List of Bosniaks

This is a list of historical and living Bosniaks who are famous or notable.

Academics

A–M

Adil Zulfikarpašić, politician and intellectual
Aida Hadžialić, Swedish youngest minister ever
Asim Peco, linguist and academic
Edina Lekovic, Director of Policy & Programming at the Muslim Public Affairs Council
Emir Vildić, academic musician
Enver Redžić, historian, cultural observer, publisher, professor
Faruk Čaklovica, Professor of Bromatology and Rector of the University of Sarajevo
Ferid Muhić, Professor of Philosophy
Hasan Muratović, former rector of the University of Sarajevo
Kemal Gekić, professor of piano at the Florida International University
Rifat Rastoder, politician, writer and journalist
Metin Boşnak, scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature
Muhamed Filipović, historian and philosopher
Mustafa Imamović, historian
Mina Aganagić, mathematical physicist

N–Z

Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić, children's book author and poet
Nijaz Duraković, author, intellectual, professor and politician
Nijaz Ibrulj, philosopher and a professor at the University of Sarajevo's Department of Philosophy and Sociology
Endi E. Poskovic, Professor at the University of Michigan School of Art and Design and Associate Faculty at the University of Michigan Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Seada Palavrić, judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Senahid Halilović, linguist
Smail Balić, Austrian historian and culturologist of Bosniak origin
Šemso Tucaković, writer, historian and faculty member in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Sarajevo.
Šerbo Rastoder, historian
Zijad Delic, Bosnian-Canadian Imam, activist, teacher, scholar and public speaker

Artists

A–M

Adi Granov, comic book artist
Endi E. Poskovic, Bosnian-American artist and printmaker
Kemal Curić, Bosnian automobile designer
Mersad Berber, painter

N–Z

Nela Hasanbegović, sculptor
Nesim Tahirović, painter, sculptor
Omer Halilhodžić, Bosnian automobile designer
Safet Zec, painter, graphic designer
Selma Harrington, Bosnian-born architect and designer who currently lives in Dublin, Ireland

Music

Composers

Dino Zonić, composer and conductor

Opera

Pop

Anabela Atijas, father was a Bosniak
Adnan Babajić
Alma Čardžić
Amila Glamočak
Dalal Midhat-Talakić
Danijel Alibabić, Montenegrin singer with a Bosniak father
Deen
Denial Ahmetović
Dino Merlin
Donna Ares
Dua Lipa, maternal grandmother is Bosniak
Dženy
Eldin Huseinbegović
Elvir Mekić
Emina Jahović
Fazla
Indira, mother is a Bosniak
Kemal Monteno
La Lana, mother is a Bosniak
Lepa Brena
Maya Sar
Marija Šerifović, has Bosniak ancestry through her father
Mirza Šoljanin
Nino Pršeš
Peter Nalitch, Russian singer whose grandfather was a Bosniak
Rialda
Sabahudin Kurt
Seka Aleksić, mother was a Bosniak
Selma Bajrami, mother was a Bosniak
Selma Muhedinović
Senidah, Slovenian singer whose parents were Bosniaks
Zuzi Zu

Rock

Alen Islamović
Branko Đurić, mother was a Bosniak
Cem Adrian, Turkish singer of Bosniak ancestry
Elvir Laković Laka
Hari Varešanović
Sead Lipovača
Seid Memić
Tibor & Sanin Karamehmedović

Rap

Sevdalinka

Folk

Al' Dino, singer-songwriter and composer
Asim Brkan
Elvira Rahić
Enes Begović
Esad Plavi
Halid Bešlić
Halid Muslimović
Haris Džinović
Jasmin Muharemović
Kemal Malovčić
Osman Hadžić
Nihad Alibegović
Nino Rešić
Sanela Sijerčić
Šaban Šaulić
Šako Polumenta
Šemsa Suljaković
Šerif Konjević

Guitarist

Denis Azabagić, classical guitarist

Lutenist

Edin Karamazov

Songwriters

Cinematography and theatre

A–M

Ademir Kenović, director and producer
Adnan Hasković, actor
Ahmed Imamović, director, producer and screenwriter
Ajla Hodžić, actress
Amra Silajdžić, actress and model
Bahrudin Čengić, film director and screenwriter
Benjamin Filipović, filmmaker
Damir Nikšić, conceptual artist
Danis Tanović, filmmaker
Elmir Jukić, director
Emir Hadžihafizbegović, actor
Enis Bešlagić, actor
Fadil Hadžić, film director
Faruk Sokolović, film director, producer, actor and screenwriter
Haris Dubica, director
Haris Pašović, theatre and film director
Husein Aličajić, filmmaker
Idda van Munster, pin-up and model
Ismet Horo, comedian
Izudin Bajrović, actor
Jasmila Žbanić, filmmaker
Jasmin Dizdar, filmmaker
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, actor and model
Mustafa Nadarević actor

