Novi Sad
Novi Sad ranks 339th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Luanda, Kensington, and Kabul. Memorable people born in Novi Sad include Monica Seles, Đorđe Balašević, and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. Memorable people who died in Novi Sad include Vujadin Boškov, Lajos Zilahy, and Đorđe Balašević. Novi Sad has been the birth place of many soccer players, and basketball players and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Novi Sad is located in Serbia.
Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions, lying on the banks of the Danube river, and facing the northern slopes of Fruška Gora. According to the 2022 census, the population of Novi Sad city proper stands at 296.243, its contiguous urban area has 327.997 inhabitants, and the population of its administrative area totals 415.615 people. It is the fifth largest city on the Danube river and the largest that is not a national capital. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1825 and 1996, Novi Sad was the birth place of 45 globally memorable people, including Monica Seles, Đorđe Balašević, and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Novi Sad including Vujadin Boškov, Lajos Zilahy, and Đorđe Balašević.
People Born in Novi Sad
Go to all RankingsMonica Seles
TENNIS PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 33
Đorđe Balašević
SINGER
1953 - 2021
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 39
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
WRITER
1833 - 1904
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 37
Svetislav Pešić
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 22
Todor Veselinović
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 2017
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 23
Đuro Daničić
LINGUIST
1825 - 1882
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 38
Slobodan Jovanović
HISTORIAN
1869 - 1958
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 44
Tommy Lapid
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2008
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 42
Ljubomir Lovrić
SOCCER PLAYER
1920 - 1994
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 36
Slaviša Jokanović
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 19
Zoltán Berczik
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1937 - 2011
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 35
Mira Alečković
WRITER
1924 - 2008
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 40
People Deceased in Novi Sad
Go to all RankingsVujadin Boškov
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2014
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 9
Lajos Zilahy
WRITER
1891 - 1974
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 6
Đorđe Balašević
SINGER
1953 - 2021
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 8
Goran Hadžić
POLITICIAN
1958 - 2016
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 14
Josip Runjanin
COMPOSER
1821 - 1878
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 5
Aleksandar Tišma
WRITER
1924 - 2003
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 15
Ljiljana Petrović
SINGER
1939 - 2020
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 10
Mika Antić
WRITER
1932 - 1986
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 11
Ilija Pantelić
SOCCER PLAYER
1942 - 2014
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 7
Dušan Marković
SOCCER PLAYER
1906 - 1974
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 1
Abdulah Gegić
SOCCER PLAYER
1924 - 2008
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 2
Aleksandar Kozlina
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - 2013
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 13
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Novi Sad were soccer players (13), basketball players (8), athletes (7), politicians (5), and singers (2), while most who died were soccer players (9), writers (3), singers (2), politicians (1), and composers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Novi Sad, including Todor Veselinović, Slaviša Jokanović, and Ivica Brzić. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Novi Sad, including Todor Veselinović, Ljubomir Lovrić, and Slaviša Jokanović.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Novi Sad since 1700.