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List of Serbian Americans

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This is a list of notable Serbian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Serbian American or must have references showing they are Serbian American and are notable.

Academics

  • Dimitrije Đorđević, historian
  • Bogdan Denitch, sociologist
  • Boyan Jovanovic, professor of economics at New York University
  • Petar V. Kokotovic, professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Milivoje Kostic, a thermodynamicist and professor Emeritus of Northern Illinois University
  • Radovan Kovacevic, professor and inventor
  • Alexander Margulis, clinical Professor of Radiology
  • Vasa Mihich, painter and sculptor
  • Branko Milanović, economist
  • Nikola Moravčević, literary historian, literary critic, academic and novelist
  • Anna Novakov, art historian, critic, educator, and curator
  • Carl Kosta Savich, historian
  • Traian Stoianovich, historian and a professor of history at the Rutgers University
  • Dragoslav D. Šiljak, professor of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University
  • Wayne S. Vucinich, historian and professor and a founding father of Russian, Slavic, East European and Byzantine scholarship after World War II

    • Artists

  • Gordon Bijelonic, producer and director known for Laggies (2014), Strays (1997), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) and It's a Disaster (2012)
  • Marina Abramović, performance artist, Serbian-born
  • Tom Carapic, found object artist, Serbian-born
  • Radoje Dedić, graphic artist and designer, Serbian-born
  • Marjorie Mikasen, painter and author.
  • Alexander Sambugnac, artist and sculptor, Serbian-born

    • Actors

  • Sasha Alexander, actress, Serbian parents.
  • Coco Austin, glamour model, Serbian maternal grandparents.
  • Michael Bellisario, actor, Serbian maternal grandmother.
  • Troian Bellisario, actress, Serbian maternal grandmother.
  • Brad Dexter, actor, Serbian parents.
  • Divine, actor, singer and drag queen, Serbian mother.
  • Milena Govich, actress, Serbian father.
  • Adrienne Janic, actress and TV presenter, Serbian father.
  • Milla Jovovich, actress, Montenegrin Serb father.
  • George Kapetan, actor
  • Stana Katic, actress, Croatian Serb parents.
  • Karl Malden, actor, Oscar winner, Serbian father.
  • Margaret Markov, actress
  • Milos Milos, actor, stunt double, and bodyguard of actor Alain Delon, Serbian-born.
  • Alex Nesic, actor, Serbian father.
  • Natalia Nogulich, actress, Serbian parents.
  • Catherine Oxenberg, actress, Serbian mother.
  • Michael Sorich, actor
  • Stoya, pornographic actress, Serbian mother.
  • Inari Vachs, pornographic actress.
  • Steve Vinovich, actor, Serbian father.
  • John Vivyan, actor, Serbian parents.
  • Gloria Grey, actress
  • Bill Radovich, actor

    • Directors and screenwriters

  • Sanja Bestic, theatre director, writer and producer
  • Peter Bogdanovich, film historian, director, writer, actor, producer and critic
  • Pavle Stanimirovic, writer and reformed criminal
  • Steve Tesich, screenwriter,playwright and novelist, Academy Award Winner for Best Original Screenplay
  • Slavko Vorkapić, Hollywood motion-picture montagist, Chair of USC School of Cinematic Arts

    • Media

  • Donald P. Bellisario, television producer, Serbian mother.
  • Rasha Drachkovitch, television producer and President of 44 Blue Productions
  • Ellis Cannon, television personality
  • Natalie Jacobson, television presenter, Serbian paternal grandparents.
  • Paul Stojanovich, television producer
  • Peter Bogdanovich, film producer/director

    • Musicians

  • Baruch Arnon, classical pianist and renowned music teacher
  • Muruga Booker, drummer, composer and recording artist.
  • Del Casher, guitarist and inventor
  • Mike Dimkich, guitarist
  • Ivan Ilić, pianist, Serbian-born
  • Brandon Jovanovich, opera singer
  • Lene Lovich, singer, songwriter and musician
  • Charlie Marinkovich, singer and songwriter
  • Milan the Leather Boy, record producer, songwriter and recording artist, Serbian-born
  • Filip Mitrovic, composer, Serbian-born
  • Spud Murphy, jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and arrange
  • Nikola Resanovic, composer and professor of music
  • Rudolph Reti, musical analyst, composer and pianist

    • Military personnel

  • Jake Allex
  • Teresa A. H. Djuric, United States Air Force brigadier general
  • Rade Grbitch
  • Stevan Mandarich, U.S. Navy
  • John W. Minick, USA army soldier
  • George Musulin
  • Mitchell Paige
  • Milo Radulovich
  • Lance Sijan, Air Force officer and fighter pilot
  • Butch Verich
  • Mel Vojvodich, aviator and Major General in the United States Air Force
  • George Vujnovich

    • Politicians

  • Melissa Bean, U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011
  • Rod Blagojevich, served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009
  • Mark Brnovich, attorney general of Arizona
  • Marko Dapcevich, former mayor of Sitka, Alaska
  • Helen Delich Bentley, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1985 to 1995
  • Bill Ray, politician, businessman and writer
  • George Voinovich, former United States Senator from the state of Ohio from 1999 to 2011
  • Rose Ann Vuich, the first female member of the California State Senate
  • Michael Stepovich, former governor of Alaska

