List of Serbs contains notable people who are
Serbs or of Serb ancestry. The list includes all notable Serbs sorted by occupation and year of birth, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern.
Momčilo Tapavica (1872–1949), designer of
Novi Sad's
Matica Srpska building; also 1st Serb to win an Olympic medal at 1st modern Olympic Games (Athens, Greece, 1896)[4]
Ivan Antić (1923–2005), architect and academic, considered one of the
former Yugoslavia's best post-World War 2 architects[15]
Ilija Arnautović (1924–2009),
Yugoslav and Serbian architect, known for his projects during the period of Serbian and Slovenian socialism (1960–1980)[16]
Louis and Dennis Astorino (born 1948), American architects of Serbian origin, Louis was the 1st American architect to design a building in the
Vatican[24]
Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910), recognized as the first sculptor of modern Serbia[28]
Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), won prizes at the World Exhibitions in Paris 1889 and 1900 for the works "Gusle" and "Kosovo Monument"
Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor and academic, highly regarded for his bronzes and fountains (
Čukur Fountain), frequently cited as one of the most important figures in Yugoslavian sculpture.[29][30]
Olja Ivanjicki (1931–2009), contemporary artist in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting.[38]
Radmila Smiljanić (born 1940), classical soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1965. She is particularly known for her portrayals of heroines from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.[51][52]
Oliver Njego (born 1959), baritone, student of Bakočević, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming a prominent opera singer.[53]
John Vivyan (1915–1983), born as John R. Vukayan; film, stage and television actor ("
Mr. Lucky", a popular
CBS adventure series), also a highly decorated veteran
Miki Manojlović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Serbian actor, star of some of the most important films in Yugoslav cinema, president of the Serbian Film Center since 2009
Buća, noble family, originating in
Kotor during the Middle Ages. Some of their antecedents were writers and poets.
Miroslav of Hum, 12th-century Great Prince (Велики Жупан) of
Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the medieval Serbian Principality (Rascia) covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia.
Anonymous author of the
Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a 12th-century literary work, preserved in its Latin version only, has all the indication that it was written in Old Slavic, or, at least, that a portion of the material included in it existed previously in the Slavic language.
Atanasije (scribe) (c. 1200 – 1265), a disciple of Saint Sava, was a Serbian monk-scribe who wrote a "Hymn to Saint Sava" and a "Eulogy to Saint Sava".
Domentijan (c. 1210–died after 1264), Serbian scholar and writer. For most of his life, he was a monk dedicated to writing biographies of clerics, including "Life of St. Sava."
Bratko Menaion, represents the oldest Serbian transcription of this liturgical book, discovered in the village of Banvani, and written by presbyter Bratko during the reign of king
Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia in 1234.
Nikodim I (c. 1250 – 1325), Abbot of Hilandar (later
Serbian Archbishop), issued an edict (gramma) wherein he grants to the monks of the Kelion of St. Sava in Karyes a piece of land and an abandoned monastery. He translated numerous ancient texts and wrote some poetry. Also, he wrote Rodoslov (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).
Dragolj Code, written in 1259 by Serbian monk Dragolj.
Stanislav of Lesnovo (c. 1280 – 1350), wrote "Oliver's Menologion" in Serbia in 1342.
Elder Grigorije (fl. 1310–1355), Serbian nobleman and monk, possibly "Danilo's pupil" (Danilov učenik), i.e. the main author of "Žitija kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih".
Anonymous Athonite (also known in Serbia as Nepoznati Svetogorac; late 14th to mid-15th century) was Isaija the Monk's biographer and one of the many unidentified authors of Medieval works.
Elder Siluan (14th century), author of a hymn to
Saint Sava.
Hesychasm left a strong imprint in Serbian medieval literature and art, which is evident in works by Domentijan and Teodosije the Hilandarian, but most prominently in the writings of Danilo of Peć, Isaija the Monk and Elder Siluan.
Jefimija (1310–1405), daughter of CaesarVojihna and widow of Jovan
Uglješa Mrnjavčević, took monastic vows and is the author of three found works, including "Praise to Prince Lazar". One of the earliest European female writers.[30]
Jefrem (patriarch) (c. 1312 – 1400), born in a priestly family, of Bulgarian origin, was the Patriarch of the
Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1375 to 1379 and from 1389 to 1392. He was also a poet who left a large body of work, preserved in a 14th-century manuscript from
Hilandar Monastery.
Rajčin Sudić (1335 – after 1360), Serbian monk-scribe who lived during the time of Lord Vojihna, the father of
Jefimija.
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (1336–1406), Bulgarian-born, Serbian
clergyman who as the Metropolitan of Moscow wrote The Book of Degrees (Stepénnaya kniga), which grouped Russian monarchs in the order of their generations. The book was published in 1563.
