Academics

A–M

• Adil Zulfikarpašić, politician and intellectual
• Aida Hadžialić, Swedish youngest minister ever
• Asim Peco, linguist and academic
• Edina Lekovic, Director of Policy & Programming at the Muslim Public Affairs Council
• Emir Vildić, academic musician
• Enver Redžić, historian, cultural observer, publisher, professor
• Faruk Čaklovica, Professor of Bromatology and Rector of the University of Sarajevo
• Ferid Muhić, Professor ofPhilosophy
• Hasan Muratović, former rector of the University of Sarajevo
• Kemal Gekić, professor of piano at theFlorida International University
• Rifat Rastoder, politician, writer and journalist
• Metin Boşnak^{[citation needed]}, scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature
• Muhamed Filipović, historian and philosopher
• Mustafa Imamović, historian
• Mina Aganagić, mathematical physicist

N–Z

• Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić, children's book author and poet
• Nijaz Duraković, author, intellectual, professor and politician
• Nijaz Ibrulj, philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo's Department of Philosophy and Sociology
• Endi E. Poskovic, Professor at theUniversity of Michigan School of Art and Design and Associate Faculty at the University of Michigan Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES)
• Seada Palavrić, judge of theConstitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Senahid Halilović, linguist
• Smail Balić, Austrian historian and culturologist ofBosniak origin
• Šemso Tucaković, writer, historian and faculty member in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo.
• Šerbo Rastoder, historian
• Zijad Delic, Bosnian-Canadian Imam, activist, teacher, scholar and public speaker

Artists

A–M

• Adi Granov, comic book artist
• Endi E. Poskovic, Bosnian-American artist and printmaker
• Kemal Curić, Bosnian automobile designer
• Mersad Berber, painter

N–Z

• Nela Hasanbegović, sculptor
• Nesim Tahirović, painter, sculptor
• Omer Halilhodžić, Bosnian automobile designer
• Safet Zec, painter, graphic designer
• Selma Harrington, Bosnian-born architect and designer who currently lives in Dublin, Ireland

Music

Composers

Opera

Pop

• Anabela Atijas (born 1975), father was a Bosniak
• Adnan Babajić (born 1988)
• Alma Čardžić (born 1968)
• Amila Glamočak (born 1966)
• Dalal Midhat-Talakić (born 1981)
• Danijel Alibabić, Montenegrin singer with a Bosniak father
• Deen (born 1982)
• Denial Ahmetović (born 1995)
• Dino Merlin (born 1962)
• Donna Ares (1977–2017)
• Dua Lipa, maternal grandmother is Bosniak
• Dženy (born 1987)
• Eldin Huseinbegović (born 1978)
• Elvir Mekić (born 1981)
• Emina Jahović (born 1982)
• Fazla (born 1967)
• Indira (born 1973), mother is a Bosniak
• Kemal Monteno (1948–2015)
• La Lana (born 1984), mother is a Bosniak
• Lepa Brena (born 1960)
• Maya Sar (born 1981)
• Marija Šerifović (born 1984), has Bosniak ancestry through her father
• Mirza Šoljanin (born 1985)
• Nino Pršeš
• Peter Nalitch (born 1981), Russian singer whose grandfather was a Bosniak
• Rialda (born 1992)
• Sabahudin Kurt (1935–2018)
• Seka Aleksić (born 1981), mother was a Bosniak
• Selma Bajrami (born 1980), mother was a Bosniak
• Selma Muhedinović (born 1972)
• Senidah (born 1985), Slovenian singer whose parents were Bosniaks
• Zuzi Zu (born 1978)

Rock

• Alen Islamović (born 1957)
• Branko Đurić (born 1962), mother was a Bosniak
• Cem Adrian (born 1980), Turkish singer of Bosniak ancestry
• Elvir Laković Laka (born 1969)
• Hari Varešanović (born 1961)
• Sead Lipovača (born 1955)
• Seid Memić (born 1950)

Rap

Sevdalinka

• Beba Selimović (1936–2020)
• Damir Imamović (born 1978)
• Dina Bajraktarević (born 1953)
• Emina Zečaj (1929–2020)
• Hanka Paldum (born 1956)
• Himzo Polovina (1927–1986), father was a Bosniak
• Meho Puzić (1937–2007)
• Mirsada Bajraktarević (1951–1976)
• Rešad Bešlagić (1912–1945)
• Safet Isović (1936–2007)
• Silvana Armenulić (1938–1976)
• Umihana Čuvidina (1794–1870)
• Zaim Imamović (1920–1994)
• Zehra Deović (1938–2015)
• Zekerijah Đezić (1937–2002)

