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List of Serbs

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ6593682 ↗
Source-derived summary

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.

Artists

Visual artists

Architects

Sculptors

Painters, cartoonists, illustrators

Performance artists

Photographers

Musicians

Composers

Opera singers

Music performers

Singers

Performing artists

Actors

Film/TV directors and screenwriters

Designers

Models

Dancers and choreographers

Literature

Writers

Poets

Journalists

Editors and publishers

Translators

Scholars and scientists

Scientists and inventors

Philosophers

Historians and archeologists

Linguists and philogists

Economists and sociologists

Legal experts and lawyers

Sportspeople

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Football

Handball

Swimming

Nenad Miloš (born 1955), swimmer

Predrag Miloš (born 1955), swimmer

Miloš Milošević (born 1972), swimmer

Vladan Marković (born 1977), swimmer

Milorad Čavić (born 1984), Olympic medalist in swimming

Nađa Higl (born 1987), swimmer

Sara Isaković (born 1988), Olympic medalist in swimming

Miroslava Najdanovski (born 1988), swimmer

Luka Stevanović (born 1991), swimmer

Velimir Stjepanović (born 1993), swimmer

Table tennis

Zlatko Kesler (born 1960), Paralympic medalist in table tennis

Gordana Perkučin (born 1962), Olympic medalist, table tennis player

Ilija Lupulesku (born 1967), Olympic medalist in table tennis

Jasna Fazlić (born 1970), Olympic medalist, table tennis player

Borislava Perić (born 1972), table tennis professional

Aleksandar Karakašević (born 1975), table tennis professional

Aleksandar Karakašević (born 1975), table tennis player

Biljana Golić (born 1977), table tennis professional

Nada Matić (born 1984), table tennis professional

Tennis

Volleyball

Water polo

Other

Royalty

Monarchs

Princesses

Jelena Vukanović (after 1109–1146), Queen of Hungary

Jelisaveta Nemanjić (fl. 1270–1331), Baness of Bosnia

Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335 – 1405)

Ana-Neda (fl. 1323–1324), Empress of Bulgaria

Dragana of Serbia (late 14th century), Empress of Bulgaria

Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), Lady of Zeta; Grand Duchess of Hum

Helena Dragaš (c. 1372 – 1450), Byzantine empress, mother of emperors John VIII Palaiologos and Constantine XI Palaiologos

Olivera Lazarević (1372–1444), Princess of Serbia, and sultana (wife of Ottoman sultan Bayezid I)

Mara Branković (c. 1416 – 1487), Princess of Serbia, and sultana (wife of Ottoman sultan Murad II)

Kantakuzina Katarina Branković (1418/19–1492), countess of County of Celje

Mara Branković (c. 1447 – c. 1500), last Queen of Bosnia and Despina of Serbia

Marija Branković (1466–1495), Princess of Serbia and Marchioness of Montferrat (died 1495)

Milica Despina of Wallachia (c.

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The public source identifies “List of Serbs” as wikimedia list article. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around List, Serbs and Wikimedia.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955, 1972, 1977, 1984—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with List, Serbs and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6593682. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1955, 1972, 1977 and 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of Serbs” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.