# The 100 most prominent Serbs

The 100 most prominent Serbs (Serbian: 100 најзнаменитијих Срба, romanized: 100 najznamenitijih Srba) is a book containing the biographies of the hundred most important Serbs as compiled by a committee of academicians at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The committee members were Sava Vuković, Pavle Ivić, Dragoslav Srejović, Dejan Medaković, Dragomir Vitorović [sr], Zvonimir Kostić [sr], Vasilije Krestić, Miroslav Pantić [sr; fr] and Danica Petrović. The book was published for the first time in 1993 on 20+617 pages, reprinted in 2001, and the third extended edition was printed in 2009 and 2013.
With the efforts of the president of the editorial board of the book Dejan Medaković, Milan Nedić was also included in the list, because he claimed that Nedić's government saved his family. The editorial board had problems with the inclusion of Nedić and Draža Mihailović since Nedić heavily collaborated with the Axis powers during World War II and Mihailović collaborated with Nedić. Ultimately Mihailović was not included in the final list.

## The list

| Rank | Name | Occupation |
| 1 | Stefan Nemanja (1113–1199) | Grand Prince of Serbia and founder of the Nemanjić dynasty |
| 2 | Stefan the First-Crowned (1165–1228) | Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196, and the King of Serbia as the first Rascian king |
| 3 | Saint Sava (1174–1236) | The first Archbishop of the Autocephalous Serbian Church, founder of Serbian law, and diplomat. |
| 4 | Domentijan (1210–1264) | Medieval Serbian writer, monk, philosopher and biographer |
| 5 | King Stefan Milutin (1253–1321) | King of Serbia |
| 6 | Teodosije the Hilandarian (1246–1328) | Clergyman, one of the most important Serbian writers in the Middle Ages |
| 7 | Danilo II (~1270–1337) | Serbian Archbishop, monk and chronicler |
| 8 | Emperor Stefan Dušan (1308–1355) | Serbian Emperor |
| 9 | Lazar of Serbia (1329–1389) | Medieval Serbian ruler |
| 10 | Miloš Obilić (unknown–1389) | Serbian knight and assassin of Ottoman sultan Murad I |
| 11 | Jefimija (1349–1405) | One of the first Serbian female poets |
| 12 | Prince Marko (1335–1395) | Medieval Serbian ruler |
| 13 | Despot Stefan Lazarević (1377–1427) | Prince and despot |
| 14 | Kir Stefan the Serb (14th century–15th century) | Musicologist, composer and monk |
| 15 | Despot Đurađ Branković (1377–1456) | Baron and despot |
| 16 | Makarije Sokolović (1500s–1574) | Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch |
| 17 | Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638) | Poet |
| 18 | Arsenije III Crnojević (1633–1706) | Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch |
| 19 | Pavle Nenadović (1703–1768) | Archbishop |
| 20 | Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711–1787) | Physicist, philosopher, theologian and polymath |
| 21 | Dositej Obradović (1739–1811) | Writer and linguist |
| 22 | Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (1748–1830) | Ruler of Montenegro and exarch |
| 23 | Stefan Stratimirović (1757–1836) | Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire and author |
| 25 | Karađorđe (1768–1817) | Revolutionary leader who fought for Serbian independence |
| 24 | Filip Višnjić (1767–1834) | Poet and guslar |
| 26 | Matija Nenadović (1777–1854) | Priest and writer |
| 27 | Veljko Petrović (1780–1813) | military leader |
| 28 | Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia (1780–1860) | prince of Serbia |
| 29 | Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864) | a philologist and linguist who was the major reformer of the Serbian language |
| 30 | Konstantin Danil (1798–1873) | painter |
| 31 | Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856) | playwright and poet |
| 32 | Ilija Garašanin (1812–1874) | statesman |
| 33 | Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851) | prince-bishop of Montenegro, poet and philosopher |
| 34 | Josif Pančić (1814–1888) | botanist and doctor |
| 35 | Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (1823–1868) | Prince of Serbia |
| 36 | Branko Radičević (1824–1853) | poet |
| 37 | Đuro Daničić (1825–1882) | historian and philologist |
| 38 | Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901) | politician and mayor of Novi Sad |
