List of Serbian Americans

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.

Arts

• Marina Abramović, performance artist
• Louis D. Astorino, architect
• Ivana Bašić, sculptor
• Jelena Behrend, jewelry designer ^[1]
• Rushka Bergman, fashion stylist and editor
• John David Brcin, sculptor
• Tom Carapic, found object artist
• Marek Djordjevic, automobile designer ^{[2] [3]}
• Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Serbian-born architect and urban planner
• Ana Kras, furniture designer, photographer, artist ^[4]
• Zoran Ladicorbic, fashion designer
• Lili Lakich, neon light artist
• Marjorie Mikasen, painter, author ^[5]
• Nicholas Petkovich, artist
• Ana Prvacki, performance artist
• Gorjana Reidel, jewelry designer
• Alexander Sambugnac, artist, sculptor
• George Styler, fashion designer ^[6]
• Daniel Vosovic, fashion designer
• Vasa Mihich, sculptor and painter
• Savo Radulovic, painter and batik artist
• Drenka Willen, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
• Alma Alexander, fantasy writer
• Branko Mikasinovich, scholar
• Maja Herman Sekulić, writer, translator, poet
• Dana Todorović, writer and translator
• Charles Simic, poet
• Rose Gojich Stephenson-Goodknight, Wikipedian; visiting scholar
• Dejan Stojanović, poet, writer, essayist
• Milivoy Stoyan Stanoyevich, author
• William Jovanovich, publisher and writer

Business

• Nicholas Chabraja, CEO at General Dynamics
• Mitchell M. Duchich, founder of Clover Leaf Dairy Company (Gary, Indiana), ^[7]
• William Jovanovich, businessman
• Milan Mandarić, businessman
• Phebe Novakovic, businesswoman
• Milan Panić, businessman
• Milan Puskar, entrepreneur, philanthropist
• Steve Popovich, record company executive
• William G. Salatich, executive at Gillette ^[8]
• Andy Stefanovich, business consultant, author

Entertainment

Actors

• Sasha Alexander, actress ^[9]
• Ever Anderson, actress, model
• Coco Austin, glamour model, actress ^{[10] [11]}
• Troian Bellisario, actress ^[12]
• Laura Benanti, actress
• Sara Brajovic, model and actress ^{[13] [14]}
• Brad Dexter, actor
• Divine, actor, singer, drag queen
• Milena Govich, actress ^[12]
• Judy Greer, actress (Serbian paternal grandmother)
• Gloria Grey, actress
• Damian Hurley, actor
• Adrienne Janic, actress, TV presenter ^[15]
• Milla Jovovich, actress
• Bela Lugosi, actor
• Karl Malden, actor ^[16]
• Margaret Markov, actress
• Milos Milos, actor, stunt double
• Alex Nesic, actor ^[17]
• Natalia Nogulich, actress
• Mel Novak, actor
• Catherine Oxenberg, actress
• Iván Petrovich, silent screen star
• Danijela Popović, actress, composer, pianist, pedagogue and playwright.
• Sarah Sokolovic, actress
• Michael Sorich, actor
• Stoya, actress
• Steve Vinovich, actor
• John Vivyan, actor ^[18]
• Mirjana Joković, actress and drama coach
• Bill Radovich, actor
• Michael Jelenic, actor

Directors and screenwriters

• Sanja Bestic, theatre director, writer, producer
• Peter Bogdanovich, film director, actor, producer, critic
• Andre Stojka, actor, screenwriter
• Steve Tesich, screenwriter, playwright
• Slavko Vorkapich, motion-picture montagist
• Marina Zenovich, film producer, film director

Musicians

• Baruch Arnon, classical pianist
• Marina Arsenijevic, concert pianist and composer
• Dušan Bogdanović, composer, musician
• Muruga Booker, drummer, composer, recording artist ^[19]
• Del Casher, guitarist, inventor
• Mike Dimkich, punk guitarist
• Kristina Esfandiari, musician
• Dillon Francis, DJ and record producer
• Ivan Ilić, pianist
• Brandon Jovanovich, opera singer
• Lene Lovich, singer-songwriter, musician
• Charlie Marinkovich, singer-songwriter
• Branko Mataja, blues and folk guitarist
• 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
• Danijela Popović, actress, composer, pianist, pedagogue and playwright.
• 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

Media

• Adam Aleksic, linguist, content creator, writer
• Donald P. Bellisario, television producer ^[20]
• Gordon Bijelonic, film producer ^{[21] [22]}
• Walt Bogdanich, investigative journalist
• Peter Bogdanovich, film producer, director
• Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich), documentary and portrait photographer
• Ellis Cannon, television personality
• Rasha Drachkovitch, television producer
• 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 ^{[23] [24]}
• Paul Stojanovich, television producer
• Jill Filipovic, journalist and feminist

Military

• Jake Allex, Army sergeant, World War I, Medal of Honor recipient
• Teresa A. H. Djuric, Air Force brigadier general
• 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, 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

