55 Notable alumni of
University of Novi Sad

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The University of Novi Sad is 1104th in the world, 387th in Europe, and 3rd in Serbia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 55 notable alumni from the University of Novi Sad sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Ivan Bosiljčić

    Ivan Bosiljčić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied in 2001
    Occupations
    actorsingertelevision actor
    Biography

    Ivan Bosiljčić is a Serbian film, television, and theatre actor. He is popular for his leading roles in numerous television and cinematographic roles, as well as in theatrical musicals.

  2. Nenad Čanak

    Nenad Čanak
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    musicianpoliticianeconomist
    Biography

    Nenad Čanak is a Serbian politician. He is the co-founder and former leader of the centre-left League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. He was the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2000 to 2004, and until 2020 he was a member of the National Assembly of Serbia.

  3. Maja Gojković

    Maja Gojković
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
    Biography

    Maja Gojković is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of culture and information since 2020. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she previously served as president of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2020.

  4. Marko Đurić

    Marko Đurić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianjurist
    Biography

    Marko Đurić is a Serbian politician and diplomat serving as the Ambassador of Serbia to the United States of America since 8 October 2020, and the non-resident Ambassador of Serbia to Colombia since 3 July 2021.

  5. Radoslav Milenković

    Radoslav Milenković
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    poetuniversity teacheractordirector
    Biography

    Radoslav "Rale" Milenković is a Serbian actor and theatre director. He has won the most prestigious awards for acting and directing at many festivals in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia.

  6. Jorgovanka Tabaković

    Jorgovanka Tabaković
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Jorgovanka Tabaković is a Serbian politician who has been the governor of the National Bank of Serbia since 2012. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she has been the deputy president of the party since 2012.

  7. Dimitrije Banjac

    Dimitrije Banjac
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied petrochemistry
    Occupations
    television actorscreenwritercomedianactor
    Biography

    Dimitrije Banjac is a Serbian actor, comedian and screenwriter. Together with Nikola Škorić and Dejan Ćirjaković he is the creator and actor of several popular Serbian television show programs, including Noćna smena, Velika Srbija, Srbi u svemiru, Pravi fudbal and Državni posao. Audiences in Serbia know him best for his roles as Professor Kišprdilov in Noćna smena and Đorđe Čvarkov in Državni posao.

  8. Miloš Vučević

    Miloš Vučević
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Miloš Vučević is a Serbian lawyer and politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of defence since 2022 and as president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2023. He previously served as mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022.

  9. István Pásztor

    István Pásztor
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1956-2023 (aged 67)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied in 1980
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    István Pásztor was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 until his death in 2023. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians from 2008 to 2023.

  10. Nikola Škorić

    Nikola Škorić
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied history
    Occupations
    comedianactorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Nikola Škorić is a Serbian actor, comedian and screenwriter. Together with Dimitrije Banjac and Dejan Ćirjaković he is the creator and actor of several popular Serbian television show programs, including Noćna smena, Velika Srbija, Srbi u svemiru, Pravi fudbal and Državni posao. He is best known to audience in Serbia for his role of Dragan Torbica in Državni Posao.

  11. Dejan Zavec

    Dejan Zavec
    Born in
    Slovenia Flag Slovenia
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    boxer
    Biography

    Dejan Zavec, best known as Jan Zaveck, is a Slovenian former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2015. He held the IBF welterweight title from 2009 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBA super-welterweight title in 2015. Zaveck is the only Slovenian boxer to have held a world title, and was named Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year in 2010.

  12. Žarko Zrenjanin

    Žarko Zrenjanin
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1902-1942 (aged 40)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied in 1923
    Occupations
    military personnelpoliticianrevolutionaryteacher
    Biography

    Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" was a Yugoslav partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946.

  13. Bojan Pajtić

    Bojan Pajtić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    In 2008 graduated with doctorate
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Bojan Pajtić is a Serbian lawyer and former politician who is a professor at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Law. A member of the Democratic Party (DS), he served as the president of the government of Vojvodina from 2004 to 2016 and as the president of DS from 2014 to 2016.

  14. Dejan Ćirjaković

    Dejan Ćirjaković
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1979-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied percussion instrument
    Occupations
    television actorscreenwritermusicianactorcomedian
    Biography

    Dejan Ćirjaković is a Serbian actor, comedian, screenwriter and musician. Together with Nikola Škorić and Dimitrije Banjac he is the creator and actor of several popular Serbian television show programs, including Noćna smena, Velika Srbija, Srbi u Svemiru, Pravi fudbal and Državni posao.

  15. Borko Stefanović

    Borko Stefanović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politiciandiplomat
    Biography

    Borko Stefanović is a Serbian politician who was the leader of the Levica Srbije political party. Prior to founding Levica Srbije, he was active in the Democratic Party in Serbia, with whom he engaged in a high-profile split in the summer of 2015. He was one of Serbia's representatives during the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations. He was the political director of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former chief of staff for Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić.

