# List of Serbs of Croatia

This is a list of notable Serbs of Croatia, ethnic Serbs who were born in, lived, or trace their origins to the territory that is present-day Croatia.

## Arts

* Joakim Marković (c. 1685–1757), Austrian Serb painter
* Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), Austrian Serb polymath, born in Vukovar
* Stefan von Novaković (1740–1826), writer and publisher
* Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837), notable Baroque poet, writer and polyglot
* Jovan Došenović (1781–1813), philosopher, poet and translator
* Jovan Isailović, Jr. (1803–1885), academic painter during the early and mid-nineteenth century
* Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), author, scholar, and journalist
* Matija Ban (1818–1903), poet, dramatist, and playwright, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Danilo Medaković (1819–1881), writer, journalist and publisher
* Medo Pucić (1821–1882), writer and politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), composer of the Croatian national anthem
* Nikola Arsenović (1823–1887), designer and illustrator of folk costumes
* Branko Radičević (1824–1853), poet
* Ljudevit Vuličević (1839–1916), poet
* Slavka Atanasijević (1850–1897), pianist and composer
* Simo Matavulj (1852–1908), Serbian novelist
* Ivo Vojnović (1857–1929), writer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Marko Car (1859–1953), writer, politician and activist, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Marko Murat (1864–1944), painter, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Lujo Bakotić (1867–1941), writer
* Ivo Ćipiko (1869–1923), writer, primarily a novelist
* Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor
* Toma Rosandić (1878–1958), Yugoslav sculptor, born in Split
* Stojan Aralica (1883–1980), impressionist painter and academic
* Veljko Milićević (1886–1929), writer, translator, publicist and journalist
* Ignjat Job (1895–1936), expressionist painter
* Vladimir Velmar-Janković (1895–1976), writer
* Ljubomir Micić (1895–1971), poet and writer, the founder of Zenitism
* Sava Šumanović (1896–1942), Serbian painter
* Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947), Serbian poet
* John David Brcin (1899–1983), American sculptor
* Marko Tajčević (1900–1984), composer and musician
* Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1978), Serbian painter, born in Benkovac
* Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1967), Serbian composer and conductor
* Dragan Aleksić (1901–1958), Yugoslav Dadaist poet, author, journalist, filmmaker
* Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), Yugoslav writer, born in Zadar
* Grigorije Vitez (1911–1966), poet, children's novelist and translator, founder of the Croatian modern children's literature
* Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), Yugoslav sculptor of monuments such as Monument to the uprising of the people of Kordun and Banija, born in Bjelovar
* Vojin Jelić (1921–2004), Yugoslav and Croatian poet, born in Knin
* Arsen Diklić (1922–1995), writer and screenwriter
* Petar Omčikus (1926–2019), painter and academic
* Pero Kvrgić (born 1927), Yugoslav Croatian actor, born in Vrbovsko
* Dušan Džamonja (1928-2009), sculptor
* Milorad Pavić (1929–2009), Serbian writer and university professor with roots in Žumberak
* Renata Ulmanski (born 1929), Serbian actress
* Bora Ćosić (born 1932), Serbian and Croatian writer
* Đorđe Kadijević (born 1933), Serbian film director
* Slobodan Selenić (1933–1995), writer, critic, professor and director of Avala Film
* Boris Spremo (1935-2017), Canadian photojournalist, the first photojournalist to receive the Order of Canada
* Branka Petrić (born 1937), Serbian actress
* Dragomir Čumić (1937–2013), Serbian actor
* Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), chanson singer
* Božidarka Frajt (born 1940), Yugoslav and Croatian actress
* Petar Kralj (1941–2011), Serbian actor, born in Zagreb, parents from Banija
* Milan Milišić (1941–1991), writer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Ratko Adamović (1942), writer
* Rade Šerbedžija (born 1946), former Yugoslav film actor, from Lika
* Neda Ukraden (born 1950), pop singer
* Miljen Kljaković (born 1950), award-winning production designer
* Jovan Radulović (1951–2018), Serbian writer and former director of Belgrade City Library
* Bogdan Diklić (born 1953), Serbian actor
* Boris Miljković (born 1956), film director and creative director
* Boris Komnenić (born 1957), Serbian actor
* Milan Mladenović (1958–1994), musician best known as the frontman of the Yugoslav art rock band Ekatarina Velika
* Goran Šepa (1958), musician best known as the frontman of Kerber. Both of his parents are from Velika Popina
* Suzana Petričević (born 1959), actress
* Momčilo Bajagić (born 1960), Serbian musician
* Zoran Bognar (born 1965), Serbian poet and editor
* Vladimir Arsenijević (born 1965), writer and journalist, NIN award winner
* Nikola Škorić (born 1976), Serbian comedian
* Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977), writer from Bosnia, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature
* Stana Katic (born 1978), Canadian-American film and television actress
* Zaharije Orfelin
* Josif Runjanin
* Branko Radičević
* Simo Matavulj
* Arsen Dedić
* Rade Šerbedžija

