List of Užicans
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of prominent people connected to the Užice
region in the south-western part of Serbia
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Užice
Užice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
region in the south-western part of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
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Middle Ages
- Dragutin Nemanjić, king of SyrmiaSyrmiaSyrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....
- Nikola AltomanovićNikola AltomanovicNikola Altomanović was Serbian župan from 14th century. He ruled vast areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, till Konavle and Dračevica, neighboring the Republic of Dubrovnik...
, župan - members of the Rača SchoolRaca monasteryThe Rača monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery 7 km south of Bajina Bašta, Serbia. The monastery was built by Stefan Dragutin . In 1826 it was reconstructed due to being burned down several times while Serbia was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire....
19th century
- Milan Đurić, protopope of UžiceUžiceUžice is a city and municipality in western Serbia, located at the banks of the Đetinja river. It is the administrative center of the Zlatibor District...
- Miloš Obrenović, prince of SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
Families
- the JokanovićJokanovica kucaJokanovića kuća , is one of the oldest buildings in Užice. Jokanovića kuća was the property of one of the richest merchant families of Uzice in the second half of 19th century - the Jokanovic family. It is also known under the name "peccara"...
family - the ObrenovićHouse of ObrenovicThe House of Obrenović was a Serbian dynasty that ruled Serbia from 1815 to 1842, and again from 1858 to 1903. They came to power through the leadership of their progenitor Miloš Obrenović in the Second Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which led to the formation of the Principality of...
dynasty of SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... - the SmiljanićSmiljanicSmiljanić is a Serbian surname:* Aleksandra Smiljanić* Boris Smiljanić Swiss footballer* Goran Smiljanić Serbian footballer* Mićo Smiljanić Serbian footballer* Milan Smiljanić Serbian footballer* Branko Smiljanić Serbian football manager...
family of SirogojnoSirogojnoSirogojno is a village in Serbia located on Mt. Zlatibor. Sirogojno offers a variety of interesting activities including fashion shows of knitwear hand-made by women living on Mt...
20th and 21st century
- Dragoljub OjdanićDragoljub OjdanicDragoljub Ojdanić was former Chief of the General Staff and Defence minister of Yugoslavia...
, general of the army - Ivan StambolićIvan StambolicIvan Stambolić was a Communist Party of Yugoslavia official and the President of the Republic of Serbia in the 1980s who was later victim of an assassination....
, politician - Nataša MićićNataša MicicNataša Mićić is a Serbian politician. She is an MP in the Serbian parliament and the vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party ....
, politician - Nikola LjubičićNikola LjubicicNikola Ljubičić was the President of the Presidency of Serbia , a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia...
, general of the army - Petar StambolićPetar StambolicPetar Stambolić was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as the President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia from 1963 to 1967 and President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1982 until 1983.Stambolić was born in Brezova, Ivanjica, Kingdom of Serbia and died in Belgrade, Serbia...
, politician - Tomislav LadanTomislav LadanTomislav Ladan was a Croatian essayist, critic and novelist.Ladan was born in Ivanjica, Serbia, and spent his formative years in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina , where he graduated at Philosophical Faculty in Sarajevo...
, novelist - Vladimir AnićVladimir AnicVladimir Anić was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer, best known as the author of Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika , the first modern single-volume dictionary of Croatian language....
, linguist
Sportspeople
- Branimir PetrovićBranimir PetrovicBranimir Petrović is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast....
- Ljubomir LjubojevićLjubomir LjubojevicLjubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...
- Miloš MarićMiloš MaricMiloš Marić is a Serbian football midfielder, currently playing for Lierse S.K. in Belgium.-Career:...
- Milovan RakovićMilovan RakovicMilovan Raković is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a center.-Pro career:Raković was the last player picked in the 2007 NBA Draft; he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks and then traded along with cash to the Orlando Magic...
- Nemanja VidićNemanja VidicNemanja Vidić is a Serbian footballer who captains English Premier League club Manchester United. He was part of the Serbia national football team from 2002 to 2011....
- Nenad NovakovićNenad NovakovicNenad Novaković is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Debreceni VSC.- Career :...
- Nikola OtaševićNikola OtasevicNikola Otašević is a Serbian professional basketball player. He currently plays for KK Hemofarm.-References:...
- Olivera JevtićOlivera JevticOlivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...
- Radiša IlićRadiša IlicRadiša Ilić is a Serbian football goalkeeper who plays for Serbian SuperLiga club FK Partizan Feredon.-Club career:...
- Radomir AntićRadomir AnticRadomir Antić is a Serbian former football defender and former football manager for the Serbian national team.Following a 17-year playing career he found his true calling in coaching....
- Rešad KunovacRešad KunovacRešad Kunovac is a Bosnian former football player and current coach. He was the assistant to Radomir Antić, the head coach of the Serbian national team until 2010....
- Srboljub Stamenković
- Vladan VićevićVladan VicevicVladan Vićević is a retired Serbian-born Salvadoran international football player.Vićević, born in Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, played with his hometown club FK Sloboda Užice for a decade between 1986 and 1996 before moving to El Salvador to play with C.D. Águila...
- Vlade DivacVlade DivacVlade Divac is a retired Yugoslav and Serbian professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the NBA. At , he played center and was known for his passing skills...
See also
- UžičansUžičansUžičans generally refers to the locals of the western Serbian city of Užice, its local discrict and the surrounding area. The Užičans today are a regional subgroup in Serbia; the majority declare Serbian nationality whilst many of the southern Muslims choose Bosniak or Muslim.-Notablity:Like all...
- List of Bosnians
- List of Serbs
- List of people by nationality
- List of people