  16. Igor Mirović

    Igor Mirović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    economistpoliticianpoet
    Biography

    Igor Mirović is a Serbian politician, economist, and poet serving as the president of the Government of Vojvodina since 2016. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party, he previously served as the minister of regional development and local self-government from 2013 and 2014.

  17. Aleksandra Jerkov

    Aleksandra Jerkov
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Aleksandra Jerkov is a politician in Serbia. She has served in the National Assembly of Serbia on an almost uninterrupted basis since 2007, originally as a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) and since 2014 as a member of the Democratic Party.

  18. Branislav Nedimović

    Branislav Nedimović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Branislav Nedimović is a Serbian politician who served as deputy prime minister of Serbia from 2020 to 2022 and as minister of agriculture, forestry and water economy from 2016 to 2022. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as mayor of Sremska Mitrovica from 2008 to 2016.

  19. Pero Zubac

    Pero Zubac
    Born in
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    journalisttranslatorwriterscreenwriter
    Biography

    Pero Zubac is a Serbian and former Yugoslav author, poet, screenwriter, academic and journalist. He is a member of the Association of Journalists of Serbia and the Association of Writers of Serbia. In 2021 he was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star.

  20. Lyubomir Miletich

    Lyubomir Miletich
    Born in
    North Macedonia Flag North Macedonia
    Years
    1863-1937 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    university teacherhistorianethnographeranthropologistlinguist
    Biography

    Lyubomir Miletich was a leading Bulgarian linguist, ethnographer, dialectologist and historian, as well as the chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1926 to his death.

  21. Aleksandar Martinović

    Aleksandar Martinović
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Aleksandar Martinović is a Serbian academic and politician who has served as minister of public administration and local self-government since 2022. He is a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and led its parliamentary caucus from 2016 to 2022.

  22. Miroslav Parović

    Miroslav Parović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Miroslav Parović is a Serbian politician and the president of the People's Freedom Movement.

  23. Dragutin Zelenović

    Dragutin Zelenović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1928-2020 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    university teacherpoliticianpolitical commissar
    Biography

    Dragutin Zelenović was a professor at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, served as rector of the University of Novi Sad (1987–89) and was in 1987 elected a corresponding member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He served as the prime minister of Serbia from 11 February 1991 to 11 December 1991. He also served as a member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1991.

  24. Janko Veselinović

    Janko Veselinović
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Janko Veselinović is a Serbian academic and politician. He is a professor at the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Agriculture and a Deputy of the National Assembly of Serbia. He holds a master's degree in contracts on commercial representation and a PhD on legal regulation of governance in domestic and comparative law.

  25. Ratko Butorović

    Ratko Butorović
    Born in
    Montenegro Flag Montenegro
    Years
    1956-2013 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Ratko Butorović also known as Bata Kan Kan was a controversial Montenegrin–Serbian businessman.

  26. Tomislav Žigmanov

    Tomislav Žigmanov
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    poetwriterpoliticianphilosopher
    Biography

    Tomislav Žigmanov is a Serbian politician serving as minister of human and minority rights and social dialogue since 2022. An ethnic Croat, he has been the president of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV) since 2015. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2016 to 2020, and again from 1 August 2022 to 25 October 2022.

  27. Slobodan Vuksanović

    Slobodan Vuksanović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    philologistpoet
    Biography

    Slobodan Vuksanović is a poet, essayist, translator and former Serbian politician, who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007.

  28. Borislav Novaković

    Borislav Novaković
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Borislav Novaković, MSc is a Serbian politician. He was a vice-president of People's Party until 2023. From 2000 to 2004, as a member of Democratic Party Novaković was the President of the city Assembly of Novi Sad. After failing re-election, this time in direct popular vote, he was appointed as Vice-President of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in 2004.

  29. Bojan B. Dimitrijević

    Bojan B. Dimitrijević
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    2002-2004 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    historian
    Biography

    Bojan B. Dimitrijević is a Serbian historian and politician. A former member of the Democratic Party (DS), he was a vice-president of Serbia Centre (SRCE) from 2022 to 2023.

  30. Igor Pavličić

    Igor Pavličić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Igor Pavličić is a Serbian politician, and former Mayor of the city of Novi Sad representing the Democratic Party (DS). He was elected on 16 June 2008 and served until 14 September 2012. He graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 1995.

  31. Ludvik Toplak

    Ludvik Toplak
    Born in
    Slovenia Flag Slovenia
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    lawyerbusinesspersonpoliticiandiplomat
    Biography

    Ludvik Toplak is a Slovenian law professor and academic administrator, and former politician, ambassador, and member of the Parliament. He is vice-president of the Alma Mater Europaea and former rector of the University of Maribor. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

  32. Miljenko Rak

    Miljenko Rak
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    coach
    Biography

    Miljenko Rak is a Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer. He had worked as the trainer with Olympic gold medal-winning skier, Janica Kostelić, and football manager, Slaven Bilić. He is currently fitness coach in Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia men's national handball team.

  33. Cveta Majtanović

    Cveta Majtanović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1986-.. (age 38)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    2017-2018 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in communication studies
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Cveta Majtanović recognized in the Balkans as a singer and songwriter who gained attention and popularity after winning the Idol Serbia-Montenegro & Macedonia, version of the British music competition format, Pop Idol, that became an international TV franchise (broadcast on RTV BK in 2003/2004).

