List of Serbian Americans explained

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

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, economics professor at New York University
• Veselin Kesich, professor of theology and author
• Petar V. Kokotovic, engineering professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara
• Milivoje Kostic, thermodynamicist and professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University
• Jelena Kovacevic, Dean of Engineering at NYU’s Tandon School and Carnegie Mellon University
• Rade Paravina, professor with tenure at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Dentistry, and director of the Houston Center for Biomaterials & Biomimetics
• Radovan Kovacevic, professor and inventor
• Gojko Lalic, chemistry professor at the University of Washington^[1]
• Alexander Margulis, clinical professor of radiology
• Vasa Mihich, painter and sculptor, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
• Branko Milanović, economist
• Nada Martinović, professor of music at Kent State University, music pedagogue, conductor, and researcher
• Nikola Moravčević, literary historian, literary critic, academic and novelist
• Anna Novakov, art historian, critic, educator, and curator
• Zorica Pantic, president of Wentworth Institute of Technology
• Nataša Pavlović, mathematics professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Sloan Research Fellow
• Traian Stoianovich, historian and history professor at Rutgers University
• Dragoslav D. Šiljak, engineering professor at Santa Clara University
• Wayne S. Vucinich, historian and professor at Stanford University
• Miloš Velimirović, musicologist, a music professor at Yale University, Professor Emeritus
• Jasmina Vujic, nuclear engineering professor at Berkeley, 1st female nuclear engineering department chair in the US^{[2] [3]}
• Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, University Professor, Columbia University in the City of New York

Artists and designers

• Marina Abramović, performance artist
• Louis D. Astorino, architect
• Ivana Bašić (artist), sculptor
• Jelena Behrend, jewelry designer^[4]
• Rushka Bergman, fashion stylist and editor
• John David Brcin, sculptor
• Tom Carapic, found object artist
• Marek Djordjevic, automobile designer^{[5] [6]}
• Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Serbian-born architect and urban planner
• Ana Kras, furniture designer, photographer, artist^[7]
• Zoran Ladicorbic, fashion designer
• Lili Lakich, neon light artist
• Marjorie Mikasen, painter, author^[8]
• Ana Prvacki, performance artist
• Gorjana Reidel, jewelry designer
• Alexander Sambugnac, artist, sculptor
• George Styler, fashion designer^[9]
• Daniel Vosovic, fashion designer
• Vasa Mihich, famous for his sculpture of colored pieces of acrylic
• Savo Radulovic, painter and batik artist
• Nicholas Petkovich, priest and artist

Media

• Donald P. Bellisario, television producer^[10]
• Gordon Bijelonic, film producer^{[11] [12]}
• Walt Bogdanich, award winning NY Times investigative journalist
• Peter Bogdanovich, film producer, director
• Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich), documentary and portrait photographer
• Ellis Cannon, television personality
• Rasha Drachkovitch, television producer, president of 44 Blue Productions
• Tijana Ibrahimovic, fashion journalist
• Natalie Jacobson, television presenter
• Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, founder/director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Fellowship
• Ika Panajotovic, film producer, tennis champion
• Anka Radakovich, magazine columnist
• Milena Rakocević, fashion photographer^{[13] [14]}
• Michael Smerconish, CNN journalist
• Paul Stojanovich, television producer
• Jill Filipovic, journalist and feminist
• Natasha Neso, influencer

Entertainers

Actors

• Sasha Alexander, actress^[15]
• Coco Austin, glamour model, actress^{[16] [17]}
• Michael Bellisario, actor
• Troian Bellisario, actress
• Laura Benanti, actress
• Sara Brajovic, model and actress^{[18] [19]}
• Lolita Davidovich, actress
• Brad Dexter, actor
• Divine, actor, singer, drag queen
• Judy Greer, actress (Serbian paternal grandmother)
• Gloria Grey, actress
• Adrienne Janic, actress, TV presenter^[20]
• Milla Jovovich, actress
• Stana Katic, actress^[21]
• Bela Lugosi, actor
• Karl Malden, actor, Oscar winner^[22]
• John Malkovich, actor,^[23] Primetime Emmy winner
• Margaret Markov, actress
• Milos Milos, actor, stunt double, bodyguard of actor Alain Delon
• Alex Nesic, actor^[24]
• Natalia Nogulich, actress
• Bojana Novakovic, actress
• Catherine Oxenberg, actress
• Iván Petrovich, silent screen star
• Nina Seničar, actress
• Sarah Sokolovic, actress
• Michael Sorich, actor
• Stoya, dramatic actress,^[25] former adult film actress^[26]
• Inari Vachs, adult film actress^[27]
• Steve Vinovich, actor
• John Vivyan, actor^[28]
• Mirjana Joković, actress and drama coach
• Bill Radovich, actor
• Branko Tomović, actor
• Rade Šerbedžija, actor
• Michael Jelenic, actor

