This is a list of historical and living Bosniaks who are famous or notable.
Academics
A–M Adil Zulfikarpašić , politician and intellectualAida Hadžialić , Swedish youngest minister everAsim Peco , linguist and academicEdina Lekovic , Director of Policy & Programming at the Muslim Public Affairs CouncilEmir Vildić , academic musicianEnver Redžić , historian, cultural observer, publisher, professorFaruk Čaklovica , Professor of Bromatology and Rector of the University of SarajevoFerid Muhić , Professor of Philosophy Hasan Muratović , former rector of the University of SarajevoKemal Gekić , professor of piano at the Florida International University Rifat Rastoder , politician, writer and journalistMetin Boşnak [citation needed ] , scholar of American Studies and Comparative LiteratureMuhamed Filipović , historian and philosopherMustafa Imamović , historianMina Aganagić , mathematical physicist
N–Z Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić , children's book author and poetNijaz Duraković , author, intellectual, professor and politicianNijaz Ibrulj , philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo's Department of Philosophy and SociologyEndi E. Poskovic , Professor at the University 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 the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Senahid Halilović , linguistSmail Balić , Austrian historian and culturologist of Bosniak originŠemso Tucaković , writer, historian and faculty member in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo.Šerbo Rastoder , historianZijad Delic , Bosnian-Canadian Imam, activist, teacher, scholar and public speaker
Artists
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Music
Composers
Opera
Pop Dino Merlin, leading pop singer Anabela Atijas (born 1975), father was a BosniakAdnan Babajić (born 1988)Alma Čardžić (born 1968)Amila Glamočak (born 1966)Dalal Midhat-Talakić (born 1981)Danijel Alibabić , Montenegrin singer with a Bosniak fatherDeen (born 1982) Denial Ahmetović (born 1995)Dino Merlin (born 1962)Donna Ares (1977–2017)Dua Lipa , maternal grandmother is BosniakDženy (born 1987)Eldin Huseinbegović (born 1978)Elvir Mekić (born 1981)Emina Jahović (born 1982)Fazla (born 1967)Indira (born 1973), mother is a BosniakKemal Monteno (1948–2015)La Lana (born 1984), mother is a BosniakLepa Brena (born 1960)Maya Sar (born 1981)Marija Šerifović (born 1984), has Bosniak ancestry through her fatherMirza Šoljanin (born 1985)Nino Pršeš Peter Nalitch (born 1981), Russian singer whose grandfather was a BosniakRialda (born 1992)Sabahudin Kurt (1935–2018)Seka Aleksić (born 1981), mother was a BosniakSelma Bajrami (born 1980), mother was a BosniakSelma Muhedinović (born 1972)Senidah (born 1985), Slovenian singer whose parents were BosniaksZuzi Zu (born 1978)
Rock
Rap
Sevdalinka Umihana Čuvidina (1794–1870), a 19th-century poet who sang some of her poems as sevdalinkas
Folk
Guitarist
Lutenist
Songwriters
Trumpeter
Cinematography and theatre Jasmila Žbanić Mustafa Nadarević
A–M Ademir Kenović (born 1950), director and producerAdnan Hasković (born 1984), actorAhmed Imamović (born 1971), director, producer and screenwriterAjla Hodžić (born 1980), actressAmra Silajdžić (born 1984), actress and modelBahrudin Čengić (1931–2007), film director and screenwriterBenjamin Filipović (1962–2006), filmmakerDamir Nikšić (born 1970), conceptual artistDanis Tanović (born 1969), filmmakerElmir Jukić (born 1971), directorEmir Hadžihafizbegović (born 1961), actorEnis Bešlagić (born 1975), actorFadil Hadžić (1922–2011), film directorFaruk Sokolović (born 1952), film director, producer, actor and screenwriterHaris Dubica , directorHaris Pašović (born 1961), theatre and film directorHusein Aličajić , filmmakerIdda van Munster (born 1990), pin-up and modelIsmet Horo (born 1959), comedianIzudin Bajrović (born 1963), actorJasmila Žbanić (born 1974), filmmakerJasmin Dizdar (born 1961), filmmakerKıvanç 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 of Bosniak descentSabina Vajrača (born 1977), director, screenwriter, producerSelma Alispahić (born 1970), actressSenad Bašić (born 1962), actorSunny Suljic (born 2005), American actor of Bosniak descentSulejman Medenčević (born 1963), producerTahir Nikšić (born 1950), actorTarik Filipović (born 1972), actorZaim Muzaferija (1923–2003), actorZana Marjanović (born 1983), actressZijah Sokolović (born 1950), actor, writer, directorZlatko Topčić (born 1955), screenwriter and playwright
Literature
A–M Abdulah Sidran , poet and screenwriterAlija Isaković , essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer of the Bosnian languageBisera Alikadić , poet and author, best known for her work Larva and KrugDževad Karahasan , awarded writer and philosopherFaruk Šehić , poet, novelist and short story writerMehmed Kapetanović , writer and public official who founded the influential political journal Bošnjak ("Bosniak")
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Politicians Alija Izetbegović Aida Hadžialić
A–M Adem Huskić (born 1955), member of the House of Representatives in Bosnia and HerzegovinaAdil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), politician and intellectualAdnan Terzić (born 1960), former Prime MinisterAhmet Hadžipašić (1952–2008), former prime minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Aida Hadžialić , Swedish youngest minister everAlija Behmen (1940–2018), Mayor of Sarajevo Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), served as president of Bosnia and HerzegovinaArminka Helic , Special Adviser (SPAD) and Chief of Staff to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague.Bakir Izetbegović (born 1956), politician and son of Alija Izetbegović Beriz Belkić (1946–2023), politicianBisera Turković (born 1954), Bosniak diplomatEd Husic (born 1970), Australian federal politician Ervin Ibrahimović , politicianEjup Ganić (born 1946), President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 to 1999, 2000 to 2001Fikret Abdić (born 1939), served as President of former Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia Hamdija Lipovača (born 1976), Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton from 2010 to 2014Haris Silajdžić (born 1945), served as prime minister and president of Bosnia and HerzegovinaHasan Čengić (born 1957), former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ibran Mustafić (born 1960), politician and former soldierIrfan Ljubijankić (1952–1995), Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–95Jasmin Imamović (born 1957), mayor of Tuzla since 2001Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902), 2nd mayor of SarajevoMustafa Mujezinović (1954–2019), former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