Folk

• Al' Dino (born 1970), singer-songwriter and composer
• Asim Brkan (born 1954)
• Elvidin Krilić (born 1962)
• Elvira Rahić (born 1975)
• Enes Begović (born 1965)
• Esad Plavi (born 1965)
• Halid Bešlić (born 1953)
• Halid Muslimović (born 1960)
• Haris Džinović (born 1951)
• Jasmin Muharemović (born 1965)
• Kemal Malovčić (born 1946)
• Osman Hadžić (born 1966)
• Nihad Alibegović (born 1962)
• Nino Rešić (1964–2007)
• Sanela Sijerčić
• Šaban Šaulić (1951–2019)
• Šako Polumenta (born 1960)
• Šemsa Suljaković (born 1951)
• Šerif Konjević (born 1957)

Guitarist

Lutenist

Songwriters

Trumpeter

Cinematography and theatre

A–M

• Ademir Kenović (born 1950), director and producer
• Adnan Hasković (born 1984), actor
• Ahmed Imamović (born 1971), director, producer and screenwriter
• Ajla Hodžić (born 1980), actress
• Amra Silajdžić (born 1984), actress and model
• Bahrudin Čengić (1931–2007), film director and screenwriter
• Benjamin Filipović (1962–2006), filmmaker
• Damir Nikšić (born 1970), conceptual artist
• Danis Tanović (born 1969), filmmaker
• Elmir Jukić (born 1971), director
• Emir Hadžihafizbegović (born 1961), actor
• Enis Bešlagić (born 1975), actor
• Fadil Hadžić (1922–2011), film director
• Faruk Sokolović (born 1952), film director, producer, actor and screenwriter
• Haris Dubica, director
• Haris Pašović (born 1961), theatre and film director
• Husein Aličajić, filmmaker
• Idda van Munster (born 1990), pin-up and model
• Ismet Horo (born 1959), comedian
• Izudin Bajrović (born 1963), actor
• Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974), filmmaker
• Jasmin Dizdar (born 1961), filmmaker
• Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (born 1983), actor and model (Tatlıtuğ's paternal grandmother was an ethnic Bosniak)
• Mustafa Nadarević (1943–2020) actor

N–Z

• Reshad Strik (born 1981), Australian actor ofBosniak descent
• Sabina Vajrača (born 1977), director, screenwriter, producer
• Selma Alispahić (born 1970), actress
• Senad Bašić (born 1962), actor
• Sunny Suljic (born 2005), American actor ofBosniak descent
• Sulejman Medenčević (born 1963), producer
• Tahir Nikšić (born 1950), actor
• Tarik Filipović (born 1972), actor
• Zaim Muzaferija (1923–2003), actor
• Zana Marjanović (born 1983), actress
• Zijah Sokolović (born 1950), actor, writer, director
• Zlatko Topčić (born 1955), screenwriter and playwright

Literature

A–M

• Abdulah Sidran, poet and screenwriter
• Alija Isaković, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer of the Bosnian language
• Bisera Alikadić, poet and author, best known for her work Larva and Krug
• Dževad Karahasan, awarded writer and philosopher
• Edvin Kanka Ćudić, writer and leader of theUDIK
• Faruk Šehić, poet, novelist and short story writer
• Mehmed Kapetanović, writer and public official who founded the influential political journal Bošnjak ("Bosniak")

N–Z

• Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić, children's author and poet
• Nedžad Ibrišimović, writer and sculptor
• Nihad Hasanović, writer and translator
• Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar, novelist, poet and playwright
• Safet Plakalo, playwright, journalist and theatre critic
• Semezdin Mehmedinović, writer and filmmaker but also a magazine editor
• Zlatko Topčić, awarded writer and screenwriter

