List of Montenegrins

List of Montenegrins is a list of notable people who were Montenegrin by their personal or ancestral ethnicity.

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Architecture

• Svetlana Kana Radević

Literature

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš

Writers

• Čedo Vuković
• Mihailo Lalić
• Milisav Popović
• Elijah Monte Radlovic
• Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
• Mirko Kovač
• Radovan Zogović
• Marko Miljanov Popović
• Andrija Paltašić
• Milovan Đilas
• Dejan Stojanović
• Novak Kilibarda
• Dragan Radulović
• Borislav Jovanović
• Sreten Asanović
• Nikola Petanović
• Andrija Paltašić, writer, editor and publisher
• Željko Milović

Poets

• Tanja Bakić
• Giovanni Bona Boliris (Ivan Bolica or Ivan Bunić)
• Mariano Bolizza
• Aleksandar Bečanović
• Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša
• Marko Miljanov
• Petar II Petrović Njegoš
• Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
• Vitomir Vito Nikolić
• Ivan Paltašić
• Andrija Radulović
• Lena Ruth Stefanovic
• Dejan Stojanović
• Jovan Sundečić
• Dragana Tripković ^[1]
• Andrija Zmajević
• Radovan Zogović

Historians

• Živko Andrijašević
• Miomir Dašić
• Zoran Lakić
• Šerbo Rastoder
• Radoje Pajović
• Srđa Pavlović
• Draško Šćekić
• Nikola Vukčević

Journalists

• Andrej Nikolaidis
• Dragan Radulović
• Jelena Đurović

Chroniclers

• Nikola Bošković

Art

Painters

• Jovan Zonjić
• Miodrag "Dado" Đurić
• Uroš Tošković
• Petar Lubarda
• Milo Milunović
• Andrija Paltašić
• Miloš Vusković
• Gojko Berkuljan
• Vojo Stanić
• Mario Maskareli

Sculptors

• Vojo Stanić
• Risto Stijović
• Yevgeny Vuchetich

Photographers

• Rizo Šurla

Film and theatre

Veljko Bulajić

Actors/actresses

• Branimir Popović
• Dubravka Vukotić
• Izudin Bajrović
• Momčilo Otašević
• Moamer Kasumović
• Stefan Kapičić
• Milutin Karadžić
• Slavko Labović
• Veljko Mandić
• Vladimir Popović
• Sasha Montenegro

Film directors

• Živko Nikolić
• Veljko Bulajić
• Ivan Kraljević
• Željko Sošić

Cartoonists

• Dušan Vukotić

Cinematographers

• Bojan Bazelli

Music

Classical

• Miloš Karadaglić
• Nastasja Vojinović
• Janko Nilović
• Ratimir Martinović
• Jovo Ivanišević
• Milivoje Mićo Božović
• Danijel Cerović
• Dušan Obrenović
• Simo Šišević
• Roman Simović

Pop

• Andrea Demirović
• Knez
• Slavko Kalezić
• Vanja Radovanović
• Vladana Vučinić
• Nina Žižić
• Sergej Ćetković
• Danijel Alibabić
• Marko Prentić
• Bojan Marović
• Bojan Marović
• Stefan Filipović
• Nina Petković
• Stevan Faddy
• Daniel
• Marinko Pavićević

Rock

• Miladin Šobić
• Dragoljub Đuričić

Jazz

• Rambo Amadeus

Hip-Hop

• Noyz
• Niggor
• Senidah
• Dvorska Luda

Folk

• Božo Vrećo

Fashion models

• Karnela Scekic
• Marija Vujović
• Filip Kapisoda
• Tara Emad

Military

Anto Gvozdenović

Sabiha Ćorović Gökçen

Admirals

• Matija Zmajević
• Vladimir Barović

Captains

• Krsto Zmajević

Commanders

• Sava Kovačević
• Peko Dapčević
• Vlado Dapčević
• Radola Gajda
• Marko Popović

Generals

• Anto Gvozdenović
• Krsto Zrnov Popović
• Janko Vukotić
• Veljko Kovačević
• Ivan Milutinović
• Bogdan Vujošević

