The 100 most prominent Serbs
The 100 most prominent Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: 100 најзнаменитијих Срба) is a book containing the biographies of the hundred most important Serbs compiled by a committee of academicians at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The committee members were Sava Vuković, Pavle Ivić, Dragoslav Srejović, Dejan Medaković, Dragomir Vitorović, Zvonimir Kostić, Vasilije Krestić, Miroslav Pantić and Danica Petrović. The book was first published in 1993 on 20+617 pages, reprinted in 2001, and the third extended edition was printed in 2009.
The list
Stefan Nemanja (circa 1113–1199), Grand Prince of Raška
Stefan the First-Crowned (circa 1156–1228), king of Serbia
Saint Sava (circa 1169–1236), Serbian prince, monk and the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church
Domentijan (circa 1210–1264), monk and biographer
Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (circa 1253–1321), king of Serbia between 1282–1321
Teodosije the Hilandarian (circa 1246–1328), clergyman
Saint Danilo II, monk and chronicler
Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (circa 1308–1355), Serbian Emperor
Lazar of Serbia (circa 1329–1389), ruler of Moravian Serbia
Miloš Obilić, knight
Jefimija (circa 1349–1405), one of the first Serbian female poets
Prince Marko (circa 1335–1395), Serbian king
Stefan Lazarević (circa 1377–1427), prince and despot
Kir Stefan the Serb, monk and musicologist
Đurađ Branković (1377–1456), baron and despot
Makarije Sokolović (died 1574), the archbishop of Peć and Serbian patriarch
Ivan Gundulić (1589–1638), poet
Arsenije III Čarnojević (1633–1706), archbishop and patriarch
Pavle Nenadović (1703–1768), archbishop
Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711–1787), physicist, philosopher, theologian and polymath.
Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), writer and linguist
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (1748–1830), ruler of Montenegro and exarch
Stefan Stratimirović (1757–1836), head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Austrian Empire
Karađorđe (1768–1817), revolutionary leader who fought for Serbian independence
Filip Višnjić (1767–1834), poet and guslar
Matija Nenadović (1777–1854), archpriest and writer
Veljko Petrović (1884–1967), vojvoda
Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, prince of Serbia
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), linguist
Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), painter
Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856), poet and playwright
Ilija Garašanin (1812–1874), statesman
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851), prince-bishop of Montenegro, poet and philosopher
Josif Pančić (1814–1888), botanist and doctor, first president of Serbian Royal Academy
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (1823–1868), prince of Serbia
Branko Radičević (1824–1853), poet and the founder of modern Serbian lyric poetry
Đuro Daničić (1825–1882), historian and philologist
Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), mayor of Novi Sad
Jovan Ristić (1831–1899), diplomat and historian
Kornelije Stanković (1831–1865), composer
Ilarion Ruvarac (1832–1905), priest
Đura Jakšić (1832–1878), painter and poet
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), physician and poet
Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908), jurist
Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921), sovereign prince and king of Montenegro
Laza Kostić (1841–1910), poet and prose writer
Stojan Novaković (1842–1915), historian, scholar, writer, literary critic, translator, politician and diplomat
Peter I of Serbia (1844–1921), king of Serbia
Vladan Đorđević (1844–1930), mayor of Belgrade
Nikola Pašić (1845–1926), politician
Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), bishop
Svetozar Marković (1846–1875), political activist and philosopher
Sima Lozanić (1847–1935), chemist
Radomir Putnik (1847–1917), general
Đorđe Krstić (1851–1907), painter
Laza Lazarević (1851–1891), writer, psychiatrist and neurologist
Simo Matavulj (1852–1908), novelist
Pera Dobrinović (1853–1923), actor
Milan I of Serbia (1854–1901), prince and king of Serbia
Mihajlo Pupin (1858–1935), physicist and chemist
Živojin Mišić (1855–1921), general
Stevan Sremac (1855–1906), comedy writer
Stepa Stepanović (1856–1929), general
Jovan Žujović (1856–1936), antrophologist
Stevan Mokranjac (1856–1914), composer
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), physicist, inventor, mechanical and electrical engineer
Paja Jovanović (1859–1957), painter
Vojislav Ilić (1860–1894), poet
Ljubomir Stojanović (1860–1930), politician, member of Serbian Royal Academy
Bogdan Popović (1863–1944), literary critic
Branislav Nušić (1864-1938), novelist and satirist
Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), geographer
Mihailo Petrović (1868–1943), mathematician
Pavle Popović (1868–1939), literary critic and historian
Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), lawyer and politician
Miloje Vasić (1869–1956), archaeologist
Jovan Dučić (1871–1943), poet and diplomat
Radoje Domanović (1873–1908), writer and teacher
Nadežda Petrović (1873–1915), painter
Branislav Petronijević (1875–1954), scientist and philosopher
Borisav Stanković (1876–1927), writer
Milan Rakić (1876–1938), poet
Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960), linguist
Milan Nedić (1878–1946), general and politician
Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), prose writer and novelist
Petar Kočić (1877–1916), poet and politician
Jovan Skerlić (1877–1914), writer and critic
Milutin Milanković (1879–1958), mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer and popularizer of science
Nikolaj Velimirović (1881–1956), bishop
Petar Konjović (1890–1942), composer
Vladimir Ćorović (1885–1941), historian
Stevan Hristić (1885–1958), pedagogue and music writer
Jovan Bijelić (1884–1964), painter
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934), prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia and King of Yugoslavia
Petar Dobrović (1890–1942), painter and politician
Ivo Andrić (1892–1975), writer and Nobel prize laureate
Miloš Crnjanski (1892–1977), poet and journalist
Sava Šumanović (1896–1942), painter
Meša Selimović (1910–1982), writer
Vasko Popa (1922–1991), Serbian poet of Romanian descent