Saint Danilo II, wrote biographies of Serbian medieval rulers, including the biography of Jelena, the wife of King Stefan Dragutin.
Antonije Bagaš, translated works from Greek into Serbian.
Euthymius of Tarnovo, founder of the
Tarnovo Literary School that standardized the literary texts of all Orthodox Slavs, including those in Serbia and in Kievan Rus (Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia).
Nikola Radonja (c. 1330 – 1399), as monk Gerasim, served and helped with great merit
Hilandar and other monasteries at
Mount Athos, and authored "Gerasim Chronicle" (Gerasimov letopis).
Romylos of Vidin, also known as Romylos of Ravanica where he died in the late 1300s.
Kir Stefan the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century), Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Nikola the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century), Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Isaiah the Serb, monk-scribe and composer of chants in the 15th century. He finished the translation from Greek to Serbian of the Corpus Areopagiticum, the works of
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, in 1371, and transcribed the manuscripts of Joachim, Domestikos of Serbia.
Constantine of Kostenets (fl. 1380–1431), Bulgarian writer and chronicler who lived in Serbia, author of the biography of Despot
Stefan Lazarević and of the first Serbian philological study, Skazanije o pismenah (A History on the Letters).
Radoslav Gospels, work of both Celibate Priest Feodor, also known as "Inok from Dalsa" (fl. 1428–1429), who is credited for transcribing the Radoslav Gospel (
Tetraevangelion) in the Serbian recension, now in the
National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. Radoslav is the famed miniaturist who illuminated the pages.
Jelena Balšić's correspondence with monk Nikon of Jerusalem between 1441 and 1442 is found in
Gorički zbornik, named after the island of Gorica in
Lake Skadar where Jelena built a church.
Dimitrije Kantakuzin, while residing in the Rila monastery in 1469 Kantakuzin wrote a biography of Saint
John of Rila and a touching "Prayer to the Holy Virgin" imploring her aid in combating sin.
Konstantin Mihailović (c. 1430 – 1501), the last years of his life were spent in Poland where he wrote his Turkish Chronicle, an interesting document with a detailed description of the historical events of that period as well as various customs of the Turks and Christians.
Pachomius the Serb (Paxomij Logofet), prolific
hagiographer who came from Mount Athos to work in Russia between 1429 and 1484. He wrote eleven saint's lives (zhitie) while employed by the
Russian Orthodox Church in
Novgorod. He was one of the representatives of the ornamental style known as pletenje slova (word-braiding).
Dimitar of Kratovo, 15th-century Serb writer and lexicographer of the Kratovo Literary School.
Ninac Vukoslavić (fl. 1450–1459), chancellor and scribe at the court of
Scanderbeg, and author of his letters.
Deacon Damian who wrote "
Koporin Chronicle" in 1453.
Stefan Paštrović (fl. 1560–1599), author of two books, engaged a certain
hieromonk Sava of
Visoki Dečani to print them in
Venice at the Francesco Rampazetto and Heirs publishing house in 1597.
Radiša Dimitrović owned the
Belgrade printing house where many medieval works were published.
Peja (priest) wrote a poem In the Court and in the Dungeon, from The Service of
Saint George of Kratovo, and a biography of the same saint between 1515 and 1523.
Tronoša Chronicle was written in 1526 and transcribed by hieromonk Josif Tronoša in the eighteenth century.
Jovan Maleševac was a Serbian Orthodox monk and scribe who collaborated in 1561 with the Slovene Protestant reformer
Primož Trubar to print religious books in Cyrillic.
Matija Popović was a 16th-century Serbian Orthodox cleric from Ottoman Bosnia who also supported the
Reformation movement.
Peter Petrovics was a 16th-century Serbian magnate and one of Hungary's most influential and fervent supporters of the Reformation.
Teodor Račanin (
Bajina Bašta, c. 1500–Bajina Bašta, past-1560) was the first Serbian writer and monk of the Rachan
Scriptorium School mentioned in Ottoman and Serbian sources.
Inok Sava (c. 1530 – after 1597) was the first to write and publish a Serbian Primer (syllabary) at the printing press of Giovanni Antonio Rampazetto in
Venice in two editions, first on 20 May and the second on 25 May 1597, after which the book somehow fell into neglect only to be rediscovered recently.
Pajsije I Janjevac (1542–1649) was a Serbian Patriarch and an author whose works showed an admixture of popular elements.
Mavro Orbin (1563–1614) was the author of the "Realm of the Slavs" (1601) which made a significant impact on Serbian historiography, influencing future historians, particularly
Đorđe Branković (count).
