the International War Tribunal for war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war

ee also

*List of Bosniaks
*List of Croats
*List of Serbs
*List of Užicans