Famous People with Name Blagoje

Blagoje Istatov            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Blagoje Istatov: is a Macedonian retired football goalkeeper.

Blagoje Vidinic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Blagoje Vidinic: was a Macedonian football coach, former player, and former Olympic participant of Serbian origin.The clubs he played for included FK Vardar, Radnicki Beograd, OFK Beograd, FC Sion of Switzerland, and the Los Angeles Toros and the St. Louis Stars of the NA

Blagoje Simic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Blagoje Simic: is a Serbian war criminal who is sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his crimes during the Bosnia war. He completed medical school in Tuzla in 1984 and in that same year started to work as a physician at the Medical Centre in Bosanski Šamac. In 1991 he obtained his residency in the field of internal medicine, which he then changed to epidemiology due to the war necessities. He became a member of the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) in the summer of 1990, and was the President of SDS Municipal Board in Bosanski Šamac from 1991 to 1995. He was heading the SDS list in the elections of 1990. He was vice-chairman of the Municipal Assembly from 1991 through 17 April 1992. In these positions he was responsible for issuing orders, policies, decisions and other regulations in the name of the Crisis Staff and War Presidency. It is also alleged that from 1991 to 1995 he was President of the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) in Bosanski Šamac; from 1991 to 17 April 1992, Vice-Chairman of the Municipal Assembly; and from 4 November 1991 to at least 30 November 1992, Deputy of the Assembly of the self-declared “Serb Autonomous Region of Northern Bosnia,” later called the “Serb Autonomous Province of Semberija and Majevica”. On or about 22 January 1993 he was elected President of the “Šamac Municipal Assembly” and served in this position until after the announcement of the First Indictment of the ICTY. He was the highest ranking civilian official in the municipality of Bosanski Šamac.

Blagoje Bratic - Grof            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Blagoje Bratic - Grof: is a Bosnian Serb former football player and manager. He got his nickname Grof (meaning: Count as royalty title) directly from Pelé in that famous game between Santos and representation of city Sarajevo. Pelé just said that he played like Count. He stayed in football, however, as the head coach of lower division sides such as Lokomotiva Brcko, NK Famos Hrasnica, GOŠK Dubrovnik, and Iskra Bugojno, before finally getting a chance to lead a top-division team with FK Željeznicar in the first part of 1987/88 season. In the early 1990s he coached in Malaysia.

Blagoje Bersa            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Blagoje Bersa: was a Croatian musical composer of substantial influence. Bersa was born in Dubrovnik. He studied in Zagreb with Ivan Zajc and at the Vienna Conservatory with Robert Fuchs. In 1919 he returned to Zagreb, where he worked as a composition teacher of the music academy. He remained there until his death.

Milan Blagojevic            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Milan Blagojevic: is a retired Australian soccer player of Serbian descent.

Cvijetin Blagojevic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Cvijetin Blagojevic: is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player. During his playing career he played in the Yugoslav First League clubs FK Sloboda Tuzla and Red Star Belgrade before deciding to continue his career abroad, playing first in Greece with Egaleo F.C., and then with Swedish club Vasalunds IF, and Portuguese CS Marítimo.

Milorad "Rod" R. Blagojevich            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Milorad "Rod" R. Blagojevich: is a politician who served as the 40th Governor of the U.S. State of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. The former State Representative was elected to represent parts of Chicago in the U.S. Congress, and was then elected governor in 2002, succeeding George Ryan.

Rod R. Blagojevich            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rod R. Blagojevich: is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago. He was elected go