N–Z

Reshad Strik, Australian actor of Bosniak descent
Sabina Vajrača, director, screenwriter, producer
Selma Alispahić, actress
Senad Bašić, actor
Sunny Suljic, American actor of Bosniak descent
Sulejman Medenčević, producer
Tahir Nikšić, actor
Tarik Filipović, actor
Zaim Muzaferija, actor
Zana Marjanović, actress
Zijah Sokolović, actor, writer, director
Zlatko Topčić, screenwriter and playwright

Criminals

Hazim Delić, Bosnian War criminal
Ismet Bajramović, Bosnian soldier and organised crime figure
Ramiz Delalić, one of several prominent underworld figures who helped defend Sarajevo
Mušan Topalović, Commander during the Bosnian war and a gangster
Jusuf Prazina, Sarajevan gangster and paramilitary warlord during the Bosnian War
Šefka Hodžić, convicted of the 1969 murder of her pregnant friend

Literature

A–M

Abdulah Sidran, poet and screenwriter
Alija Isaković, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer of the Bosnian language
Bisera Alikadić, poet and author, best known for her work Larva and Krug
Dževad Karahasan, awarded writer and philosopher
Edvin Kanka Ćudić, writer and leader of the UDIK
Faruk Šehić, poet, novelist and short story writer
Mehmed Kapetanović, writer and public official who founded the influential political journal Bošnjak

N–Z

Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić, children's author and poet
Nedžad Ibrišimović, writer and sculptor
Nihad Hasanović, writer and translator
Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar, novelist, poet and playwright
Safet Plakalo, playwright, journalist and theatre critic
Semezdin Mehmedinović, writer and filmmaker but also a magazine editor
Zlatko Topčić, awarded writer and screenwriter

Politicians

A–M

Adem Huskić, member of the House of Representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adil Zulfikarpašić, politician and intellectual
Adnan Terzić, former Prime Minister
Ahmet Hadžipašić, former prime minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aida Hadžialić, Swedish youngest minister ever
Alija Behmen, Mayor of Sarajevo
Alija Izetbegović, served as president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arminka Helic, Special Adviser and Chief of Staff to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Bakir Izetbegović, politician and son of Alija Izetbegović
Beriz Belkić, politician
Bisera Turković, Bosniak diplomat
Ed Husic, Australian federal politician
Ervin Ibrahimović, politician
Ejup Ganić, President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997 to 1999, 2000 to 2001
Fikret Abdić, served as President of former Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
Hamdija Lipovača, Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton from 2010 to 2014
Haris Silajdžić, served as prime minister and president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hasan Čengić, former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ibran Mustafić, politician and former soldier
Irfan Ljubijankić, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–95
Jasmin Imamović, mayor of Tuzla since 2001
Mehmed Kapetanović, 2nd mayor of Sarajevo
Mustafa Mujezinović (politician), former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

N–Z

Nedžad Branković, Bosnian politician
Omer Behmen, co-founder of the Party of Democratic Action
Rafet Husović, former political leader of the Bosniak party in Montenegro
Raif Dizdarević, former Yugoslav president 1988–89
Rasim Ljajić, Bosniak politician in Serbia
Rifat Rastoder, deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
Sabina Ćudić,, a Bosnian politician who is vice-president of the political party Naša stranka; Member of the House of Representatives of Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sanjin Halimović, involved in Sanski Most politics
Safet Babic, German politician of Bosniak descent
Selim Bešlagić, mayor of Tuzla 1990–2001
Semiha Borovac, former mayor of Sarajevo and Sarajevo's only female mayor
Sulejman Tihić, leader of the Party of Democratic Action and former president
Sulejman Ugljanin, Bosniak politician in Serbia
Šahbaz Džihanović, vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zlatko Lagumdžija, former Foreign Minister
Muamer Zukorlić, Bosniak politician and Islamic theologian, founder of the SPP political party and Grand Mufti of the Islamic Community of Sandžak from 1993 to 2016

Theologians

Hasan Kafi Pruščak
Šefko Omerbašić, Mufti and president of the Islamic Community in Croatia and Slovenia

Historical figures

Fata Orlović, woman in legal battle with Republika Srpska over church illegally built on her property

Businesspeople

Cem Uzan, businessman
Fahrudin Radončić, businessman and owner of Dnevni Avaz
Hakija Turajlić, businessman, economist and politician
Irfan Škiljan, creator of IrfanView
Kemal Kozarić, governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian-American lawyer, businessman and diplomat
Sanela Diana Jenkins, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Selma Prodanović, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Sportspeople

Basketball

Damir Mršić, basketball player
Damir Mulaomerović, basketball player
Džanan Musa, basketball player
Emir Mutapčić, basketball player
Emir Preldžić, basketball player
Emir Sulejmanović, basketball player
Hidayet Turkoglu, basketball player
Jusuf Nurkić, basketball player
Mirsad Turkcan, basketball player
Mirza Delibašić, former basketball player and FIBA Hall of Fame
Mirza Teletović, basketball player
Nihad Đedović, basketball player
Razija Mujanović, basketball player
Sabahudin Bilalović, basketball player
Sead Šehović, basketball player
Suad Šehović, basketball player

