List of people from Sarajevo
Sarajevo has had a number of famous citizens over the years. They include an Academy Award winner, two Nobel Prize winners, musicians, novelists, athletes, actors, artists, designers, film directors, screenwriters, politicians etc. Sarajevo has also produced presidents for three countries.
Apart from people born in Sarajevo, this list also includes people that were or are associated with Sarajevo throughout their career, nevermind where they were actually born.
A
- Abdulah Sidran (born 1944), poet and screenwriter
- Adela Jušić (born 1982), contemporary visual artist
- Ademir Kenović (born 1950), film director and producer
- Adi Granov (born 1977), comic book artist and conceptual designer
- Ahmed Imamović (born 1971), film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), writer, winner of a MacArthur Foundation grant
- Ališer Sijarić (born 1969), contemporary classical music, electroacoustic music and computer music composer
- Amar Osim (born 1967), footballer and football coach
- Asim Ferhatović (1933–1987), footballer
B
- Bekim Fehmiu (1936–2010), actor
- Boris Novković (born 1967), Croatian singer, songwriter
- Braco Dimitrijević (born 1948), conceptual artist
- Branko Đurić "Đuro" (born 1962), actor, film director and musician, lead singer of Bombaj Štampa
D
- Damir Džumhur (born 1992), tennis player
- Danis Tanović (born 1969), film director and screenwriter
- David Elazar (1925–1976), Israeli general and IDF Chief of Staff
- Davorin Popović (1946–2001), singer, songwriter, lead singer of Indexi and basketball player
- Dino Merlin (born 1962), singer, songwriter and record producer
- Dino Rešidbegović (born 1975), contemporary classical music and electronic/electroacoustic music composer
- Dragan Marinković (born 1968), actor and TV personality
- Dražen Ričl (1962–1986), musician, former lead singer of Crvena Jabuka
- Dražen Žerić (born 1964), musician, current lead singer of Crvena Jabuka
E
- Edin Džeko (born 1986), footballer
- Elmir Jukić (born 1971), film director and occasional screenwriter
- Elvir Baljić (born 1974), footballer and football coach
- Emir Kusturica (born 1954), film director, actor and musician
- Endi E. Poskovic (born 1969), visual artist and printmaker
F
- Faruk Hadžibegić (born 1957), footballer and football coach
- Faruk Sokolović (born 1952), film director, television producer, actor and screenwriter
- Feđa Isović (born 1965), screenwriter, part-time musician and part-time actor
- Fra Grgo Martić (1822–1905), friar and writer
G
- Gazi Husrev-beg (1480–1541), Sanjak-bey in the Ottoman Empire, greatest donor and builder of Sarajevo
- Goran Bregović (born 1950), recording artist, composer and former guitarist of Bijelo Dugme
H
- Hamdija Kreševljaković (1888–1959), historian
- Hajrudin "Hari" Varešanović (born 1961), musician, lead singer of Hari Mata Hari
- Haris Brkić (1974–2000), basketball player
- Husref Musemić (born 1961), footballer and football coach
I
- Irfan Peljto (born 1984), football referee
- Ivan Štraus (1928–2018), architect
- Ivana Miličević (born 1974), actress and model
- Ivica Osim (born 1941), footballer and football coach
J
- Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974), film director and screenwriter
- Jasmin Geljo (born 1959), actor
- Jasna Žalica (born 1968), actress
- Jura Stublić (born 1954), singer and songwriter
K
- Kemal Monteno (1948–2015), singer and songwriter
M
- Mehmedalija "Mak" Dizdar (1917–1971), poet
- Maya Berović (born 1987), pop singer
- Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
- Mladen Milicevic (born 1958), composer of experimental music, sound installation, and film music
- Mehmed Baždarević (born 1960), footballer and football coach
- Meris Muhović (born 1992), karate competitor
- Milan Pavlović (born 1970), actor
- Milan Ribar (1930–1996), footballer and football coach
- Milić Vukašinović (born 1950), musician
- Miljenko Jergović (born 1966), writer
- Miraj Grbić (born 1976), actor and former musician, former lead singer of Karne
- Mirza Delibašić (1954–2001), basketball player
- Mladen Vojičić "Tifa" (born 1960), rock vocalist, former lead singer of Bijelo Dugme
- Mula Mustafa Bašeskija (1731–1809), chronicler, diarist, poet, calligrapher and retired Jannisary in the Ottoman Empire
N
- Nele Karajlić (born 1962), comedian, musician, composer, actor and television director
- Nenad Marković (born 1968), basketball player
- Nijaz Ibrulj (born 1956), philosopher
P
- Pjer Žalica (born 1964), film director and screenwriter
- Predrag Danilović (born 1971), basketball player, former member of NBA's Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks
- Predrag Finci (born 1946), philosophy philosopher and writer
R
- Robert Rothbart (born as Boris Kajmaković in 1986), basketball player
S
- Safet Isović (1936–2007), sevdalinka singer
- Safet Sušić (born 1955), footballer and football coach
- Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870–1934), writer
- Sanela Diana Jenkins (born 1975), entrepreneur, philanthropist and owner of NeuroDrinks from California
- Saša Lošić (born 1964), musician, lead singer of Plavi orkestar
- Saša Toperić (born 1972), concert pianist and diplomat
- Sejo Sexon (born 1961), musician, lead singer of Zabranjeno pušenje
- Senad Bašić (born 1962), actor and comedian
- Senad Hadžimusić Teno (born 1957), musician
- Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), poet
T
- Tomo Miličević (born 1979), musician
V
- Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), Nobel prize winner for Chemistry
- Vesna Bugarski (1930–1992), Bosnia and Herzegovina's first female architect
Z
- Zaim Topčić (1920–1990), writer
- Zdravko Čolić (born 1951), pop-folk singer
- Zlata Filipović (born 1980), novelist and short story writer
- Zlatko Topčić (born 1955), writer and screenwriter
- Zenit Đozić (born 1961), actor, humorist, television producer
Ž
- Željko Bebek (born 1945), lead singer of Bijelo Dugme from 1974 to 1984
- Žan Marolt (1964–2009), actor
Politics
A
- Alija Behmen (born 1940), 37th mayor of Sarajevo
- Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), first Bosnian president
B
- Bakir Izetbegović (born 1956), politician
- Boris Tadić (born 1958), President of Serbia
- Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), President of the Republic of Macedonia
E
- Edin Forto (born 1972), 16th and current prime minister of Sarajevo Canton
- Emerik Blum (1911–1984), businessman, 27th mayor of Sarajevo
I
- Isa-Beg Ishaković (15th century), general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of Sarajevo and Novi Pazar
- Ivo Komšić (born 1948), 38th mayor of Sarajevo
M
- Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902), second mayor of Sarajevo
- Mila Mulroney (born 1953), former first lady of Canada
- Mustafa Fadilpašić (1830–1892), 1st mayor of Sarajevo
N
- Nezir Škaljić (1844–1905), third mayor of Sarajevo
S
- Semiha Borovac (born 1955), 36th mayor of Sarajevo
- Sven Alkalaj (born 1948), diplomat
V
- Vojislav Šešelj (born 1954), politician, former deputy prime minister of Serbia and convicted war criminal
Ž
- Željko Komšić (born 1964), politician and Golden Lily recipient
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