Politics

• Melissa Bean, U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011
• Rod Blagojevich, the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009
• Mark Brnovich, the 26th attorney general of Arizona
• John Dapcevich, mayor of Sitka, Alaska
• Marko Dapcevich, mayor of Sitka, Alaska
• Helen Delich Bentley, U.S. representative for Maryland from 1985 to 1995
• John Gregovich, politician, member of the Nevada State Senate
• George Michael Marovich, United States federal judge
• Mitchell Melich, solicitor of the Department of the Interior
• Alex Miller, Alaskan statehood lobbyist
• Zoran Popovich, senior judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
• Mike Pusich, mayor of Douglas, Alaska
• Bill Ray, politician, businessman and writer
• Mike Stepovich, last territorial governor of Alaska
• George Voinovich, U.S Senator from Ohio from 1999 to 2011
• Rose Ann Vuich, first female member of the California State Senate
• Steve Vukovich, politician
• George N. Zenovich, member of the California State Senate

Science

• 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 ^[25]
• 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
• 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 ^[26]
• Alexander Margulis, clinical professor of radiology
• 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, first female nuclear engineering department chair in the United States ^{[27] [28]}
• Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, biomedicine professor at Columbia University in the City of New York

Sports

Football

• Bob Babich, NFL player
• Mike Basrak, college football player
• Novo Bojovic, NFL player
• Norm Bulaich, NFL player
• Pete Catan, football player
• Maxx Crosby, NFL player
• Filip Filipović, NFL player
• Bob Gain, NFL player
• Sam Jankovich, GM of the New England Patriots, athletic director at the University of Miami
• Dragan Kesich, college football player
• Milan Lazetich, NFL player
• Pete Lazetich, NFL player
• Mike Mamula, NFL player
• Jim Mandich, NFL and college football player, College Football Hall of Fame
• Duke Maronic, NFL player
• Scott Milanovich, NFL player
• Rex Mirich, NFL player
• Mike Nixon, NFL coach
• Bob O'Billovich, CFL player and coach
• Ed O'Bradovich, NFL player
• Bo Pelini, coach
• Milt Popovich, NFL player
• Dan Radakovich, NFL player
• Bill Radovich, NFL player
• Dan Rains, NFL player
• Steve Ruzich, NFL player
• Paul Salata, NFL player
• Alex Smith, NFL player
• Alex Stepanovich, NFL player
• Tom Yewcic, NFL player
• Chase Winovich, NFL player

Baseball

• Erik Bakich, college baseball coach
• Brian Bogusevic, MLB player
• Jess Dobernic, MLB player
• Walt Dropo, MLB player
• Eli Grba, MLB player
• 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
• Dave Rajsich, MLB player
• Gary Rajsich, MLB player
• Jeff Samardzija, MLB player
• Nick Strincevich, MLB player
• Pete Suder, MLB player
• Steve Sundra, MLB player
• Steve Swetonic, MLB player
• Joe Tepsic, MLB player
• Peter Vuckovich, MLB player
• George Vukovich, MLB player
• John Vukovich, MLB player and coach
• Christian Yelich, MLB player

Basketball

• Bob Djokovich, basketball player
• George Glamack, basketball player
• Bato Govedarica, basketball player
• Tim Jankovich, college basketball coach
• Frank Kaminsky, basketball player, parental Serbian heritage ^{[29] [30]}
• 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 ^[31]
• Goran Suton, basketball player
• Lou Stefanovic, basketball player
• Sasha Stefanovic, basketball player
• Mike Todorovich, basketball player and coach
• Jim Zeravich, basketball player

Soccer

• Stefan Antonijevic, soccer player
• Barney Djordjevic, soccer player
• Sacha Kljestan, soccer player
• Djordje Mihailovic, soccer player
• Ilija Mitić, soccer player
• Andrija Novakovich, soccer player
• Veljko Petković, soccer player
• Dragan Popović, soccer player
• Preki, soccer player
• Drew Skundrich, soccer player
• Neven Subotić, soccer player

Ice hockey

• John Polich, NHL player
• Stan Smrke, NHL player
• Mick Vukota, NHL player
• Alex Nedeljkovic, NHL player
• Scott Perunovich, NHL player

Tennis

• Aleksandar Kovacevic, tennis player
• Iva Jovic, tennis player

Other sports

• Otis Dozovic, wrestler
• Milorad Čavić, swimmer ^[32]
• Jasna Fazlić, table tennis player
• Sam Jankovich, sports administrator
• Pavle Jovanovic, bobsledder
• Trevor Matich, football analyst
• Stevan Mićić, wrestler
• Chad Muska, skateboarder
• Rhonda Rajsich, racquetball player
• Pete Romcevich, racecar driver
• Katarina Simonović, swimmer
• Sandra Spuzich, golfer
• Bojana Todorović, volleyball player
• Ognjen Topic, Muay Thai boxer
• Kristal Uzelac, gymnast
• Bill Vukovich, automobile racing driver
• Bill Vukovich II, automobile racing driver
• Billy Vukovich III, automobile racing driver
• Trifun Živanović, figure skater
• Anastasija Zolotic, taekwondoist
• Zoran Zorkic, golfer

Other

• George Fisher, explorer and early leader of the Texas Revolution
• John Hajdukovich, pioneer and entrepreneur
• 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

• Serbia portal
• United States portal
• Lists portal

• List of Serbian Canadians
• List of Serbs

References

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Sources

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

External links

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