# List of people from Belgrade

This is a list of famous or notable citizens of Belgrade (included in the list are natives as well as permanent and/or temporary residents).

## Arts
### Architecture

* Dragiša Brašovan (1887–1965), modernist architect, one of the leading architects of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia, born in Vršac and lived in Belgrade
* Dragutin Djordjević (1866-1933), academic style architect and university professor, born in Loznica and lived in Belgrade
* Petar Bajalović (1876-1947), modernism architect, born in Šabac and lived in Belgrade
* Zoran Bojović (1936–2018), Serbian and Yugoslav architect and engineer

### Literature and poetry

* Bruce Sterling, science fiction author, one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement
* Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet
* Gordana Ćulibrk (born 1952), writer
* Meša Selimović, author
* Milorad Pavić, poet, prose writer, translator, and literary historian
* Nune Popović, Serbian author, activist

### Painting

* Dragomir Glišić (1872–1957), realism and impressionism painter and war photographer, born in Valjevo and lived in Belgrade
* Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915), fauvism painter, born in Čačak and lived in Belgrade
* Uroš Predić (1857–1953), realism painter, born in Orlovat and lived in Belgrade

### Comics

* Aleksa Gajić (born in 1974), comics artist and film director, creator of Technotise and the main author of the animated feature film Technotise: Edit & I
* Enki Bilal, comic book creator, comics artist and film director

### Sculpture

* Lilly Otašević, Canadian sculptor and designer

### Multiple art disciplines

* Dositej Obradović (1739–1811; born as Dimitrije Obradović), Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia, born in Ciacova, Romania and lived in Belgrade
* Jovan Hristić (1933-2002), Serbian poet, playwright, essayist, literary and theater critic, translator

## Entertainment
### Fashion and modeling

* Bojana Sentaler, Canadian fashion designer
* Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish TV personality, model, and fashion designer
* Roksanda Ilinčić, London-based fashion designer

### Film, theater, and television

* Dušan Makavejev, Yugoslavian film director, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s
* Emir Kusturica, filmmaker, double winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
* Jelena Adžić, Canadian media personality, CBC arts reporter
* Marina Abramović, performance artist
* Milan Radonjić, TV personality, comedian
* Mladen Kalpić, journalist, lecturer, filmmaker, and artist
* Nikola Đuričko (born 1974), Serbian actor

### Internet

* Bogdan Ilić (born 1996; pseudonym Baka Prase), Serbian YouTuber, internet personality, rapper, gamer, actor and entertainer, born in Vranje and lived in Belgrade
* Kristina Đukić (2000–2021; pseudonym Kika), Serbian YouTuber and livestreamer

### Music

* Ana Đurić (born 1978; stage name Konstrakta), singer, Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
* Ana Popović (born 1976), blues guitarist
* Ana Sokolović (born 1968), Canadian award winning music composer
* Bojana Stamenov (born 1986), singer, Serbian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
* Bojan Zulfikarpašić (born 1968), jazz pianist and composer
* Dania Ben Sassi (born 1998), Libyan Amazigh singer, born in Belgrade
* David Bižić (born 1975), opera singer
* Dejan Miladinović (1948–2017), opera director (Serbia, US, Yugoslavia), professor of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
* Djordje Stijepovic, Serbian-American double bass player and composer
* Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955), guitarist and composer
* Goran Bregović (born 1950), Serbian and Yugoslav musician and singer-songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and lives in Belgrade
* Goran Simić (1953–2008), opera singer, bass
* Ivana Jenkins (born 1983; born Ivana Vujić, stage name Ivy Jenkins), Canadian bass player and designer
* Jelena Karleuša (born 1978), singer, one of the biggest stars in Southeast Europe
* Jelena Mihailović (born 1987; stage name Jela Cello), cellist, born in Valjevo and lives in Belgrade
* Katarina Pejak, blues singer and pianist
* Maja Bogdanović (born 1982), cellist
* Marija Šerifović (born 1984), singer, Serbian representative and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, born in Kragujevac and lives in Belgrade
* Milenko Stefanović (1930–2022), classical and jazz clarinetist
* Predrag Gosta (born 1972), conductor and harpsichordist
* Sara Jovanović (born 1993; pseudonym Sara Jo), Serbian singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress, born in Rome, Italy and lives in Belgrade
* Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914), Serbian composer and music educator, led the Belgrade choir in the late 19th century
* Zdravko Čolić (born in 1951), Serbian and Yugoslav singer, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and lives in Belgrade

## Sciences

* Archibald Reiss, scientist
* Igor Delijanić, meteorologist
* Milutin Milanković, mathematician
* Vesna Milosevic-Zdjelar, Canadian astrophysicist, science educator
* Živojin Bumbaširević (1920–2008), Serbian orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist, born in Kruševac and lived and died in Belgrade

