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BELGRADE
Most Famous People Born in Belgrade, Serbia
- Notable people
- 2,070
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1975
- Most distinctive
- Polo 20.6×
A Balkan capital whose bench is extraordinarily athletic even by regional standards. Nearly a third of Belgrade's notables are footballers and more than a tenth are basketball players, with handball, chess, and water polo columns layered on top — the result of a Yugoslav sporting system that produced Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic, and generations of NBA forwards. Marina Abramović and Milorad Pavić hold down a much smaller but distinctive avant-garde shelf.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Belgrade Is Known For
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Football is Belgrade's biggest profession — 33% of all notables (675).
Belgrade over-indexes on polo — 20.6× the global rate.
Belgrade under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Belgrade's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1860s Clear ×
Branislav Nušić
1864 - 1938
Mihailo Petrović
1868 - 1943
Vojislav Ilić
1862 - 1894
Milovan Milovanović
1863 - 1912
Jelka Rosen
1868 - 1935
Bogdan Popović
1863 - 1944
Pavle Popović
1868 - 1939
Milorad Mitrović (poet)
1867 - 1907
Dimitrije T. Leko
1863 - 1914
Vasilije Simić
1866 - 1931
Katarina Jovanović
1869 - 1954
Mirka Grujić
1869 - 1940
Natalija Neti Munk
1864 - 1924