Famous People with Name Novak

Novak Djokovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Novak Djokovic: a Serbian professional tennis player and current World No. 3.In January 2008, he won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. After a straight sets win over World No. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer in the semifinals, Djokovic won the final in four sets against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He thereby became the first player representing Serbia ever to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest player in the open era to have reached all four Grand Slam semifinals.[3]

Elod Novák            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Elod Novák: is a Hungarian politician and one of the deputy chairmen of the Movement for a Better Hungary. After the 2010 elections he was elected to the National Assembly of Hungary. His wife is Dóra Dúró.

Marin Stojkic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Marin Stojkic: is a Croatian futsal player who plays for MNK Split Brodosplit Inženjering and the Croatia national futsal team.

Grga Novak            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Grga Novak: was a distinguished Croatian historian, archaeologist and geographer, President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1958 to 1978. Born on the island of Hvar, he was Professor of Ancient History in the University of Zagreb, where he was also Rector in 1946-1947. He is best known for pioneering archaeology in Croatia, and his publications on the history of Dalmatia, Split, Dubrovnik, Hvar and the Adriatic Islands. Grga Novak was the most important Croatian scholar of his generation in the field of history and archaeology. His area of expertise covered the Ancient World (Greece, Rome, Egypt), in addition to having a deep knowledge of the history of Croatia, especially Dalmatia and the Adriatic Sea and its islands. He wrote extensively, lectured and travelled. The most important publications of this distinguished Croatian historian were his History of Split (in three volumes), histories of Hvar, Vis, and Dubrovnik, as well as a comprehensive history of Dalmatia in the ancient world. Dr Novak also published five volumes of Governors' reports about Dalmatia, based on material from Venetian archives. His book on the prehistoric sites of Hvar, with the results of his archaeological research form the basis for the further excavation and research of the Adriatic Islands Project.

Gabi Novak            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Gabi Novak: is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. She became famous in the 1960s. She is married to Arsen Dedic, a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs.

Slobodan Novak            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Slobodan Novak: is a Croatian prose writer, novelist and essayist. Later, Novak published a collection of interviews with Jelena Hekman in a book named Digresije (English: Digressions) in 2001. He later published Protimbe (English: Dissent) (2003) which he considered as an expansion of Digresije. Protimbe is one of the greatest works of Croatian autobiographical prose, rich with reminiscences and associations on youth, political and social life in SFR Yugoslavia, on the writer's experience of Croatian War of Independence and political and social changes. In the novel, he also portrays his friends and enemies, from Vlado Gotovac to Antun Šoljan, from Sven Lasta to Vladimir Bakaric. Also, the novel consists of the writer's thoughts and evaluation of the position of Croatianhood, grammar, aesthetics, ICTY, war crimes, Serbian political project, Communism and Croatian national fate.