79 Notable alumni of University of Arts in Belgrade
Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Arts in Belgrade is ranked #6,924 in the world and #10 in Serbia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 79 notable alumni from University of Arts in Belgrade sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Arts in Belgrade won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ida Ćirić
1932-2007 (aged 75)
poster artist
cartoonist
Ivanka "Ida" Ćirić was a notable Serbian illustrator for children.
2. Dušan Zivlak
1950-. (aged 76)
painter
Dušan Zivlak is a Serbian painter.
3. Nena Lekovic
composer
songwriter
Nena Leković is a Serbian songwriter best known for collaborating with several Serbian pop-folk musicians.
4. Mihailo Živanović
1928-1989 (aged 61)
songwriter
jazz musician
Mihailo Živanović, known as Mika-Žuti (Yellow), was a prominent and one of the most inventive and best Serbian and Yugoslav clarinetist, saxophonist, a very prolific composer, conductor of RTB Light Music Orchestras and arranger.
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5. Ernest Ačkun
1930-2001 (aged 71)
clarinetist
music educator
Ernest Ačkun was a Yugoslav clarinetist.
6. Gjelosh Gjokaj
1933-2016 (aged 83)
painter
Gjelosh Gjokaj was an artist from Montenegro. An ethnic Albanian, he was born in the village of Gornji Milješ (Alb: Gornji Milesh) in Tuzi. After receiving his fine arts degree from the University of Arts in Belgrade in 1963, he proceeded to become part of the faculty until 1969. He later immigrated to Rome, Italy, where he lived and worked...
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7. Jovanka Nikolić
1952-2017 (aged 65)
writer
children's writer
poet
short story writer
Jovanka Nikolić was a Serbian author of prose, poetry and poetry for children.
8. Rastko Ćirić
1955-. (aged 71)
songwriter
comics artist
film director
Rastko Ćirić is a Serbian multimedia artist and educator. His fields of interest are graphics, illustration, logo design, ex-libris, comics, animation and music. He has won more than 70 local and international awards. He is a professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade.
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9. Radivoj Lazić
1953-. (aged 73)
composer
songwriter
Radivoj Lazić is a musician, clarinettist, pedagogue, composer, painter and children's writer.
10. Vojna Nešić
1947-. (aged 79)
composer
Olivera Vojna Nešić is a Serbian composer and professor at the University of Priština Faculty of Arts, in North Kosovo.
11. Zoran Erić
1950-2024 (aged 74)
composer
Zoran Erić was a Serbian composer based in Belgrade. He taught composition, orchestration, theater and film music at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.
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12. Bruno Brun
1910-1978 (aged 68)
clarinetist
music educator
Bruno Brun was a Yugoslav clarinetist and professor at the Belgrade Music Academy.
13. Nevenka Urbanova
1909-2007 (aged 98)
opera singer
stage actor
Nevenka Urbanova was one of the most famous Serbian actresses.
14. Marko Stojanović
1971-. (aged 55)
television actor
film actor
actor
mime artist
Marko Stojanović is a Serbian celebrity, theatre and TV actor and comedian, renown mime artist, and university professor, director, humanitarian and sports worker. He is the co-founder and the president of the World Mime Organisation.
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15. Miloš Bajić
1915-1995 (aged 80)
painter
Miloš Bajić was a Serbian Modernist painter, who is considered to be the founder of abstract painting in Yugoslavia.
16. Stefan Arsenijević
1977-. (aged 49)
film director
screenwriter
Stefan Arsenijević is a Serbian film director and scriptwriter.
17. Zoran Stefanović
1969-. (aged 57)
comics artist
writer
dramaturge
playwright
literary critic
Zoran Stefanović is a Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including Project Rastko. His works were published and produced in Europe and US.
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18. Božidar Zečević
1948-. (aged 78)
film director
film critic
film theorist
film historian
screenwriter
Božidar Zečević is a Serbian filmologist, film historian, dramatist, screenwriter, director, university professor of film analysis, founder and editor-in-chief of the film journal Filmograf.