Directors and screenwriters

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

Musicians

• Baruch Arnon, classical pianist, renowned music teacher
• Branko Mataja, blues and folk guitarist
• Marina Arsenijevic, concert pianist and composer
• Maja Bogdanović, cellist
• Muruga Booker, drummer, composer, recording artist^[29]
• Del Casher, guitarist, inventor
• Mike Dimkich, punk guitarist (The Cult & Bad Religion)
• Dillon Francis, DJ and record producer
• Ivan Ilić, pianist
• Brandon Jovanovich, opera singer
• Milena Kitic, opera mezzo-soprano
• Lene Lovich, New Wave singer-songwriter, musician
• Charlie Marinkovich, singer-songwriter
• Jelena Mihailović (artistic name JelaCello), cellist
• Milan the Leather Boy, record producer, songwriter, recording artist
• Filip Mitrovic, composer
• Spud Murphy, jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, arranger
• Ana Popović, blues guitarist
• Nikola Resanovic, composer, music professor
• Rudolph Reti, musical analyst, composer, pianist
• Djordje Stijepovic, double bass player and composer
• Aleksandra Vrebalov, composer, musician
• Alexander Zonjic, flutist

Military personnel

• Jake Allex, Army sergeant, World War I, Medal of Honor recipient
• Teresa A. H. Djuric, Air Force brigadier general, highly decorated
• George Fisher, early leader of the Texas Revolution
• Rade Grbitch, Navy seaman, Medal of Honor recipient
• James I. Mestrovitch, Army sergeant, World War I, Medal of Honor recipient
• John W. Minick, Army staff sergeant, World War II, Medal of Honor recipient
• George Musulin, intelligence agent, World War II
• Mitchell Paige, Marines colonel, World War II, highly decorated
• Milo Radulovich, Air Force lieutenant
• Lance Sijan (Serbian: Lazar Šijan), Air Force captain, Vietnam War, Medal of Honor
• Mel Vojvodich, Air Force major general, Vietnam and Korea Wars, decorated
• George Vujnovich, intelligence agent, World War II, decorated

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
• John Dapcevich, former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
• Marko Dapcevich, most recent former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
• Helen Delich Bentley, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1985 to 1995
• John Gregovich, politician, Nevada Senate
• Mike Pusich, former Mayor of Douglas, Alaska
• Bill Ray, politician, businessman and writer
• Mike Stepovich, last appointed territorial Governor of Alaska
• George Voinovich, former United States Senator from the state of Ohio from 1999 to 2011
• Rose Ann Vuich, first female member of the California State Senate
• Steve Vukovich, politician
• George N. Zenovich, served in the California State Senate and Assembly

Government

• George Michael Marovich, United States federal judge
• Mitchell Melich, solicitor for the Interior Department under the first Richard Nixon administration
• Alex Miller, Alaskan statehood lobbyist
• Zoran Popovich, senior judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court
• Vukan R. Vuchic, public transport expert

Economy and business

• Nicholas Chabraja, lawyer, CEO at General Dynamics
• Mitchell M. Duchich, founder of Clover Leaf Dairy Company (Gary, Indiana),^[30] also founded a scholarship program
• William Jovanovich, businessman, director at Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich (Harcourt publisher)
• Milan Mandarić, businessman
• Phebe Novakovic, businesswoman
• Milan Panić, businessman
• Milan Puskar, entrepreneur, philanthropist
• Steve Popovich, record company executive
• William G. Salatich, executive at Gillette, director of the Bob Hope Desert Classic Charity Golf Tournament^[31]
• Andy Stefanovich, business consultant, author

