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58 Notable alumni of University of Novi Sad

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Novi Sad is ranked #755 in the world and #2 in Serbia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 58 notable alumni from University of Novi Sad 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 Novi Sad won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Stevan Pilipović

1. Stevan Pilipović

1950-. (aged 76)
mathematician
Stevan Pilipović is a Professor of Mathematics. He has taught at the Department of Mathematics and Informatics of Novi Sad University since 1987.
Gyula Mester

2. Gyula Mester

1945-. (aged 81)
mechanical engineer
Gyula Mester is a Hungarian scientist and professor of robotics at the University of Szeged. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering, Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia, American Romanian Academy of Arts and Science, Academia of Science and Arts Vojvodina Serbia.
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Dušan Čamprag

3. Dušan Čamprag

1925-2021 (aged 96)
university teacher entomologist
Dušan Čamprag was a Serbian entomologist. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His studies primarily centered around agricultural entomology and phytomedicine.
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Zorka Grandov

4. Zorka Grandov

1947-2021 (aged 74)
economist
Zorka Grandov was a Serbian doctor of economics, professor emeritus and writer.
Danijela Veselinović

5. Danijela Veselinović

1993-. (aged 33)
trumpeter
Danijela Veselinović is a Serbian trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Arilje, dubbed the "Trumpet Princess" by Boban Marković. She and her brass band have represented Serbia across Europe.
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Jovan Zivlak

6. Jovan Zivlak

1947-. (aged 79)
poet writer
Jovan Zivlak, is a Serbian poet, publisher and essayist.
Sándor Páll

7. Sándor Páll

1954-2010 (aged 56)
literary historian university teacher
Sándor Páll was an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia and leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians.
Dragomir Dujmov

8. Dragomir Dujmov

1963-. (aged 63)
librettist writer historian literary critic poet
Dragomir Dujmov is a Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from Hungary.
Laura Pavlovic

9. Laura Pavlovic

opera singer
Laura Pavlović is a Serbian lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad.
Ratimir Martinović

10. Ratimir Martinović

pianist
Ratimir Martinović is a Montenegrin pianist.
Slobodan Peladić

11. Slobodan Peladić

1962-2019 (aged 57)
painter sculptor
Slobodan Peladić was a Serbian painter, sculptor and multimedia artist.
Sándor Szabó

12. Sándor Szabó

1960-. (aged 66)
music director harpsichordist
Sándor Szabó is a Yugoslav-born pianist, organist and harpsichordist of Hungarian descent who has worked as a performer, conductor and music director in both Europe and North America.
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Andrija Radulović

13. Andrija Radulović

1970-. (aged 56)
literary critic writer linguist translator poet
Andrija Radulović is a prominent Montenegrin poet. He studied history at the Faculty of Philosophy at University of Montenegro and graduated as professor of education from Faculty of education, University of Novi Sad (Serbia). He writes poetry, literary criticism, essays and translates from the Russian language. His poetry is presented in several national and international anthologies, while his literary work...
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Đurađ Jakšić

14. Đurađ Jakšić

1977-. (aged 49)
historian politician
Đurađ Jakšić is a Serbian historian and politician.
Predrag Bubalo

15. Predrag Bubalo

1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Predrag Bubalo is a Serbian politician who held various ministerial positions in the Government of Serbia. He served as the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations in 2004, as the Minister of Economy from 2004 to 2007 and as the Minister of Trade from 2007 to 2008.
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Filip Baloš

16. Filip Baloš

2001-. (aged 25)
singer musician
Filip Baloš is a Serbian singer-songwriter.
Andor Deli

17. Andor Deli

1977-. (aged 49)
lawyer politician
Andor Deli is a Hungarian politician from Vojvodina, Serbia, and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Hungary's Fidesz since 2014.
Saša Dragin

18. Saša Dragin

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Saša Dragin is former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the Government of Serbia (2008-2011). He was previously the Minister of Environmental Protection.
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Miljenko Rak

19. Miljenko Rak

1947-. (aged 79)
athletics competitor coach
Miljenko Rak is a Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer. He had worked as the trainer with Olympic gold medal-winning skier, Janica Kostelić, and football manager, Slaven Bilić. He is currently fitness coach in Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia men's national handball team.
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Svetozar Čiplić

20. Svetozar Čiplić

1965-. (aged 61)
politician judge
Svetozar Čiplić is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Human and Minority Rights from 2008 to 2011.
Rita Kinka

21. Rita Kinka

1962-. (aged 64)
classical pianist
Rita Kinka, is a Serbian pianist of Hungarian descent.
Aleksandar Jovančević

22. Aleksandar Jovančević

1970-. (aged 56)
amateur wrestler
Aleksandar Jovančević is a Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler. He represented FR Yugoslavia in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Igor Antić

23. Igor Antić

1962-. (aged 64)
artist
Igor Antić is a French-Serbian visual artist.
Borislav Novaković

