Vuk Branković was a Serbian medieval nobleman who, during the Fall of the Serbian Empire, inherited a province that extended over present-day southern and southwestern Serbia, the northern part of present day Macedonia, and northern Montenegro. His fief was known as Oblast Brankovića or simply as Vukova zemlja, which he held with the title of gospodin, under Prince Lazar of Serbia. After the Battle of Kosovo (1389), Vuk was briefly the de facto most powerful Serbian lord.
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serb philologist and linguist who was the major reformer of the Serbian language. He deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles, to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was also the author of the first Serbian dictionary in the new reformed language. In addition, he translated the New Testament into the reformed form of the Serbian spelling and language.
Puma SE, branded as Puma, is a German multinational company that designs and manufactures athletic and casual footwear, apparel and accessories, which is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. PUMA is the third largest sportswear manufacturer in the world. The company was founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler. In 1924, Rudolf and his brother Adolf Dassler had jointly formed the company Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik. The relationship between the two brothers deteriorated until the two agreed to split in 1948, forming two separate entities, Adidas and Puma. Both companies are currently based in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
Vuk Rašović is a Serbian former footballer.
Je is a letter of the Cyrillic script, taken over from the Latin letter J.
Stefan Lazarević, also known as Stefan the Tall, was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427). The son of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, he was regarded as one of the finest knights and military leaders in Europe. After the death of his father at Kosovo (1389), he became ruler of Moravian Serbia and ruled with his mother Milica, until he reached adulthood in 1393. Stefan led troops in several battles as an Ottoman vassal, until asserting independence after receiving the title of despot from the Byzantines in 1402.
Vuk Grgurević Branković, was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485. He inherited the title of despot, by King Matthias Corvinus, and ruled most of present-day Vojvodina, under the overlordship of the Kingdom of Hungary. He is known in Serbian epic poetry for his valour and heroism, and is called Vuk the Fiery Dragon, Vuk the Dragon-Despot, or simply the Dragon; he commanded the Hungarian army in several of its battles against the Ottomans. He is considered the founder of Grgeteg monastery.
Austria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden. 29 competitors, 24 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.
Austria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 56 competitors, 45 men and 11 women, took part in 54 events in 14 sports.
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 87 competitors, 77 men and 10 women, took part in 48 events in 11 sports.
The D'Bari are a fictional alien race in the Marvel Universe. They are famous as the people whose star system was destroyed by Phoenix during the Dark Phoenix Saga.
Rudolf Eckstein was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Vuk is a male Slavic given name, predominantly recorded among Serbs as well as Croatians, Bulgarians, Macedonians, Slovenes, Russians, and Ukrainians. The name literally means "wolf". Vuk Karadžić, 19th-century Serbian philologist and ethnographer, explained the traditional, apotropaic use of the name: a woman who had lost several babies in succession, would name her newborn son Vuk, because it was believed that the witches, who "ate" the babies, were afraid to attack the wolves. In the Serbian epic poetry, the wolf is a symbol of fearlessness. Vuk was the 17th most popular name for boys in Serbia in the period 2003–2005.
Rudolf Jeny was a Hungarian football player and manager.
Vuk Mitošević is a Serbian footballer who plays for Vojvodina.
Vojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk was a Serbian voivode, who fought for the Macedonian Serb Chetniks in the Struggle for Macedonia, and then the national army in the Balkan Wars and World War I.
The Museum of Vuk and Dositej is one of the most important memorial museums in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1949, it depicts the life, work and legacy of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), the reformer of the Serbian language, and Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), a writer who was the country's first Minister of Education. The museum is a crucial site for understanding the revival of Serbian culture at the time of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. Since 1979, this institution has been governed by the National Museum of Serbia.
Vuk Radivojević is a Serbian professional basketball player for Igokea of the ABA League and the Bosnian League. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally.
Events from the year 1960 in Sweden
