List of Bosnians and Herzegovinians
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217.17.243.236 11:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)This is a list of prominent people from Bosnia and Herzegovina (including Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs, and others):
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[edit] Arts
[edit] Literature and Poetry
- Petar Kocic
- Avdo Međedović
- Nijaz Abadžić
- Muhamed Abdagić
- Bisera Alikadić
- Muhamed Allamek
- Ivo Andrić
- Dino Fahrudin Avdibegović
- Safvet-beg Bašagić
- Rifet Bahtijaragić
- Safet Bandžović
- Almir Bašović
- Mustafa Borović
- Bisera Boškailo
- Ali Dede Bošnjak
- Đenana Buturović
- Musa Ćazim Ćatić
- Enver Čolaković
- Umihana Čuvidina
- Vlado Dijak
- Osman Đikić
- Mehmedalija Dizdar
- Zija Dizdarević
- Jovan Dučić
- Ferida Duraković
- Zulfikar Džumhur
- Hamid Šahinović Ekrem
- Sead Fetahagić
- Muhamed Filipović
- Šemsudin Gegić
- Osman Nuri Hadžić
- Salih Sidki Muvekit Hadžihuseinović
- Fadil Hadžić
- Senahid Halilović
- Husein Hasković
- Irfan Horozović
- Advan Hozić
- Ahmet Hromadžić
- Rezak Hukanović
- Nedžad Ibrišimović
- Abdulvehab Ilhamija
- Mustafa Imamović
- Almir Imširević
- Alija Isaković
- Senudin Jašarević
- Miljenko Jergović
- Esad Jogić
- Rešad Kadić
- Halid Kadrić
- Ibrahim Kajan
- Husnija Kamberović
- Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić
- Dževad Karahasan
- Enes Kišević
- Željko Kocaj
- Fuad Kovač
- Skender Kulenović
- Džemaludin Latić
- Vitomir Lukić
- Admiral Mahić
- Semezdin Mehmedinović
- Velimir Milošević
- Ahmed Muradbegović
- Jasmina Musabegović
- Alija Nametak
- Džafer Obradović
- Tajib Omerdić
- Amir Osmančević
- Ljubica Ostojić
- Šukrija Pandžo
- Izet Perviz
- Safet Plakalo
- Mustafa Pruščak
- Mehmed-aga Pruščanin
- Enver Puška
- Ivica Vanja Rorić
- Izet Sarajlić
- Aleksa Šantić
- Muhidin Šarić
- Faruk Šehić
- Abdulah Sidran
- Antun Branko Šimić
- Velimir Stojanović
- Derviš Sušić
- Amir Talić
- Enes Topalović
- Zlatko Topčić
- Muhamed Uskufi
- Damir Uzunović
- Nenad Veličković
- Marko Vešović
- Karim Zaimović
- Miodrag Žalica
- Dario Džamonja
- Aleksandar Hemon
- Andrej Nikolaidis
[edit] Fine Arts
- Mersad Berber - painter
- Sead Seyo Čizmić - painter
- Braco Dimitrijević - conceptual artist
- Vojo Dimitrijević - painter, sculptor
- Emir Dragulj - painter
- Adi Granov - comic book artist
- Ahmet Ibukić - painter
- Gabrijel Jurkić - painter
- Enver Krupić - painter
- Fuad Kusumović - painter
- Franjo Likar - painter
- Ibrahim Ljubović - painter
- Bekir Misirlić- painter
- Omer Mujadžić - painter
- Ismar Mujezinović - painter
- Edin Numankadić - painter
- Danijel Ozmo - graphic artist
- Slobodan Perišić - graphic artist
- Roman Petrović - painter
- Afan Ramić- painter
- Meho Meha Sefić- painter
- Ivo Šeremet - painter
- Branko Šotra - painter
- Nesim Tahirović - painter
- Mehmed Zaimović - painter
- Safet Zec- painter
- Jusuf Niksic- painter
- Franjo Leder-painter
- Adi Mulabegović-cartoonist
- Zuko Džumhur-cartoonist
- Đoko Ninković-cartoonist
- Hasan Fazlić-cartoonist
- Alija Hafizović HAF-cartoonist
- Božo Stefanović-cartoonist
- Zvonimir Markičević-cartoonist
- Midhat Ajanović Ajan-cartoonist
- Mario Brancaglioni-cartoonist
- Hamdija Fulurija-cartoonist
- Zijad Sakić-cartoonist
- Savo Odžaković-cartoonist
- Mahmut Latifić-cartoonist