Scientists, inventors and engineers

• Krste Asanović, computer scientist
• Olga Boric-Lubecke, electrical engineer
• Slobodan Ćuk, electrical engineer
• Bernhard Caesar Einstein, physicist
• Marko V. Jaric, physicist
• Drago Jovanovich, designer, inventor of the gyrocopter
• Dusan Krajcinovic, mechanical engineer
• Miroslav Krstić, control theorist
• Bogdan Maglich, experimental nuclear physicist
• Nenad Medvidović, computer scientist
• Mihajlo D. Mesarovic, systems engineering
• Tihomir Novakov, physicist^[32]
• Branislav Notaros, electrical engineer
• Mihajlo Pupin, physicist, physical chemist
• Stojan Radic, electrical engineer
• Miodrag Radulovacki, scientist, inventor
• Aleksandar Stanković, electrical engineer
• Dejan Sobajic, electrical engineer
• Nataša Šešum, mathematician
• Nikola Tesla, inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and futurist
• Bane Vasic, electrical engineer
• Milan Vukcevich, chemist, Grandmaster chess problem composer, writer
• Vladimir Vukićević, software engineer
• John Vukovich, engineer, professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University

Athletes

American football

• Bob Babich, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns)
• Mike Basrak, collegiate football player
• Novo Bojovic, NFL football player, (St. Louis Cardinals)
• Norm Bulaich, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts, Eagles, and Dolphins); AFC Pro Bowl squad 1971; Sports Illustrated cover (November 1971 issue)
• Pete Catan, football player (Houston Gamblers)
• Maxx Crosby, NFL football player (Las Vegas Raiders)
• Walt Dropo, refused two BAA offers to play baseball with the Red Sox
• Filip Filipović, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Texans, Chicago Bears)
• Bob Gain, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns), voted to the All NFL defensive team in 1958
• Sam Jankovich, GM of the New England Patriots, athletic director at the University of Miami
• Dragan Kesich, College football player, (Minnesota Golden Gophers), social media personality.
• Milan Lazetich, NFL football player (Cleveland Rams, Los Angeles Rams)
• Pete Lazetich, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
• Mike Mamula, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles), recipient of the Eagles Ed Block Courage Award
• "Mad Dog" Mandich, NFL football player (Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers), College Football Hall of Fame.
• Duke Maronic, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles)
• Scott Milanovich, NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), coach
• Rex Mirich, NFL and AFL football player
• Mike Nixon, NFL coach
• Bob O'Billovich, football player, CFL coach
• Ed O'Bradovich, NFL football player (Chicago Bears)
• Bo Pelini, coach
• Milt Popovich, football player (Chicago Cardinals)
• Dan Radakovich, NFL football player, coach
• Bill Radovich, NFL football player (Detroit Lions)
• Dan Rains, NFL football player (Chicago Bears)
• Steve Ruzich, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers)
• Paul Salata, NFL football player (49ers and Baltimore Colts)
• Alex Smith, NFL football player (Kansas City Chiefs)
• Alex Stepanovich, NFL football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons, and Pittsburgh Steelers)
• Joe Tepsic, played for Penn State before opting to play baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers
• Tom Yewcic, NFL football player (Boston Patriots), also played baseball)
• Chase Winovich, NFL football player (New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins), Founder of Signet, Leader of Men

Baseball

• Erik Bakich, college baseball coach
• Brian Bogusevic, MLB player
• Jess Dobernic, MLB player
• Walt Dropo, MLB player
• Eli Grba, American League champion with the New York Yankees
• Mike Kekich, MLB player
• Mike Krsnich, MLB player
• Rocky Krsnich, MLB player
• Babe Martin, MLB player
• Doc Medich, MLB player
• Johnny Miljus, MLB player
• Paul Popovich, MLB player
• Ryan Radmanovich, MLB player and member of Canada Olympic baseball team
• Dave Rajsich, MLB player
• Gary Rajsich, MLB player
• Jeff Samardzija, player for the Chicago White Sox, also wide receiver at Notre Dame.
• Nick Strincevich, MLB player
• Pete Suder, MLB player
• Steve Sundra, 1939 World Series champion, pitched with the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns
• Steve Swetonic, MLB player
• Joe Tepsic, MLB player
• Peter Vuckovich, AL Cy Young winner: 1982
• George Vukovich, MLB player
• John Vukovich, MLB player and coach
• Christian Yelich, MLB player