| 39 | Jovan Ristić (1831–1899) | diplomat, politician and writer |
| 40 | Kornelije Stanković (1831–1865) | composer |
| 41 | Ilarion Ruvarac (1832–1905) | historian, academic and Orthodox priest |
| 42 | Đura Jakšić (1832–1878) | poet, writer and painter |
| 43 | Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904) | poet and doctor |
| 44 | Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908) | jurist and a pioneer in sociology |
| 45 | Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921) | Montenegrin king |
| 46 | Laza Kostić (1841–1910) | poet and writer |
| 47 | Stojan Novaković (1842–1915) | politician, historian, writer, academic |
| 48 | Peter I of Serbia (1844–1921) | Serbian king |
| 49 | Vladan Đorđević (1844–1930) | politician, mayor of Belgrade |
| 50 | Nikola Pašić (1845–1926) | politician |
| 51 | Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915) | bishop and author |
| 52 | Svetozar Marković (1846–1875) | philosopher and author |
| 53 | Sima Lozanić (1847–1935) | chemist, professor and politician |
| 54 | Radomir Putnik (1847–1917) | military commander |
| 55 | Đorđe Krstić (1851–1907) | painter |
| 56 | Laza Lazarević (1851–1891) | writer, psychiatrist and neurologist |
| 57 | Simo Matavulj (1852–1908) | novelist |
| 58 | Pera Dobrinović (1853–1923) | actor |
| 59 | king Milan I of Serbia (1854–1901) | king of Serbia |
| 60 | Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935) | physicist and chemist |
| 61 | Živojin Mišić (1855–1921) | military commander |
| 62 | Stevan Sremac (1855–1906) | writer |
| 63 | Stepa Stepanović (1856–1929) | military commander |
| 64 | Jovan Žujović (1856–1936) | anthropologist, known as a pioneer in geology, paleontology and craniometry in Serbia |
| 65 | Stevan Mokranjac (1856–1914) | composer and music educator |
| 66 | Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) | inventor, mechanical and electrical engineer |
| 67 | Paja Jovanović (1859–1957) | painter |
| 68 | Vojislav Ilić (1860–1894) | poet |
| 69 | Ljubomir Stojanović (1860–1930) | politician, historian and academic |
| 70 | Bogdan Popović (1863–1944) | literary critic and professor |
| 71 | Branislav Nušić (1864–1938) | novelist, dramatist, satirist and diplomat |
| 72 | Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927) | geographer, anthropologist, professor, academic |
| 73 | Mihailo Petrović (1868–1943) | mathematician, professor and academic |
| 74 | Pavle Popović (1868–1939) | literary critic and historian, professor and academic |
| 75 | Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958) | lawyer and politician |
| 76 | Miloje Vasić (1869–1956) | archaeologist |
| 77 | Jovan Dučić (1871–1943) | poet and diplomat |
| 78 | Radoje Domanović (1873–1908) | writer and teacher |
| 79 | Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915) | painter and early photographer |
| 80 | Branislav Petronijević (1875–1954) | scientist and philosopher |
| 81 | Borisav Stanković (1876–1927) | writer |
| 82 | Milan Rakić (1876–1938) | poet |
| 83 | Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960) | linguist and academic |
| 84 | Milan Nedić (1878–1946) | general and politician; Prime Minister of a puppet government |
| 85 | Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958) | prose writer and novelist |
| 86 | Petar Kočić (1877–1916) | poet and politician |
| 87 | Jovan Skerlić (1877–1914) | writer and literary critic |
| 88 | Milutin Milanković (1879–1958) | mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer and popularizer of science |
| 89 | Nikolaj Velimirović (1881–1956) | bishop and theological writer |
| 90 | Petar Konjović (1883–1970) | composer |
| 91 | Vladimir Ćorović (1885–1941) | historian |
| 92 | Stevan Hristić (1885–1958) | composer |
| 93 | Jovan Bijelić (1884–1964) | painter |
| 94 | Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934) | ruler of Yugoslavia |
| 95 | Petar Dobrović (1890–1942) | painter |
| 96 | Ivo Andrić (1892–1975) | writer, Nobel Prize winner |
| 97 | Miloš Crnjanski (1892–1977) | writer, poet and diplomat |
| 98 | Sava Šumanović (1896–1942) | A prominent 20th century painter. His works are primarily Cubist, with Fauvist and Expressionistic aspects too. |
| 99 | Meša Selimović (1910–1982) | writer |
| 100 | Vasko Popa (1922–1991) | poet and academic |