List of Montenegrins

This is a list of prominent people from Montenegro.

It includes individuals who ethnically declare or have declared themselves as Montenegrins. Several persons on the list fall outside of this ethnic group, largely on the basis of self determination. The list includes a few that declare or have declared as either Serbs, Bosniaks, Muslims by nationality, Croats, Albanians or Yugoslavs.

Additionally, among the above mentioned ethnic groups there are individuals not necessarily born and raised in Montenegro, but who have either had parent(s) born in Montenegro or have themselves lived there for a significant portion of their life. Such individuals are included as well.

Artists

Writers

*Ćamil Sijarić
*Čedo Vuković
*Mihailo Lalić
*Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (Born Radivoje Tomov Petrović)
*Mirko Kovač
*Radovan Zogović
*Andrej Nikolaidis
*Marko Miljanov
*Andrija Paltašić
*Jovan Cvijić
*Milovan Đilas
*Stevan Raičković
*Ognjen Spahić
*Dusan Kostić
*Rajko Joličić
*Ivan Jovović
*Ljubomir Nenadović
*Simo Matavulj
*Milan Jovanović Morski
*Aleksa Santić
*Nikolaj Velimirović
*Maja Perfiljeva
*Vicko Zmajević
*Novak Kilibarda
*Stjepan Zanović
*Vicko Zmajević

Poets

*Petar II Petrović Njegoš (Born Radivoje Tomov Petrović)
*Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
*Marko Miljanov
*Andrija Zmajević
*Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša
*Aleksandar Leso Ivanović
*Risto Ratković
*Mirko Banjević
*Janko Đonović
*Vitomir Vito Nikolić
*Radonja Vešović
*Danilo Kiš
*Borislav Pekić
*Miodrag Bulatović
*Branimir Šćepanović
*Matija Bećković
*Jovan Sundečić
*Andrija Radulović
*Nikola Dobrečić
*Giovanni Bona Boliris (Ivan Bolica or Ivan Bunić)
*Sima Popović
*Filip Gijo

Historians

*Šerbo Rastoder
*Ignjatije Zloković
*Ivan Jovović
*Miroslav Luketić
*Olga Peroviđ
*Dragiša Živković
*Živko Andrijašević

Art historians

*Olga Perović
*Dragiša Živković

Painters

*Milo Milunović
*Petar Lubarda
*Vojo Stanić
*Miloš Vušković
*Aleksandar Prijić
*Miodrag "Dado" Đurić
*Đorđije Bato Pravilović
*Dominik Nikolo
*Naod Zorić
*Anastas Bocarić
*Slobodan Slovnić
*Jovan Ivanović
*Andrija Paltašić
*Tripo Kokolja
*Branko Filipovic – Filo
*Anton Pean
*Mario Maskareli

culptors

*Vojo Stanić
*Stevan Luketić
*Risto Stijović

Musicians

*Milan Popović - Daniel
*Nenad Knežević - Knez
*Miljana Ralević - Mana
*Rambo Amadeus
*Radovan Kastratovic
*Mirko Bratičević
*Šako Polumenta
*Dado Polumenta
*Azra Polumenta
*Vlado Georgiev
*Dragan Krstić - Crni
*Bojan Marović
*Sergej Ćetković
*Vesna Zmijanac
*Boban Rajović
*Alen Muković
*Srećko Savović
*Beki Bekić (Born Bekljulj Bekljuljović)
*Šeki Bihorac
*Zdravko Đuranović
*Ksenija Cicvarić
*Nikola Karović
*Lazar Kalezić
*Zoran Kalezić
*Bato Radulović
*Mirko Rondović
*Zdravko Đuranović
*Šukrija-Žuti Serhatlić
*Igor Perazić
*Goran Vukošić
*Mićo Vujović
*Bojan Bajramović
*Pero Trokadero
*Ljubo Ševaljević
*Petar Perunović
*Ismet Krčić
*Bato Radulović
*Rodoljub Raičević
*Milan Perić
*Stevan Faddy
*Ljubormir Đurović
*Rade Rapido
*Igor Lazić - Niggor
*Miladin Šobić
*Srđan Marjanović
*Arsenije Dedić
*Danijela Martinović
*Zvonimir Đukić - Van Gogh
*Slaven Knezović
*Slobo Kovačević
*Milić Vukašinović
*Dragoljub Đuričić
*Goran Pejović
*Edita Slabi – Brkan
*Nina Petković
*Alex Petrovich (Georgian Skull, Mister Bones, The Mighty Nimbus)
*Slobodan Pješčić
*Danijel Alibabic