[edit] Composition
- Bego-Šimunić Anđelka
- Goran Bregović
- Nikola Borota - Radovan
- Mirsad Jelesković
- Edo Mulahalilović
- Edin Dino Zonić
[edit] Theatre and Performing Arts
- Davor Dujmović - actor
- Nijaz Alispahić - director, NP Tuzla
- Selma Alispahić - actress
- Zoran Bečić - actor and director
- Dubravko Bibanović - director
- Matusja Blum - pianist and piano teacher
- Hasija Borić - actress
- Rudolf Rudi Alvađ - actor
- Oskar Danon - composer and conductor
- Rejhan Demirdžić - actor, most famous for the role of Uzeir of the famous radio-characters Momo i Uzeir
- Jasna Diklić - actress
- Nada Ðurevska - actress
- Branko Đurić - actor, director, original member of the cult commedy Top Lista Nadrealista line-up
- Admir Glamočak - actor
- Gradimir Gojer - director
- Emir Hadžihafizbegović - actor
- Dragan Jovičić - actor
- Vlado Kerošević - director
- Sulejman Kupusović - director
- Branko Ličen - actor
- Belma Lizde-Kurt - actress
- Gordana Magaš - choreographer
- Minka Muftić - actress
- Halima Mušić - actress
- Zaim Muzaferija - actor
- Mustafa Nadarević - actor
- Safet Pašalić - actor
- Haris Pašović - director
- Josip Pejaković - actor
- Aleksandra Romanić- pianist
- Zijah Sokolović - actor, director
- Ivica Šarić - opera singer, currently Minister for Culture for Sarajevo Canton
- Tatjana Šojić - actress
- Nermin Tulić - actor, currently director of Pozorište Mladih, Sarajevo
- Miodrag Trifunov - actor
- Sergej Trifunović - actor
- Miralem Zupčević - actor
- Žan Marolt - actor
- Dino Mustafić - theatre director & director of International Theatre Festival MESS
- Nihad Kreševljaković- executive producer of International theatre Festival MESS
- Jurislav Korenić, founder of Festival MESS
- Ivana Miličević, Actress
- Vladimir Valjarević- pianist
[edit] Science and Technology
- Nicholas (Nikola) Flamel - Alchemist
- Vladimir Prelog - chemist, Nobel Laureate
- Mahmut Bajraktarević - mathematician
- Irfan Skiljan - creator of freeware image viewer IrfanView
[edit] Popular culture
[edit] Film, Radio and Television
- Jan Beran Sr. - cameraman, director, writer, translator
- Bahrudin Bato Čengić - film director
- Sanja Damić - TV presenter
- Nenad Dizdarević - film director
- Benjamin Filipović - TV and film director
- Tarik Filipović - actor
- Vehid Gunić - TV presenter
- Senad Hadžifejzović - TV presenter
- Mirza Idrizović - film director
- Emir Kusturica - famous film director
- Ademir Kenović - TV and film director
- Hajrudin Šiba Krvavac - film director
- Ivica Matić - film director
- Harun Mehmedinović - filmmaker
- Ivana Miličević - actress, appearances in Seinfeld, Felicity, among others
- Arijana Saračević - journalist
- Danis Tanović - film director, Oscar winner
- Jasminka Šipka - TV presenter
- Mladen Vuksanović - documentary maker, writer
- Srđan Vuletić - filmmaker
- Radmilo Bato Zurovac - founder of Sarajevo "202" radio-station
- Pjer Žalica - film director
- Nihad & Sead Kreševljaković- film directors
- Raka Marić - music and film producer
[edit] Pop, Rock and Alternative music
- Zlatko Arslanagić - musician and composer, founder of Crvena Jabuka
- Fuad Backović a.k.a Deen - singer, former leader of the boyband Seven Up, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest
- Vesna Pisarovic - pop singer
- 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
