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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.
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- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Moša Pijade
1890 - 1957
Dimitrije Ljotić
1891 - 1945
Aleksandar Deroko
1894 - 1988
Rastko Petrović
1898 - 1949
Milutin Bojić
1892 - 1917
Ksenija Atanasijević
1894 - 1981
Aleksandar Vučo
1897 - 1985
Jovan Ružić
1898 - 1973
Nikola Simić (footballer, born 1897)
1897 - 1969
Aleksandar Kostić (Sexualwissenschaftler)
1893 - 1983
Paulina Lebl-Albala
1891 - 1967
Božidar Purić
1891 - 1977
Andreja Kojić
1896 - 1952
Aleksandar Mišić
1891 - 1941
Veljko Stanojević
1892 - 1967
George Obrenović
1890 - 1925
Sofija Jovanović
1895 - 1979
Stanoje Simić
1893 - 1970
Lela Mevorah
1898 - 1972