Basketball

• Vlade Divac, basketball player, general manager of the Sacramento Kings
• George Glamack, basketball player
• Bato Govedarica, basketball player
• Tim Jankovich, college basketball coach
• Frank Kaminsky, basketball player, parental Serbian heritage^{[33] [34]}
• Igor Kokoškov, basketball coach
• Nick Lalich, basketball player
• Pete Lalich, basketball player
• Pete Maravich, basketball player
• Press Maravich, basketball player and coach
• Ed Melvin, basketball player and coach
• Dave Pilipovich, college basketball coach
• Gregg Popovich, NBA basketball coach, Serbian father^[35]
• Goran Suton, basketball player
• Lou Stefanovic, basketball player
• Sasha Stefanovic, basketball player
• Mike Todorovich, basketball player and coach
• Jim Zeravich, basketball player

Ice hockey

• Ivan Boldirev, ice hockey (NHL) player
• John Polich, ice hockey (NHL) player
• Stan Smrke, ice hockey (NHL) player
• Mick Vukota, ice hockey (NHL) player
• Milan Lučić, ice hockey (NHL) player

Other sports

• Nikola Bogojevic, professional wrestler performing as "Otis Dozovic"
• Milorad Čavić, swimmer^[36]
• Jasna Fazlić, table tennis player
• Sam Jankovich, sports administrator
• Sacha Kljestan, soccer player, Serbian father
• Aleksandar Kovacevic, tennis player
• Ilija Lupulesku, table tennis champion
• Trevor Matich, American football analyst
• Stevan Mićić, freestyle and collegiate wrestler
• Chad Muska, professional skateboarder, Serbian mother
• Andrija Novakovich, soccer player
• Derek Popovich, MISL soccer player
• Preki, soccer player
• Sandra Spuzich, golfer, winner of U.S. Women's Open
• Neven Subotić, soccer player
• Bojana Todorović, volleyball player
• Ognjen Topic, Muay Thai Boxing champion
• Rhonda Rajsich, racquetball player
• Pete Romcevich, racecar driver
• Bill Vukovich, automobile racing driver
• Bill Vukovich II, automobile racing driver
• Billy Vukovich III, automobile racing driver
• Trifun Živanović, figure skater, Serbian father
• Zoran Zorkic, golfer

Writers and Editors

• Drenka Willen, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
• Alma Alexander, fantasy writer
• Branko Mikasinovich, scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature, noted Slavist
• Maja Herman Sekulić, writer, translator, poet, and university professor
• Charles Simic, poet, co-poetry editor of the Paris Review
• Vojislav Stanimirović, journalist, businessman
• Rose Gojich Stephenson-Goodknight, Wikipedian; visiting scholar
• Dejan Stojanović, poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and journalist
• Milivoy Stoyan Stanoyevich, author
• William Jovanovich, publisher and writer
• Michael Pupin, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning biography From Immigrant to Inventor
• Dana Todorović, writer and translator

Other

• George Fisher, explorer, customs officer and early leader of the Texas Revolution
• John Hajdukovich, pioneer and entrepreneur in Big Delta
• Christopher (Kovacevich), metropolitan bishop
• Mateja Matejić, priest
• Varnava Nastić, bishop of Hvosno and Orthodox saint
• Stephen Yokich, American labor union activist, President of the United Auto Workers

See also

• List of Serbian Canadians
• List of Serbs

Sources

• Book: Vuković, Sava. Sava Vuković (bishop). History of the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada 1891–1941. 1998. Kragujevac. Kalenić.