Actors/Actresses

*Petar Banicević
*Bojan Bazelli
*Boro Begović
*Zdravko Biogradlija
*Veljko Bulajić
*Dejan Cukić
*Spiro Grgurević
*Dusko Ivanović
*Milutin Karadžić
*Velimir Keković
*Mirko Kujacić
*Slavko Labović
*Žarko Lausević
*Danilo Lazović
*Jožo Lepetić
*Drago Malović
*Veljko Mandić
*Bojan Marović
*Junus Međedović
*Miljan Milošević
*Milo Miranović
*Predrag Panić
*Krsto Papić
*Luka Popović
*Vladimir Popović
*Isa Qosja
*Milorad Spasojević
*Dragomir Stojanović
*Miloš Vuković
*Desa Biogradlija
*Dijana Marojević
*Marija Vicković
*Dubravka Vukotić
*Dragiša Simonović

Violinists

*Ratimir Martinović
*Tripo Simonuti

Journalists

*Sima Popović

Chroniclers

*Dušan Martinović
*Nikola Bošković

Militarians

Adimirals

*Matija Zmajević

Brigadiers

*Šćepan Mijušković
*Lazar Sočica
*Krsto Turudija

Captains

*Božo Berić
*Đuro Drašković
*Marko Ivanović
*Niko Kašćelan
*Milo Leković
*Miloš Milošević
*Ivo Pavišić
*Petar Pavišić
*Ivo Vizin
*Petar Zambelić

Commanders

*Milovan Bošković
*Savo Čelebić
*Andrija Dragutinović
*Radola Gajda (Born Rudolf Geidl)
*Petar Gvozdenović
*Đuro Kapa
*Niko Kašćelan
*Petar Lompar
*Blagota Martinović
*Joko Martinović
*Milo Martinović
*Šćepan Mijušković
*Janko Pešikan
*Marko Popović
*Mato Todorović
*Marko Vučeraković
*Dušan Vuković
*Petar Vuković

Generals

*Andrija Bakić
*Savo Čelebić
*Anto Gvozdenović
*Marko Ivelić
*Jovan Popović Lipovac
*Krsto Zrnov Popović

Majors

*Ivan Bulatović
*Savo Čelebić
*Andrija Dragutinović
*Petar Gvozdenović
*Đuro Kapa
*Niko Kašćelan
*Petar Lompar
*Blagota Martinović
*Joko Martinović
*Milo Martinović
*Šćepan Mijušković
*Janko Pešikan
*Krsto Zrnov Popović
*Marko Popović
*Marko Vučeraković
*Dušan Vuković
*Pero Vuković

Officers

*Savo Čelebić
*Đuro Drašković
*Blagota Turčinović
*Marko (Majo) Vujović

eamen

*Marko Ivanović
*Ivo Vizin
*Petar Zambelić
*Matija Zmajević

Voivodes

*Novica Cerović
*Žarko Lješević
*Radomir Pavličević
*Mihajlo Nišina
*Peko Pavlović
*Božo Petrović
*Mirko Petrović
*Ilija Plamenac
*Marko Miljanov Popović
*Lazar Sočica
*Miljan Vukov Vesović
*Mašo Vrbica
*Marko (Majo) Vujović
*Petar Vukotić
*Gavro Vuković

Other

*Nikola Kavaja

Politicians

Prime Ministers

*Božo Petrović-Njegoš
*Lasar Mijušković
*Mark Radulović
*Andrija Radović
*Lazar Tomanović
*Mitar Martinović
*Serdar Janko Vukotić
*Milo Matanović
*Evgenije Popović
*Anto Gvozdenović
*Jovan Plamenac
*Milutin Vučinić
*Đorđije Pajković
*Veselin Đuranović
*Mijuško Šibalić
*Vidoje Žarković
*Žarko Bulajić
*Marko Orlandić
*Momčilo Cemović
*Radivoje Brajović
*Vuko Vukadinović
*Radoje Kontić
*Filip Vujanović
*Milo Đukanović
*Željko Šturanović
*Radoman Božović

Presidents

*Nikola Miljanić
*Miloš Rašović
*Nikola Kovačević
*Blažo Jovanović
*Filip Bajković
*Andrija Mugoša
*Veljko Milatović
*Vidoje Žarković
*Veselin Đuranović
*Marko Orlandić
*Miodrag Vlahović
*Branislav Šoškić
*Radivoje Brajović
*Božina Ivanović
*Branko Kostić
*Momir Bulatović
*Milo Đukanović
*Filip Vujanović

Other

*Predrag Bulatović
*Jusuf Kalampeović
*Dragiša Burzan
*Rifat Rastoder
*Dragan Đurović
*Sekule Drljević
*Ranko Krivokapić
*Nebojša Medojević
*Boris Raonic, civil society activist
*Milovan Đilas
*Dragan Đilas, Minister in Serbian Government
*Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo
*Puniša Račić
*Sava Lukich Vladislavich-Raguzinsky
*Nikola Jurić
*Vicko Zmajević
*Sima Popović
*Novak Kilibarda
*Jovica Stanišić
*Žarko Obradović, Socialist Party of Serbia leader
*Slobodan Samardžić, Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija
*L.Steven Bujenović, doctor of medicine

