Jovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Church Slavonic: Їωан) is a Serbian male given name equivalent to English "John" or Slavic "Ivan", from Hebrew: יהוחנן. 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
  • Jovan Gavrilović (1796–1877), Serbian historian, politician, statesman, diplomat, prince's deputy, and people's benefactor
  • Jovan Georgijević (c. 1710 –1773), Serbian Orthodox Christian metropolitan
  • Jovan Gligorijević (a.k.a. Zeka Buljubaša; c. 1785 – 1813), Serbian noble and revolutionary captain
  • Jovan Gojković (1975–2001), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Golić (born 1986), Bosnian footballer
  • Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875), Austro-Hungarian Serbian poet, writer, translator, and physician
  • Jovan Grković-Gapon (1879–1912), Kosovar-Serbian Orthodox Christian monk and Chetnik
  • 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
  • Jovan Ilić (1824–1901), Serbian poet and politician
  • Jovan Isailović (fl. 1772–1804), Serbian icon painter and muralist; grandfather of Jovan Isailović, Jr.
  • Jovan Isailović, Jr. (1803–1885), Serbian academic painter; grandson of Jovan Isailović
  • Jovan Kantul (a.k.a. Jovan II; fl. 1592–1614), Serbian archbishop and patriarch
  • Jovan Kapičić (a.k.a. Jovo Kapičić; 1919–2013), Yugoslavian general and politician
  • Jovan Karamata (1902–1967), Serbian mathematician, professor, and school founder
  • Jovan Karlo Villalba (born 1977), American artist
  • Jovan Kastratović (born 1993), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan II Kastriot (a.k.a. Gjon Kastrioti II; 1456–1501), Albanian count and national liberation hero
  • Jovan Kavarić (born 1934), Montenegrin clinical biochemist, professor, and politician
  • Jovan Kirovski (born 1976), American soccer player, Olympics competitor, and coach
  • Jovan Kokir (born 2000), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Kolundžija (born 1948), Serbian violin maestro and politician
  • Jovan Koprivica (born 1982), Serbian basketball player
  • Jovan Koseski (pen name of Janez Vesel; 1798–1884), Slovenian lawyer and poet
  • Jovan Kostovski (born 1987), Macedonian footballer
  • Jovan Kosturi (1831–1924), Albanian politician and Tosk Albanian dialect education advocate
  • Jovan Kratohvil (1924–1998), Yugoslavian sports shooter and Olympics competitor
  • Jovan Krkobabić (1930–2014), Serbian politician
  • Jovan Krneta (born 1992), Serbian footballer
  • Jovan Kursula (a.k.a. Jovan Petrović; 1768–1813), Serbian military commander, swordfighter, and revolutionary
  • 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
  • Jovan Uglješa (a.k.a. Uglješa Mrnjavčević; fl. 1346–1371), Serbian noble, despot, and soldier
  • Jovan Uroš (a.k.a. John Uroš; fl. c. 1370 – c. 1373; died 1422–23), Serbian despot of Thessaly

Fictional characters

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See also

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