Jovan (given name)

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Jovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован, Macedonian: Јован, Church Slavonic: Їωан) is a Serbian and Macedonian male given name equivalent to English "John" or Slavic "Ivan", from Hebrew: יהוחנן.

Notable people with this name[]

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  • Jovan Babunski (a.k.a. Jovan Stojković; 1878–1920), Serbian Chetnik commander
  • Jovan Baošić (born 1995), Montenegrin footballer
  • Jovan Beader (born 1970), Serbian basketball coach
  • Jovan Belcher (1987–2012), American football player
  • Jovan Beleslin (born 1919), Hungarian-born Serbian footballer, manager, and referee
  • Jovan Belimarković (1827–1906), Serbian regent and general
  • Jovan Berislavić (a.k.a. Ivaniš Berislavić; fl. 1504–1514), Serbian despot
  • Jovan Bijelić (c. 1885 – 1964), Serbian painter
  • Jovan Blagojevic (disambiguation), several people
  • Jovan Bowles (born 1983), South African rugby union footballer
  • Jovan Bridges (stage named Yvie Oddly; born 1993), American drag queen, performer, fashion designer, rapper, and recording artist
  • Jovan Branković (c. 1465 – 1502), Serbian titular despot, monarch, and saint
  • Jovan Brkljač (born 1993), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Byford (born ?), Serbian social psychologist and conspiracy theory expert

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  • Jovan Čađenović (born 1995), Montenegrin footballer
  • Jovan Campbell (stage named Jibbs; born 1990), American rapper
  • Jovan Ćirilov (1931–2013), Serbian theatrologist, theatre selector, philosopher, writer, and poet
  • Jovan Ćirković (1871–1928), Serbian teacher, Chetnik revolutionary, military leader, and politician
  • Jovan Cokić (1927–2004), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Čokor (1885–1936), Serbian epidemiologist, infectologist, and physician
  • Jovan Crnić (born 1994), Serbian basketball player
  • Jovan Ćulibrk (born 1965), Serbian Orthodox Christian prelate and bishop, and music critic
  • Jovan Cvetković [see: Jovan Dolgač (below)]
  • Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), Serbian geographer, ethnologist, sociologist, and geologist

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  • Jovan Gavrilović (1796–1877), Serbian historian, politician, statesman, diplomat, prince's deputy, and people's benefactor
  • Jovan Georgijević (c. 1710 –1773), Serbian Orthodox Christian metropolitan
  • Jovan Gligorijević (a.k.a. Zeka Buljubaša; c. 1785 – 1813), Serbian noble and revolutionary captain
  • Jovan Gojković (1975–2001), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Golić (born 1986), Bosnian footballer
  • Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875), Austro-Hungarian Serbian poet, writer, translator, and physician
  • Jovan Grković-Gapon (1879–1912), Kosovar-Serbian Orthodox Christian monk and Chetnik

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  • Jovan Hadži (1884–1972), Austro-Hungarian Romanian-born Serbian-Slovenian zoologist and taxonomist
  • Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević (1866–1948), Serbian historian, ethnographer, writer, journalist, and editor
  • Jovan Hadžić (1799–1869), Hapsburg Serbian writer, legislator, translator, and institute founder
  • Jovan Hajduković (1943–2013), Hungarian-born Montenegrin footballer
  • Jovan Haye (born 1982), Jamaican-born American football player
  • Jovan Horvat (1722–1786), Hapsburg Serbian-born Russian general and territorial founder

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  • Jovan Ilić (1824–1901), Serbian poet and politician
  • Jovan Isailović (fl. 1772–1804), Serbian icon painter and muralist; grandfather of Jovan Isailović, Jr.
  • Jovan Isailović, Jr. (1803–1885), Serbian academic painter; grandson of Jovan Isailović

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  • Jovan Kantul (a.k.a. Jovan II; fl. 1592–1614), Serbian archbishop and patriarch
  • Jovan Kapičić (a.k.a. Jovo Kapičić; 1919–2013), Yugoslavian general and politician
  • Jovan Karamata (1902–1967), Serbian mathematician, professor, and school founder
  • Jovan Karlo Villalba (born 1977), American artist
  • Jovan Kastratović (born 1993), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan II Kastriot (a.k.a. Gjon Kastrioti II; 1456–1501), Albanian count and national liberation hero
  • Jovan Kavarić (born 1934), Montenegrin clinical biochemist, professor, and politician
  • Jovan Kirovski (born 1976), American soccer player, Olympics competitor, and coach
  • Jovan Kokir (born 2000), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Kolundžija (born 1948), Serbian violin maestro and politician
  • Jovan Koprivica (born 1982), Serbian basketball player
  • Jovan Koseski (pen name of Janez Vesel; 1798–1884), Slovenian lawyer and poet
  • Jovan Kostovski (born 1987), Macedonian footballer
  • Jovan Kosturi (1831–1924), Albanian politician and Tosk Albanian dialect education advocate
  • Jovan Kratohvil (1924–1998), Yugoslavian sports shooter and Olympics competitor
  • Jovan Krkobabić (1930–2014), Serbian politician
  • Jovan Krneta (born 1992), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Kursula (a.k.a. Jovan Petrović; 1768–1813), Serbian military commander, swordfighter, and revolutionary

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  • Jovan Radivojević (born 1982), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Radomir (born 1963), Bosnian Yugoslavian-born Swedish television presenter, actor, author, and lyricist
  • Jovan Radonić (1873–1956), Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslavian-Serbian historian and librarian
  • Jovan Radonjić (1748–1803), Montenegrin noble and politician
  • Jovan Radulović (1951–2018), Serbian writer, publicist, and library administrator
  • Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), Hapsburg Serbian writer, historian, theologian, traveller, geographer, and pedagogue
  • Jovan Rašković (1929–1992), Serbian-Croatian psychiatrist, academic, and politician
  • Jovan Rebula (born 1997), South African golfer
  • Jovan Ristić (1831–1899), Serbian politician, diplomat, and historian
  • Jovan Ružić (1898–1973), Serbian Yugoslavian footballer

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  • Jovan Talevski (born 1984), Macedonian handball player
  • Jovan Talovac (fl. 1440–1461), Serbian-Hungarian noble
  • Jovan Tanasijević (born 1998), Montenegrin footballer
  • Jovan Tekelija (c. 1660 – c. 1721–22), Hapsburg-Serbian noble and military leader
  • Jovan the Serb (disambiguation), several people
  • Jovan Tomić (1869–1932), Serbian historian and academic
  • Jovan Tošković (1893–1943), Montenegrin Serbian historian, professor and politician
  • Jovan Trifunovski (1914–1997), Serbian geographer and anthropologist
  • Jovan Trnić (born 1996), Serbian footballer

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  • Jovan Uglješa (a.k.a. Uglješa Mrnjavčević; fl. 1346–1371), Serbian noble, despot, and soldier
  • Jovan Uroš (a.k.a. John Uroš; fl. c. 1370 – c. 1373; died 1422–23), Serbian despot of Thessaly

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Fictional characters[]

  • Jovan Myovic in the American TV series 24

See also[]

  • Jovan (disambiguation)
  • Jovanka (disambiguation)
  • Joven (disambiguation)
  • Javon (disambiguation)
  • Protopop Jovan (disambiguation)
  • Ricky Jovan Gray (1977–2017), American murderer


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