- Nikola Borota - Radovan - producer, composer and musician, founder of Kamen na Kamen
- Milic Vukašinović - composer and musician, founder of Vatreni Poljubac (Kiss of Fire)
- Aljoša Buha - member of the original line-up of Crvena jabuka, tragically killed in a car accident
- Zdravko Čolić - pop singer
- Edin Dervišhalidović a.k.a. Dino Merlin - pop singer and composer, founder of pop-group Merlin
- Ismeta Dervoz, later Ismeta Krvavac - one-time frontwoman of Ambasadori
- Vlado Džihan - musician, Bosnian half of the Austrian DJ duo Džihan & Kamien
- Alen Islamović - musician, one-time frontman of Divlje Jagode i Bijelo Dugme
- Nenad Janković a.k.a. Dr Nele Karajlić - musician, original frontman of Zabranjeno pušenje, original member of the Top Lista Nadrealista line-up
- Elvis J. Kurtović, real name Mirko Srdić - founder of the New Primitives (Novi primitivizam) punk movement, currently member of the Zagreb-based post-war line-up of Zabranjeno pušenje
- Brano Likić - composer and founder of Rezonansa
- Kornelije Kovač - composer, musician, member of the original line-up of Indexi, founder of Korni Grupa
- Esad Arnautalić - producer, composer and musician, co-founder of the cong fest Vas slager sezone
- Saša Lošić - composer and founder of Plavi Orkestar
- Kemal Monteno - singer, musician, and songwriter
- Boris Novković - singer and songwriter
- Djordje Novković - father of Boris, composer, one-time member of Indexi, founder of Pro Arte
- Edin Osmić a.k.a. Edo Maajka - rapper, leader of rap group Disciplinska Komisija
- Davorin Popović a.k.a. Pimpek - singer and frontman of Indeksi
- Dražen Ričl a.k.a Zijo - original frontman of Crvena jabuka, tragically killed in a car accident
- Ranko Rihtman - conductor, composer, musician, one-time member of Indexi
- Zijo Rizvanbegović - musician, founder of Valentino
- 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 - musician, frontman of musical groups Ambasadori and Hari Mata Hari
- Mladen Vojičić a.k.a. Tifa - singer and musician
- Dražen Žerić a.k.a Žera - original member of Crvena jabuka and its current frontman
- Bijelo Dugme - famous Bosnian rock group
- Kamen na Kamen - pioneers of World (Ethno) Music
- Neda Ukraden - famous (ethno-pop) singer
- Crvena Jabuka - famous Bosnian rock group
- Selma Bajrami - Bosnian singer
- Nazif Gljiva - Bosnian singer
- Igor Vukojević - Bosnian singer
- Saša Matić - Bosnian singer
- Dejan Matić - Bosnian singer
[edit] See Also Sarajevo school of pop rock
[edit] Ethno and Folk Music
- Ismet Alajbegović a.k.a. Šerbo - famous accordion player and composer
- Selma Bajrami - folk singer
- Zilha Barjektarević a.k.a. Silvana Armenulić - folk singer
- Behka i Ljuca - legendary ethno duo, sevdalinke and saz performers
- Halid Bešlić - folk singer
- Nedeljko Bilkić - sevdalinke singer
- Haris Džinović - folk singer, founder of Sar-e-Roma
- Zaim Imamović - sevdalinka singer
- Safet Isović - sevdalinka singer
- Fahreta Jahić a.k.a. Lepa Brena - folk singer
- Nada Mamula - sevdalinka singer
- Himzo Polovina - sevdalinka singer
- Beba Selimović - folk singer
- Behija Zlatić - sevdalinka singer
- Sanela Sijerčić - folk singer
[edit] Politicians and Historical Figures
[edit] Medieval Bosnian State 1154-1463
[edit] Borić Dynasty
[edit] Kulinić Dynasty
- 1172. - 1204. Ban Kulin
- 1204. - 1232. Stjepan Kulinić
- 1232. - 1253. Matej Ninoslav
