Jovan (given name)

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Jovan (Јован ) is a Serbian male given name equivalent to English "John" or Slavic "Ivan", from . The name is common amongst Orthodox Christians as a result of John the Baptist (Sveti Jovan Krstitelj)

Notable people with this name

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  • Jovan Čađenović (born 1995), Montenegrin footballer
  • Jovan Campbell (stage named Jibbs; born 1990), American rapper
  • Jovan Ćirilov (1931–2013), Serbian theatrologist, theatre selector, philosopher, writer, and poet
  • Jovan Ćirković (1871–1928), Serbian teacher, Chetnik revolutionary, military leader, and politician
  • Jovan Cokić (1927–2004), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Čokor (1885–1936), Serbian epidemiologist, infectologist, and physician
  • Jovan Crnić (born 1994), Serbian basketball player
  • Jovan Ćulibrk (born 1965), Serbian Orthodox Christian prelate and bishop, and music critic
  • Jovan Cvetković [see: Jovan Dolgač (below)]
  • Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), Serbian geographer, ethnologist, sociologist, and geologist

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  • Jovan Damjanic ( János Damjanich; 1804–1849), Austro-Hungarian Serbian Revolutionary Army commander
  • Jovan Damjanović (born 1982), Serbian footballer and manager
  • Jovan Dejanović (politician) (1927–2019), Serbian politician
  • Jovan Deretić (disambiguation), several people
  • Jovan Deroko (1912–1941), Serbian military commander
  • Jovan Despotović (born 1962), Serbian art historian, critic, and writer
  • Jovan Dimitrijević Dobrača (1765–1839), Serbian merchant, and revolutionary military financier and commander
  • Jovan Divjak (1937–2021), Bosnian army general and writer
  • Jovan Djaja (1846–1928), Serbian professor, journalist, translator, and politician
  • Jovan Djordjević (born 1985), Serbian futsal player
  • Jovan Đokić (born 1992), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Dolgač ( Jovan Cvetković; 1860–1915), Macedonian-Serbian Chetnik commander, revolutionary, and weapons smuggler
  • Jovan Đorđević (1826–1900), Serbian writer, dramatist, education minister, theater founder, and national anthem writer
  • Jovan Došenović (1781–1813), Serbian philosopher, poet, and translator
  • Jovan Dovezenski ( Jovan Stanojković; 1873–1935), Serbian teacher and Chetnik commander
  • Jovan Dragaš (1343–1378), Serbian noble and despot
  • Jovan Dragoslav ( 1290–1315), Serbian noble and royal tax and treasury official
  • Jovan Dučić (1871–1943), Herzegovinian-Serbian poet, writer, lyricist, diplomat, and politician
  • Jovan Džiknić (born 1989), Serbian footballer

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  • Jovan Hadži (1884–1972), Austro-Hungarian Romanian-born Serbian-Slovenian zoologist and taxonomist
  • Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević (1866–1948), Serbian historian, ethnographer, writer, journalist, and editor
  • Jovan Hadžić (1799–1869), Habsburg Serbian writer, legislator, translator, and institute founder
  • Jovan Hajduković (1943–2013), Hungarian-born Montenegrin footballer
  • Jovan Haye (born 1982), Jamaican-born American football player
  • Jovan Horvat (1722–1786), Habsburg Serbian-born Russian general and territorial founder

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  • Jovan Ilić (1824–1901), Serbian poet and politician
  • Jovan Isailović ( 1772–1804), Serbian icon painter and muralist; grandfather of Jovan Isailović, Jr.
  • Jovan Isailović, Jr. (1803–1885), Serbian academic painter; grandson of Jovan Isailović

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Jovan Marie (female) singer / actress

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  • Jovan Radivojević (born 1982), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Radomir (born 1963), Bosnian Yugoslavian-born Swedish television presenter, actor, author, and lyricist
  • Jovan Radonić (1873–1956), Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslavian-Serbian historian and librarian
  • Jovan Radonjić (1748–1803), Montenegrin noble and politician
  • Jovan Radulović (1951–2018), Serbian writer, publicist, and library administrator
  • Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), Habsburg Serbian writer, historian, theologian, traveller, geographer, and pedagogue
  • Jovan Rašković (1929–1992), Serbian-Croatian psychiatrist, academic, and politician
  • Jovan Rebula (born 1997), South African golfer
  • Jovan Ristić (1831–1899), Serbian politician, diplomat, and historian
  • Jovan Ružić (1898–1973), Serbian Yugoslavian footballer

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  • Jovan Uglješa ( Uglješa Mrnjavčević; 1346–1371), Serbian noble, despot, and soldier
  • Jovan Uroš ( John Uroš; 1370 – 1373; died 1422–23), Serbian despot of Thessaly

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Fictional characters

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