• Radovan, 13th century Serbian architect born in Ragusa
• Atanasije Nikolić (1803–1882)
• Andreja Damjanović (1813–1878), 19th century architect from Macedonia, also claimed by Bulgaria
• Emilijan Josimović (1823–1897)
• Nikola Djordjević (the 19th century)
• Aleksandar Bugarski (1835–1891)
• Svetozar Ivačković (1844–1924), post-Romantic architect^[1]
• Konstantin Jovanović (1849–1923), architect who designed National assemblies of Serbia and Bulgaria and National Bank of Serbia^[2]
• Milan Antonović (1850–1929)
• Milica Krstić Čolak-Antić (1887–1964), one of the most important female architects during the first half of the twenty-first century.
• Vladimir Nikolić (1857–1922)
• Andra Stevanović (1859–1929)
• Dimitrije T. Leko (1864–1914), Serbian architect and urbanist^[3]
• Nikola Nestorović (1868–1957)
• Danilo Vladisavljević (1871–1923)
• Momčilo Tapavica (1872–1949), designer of Novi Sad's Matica Srpska building; also 1st Serb to win an Olympic medal at 1st modern Olympic Games (Athens, Greece, 1896)^[4]
• Petar Popović (1873–1945)
• Petar Bajalović (1876–1947)
• Branko Tanazević (1876–1945)
• Jelisaveta Načić (1876–1955), pioneer in women's architecture in Serbia^[5]
• Đura Bajalović (1879–1949)
• Momir Korunović (1883–1969)
• Dragiša Brašovan (1887–1965), modernist architect, leading architect of the early 20th century in Yugoslavia^[6]
• Jovanka Bončić-Katerinić (1887–1966), architect, 1st woman engineer in Germany^[7]
• Milan Minić (architect) (1889–1961, architect^[8]
• Aleksandar Deroko (1894–1988), architect, artist, professor and author^[9]
• Nikola Dobrović (1897–1967)^[10]
• Milan Zloković (1898–1965), architect, founder of the Group of Architects of Modern Expressions.^[11]
• Branislav Kojić (1899–1986)
• Mihailo Janković (1911–1976), architect who designed several important structures in Serbia^[12]
• Milica Šterić (1914–1998), architect for Energoprojekt, built post World War 2 power plants^[13]
• Alexis Josic (1921–2011), French architect
• Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010), architect, urbanist and essayist, designed monumental concrete sculpture in Jasenovac^[14]
• Ivan Antić (1923–2005), architect and academic, considered one of the former Yugoslavia's best post-World War 2 architects^[15]
• Ilija Arnautović (1924–2009), Yugoslav and Serbian architect, known for his projects during the period of Serbian and Slovenian socialism (1960–1980)^[16]
• Ivanka Raspopović (1930–2015), Serbian architect^[17][18]
• Predrag Ristić (1931–2019), Serbian architect^[19]
• Ranko Radović (1935–2005)
• Aleksandar Đokić (1936–2002), architect known for Brutalist and postmodernist styles^[20]
• Zoran Bojović (1936–2018), architect for Energoprojekt, worked in Africa^[21]
• Zoran Manević (1937–2019), prominent Serbian architecture historian^[22]
• Ljiljana Bakić (1939–2022), Serbian architect^[23]
• Jovan Prokopljević (born 1940)
• Louis and Dennis Astorino (born 1948), American architects of Serbian origin, Louis was the 1st American architect to design a building in the Vatican^[24]
• Ksenija Bulatović (born 1967), architect
• Maja Vidaković Lalić (born 1972), architect^[25]
• Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), architect and academic^[26][27]

• Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910), recognized as the first sculptor of modern Serbia^[28]
• Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), won prizes at the World Exhibitions in Paris 1889 and 1900 for the works "Gusle" and "Kosovo Monument"
• Simeon Roksandić (1874–1943), sculptor and academic, highly regarded for his bronzes and fountains (Čukur Fountain), frequently cited as one of the most important figures in Yugoslavian sculpture.^[29][30]
• Dragomir Arambašić (1881–1945)
• Vukosava Velimirović (1888–1965)
• Iva Despić-Simonović (1891–1961)
• Risto Stijović (1894–1974), sculptor, author of Monument to Franchet d'Esperey in Belgrade^[31]
• Sreten Stojanović (1898–1960)
• John David Brcin (1899–1983), Serbian American sculptor
• Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908–1974)
• Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), Yugoslav sculptor^[32]
• Bogosav Živković (1920–2005)
• Jovan Soldatović (1920–2005)
• Dragiša Stanisavljević (1921–2012)
• Olga Jevrić (1922–2014), awarded sculptor^[33]
• Matija Vuković (1925–1985)
• Dušan Džamonja (1928–2009), sculptor^[34]
• Miodrag Živković (1928–2020)
• Slavomir Miletić (born 1930)
• Nebojša Mitrić (1931–1989)
• Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), former professor at Faculty of Applied Arts
• Drinka Radovanović (born 1943), sculptor of many monuments to national heroes
• Slobodan Pejić (1944–2006)
• Lilly Otasevic (born 1969), Serbian born Canadian sculptor/designer
• Mihailo Stošović (born 1971)

• Lovro Dobričević of Kotor (c. 1420 – 1478), Venetian painter who first started to paint at the Serbian Orthodox Savina Monastery, Montenegro, in the mid-15th century.