Politicians

A–M

• Adem Huskić (born 1955), member of the House of Representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Adil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), politician and intellectual
• Adnan Terzić (born 1960), former Prime Minister
• Ahmet Hadžipašić (1952–2008), formerprime minister of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Aida Hadžialić, Swedish youngest minister ever
• Alija Behmen (1940–2018),Mayor ofSarajevo
• Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), served as president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Arminka Helic, Special Adviser (SPAD) and Chief of Staff to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
• Bakir Izetbegović (born 1956), politician and son ofAlija Izetbegović
• Beriz Belkić (1946–2023), politician
• Bisera Turković (born 1954), Bosniak diplomat
• Ed Husic (born 1970),Australian federalpolitician
• Ervin Ibrahimović, politician
• Ejup Ganić (born 1946),President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 to 1999, 2000 to 2001
• Fikret Abdić (born 1939), served as President of formerAutonomous Province of Western Bosnia
• Hamdija Lipovača (born 1976), Prime Minister of theUna-Sana Canton from 2010 to 2014
• Haris Silajdžić (born 1945), served as prime minister and president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Hasan Čengić (born 1957), former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ibran Mustafić (born 1960), politician and former soldier
• Irfan Ljubijankić (1952–1995), Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–95
• Jasmin Imamović (born 1957), mayor of Tuzla since 2001
• Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902), 2nd mayor of Sarajevo
• Mustafa Mujezinović (1954–2019), former Prime Minister of theFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

N–Z

• Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politician
• Omer Behmen (1922–2009), co-founder of theParty of Democratic Action
• Rafet Husović, former political leader of the Bosniak party in Montenegro
• Raif Dizdarević (born 1926), former Yugoslav president 1988–89
• Rasim Ljajić (born 1964), Bosniak politician inSerbia
• Rifat Rastoder (born 1950), deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
• Sabina Ćudić, (born 1982), a Bosnian politician who is vice-president of the political party Naša stranka; Member of the House of Representatives of Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Sanjin Halimović (born 1969), involved inSanski Most politics
• Safet Babic (born 1981), German politician ofBosniak descent
• Selim Bešlagić (born 1942), mayor ofTuzla 1990–2001
• Semiha Borovac (born 1955), former mayor of Sarajevo and Sarajevo's only female mayor
• Sulejman Tihić (1951–2014), leader of the Party of Democratic Action and former president
• Sulejman Ugljanin (born 1953), Bosniak politician in Serbia
• Šahbaz Džihanović (born 1949), vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 1955), former Foreign Minister
• Muamer Zukorlić (1970–2021), Bosniak politician and Islamic theologian, founder of the SPP political party and Grand Mufti of the Islamic Community of Sandžak from 1993 to 2016

Theologians

• Šefko Omerbašić (1945-2024),Mufti and president of the Islamic Community inCroatia andSlovenia

Historical figures

• Fata Orlović (born 1942), woman in legal battle with Republika Srpska over church illegally built on her property

Business People

• Cem Uzan, businessman
• Fahrudin Radončić, businessman and owner ofDnevni Avaz
• Hakija Turajlić, businessman, economist and politician
• Irfan Škiljan, creator ofIrfanView
• Kemal Kozarić, governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian-American lawyer, businessman and diplomat
• Sanela Diana Jenkins, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Selma Prodanović, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Sportspeople

• Damir Mršić, basketball player
• Damir Mulaomerović, basketball player
• Džanan Musa, basketball player
• Emir Mutapčić, basketball player
• Emir Preldžić, basketball player
• Emir Sulejmanović, basketball player
• Hidayet Turkoglu, basketball player
• Jusuf Nurkić, basketball player
• Mirsad Turkcan, basketball player
• Mirza Delibašić, former basketball player andFIBA Hall of Fame
• Mirza Teletović, basketball player
• Nihad Đedović, basketball player
• Razija Mujanović, basketball player
• Sabahudin Bilalović, basketball player
• Sead Šehović, basketball player
• Suad Šehović, basketball player

• Adem Ljajić, football player
• Adnan Kovačević, football player
• Adis Jasić, football player
• Alen Bašić, football player
• Dženis Burnić, German football player
• Amar Dedić, football player
• Amer Gojak, football player
• Amir Hadžiahmetović, football player
• Anel Ahmedhodžić, football player
• Asim Ferhatović, football player
• Asmir Begović, football player
• Benjamin Tahirović, football player
• Besim Šerbečić, football player
• Darijo Srna, football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother)
• Dennis Hadžikadunić, football player
• Edin Džeko, football player
• Edin Višća, football player
• Eldar Ćivić, football player
• Elvir Baljić, football player
• Elvir Bolić, football player
• Enver Marić, football player
• Ermedin Demirović, football player
• Ermin Gadžo, football player
• Ervin Zukanović, football player
• Faruk Hadžibegić, football manager and former player
• Haris Duljević, football player
• Haris Seferović, football player
• Hasan Salihamidžić, football player
• Ibrahim Šehić, football player
• Jasmin Mešanović, football player
• Jusuf Gazibegović, football player
• Kenan Kodro, football player
• Kenan Pirić, football player
• Mehmed Baždarević, football player
• Meho Kodro, football player
• Miralem Pjanić, football player
• Mirsad Hibić, football player
• Muhamed Bešić, football player
• Muhamed Konjić, football player
• Muhamed Mujić, football player
• Muhammed Cham Saračević (born 2000), Senegalese father, Bosniak mother, representsAustria
• Mustafa Hasanagić, football player
• Safet Sušić, football player
• Sanjin Prcić, football player
• Sead Hakšabanović, football player
• Sead Kolašinac, football player
• Sejad Salihović, football player
• Senad Lulić, football player
• Sergej Barbarez, football player (Bosnian Serb father, Bosniak mother)
• Smail Prevljak, football player
• Vahid Halilhodžić, football player
• Vedad Ibišević, football player
• Zlatan Bajramović, football player
• Zlatan Ibrahimović, football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother)

