Slobodan


Gender:
Origin: Slavic
139 famous people named Slobodan found on Wikipedia.
Used in: Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian

Meanings

Slobodan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан) is a Serbian male given name which means "free" (Serbian: Sloboda / Слобода means Freedom, Liberty) used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović who, inspired by John Stuart Mill's essay On Liberty baptised his son as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and communist Yugoslavia (1945–1991) among other Yugoslav peoples and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples.
Common derived nicknames are Sloba. Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi or Cobi.
Feminine counterpart is Slobodanka.
It may refer to:
Slobodan Aligrudić (1934–1985), Serbian actor
Slobo Ilijevski (1949-2008), Macedonian-American goalkeeper in the North American Soccer and Major Indoor Soccer Leagues
Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), Serbian politician during World War II
Slobodan Kačar (born 1957), retired Serbian boxer
Slobodan Komljenović (born 1971), retired German-born Yugoslav footballer
Slobodan Lalović (born 1954), Serbian politician
Slobodan Milošević (1941–2006), former president of Yugoslavia and Serbia
Slobodan Novak (born 1924), Croatian writer
Slobodan Obradov (born 1919), Serbian physician
Slobodan Praljak (born 1945), Croatian writer, director and one of the leaders of Herzeg-Bosnia during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slobodan Prosperov Novak (born 1951), Croatian writer
Slobodan Rajković (born 1989), Serbian football player
Slobodan Rakitić (born 1940), Serbian writer and politician
Slobodan Santrač (born 1946), Serbian football manager
Slobodan Šijan (born 1946), Serbian film director
Slobodan Šnajder (born 1948), Croatian writer
Slobodan Subotić (born 1956), Montenegro-born Slovenian basketball player
Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), Croatian politician representing Serbs of Croatia, member of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's cabinet
Slobodan Vuksanović (born 1965), Serbian poet, essayist, translator and politician
Slobodan Živojinović (born 1963), former Serbian tennis player


From South Slavic sloboda: freedom.