## Science and academia

* Stefan Vujanovski (1743–1829), Serbian education reformer and author of several textbook
* Pavle Solarić (1779–1821), Serbian linguist, geographer, archaeologist, poet, bibliographer and man of letters
* Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), Serbian linguist and poet, born in Kordun.
* Jovan Gavrilović (1796–1877), historian, politician, statesman, and public figure. He was the first President of the Serbian Learned Society.
* Nikola Arsenović (1823–1887), designer and illustrator of folk costumes
* Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908), jurist and a pioneer in sociology, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Pero Budmani (1835–1914), writer, linguist, grammarian, and philologist, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Vicko Adamović (1838–1919), pedagogue and historian
* Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), Orthodox bishop, born in Šibenik.
* Luko Zore (1846–1906), philologist and Slavist, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Vid Vuletić Vukasović (1853–1933), writer and early ethnographer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer.
* Milan Rešetar (1860–1942), linguist, historian and literary critic, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Mihailo Merćep (1864–1937), Serbian cyclist and aviation pioneer, born in Dubrovnik
* Antun Fabris (1864–1904), journalist, essayist, publisher and politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Lujo Adamović (1864–1935), botanist
* Vladimir Varićak (1865–1942), mathematician and theoretical physicist
* Milutin Milanković (1879–1958), Serbian geophysicist and civil engineer, born in Dalj
* Dušan Vuksan (1881–1944), pedagogue and historian
* Ivan Đaja (1884–1957), Serbian biologist and physiologist
* Miloš N. Đurić (1892–1967), classical philologist, hellenist, classical translator and philosopher
* Milan Kašanin (1895–1981), Serbian art historian, curator and writer
* Jovan Karamata (1902–1967), Serbian mathematician, born in Zagreb
* Danilo Blanuša (1903–1987), Yugoslav mathematician and physicist, born in Osijek
* Đuro Kurepa (1907–1993) - mathematician, best known for the Kurepa tree
* Gojko Nikoliš (1911–1995), doctor, general, diplomat, historian and academic
* Jevrem Jezdić (1916–1997), historian and writer
* Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), Serbian international law scholar
* Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian historian and president of SANU
* Nikola Hajdin (1923–2019) construction engineer and President of SANU
* Vojislav Korać (1924–2010), historian of architecture and professor
* Gajo Petrović (1927–1993), Yugoslav philosopher, born in Karlovac
* Sima Ćirković (1929–2009), Serbian historian, born in Osijek.
* Svetozar Kurepa (1929–2010) - mathematician
* Vojin Dimitrijević (1932–2012), law professor
* Nikola Moravčević (born 1935), Serbian-American literary historian, literary critic, academic and novelist
* Branko Mikasinovich (born 1938), American Slavist
* Darko Tanasković (born 1948), Serbian orientalist, academic and diplomat
* Marko Atlagić (born 1949), Serbian historian, born in Ostrovica
* Ivo Visković (born 1949), Serbian university professor and diplomat
* Dejan Jović (born 1968), professor at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb
* Srđan Majstorović (born 1972), political scientist
* Spiridon Brusina (1845–1909) - zoologist
* Nikodim Milaš
* Nikola Tesla
* Milutin Milanković
* Ivan Đaja
* Milan Kašanin
* Jovan Karamata