• Alen Muratović, handball player
• Abas Arslanagić, handball player
• Benjamin Burić, handball player
• Bilal Šuman, handball player
• Edin Bašić, handball player
• Enid Tahirović, handball player
• Ermin Velić, handball player
• Irfan Smajlagić, handball player
• Majda Mehmedović, handball player
• Mirsad Terzić, handball player
• Mirza Džomba, handball player
• Muhamed Memić, handball player
• Muhamed Toromanović, handball player
• Sead Hasanefendić, handball player

• Adis Lagumdžija, volleyball player
• Asim Medić, volleyball player
• Nizam Čančar, volleyball player
• Sabahudin Delalić, volleyball player

• Irvin Hušić, cyclist
• Seid Lizde, cyclist
• Vedad Karić, cyclist

• Arnela Odžaković, karateka
• Almedin Fetahović, boxer
• Amer Hrustanović, wrestler
• Amel Mekić, judoka
• Damir Hadžović, mixed martial artist
• Dževad Poturak, kickboxer
• Arian Sadiković, kickboxer
• Enad Ličina, boxer
• Felix Sturm, boxer
• Hamid Guska, boxer
• Larisa Cerić, judoka
• Marco Huck, boxer
• Memnun Hadžić, boxer
• Mirsad Bektić, mixed martial artist
• Nedžad Husić, taekwondo

• Amer Delić, tennis player
• Damir Džumhur, tennis player
• Mirza Bašić, tennis player

• Almir Velagić, weightlifter
• Amel Tuka, track and field athlete
• Dino Beganovic, Swedish-Bosnian racing driver
• Hamza Alić, shot putter
• Irvin Tahmaz, long jumper

Scientists, medicine and inventors

• Asim Kurjak, physician, gynecologist
• Asim Peco, linguist and professor of philology at theUniversity of Belgrade
• Rifat Hadžiselimović, geneticist

Military

A–M

• Ahmet Sejdić, commander of theFirst Visegrad Brigade of theArmy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Arif Pašalić, Bosnian military officer who commanded the 4th Corps of theArmy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Atif Dudaković, former general in theBosnian Army
• Avdo Palić, Bosnian military officer during theBosnian War
• Enver Hadžihasanović, general of theArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Izet Nanić, Bosnian brigade commander
• Mehmed Alagić, former general in theArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mušan Topalović, commander of the 10th MountainBrigade in theArmy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan, general of theBosnian Army
• Mustafa Polutak

N–Z

• Naser Orić, war-time military officer
• Ramiz Delalić, commander of 9th Mountain Brigade inSarajevo
• Rasim Delić, former general and commander in theBosnian Army
• Sabiha Gökçen, first Turkish female combat pilot
• Sefer Halilović, former general and commander in theBosnian Army, politician
• Zaim Imamović, commander of theArmy of Bosnia and Herzegovina forces inGoražde during theBosnian War

Militants

Notable Criminals

Other

• Dina Džanković (born 1986), Miss Serbia and Montenegro in 2005
• Hasan Čemalović (born 1947), architect
• Hasan Nuhanović (born 1968), survivor of theSrebrenica genocide
• Himzo Selimović (born 1961), former head of the Ministry of Security
• Inela Nogić (born 1976), won the 1993 Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant
• Irvin Mujčić (born 1987), human rights activist, tour guide, and survivor of the Srebrenica genocide
• Kemal Kurspahić (born 1946), Managing Editor of The Connection Newspapers
• Omer Halilhodžić (born 1963), automotive designer
• Semir Osmanagić (born 1960), author, businessman and pseudoarchaeologist

See also

References