Zograf Longin (16th century), was an icon painter and writer.
Radul of Riđani (fl. 1650–1666) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and chieftain of
Riđani, and a prolific letter writer who kept the authorities of
Perast informed about Ottoman preparations for the
Battle of Perast. A collection of his letters are kept in a museum.
Kiprijan Račanin (c. 1650 – 1730) was a Serbian writer and monk who founded a copyist school in
Szentendre in Hungary, like the one he left behind at the
Rača monastery in Serbia at the beginning of the
Great Turkish War in 1689.
Jerotej Račanin (c. 1650 – after 1727) was a Serbian writer and copyist of church manuscripts and books. After visiting Jerusalem in 1704 he wrote a book about his travel experiences from Hungary to the Holy Land and back.
Gavril Stefanović Venclović (fl.
Bajina Bašta, 1670 –
Szentendre, 1749), one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque and Enlightenment literature, wrote in the vernacular.
Milorad Pavić saw Venclović as a living link between the
Byzantine literary tradition and the emerging new views on modern literature. He was the precursor of enlightenment aiming, most of all, to educate the common folk.
Ivan Krušala (1675–1735) is best known for writing a poem about the
Battle of Perast in 1654, among others. He worked in a Russian embassy in China at the time when
Sava Vladislavich was the ambassador.
Simeon Končarević (c. 1690 – 1769), a Serbian writer and Bishop of Dalmatia who, exiled twice from his homeland, settled in Russia where he wrote his chronicles.
Parteniy Pavlovich (c. 1695 – 1760) was a Serbian Orthodox Church cleric of Bulgarian origin who championed
South Slavic revival.
Sava Petrović (1702–1782) wrote numerous letters to the Moscow metropolitan and the Empress
Elizabeth of Russia about the deploring conditions of the Serb Nation under occupation by the Turks, Republic of Venice and the Habsburg Empire.
Petar I Petrović Njegoš (1748–1830) was a writer and poet besides being a spiritual and temporal ruler of the "Serb land of Montenegro" as he called it.
Stefano Zannowich (1751–1786) was a Montenegrin Serb writer and adventurer. From his early youth, he was prone to challenges and adventures, unruly and dissipated life. He wrote in Italian and French, besides Serbian. He is known for his "Turkish Letters" that fascinated his contemporaries. His works belong to the genre of
epistolary novel.
Hadži-Ruvim (1752–1804) was a Serbian Orthodox
archimandrite who documented events and wars in his time, established a private library, wrote library bibliographies, collected books in which he drew ornaments and miniatures. He did
wood carving and
woodcutting.
Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church
archimandrite, traveller and writer (compatriot of Dositej). His chief work was the travel memoirs Žitije (Lives), which also served as a
sociological work.[35]
Tripo Smeća (1755–1812) was a Venetian historian and writer who wrote in Italian and in Serbian.
Avram Mrazović (1756–1826) was a Serbian writer, translator and pedagogue.
Gligorije Trlajic (1766–1811), writer, poet, polyglot and professor of law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Kharkov, author of a textbook on Civil Law which according to some laid the foundations of Russian civil law doctrine
Tomo Milinović (1770–1846) is a Serbian writer and freedom-fighter. He authored two books, Umotvorina (published posthumously 1847) and Istorija Slavenskog Primorija (lost and never published).
Jovan Pačić (1771–1848) was a Serbian poet, writer, translator, painter and soldier. He translated
Goethe
Pavel Đurković (1772–1830) was one of the most important Serbian Baroque artists (writers, icon painters, goldsmiths, woodcarvers).
Joakim Vujić, (1772–1847), writer, dramatist, actor, traveler and polyglot. He is known as the Father of Serbian Theatre.[92][35]
Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) was a Serbian writer, pedagogue, physicist, mathematician and astronomer in the service of
Imperial Russia. He also taught mathematics at the university of
Kharkiv.
Stevan Živković-Telemak (1780–1831) is the author of Obnovljene Srbije, 1780–1831 (Serbie nouvelle, 1780–1731) and Serbian translator of François Fénelon's Les Aventures de Telemaque.
Jovan Došenović (1781–1813) was a Serbian philosopher, poet and translator.
Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), devised an alphabet system, which rejected 16 of 42 Slavonic letters.
Luka Milovanov Georgijević (1784–1828) is considered the first children's poet of new Serbian literature. He collaborated with Vuk Karadžić on the production of grammars and the dictionary.
Sofronije Jugović-Marković (fl. 1789) was a Serbian writer and activist in Russian service. He wrote "Serbian Empire and State" in 1792 in order to raise the patriotic spirit of the Serbs in both the Habsburg and Ottoman empires.