Football

Adem Ljajić, football player
Adnan Kovačević, football player
Adis Jasić, football player
Alen Bašić, football player
Dženis Burnić, German football player
Amar Dedić, football player
Amer Gojak, football player
Amir Hadžiahmetović, football player
Anel Ahmedhodžić, football player
Asim Ferhatović, football player
Asmir Begović, football player
Benjamin Tahirović, football player
Besim Šerbečić, football player
Darijo Srna, football player
Dennis Hadžikadunić, football player
Edin Džeko, football player
Edin Terzić, football coach and former player
Edin Višća, football player
Eldar Ćivić, football player
Elvir Baljić, football player
Elvir Bolić, football player
Enver Marić, football player
Ermedin Demirović, football player
Ermin Gadžo, football player
Ervin Zukanović, football player
Faruk Hadžibegić, football manager and former player
Haris Duljević, football player
Haris Seferović, football player
Hasan Salihamidžić, football player
Ibrahim Šehić, football player
Jasmin Burić, football player
Jasmin Mešanović, football player
Jusuf Gazibegović, football player
Kenan Kodro, football player
Kenan Pirić, football player
Mehmed Baždarević, football player
Meho Kodro, football player
Miralem Pjanić, football player
Mirsad Hibić, football player
Muhamed Bešić, football player
Muhamed Konjić, football player
Muhamed Mujić, football player
Muhammed Cham Saračević, Senegalese father, Bosniak mother, represents Austria
Mustafa Hasanagić, football player
Safet Sušić, football player
Sanjin Prcić, football player
Sead Hakšabanović, football player
Sead Kolašinac, football player
Sejad Salihović, football player
Senad Lulić, football player
Sergej Barbarez, football player
Smail Prevljak, football player
Vahid Halilhodžić, football player
Vedad Ibišević, football player
Zlatan Bajramović, football player
Zlatan Ibrahimović, football player

Handball

Alen Muratović, handball player
Abas Arslanagić, handball player
Benjamin Burić, handball player
Bilal Šuman, handball player
Edin Bašić, handball player
Enid Tahirović, handball player
Ermin Velić, handball player
Irfan Smajlagić, handball player
Majda Mehmedović, handball player
Mirsad Terzić, handball player
Mirza Džomba, handball player
Muhamed Memić, handball player
Muhamed Toromanović, handball player
Sead Hasanefendić, handball player

Volleyball

Adis Lagumdžija, volleyball player
Asim Medić, volleyball player
Nizam Čančar, volleyball player
Sabahudin Delalić, volleyball player

Cycling

Irvin Hušić, cyclist
Seid Lizde, cyclist
Vedad Karić, cyclist

Martial arts

Arnela Odžaković, karateka
Almedin Fetahović, boxer
Amer Hrustanović, wrestler
Amel Mekić, judoka
Damir Hadžović, mixed martial artist
Dževad Poturak, kickboxer
Arian Sadiković, kickboxer
Enad Ličina, boxer
Felix Sturm, boxer
Hamid Guska, boxer
Larisa Cerić, judoka
Marco Huck, boxer
Memnun Hadžić, boxer
Mirsad Bektić, mixed martial artist
Nedžad Husić, taekwondo

Tennis

Amer Delić, tennis player
Damir Džumhur, tennis player
Mirza Bašić, tennis player

Other

Almir Velagić, weightlifter
Amel Tuka, track and field athlete
Dino Beganovic, Swedish-Bosnian racing driver
Hamza Alić, shot putter
Irvin Tahmaz, long jumper

Scientists, medicine and inventors

Asim Kurjak, physician, gynecologist
Asim Peco, linguist and professor of philology at the University of Belgrade
Rifat Hadžiselimović, geneticist

Military

A–M

Ahmet Sejdić, commander of the First Visegrad Brigade of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arif Pašalić, Bosnian military officer who commanded the 4th Corps of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Atif Dudaković, former general in the Bosnian Army
Avdo Palić, Bosnian military officer during the Bosnian War
Enver Hadžihasanović, general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Izet Nanić, Bosnian brigade commander
Mehmed Alagić, former general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mušan Topalović, commander of the 10th Mountain Brigade in the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan, general of the Bosnian Army
Mustafa Polutak

N–Z

Naser Orić, war-time military officer
Ramiz Delalić, commander of 9th Mountain Brigade in Sarajevo
Rasim Delić, former general and commander in the Bosnian Army
Sabiha Gökçen, first Turkish female combat pilot
Sefer Halilović, former general and commander in the Bosnian Army, politician
Zaim Imamović, commander of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina forces in Goražde during the Bosnian War

Militants

Sabina Selimovic and Samra Kesinovic, ISIS brides

Other

Dina Džanković, Miss Serbia and Montenegro in 2005
Hasan Čemalović, architect
Hasan Nuhanović, survivor of the Srebrenica genocide
Himzo Selimović, former head of the Ministry of Security
Inela Nogić, won the 1993 Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant
Irvin Mujčić, human rights activist, tour guide, and survivor of the Srebrenica genocide
Kemal Kurspahić, Managing Editor of The Connection Newspapers
Omer Halilhodžić, automotive designer
Semir Osmanagić, author, businessman and pseudoarchaeologist