List of people from Novi Sad

Svetozar Miletić (1826-1901)

Statue of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj in Novi Sad

This is a list of famous or notable citizens of Novi Sad (included in the list are natives as well as permanent and/or temporary residents).

Arts

Literature and poetry

• Mika Antić (1932–1986), Serbian poet; born in village Mokrin near Kikinda and lived in Novi Sad
• Jakov Ignjatović (1822–1889), writer; lived in Novi Sad
• Đura Jakšić (1831–1878), Serb poet, painter, narrator, playwright, bohemian, and patriot; born in Srpska Crnja and lived in Novi Sad
• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), Serb linguist and major reformer of the Serbian language; spent 1809/1810 winter in Novi Sad
• Danilo Kiš (1935–1989), possibly the best-known ex-Yugoslavian writer alongside the Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić; lived in Novi Sad
• Laza Kostić (1841–1910), Serb man of letters; born in the village of Kovilj near Novi Sad, and lived in Novi Sad
• Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875), poet; born in village Čerević in Beočin municipality; attended gymnasium in Novi Sad
• Branislav Nušić (1864–1938), Serbian novelist, playwright, comediographer, story writer, essayist, founder of modern Rhetoric in Serbia; lived in Novi Sad
• Jovan Pačić (1771–1849), poet, painter and officer; born in Baja and lived in Novi Sad
• Vasko Popa (1922–1991), Yugoslav poet of Romanian descent; lived in Novi Sad
• Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), writer and historian; born in Sremski Karlovci and lived in Novi Sad
• Pavel Jozef Šafarik (1795–1861), Slovak philologist, poet; one of the first scientific Slavists; literary historian, historian and ethnographer; lived in Novi Sad
• Vasa Stajić (1878–1947), writer and professor; born in village Mokrin near Kikinda and lived in Novi Sad
• Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1830–1878), writer; born in village Bukovac near Novi Sad
• Aleksandar Tišma (1924–2003), writer; born in village Horgoš near Kanjiža and lived in Novi Sad
• Kosta Trifković (1843–1875), Serb writer, one of the best comediographers of the time; born in Novi Sad
• Lajos Zilahy (died 1974), author of the novel Two Prisoners
• Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), one of the best-known Serb poets; born in Novi Sad

Painting

• Uroš Predić (1857–1953), painter; born in village Orlovat in Zrenjanin municipality and lived in Novi Sad

Theatre and film

• Joakim Vujić (1772–1847), theatrical worker; lived in Novi Sad
• Želimir Žilnik, award-winning film director; born in Novi Sad

Music

• Isidor Bajić (1878–1915), composer; born in Kula, lived in Novi Sad
• Đorđe Balašević (born 1953), prominent Serbian songwriter and singer; born in Novi Sad
• Janika Balaž (1925–1988), musician; lived in Novi Sad
• Boris Kovač, musician and composer from Novi Sad
• Cveta Majtanović, winner of the 2004 Idol Serbia, Montenegro & Macedonia competition
• MiKKa (born 1982), musician and composer; founder of Crime:Scene records; from Novi Sad
• Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), Serb composer and lieutenant-colonel in the Austro-Hungarian Army; born in Vinkovci in Srem (then part of Austrian Empire); died in Novi Sad
• Suba, born Mitar Subotić, also known as born Rex Illusivi; eclectic musician and producer, electronic music pioneer in SFR Yugoslavia; born and raised in Novi Sad
• Nebojša Zivkovic (born 1962), Serbian percussion composer and performer

Multiple art disciplines

• Mladen Dražetin (1951–2015), doctor of social sciences, intellectual, economist, theatrical creator, poet, writer and philosopher. He was born and died in Novi Sad.

Sciences

• Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist of profound genius; widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century; lived in Novi Sad 1905-1907 (in Kisačka Street 20) with his wife, Mileva Marić
• Adolf Hempt, founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad; born in Novi Sad
• Mileva Marić (1875–1948), Serb mathematician; Albert Einstein's first wife; born in Titel and lived in Novi Sad

Scholars

• Branko Mikasinovich (born 1938), Serbian-American slavist, journalist

Politics and army

• Petar Biga (1811–1879), Serb army general in 1848/1849 Revolutions, defender of Srbobran; lived in Novi Sad
• Stevan Branovački (1804–1880), advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, president of Matica Srpska; one of the founders of Serbian National Theatre; lived in Novi Sad
• Mihajlo Polit Desančić (1833–1920), jurist, publicist and politician; lived in Novi Sad
• Miša Dimitrijević (1841–1889), politician and publicist; lived in Novi Sad
• Josip Jelačić (1801–1859), the Ban of Croatia 1848-1859; born in Petrovaradin
• Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), prime minister of the Yugoslav government in exile during World War II; born in Novi Sad
• Yosef Lapid, justice minister of Israel; born in Novi Sad
• Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina; born in the village Mošorin in Šajkaška
• Jovan Subotić (1817–1886), politician and writer; born in village Dobrinci near Ruma and lived in Novi Sad
• Jaša Tomić (1856–1922), publicist and politician; lived in Novi Sad

Sports

Basketball

• Milan Gurović, professional basketball player with an illustrious career on the Serbia-Montenegro national team and club career stops all over Europe; born and grew up in Novi Sad
• Darko Miličić (born 1985), professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic, taken 2nd overall in the 2003 NBA Draft; born in Novi Sad
• Svetislav Pešić, professional basketball player and famous basketball coach; born and grew up in Novi Sad
• Jovo Stanojević, professional basketball player; born and grew up in Novi Sad
• Dragan Tarlać, retired professional basketball player with Olympiakos, Chicago Bulls, Real Madrid, and CSKA Moscow; born and grew up in Novi Sad

Tennis

• Tatjana Ječmenica, tennis coach; former tennis player
• Monica Seles (born 1973), former World No. 1 female tennis player; born in Novi Sad

Football

• Vujadin Boškov, retired professional footballer and famous coach; born in the nearby village of Begeč; spent most of his life in Novi Sad
• Vladimir Ćirić, retired professional soccer player and coach in the Netherlands
• Slaviša Jokanović, retired professional footballer; born and raised in Novi Sad
• Ljubomir Lovrić, late professional goalkeeper and later football coach; born and raised in Novi Sad
• Radoslav Samardžić, retired professional footballer; born and raised in Novi Sad
• Milan Stepanov, professional footballer, currently at F.C. Porto; born and raised in Novi Sad
• Damir Stojak, professional footballer
• Milan Makarić, professional footballer, currently playing for Spartak Subotica

Shooting

• Aleksandra Ivošev, Olympic gold medalist