Dimitrije Davidović (1789–1838), Minister of Education of the Principality of Serbia, writer, journalist, publisher, historian, diplomatist, and founder of modern Serbian journalism and publishing.[35]
Prokopije Čokorilo (1802–1866) is known for his chronicles and a dictionary of Turkish expressions in Serbian. He contributed to the Srbsko-dalmatinski Magazin.
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, (1813–1851) works include The Mountain Wreath (Горски вијенац / Gorski vijenac), the Ray of the Microcosm (Луча микрокозма / Luča mikrokozma), the Serbian Mirror (Огледало српско / Ogledalo srpsko), and False Tsar Stephen the Little (Лажни цар Шћепан Мали / Lažni car
Šćepan Mali).
Medo Pucić (1821–1882), writer and prominent Serbian nationalist who was one of the leaders of the "Serb-Catholic" Circle.[35]
Jovan Đorđević (1826–1900), Serbian man of letters, writer of lyrics to the Serbian National anthem
Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), writer and editor of a magazine called Slavjanka, in which Serbian students living under Habsburg occupation championed their ideas of national freedom
Milorad Pavlović-Krpa (1865–1957), was merchant and writer of epic songs who wrote the earliest collection of urban lyric poetry., writer and early
Anton Chekhov translator
Vuk Vrčević (1811–1882), collaborated with
Vuk Karadžić collecting Serbian tales and songs in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dalmatia along with Vuk Popović[35]
Ludovico Pasquali (Ljudevit Pašković) was an Italian poet and Venetian soldier of Serbian origin, though Roman Catholic by faith, who lived in the early and mid-1500s.
Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1709–1766), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro, wrote patriotic poetry and the first history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754
Jovan Avakumović (1748–1810), known as a representative of the Serbian folk poetry of the 18th century, though he only wrote a few poems which were part of handwritten poem books.
Pavle Solarić (1779–1821) was Obradović's disciple who wrote poetry and the first book on geography in the vernacular.
Aleksije Vezilić (1753–1792) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the Teutonic vision of the Enlightenment to the Serbs.
Avram Miletić (1755 – after 1826) was a merchant and writer of epic folk sings.
Mato Vodopić (1816–1893) was a Serb-Catholic Bishop of
Dubrovnik and poet, Romanticism
Hieromonk Makarije (1465 – c. 1530) is the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing, having printed the first book in the Serbian language in Obod (Crnagora) in 1493, and the first book in
Wallachia. He also wrote extensively.
Luka Radovanović (15th century), was a 15th-century Serb Catholic priest from
Ragusa who owned a small printing press, one of the earliest at the time.
Vićenco Vuković (fl. 1560–1571), was one of the major printers of 16th century Serbia, like his father before him.
Stefan Marinović (fl. 1561–1563), was a Serb printer from
Scutari during the time of Vićenco Vuković, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others. The longest-lived printing in the Balkans was done at Scutari, where Stefan Skadranin worked between 1563 and 1580. When his press stopped, because of continued Turkish authority over the region, Serbian printing left the Balkans. Later, Serbian books were printed in Venice, Leipzig, Vienna, and Trieste.
Mojsije Dečanac (fl. 1536–40) is remembered for printing Praznićni minej (Holiday Menaion) of
Božidar Vuković in Venice in 1538.
Hieromonk Genadije was another printer who worked alongside hieromonk Teodosije at
Mileševa monastery and later in
Venice with hierodeacon Mojsije and hieromonk Teodosije.
Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), geographer, ethnographer and geologist
Vladimir Varićak (1865–1942), mathematician and theoretical physicist
Mihailo Petrović Alas (1868–1943), author of the mathematical phenomenology and inventor of the first hydraulic computer capable to solve differential equations[30]
Petar Gburčik (1931–2006), scientist and a professor of
meteorology at the
University of Belgrade. He was the author of the first mathematical models of the
numerical weather prediction,[111] which were used operationally in the Weather Service of Yugoslavia from 1970 to 1977. In the same period, he began modelling of the atmospheric diffusion of air-pollution and created the first model of the spatial distribution of air-pollution[112]
Miomir Vukobratovic (1931–2012), mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots
Vukašin Radišić (1810–1843), the first Serbian classical philologists to teach poetics
Đuro Daničić (1825–1882), collaborated with Vuk Karadžić in reforming and standardizing the Serbian language, and translating the Bible from old Serbo-Slavonic into modern-day Serbian[35][30]
Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), amongst the first Serbian doctor of law, president of the
Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. Tekelija founded the Tekelijanum in Budapest in 1838 for Serb students studying in the city.[35]
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List of Serbs contains notable people who are
Serbs or of Serb ancestry. The list includes all notable Serbs sorted by occupation and year of birth, regardless of any political, territorial or other divisions, historical or modern.