Majors

• Krsto Zrnov Popović
• Marko Popović

Pilots

• Sabiha Gökçen

Seamen

• Matija Zmajević

Explorers

• Ivan Visin

Voivodes

• Novica Cerović
• Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
• Marko Miljanov Popović
• Gavro Vuković

Others

• Vukašin Marković
• Dušan Mugoša
• Miladin Popović
• Novica Radović
• Boro Vukmirović
• Stana Tomašević

Politicians

Milojko Spajić

Milo Đukanović

Prime Ministers

• Milojko Spajić
• Duško Marković
• Igor Lukšić
• Milo Đukanović
• Filip Vujanović
• Jovan Plamenac
• Anto Gvozdenović
• Evgenije Popović
• Lazar Mijušković
• Andrija Radović
• Milutin Vučinić
• Marko Orlandić
• Blažo Jovanović
• Filip Bajković

Presidents

• Niko Miljanić
• Nikola Kovačević
• Blažo Jovanović
• Filip Bajković
• Veljko Milatović
• Vidoje Žarković
• Veselin Đuranović
• Marko Orlandić
• Miodrag Vlahović
• Branislav Šoškić
• Radivoje Brajović
• Božina Ivanović
• Branko Kostić
• Milo Đukanović
• Filip Vujanović
• Jakov Milatović

Other

• Aleksandar Bogdanović
• Jorge Capitanich
• Slavko Perović
• Andrija Popović
• Milica Pejanović-Đurišić
• Predrag Bošković
• Nikola Janović
• Dragiša Burzan
• Dragan Đurović
• Draginja Vuksanović
• Ranko Krivokapić
• Ivan Brajović
• Svetozar Vukmanović
• Novak Kilibarda
• Sekula Drljević
• Žarko Bulajić
• Radivoje Brajović
• Momčilo Cemović
• Milovan Djilas
• Veselin Đuranović
• Božina Ivanović
• Jovo Kapičić
• Vidoje Žarković
• Svetozar Vukmanović
• Ratko Vujović
• Veljko Vlahović

Foreign figures of Montenegrin descent

People with Montenegrin ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:

Michael Anthony Stepovich

• Jorge Milton Capitanich, Argentinian Senator
• Michael Anthony Stepovich, Governor of Alaska
• Melissa Bean Luburic, Democratic Party representative in the United States of America House of Representatives
• Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona
• Oliver Vujović, Secretary General SEEMO; Austria

Senators

• Novica Cerović

Businesspeople

• Aco Đukanović
• Duško Knežević
• Vitalik Buterin
• Samih Sawiris
• Slobodan Šaranović

Royalty

Queen Elena of Montenegro

Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš

Balšić

• Balša I
• Đurađ I
• Balša II
• Đurađ II
• Balša III

Crnojević

• Đurađ III Crnojević
• Stefan I Crnojević
• Ivan I Crnojević
• Đurađ IV Crnojević
• Đurađ V Crnojević
• Staniša Crnojević
• Arsenije III Crnojević

Petrović-Njegoš

• Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš
• Petar I Petrović Njegoš
• Petar II Petrović Njegoš
• Nicholas I of Montenegro

Princes

• Prince Boris I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
• Crown Prince Danilo I Aleksandar Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
• Prince Michael I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
• Prince Milo Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
• Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
• Prince Nikola II Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro

Prince-Bishops (Vladikas)

Main article: Vladikas of Montenegro

Princesses

• Princess Altinaï of Montenegro
• Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna of Montenegro
• Princess Milica Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Militsa Nicholaievna of Montenegro
• Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Queen Elena of Italy
• Princess Ljubica (Zorka) Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/ Ljubica (Zorka) of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
• Princess Anna Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
• Princess Ksenija Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro

Religion

Popes

• Pope Sixtus V

Saints

• Petar I Petrović-Njegoš/Saint Peter of Cetinje
• Petar II Petrović-Njegoš/Saint Peter II of Cetinje
• Saint Vasilije Ostroški
• Saint Jovan Vladimir
• Saint Stefan Štiljanović
• Saint Stefan of Piperi

Religious figures

• Andrija Zmajević
• Vicko Bujović
• Leopold Mandić (Saint)
• Ozana of Kotor (beatified)

Sports

Danka Kovinić

Stevan Jovetić

Football

• Adam Marušić
• Aleksandar Boljević
• Andjelo Rudović
• Dejan Damjanović
• Dejan Savićević
• Predrag Mijatović
• Sead Hakšabanović
• Mirko Vučinić
• Marko Vešović
• Nikola Vukčević (footballer, born 1991)
• Stevan Jovetić
• Nikola Krstović
• Luka Đorđević
• Danijel Petković
• Marko Baša
• Stefan Savić
• Stefan Mugoša
• Simon Vukčević
• Vasilije Adžić
• Viktor Đukanović
• Vladimir Jovović
• Žarko Tomašević
• Mirsad Huseinović
• Refik Sabanadzovic

Basketball

• Angel Robinson
• Blagota Sekulić
• Boris Bakić
• Bojan Dubljević
• Derek Needham
• Glory Johnson
• Miloš Borisov
• Marko Simonović (basketball, born 1999)
• Nikola Ivanović
• Marko Todorović
• Nemanja Đurišić
• Nikola Mirotić
• Nikola Vučević
• Halil Kanacević
• Javonte Green
• Justin Cobbs
• Kendrick Perry
• Nikola Pavličević
• Nikola Peković
• Nemanja Radović
• Ognjen Čarapić
• Omar Cook
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Quincy Douby
• Taylor Rochestie (born 1985), American-Montenegrin player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Shay Murphy
• Tyrese Rice
• Velibor Radović (born 1972), Montenegrin-Israeli professional basketball player
• Zoran Nikolić

Coaches

• Gregg Popovich
• Dejan Radonjić
• Zvezdan Mitrovic
• Vlado Scepanovic

Handball

• Armelle Attingré
• Petar Kapisoda
• Alen Muratović
• Katarina Bulatović
• Majda Mehmedović
• Jovanka Radičević
• Milena Raičević
• Bojana Popović
• Marina Rajčić
• Đurđina Jauković
• Vuko Borozan
• Sonja Barjaktarović
• Maja Savić
• Anđela Bulatović
• Marija Jovanović
• Ema Ramusović
• Radmila Miljanić-Petrović
• Andrea Klikovac
• Žarko Marković
• Vasko Ševaljević
• Vladan Lipovina
• Stevan Vujović

Water Polo

• Nikola Janović
• Mlađan Janović
• Veljko Uskoković
• Vladimir Gojković
• Aleksandar Ivović
• Draško Brguljan
• Filip Klikovac
• Jovan Vavic (lived in Montenegro)

Tennis

• Miloš Raonić
• Danka Kovinić

Martial Arts

Boxing

• Dejan Zlatičanin
• Vukašin Dobrašinović
• Boško Drašković
• Milorad Gajović
• Miodrag Perunović
• Janko Vučinić
• Milorad Žižić

Kickboxing

• Arian Sadiković
• Ivan Strugar
• Goran Radonjić

Judo

• Srđan Mrvaljević
• Dragomir Bečanović
• Nicholas Delpopolo

American football

• Novo Bojović

Scientists

Physics

• Dragan Hajduković
• Sanja Damjanović

Computer science

• Nenad Medvidović

Electrical engineering

• Ljubiša Stanković

Linguists

• Vojislav Nikčević

Other

• Nero Wolfe, fictional detective created by American writer Rex Stout
• Darinka Mirković Borović, nurse during World War I and a bearer of the Albanian Commemorative Medal

References

1. "Montenegro | EU Prize for Literature". www.euprizeliterature.eu. Retrieved 2024-04-05.