External links

• USA SERBS/Serbian-American network
• Famous Serbian Americans

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gojko Lalic - UW Dept of Chemistry. depts.washington.edu.
2. Web site: People. Vladimir. www.eserbia.org.
3. Web site: Jasmina L. Vujic - Research UC Berkeley. vcresearch.berkeley.edu.
4. Web site: Artisan Craft: Jelena Behrend Forges Bold Directions in Jewelry. Vanity Fair. Studios. Vanity Fair. 7 December 2015.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171225034924/http://www.lacar.com/?p=1530 . 2017-12-25 . dead .
6. Web site: The Original Designer of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Marek Djordjevic. 23 September 2011.
7. News: At Home With Ana Kras, New York Design Star of the Moment. Kari. Molvar. The New York Times . 4 June 2015 .
8. Web site: Voice of America Interview. Marjorie Mikasen. 2009. Serbian American author Marjorie Mikasen and her husband Mark Griep have written the book ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies.
9. Web site: George Styler. www.modelmayhem.com.
10. Web site: Donald Bellisario profile at. Filmreference.com. August 8, 1935. May 5, 2011.
11. Web site: Gordon Bijelonic. IMDb.
12. Web site: New Indie Producing Duo Says They Want to Be the Next Ron Howard/Brian Grazer. Bryce J.. Renninger. 16 December 2011.
13. Web site: Verica Rakočević: Ono što u životu radite, vraća vam se kao nagrada ili kazna (foto) - Story. story.rs. 12 May 2018.
14. Web site: KRIJE JE OD JAVNOSTI Ovo je ćerka Verice Rakočević koju nikada niste videli. 24 October 2016 .

15. Web site: AUSXIP Sasha Alexander - 'Rizzoli & Isles' star has done some crime fighting in real life.

16. Web site: Koko Ti: Ne izgledam kao Srpkinja, ali jesam! . Na ovoj fotografiji me možete videti kao brinetu koja ima četrnaest godina. Mislim da ne izgledam kao Srpkinja. Inače, to je mesto (zemlja) odakle su došli roditelji moje mame.
17. Web site: Koko: Ja sam Srpkinja . 4 October 2011 . sr.
18. Web site: My Style: Sara Brajovic | Fashion We Like . 2018-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180325045531/http://www.fashionwelike.com/my-style/sara-brajovic . 2018-03-25 . dead .
19. Web site: Sara Brajovic. Photos par Hervé Goluza, Propos recueillis par Eugénie. Trochu.
20. Web site: Adrienne Janic | TheCelebrityCafe.com . 2010-03-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100210005544/http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/adrienne_janic.html . 2010-02-10 .
21. Web site: Stana Katic. 2012-07-12. Stana Katic. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190546/http://www.stanakatic.com/seeds-of-truth. 2013-10-29. My parents are Serbs from Croatia..
22. Web site: Karl Malden profile. Filmreference.com. 2012-03-09.
23. Web site: ЏОН МАЛКОВИЧ УСРЕД ЗАГРЕБА: Нисам Хрват већ Црногорац; порекло из Метохије. Уредник-СРБИН. инфо. July 17, 2018. СРБИН.ИНФО.
24. Web site: Alex nesic. www.alexnesic.com.
25. Web site: Ederlezi Rising. 25 February 2018. www.imdb.com.
26. News: The Charlatan's conversation with adult film star Stoya. The Charlatan. November 19, 2012.
27. Web site: Inari Vachs . 8 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160112180708/http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid%3DInari/gender%3Dfemale . 12 January 2016 .
28. p.106 San Antonio Express April 3, 1960
29. Web site: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MURUGA?. www.recordingeq.com.
30. Web site: Region also boasted thriving dairy industry. 20 June 2004 .
31. News: William G. Salatich, at 87; former executive at Gillette. The son of Serbian immigrants, his work ethic inspired his oldest daughter, longtime Boston television news anchor Natalie Jacobson.. Boston.com. 15 November 2009. Lawrence. J. M..
32. Web site: Kirchstetter . Thomas . Tihomir Novakov, 1929-2015 . Energy Technologies Area . 17 November 2021 . January 6, 2015.
33. News: Kaminski u Beogradu: Tačno je, imam srpske korene – počeo sam u srpskoj ligi u Čikagu! . September 3, 2019 . August 18, 2019 . kosarka.hotsport.rs. sr.
34. News: Suns' Frank Kaminsky Might Play For the Serbian National Team . February 16, 2020 . November 24, 2019 . wagerbop.com.
35. Web site: 'Pop' art . Wojnarowski, Adrian . . 10 June 2007.
36. Web site: Milorad Čavić Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165807/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/milorad-cavic-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.