Momčilo Tapavica (1872–1949), designer of
Novi Sad's
Matica Srpska building; also 1st Serb to win an Olympic medal at 1st modern Olympic Games (Athens, Greece, 1896)[4]
Ivan Antić (1923–2005), architect and academic, considered one of the
former Yugoslavia's best post-World War 2 architects[15]
Ilija Arnautović (1924–2009),
Yugoslav and Serbian architect, known for his projects during the period of Serbian and Slovenian socialism (1960–1980)[16]
Louis and Dennis Astorino (born 1948), American architects of Serbian origin, Louis was the 1st American architect to design a building in the
Vatican[24]
Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910), recognized as the first sculptor of modern Serbia[28]
Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), won prizes at the World Exhibitions in Paris 1889 and 1900 for the works "Gusle" and "Kosovo Monument"
Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor and academic, highly regarded for his bronzes and fountains (
Čukur Fountain), frequently cited as one of the most important figures in Yugoslavian sculpture.[29][30]
Olja Ivanjicki (1931–2009), contemporary artist in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting.[38]
Radmila Smiljanić (born 1940), classical soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1965. She is particularly known for her portrayals of heroines from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.[51][52]
Oliver Njego (born 1959), baritone, student of Bakočević, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming a prominent opera singer.[53]
John Vivyan (1915–1983), born as John R. Vukayan; film, stage and television actor ("
Mr. Lucky", a popular
CBS adventure series), also a highly decorated veteran
Miki Manojlović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Serbian actor, star of some of the most important films in Yugoslav cinema, president of the Serbian Film Center since 2009
Buća, noble family, originating in
Kotor during the Middle Ages. Some of their antecedents were writers and poets.
Miroslav of Hum, 12th-century Great Prince (Велики Жупан) of
Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the medieval Serbian Principality (Rascia) covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia.
Anonymous author of the
Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a 12th-century literary work, preserved in its Latin version only, has all the indication that it was written in Old Slavic, or, at least, that a portion of the material included in it existed previously in the Slavic language.
Atanasije (scribe) (c. 1200 – 1265), a disciple of Saint Sava, was a Serbian monk-scribe who wrote a "Hymn to Saint Sava" and a "Eulogy to Saint Sava".
Domentijan (c. 1210–died after 1264), Serbian scholar and writer. For most of his life, he was a monk dedicated to writing biographies of clerics, including "Life of St. Sava."
Bratko Menaion, represents the oldest Serbian transcription of this liturgical book, discovered in the village of Banvani, and written by presbyter Bratko during the reign of king
Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia in 1234.
Nikodim I (c. 1250 – 1325), Abbot of Hilandar (later
Serbian Archbishop), issued an edict (gramma) wherein he grants to the monks of the Kelion of St. Sava in Karyes a piece of land and an abandoned monastery. He translated numerous ancient texts and wrote some poetry. Also, he wrote Rodoslov (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).
Dragolj Code, written in 1259 by Serbian monk Dragolj.
Stanislav of Lesnovo (c. 1280 – 1350), wrote "Oliver's Menologion" in Serbia in 1342.
Elder Grigorije (fl. 1310–1355), Serbian nobleman and monk, possibly "Danilo's pupil" (Danilov učenik), i.e. the main author of "Žitija kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih".
Anonymous Athonite (also known in Serbia as Nepoznati Svetogorac; late 14th to mid-15th century) was Isaija the Monk's biographer and one of the many unidentified authors of Medieval works.
Elder Siluan (14th century), author of a hymn to
Saint Sava.
Hesychasm left a strong imprint in Serbian medieval literature and art, which is evident in works by Domentijan and Teodosije the Hilandarian, but most prominently in the writings of Danilo of Peć, Isaija the Monk and Elder Siluan.
Jefimija (1310–1405), daughter of CaesarVojihna and widow of Jovan
Uglješa Mrnjavčević, took monastic vows and is the author of three found works, including "Praise to Prince Lazar". One of the earliest European female writers.[30]
Jefrem (patriarch) (c. 1312 – 1400), born in a priestly family, of Bulgarian origin, was the Patriarch of the
Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1375 to 1379 and from 1389 to 1392. He was also a poet who left a large body of work, preserved in a 14th-century manuscript from
Hilandar Monastery.
Rajčin Sudić (1335 – after 1360), Serbian monk-scribe who lived during the time of Lord Vojihna, the father of
Jefimija.
