List of Bosniaks

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

Writers

Mak Dizdar, his works Stone Sleeper and The Blue River are important poetic achievements
Hamid Dizdar, writer and poet but also older brother of Mak Dizdar
Safvet-beg Bašagić, considered the father of Bosnian renaissance
Osman Nuri Hadžić, intellectual and writer who co-launched the political journal Behar
Edhem Mulabdić, writer and co-founder of the political journal Behar
Mehmed Kapetanović, writer and public official who founded the influential political journal Bošnjak ("Bosniak")
Musa Ćazim Ćatić, poet of the Bosnian Renaissance at the turn of the 20th century
Alija Isaković, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer of the Bosnian language
Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić, children's author and poet
Hasan Kikić, literate and poet who co-founded the journal Putokaz (Signpost)
Zuko Džumhur, writer, painter and caricaturist.
Mula Mustafa Bašeskija, 18th-century chronicler, diarist, poet, calligrapher and retired Jannisary in the Ottoman Empire.
Dževad Karahasan, awarded writer and philosopher
Bisera Alikadić, poet and author, best known for her work Larva and Krug
Semezdin Mehmedinović, writer and filmmaker but also a magazine editor
Skender Kulenović, novelist, dramatist and poet
Abdulah Sidran, poet and screenwriter
Derviš Sušić, writer best known for his first work I, Danilo
Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar, novelist, poet and playwright
Nedžad Ibrišimović, writer and sculptor
Hamza Humo, writer of short novels and editor of both Zabavnik and Gajret
Enver Čolaković, best known for his 1944 novel The Legend of Ali-Pasha
Zija Dizdarević, prose writer
Ahmed Muradbegović, writer, dramatist and novelist
Nihad Hasanović, writer and translator
Avdo Karabegović, writer and poet
Osman Đikić, romantic poet and dramatist
Abdulvehab Ilhamija, 18th-century dervish and prose writer
Husein Dubravić, comedic writer, historian, teacher, and publisher
Faruk Šehić, poet, novelist and short story writer
Ćamil Sijarić, novelist and short story writer
Sait Orahovac, awarded author and folklorist
Zaim Topčić, awarded writer
Zlatko Topčić, awarded writer and screenwriter
Safet Plakalo, playwright, journalist and theatre critic
Mustafa Busuladžić, writer, scientist

Academics

Adil Zulfikarpašić, politician and intellectual
Aida Hadžialić, Swedish youngest minister ever
Akif Šeremet, history and geography professor and communist activist
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
Metin Boşnak, scholar of American Studies and Comparative Literature
Muhamed Filipović, Bosnian historian and philosopher
Mustafa Ejubović, historian and Mufti of Mostar
Mustafa Imamović, Bosnian historian
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 (CREES)
Seada Palavrić, judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Senahid Halilović, linguist
Smail Balić, Austrian historian and culturologist of Bosniak origin
Šefik Bešlagić, cultural historian
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

Music

Cinematography and theatre

Ademir Kenović (born 1950), director and producer
Adnan Hasković (born 1984), actor
Ahmed Imamović (born 1971), director, producer and screenwriter
Ajla Hodžić (born 1980), actress
Amra Silajdžić (born 1984), actress and model
Bahrudin Čengić (1931–2007), film director and screenwriter
Benjamin Filipović (1962–2006), filmmaker
Damir Nikšić (born 1970), conceptual artist
Danis Tanović (born 1969), filmmaker
Elmir Jukić (born 1971), director
Emir Hadžihafizbegović (born 1961), actor
Enis Bešlagić (born 1975), actor
Fadil Hadžić (1922–2011), film director
Faruk Sokolović (born 1952), film director, producer, actor and screenwriter
Hajrudin Krvavac (1926–1992), film director
Haris Dubica, director
Haris Pašović (born 1961), theatre and film director
Husein Aličajić, filmmaker
Idda van Munster (born 1990), pin-up and model
Ismet Horo (born 1959), comedian
Jasmila Žbanić (born 1974), filmmaker
Jasmin Dizdar (born 1961), filmmaker
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (born 1983), actor and model (Tatlıtuğ's paternal grandmother was an ethnic Bosniak)
Mustafa Nadarević (1943–2020) actor
Izudin Bajrović (born 1963), actor
Rejhan Demirdžić (1927–1988), actor, TV writer and comedian
Mirza Pasic (born 1976), filmmaker
Reshad Strik (born 1981), Australian actor of Bosniak descent
Sabina Vajrača (born 1977), director, screenwriter, producer
Selma Alispahić (born 1970), actress
Senad Bašić (born 1962), actor
Sulejman Medenčević (born 1963), producer
Tahir Nikšić (born 1950), actor
Tarik Filipović (born 1972), actor
Zaim Muzaferija (1923–2003), actor
Zana Marjanović (born 1983), actress
Zijah Sokolović (born 1950), actor, writer, director
Zlatko Topčić (born 1955), screenwriter and playwright

Painting

Adi Granov, comic book artist
Mersad Berber, painter
Endi E. Poskovic, Bosnian-American artist and printmaker.
Nesim Tahirović, painter, sculptor
Safet Zec, painter, graphic designer

Sculpting

Nela Hasanbegović, sculptor

Graphic design

Endi E. Poskovic, Bosnian-American artist and printmaker.
Haris Čizmić, Bosnian American artist, musician, video producer and graphic, industrial and web designer.
Kemal Curić, Bosnian automobile designer.
Selma Harrington, Bosnian-born architect and designer who currently lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Omer Halilhodžić, Bosnian automobile designer.

