Serbs in Hungary - Notable Serbs

Notable Serbs

Notable Serbs and notable persons of Serb descent from the territory of present-day Hungary include:

• Jovan Avakumović (1748 — 1810), poet. Born in Szentendre.
• Miloš Crnjanski (1893-1977), Serbian poet, author, and a diplomat. Born in Csongrád.
• János Damjanich (born Jovan Damjanić) (1804-1849), a general of the Hungarian army in 1848/1849 revolution. Damjanić is a controversial historical figure; being an ethnic Serb, he led the army that fought against his own people during the revolution. After the collapse of the Hungarian revolution in 1849, he was sentenced to death and executed together with twelve other Hungarian generals. Therefore, the Hungarians consider Damjanić a national hero, while the Serbs gave him a nickname љута гуја, српска издајица (ljuta guja, srpskа izdajica; i.e. "a venomous serpent, the traitor of the Serbs").
• Petar Dobrović (1890-1942), a painter, politician, and president of the short lived Baranya-Baja Republic.
• Katarina Ivanović (1817-1882), Serbian painter, who lived mainly in Hungary.
• Soma Orlai Petrich (1822-1880), Hungarian painter whose father was Serbian.
• Konstantin Danil, a well-known painter of Serbo-Russian roots.
• Jakov Ignjatović (1822-1899), Serb novelist and prose writer. Born in Szentendre.
• Radovan Jelašić (born in 1968 in Baja), a governor of the National Bank of Serbia.
• Vikentije Jovanović (1698-1737), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Karlovci from 1732 to 1737
• Patriarch Lukijan, of Serbs, 1908—1913. Born in Baja.
• Ignac Martinovics (Ignjat Martinović) (1755-1795), a philosopher, political adventurer, and a leader of the Hungarian Jacobin movement. Born in Pest.
• Jovan Pačić (1771-1849), poet and officer. He was born in Baja.
• Sándor Petőfi (Aleksandar Petrović) (1823-1849), a Hungarian national poet of mixed Serb and Slovak descent.
• Huba Savics (Huba Savić), priest.
• Dusán Sztevanovity (Dušan Stevanović) (born in 1945), lyricist.
• Zorán Sztevanovity (Zoran Stevanović) (born in 1942), singer, guitar player.
• Döme Sztójay (Dimitrije Stojaković) (1883 – 1946), a Hungarian soldier and diplomat of Serb origin, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II.
• Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), the first Serb doctor of law, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant.
• Mihály Vitkovics (Mihailo Vitković) (1778-1829), Hungarian and Serb poet.
• Stojan Vujičić (1933-2002), Serb-Hungarian novelist, literature historian.
• Sebo Vukovics (Sava Vuković) (1811 - 1872), a Hungarian politician of Serb descent, who served as Minister of Justice in 1849 during the Hungarian Revolution.
• Emil Uzelac, one of the earlier aviators.
• Béni Kállay, a Hungarian statesman of Serbian roots.
• Gavrilo Rodić, one of the highest ranking generals in the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces in the 19th century.
• Jero Bratoljubić in 1730 joined the regiment of Grenzer.
• Mihály Táncsics, a Hungarian writer, teacher, journalist and politician, of Serbo-Slovak origin.
• Dragomir Dujmov, A Serbian poet, born in Hungary.

Serb noble families:

• Jakšić noble family
• Bakić noble family