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (1336–1406), Bulgarian-born, Serbian
clergyman who as the Metropolitan of Moscow wrote The Book of Degrees (Stepénnaya kniga), which grouped Russian monarchs in the order of their generations. The book was published in 1563.
Saint Danilo II, wrote biographies of Serbian medieval rulers, including the biography of Jelena, the wife of King Stefan Dragutin.
Antonije Bagaš, translated works from Greek into Serbian.
Euthymius of Tarnovo, founder of the
Tarnovo Literary School that standardized the literary texts of all Orthodox Slavs, including those in Serbia and in Kievan Rus (Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia).
Nikola Radonja (c. 1330 – 1399), as monk Gerasim, served and helped with great merit
Hilandar and other monasteries at
Mount Athos, and authored "Gerasim Chronicle" (Gerasimov letopis).
Romylos of Vidin, also known as Romylos of Ravanica where he died in the late 1300s.
Kir Stefan the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century), Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Nikola the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century), Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
Isaiah the Serb, monk-scribe and composer of chants in the 15th century. He finished the translation from Greek to Serbian of the Corpus Areopagiticum, the works of
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, in 1371, and transcribed the manuscripts of Joachim, Domestikos of Serbia.
Constantine of Kostenets (fl. 1380–1431), Bulgarian writer and chronicler who lived in Serbia, author of the biography of Despot
Stefan Lazarević and of the first Serbian philological study, Skazanije o pismenah (A History on the Letters).
Radoslav Gospels, work of both Celibate Priest Feodor, also known as "Inok from Dalsa" (fl. 1428–1429), who is credited for transcribing the Radoslav Gospel (
Tetraevangelion) in the Serbian recension, now in the
National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. Radoslav is the famed miniaturist who illuminated the pages.
Jelena Balšić's correspondence with monk Nikon of Jerusalem between 1441 and 1442 is found in
Gorički zbornik, named after the island of Gorica in
Lake Skadar where Jelena built a church.
Dimitrije Kantakuzin, while residing in the Rila monastery in 1469 Kantakuzin wrote a biography of Saint
John of Rila and a touching "Prayer to the Holy Virgin" imploring her aid in combating sin.
Konstantin Mihailović (c. 1430 – 1501), the last years of his life were spent in Poland where he wrote his Turkish Chronicle, an interesting document with a detailed description of the historical events of that period as well as various customs of the Turks and Christians.
Pachomius the Serb (Paxomij Logofet), prolific
hagiographer who came from Mount Athos to work in Russia between 1429 and 1484. He wrote eleven saint's lives (zhitie) while employed by the
Russian Orthodox Church in
Novgorod. He was one of the representatives of the ornamental style known as pletenje slova (word-braiding).
Dimitar of Kratovo, 15th-century Serb writer and lexicographer of the Kratovo Literary School.
Ninac Vukoslavić (fl. 1450–1459), chancellor and scribe at the court of
Scanderbeg, and author of his letters.
Deacon Damian who wrote "
Koporin Chronicle" in 1453.
Stefan Paštrović (fl. 1560–1599), author of two books, engaged a certain
hieromonk Sava of
Visoki Dečani to print them in
Venice at the Francesco Rampazetto and Heirs publishing house in 1597.
Radiša Dimitrović owned the
Belgrade printing house where many medieval works were published.
Peja (priest) wrote a poem In the Court and in the Dungeon, from The Service of
Saint George of Kratovo, and a biography of the same saint between 1515 and 1523.
Tronoša Chronicle was written in 1526 and transcribed by hieromonk Josif Tronoša in the eighteenth century.
Jovan Maleševac was a Serbian Orthodox monk and scribe who collaborated in 1561 with the Slovene Protestant reformer
Primož Trubar to print religious books in Cyrillic.
Matija Popović was a 16th-century Serbian Orthodox cleric from Ottoman Bosnia who also supported the
Reformation movement.
Peter Petrovics was a 16th-century Serbian magnate and one of Hungary's most influential and fervent supporters of the Reformation.
Teodor Račanin (
Bajina Bašta, c. 1500–Bajina Bašta, past-1560) was the first Serbian writer and monk of the Rachan
Scriptorium School mentioned in Ottoman and Serbian sources.
Inok Sava (c. 1530 – after 1597) was the first to write and publish a Serbian Primer (syllabary) at the printing press of Giovanni Antonio Rampazetto in
Venice in two editions, first on 20 May and the second on 25 May 1597, after which the book somehow fell into neglect only to be rediscovered recently.
Pajsije I Janjevac (1542–1649) was a Serbian Patriarch and an author whose works showed an admixture of popular elements.
Mavro Orbin (1563–1614) was the author of the "Realm of the Slavs" (1601) which made a significant impact on Serbian historiography, influencing future historians, particularly
Đorđe Branković (count).