[edit] 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
[edit] Hrvatinić Family
- Stjepan Hrvatinić - founder of the Hrvatinić family
- Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić - Bosnian Duke, founder of the town of Jajce
[edit] Kosača Family
- Sandalj Hranić Kosača - Grand Duke of Bosnia
- 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
- Vlatko Vuković Kosača, Vojvoda of Hum (Herzegovina) - XIV century Duke who led the Bosnian army in the Battle of Kosovo, son of Herceg Stjepan and his first wife, Jelena Balšić
- Vladislav Kosača, son of Herceg Stjepan and his first wife, Jelena Balšić
- Mara Kosača Crnojević - daughter of Herceg Stjepan, wife of Ivan Crnojević, ruler of Zeta
- Stjepan Kosača, also known as Ahmed-pasha Hercegović - son of Herceg Stjepan and his third wife Cecilia, son-in-law of Mehmed II the Conqueror
[edit] Radinović-Pavlović Family
- Pavao Radinović
- Radoslav Pavlović - son of Pavao Radinović
[edit] Other Nobility
- Doroteja Gorjanska - Queen, wife of King Tvtko II
- Queen Mara - one of the last two Bosnian Queens, wife of Stjepan Tomašević
- Pavao, Mladen I and Mladen II Bribirski Šubić - though not Bosnian (they are from the Croatian Šubić line, Counts of Bribir in Dalmatia), they controlled the Banate of Bosnia struggling with the Kotromanić Dynasty for the full control of Bosnia from 1299 to 1322
[edit] Famous Members of the Bosnian Church
- Gost Radin - senior official of the Bosnian Church who served under Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, XV century
- Starac Mišljen - senior official of the Bosnian Church, XV century
- Starac Bilko - senior official of the Bosnian Church, XV century
[edit] 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 a.k.a. Slavoljub Bošnjak
- The Morić brothers Braća Morići
- Ali Pasha Rizvanbegović - XIX century feudal ruler and Vizier of Herzegovina
- 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
- Fra Andjel Zvizdović
- Damat İbrahim Pasha - Grand Vizier
[edit] Austro-Hungarian Occupation 1878-1918
- Gavrilo Princip - member of Young Bosnia, and assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the assassination triggered World War I
[edit] Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1918-1941
- Džemaludin Čaušević - Reis-ul-ulema
- Fra Leon Petrović - historian
- Mehmed Spaho - leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organisation
- Josip Sunarić - leader of the Bosnian Croats
[edit] World War II
- Peter Tomich - WWII hero
- Rodoljub Čolaković - WWII war hero, People's Hero of Yugoslavia
- Fadil Jahić Španac - WWII war hero
- Vladimir Perić - Valter a.k.a. Valter Perić - WWII defender of Sarajevo, cultural icon
- Dr.Dzafer Beg Kulenović- Vice President of the Independent State of Croatia, Last President of the Yugoslav Muslim Party following the death of Dr. Mehmed Spaho in 1939.
- Mijo Kerosevic Guja- WWII hero. Comandant of a Battalion, member of Husinska Partizanska Ceta.
- Petar Miljanović-WWII hero. Member of celebrated Husinska Partizanska Ceta.
- Pejo Marković-WWII hero. His death memorized in song and movie Konjuh Planinom. Member of Husinska Partizanska Ceta.
- Ivo Bojanović Puso-WWII hero. Husinska Partizanska Ceta.
- Miloš Zekić-WWII-Celebrated, legendary figure in Eastern Bosnia, JNA General, President of Partizan-Belgrade sports club.