## Sports

* Milan Neralić (1875–1918), Austro-Hungarian and Croatian fencer, the first person from Croatia to take part in the Olympic Games and the first one to win a medal
* Petar Trifunović (1910–1980), Yugoslav chess champion, born in Dubrovnik
* Press Maravich (1915–1987), American basketball player and coach. Both of his parents are from Ogulin
* Radivoje Ognjanović (born 1933), football manager and player
* Petar Nadoveza (born 1942), football player and manager
* Milan Nenadić (born 1943), wrestler
* Milan Damjanović (1943–2006), football player and manager
* Ilija Petković (born 1945), football player and manager
* Ratomir Dujković (born 1946), Serbian football player and coach
* Ljubomir Vračarević (1947–2013), Serbian martial artist and founder of Real Aikido
* Nikola Plećaš (born 1948), Croatian basketball player
* Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian basketball coach, four-time Euroleague champion, former player
* Vladimir Ilić (born 1955), shot putter
* Mira Bjedov (born 1955), former basketball player and Olympic bronze medalist (1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow)
* Zvjezdan Cvetković (1960-2017), football player and former manager of GNK Dinamo Zagreb
* Borislav Cvetković (born 1962), football player
* Dragan Andrić (born 1962), Serbian water polo player, two-time Olympic champion
* Jasna Šekarić (born 1965), Serbian sports shooter, five-time Olympic medalist, World and European champion
* Siniša Mihajlović (born 1969), Serbian football manager and former player, European Cup champion
* Aleksandar Jovančević (born 1970), Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler
* Miloš Milošević (born 1972), former Croatian swimmer, World and European champion
* Goran Bunjevčević (1973-2018), Serbian football player
* Vladimir Vujasinović (born 1973), Serbian water polo player and manager, three-time Olympic medalist, World and European champion
* Miladin Dado Pršo (born 1974), retired Croatian footballer, born in Zadar
* Dušan Vemić (born 1976), tennis coach and former player
* Predrag Savović (born 1976), basketball player
* Nenad Čanak (born 1976), Serbian basketball player and manager
* Predrag Stojaković (born 1977), Serbian basketball player, World, European and NBA champion
* Danijel Ljuboja (born 1978), Serbian football player
* Boško Balaban (born 1978), retired Croatian footballer, born in Rijeka
* Ivan Ergić (born 1981), Serbian football player
* Svetlana Ognjenović (born 1981), Serbian handball player, World Championship silver medalist
* Marko Popović (born 1982), Croatian former professional basketball player
* Novica Bjelica (born 1983), Serbian volleyball player
* Jelena Dokić (born 1983), former tennis player and coach
* Duško Savanović (born 1983), Serbian basketball player
* Damir Mikec (born 1984), Serbian sports shooter, European Games champion
* Jelena Popović (born 1984), Serbian handball player, World Championship silver medalist
* Aleks Marić (born 1984), Australian basketball player
* Dejan Jakovic (born 1985), Canadian football player
* Kosta Perović (born 1985), Serbian basketballer player, Eurobasket silver medalist
* Zoran Erceg (born 1985), Serbian basketball player
* Dragan Travica (born 1986), Italian volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist
* Konstantin Čupković (born 1987), Serbian volleyball player
* Andrija Prlainović (born 1987), Serbian water polo player, Olympic, World and European champion, born in Dubrovnik
* Milan Borjan (born 1987), Canadian football player
* Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
* Sava Lešić (born 1988), Serbian basketball player
* Milan Mačvan (born 1989), Serbian basketball player, Olympic and Eurobasket silver medalist
* Maja Škorić (born 1989), Serbian basketball player
* Nataša Zorić (born 1989), tennis player
* Marta Drpa (born 1989), Serbian volleyball player
* Milica Deura (born 1990), Bosnian basketball player
* Đorđe Gagić (born 1990), Serbian basketball player
* Danijel Aleksić (born 1991), Serbian footballer, UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player Award
* Tanja Dragić (born 1991), Serbian Paralympian athlete, paralympic and world champion
* Milan Zorica (born 1992), Serbian footballer
* Marija Vuković (born 1992), state champion of Montenegro, specializing in the high jump
* Nemanja Bezbradica (born 1993), Serbian basketball player, 3x3 Youth Olympic champion
* Bojan Sanković, (born 1993), Montenegrin football player
* Saša Ivković, (born 1993), Serbian football player
* Miloš Degenek (born 1994), Australian football player
* Aleksandar Čavrić (born 1994), Serbian football player
* Ognjen Dobrić (born 1994), Serbian basketball player
* Dejan Miljuš and Bojan Miljuš (born 1994), Serbian football players
* Miloš Perišić (born 1995), Serbian football player
* Đorđe Ivanović (born 1995), Serbian football player
* Milan Gajić (born 1996), Serbian football player
* Marko Radulović (born 2001), Serbian water polo player
* Božidar Maljković
* Siniša Mihajlović
* Peja Stojaković
* Jelena Dokić
* Jasna Šekarić
* Andrija Prlainović
* Miloš Degenek