Zograf Longin (16th century), was an icon painter and writer.
Radul of Riđani (fl. 1650–1666) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and chieftain of
Riđani, and a prolific letter writer who kept the authorities of
Perast informed about Ottoman preparations for the
Battle of Perast. A collection of his letters are kept in a museum.
Kiprijan Račanin (c. 1650 – 1730) was a Serbian writer and monk who founded a copyist school in
Szentendre in Hungary, like the one he left behind at the
Rača monastery in Serbia at the beginning of the
Great Turkish War in 1689.
Jerotej Račanin (c. 1650 – after 1727) was a Serbian writer and copyist of church manuscripts and books. After visiting Jerusalem in 1704 he wrote a book about his travel experiences from Hungary to the Holy Land and back.
Gavril Stefanović Venclović (fl.
Bajina Bašta, 1670 –
Szentendre, 1749), one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque and Enlightenment literature, wrote in the vernacular.
Milorad Pavić saw Venclović as a living link between the
Byzantine literary tradition and the emerging new views on modern literature. He was the precursor of enlightenment aiming, most of all, to educate the common folk.
Ivan Krušala (1675–1735) is best known for writing a poem about the
Battle of Perast in 1654, among others. He worked in a Russian embassy in China at the time when
Sava Vladislavich was the ambassador.
Simeon Končarević (c. 1690 – 1769), a Serbian writer and Bishop of Dalmatia who, exiled twice from his homeland, settled in Russia where he wrote his chronicles.
Parteniy Pavlovich (c. 1695 – 1760) was a Serbian Orthodox Church cleric of Bulgarian origin who championed
South Slavic revival.
Sava Petrović (1702–1782) wrote numerous letters to the Moscow metropolitan and the Empress
Elizabeth of Russia about the deploring conditions of the Serb Nation under occupation by the Turks, Republic of Venice and the Habsburg Empire.
Petar I Petrović Njegoš (1748–1830) was a writer and poet besides being a spiritual and temporal ruler of the "Serb land of Montenegro" as he called it.
Stefano Zannowich (1751–1786) was a Montenegrin Serb writer and adventurer. From his early youth, he was prone to challenges and adventures, unruly and dissipated life. He wrote in Italian and French, besides Serbian. He is known for his "Turkish Letters" that fascinated his contemporaries. His works belong to the genre of
epistolary novel.
Hadži-Ruvim (1752–1804) was a Serbian Orthodox
archimandrite who documented events and wars in his time, established a private library, wrote library bibliographies, collected books in which he drew ornaments and miniatures. He did
wood carving and
woodcutting.
Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church
archimandrite, traveller and writer (compatriot of Dositej). His chief work was the travel memoirs Žitije (Lives), which also served as a
sociological work.[35]
Tripo Smeća (1755–1812) was a Venetian historian and writer who wrote in Italian and in Serbian.
Avram Mrazović (1756–1826) was a Serbian writer, translator and pedagogue.
Gligorije Trlajic (1766–1811), writer, poet, polyglot and professor of law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Kharkov, author of a textbook on Civil Law which according to some laid the foundations of Russian civil law doctrine
Tomo Milinović (1770–1846) is a Serbian writer and freedom-fighter. He authored two books, Umotvorina (published posthumously 1847) and Istorija Slavenskog Primorija (lost and never published).
Jovan Pačić (1771–1848) was a Serbian poet, writer, translator, painter and soldier. He translated
Goethe
Pavel Đurković (1772–1830) was one of the most important Serbian Baroque artists (writers, icon painters, goldsmiths, woodcarvers).
Joakim Vujić, (1772–1847), writer, dramatist, actor, traveler and polyglot. He is known as the Father of Serbian Theatre.[92][35]
Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) was a Serbian writer, pedagogue, physicist, mathematician and astronomer in the service of
Imperial Russia. He also taught mathematics at the university of
Kharkiv.
Stevan Živković-Telemak (1780–1831) is the author of Obnovljene Srbije, 1780–1831 (Serbie nouvelle, 1780–1731) and Serbian translator of François Fénelon's Les Aventures de Telemaque.
Jovan Došenović (1781–1813) was a Serbian philosopher, poet and translator.
Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), devised an alphabet system, which rejected 16 of 42 Slavonic letters.
Luka Milovanov Georgijević (1784–1828) is considered the first children's poet of new Serbian literature. He collaborated with Vuk Karadžić on the production of grammars and the dictionary.
Sofronije Jugović-Marković (fl. 1789) was a Serbian writer and activist in Russian service. He wrote "Serbian Empire and State" in 1792 in order to raise the patriotic spirit of the Serbs in both the Habsburg and Ottoman empires.