    • Scientists, inventors and engineers

  • Slobodan Ćuk, electrical engineer
  • Bernhard Caesar Einstein, physicist
  • Marko V. Jaric, physicist
  • Drago Jovanovich, Designer and inventor of gyrocopter
  • Dusan Krajcinovic, mechanical engineer
  • Miroslav Krstić, control theorist
  • Bogdan Maglich, experimental nuclear physicist
  • Mihajlo D. Mesarovic, systems engineering
  • Tihomir Novakov, physicist
  • Mihajlo Pupin, physicist and physical chemist
  • Miodrag Radulovacki, scientist and inventor
  • Nataša Šešum - mathematician
  • Nikola Tesla, inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist
  • Milan Vukcevich, chemist, Grandmaster chess problem composer, and writer
  • Vladimir Vukićević, software engineer
  • John Vukovich, engineer and currently a professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University
  • Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, biomedical engineer

    • Sportspeople

  • Brian Bogusevic, MLB player
  • Norm Bulaich, NFL player
  • Milorad Čavić, swimmer
  • Vlade Divac, former basketball player currently serving as general manager of for the Sacramento Kings'
  • Jess Dobernic, MLB player
  • Walt Dropo, MLB player
  • Filip Filipović, NFL player
  • Bob Gain, NFL player
  • George Glamack, basketball player
  • Eli Grba, MLB player
  • Tim Jankovich, college basketball coach
  • Pavle Jovanovic, bobsledder
  • Frank Kaminsky, basketball player
  • Mike Kekich, MLB player
  • Sacha Kljestan, soccer player
  • Igor Kokoškov, basketball coach
  • Mike Krsnich, MLB player
  • Rocky Krsnich, MLB player
  • Pete Lalich, basketball player
  • Milan Lazetich, NFL player
  • Pete Lazetich, NFL player
  • Mike Mamula, NFL player
  • Jim Mandich, NFL players
  • Dan Majerle, basketball player
  • Pete Maravich, basketball player
  • Press Maravich, basketball player and coach
  • Duke Maronic, NFL player
  • Babe Martin, MLB player
  • Doc Medich, MLB player
  • Ed Melvin, basketball player and coach
  • Johnny Miljus, MLB player
  • Ed O'Bradovich, NFL player
  • Dave Pilipovich, college basketball coach
  • Gregg Popovich, basketball coach, Serbian father.
  • Milt Popovich, NFL player
  • Paul Popovich, baseball player
  • Preki, soccer player
  • Dan Radakovich, NFL player and later coach
  • Bill Radovich, NFL player
  • Dave Rajsich, MLB player
  • Gary Rajsich, MLB player
  • Rhonda Rajsich, racquetball player
  • Pete Romcevich, racecar driver
  • Goran Suton. basketball player
  • Paul Salata, NFL player
  • Jeff Samardzija, MLB player
  • Alex Smith, NFL player
  • Alex Stepanovich, NFL player
  • Peja Stojaković, former basketball player that works for the Sacramento Kings
  • Pete Stoyanovich, NFL player
  • Nick Strincevich, MLB player
  • Pete Suder, MLB player
  • Steve Sundra, MLB player
  • Mike Todorovich, basketball player and coach
  • Pete Vuckovich, MLB player
  • Bill Vukovich, automobile racing driver
  • Bill Vukovich II, automobile racing driver
  • Billy Vukovich III, automobile racing driver
  • George Vukovich, MLB player
  • John Vukovich, MLB player and coach
  • Mick Vukota, NHL player
  • Jim Zeravich, basketball player
  • Zoran Zorkic, professional golfer
  • Trifun Živanović, figure skater

    • Writers

  • Branko Mikasinovich, scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature as well as a noted Slavist
  • Charles Simic, poet and was co-poetry editor of the Paris Review
  • Dejan Stojanović, poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
  • Vojislav Stanimirović, former journalist scholar of Yugoslavian and Serbian literature as a writer ,essayist ,businessman, and former American criminal.
  • Pavle Stanimirovic is the son of Vojislav Stanimirović and is a former criminal today American Serb. Miami based writer, and authority on crime and criminality.

    • Other

  • Louis D. Astorino, architect
  • Bob Babich, NFL player
  • Walt Bogdanich, investigative journalist
  • Nicholas Chabraja, lawyer
  • George Fisher, explorer, customs officer and early leader of the Texas Revolution
  • Sam Jankovich, sports administrator
  • Drago Jovanovich, helicopter designer
  • William Jovanovich, publisher, author, and businessman
  • Christopher (Kovacevich), metropolitan bishop
  • Milan Mandarić, businessman
  • George Michael Marovich, United States federal judge
  • Mateja Matejić, priest
  • Trevor Matich, American football analyst
  • Mitchell Melich, solicitor for the Interior Department under the first Richard Nixon administration
  • Milan Panić, businessman
  • Steve Popovich, record company executive
  • Zoran Popovich, senior judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
  • Milan Puskar, entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Anka Radakovich, author and columnist
  • Andy Stefanovich, speaker, bestselling author, and business consultant
  • Varnava Nastić, bishop of Hvosno and is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Phebe Novakovic, businesswoman
  • Daniel Vosovic, fashion designer
  • Vukan R. Vuchic, public transport expert
  • Stephen Yokich, American labor union activist who served as President of the United Auto Workers from 1994 to 2002
  • Paul Yovovich, businessman
  • Mira Zivkovich,Ellis Island Medal of Honor winning President and CEO of MZI Global Marketing a strategic marketing consulting firm and Dame Commander of the Order of Merit of Savoy

    • References

    List of Serbian Americans Wikipedia
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