## Politics

* Beloš Vukanović (1110–1198), Serbian prince, Ban of Croatia between 1142 and 1163
* Ognjeslav Utješenović (1817–1890), politician and writer
* Nikola Krestić (1824–1887), nobleman, politician, attorney at law and President of Sabor
* Nikša Gradi (1825–1894), writer, politician, and lawyer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Konstantin Vojnović (1832–1903), politician, university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb
* Đorđe Vojnović (1833–1895), politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), politician and journalist
* Bogdan Medaković (1854–1930), lawyer, politician and Speaker of the Croatian Sabor from 1908 to 1918
* Lujo Vojnović (1864–1951), writer, politician, and diplomat, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Svetozar Pribićević (1875–1936), Kingdom of Yugoslavia politician, born in Kostajnica
* Milan Pribićević (1876–1937), politician and leader of ORJUNA
* Adam Pribićević (1880–1957), publisher, writer, politician and supporter of the social philosophy of Tomáš Masaryk
* Stijepo Kobasica (1882–1944), journalist, author and politician, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Kata Pejnović (1899–1966), feminist and politician
* Milka Planinc (1924-2010), communist politician of mixed Serbo-Croatian background
* Jovan Rašković (1929–1992), politician who first called for Serb autonomy within Croatia in the 1990s
* Milan Đukić (1934–2007), former deputy speaker of the Croatian Sabor
* Mirko Marjanović (1937–2006), a former Prime Minister of Serbia and a high-ranking official in Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia
* Vojislav Vukčević (1938–2016), politician, minister for diaspora
* Petar Škundrić (born 1947), politician, former minister cabinet minister
* Drago Kovačević (1953–2019), former mayor of Knin
* Milan Martić (born 1954), the third president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Knin
* Milan Babić (1956–2006), the first president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Vrlika
* Goran Hadžić (1958–2016), the second president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, born in Vinkovci

### Active

* Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), Croatian politician
* Savo Štrbac (born 1949), Croatian Serb activist
* Vojislav Stanimirović (1953), Croatian politician
* Milorad Pupovac (born 1955), Croatian Serb politician (SDSS)
* Sanda Rašković Ivić (born 1956), Serbian psychiatristand politician, (NS)
* Veljko Ostojić (born 1958), Croatian politician, former Minister of Tourism
* Ratko Dmitrović (born 1958), Serbian politician and journalist, Minister of Families and Demographics
* Janko Veselinović (1965), Serbian politician, lawyer and university professor
* Željko Jovanović (born 1965), Croatian politician
* Milanka Opačić (born 1968), Croatian politician, (SDP)
* Miodrag Linta (born 1969), politician and activist
* Boris Milošević (born 1974), Croatian lawyer and politician, current Deputy Prime Minister, (SDSS)
* Aleksandar Martinović (born 1976), Serbian lawyer and politician, (SNS)
* Dragan Crnogorac (born 1978), Croatian politician, MP and President of Joint Council of Municipalities
* Nebojša Bakarec (born 1963), Serbian politician (SNS)
* Ognjeslav Utješenović
* Konstantin Vojnović
* Svetozar Pribićević
* Jovan Rašković
* Milorad Pupovac

## Military
### Venetian period

* Janko Mitrović (1613–1659)
* Stojan Janković (1636–1687)
* Vuk Mandušić (fl. 1645–1648)
* Cvijan Šarić (fl. 1652–1668)

### Habsburg/Ottoman period and the Kingdom of Serbia

* Stevan Šupljikac (1786–1848), Serbian rebel and first Duke of Serbian Vojvodina
* Omar Pasha (1806–1871), Ottoman field marshal and governor
* Gavrilo Rodić (1812–1890), Austrian and Austro-Hungarian general
* Stjepan Jovanović (1828–1885), notable military commander of Austrian Empire
* Emanuel Cvjetićanin (1833–1919), Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal Liteant
* Đura Horvatović (1835–1895), Serbian general and military minister
* Miloš Božanović (1863–1922), Serbian military commander and Minister of Defence
* Dragutin Prica (1867–1960), Austro-Hungarian and later Yugoslav admiral
* Vasilije Trbić (1881–1962), Serbian Chetnik commander in Macedonia
* Raoul Stojsavljevic (1887–1930), Austro-Hungarian WWI flying ace credited with ten aerial victories

