Jovan (given name)
Jovan 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
Notable people with this name
A
- Jovan Aćimović, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Adepo, British-born American actor
- Jovan Ajduković, Serbian linguist and writer
- Jovan Albanez, Habsburg Montenegrin-Serbian military leader
- Jovan Ali, Trinidadian cricketer
- Jovan Anđelković, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Andrevski, Macedonian military leader
- Jovan Asen, Bulgarian noble-born Serbian despot
- Jovan Atanacković, Serbian general
- Jovan Avakumović, Serbian lawyer, criminologist, statesman, and prime minister
- Jovan Avakumović (poet), Habsburg Serbian noble, poet, and lawyer
B
- Jovan Babunski, Serbian Chetnik commander
- Jovan Baošić, Montenegrin footballer
- Jovan Beader, Serbian basketball coach
- Jovan Belcher, American football player
- Jovan Beleslin, Hungarian-born Serbian footballer, manager, and referee
- Jovan Belimarković, Serbian regent and general
- Jovan Berislavić, Serbian despot
- Jovan Bijelić, Serbian painter
- Jovan Blagojevic (disambiguation), several people
- Jovan Bowles, South African rugby union footballer
- Jovan Bridges, American drag queen, performer, fashion designer, rapper, and recording artist
- Jovan Branković, Serbian titular despot, monarch, and saint
- Jovan Byford, Serbian social psychologist and conspiracy theory expert
C
- Jovan Čađenović, Montenegrin footballer
- Jovan Campbell, American rapper
- Jovan Ćirilov, Serbian theatrologist, theatre selector, philosopher, writer, and poet
- Jovan Ćirković, Serbian teacher, Chetnik revolutionary, military leader, and politician
- Jovan Cokić, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Čokor, Serbian epidemiologist, infectologist, and physician
- Jovan Crnić, Serbian basketball player
- Jovan Ćulibrk, Serbian Orthodox Christian prelate and bishop, and music critic
- Jovan Cvetković
- Jovan Cvijić, Serbian geographer, ethnologist, sociologist, and geologist
D
- Jovan Damjanic, Austro-Hungarian Serbian Revolutionary Army commander
- Jovan Damjanović, Serbian footballer and manager
- Jovan Dejanović (politician), Serbian politician
- Jovan Deretić, several people
- Jovan Deroko, Serbian military commander
- Jovan Despotović, Serbian art historian, critic, and writer
- Jovan Dimitrijević Dobrača, Serbian merchant, and revolutionary military financier and commander
- Jovan Divjak, Bosnian army general and writer
- Jovan Djaja, Serbian professor, journalist, translator, and politician
- Jovan Djordjević, Serbian futsal player
- Jovan Đokić, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Dolgač, Macedonian-Serbian Chetnik commander, revolutionary, and weapons smuggler
- Jovan Đorđević, Serbian writer, dramatist, education minister, theater founder, and national anthem writer
- Jovan Došenović, Serbian philosopher, poet, and translator
- Jovan Dovezenski, Serbian teacher and Chetnik commander
- Jovan Dragaš, Serbian noble and despot
- Jovan Dragoslav, Serbian noble and royal tax and treasury official
- Jovan Dučić, Herzegovinian-Serbian poet, writer, lyricist, diplomat, and politician
- Jovan Džiknić, Serbian footballer
E
- Jovan Erdeljanović, Serbian and Yugoslav ethnologist
G
- Jovan Gavrilović, Serbian historian, politician, statesman, diplomat, prince's deputy, and people's benefactor
- Jovan Georgijević, Serbian Orthodox Christian metropolitan
- Jovan Gligorijević, Serbian noble and revolutionary captain
- Jovan Gojković, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Golić, Bosnian footballer
- Jovan Grčić Milenko, Austro-Hungarian Serbian poet, writer, translator, and physician
- Jovan Grković-Gapon, Kosovar-Serbian Orthodox Christian monk and Chetnik
H
- Jovan Hadži, Austro-Hungarian Romanian-born Serbian-Slovenian zoologist and taxonomist
- Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević, Serbian historian, ethnographer, writer, journalist, and editor
- Jovan Hadžić, Habsburg Serbian writer, legislator, translator, and institute founder
- Jovan Hajduković, Hungarian-born Montenegrin footballer
- Jovan Haye, Jamaican-born American football player
- Jovan Horvat, Habsburg Serbian-born Russian general and territorial founder
I
- Jovan Ilić, Serbian poet and politician
- Jovan Isailović, Serbian icon painter and muralist; grandfather of Jovan Isailović, Jr.