[edit] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1943-1991
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Bosnian Presidents since 1990
- Alija Izetbegović..... (December 1990 - October 1996) (sole)
- Alija Izetbegović (October 1996 - October 1998) (collective presidency chairman)
- Radišić, Živko............. (October 1998 – June 1999)
- Jelavić, Ante............... (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) (collective presidency chairman)
- Željko Komšić (part of collective presidency)
- Haris Silajdžić (part of collective presidency)
[edit] Other prominent political figures since 1943
- Bogić Bogićević - delegate to the last Collective Presidency of SFRY before the 1991-1995 war and the dissolution of Yugoslavia
- Jovan Divjak - legendary general of the Bosnian Army during the 1992-1995 war, poet
- Dr Nijaz Duraković - former leader of the Social Democratic Party
- Mladen Ivanić - politician and diplomat
- Rasim Kadić - one-time leader of the Liberal Party
- Dr Emina Kečo-Isaković - wife of Alija Isakovic, Bosnian Ambassador to Austria
- Stjepan Kljujić - member of the Bosnian presidency after the independence
- Dr Muhamed Filipović - academic and politician
- Dr Zdravko Grebo - academic and politician
- 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, currently Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Muhamed Kresevljakovic - first elected Mayor of Sarajevo
- Siniša Pejič-prominent aristocrat within the town of Buletič
- Franjo Herljevic-ministar of defense SFRJ, General JNA
- Pasaga Mandzic-various functions in federal organs SFRJ and Republic of Bosnia & Hercegovina
[edit] Sportspeople
[edit] Basketball
- Edin Bavcic - NBA basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers (Bosniak)
- Dražen Dalipagić - basketball player, former Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist (Croat)
- Predrag Danilović - basketball coach and former basketball player (Serbian)
- Damir Omerhodzic-Markota - NBA basketball player with the Milwaukee Bucks (Bosniak)
- Mirza Delibašić - basketball player, former Bosna and Real Madrid player, Olympic medalist (Bosniak)
- Razija Mujanović - basketball player (Bosniak)
- Emir Mutapčić - former basketball player, now coach (Bosniak)
- Aleksandar Nikolić - "Father of Yugoslav Basketball" (Serbian)
- Mile Ilić - basketball player
- Zoran Planinić - NBA basketball player
- Vladimir Radmanović - NBA basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Ratko Radovanović - basketball player
- Zoran Savić - basketball player
- Nedžad Sinanović - basketball player (Bosniak)
- Robert Rothbart - basketball player
- Borislav Stanković - former basketball player
- Bogdan Tanjević - basketball coach
- Žarko Varajić -basketball player, Olympic medalist (Serbian)
- Marković, Nenad - basketball player, former Bosnia national team player, National team coach
[edit] Chess
- Predrag Nikolić - chess player, Grand Master since 1983
- Ivan Sokolov - chess player, Grand Master since 1987, now plays for the Netherlands
- Ismar Alabedi - Chess player, Grand Master since 1906, deceased
[edit] Football
- Sergej Barbarez - football player
- Nedžad Bijedić - football coach
- Miroslav Blažević - football coach
- 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
- 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
- Dževad Kreso - Football coach and former footballer
- Baljić, Elvir
- Bolić, Elvir
- Sulejman Halilovic - former football player from Odzak
- Meho Kodro - former football player
- Enver Maric - former football goalkeeper
- Mario Stanic - former player
- Dusan Bajevic - football coach and former player
- Faruk Hadzibegic - former football player
- Mirsad Fazlagic - former footballer
- Mirsad Hibic - former footballer
- Muhammed Konjic - football player
- Zlatan Bajramovic football player
- Refik Sabadzanovic Former football player
- Muhamed Mujic-Celebrated forward for Velez-Mostar and Yugoslav National Team.
- Tomo Knez-Played right wing for Borac-Banja Luka and Yugoslav National Team.