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19. Dejan Despić
1930-2024 (aged 94)
university teacher
writer
musicologist
composer
music educator
Dejan Despić was a Serbian classical composer, author, music theoretician and pedagogue.
20. Miško Šuvaković
1954-. (aged 72)
aesthetician
art critic
conceptual artist
artist
art theorist
Miško Šuvaković is a contemporary aestheticist, art theorist and conceptual artist in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. He taught theory of art and theory of culture in Interdisciplinary Postgraduates Studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade. He teaches theory of art and theory of culture in transdisciplinary master and doctoral studies at the Faculty of media and communication.
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21. Jugoslav Vlahović
1949-. (aged 77)
graphic artist
comics artist
university teacher
cartoonist
painter
Jugoslav Vlahović is a Serbian and Yugoslav visual artist, caricaturist, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, art educator and retired rock musician. Vlahović is best known for his caricatures published in various publications, his work as an album cover designer—of his album cover designs the best known are the ones for the band Riblja Čorba—and as a former member of the rock...
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22. Vlastimir Peričić
1927-2000 (aged 73)
composer
Vlastimir Peričić was a Serbian composer and one of the most important theoreticians of Serbian music, well-known musicologist and the author of extremely valuable university textbooks, as well as a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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23. Jelena Đurović
1973-. (aged 53)
journalist
writer
Jelena Đurović is a Montenegrin journalist, writer and political activist. She has worked in journalism, literature, and activism within the Jewish community of Montenegro and Serbia.
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24. Bratislav Petković
1948-2021 (aged 73)
playwright
screenwriter
director
theatrical director
politician
Bratislav Petković was a Serbian film director, playwright, theater director, founder and director of the Automobile Museum and Modern Garage Theater in Belgrade.
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25. Vasilije Mokranjac
1923-1984 (aged 61)
composer
musicologist
university teacher
film score composer
Vasilije Mokranjac was a Serbian composer, professor of composition at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was one of the most prominent Serbian composers in the second half of the 20th century. Although famed for his symphonies, he also wrote piano music, as well as music for radio,...
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26. Nenad Prokić
1954-. (aged 72)
university teacher
writer
politician
Nenad Prokić is a Serbian playwright, theatre director, one of the founders of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalno demokratska partija) and professor of 20th Century Drama at University of Art in Belgrade (Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) from 1995, he was the playwright-in-residence at Yugoslav Drama Theatre (Jugoslovensko dramsko pozorište, JDP Beograd) in Belgrade (1985–1995) and at Slovenian National Theatre (Slovensko...
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27. Miloš Mihajlović
1978-. (aged 48)
classical pianist
Miloš Mihajlović is a Serbian pianist and university professor.
28. Borka Pavićević
1947-2019 (aged 72)
theatre manager
journalist
dramaturge
cultural activist
Borka Pavićević was a Montenegrin born Serbian dramaturge, columnist, and cultural activist. She was also described as a "dramatist, Belgrade liberal and pacifist intellectual". She founded the Centre for Cultural Decontamination in 1994, and was a co-founder of the Belgrade Circle.
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29. Ksenija Milošević
1982-. (aged 44)
singer
Ksenija Milošević is a Serbian singer and violinist, and a member of the girlband Beauty Queens, which was formed by gathering backing vocalists of Marija Šerifović after victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.
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30. Stole Popov
1950-. (aged 76)
film director
Stole Popov is a Macedonian film director.
31. Predrag Miletić
1952-. (aged 74)
autobiographer
television actor
opera singer
actor
Predrag Miletić,, is a Serbian film, television, and theatre actor. Since 1981, Predrag Miletić has been a full-time member of the National Theatre in Belgrade, where he has appeared in more than 50 plays. Since 2014 he is the chairman of the board of the Puppet Theatre "Pinocchio" and since 2015 is the President of the Program Committee of the...
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32. Miodrag Radovanović
1929-2019 (aged 90)
stage actor
actor
Miodrag Radovanović was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1957. He won the Golden Arena Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Salaš u Malom Ritu.
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33. Bojan Žirović
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
Bojan Žirović is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1991.
