# Božidar

Božidar (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар, Polish: Bożydar, sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic given name meaning "Divine gift". The name is a calque of the Greek name Theodoros. Direct cognates of the latter and of Božidar in the (South) Slavic languages include: Teodor, Todor, Tudor, Todo. The feminine form of the name is Božidarka. People with the name Božidar include:
* Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist
* Božidar "Boško" Antić (1944–2007), Bosnian Serb striker
* Božidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbian shot putter
* Božidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football manager and former player
* Božidar Beravs (born 1948), Slovenian ice hockey player
* Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), artist, writer, and musician
* Božidar Čačić (born 1972), Croatian retired football defender
* Božidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian professional footballer
* Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator
* Božidar Delić (1956–2022), retired Yugoslav Army general, former vice president of Serbia
* Božidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politician
* Božidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and manager
* Božidar Đurašković (born 1924), Yugoslav former middle distance runner
* Božidar Đurković, (born 1972), retired Serbian football player
* Božidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historian
* Božidar Finka (1925–1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographer
* Božidar Grujović, pseudonym of Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educator
* Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), former Bulgarian footballer
* Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), Montenegrin Yugoslav chess grandmaster and politician
* Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter
* Božidar Janković (1849–1920), the Commander of the Serbian Third Army
* Božidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian football forward
* Božidar Jović (born 1972), retired Croatian handball player
* Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politician
* Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composer
* Prince Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on art
* Božidar Kavran (1913–1948), Croatian Ustaše war criminal
* Božidar Leiner (1919–1942), Croatian communist and Partisan
* Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian professional basketball coach
* Božidar Matić (1937–2016), president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Božidar "Boki" Milošević (1931–2018), Serbian clarinetist
* Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature
* Božidar Purić (1891–1977), Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat
* Božidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballer
* Božidar Rašica (1912–1992), architect, scenographer and painter
* Božidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian football player
* Božidar Senčar (1927–1987), Croatian football midfielder
* Božidar Širola (1889–1956), Croatian composer and musicologist
* Božidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb
* Božidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
* Božidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian professional football player
* Božidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serb books