24. Borislav Novaković

1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Borislav Novaković, MSc is a Serbian politician. He was a vice-president of People's Party until 2023. From 2000 to 2004, as a member of Democratic Party Novaković was the President of the city Assembly of Novi Sad. After failing re-election, this time in direct popular vote, he was appointed as Vice-President of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
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Nemanja Starović

25. Nemanja Starović

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Nemanja Starović is a Serbian politician who served as minister of European Integration since 2025. He was previously the minister of labour, employment, veteran and social policy from 2024 to 2025. From 2022 to 2024, he served as state secretary of the Ministry of Defense. From 2021 to 2022, he served as state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Igor Pavličić

26. Igor Pavličić

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer politician
Igor Pavličić is a Serbian lawyer and former politician who served as the mayor of Novi Sad from 2008 to 2012 as a member of the Democratic Party. He graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 1995.
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Cveta Majtanović

27. Cveta Majtanović

1986-. (aged 40)
singer
Cveta Majtanović recognized in the Balkans as a singer and songwriter who gained attention and popularity after winning the Idol Serbia-Montenegro & Macedonia, version of the British music competition format, Pop Idol, that became an international TV franchise (broadcast on RTV BK in 2003/2004).
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Ludvik Toplak

28. Ludvik Toplak

1942-. (aged 84)
businessperson lawyer diplomat politician
Ludvik Toplak is a Slovenian law professor and academic administrator, and former politician, ambassador, and member of the Parliament. He is the rector of the Alma Mater Europaea university and former rector of the University of Maribor. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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Elvira Kovács

29. Elvira Kovács

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Elvira Kovács is a Serbian politician from the country's Hungarian community. She has served in the Serbian parliament since 2007 as a member of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ).
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Janko Veselinović

30. Janko Veselinović

1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Janko Veselinović is a Serbian academic and politician. He is a professor at the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Agriculture and a Deputy of the National Assembly of Serbia. He holds a master's degree in contracts on commercial representation and a PhD on legal regulation of governance in domestic and comparative law.
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Slobodan Vuksanović

31. Slobodan Vuksanović

1965-. (aged 61)
essayist politician philologist translator poet
Slobodan Vuksanović is a poet, essayist, translator and former Serbian politician, who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007.
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Pero Zubac

32. Pero Zubac

1945-. (aged 81)
translator journalist screenwriter writer
Pero Zubac is a Serbian and former Yugoslav author, poet, screenwriter, academic and journalist. He is a member of the Association of Journalists of Serbia and the Association of Writers of Serbia. In 2021 he was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star.
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Aleksandra Jerkov

33. Aleksandra Jerkov

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Aleksandra Jerkov is a politician in Serbia. She has served in the National Assembly of Serbia on an almost uninterrupted basis since 2007, originally as a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) and since 2014 as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Aleksandar Martinović

34. Aleksandar Martinović

1976-. (aged 50)
lawyer politician
Aleksandar Martinović is a Serbian politician. He was a cabinet minister in the Serbian government from 2022 to 2025. He most recently served as minister of agriculture, forestry, and water economy. Before his appointment to cabinet, he served several terms in the Serbian parliament.
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Branislav Nedimović

35. Branislav Nedimović

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Branislav Nedimović is a Serbian politician who served as deputy prime minister of Serbia from 2020 to 2022 and as minister of agriculture, forestry and water economy from 2016 to 2022. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as mayor of Sremska Mitrovica from 2008 to 2016.
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Miroslav Parović

36. Miroslav Parović

1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Miroslav Parović is a Serbian politician and the president of the People's Freedom Movement.
Lyubomir Miletich

37. Lyubomir Miletich

1863-1937 (aged 74)
linguist anthropologist ethnographer historian university teacher
Lyubomir Miletich was a Bulgarian linguist, ethnographer, dialectologist and historian, as well as the chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1926 to his death.
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Dragutin Zelenović

38. Dragutin Zelenović

1928-2020 (aged 92)
university teacher political commissar politician
Dragutin Zelenović was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from February to December 1991. He was a professor at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, served as rector of the University of Novi Sad (1987–89) and was in 1987 elected a corresponding member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He also...
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Ratko Butorović

39. Ratko Butorović

1956-2013 (aged 57)
businessperson
Ratko Butorović also known as Bata Kan Kan was a controversial Montenegrin–Serbian entrepreneur and businessman.
Tomislav Žigmanov

40. Tomislav Žigmanov

1967-. (aged 59)
writer poet philosopher politician
Tomislav Žigmanov is a Serbian author, community leader, and politician from the country's Croat community. He has led the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV) since 2015 and was Serbia's minister of human and minority rights and social dialogue from 2022 to 2025.
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Žarko Zrenjanin

41. Žarko Zrenjanin

1902-1942 (aged 40)
military personnel teacher revolutionary politician
Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" was a Yugoslav partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946.
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Borko Stefanović