### World War II

* Milan Emil Uzelac (1867–1954), commander in the Austro-Hungarian, Yugoslav and Independent Croatian Air forces, born in Hungary.
* Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav communist activist
* Vladimir Ćopić (1891–1939), journalist and communist official of mixed Serb-Croatian origin
* Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), spy for Richard Sorge's circle
* Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), Chetnik commander in World War II, born near Knin
* Vladimir Velebit (1907–2004), Yugoslav partisan, diplomat and historian
* Rade Končar (1911–1942), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Korenica
* Filip Kljajić (1913–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Petrinja
* Slobodan Bajić Paja (1916–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born near Vukovar
* Rade Bulat (1920–2013), Yugoslav communist, partisan general, electrical engineer and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
* Branko Mamula (born 1921), antifascist and partisan fighter, admiral of the JNA, Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (1982–1988)
* Nada Dimić (1923–1942), Yugoslav communist and People's Hero of Yugoslavia, born in Divoselo (Gospić)
* Simo Dubajić (1923-2009), Yugoslav partisan
* Jovanka Broz (1924–2013), Yugoslav partisan and the First Lady of Yugoslavia
* Boško Buha (1926–1943), Yugoslav partisan and National Hero, born in Virovitica
* Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav communist activist
* Stevo Rađenović, Chetnik commander in World War II

### Croatian War

* Veljko Kadijević (1925–2014), JNA general, born in Imotski
* Mile Mrkšić (1947–2015), JNA colonel, born in Vrginmost
* Slavko Dokmanović (1949–1998), mayor of Vukovar
* Mile Novaković (1950–2015), SVK commander, born in Vrginmost
* Vukašin Šoškoćanin (1958–1991), SVK commander, born in Borovo

### Modern

* Zdravko Ponoš (born 1958), Serbian general and the former Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces
* Stojan Janković
* Stevan Šupljikac
* Svetozar Boroević
* Božidar Adžija
* Momčilo Đujić
* Rade Končar

## Clergy and Other
### Clergy

* Jelena Nemanjić Šubić (14th century), founder of Krka monastery
* Petronije Selaković (fl. 1648), monk and rebel leader
* Nikodim Busović (1657–1707), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Krka
* Simeon Končarević (1690–1769), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan
* Gerasim Zelić (1752–1838), Serbian Orthodox archimandrite, traveler, and writer
* Holy Martyr Teodor Komogovinski (18th century)
* Vikentije Ljuština (1761–1805), Serbian Orthodox archimandrite, writer and educator
* Josif Rajačić (1785–1861), metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina and baron
* Petar Jovanović (1800–1864), metropolitan of Belgrade
* Mato Vodopić (1816–1893), bishop of Dubrovnik who wrote poems, short stories and collected folk ballads, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Nikanor Ivanović (1825–1894), metropolitan of Montenegro
* Ivan Stojanović (1829–1900), priest and writer, a part of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik
* Bishop Nikolaj (1840–1907), theologian and Metropolitan of the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna
* Miron Nikolić (1846–1941), one of the bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church with the longest standing record in the profession
* German Opačić (1857–1899), Bishop of Bačka
* Evgenije Letica (1858–1933), theologian and Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan
* Branko Dobrosavljević (1886 —1941), Serbian Orthodox priest who fell victim to Ustaše during the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia
* Hieromartyr Georgije Bogić (1911–1941)
* Serbian Patriarch Pavle (1914–2009)
* Jovan Nikolić, Serbian Orthodox priest
* Jovan Pavlović (1936–2014), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan

### Other

* Vladimir Matijević (1854–1929), founder of the Serbian Business Association Privrednik, the biggest Serbian humanitarian society, Serbian bank and Union of agricultural cooperatives
* Lazar Bačić (1865–1941), merchant and philanthropist
* Marija Ilić Agapova (1895–1984), jurist, translator, librarian and the first director of the Belgrade City Library
* Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga (1897–1925), outlaw in early 20th-century Slavonia
* Milan Mandarić (born 1938), Serbian-American business tycoon
* Stevo Karapandža (born 1947), celebrity chef, born in Gornja Trebinja (Karlovac)
* Mirjana Rakić (born 1948), Croatian journalist
* Slavko Ćuruvija (1949–1999), Yugoslav journalist and newspaper publisher
* Miroslav Lazanski (1950–2021), journalist and MP
* Mirko Ilić (born 1956), graphic designer and comics artist
* Slavica Ecclestone (born 1958), model
* Nives Celsius (born 1981), Croatian socialite
* Dragana Atlija (born 1983), Serbian model, actress, Miss Serbia 2009
* Jelena Nemanjić Šubić
* Gerasim Zelić
* Patriarch Josif Rajačić
* Vladimir Matijević
* Marija Ilić Agapova
* Patriarch Pavle