- Ivan Curkovic-One of the best golies of all times in former Yugoslavia. Velez-Mostar, Partizan-Belgrade, StEtiene-France, Yugoslav National Team.
- Franjo Vladic-One of the best midfielders in former Yugoslavia. Velez-Mostar, Yugoslav National Team. The best in long precise passes.
- Mišo Smajlovic-One of the best all time forwards Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo.
- Senad Kreso football coach
[edit] Handball
- Zlatan Arnautović - team handball player (Olympic Gold Medal 1984, World Cup Gold 1986)
- Abas Arslanagić - legendary team handball player and coach won as coach the Olympic Bronze Medal 1988 and as player the Olympic Gold Medal 1972
- Svjetlana Kitić - former team handball player, now coach of women's national team handball team
- Zlatan Saračević - team handball player (World Cup Gold 1986, Olympic Bronze 1988)
- Smajlagić, Irfan - former team handball player
- Šuman, Bilal - team handball player
- Zoran Tomic-handball player
- Halid Demirović - handball coach
- Enid Tahirović - handball goalkeaper
- Mirsad Terzić - handball player
- Sead Hasanefendić - handball coach
- Kasim Kamenica - handball coach
[edit] Martial arts
- Brano Crnogorac - legendary judo trainer
- Dragan Vikić - karate, 1 gold and 3 silver medals from European Championships
- Arijana Jaha - judo
- Amel Mekić - judo
- Zoran Prerad - taekwondo
- Anton Josipović - boxing, light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Dragan Vujković - boxing, light heavyweight silver medal at the 1978 World Championship
- Marijan Beneš - boxing, gold medal at the 1973 European Championship
- Edo Dervoz - boxing
- Fadil Basić - boxing
- Radovan Bisić - boxing
- Zdravko Pala - boxing
- Miljenko Rubelj - boxing
- Alem Kupusović - karate, team silver medal at 2006 World Championship
- Arnel Kalušić - karate, silver medal at 2006 European Championship, team silver medal at 2006 World Championship
- Admir Ćupina - karate, team silver medal at 2006 World Championship
- Adnan Hadžić - karate, team silver medal at 2006 World Championship
- Admir Zukan - karate, team silver medal at 2006 World Championship
- Kenan Alikadić - karate, team silver medal at 2006 World Championship
- Oliver Mandarić - karate, team silver medal at 2006 World Championship
- Odžaković Arnela - karate, 5th place at 2006 World Championship
- Mensur Cakić - karate, gold medal at 2006 European Championship, silver medal at 2004 World Championship
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- Amer Delić - tennis player
- Ivan Ljubičić - tennis player
- Mervana Jugić-Salkić - tennis player
Football
- Senad Kreso football coach
[edit] Other Prominent People
- Hamdija Kreševljaković - Famous historian
- Samir Arnautović - most prominent philosopher in Bosnia-Herzegovina
- 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
- Jakob Finci - President of the Jewish community in Sarajevo, President of the Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Zoran Đinđić - former Prime Minister of Serbia
- Jerome - born in Grahovopolje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mila Pivnicki - wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney
- Juraj Neidhart - famous architect
- Alija Sirotanović - Bosnian coal-miner, worker-hero, his face was on the 10 and 20000 dinar banknotes
- Ivan Straus - famous architect, member of Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Aristotel Petrović - the first Mayor of Sarajevo upon the formation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918, Bosnian diplomat
- Boris Tadić - President of Serbia
- Uglješa Uzelac - Mayor of Sarajevo during the XIV Olympic Winter Games, BiH ambassador to Slovenia
- Adil Zulfikarpašić - businessman, one-time politician, and philanthropist, founder of the Bosniak Institute in Sarajevo
- Juro Kerosevic, Leader, organizer of miners strike Husinska Buna
- Zvonko Ceric,
- Mitar Trifunovic Uco,
- Inga Peulich - Australian politician born in Bosnia-Herzegovina
[edit] 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 Bosnian 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 Bosnian Serb 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