- Jovan Isailović, Jr., Serbian academic painter; grandson of Jovan Isailović
J
- Jovan Jackson, American politician
- Jovan Jančić-Sarajlija, Serbian gunsmith, smuggler, and peasant revolt leader
- Jovan Janićijević Burduš, Serbian actor
- Jovan Jelovac, Serbian brand consultant and entrepreneur
- Jovan Jezerkić, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Jovanov, Yugoslavian-born Canadian music producer, record engineer, and singer-songwriter
- Jovan Jovanović (disambiguation), several people
- Jovan Jugović, Serbian aviator and fighter pilot
K
- Jovan Kantul, Serbian archbishop and patriarch
- Jovan Kapičić, Yugoslavian general and politician
- Jovan Karamata, Serbian mathematician, professor, and school founder
- Jovan Karlo Villalba, American artist
- Jovan Kastratović, Serbian footballer
- Jovan II Kastriot, Albanian count and national liberation hero
- Jovan Kavarić, Montenegrin clinical biochemist, professor, and politician
- Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player, Olympics competitor, and coach
- Jovan Kokir, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Kolundžija, Serbian violin maestro and politician
- Jovan Koprivica, Serbian basketball player
- Jovan Koseski, Slovenian lawyer and poet
- Jovan Kostovski, Macedonian footballer
- Jovan Kosturi, Albanian politician and Tosk Albanian dialect education advocate
- Jovan Kratohvil, Yugoslavian sports shooter and Olympics competitor
- Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician
- Jovan Krneta, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Kursula, Serbian military commander, swordfighter, and revolutionary
L
- Jovan Lazarević, Yugoslavian shot putter
- Jovan Lučić, Canadian and Serbian footballer
- Jovan Lukić (footballer, born 1997), Serbian footballer
- Jovan Lukić (footballer, born 2002), Serbian footballer
M
- Jovan Maksimović, Russian Orthodox Christian bishop and saint
- Jovan Maleševac, Serbian Orthodox Christian monk and scribe
- Jovan Mandil, Serbian Jewish lawyer, journalist, newspaper editor, and publicist
- Jovan Marić, Serbian psychiatrist, author, sexologist, and professor
- Jovan Marinković, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Marinović, Serbian politician and diplomat
- Jovan Markoski, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Marković, Romanian footballer
- Jovan Markovski, Macedonian basketball player
- Jovan Markuš, Montenegrin politician, journalist, publicist, historian, and heraldist
- Jovan Melton, American politician and consultant
- Jovan Mijušković, Serbian doctor and Nazi politician
- Jovan Mikić Spartak, Yugoslavian track and field athlete, Olympics competitor, and anti-fascist
- Jovan Miladinović, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Mišković, Serbian general, war minister, military theorist, and writer
- Jovan Monasterlija, Austrian-Serbian duke, general, and militia commander
- Jovan Muškatirović, Habsburg Serbian author, lawyer, and educator
N
- Jovan Najdanović, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Naumović, Yugoslavian Serbian army general
- Jovan Nenad, Serbian noble and rebel monarch
- Jovan Nikolić (disambiguation), several people
- Jovan Ninković, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Nišić, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Novak, Serbian basketball player
O
- Jovan Obrenović, Serbian general
- Jovan Olafioye, US-born Canadian football player
- Jovan Oliver, Serbian noble, general, despot, knight, and judge
- Jovan Ovčarević, Habsburg Serbian noble
P
- Jovan Pačić, Serbian soldier, poet, writer, philologist, translator, illustrator, and painter
- Jovan Paču, Serbian composer, concert pianist, and physician
- Jovan Pajković, Serbian boxer and Olympics competitor
- Jovan Palalić, Serbian politician
