Notable Individuals of Non-Serb Origin Who Declare As Serbs
- General Pavle Jurišić Šturm (Paulus Sturm), World War I hero, of Sorbian origin
- Branislav Nušić, writer, of Aromanian origin
- Josif Pančić, botanist and first president of SANU, of Croatian origin
- Frenki Simatović, former head of the Special Forces of State Security of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs during the reign of Slobodan Milošević, of Croat origin.
- Emir Kusturica, award-winning filmmaker of Muslim origin. Claims to be of Serb descent.
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