• Đorđe Mitrofanović (c. 1550 – 1630), Serbian fresco painter and muralist who travelled and worked throughout the Balkans and the Levant.
• Joakim Marković (c. 1685 – 1757)
• Hristofor Žefarović (1710–1753)
• Teodor Stefanov Gologlavac (18th century)
• Janko Halkozović (18th century)
• Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781)
• Jakov Orfelin, (early 18th century–1803)
• Vasa Ostojić, (1730–1791)
• Teodor Kračun (1730–1781)
• Dimitrije Bačević (1735–1770)
• Nikola Nešković (1740–1789)
• Lazar Serdanović, (1744–1799)
• Simeon Lazović (c. 1745 – 1817)
• Teodor Ilić Češljar (1746–1793)
• Stefan Gavrilović (c. 1750 – 1823)
• Jovan Pačić (1771–1849)
• Pavel Đurković (1772–1830)
• Aleksije Lazović (1774–1873)
• Petar Nikolajević Moler (1775–1816), revolutionary and painter
• Georgije Bakalović (1786–1843), Serbian painter
• Konstantin Danil (1798–1873), painter and portraitist of the 19th century
• Grigorije Davidović-Obšić, (18th century)
• Uroš Knežević (1811–1876)
• Katarina Ivanović^[35][30] (1811–1882)
• Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855), painter known best for his iconostasis and frescos.
• Pavel Petrović (1818–1887)
• Pavel Đurković (early 19th century)
• Novak Radonić (1826–1890)
• Mina Karadžić (1828–1894)
• Đura Jakšić^[30] (1832–1878)
• Ladislav Eugen Petrovits (1839–1907)
• Đorđe Krstić (1851–1907)
• Uroš Predić^[30] (1857–1923)
• Paja Jovanović (1859–1957)
• Anastas Bocarić (1864–1944)
• Marko Murat (1864–1944)
• Dragutin Inkiostri Medenjak (1866–1942), painter^[36] and is also considered the first interior designer in Serbia.
• Jovan Pešić (1866–1936)
• Beta Vukanović (1872–1972)
• Rista Vukanović (1873–1918)
• Nadežda Petrović^[30] (1873–1915)
• Stevan Aleksić (1876–1923)
• Veljko Stanojević (1878–1977)
• Branko Popović (1882–1944)
• Todor Švrakić (1882–1931)
• Ljubomir Ivanović (1882–1945)
• Lazar Drljača (1882–1970)
• Jovan Bijelić (1886–1964)
• Petar Dobrović (1890–1942)
• Vasa Pomorišac (1893–1961)
• Risto Stijović (1894–1974)
• Zora Petrović (1894–1962)
• Ilija Bašičević (1895–1972)
• Ignjat Job (1895–1936)
• Sava Šumanović^[30] (1896–1942)
• Mladen Josić (1897–1972)
• Milo Milunović (1897–1967)
• Milan Konjović (1898–1993)
• Ivan Tabaković (1898–1977)
• Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1978)
• Dragan Aleksić (1901–1958), Yugoslav dadaist painter, founder of Yugo-Dada
• Mihajlo Petrov (1902–1983)
• Marko Čelebonović (1902–1986), artist
• Đorđe Andrejević Kun (1904–1964) Serbian and Yugoslavian painter, designer of the Belgrade Coat of Arms and reputedly designed the Coat of arms of Yugoslavia and Yugoslav orders and medals
• Janko Brašić (1906–1994), one of the foremost contributors to the naive art genre
• Petar Lubarda^[30] (1907–1974)
• Predrag Milosavljević (1908–1989)
• Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945)
• Ljubica Sokić (1914–2009)
• Miodrag B. Protić (1922–2014)
• Ljubinka Jovanović (1922–2015)
• Milorad Bata Mihailović (1923–2011)
• Mića Popović (1923–1996)
• Mića Popović (1923–1996)
• Kossa Bokchan (1925–2009)
• Sava Stojkov (1925–2014)
• Mladen Srbinović (1925–2009)
• Petar Omčikus (1926–2019)