## Scholars

* Bogumil Hrabak (1927-2010), Serbian historian, university professor and pedagogue, born in Zrenjanin and lived and died in Belgrade
* Boris Begović (born 1956), economic scholar
* Đurađ Bošković (1904-1990), Serbian art historian of Serbian medieval architecture
* Gordan Lazarević, Canadian musicologist, university department head
* Ivan Avakumović, History professor at the University of British Columbia and author
* Jelena Kovacevic, American engineering professor and university leader
* Paulina Lebl-Albala, feminist, translator, literary critic, literature theoretician, and professor
* Thomas Nagel, philosopher
* Slobodan Antonić (born 1959), political scientist, sociologist and university professor

## Business

* Ana Kras, American furniture and fashion designer, photographer, artist
* Jelena Behrend, American jewelry designer
* Sacha Lakic, French automobile and furniture designer
* Veselin Jevrosimović, CEO of IT company ComTrade Group

## Politics

* Aleksandar I Obrenović (1876–1903), King of Serbia, last ruler of the House of Obrenović
* Atilla the Hun, used the city as a military base for his further penetration into the Balkans, between 441 and 443 AD, a decade before his death in 453; he is presumably buried 70 km north of the city
* Danica Karađorđević (born 1986), Hereditary Princess of Serbia and Yugoslavia and graphic designer
* Filip Karađorđević (born 1982), Hereditary Prince of Serbia and Yugoslavia, born in Fairfax, Virginia, United States and lives in Belgrade
* Jovian, Flavius Claudius Iovianus, Emperor of Rome, born in the city in 332 AD, restored Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire
* Jelisaveta Karađorđević (born 1936), Princess of Yugoslavia, political activist, and former presidential candidate for Serbia
* Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), Yugoslav president, founder of socialist Yugoslavia and co-founder of Non-Aligned Movement
* Jovanka Broz (1924–2013), first lady of Yugoslavia and wife of Josip Broz Tito, born in Pećane near Udbina and lived and died in Belgrade
* Laurent-Désiré Kabila, former president of the Congo
* Lisa Gavrić (1907-1974; born as Elisabeth Bechmann), Austrian communist, born in Vienna, Austria and lived in Belgrade
* Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, proclaimed Belgrade the capital city of the Principality of Serbia in 1841
* Novica Antić (born 1978), political activist and president of the Military Trade Union of Serbia
* Pavle Karađorđević, Prince of Yugoslavia
* Petar I Karađorđević, King of Serbia and later King of Yugoslavia
* Slobodan Milošević, late president of Serbia and Yugoslavia
* Stefan Dragutin, first King of Serbia to rule the city, made Belgrade the capital of his Kingdom of Syrmia in 1284
* Stefan Lazarević, Despot of Serbia, made Belgrade the capital city of Serbian Despotate in 1404
* Zoran Đinđić (1952–2003), prime minister of Serbia and mayor of Belgrade
* Aleksandar Vučić (born 1970), president of Serbia

## Clergy

* Atanasije Antonijević (1734-1804), Serbian archpriest of Bukovik, one of the leading people of the Serbian Revolution, born in Bukovik and lived in Belgrade

## Criminals

* Isa Lero "Džamba", criminal

## Military

* David Albala (1886–1942), military officer, physician, diplomat, and Jewish community leader, born in Belgrade
* Dragutin Gavrilović, colonel of the Serbian Army in World War I and the defender of Belgrade in 1915
* Mihailo Golubović (1889–1941), Serbian and Yugoslav soldier and a brigadier general of the Royal Yugoslav Army
* Milisav Čamdžija (1785–1815), warrior during the First Serbian Uprising, born in Veliki Borak in Belgrade
* Stepa Stepanović, field marshal (vojvoda) of Serbian Army
* Tasa Donić (1863-1939), Chetnik duke participant in the Serbian liberation wars of 1912–1918, born in Orašac and lived and died in Belgrade

## Sports
### Basketball

* Bogdan Bogdanović, National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the Atlanta Hawks
* Marko Jarić, NBA player

### Football

* Edin Ajdinović (born 2001), football central midfielder, born in Belgrade

### High Jumping

* Dragutin Topić, high jumper, gold medallist at the 1990 European Athletics Championships

### Racewalking

* Shaul Ladany, Israeli world-record-holding Olympic racewalker, Bergen-Belsen survivor, Munich Massacre survivor, and Professor of Industrial Engineering

### Rugby

* Radoslav Novaković, rugby player

### Swimming

* Luka Stevanović, swimmer and IT expert

### Tennis

* Ana Ivanovic, WTA tennis player; former World No. 1 in singles
* Daniel Nestor (Danijel Nestorović), Canadian Olympic Gold tennis player
* Janko Tipsarević, ATP tennis player
* Jelena Dokić, WTA tennis player
* Jelena Janković, WTA tennis player; former World No. 1 in singles
* Novak Đoković, ATP tennis player (World No.1)

### Wrestling

* Zurabi Datunashvili (born 1991), Georgian-born Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler, born in Tbilisi, Georgia and lives in Belgrade