  34. Andor Deli

    Andor Deli
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied in 2000
    Occupations
    politicianlawyer
    Biography

    Andor Deli is a Hungarian politician from Vojvodina, Serbia, and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Hungary's Fidesz since 2014.

  35. Predrag Bubalo

    Predrag Bubalo
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1954-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Predrag Bubalo is a Serbian politician who held various ministerial positions in the Government of Serbia. He served as the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations in 2004, as the Minister of Economy from 2004 to 2007 and as the Minister of Trade from 2007 to 2008.

  36. Saša Dragin

    Saša Dragin
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Saša Dragin is former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the Government of Serbia (2008-2011). He was previously the Minister of Environmental Protection.

  37. Jovanka Nikolić

    Jovanka Nikolić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1952-2017 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    poetchildren's writerwritershort story writer
    Biography

    Jovanka Nikolić was a Serbian author of prose, poetry and poetry for children.

  38. Svetozar Čiplić

    Svetozar Čiplić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    judgepolitician
    Biography

    Svetozar Čiplić is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Human and Minority Rights from 2008 to 2011.

  39. Rita Kinka

    Rita Kinka
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    classical pianist
    Biography

    Rita Kinka, is a Serbian pianist of Hungarian descent.

  40. Jovan Zivlak

    Jovan Zivlak
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1947-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Jovan Zivlak, is a Serbian poet, publisher and essayist.

  41. Aleksandar Jovančević

    Aleksandar Jovančević
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    amateur wrestler
    Biography

    Aleksandar Jovančević is a Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler. He was FR Yugoslavia representative in Greco-Roman wrestling.

  42. Đurađ Jakšić

    Đurađ Jakšić
    Born in
    Croatia Flag Croatia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politicianhistorian
    Biography

    Đurađ Jakšić is a Serbian historian and politician.

  43. Igor Antić

    Igor Antić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    artist
    Biography

    Igor Antić is a French-Serbian visual artist.

  44. Dragomir Dujmov

    Dragomir Dujmov
    Born in
    Hungary Flag Hungary
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied in 1989
    Occupations
    historianwriterlibrettistpoetliterary critic
    Biography

    Dragomir Dujmov is a Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from Hungary.

  45. Laura Pavlovic

    Laura Pavlovic
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Laura Pavlović is a Serbian lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad.

  46. Sándor Páll

    Sándor Páll
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1954-2010 (aged 56)
    Enrolled in the University of Novi Sad
    Studied in 1973-1977
    Occupations
    university teacherliterary historian
    Biography

    Sándor Páll was an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia and leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians.

  47. Danijela Veselinović

    Danijela Veselinović
    Years
    1993-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    trumpeter
    Biography

    Danijela Veselinović is a Serbian trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Arilje, dubbed the "Trumpet Princess" by Boban Marković. She and her brass band have represented Serbia across Europe.

  48. Slobodan Peladić

    Slobodan Peladić
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1962-2019 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    sculptorpainter
    Biography

    Slobodan Peladić was a Serbian painter, sculptor and multimedia artist.

  49. Ratimir Martinović

    Ratimir Martinović
    Born in
    Montenegro Flag Montenegro
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Ratimir Martinović is a Montenegrin pianist.

  50. Sándor Szabó

    Sándor Szabó
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    harpsichordistmusic director
    Biography

    Sándor Szabó is a Yugoslav-born pianist, organist and harpsichordist of Hungarian descent who has worked as a performer, conductor and music director in both Europe and North America.

  51. Gyula Mester

    Gyula Mester
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    mechanical engineer
    Biography

    Gyula Mester is a Hungarian scientist and Professor of Robotics at the University of Szeged. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering.

  52. Stevan Pilipović

    Stevan Pilipović
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    Stevan Pilipović is a Professor of Mathematics, since 1987, at the Department of Mathematics and Informatics of Novi Sad University.

  53. Andrija Radulović

    Andrija Radulović
    Born in
    Montenegro Flag Montenegro
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    linguistwriterpoet
    Biography

    Andrija Radulović is a prominent Montenegrin poet. He studied history at the Faculty of Philosophy at University of Montenegro and graduated as professor of education from Faculty of education, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). He writes poetry, literary criticism, essays and translates from the Russian language. His poetry is presented in several national and international anthologies, while his literary work has been translated into twenty four languages. He lives in Podgorica. Radulovic was one of the editors of two literary magazines of the Association of Writers of Montenegro, "Square" and "Literary Record".

  54. Dušan Čamprag

    Dušan Čamprag
    Born in
    Serbia Flag Serbia
    Years
    1925-2021 (aged 96)
    Occupations
    entomologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Dušan Čamprag was a Serbian entomologist. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His studies primarily centered around agricultural entomology and phytomedicine.

  55. Zorka Grandov

    Zorka Grandov
    Born in
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Years
    1947-2021 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Zorka Grandov was a Serbian doctor of economics, professor emeritus and writer.