34. Milivoje Tomić
1920-2000 (aged 80)
stage actor
film actor
Milivoje "Mića" Tomić was a Serbian actor.
35. Duško Gojković
1931-2023 (aged 92)
trumpeter
jazz musician
musician
Duško Gojković was a Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.
36. Boki Milošević
1931-2018 (aged 87)
musician
Božidar "Boki" Milošević was a Serbian clarinetist.
37. Mira Trailović
1924-1989 (aged 65)
writer
playwright
film director
actor
Mira Trailović was a Serbian dramaturg and one of the most distinguished theatre directors in the history of Serbian and Yugoslav theatre. A pioneer of the avant-garde theatre in Eastern Europe, she was one of the founders and a driving force behind the Atelje 212 theater and BITEF, one of the most important European theatre festivals
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38. Srdan Golubović
1972-. (aged 54)
film producer
screenwriter
film director
Srdan Golubović is a Serbian film director and university professor.
39. Uroš Tošković
1932-2019 (aged 87)
painter
Uroš Tošković was a Montenegrin painter and draftsman.
40. Radmila Bakočević
1933-. (aged 93)
opera singer
Radmila Bakočević, is a Serbian operatic soprano who had a major international opera career that began in 1955 and ended upon her retirement from the stage in 2004. During her career, she sang at most of the world's important opera houses, including performances throughout Europe, North and South America. She forged important long-term artistic partnerships with two opera houses during...
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41. Goran Jevtić
1978-. (aged 48)
television actor
stage actor
film director
actor
Goran Jevtić is a Serbian actor; director and LGBT activist. During his two decade long career, Jevtić has composed a prolific range of performances notable in film, television and theater.
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42. Nebojša Ilić
1973-. (aged 53)
actor
Nebojša "Cile" Ilić is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1996.
43. Srđan Dragojević
1963-. (aged 63)
screenwriter
film director
director
politician
Srđan Dragojević is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian cinema.
44. Gordan Kičić
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
television actor
Gordan Kičić is a Serbian actor, comedian and director.
45. Vesna Čipčić
1954-. (aged 72)
actor
Vesna Čipčić is a Serbian actress. She was born in Kikinda. Actress Aleksandra Alač is her daughter.
46. Biljana Srbljanović
1970-. (aged 56)
playwright
university teacher
human rights defender
screenwriter
politician
Biljana Srbljanović is a Serbian playwright and university professor.
47. Živojin Pavlović
1933-1998 (aged 65)
writer
prose writer
film director
screenwriter
Živojin "Žika" Pavlović was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, writer, painter and professor. In his films and novels, Pavlović depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living in the corners of society. He was one of the major figures of the Black Wave in Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s, a movement which portrayed the darker side...
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48. Feđa Stojanović
1948-2021 (aged 73)
actor
Feđa Stojanović was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1962.
49. Bilja Krstić
1955-. (aged 71)
singer
songwriter
Biljana "Bilja" Krstić is a Serbian, Bosnian and Yugoslav singer and songwriter.
50. Neda Spasojević
1941-1981 (aged 40)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Neda Spasojević was a Serbian film, television and theater actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1964 until her 1981 death from cancer at age 40.
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51. Marko Nikolić
1946-2019 (aged 73)
actor
Marko Nikolić was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1967 to 2018.
52. Jovana Stojiljković
1992-. (aged 34)
actor
Jovana Stojiljković is a Serbian stage and film actress. She is best known for her performance as Sofija in the TV series South Wind.
53. Zoran Cvijanović
1958-. (aged 68)
film producer
actor
television actor
Zoran "Cvija" Cvijanović is a Serbian actor and producer. He has starred in over 70 films and television series with his most notable role coming in the drama series Sivi dom (1984–1985). He also had a memorable performance in Pretty Village, Pretty Flame as Speedy.
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54. Predrag Ejdus
1947-2018 (aged 71)
actor
Predrag Ejdus was a Serbian actor of theater, film and television. His extensive body of work includes over 200 theater productions, 50 films and 30 television series.
