Dušan
Encyclopedia
Dušan is a Slavic name predominantly used by Serbs
, Montenegrins, Czechs, Slovaks
and Slovenes. Its meaning is soul, spirit. Ethymologically it derives from the name 'spirit
', first used by Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in the 14th century. Feminine form is "Duša".
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
, Montenegrins, Czechs, Slovaks
Slovaks
The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
and Slovenes. Its meaning is soul, spirit. Ethymologically it derives from the name 'spirit
Spirit
The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness.The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap,...
', first used by Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in the 14th century. Feminine form is "Duša".
People
- Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of SerbiaStefan Uroš IV Dušan of SerbiaStephen Uroš IV Dušan the Mighty , was the King of Serbia and Emperor of the Serbs and Greeks until his death on 20 December 1355. Dušan managed to conquer a large part of Southeast Europe, becoming one of the most powerful monarchs in his time...
, Serbian medieval emperor, the author of Dušan's CodeDušan's CodeDušan's Code was enacted by Tsar Dušan in two state congresses: in May 21, 1349 in Skopje and amended in 1354 in Serres. It regulated all social spheres, so it can be considered a medieval Serbian constitution. The Code included 201 articles. The original manuscript is not preserved, but around... - Dušan BajevićDušan BajevicDušan Bajević is a Bosnian football manager and former Yugoslav international.-Playing career:...
, Serbian footballer and football manager - Dušan BastaDušan BastaDušan Basta is a Serbian footballer who plays for Udinese.He has been in the under 21's selection of Serbia and has been named captain...
, Serbian footballer - Dušan BogdanovićDušan BogdanovicDušan Bogdanović is a Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist. He has explored musical languages which are reflected in his style today: a unique synthesis of classical, jazz and ethnic music...
, Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist - Dusan DjuricDusan DjuricDusan Djurić is a Swedish football midfielder of Serbian decent, who plays for Swiss team FC Zürich.-Career:...
, Swedish international footballer of Serbian descent - Dušan DžamonjaDušan DžamonjaDušan Džamonja was a contemporary Croatian sculptor of Macedonian origin.Džamonja's work shows a tendency towards technical and formative experiments, reducing form to the dynamic and intense shapes of symbolical meaning...
, Croatian sculptor - Dušan FitzelDušan FitzelDušan Fitzel is the currently Technical Director of the Malta national football team. He managed the team from 2006–2009, but in July 2009 health problems made it necessary to give up the role of manager. He was born on 15 April 1963 at Bojnice, Czechoslovakia. He is married and has two children...
, Slovak footballer and football manager - Dušan GalisDušan GalisDušan Galis is a Slovak politician, a football trainer and a former Czechoslovak football player. In Czechoslovak league he played 226 matches and with 89 goals. He was capped 8 times for Czechoslovakia, scored 1 goal...
, Slovak footballer and football manager - Dušan KalmančokDušan KalmancokDušan Kalmančok is a Slovak astronomer.He has discovered a number of asteroids. According to the citation for an asteroid named after him, 29824 Kalmancok, "He significantly contributed to building the Comenius University Modra. He participated in the development of observational programs for...
, Slovak astronomer - Dušan KerkezDušan KerkezDušan Kerkez is a Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballer. He last played for Cypriot club AEL Limassol.-Club career:...
, Serb footballer - Dušan KovačevićDušan KovacevicDušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright and director best known for his theater plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal....
, Serbian playwright - Dušan MatićDušan MaticDušan Matić was a Serbian poet who was active as part of the Belgrade surrealist group.-External links:**...
, Serbian poet - Dušan MakavejevDušan MakavejevDušan Makavejev is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
, Serbian film director - Dušan Mihajlović, Serbian footballer
- Dušan OtaševićDušan OtaševicDušan Otašević , born in 1940 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is an artist.He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade in 1966. At first he was associated with "New Figuration" in Belgrade, turned to Pop-Art and produced sculptural objects. He currently lives in Belgrade.Historians...
, Serbian painter and sculptor - Dušan PetkovićDušan PetkovicDušan Petković is a Serbian former footballer....
, Serbian footballer - Dušan PetronijevićDušan PetronijevicDušan Petronijević is a Serbian footballer currently playing for FC Shakhter Karagandy.-External links:* * * * * at Utakmica.rs...
, Serbian footballer - Dušan PirjevecDušan PirjevecDušan Pirjevec, known by his battle name Ahac , was a Slovenian resistance fighter, literary historian and philosopher...
, Slovenian literary historian, philosopher and resistance fighter - Dušan Radović, Serbian journalist and writer
- Dušan RepovšDušan RepovšDušan Repovš, is a Slovenian mathematician, born on November 30, 1954 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.He graduated in 1977 from the University of Ljubljana with a thesis on the Borsuk shape theory. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1983 at the Florida State University with a dissertation on generalized 3-manifolds...
, Slovenian mathematician - Dušan RistanovićDušan RistanovicDušan Ristanović is a Professor of Medical Biophysics on Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia. Prof. Dušan Ristanović is author of more than 400 scientific papers, with over 150 cited publications. He was also head of the Yugoslav Biophysical Association and Head of the...
, Serbian biophysicists - Dušan SalfickýDusan SalfickyDušan Salfický won the bronze medal as part of the Czech Republic team at the 2006 Winter Olympics...
, Czech ice hockey player - Dušan SlobodníkDušan SlobodníkDušan Slobodník was a Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician. He was the Minister of Culture of Slovakia from 1992 to 1994, in Vladimír Mečiar's first government...
, Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician. - Dušan ŠvantnerDušan ŠvantnerDušan Švantner is a member of Slovak National Party. He was a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic from 1994 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2002. He was born in Brezno and still lives there.- References :...
, Slovak politician - Dušan UhrinDušan UhrinDušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava...
, Czech footballer and football manager - Dušan VemićDušan VemicDušan Vemić is a Serbian professional tennis player. He was born on June 17, 1976, in Zadar, in Yugoslavia, now Croatia; he currently lives in Belgrade.-Professional career:...
, Serbian tennis player - Dušan VukotićDušan VukoticDušan Vukotić was an award-winning cartoonist, author and director of animated films from Yugoslavia. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films....
, Croatian author and director of short animated films, winner of 1961 Academy Award for short animated film Surogat (Substitute).
In other languages
- Hungarian: Dusán
- Polish: Duszan
- Serbian: Dušan / Душан
- German: Duschann
- French: Dushan
- Slovak: Dušan
- Czech: Dušan