• Ljubomir Pavićević Fis (1927–2015), graphic- and industrial designer, According to the Belgrade Museum of Applied Arts, "Serbia's oldest and most well-known designer".^[37]
• Draginja Vlasic (1928–2011), painter
• Radomir Stević Ras (1931–1982)
• Olja Ivanjicki (1931–2009), contemporary artist in fields such as sculpture, poetry, costume design, architecture and writing, but was best known for her painting.^[38]
• Jelena Patrnogic (1932–2010)
• Predrag Koraksić Corax (born 1933), political caricaturist
• Ljuba Popović (1934–2016)
• Milić od Mačve (1934–2000)
• Vladislav Lalicki (1935–2008)
• Vladimir Veličković (1935–2019)
• Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan (born 1935)
• Bratsa Bonifacho (born 1937)
• Djordje Prudnikov (1939–2017)
• Dušan Otašević (born 1940)
• Stevan Knežević (1940–1995)
• Dušan Petričić (born 1946), illustrator and caricaturist (Toronto Star, New York Times)
• Dragan Malešević Tapi (1949–2002)
• Jugoslav Vlahović (born 1949), illustrator, known for many Yugoslav album covers
• Relja Penezic (born 1950)
• Branislav Kerac (born 1952), comics artist, he created Cat Claw
• Rastko Ćirić (born 1955)
• Gradimir Smudja (born 1956), cartoonist in France and Italy, published acclaimed "Le Cabaret des Muses"
• Mile V. Pajić (born 1958)
• Milica Tomić (born 1960)
• Zoran Janjetov (born 1961), comics artist, worked with Alejandro Jodorowsky
• Slobodan Peladić (1962–2019)
• Aleksandar Zograf (born 1963), cartoonist
• Uroš Đurić (born 1964)^[39]
• Gradimir Smudja (born 1965)
• Petar Meseldžija (born 1965)
• Jasmina Đokić (born 1970)
• Viktor Mitic (born 1970)^[40]
• Irena Kazazić (born 1972), Slovenian painter of Serbian origin
• Aleksa Gajić (born 1974), comics artist

• Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist
• Ana Prvacki (born 1976), performance and installation artist

• Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), first professional photographer of Serbia
• Milan Jovanović (1863–1944), Serbian photographer.
• Branibor Debeljković) (1916–2003), the first photographer member of ULUS (Serbian Association of Artists)^[41]
• Stevan Kragujević (1922–2002), photojournalist and art photographer
• Boris Spremo (1935–2017), Serbian-born Canadian award-winning photojournalist, member of the Order of Canada
• Dragan Tanasijević (born 1959), portrait photographer^[42]
• Željko Jovanović (born 1961), press photographer
• Srdjan Ilic (born 1966), award-winning press photographer^[43]
• Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich) (born 1969), Serbian-born American documentary photographer^[44]
• Goran Tomasevic (born 1969), award-winning press photographer for Reuters^[45]
• Milena Rakocević, fashion photographer^[46]

• Kir Joakim (14th and early 15th century)
• Kir Stefan the Serb (14th and early 15th century)
• Nikola the Serb (14th and early 15th century)
• Isaiah the Serb (14th and early 15th century)
• Pajsije (1542–1647), the Serbian Patriarch from 1614 to 1647, he also composed chants
• Josip Runjanin, (1821–1878), Croatian and Serbian composer, ethnic Serb.^[47]
• Kornelije Stanković^[35][30] (1831–1865)
• Slavka Atanasijević (1850–1897), Serbian composer and pianist.
• Josif Marinković (1851–1923), one of the most important Serbian composers of the 19th century.
• Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac^[30] (1856–1914)
• Jovo Ivanišević (1861–1889)
• Stanislav Binički^[30] (1872–1942)
• Marko Nešić (1873–1938)
• Petar Krstić (1877–1957)
• Petar Stojanović (1877–1957)
• Isidor Bajić (1878–1918)
• Petar Konjović^[30] (1883–1970)
• Miloje Milojević (1884–1946)
• Stevan Hristić (1885–1958)
• Rudolph Reti (1885–1957)
• Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1967)
• Marko Tajčević (1900–1984)
• Ljubica Marić (1909–2003)
• Dragutin Gostuški (1923–1998)
• Vasilije Mokranjac (1923–1984)
• Dusan Trbojevic (1925–2011)
• Aleksandar Obradović (1927–2001)
• Dejan Despić (born 1930)
• Voki Kostić (1931–2010)
• Zoran Sztevanovity (born 1942)
• Milan Mihajlović (born 1945)
• Zoran Simjanović (1946–2021)
• Dušan Šestić (born 1946), composer of the National anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina^[48]
• Vojna Nešić (born 1947)
• Vladimir Tošić (born 1949)
• Zoran Erić (born 1950)
• Goran Bregović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Bosnian composer
• Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955)
• Miloš Raičković (born 1956)
• Vladimir Graić (born 1967)
• Isidora Žebeljan^[49] (1967–2020)
• Ana Sokolovic (born 1968), Serbian born Canadian music composer^[50]
• Aleksandra Vrebalov (born 1970), Serbian – American composer
• Aleksandar Kobac (born 1971)
• Kornelije Kovač (born 1942)
• Aleksandra Kovač (born 1972)
• Kristina Kovač (born 1974)
• Jasna Veličković (born 1974)

• Miroslav Čangalović (1921–1999)
• Radmila Bakočević (born 1933), spinto soprano
• Olivera Miljaković (born 1934)
• Milka Stojanović (1937–2023), soprano, prima donna at the Belgrade National Opera for decades, appearing internationally in East and West
• Radmila Smiljanić (born 1940), classical soprano who has had an active international career in operas and concerts since 1965. She is particularly known for her portrayals of heroines from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.^[51][52]
• Oliver Njego (born 1959), baritone, student of Bakočević, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming a prominent opera singer.^[53]
• Dragana Jugović del Monaco (born 1963)
• Laura Pavlović, lyric and spinto soprano opera singer, and a soloist with the Serbian National Theatre Opera in Novi Sad.^[54]
• Milena Kitic (born 1968), Serbian-born American mezzo-soprano^[55]
• Željko Lučić (born 1968), Serbian operatic baritone^[56]
• Suzana Šuvaković Savić (1969–2016)
• Nikola Mijailović (born 1973), baritone^[57]
• David Bižić (born 1975), baritone^[58]

• Filip Višnjić (1767–1834), guslar^[35][30]
• Djuro Milutinović the Blind (1774–1844), guslar^[35]
• Petar Perunović-Perun (1880–1952), Montenegrin Serb, naturalized U.S., guslar
• Vlastimir Pavlović Carevac (1895–1965), Serbian violinist, conductor and founder and director of the National Orchestra of Radio Belgrade
• Jovan Šajnović (1924–2004)
• Mihailo Živanović (1928–1989), clarinetist, saxophonist and composer
• Milenko Stefanović (1930–2022), classical and jazz clarinettist
• Duško Gojković (born 1931), jazz trumpetist and composer
• Boki Milošević (1931–2018)
• Del Casher (born 1938), American musician and inventor
• Muruga Booker (born Steven Bookvich, 1942), drummer, composer, recording artist^[59]
• Brian Linehan (1944–2004), host-producer of TV's City Lights
• Bora Dugić (born 1945), flautist
• Alex Lifeson (born Aleksandar Živojinović, 1953), Guitarist for the legendary rock band Rush
• Lene Lovich (born 1949), New Wave singer-songwriter, musician
• Raša Đelmaš (born 1950), rock drummer
• Philippe Djokic (born 1950), professor of violin at Dalhousie University