Dimitrije Davidović (1789–1838), Minister of Education of the Principality of Serbia, writer, journalist, publisher, historian, diplomatist, and founder of modern Serbian journalism and publishing.[35]
Prokopije Čokorilo (1802–1866) is known for his chronicles and a dictionary of Turkish expressions in Serbian. He contributed to the Srbsko-dalmatinski Magazin.
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, (1813–1851) works include The Mountain Wreath (Горски вијенац / Gorski vijenac), the Ray of the Microcosm (Луча микрокозма / Luča mikrokozma), the Serbian Mirror (Огледало српско / Ogledalo srpsko), and False Tsar Stephen the Little (Лажни цар Шћепан Мали / Lažni car
Šćepan Mali).
Medo Pucić (1821–1882), writer and prominent Serbian nationalist who was one of the leaders of the "Serb-Catholic" Circle.[35]
Jovan Đorđević (1826–1900), Serbian man of letters, writer of lyrics to the Serbian National anthem
Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), writer and editor of a magazine called Slavjanka, in which Serbian students living under Habsburg occupation championed their ideas of national freedom
Milorad Pavlović-Krpa (1865–1957), was merchant and writer of epic songs who wrote the earliest collection of urban lyric poetry., writer and early
Anton Chekhov translator
Vuk Vrčević (1811–1882), collaborated with
Vuk Karadžić collecting Serbian tales and songs in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dalmatia along with Vuk Popović[35]
Ludovico Pasquali (Ljudevit Pašković) was an Italian poet and Venetian soldier of Serbian origin, though Roman Catholic by faith, who lived in the early and mid-1500s.
Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1709–1766), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro, wrote patriotic poetry and the first history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754
Jovan Avakumović (1748–1810), known as a representative of the Serbian folk poetry of the 18th century, though he only wrote a few poems which were part of handwritten poem books.
Pavle Solarić (1779–1821) was Obradović's disciple who wrote poetry and the first book on geography in the vernacular.
Aleksije Vezilić (1753–1792) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the Teutonic vision of the Enlightenment to the Serbs.
Avram Miletić (1755 – after 1826) was a merchant and writer of epic folk sings.
Mato Vodopić (1816–1893) was a Serb-Catholic Bishop of
Dubrovnik and poet, Romanticism
Hieromonk Makarije (1465 – c. 1530) is the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing, having printed the first book in the Serbian language in Obod (Crnagora) in 1493, and the first book in
Wallachia. He also wrote extensively.
Luka Radovanović (15th century), was a 15th-century Serb Catholic priest from
Ragusa who owned a small printing press, one of the earliest at the time.
Vićenco Vuković (fl. 1560–1571), was one of the major printers of 16th century Serbia, like his father before him.
Stefan Marinović (fl. 1561–1563), was a Serb printer from
Scutari during the time of Vićenco Vuković, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others. The longest-lived printing in the Balkans was done at Scutari, where Stefan Skadranin worked between 1563 and 1580. When his press stopped, because of continued Turkish authority over the region, Serbian printing left the Balkans. Later, Serbian books were printed in Venice, Leipzig, Vienna, and Trieste.
Mojsije Dečanac (fl. 1536–40) is remembered for printing Praznićni minej (Holiday Menaion) of
Božidar Vuković in Venice in 1538.
Hieromonk Genadije was another printer who worked alongside hieromonk Teodosije at
Mileševa monastery and later in
Venice with hierodeacon Mojsije and hieromonk Teodosije.
Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), geographer, ethnographer and geologist
Vladimir Varićak (1865–1942), mathematician and theoretical physicist
Mihailo Petrović Alas (1868–1943), author of the mathematical phenomenology and inventor of the first hydraulic computer capable to solve differential equations[30]
Petar Gburčik (1931–2006), scientist and a professor of
meteorology at the
University of Belgrade. He was the author of the first mathematical models of the
numerical weather prediction,[111] which were used operationally in the Weather Service of Yugoslavia from 1970 to 1977. In the same period, he began modelling of the atmospheric diffusion of air-pollution and created the first model of the spatial distribution of air-pollution[112]
Miomir Vukobratovic (1931–2012), mechanical engineer and pioneer in humanoid robots
Vukašin Radišić (1810–1843), the first Serbian classical philologists to teach poetics
Đuro Daničić (1825–1882), collaborated with Vuk Karadžić in reforming and standardizing the Serbian language, and translating the Bible from old Serbo-Slavonic into modern-day Serbian[35][30]
Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), amongst the first Serbian doctor of law, president of the
Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. Tekelija founded the Tekelijanum in Budapest in 1838 for Serb students studying in the city.[35]
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