N–Z Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politicianOmer Behmen (1922–2009), co-founder of the Party of Democratic Action Rafet Husović , former political leader of the Bosniak party in MontenegroRaif Dizdarević (born 1926), former Yugoslav president 1988–89Rasim Ljajić (born 1964), Bosniak politician in Serbia Rifat Rastoder (born 1950), deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of MontenegroSabina 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 HerzegovinaSanjin Halimović (born 1969), involved in Sanski Most politicsSafet Babic (born 1981), German politician of Bosniak descentSelim Bešlagić (born 1942), mayor of Tuzla 1990–2001Semiha Borovac (born 1955), former mayor of Sarajevo and Sarajevo's only female mayorSulejman Tihić (1951–2014), leader of the Party of Democratic Action and former presidentSulejman Ugljanin (born 1953), Bosniak politician in SerbiaŠahbaz Džihanović (born 1949), vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaZlatko Lagumdžija (born 1955), former Foreign MinisterMuamer 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
Historical figures Fata Orlović (born 1942), woman in legal battle with Republika Srpska over church illegally built on her property
Business People Cem Uzan , businessmanFahrudin Radončić , businessman and owner of Dnevni Avaz Hakija Turajlić , businessman, economist and politicianIrfan Škiljan , creator of IrfanView Kemal Kozarić , governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and HerzegovinaMuhamed Sacirbey , Bosnian-American lawyer, businessman and diplomatSanela Diana Jenkins , entrepreneur and philanthropistSelma Prodanović, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Sportspeople Jusuf Nurkić Edin Džeko
Basketball Damir Mršić , basketball playerDamir Mulaomerović , basketball playerDžanan Musa , basketball playerEmir Mutapčić , basketball playerEmir Preldžić , basketball playerEmir Sulejmanović , basketball playerHidayet Turkoglu , basketball playerJusuf Nurkić , basketball playerMirsad Turkcan , basketball playerMirza Delibašić , former basketball player and FIBA Hall of Fame Mirza Teletović , basketball playerNihad Đedović , basketball playerRazija Mujanović , basketball playerSabahudin Bilalović , basketball playerSead Šehović , basketball playerSuad Šehović , basketball player
Football Adem Ljajić , football playerAdnan Kovačević , football playerAdis Jasić , football playerAlen Bašić , football playerDženis Burnić , German football playerAmar Dedić , football playerAmer Gojak , football playerAmir Hadžiahmetović , football playerAnel Ahmedhodžić , football playerAsim Ferhatović , football playerAsmir Begović , football playerBenjamin Tahirović , football playerBesim Šerbečić , football playerDarijo Srna , football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother)Dennis Hadžikadunić , football playerEdin Džeko , football playerEdin Višća , football playerEldar Ćivić , football playerElvir Baljić , football playerElvir Bolić , football playerEnver Marić , football playerErmedin Demirović , football playerErmin Gadžo , football playerFaruk Hadžibegić , football manager and former playerHaris Duljević , football playerHaris Seferović , football playerHasan Salihamidžić , football playerIbrahim Šehić , football playerJasmin Mešanović , football playerJusuf Gazibegović , football playerKenan Kodro , football playerKenan Pirić , football playerMehmed Baždarević , football playerMeho Kodro , football playerMiralem Pjanić , football playerMirsad Hibić , football playerMuhamed Bešić , football playerMuhamed Konjić , football playerMuhamed Mujić , football playerMuhammed Cham Saračević (born 2000), Senegalese father, Bosniak mother, represents Austria Mustafa Hasanagić , football playerSafet Sušić , football playerSanjin Prcić , football playerSead Hakšabanović , football playerSead Kolašinac , football playerSejad Salihović , football playerSenad Lulić , football playerSergej Barbarez , football player (Bosnian Serb father, Bosniak mother)Smail Prevljak , football playerVahid Halilhodžić , football playerVedad Ibišević , football playerZlatan Bajramović , football playerZlatan Ibrahimović , football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother)
Handball Alen Muratović , handball playerAbas Arslanagić , handball playerBenjamin Burić , handball playerBilal Šuman , handball playerEdin Bašić , handball playerEnid Tahirović , handball playerErmin Velić , handball playerIrfan Smajlagić , handball playerMajda Mehmedović , handball playerMirsad Terzić , handball playerMirza Džomba , handball playerMuhamed Memić , handball playerMuhamed Toromanović , handball playerSead Hasanefendić , handball player
Volleyball
Martial arts Arnela Odžaković , karatekaAlmedin Fetahović , boxerAmer Hrustanović , wrestlerAmel Mekić , judokaDamir Hadžović , mixed martial artistDževad Poturak , kickboxerArian Sadiković , kickboxerEnad Ličina , boxerFelix Sturm , boxerHamid Guska , boxerLarisa Cerić , judokaMarco Huck , boxerMemnun Hadžić , boxerMirsad Bektić , mixed martial artistNedžad Husić , taekwondo
Tennis
Other
Scientists, medicine and inventors
Military Sabiha Gökçen Vahida Maglajlić
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Militants
Notable Criminals
Other
See also
References