Slobodan
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Slobodan is a Serbian
given name which means "free" (Serbian
: Sloboda/Слобода means Freedom, Liberty) used to other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović
who, inspired by John Stuart Mill
's essay On Liberty
baptised his son Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1945) and communist Yugoslavia (1945-1991) among other Yugoslav peoples and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples.
Common derived nicknames are Sloba. Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi or Cobi.
Feminine counterpart is Slobodanka.
It may refer to:
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...
given name which means "free" (Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
: Sloboda/Слобода means Freedom, Liberty) used to other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović
Vladimir Jovanovic
Vladimir Jovanović was a Serbian politician, political theorist, economist and journalist.Jovanović was educated at the Universities of Vienna and Berlin in agricultural and economic sciences...
who, inspired by John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, economist and civil servant. An influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy, his conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of...
's essay On Liberty
On Liberty
On Liberty is a philosophical work by British philosopher John Stuart Mill. It was a radical work to the Victorian readers of the time because it supported individuals' moral and economic freedom from the state....
baptised his son Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1945) and communist Yugoslavia (1945-1991) among other Yugoslav peoples and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples.
Common derived nicknames are Sloba. Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi or Cobi.
Feminine counterpart is Slobodanka.
It may refer to:
- Slobodan AligrudićSlobodan AligrudicSlobodan Aligrudić was a Serbian actor known for some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.Aligrudić was born in Bitola....
(1934–1985), Serbian actor - Slobodan JovanovićSlobodan JovanovicSlobodan Jovanović was one of Serbia's most prolific jurists, historians, sociologists, journalists and literary critics. He distinguished himself with a characteristically clear and sharp writing style later called the "Belgrade style"...
(1869–1958), Serbian politician during World War II - Slobodan KačarSlobodan KacarSlobodan Kačar is a retired Bosnian Serb boxer, born in Perućica near Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia. He won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the same year, Kačar was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia...
(born 1957), retired Serbian boxer - Slobodan KomljenovićSlobodan KomljenovicSlobodan Komljenović is a retired Serbian footballer who played as either a central or right defender....
(born 1971), retired German-born Yugoslav footballer - Slobodan LalovićSlobodan LalovićSlobodan Lalović is a former Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Policy in Serbia, where he served from 2004-2007....
(born 1954), Serbian politician - Slobodan MiloševićSlobodan MiloševićSlobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
(1941–2006), former president of Yugoslavia and Serbia - Slobodan NovakSlobodan NovakSlobodan Novak is a Croatian prose writer, novelist and essayist.-Biography:Novak was born in Split on November 3, 1924, the son of father Duje and mother Marija . He was baptized in the local church as Ante Slobodan Novak. He finished elementary school in Rab, attended gymnasium in Split, then...
(born 1924), Croatian writer - Slobodan ObradovSlobodan ObradovSlobodan Obradov is a well known Serbian physician...
(born 1919 ), Serbian physician - Slobodan PraljakSlobodan PraljakSlobodan Praljak is a Croatian politician, HV and HVO general from Bosnia and Herzegovina...
(born 1945), one of the leaders of Bosnian Croats and Herzeg-BosniaCroatian Republic of Herzeg-BosniaThe Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia was an unrecognised entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina that existed between 1991 and 1994 during the Bosnian war. It was proclaimed on November 18, 1991 under the name Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, and claimed to be a separate or distinct "political,...
during the Civil War in Bosnia - Slobodan Prosperov NovakSlobodan Prosperov NovakSlobodan Prosperov Novak , is a Croatian literature historian, comparativist and theatrologist.-Biography:He graduated comparative literature in 1973 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, receiving his M.A. in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1978. He worked as a journalist in a periodical...
(born 1951), Croatian writer - Slobodan RajkovićSlobodan RajkovicSlobodan Rajković is a Serbian footballer who plays as a Centre back for Hamburger SV.-Club career:...
(born 1989), Serbian football player - Slobodan RakitićSlobodan RakiticSlobodan Rakitić is a Serbian writer and politician.Rakitić was born on September 30, 1940 in Vlasovo, Prokuplje, Serbia. He visited the elementary school in Raška and the high school in Novi Pazar...
(born 1940), Serbian writer and politician - Slobodan SantračSlobodan SantracSlobodan Santrač is a retired Serbian football player and currently manager of Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba F.C.....
(born 1946), Serbian football manager - Slobodan ŠijanSlobodan ŠijanSlobodan Šijan is a Serbian film director.After graduating film direction and directing a handful of TV movies in the late 1970s, he caught a big break with his first full-length feature Ko to tamo peva in 1980...
(born 1946), Serbian film director - Slobodan ŠnajderSlobodan ŠnajderSlobodan Šnajder is a Croatian writer and publicist.Šnajder was born in 1948 in Zagreb, where graduated in philosophy and English studies from the Faculty of Philosophy. He was co-founder and editor of the theatre journal Prolog as well as editor of the edition published by Cekade. His short...
(born 1948), Croatian writer - Slobodan SubotićSlobodan SuboticSlobodan "Piksi" Subotić ) is a retired professional basketball player. A 2.01 m talented swingman, his incredible shooting ability helped Aris Thessaloniki qualify for three Euroleague final fours between 1988 and 1990. Subotić followed a successful career as a coach...
(born 1956), Montenegro-born Slovenian basketball player - Slobodan UzelacSlobodan UzelacSlobodan Uzelac, Ph.D., is the current Vice Prime Minister of Croatia for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return. He is the member of Serbian minority in Croatia....
(born 1947), Croatian politician representing Serbs of CroatiaSerbs of CroatiaVišeslav of Serbia, a contemporary of Charlemagne , ruled the Županias of Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim, his ancestral lands. According to the Royal Frankish Annals , Duke of Pannonia Ljudevit Posavski fled, during the Frankish invasion, from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs in western Bosnia, who...
, member of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's cabinet - Slobodan VuksanovićSlobodan VuksanovicSlobodan Vuksanović is a poet, essayist and translator who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007....
(born 1965), Serbian poet, essayist, translator and politician - Slobodan ŽivojinovićSlobodan ŽivojinovicSlobodan Živojinović is a retired Serbian tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. Together with Nenad Zimonjić he is the only tennis player from Serbia that held the highest doubles ranking. Živojinović is president of Serbia Tennis Federaton....
(born 1963), former Serbian tennis player