Famous People: 139 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Slobodan Milošević 1941 Serbian and Yugoslav politician
2 Slobodan Živojinović 1963 Serbian tennis player
3 Slobodan Rajković 1989 Serbian footballer
4 Slobodan Santrač 1946 Serbian football player and coach
5 Slobodan Medojević 1990 Serbian footballer
6 Slobodan Beštić 1964 Serbian actor
7 Slobodan Kovač 1967 Volleyball player
8 Slobodan Despot 1967 Swiss journalist
9 Slobodan Subotić 1956 Professional basketball player and coach
10 Slobodan Nikić 1983 Serbian water polo player
11 Slobodan Soro 1978 Water polo player
12 Slobodan Komljenović 1971 Serbian footballer
13 Slobodan Marović 1964 Montenegrin footballer
14 Slobodan Praljak 1945 Croatian politician and soldier
15 Slobodan Kačar 1957 Boxer
16 Slobodan Penezić 1918 Serbian communist politician
17 Slobodan Dimitrijević 1941 Croatian actor
18 Slobodan Drapić 1965 Serbian-Israeli footballer
19 Slobodan Šijan 1946 Serbian film director
20 Slobodan Trkulja 1977 Serbian musician
21 Slobodan Krčmarević 1965 Serbian footballer and manager
22 Slobodan Aligrudić 1934 Serbian actor
23 Slobodan Vuk 1989 Croatian footballer
24 Slobodan Janjuš 1952 Yugoslav footballer
25 Slobodan Urošević 1994 Serbian footballer
26 Slobodan Simović 1989 Serbian footballer
27 Slobodan Petrović 1969 Kosovar politician
28 Slobodan Unković 1938 Serbian academic
29 Slobodan Bogoevski 1953
30 Slobodan Šnajder 1948 Croatian writer and publicist
31 Slobodan Boškan 1975 Volleyball player
32 Slobodan Pavković 1955 Yugoslav footballer-manager
33 Slobodan Vuksanović 1965 Serbian writer
34 Slobodan Jakovljević 1989 Serbian footballer
35 Slobodan Lang 1945 Croatian physician and politician
36 Slobodan Ivković 1937 Serbian basketball player and coach
37 Slobodan Samardžić 1953 Serbian politician
38 Slobodan Lalić 1992 Serbian footballer
39 Slobodan Čašule 1945 Macedonian politician
40 Slobodan Rajčević 1985 Footballer
41 Slobodan Novak 1924 Croatian writer
42 Slobodan Novaković 1986 Serbian footballer
43 Slobodan Uzelac 1947 Croatian politician
44 Slobodan Ninković 1956 Serbian actor
45 Slobodan Kuzmanovski 1962 Handball player
46 Slobodan Vuković 1986 Serbian footballer
47 Slobodan Prosperov Novak 1951 Croatian literary historian
48 Slobodan Popović 1962 Serbian-Yugoslav male middle-distance runner
49 Slobodan Halilović 1951 Serbian footballer
50 Slobodan Dubajić 1963 Serbian footballer
51 Slobodan Janjić 1987 Serbian footballer
52 Slobodan Kovačević 1946 Bosnia and Herzegovina singer
53 Slobodan Pajic 1943 French artist
54 Slobodan Ćuk
55 Slobodan Šljivančanin 1972 Montenegrin basketball player
56 Slobodan Dinčić 1982 Serbian footballer
57 Slobodan Škrbić 1944 Serbian footballer
58 Slobodan Goračinov 1963 Footballer
59 Slobodan Dunđerski 1988 Basketball player
60 Slobodan Peladić 1962 Multimedia artist
61 Slobodan Rojević 1958 Retired footballer
62 Slobodan Lalović 1954 Serbian politician
63 Slobodan Princip 1914 Yugoslav partisan
64 Slobodan Grujić 1973 Serbian table tennis player
65 Slobodan Čendić 1938 Serbian football manager
66 Slobodan Škerović 1954 Serbian author, painter and philosopher, member of international neo-avantgarde movement Signalism.
67 Slobodan Božović 1979 Serbian basketball player
68 Slobodan Pejić 1944 Painter and sculptor
69 Slobodan Karalić 1956 Yugoslav footballer
70 Slobodan Martinović 1945 Serbian chess player
71 Slobodan Antić 1950 Serbian footballer
72 Slobodan Perović 1926 Serbian actor
73 Slobodan Lakićević 1988 Montenegrin footballer
74 Slobodan Backović 1946 Montenegrin politician
75 Slobodan Trninić 1953 Croatian cinematographer
76 Slobodan Anđelković 1913 Serbian footballer
77 Slobodan Grubačić 2000 Serbian university teacher
78 Slobodan Mišković 1944 Handball player
79 Slobodan Marunović 1957 Montenegrin actor
80 Slobodan Kaloper 1950
81 Slobodan Rakitić 1940 Serbian writer
82 Slobodan Vučeković 1953 Montenegrin football manager and former player
83 Slobodan Bajić Paja 1916 Yugoslav partisan
84 Slobodan Jovanović 1971 President of OFK Igalo
85 Slobodan Batričević 1958 Serbian footballer
86 Slobodan Mazić 1977 Serbian footballer
87 Slobodan Aljančić 1922 Serbian mathematician
88 Slobodan Đurić 1944 Serbian actor (1944-1976)
89 Slobodan Slović 1975 Footballer
90 Slobodan Topalović 1952 Serbian footballer
91 Slobodan Savić 1964 Serbian journalist
92 Slobodan Trajković 1954 Serbian artist
93 Slobodan Petrovski 1970
94 Slobodan Mihajlovski 1982 Macedonian basketball player
95 Slobodan Obradov 1918 Serbian physician
96 Slobodan Kovačevski
97 Slobodan Inić 1946 Yugoslav academic
98 Slobodan Branković 1963 Retired footballer
99 Slobodan Jovanović (basketball)
100 Slobodan Šaranović 1938
101 Slobodan Ogsananovic Yugoslav footballer
102 Slobodan Klipa 1960 Serbian basketball coach
103 Slobodan Šiljak 1881 Serbian Orthodox saint
104 Slobodan Kuljanin 1953 Former footballer and current coach
105 Slobodan Klačar 1981 Bosnian judoka and mixed martial artist
106 Slobodan Štambuk 1941 Croatian bishop
107 Slobodan Vukovljak 1990 Serbian footballer
108 Slobodan Agoč 1977
109 Slobodan Mitić
110 Slobodan Stijaković 1995 Badminton player
111 Slobodan Matijević 1988 Serbian bobsledder
112 Slobodan Jovanić 1946 Association football player
113 Slobodan Milosavljević 1943 French association football player
114 Slobodan Misic-Brenda 1942
115 Slobodan Paunović 1944
116 Slobodan Bitević 1988 Serbian karateka
117 Slobodan Trifunović 1956
118 Slobodan Tišma 1946
119 Slobodan Ribnikar 1929 Yugoslav/Serbian chemist
120 Slobodan Miletić 1969 Serbian association football player
121 Slobodan Marković 1928
122 Slobodan Selenić 1933
123 Slobodan Mileusnić 1947
124 Slobodan Macura 1918
125 Slobodan Gordić 1937 Basketball player
126 Slobodan Kojović 1952 Association football player
127 Slobodan Ž. Jovanović 1945 Serbian film director
128 Slobodan Žumer 1945
129 Slobodan Bojic 1992
130 Slobodan Janković 1981 Serbian association football player
131 Slobodan Stefanović Serbian actor
132 Slobodan Dijaković 1947
133 Slobodan Kićović 1941
134 Slobodan Ivkov 1959
135 Slobodan Galogaza 1918 Serbian poet (1918-1984)
136 Slobodan Ćurčić 1951 Serbian author of fantastic fiction
137 Slobodan Kezunović 1920
138 Slobodan Ćustić 1958 Bosnian and Serbian actor
139 Slobodan Kolaković 1924