Politicians

Adem Huskić (born 1955), member of the House of Representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), politician and intellectual
Adnan Terzić (born 1960), former Prime Minister
Ahmet Hadžipašić (1952–2008), former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alija Behmen (1940–2018), Mayor of Sarajevo
Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), served as president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Arminka Helic, special Adviser (SPAD) and Chief of Staff to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Avdo Humo (1914–1983)
Bakir Izetbegović (born 1956), politician and son of Alija Izetbegović
Beriz Belkić (born 1946)
Bisera Turković (born 1954), Bosniak diplomat
Džafer Kulenović (1891–1956), Vice-President of the Independent State of Croatia
Džemal Bijedić (1917–1977), served as Prime Minister of former SFR Yugoslavia
Ed Husic (born 1970), Australian federal politician
Ejup Ganić (born 1946), President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1997–99, 2000–01
Fikret Abdić (born 1939), served as President of former Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
Hamdija Lipovača (born 1976), Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton from 2010–14
Hamdija Pozderac (1924–1988), served as Vice President of former SFR Yugoslavia
Haris Silajdžić (born 1945), served as prime minister and president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hasan Brkić (1913–1965), Yugoslavian communist politician
Hasan Čengić (born 1957), former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ibran Mustafić (born 1960), politician and former soldier
Irfan Ljubijankić (1952–1995), Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993–95
Jasmin Imamović (born 1957), mayor of Tuzla since 2001
Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902), 2nd mayor of Sarajevo
Mehmed Spaho (1883–1939), leader of the Yugoslav Muslim Organization and the most popular Bosniak leader alongside Alija Izetbegović
Mustafa Fadilpašić (1830–1892), 1st Mayor of Sarajevo
Mustafa Mujezinović (1954–2019), former Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nahid Kulenović (1929–1969), member of the Croatian Liberation Movement
Nedžad Branković (born 1962), Bosnian politician
Nezir Škaljić (1844–1905), 3rd mayor of Sarajevo
Nurija Pozderac (1892–1943), politician and liberation leader during World War II, Patriarch of the Pozderac political family
Omer Behmen (1922–2009), co-founder of the Party of Democratic Action
Osman Karabegović (1911–1996), communist politician and Order of the People's Hero recipient
Osman Kulenović (1889–1947), politician and lawyer
Raif Dizdarević (born 1926), former Yugoslav president 1988–89
Rasim Ljajić (born 1964), Bosniak politician in Serbia
Rifat Rastoder (born 1950), deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
Sanjin Halimović (born 1969), involved in Sanski Most politics
Safet Babic (born 1981), German politician of Bosniak descent
Selim Bešlagić (born 1942), mayor of Tuzla 1990–2001
Semiha Borovac (born 1955), former mayor of Sarajevo and Sarajevo's only female mayor
Sulejman Tihić (1951–2014), leader of the Party of Democratic Action and former president
Sulejman Ugljanin (born 1953), Bosniak politician in Serbia
Šahbaz Džihanović (born 1949), vice President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 1955), former Foreign Minister

Ottoman Period

Damad Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier
Dervish Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier
Gazi Hüsrev Pasha, Grand Vizier
Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić, Grand Vizier
Hadim Ibrahim Pasha
Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Kara Davud Pasha, Grand Vizier
Nevesinli Salih Pasha, Grand Vizier
Sarı Süleyman Pasha
Sinan-paša Sijerčić
Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier
Topal Recep Pasha, Grand Vizier
Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Admiral
Gazi Husrev-beg, Sanjakbey of Bosnia and builder of Sarajevo
Ferhad Pasha Sokolović First beylerbey of Bosnia and builder of Banja Luka
Lala Mustafa Pasha Bosniak military strategist and Grand Vizier
Sinan Pasha (Ottoman admiral) Bosniak naval strategist
Rüstem Pasha Bosniak Grand Vizier (some sources claim he was a Croat)
Damat Ferid Pasha Grand Vizier from the region of Sandžak
Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha Long lasting Grand Vizier
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Long lasting Grand Vizier (some say he was a Serb)
Jazzar Pasha Bosniak military strategist that defeated Napoleon at the Siege of Acre 1799
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha beylerbey of Bosnia and defender of the town Kanije

