List of Sarajevans

Sarajevo has had a number of famous citizens over the years. They include an Academy Award winner, two Nobel Prize winners, musicians, novelists, and politicians. Sarajevo has also produced presidents for three countries.

A

• Abdulah Sidran (born 1944), writer
• Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), writer, winner of a MacArthur Foundation grant
• Asim Ferhatović (1933–1987), footballer

B

• Bekim Fehmiu (1936–2010), actor
• Branko Đurić Đuro (born 1962), actor and director

D

• David Elazar (1925–1976), Israeli general and IDF Chief of Staff
• Danis Tanović (born 1969) director

E

• Edin Džeko (born 1986), football player
• Elvir Baljić, ex-footballer who played for Real Madrid
• Emir Kusturica (born 1954), director

F

• Fra Grgo Martić (1822–1905), priest

G

• Gazi Husrev-beg (1480–1541), bey in the Ottoman Empire, greatest donor and builder of Sarajevo
• Goran Bregović (born 1950), composer

H

• Hamdija Kreševljaković (1888–1959), historian
• Haris Brkić (1974–2000), basketball player

I

• Ivan Štraus (born 1928), architect
• Ivana Miličević (born 1974), actress
• Ivica Osim (born 1941), football coach
• Ivo Andrić (born 1892), writer

J

• Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974), director

M

• Maya Berović (born 1987), pop star
• Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
• Miljenko Jergović (born 1966), writer
• Mirza Delibašić (1954–2001), basketball player
• Mladen Vojičić aka Tifa, musician, former lead singer of Bijelo Dugme
• Mula Mustafa Bašeskija (1731–1809), chronicler, diarist, poet, calligrapher and Jannisary

N

• Nele Karajlić (born 1962), musician, composer, actor, director
• Nenad Marković (born 1968), basketball player
• Nijaz Ibrulj (born 1956), philosopher

P

• Predrag Danilović (1971), Yugoslav basketball player, member of NBA's Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks
• Endi E. Poskovic (born 1969), graphic artist and printmaker

R

• Robert Rothbart (born Boris Kajmaković in 1986), Bosnian-Israeli-Serbian professional basketball player playing center for Ironi Nahariya

S

• Safet Isović (1936–2007), sevdalinka singer
• Sanela Diana Jenkins, entrepreneur, philanthropist and owner of NeuroDrinks from California
• Saša Toperić (born 1972), concert pianist and diplomat
• Sejo Sexon) (born 1961), musician
• Senad Hadžimusić Teno (born 1957), musician
• Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865–1908), poet
• Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), poet

T

• Tomo Miličević (born 1979), musician

V

• Vladimir Prelog (born 1906), Nobel prize winner for Chemistry

Z

• Zaim Topčić (1920–1990), writer
• Zdravko Čolić (born 1951), pop singer
• Zlata Filipović (born 1980), novelist and short story writer
• Zlatko Topčić (born 1955), writer and screenwriter

Ž

• Željko Bebek (born 1945), lead singer of Bijelo Dugme 1974-1984
• 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

• Emerik Blum (1911–1984), businessman, 27th mayor of Sarajevo

I

• Isa-Beg Isaković (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 former first lady of Canada
• Mustafa Fadilpašić (1830–1892), first 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