- Jovan Pavlović, Serbian-Croatian Orthodox Christian metropolitan
- Jovan Pavlović (minister), Serbian newspaper publisher and education minister
- Jovan Pešić, Serbian war painter and photographer, sculpture, and Chetnik soldier
- Jovan Petrović
- Jovan Plamenac, Montenegrin and Yugoslavian politician, and Nazi collaborator
- Jovan Popović (disambiguation), several people
- Jovan Prokopljević, Serbian architect, cartoonist, and caricaturist
R
- Jovan Radivojević, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Radomir, Bosnian Yugoslavian-born Swedish television presenter, actor, author, and lyricist
- Jovan Radonić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslavian-Serbian historian and librarian
- Jovan Radonjić, Montenegrin noble and politician
- Jovan Radulović, Serbian writer, publicist, and library administrator
- Jovan Rajić, Habsburg Serbian writer, historian, theologian, traveller, geographer, and pedagogue
- Jovan Rašković, Serbian-Croatian psychiatrist, academic, and politician
- Jovan Rebula, South African golfer
- Jovan Ristić, Serbian politician, diplomat, and historian
- Jovan Ružić, Serbian Yugoslavian footballer
S
- Jovan Šajnović, Serbian conductor, professor, and classical pianist
- Jovan Santos-Knox, US-born Canadian football player
- Jovan Šarčević, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Savić, Serbian professor, bishop, diplomat, and politician
- Jovan Šević, Habsburg and Russian Serbian general
- Jovan Simić Bobovac, Serbian politician, military commander, and revolutionary
- Jovan Skerlić, Serbian writer and literary critic
- Jovan Smith, American songwriter, musician, and rapper
- Jovan Soldatović, Serbian sculptor
- Jovan Spasić, Yugoslavian footballer
- Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Stanojković
- Jovan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Stejić, Habsburg Serbian physician, writer, philologist, and policy critic
- Jovan Sterija Popović, Serbian playwright, poet, lawyer, philosopher, and pedagogue
- Jovan Stojanović, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Stojković
- Jovan Stojoski, Serbian-Macedonian sprinter
- Jovan Subotić, Serbian lawyer, writer, politician and academic
- Jovan Sundečić, Montenegrin Orthodox Christian priest, royal secretary, poet, and national anthem writer
T
- Jovan Talevski, Macedonian handball player
- Jovan Talovac, Serbian-Hungarian noble
- Jovan Tanasijević, Montenegrin footballer
- Jovan Tekelija, Habsburg-Serbian noble and military leader
- Jovan the Serb (disambiguation), several people
- Jovan Tomić, Serbian historian and academic
- Jovan Tošković, Montenegrin Serbian historian, professor and politician
- Jovan Trifunoski, Serbian, Yugoslav and Macedonian geographer and anthropologist
- Jovan Trnić, Serbian footballer
U
- Jovan Uglješa, Serbian noble, despot, and soldier
- Jovan Uroš, Serbian despot of Thessaly
V
- Jovan Valenta, Serbian physician, surgeon, hospital manager, and politician
- Jovan Vasić, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Vavic, Yugoslavian-born American water polo coach
- Jovan Veselinov, Serbian prime minister
- Jovan Vićić, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Vidović, Slovenian footballer
- Jovan Vlalukin, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Vladimir, Serbian monarch and saint
- Jovan Vraniškovski, Macedonian cleric
- Jovan Vojinović, Montenegrin basketball player
- Jovan Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
Z
- Jovan Zdravevski, Macedonian-born Icelandic basketball player
- Jovan Zivlak, Serbian poet, publisher, and essayist
- Jovan Zonjić, Serbian painter
- Jovan Zucović, Serbian footballer
- Jovan Žujović, Serbian anthropologist, geologist, paleontologist, and craniometrist
Fictional characters
- Jovan Myovic in the American TV series ''24''