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55. Dragana Kosjerina
1987-. (aged 39)
television presenter
model
journalist
Dragana Kosjerina Perduv is a Serbian journalist and TV anchor. She currently works at Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
56. Miloš Žutić
1939-1993 (aged 54)
film actor
actor
television actor
Miloš Žutić was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1960 to 1992.
57. Nevena Božović
1994-. (aged 32)
singer
Nevena Ivanović is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She made her singing debut by representing Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with song "Piši mi", placing third. Božović rose to prominence as the runner-up on the televised singing competition Prvi glas Srbije in 2012.
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58. Ružica Sokić
1934-2013 (aged 79)
writer
actor
Ružica Sokić was a Serbian actress and writer.
59. Nebojša Dugalić
1970-. (aged 56)
director
actor
Nebojša Dugalić is a Serbian actor, theater director and drama professor.
60. Milan Štrljić
1952-. (aged 74)
actor
Milan Štrljić is a Croatian actor and theatre director. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1972.
61. Aleksandar Berček
1950-. (aged 76)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Aleksandar Berček is a Serbian actor. He performed in more than one hundred films since 1971. He graduated at the Academy for theater, film, radio and television. He was the director of the National Theatre in Belgrade from 21 January 1993 to 10 May 1997.
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62. Nataša Ninković
1972-. (aged 54)
screenwriter
stage actor
actor
film actor
Nataša Ninković is a Serbian actress, best known for her roles in the films Savior, War Live, The Professional and The Trap.
63. Dušan Kovačević
1948-. (aged 78)
screenwriter
playwright
director
writer
film director
Dušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal.
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64. Čedomir Jovanović
1971-. (aged 55)
entrepreneur
politician
Čedomir "Čeda" Jovanović is a Serbian politician and businessman.
65. Miki Manojlović
1950-. (aged 76)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Predrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans and became active in productions all over Europe.
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66. Branislav Lečić
1955-. (aged 71)
actor
television actor
politician
Branislav Lečić is a Serbian actor, director, academic, writer, politician. Lečić rose to prominence for his role as the rebellious Crni in the twelve-episode miniseries Sivi dom (1986). Lečić served as the Minister of Culture and Media from 2001 to 2004.
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67. Milan Marić
1990-. (aged 36)
actor
television actor
Milan Marić is a Serbian actor, best known for his role in Dovlatov.
68. Tanja Bošković
1953-. (aged 73)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Tanja Bošković is a Serbian actress. She has performed in more than forty films since 1974.
69. Mihajlo Janketić
1938-2019 (aged 81)
actor
Mihailo "Miša" Janketić was a Serbian actor of theater, film and television.
70. Željko Joksimović
1972-. (aged 54)
composer
songwriter
singer
film score composer
Željko Joksimović is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar and drums.
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71. Slavko Štimac
1960-. (aged 66)
actor
film actor
Slavko Štimac is a Serbian actor.
72. Nikola Đuričko
1974-. (aged 52)
presenter
actor
film director
Nikola Ðuričko is a Serbian actor.
73. Velimir Bata Živojinović
1933-2016 (aged 83)
stage actor
actor
film actor
politician
Velimir "Bata" Živojinović was a Yugoslav and Serbian actor and politician. He appeared in more than 340 films and TV series, and is regarded as one of the best actors in former Yugoslavia.
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74. Vojin Ćetković
1971-. (aged 55)
actor
Vojin Ćetković is a Serbian actor. He is best known for his role in the TV series Porodično blago.
75. Dragan Nikolić
1943-2016 (aged 73)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić was a Serbian and Yugoslav actor.
76. Anica Dobra
1963-. (aged 63)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Anica Dobra is a Serbian film and theatre actress.
77. Dragan Bjelogrlić
1963-. (aged 63)
screenwriter
stage actor
film director
film producer
film actor
Dragan "Bjela" Bjelogrlić is a Serbian actor, director and producer.
78. Sergej Trifunović
1972-. (aged 54)
actor
television actor
film actor
activist
stage actor
Sergej Trifunović is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist.
79. Kornelije Kovač
1942-2022 (aged 80)
musician
songwriter
pianist
composer
record producer
Kornelije "Bata" Kovač was a Serbian composer.