42. Borko Stefanović

1974-. (aged 52)
diplomat politician
Borko Stefanović is a Serbian politician who was the leader of the Levica Srbije political party. Prior to founding Levica Srbije, he was active in the Democratic Party, with whom he engaged in a high-profile split in the summer of 2015. He was one of Serbia's representatives during the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations. He was the political director of Ministry of Foreign...
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Bojan Pajtić

43. Bojan Pajtić

1970-. (aged 56)
lawyer politician
Bojan Pajtić is a Serbian lawyer and former politician who is a professor at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Law. A member of the Democratic Party (DS), he served as the president of the government of Vojvodina from 2004 to 2016 and as the president of DS from 2014 to 2016.
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Dejan Zavec

44. Dejan Zavec

1976-. (aged 50)
boxer
Dejan Zavec, best known as Jan Zaveck, is a Slovenian former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2015. He held the IBF welterweight title from 2009 to 2011, and challenged once for the WBA super-welterweight title in 2015. Zaveck is the only Slovenian boxer to have held a world title, and was named Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year in...
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Igor Mirović

45. Igor Mirović

1968-. (aged 58)
economist poet politician
Igor Mirović is a Serbian politician, economist, and poet who served as the president of the Government of Vojvodina from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party, he previously served as the minister of regional development and local self-government from 2013 and 2014.
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Jorgovanka Tabaković

46. Jorgovanka Tabaković

1960-. (aged 66)
economist
Jorgovanka Tabaković is a Serbian politician who has been the governor of the National Bank of Serbia since 2012. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she has been the deputy president of the party since 2012.
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Dimitrije Banjac

47. Dimitrije Banjac

1976-. (aged 50)
screenwriter television actor actor comedian
Dimitrije Banjac is a Serbian actor, comedian and screenwriter. Together with Nikola Škorić and Dejan Ćirjaković he is the creator and actor of several popular Serbian television show programs, including Noćna smena, Velika Srbija, Srbi u svemiru, Pravi fudbal and Državni posao. Audiences in Serbia know him best for his roles as Professor Kišprdilov in Noćna smena and Đorđe Čvarkov...
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István Pásztor

48. István Pásztor

1956-2023 (aged 67)
politician
István Pásztor was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 until his death in 2023. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians from 2008 to 2023.
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Nikola Škorić

49. Nikola Škorić

1976-. (aged 50)
actor comedian screenwriter
Nikola Škorić is a Serbian actor, comedian and screenwriter. Together with Dimitrije Banjac and Dejan Ćirjaković he is the creator and actor of several popular Serbian television show programs, including Noćna smena, Velika Srbija, Srbi u svemiru, Pravi fudbal and Državni posao. He is best known to audience in Serbia for his role of Dragan Torbica in Državni Posao.
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Miloš Vučević

50. Miloš Vučević

1974-. (aged 52)
lawyer politician
Miloš Vučević is a Serbian politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2024 to 2025. He has been the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2023, and was previously the Mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022 and the Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia from 2022 to 2024.
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Ivan Bosiljčić

51. Ivan Bosiljčić

1979-. (aged 47)
singer actor television actor
Ivan Bosiljčić is a Serbian film, television, and theatre actor and a singer. He is popular for his leading roles in numerous television and cinematographic roles, as well as in theatrical musicals.
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Nenad Čanak

52. Nenad Čanak

1959-. (aged 67)
economist politician musician
Nenad Čanak is a Serbian politician. He is the co-founder and former leader of the centre-left League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. He was the President of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2000 to 2004, and until 2020 he was a member of the National Assembly of Serbia.
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Marko Đurić

53. Marko Đurić

1983-. (aged 43)
diplomat jurist politician
Marko Đurić is a Serbian politician and diplomat who has served as the minister of foreign affairs since 2024. Prior to becoming a government minister, Đurić was the ambassador of Serbia to the United States of America since from 2020 to 2024, and the non-resident ambassador of Serbia to Colombia since from 2021 to 2024.
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Maja Gojković

54. Maja Gojković

1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer politician
Maja Gojković is a Serbian politician who has been the president of the Government of Vojvodina since 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), she previously served as president of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2020 and deputy prime minister of Serbia and minister of culture and information from 2020 until 2024.
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Radoslav Milenković

55. Radoslav Milenković

1958-. (aged 68)
poet director actor university teacher
Radoslav "Rale" Milenković is a Serbian actor and theatre director. He has won the most prestigious awards for acting and directing at many festivals in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia.
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Jovanka Nikolić

56. 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.
Bojan B. Dimitrijević

57. Bojan B. Dimitrijević

1968-. (aged 58)
historian
Bojan B. Dimitrijević is a Serbian historian and politician. A former member of the Democratic Party (DS), he was a vice-president of Serbia Centre (SRCE) from 2022 to 2023.
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Milan Jelić

58. Milan Jelić

1956-2007 (aged 51)
politician economist
Milan Jelić was a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 6th president of Republika Srpska from 2006 until his death in 2007.