Foreign Figures of Montenegrin descent

People with Montenegrin ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:
*Jorge Milton Capitanich, Argentinian Senator
*Dragan Jočić, Minister of Interior in the Government of Serbia
*Radovan Karadžić, President of the Bosnian Republika Srpska
*Juan Daniel Knesevich, Mayor of General Madariaga Partido, Chaco Province, Argentina
*Slobodan Milošević, President of Yugoslavia
*Adrian Mirkovich, Mayor of General Madariaga Partido, Chaco Province, Argentina
*Michael Anthony Stepovich, Governor of Alaska
*Boris Raonic, civil society activist
*Melissa Bean Luburic, Serb Democratic Party representative in the United States of America House of Representatives

Lawyers

*Viktor Besali

enators

*Novica Cerović
*Petar Vukotić

Criminals

War Criminals

*Dragoslav Bokan

*Sekula Drljević

*Željko Ražnatović-Arkan

Rulers

Princes

*Prince Boris I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
*Crown Prince Danilo I Aleksandar Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
*Prince Michael I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
*Prince Milo Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
*Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
*HRH Prince Nikola II Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro

Prince-Bishops (Vladikas)

Princesses

*Princess Altinaï of Montenegro
*Princess Anastasia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna of Montenegro
*Princess Milica Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Grand Duchess Militsa Nicholaievna of Montenegro
*Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/Queen Elena of Italy
*Princess Ljubica (Zorka) Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro/ Ljubica (Zorka) of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
*Princess Marija (Marica) Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
*Princess Anna Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro
*Princess Sophia Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro

Historical Figures

Vojislavljević Family

*Konstantin Bodin, King of Duklja and Dalmatia and Tsar of Bulgaria
*Desa, Prince of Duklja and Travunia, King of Raška
*Dobroslav II, King of Duklja
*Dobroslav III, King of Duklja
*Dragomir, Prince of Duklja
*Đorđe, King of Duklja
*Gradihna/Gradinja, King of Duklja
*Grubeša, Prince of Duklja and Antivari
*Hvalimir, Prince of Duklja
*Jovan Vladimir, Prince of Duklja and Travunia
*Kočopar Branislavljević, King of Duklja
*Mihailo I, Grand Prince/King of Duklja
*Mihailo II, King of Duklja
*Mihailo III, King of Duklja
*Petar (Predimir), Archont of Duklja, Travunia, and Zahumlje
*Petrislav, Prince of Duklja and Travunia
*Petrislav, King of Raška
*Radoslav Gradišnić, Prince of Duklja
*Stefan Dobroslav I Vojislav, Prince of Duklja
*Tugemir, Prince of Duklja
*Uroš I, King of Raška
*Uroš II, King of Raška
*Vladimir, King of Duklja

Nemanjić Family

*Stefan Nemanja, Grand Župan of Serbia
*Vukan II Nemanjić, King of Duklja and Dalmatia

Balšić Family

*Balša I
*Đurađ I
*Balša II
*Đurađ II
*Balša III

Crnojević Family

*Stefan I
*Ivan II
*Đurađ IV
*Stefan II
*Ivan II
*Đurađ V
*Staniša aka Sandžak Beg
*Arsenije III Čarnojević, Serb patriarch (late 17th c.)

Petrović Family

*Danilo I, Knjaz of Montenegro
*Nikola I, Prince/King of Montenegro

Karađorđević Family

*Karađorđe Petrović, Prince of Serbia, and his descendants, the Karađorđevići.
*Aleksandar I, King of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and King of Yugoslavia
*Đorđe, Crown Prince of Serbia

Obrenović Family

*Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, and his descendants.

aints

*Petar I Petrović-Njegoš/Saint Peter of Cetinje
*Stefan Nemanja/Saint Simeon
*Saint Jovan Vladimir
*Saint Stefan Štiljanović
*Saint Stefan of Piperi

cholars and Academics

*Dr. Andrija (Zoran) Vujisić, Linguist
*Dr. Milica Vukmanović-Stejić, Immunologist

ports

*Dejan Savićević (Football)
*Refik Šabanadžović (Football)
*Predrag Mijatović (Football)
*Mirko Vučinić (Football)
*Ivan Strugar (Kik-boxing)
*Samir Usenagić (Kik-boxing)
*Almir Cecunjanin (Karate)
*Petar Kapisoda (Handball)
*Alen Muratović (Handball)
*Mlađan Janović (Water polo)

Religion

*Leopold Mandić (Saint)

cientists and Mathematicians