Theologians

Abdurahman Čokić, Mufti
Ali Džabić
Antun Knežević
Džemaludin Čaušević
Ivan Franjo Jukić
Mehmed Handžić, was one of the authors of Resolution of Sarajevo Muslims'
Mustafa Cerić, is a Bosniak cleric who served as the reisu-l-ulema of Bosnia and Herzegovina and currently president of the World Bosniak Congress.
Šefko Omerbašić, Mufti and president of the Islamic Community in Croatia and Slovenia

Historical figures

Alija Alijagić (1896–1922), early Communist and assassin
Ali-paša Rizvanbegović, Vizier of Herzegovina
Alija Sirotanović, famous miner
Damat İbrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier
Emina Sefić (1884–1967), subject of the poem Emina
Fata Omanović (1883–1967), historical figure
Fata Orlović (born 1942), woman in legal battle with Republika Srpska over church illegally built on her property
Ferhat-paša Sokolović, Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gazi Husrev-beg, first notable Bosniak leader
Hadım-paša Boronivić, Ottoman grand vizier
Hasan Predojević, commander of the Ottoman northern army
Husein-Kapetan Gradaščević, Bosniak rebel aristocrat
Isa-Beg Isaković, founder of Sarajevo
Mehmed-beg Kulenović, commander of the Bosniak forces in 1806
Muhamed Hadžijamaković, one of the leaders of the movement for independent Bosnia in 1878
Muhamed Mehmedbašić, revolutionary
Osman Gradaščević, Bosniak nobleman
Skender-paša Mihajlovic, sanjakbey of the Bosnian Sanjak in period 1478–1480, 1485–1491 and 1499–1504
Telli Hasan Pasha, fifth Ottoman beylerbey of Bosnia and a notable Ottoman military commander
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, or Hasan-paša Tiro

Business People

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
Mustafa Komadina, businessman and former mayor of Mostar

Sportspeople

Basketball

Emir Sulejmanović, basketball player
Mirza Teletović, basketball player
Nihad Đedović, basketball player
Jusuf Nurkić, basketball player
Emir Preldžić, basketball player
Mirza Delibašić, former basketball player and FIBA Hall of Famer
Sabahudin Bilalović, basketball player
Damir Mršić, basketball player

Football

Hasan Salihamidžić, football player
Darijo Srna, football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother)
Asmir Begović, football player
Edin Džeko, football player
Meho Kodro, football player
Miralem Pjanić, football player
Sergej Barbarez, football player (Bosnian Serb father, Bosniak mother)
Vedad Ibišević, football player
Safet Sušić, football player
Zlatan Ibrahimović, football player (Bosniak father, Croatian mother)
Elvir Bolić, football player
Muhamed Bešić, football player

Scientists, medicine and inventors

Asaf Duraković, physician and expert in nuclear medicine and depleted uranium
Asim Kurjak, physician, gynecologist
Asim Peco, linguist and professor of Philology at the University of Belgrade
Mahmut Bajraktarević, mathematician
Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath, inventor and swordsman

Military

Abdulah Muhasilović, World War II army chaplain
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
Elez Dervišević, youngest soldier to fight in World War I
Enver Hadžihasanović, General of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ferid Džanić, leader of the September 1943 Villefranche-de-Rouergue Mutiny within the SS Division Handschar.
Halim Malkoč, Bosnian Muslim Imam and SS Obersturmführer in the Waffen-SS division Handschar
Husejin Biščević, highest ranking Bosnian military officer in the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
Izet Nanić, Bosnian brigade commander
Mehmed Alagić, former general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Muhamed Hadžiefendić, Domobran senior officer, commander of a Bosniak militia and Bosnian autonomist in WWII
Mehmed-beg Kulenović, Ottoman soldier
Murat-beg Tardić, Ottoman general
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
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
Vahida Maglajlić, only Bosniak woman to receive the People's Hero of Yugoslavia medal for her part in the struggle against the Axis powers during World War II as a Yugoslav Partisan.
Zaim Imamović, commander of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina forces in Goražde during the Bosnian War

Militants

Sabina Selimovic and Samra Kesinovic, ISIS bride

Notable 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

Other

Šefik Bešlagić, (1908–1990), cultural historian
Dina Džanković (born 1986), Miss Serbia and Montenegro in 2005
Hasan Čemalović (born 1947), architect
Hasan Nuhanović (born 1968), survivor of the Srebrenica genocide
Himzo Selimović (born 1961), former head of the Ministry of Security
Inela Nogić (born 1976), won the 1993 Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant
Kemal Kurspahić (born 1946), Managing Editor of The Connection Newspapers
Omer Halilhodžić (born 1963), automotive designer
Suada Dilberović (1968–1992), first casualty of the Bosnian War
Selman Selmanagić (1905–1986), architect

References

Logicka Djela Bosanskih Turaka na Arapskom Jeziku by Dr. Amir Ljubić

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