Jure (given name)
Jure is a South Slavic masculine given name found in Slovenia and Croatia.
It is cognate to the names Juraj and Jurij, in turn cognate to George in English.
Notable people with the name include:
- Jure Balažič, Slovenian basketball player
- Jure Balkovec, Slovenian football player
- Jure Bilić, Yugoslav politician
- Jure Bogdan, Croatian bishop
- Jure Brkljača, Croatian singer
- Jure Čolak, Croatian-German football player
- Jure Detela was a Slovene poet, writer, and essayist
- Jure Dobelšek, Slovenian handball player
- Jure Dolenc, American film actor of Slovene descent
- Jure Dolenec, Slovenian handball player
- Jure Francetić, Croatian fascist
- Jure Godler, Slovenian writer, actor, composer and comedian
- Jure Golčer, Slovenian cyclist
- Jure Grando, Istrian villager
- Jure Guvo, Croatian football player
- Jure Ivanković, Bosnian football manager
- Jure Kocjan, Slovenian road racing cyclist
- Jure Košir, Slovenian alpine skier
- Jure Lalić, Croatian basketball player
- Jure Lenarčič, Slovenian canoeist
- Jure Leskovec, Slovenian computer scientist
- Jure Matjašič, Slovenian football player
- Jure Meglič, Slovenian slalom canoeist
- Jure Milina, Croatian football player
- Jure Močnik, Slovenian basketball player
- Jure Obšivač, Croatian football player
- Jure Pavic, Croatian football player
- Jure Pavlič, Yugoslav cyclist
- Jure Pavlović, Croatian film director
- Jure Pelivan, Bosnian Croat politician and economist
- Jure Primorac, Croatian-born French football player
- Jure Radelj, Slovenian ski jumper
- Jure Ritlop, Slovenian basketball player
- Jure Robič, Slovenian cyclist and soldier
- Jure Rupnik, Slovenian cyclist
- Jure Šinkovec, Slovenian ski jumper
- Jure Šterk was a Slovenian long-distance sailor
- Jure Velepec, Slovenian biathlete
- Jure Zdovc, Slovenian basketball player and coach
- Jure Zrimšek, Slovenian cyclist
- Jure Zupan, Slovenian physicist