• Radomir Mihailović Točak (born 1950), rock, jazz, blues guitarist
• Laza Ristovski (1956–2007), rock/jazz keyboard player
• Miroslav Tadić (born 1956), classical guitarist
• Milan Mladenović (1958–1994), singer, guitar player
• Uroš Dojčinović (born 1959), guitarist
• Dragomir Mihajlović (born 1960), guitarist
• Zoran Lesandrić (born 1961), rock musician
• Boban Marković (born 1964), acclaimed brass ensemble leader (Boban Marković Orchestra), won "Best Orchestra" at 40th Guča Sabor (2000)

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• Sanja Stijačić (born 1965)
• Bojan Zulfikarpašić (born 1968), pianist
• Mike Dimkich (born 1968), Punk guitarist (The Cult & Bad Religion)
• Marina Arsenijevic (born 1970), concert pianist and composer^[60]
• Marija Gluvakov (born 1973)
• Ana Popović (born 1976), blues guitarist
• Stefan Milenković (born 1977), violin player
• Slobodan Trkulja (born 1977), multi-instrumentalist
• Kornelije Kovač (born 1978), rock keyboard player and composer
• Miloš Mihajlović (born 1978)
• Milaan (born 1979), accordionist
• Jasna Popovic (born 1979), pianist^[61]
• Denise Djokic (born 1980), Canadian cellist
• Maja Bogdanović (born 1982), cellist
• Ivy Jenkins (born Ivana Vujic, 1983), metal bass player, fashion designer
• Nemanja Radulović (born 1985), violinist
• Jelena Mihailović (born 1987), cellist
• Marija Šestić (born 1987)
• Dejan Bogdanović
• Tatjana Olujić

• Nada Mamula (1927–2001), traditional folk singer
• Đorđe Marjanović (1931–2021)
• Bora Spužić Kvaka (1934–2002), singer
• Lola Novaković (1935–2016), pop singer
• Predrag Živković Tozovac (1936–2021)^[62]
• Arsen Dedić (1938–2015), chanson singer
• Toma Zdravković (1938–1991)^[62]
• Lepa Lukić (born 1940), folk singer
• Boba Stefanović (1946–2015)
• Dušan Prelević (1948–2007, singer, journalist, and writer
• Miroslav Ilić (born 1950), folk singer
• Miloš Bojanić (born 1950), folk singer
• Šaban Šaulić (1951–2019), folk singer-songwriter
• Zdravko Čolić (born 1951), pop singer
• Bora Đorđević (born 1953), rock musician, member of Riblja Čorba
• Đorđe Balašević (born 1953), pop-rock musician
• Slađana Milošević (born 1955), rock musician
• Željko Samardžić (born 1955), pop singer
• Zorica Brunclik (born 1955), folk singer
• Vesna Zmijanac (born 1957), pop-folk singer
• Mitar Mirić (born 1957), folk singer
• Goran Šepa (born 1958), musician best known as the frontman of Kerber^[63]
• Lepi Mića (born 1959), singer
• Ana Bekuta (born 1959)
• Snežana Đurišić (born 1959)
• Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" (born 1960), rock musician, member of Bajaga i Instruktori
• Bebi Dol (born 1962), pop, rock and jazz singer-songwriter
• Nele Karajlić (born 1962), rock musician, member of Zabranjeno Pušenje
• Baja Mali Knindža (born 1966), singer
• Aca Lukas (born 1968), pop-folk musician
• Dragana Mirković (born 1968), pop-folk singer
• Divna Ljubojević (born 1970), singer
• Svetlana Spajić (born 1971), world music singer-songwriter
• Aleksandra Kovač (born 1972), pop and R&B singer-songwriter, member of K2
• Željko Joksimović (born 1972), pop singer, 2nd place at Eurovision 2004, and 3rd place at Eurovision 2012
• Aco Pejović (born 1972)
• Ceca (born 1973), pop-folk singer
• Dalibor Andonov Gru (1973–2019), rapper
• Aleksandra Radović (born 1974), pop and R&B singer
• Viki Miljković (born 1974)
• Goca Tržan (born 1974), Europop singer, member of Tap 011
• Kristina Kovač (born 1974), pop and R&B singer-songwriter, member of K2
• Vlado Georgiev (born 1976), pop-rock musician
• Jelena Karleuša (born 1978), pop singer
• Nataša Bekvalac (born 1980), pop singer
• Saša Matić (born 1978), pop-folk musician
• Seka Aleksić (born 1981), pop-folk singer
• Marija Šerifović (born 1984), pop singer, winner of the Eurovision 2007
• Bojana Vunturišević (born 1985), singer-songwriter
• Milan Stanković (born 1987), pop singer
• Stefan Đurić Rasta (born 1989), rapper
• Danica Crnogorčević (born 1993), religious songs singer
• Barbara Pravi (born 1993), French singer

• John Malkovich
• Toša Jovanović (1845–1893)
• Milorad Petrović (1865–1928)
• Dobrica Milutinović (1880–1956)
• Žanka Stokić^[30] (1887–1947)
• Iván Petrovich (1894–1962) German actor of Serbian origin, silent screen star
• Ljubinka Bobić (1897–1978)
• Milivoje Živanović (1900–1976)
• Nevenka Urbanova (1909–2007), actress
• Gloria Grey (1909–1947), American silent film star
• John Miljan (1897–1960)
• Rahela Ferari^[30] (1911–1994)
• Karl Malden (1912–2009),^[64] Academy award-winning actor
• John Vivyan (1915–1983), born as John R. Vukayan; film, stage and television actor ("Mr. Lucky", a popular CBS adventure series), also a highly decorated veteran
• Brad Dexter (1917–2002), actor in Hollywood classics^[65]
• Rade Marković (1921–2010)
• Michel Auclair (1922–1988)
• Olga Spiridonović (1923–1994)
• Mija Aleksić (1923–1995)
• Mira Stupica (1923–2016)
• Mihajlo Bata Paskaljević (1923–2004)
• Miodrag Petrović Čkalja^[30] (1924–2003)
• Olivera Marković (1925–2011), actress
• Radmila Savićević (1926–2001)
• Branko Pleša (1926–2001)
• Pavle Vujisić (1926–1988)
• Stevo Žigon (1926–2005)
• Pavle Vujisić^[30] (1926–1988)
• Vlasta Velisavljević (1926–2021)
• Živojin Milenković (1928–2008)
• Ljuba Tadić (1929–2005)
• Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković (1929–2015)
• Mira Banjac (born 1929)
• Renata Ulmanski (born 1929)
• Stevan Šalajić (1929–2002)
• Bora Todorović (1929–2014)
• Predrag Laković (1929–1997)
• Stole Aranđelović (1930–1993)
• Nadja Regin (1931–2019), Serbian actress, part of the crew of From Russia with Love^[66]
• Đoko Rosić (1932–2014)
• Dragomir Gidra Bojanić (1933–1993)
• Velimir Bata Živojinović (1933–2016)
• Jelena Žigon (1933–2018)
• Predrag Milinković (1933–1998)
• Dragomir Bojanić (1933–1993)
• Danilo Stojković^[30] (1934–2002)
• Taško Načić, (1934–1993)
• Ružica Sokić (1934–2013)
• Slobodan Aligrudić (1934–1985)
• Nikola Simić (1934–2014)
• Milena Vukotic (born 1935), Italian film actress
• Zoran Rankić (1935–2019)
• Ljubiša Samardžić (1936–2017)
• Ljubomir Ćipranić (1936–2010)
• Rada Rassimov (born 1938),^[67] Italian actress, best known for her role in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Ivan Rassimov (1938–2003)
• Vera Čukić (born 1938)
• Mihailo Janketić (1938–2019)
• Zoran Bečić (1939–2006)
• Miloš Žutić (1939–1993)
• Gojko Mitić (born 1940)
• Olivera Katarina (born 1940)
• Milena Dravić (1940–2018)
• Neda Spasojević (1941–1981)
• Petar Kralj (1941–2011)
• Vladan Živković (born 1941)
• Mel Novak (born 1942)
• Seka Sablić (born 1942)
• Beba Lončar (born 1943), Serbian-Italian film actress
• Dragan Nikolić (1943–2016)
• Snežana Nikšić (born 1943)
• Dušica Žegarac (1944–2019)
• Boro Stjepanović (born 1946)
• Predrag Ejdus (1947–2018)
• Josif Tatić (1946–2013)
• Marko Nikolić (1946–2019)
• Milan Gutović (born 1946)
• Rade Šerbedžija (born 1946)
• Sasha Montenegro (born 1946)
• Petar Božović (born 1946)
• Branko Cvejić (born 1946)
• Miroljub Lešo (1946–2019)
• Branko Milićević (born 1946)
• Svetlana Bojković (born 1947)
• Stole Aranđelović (1949–2001)
• Vojislav Brajović (born 1949)
• Miodrag Krivokapić (born 1949)
• Dragan Maksimović (1949–2001)
• Miki Manojlović (born 1950), Yugoslav and Serbian actor, star of some of the most important films in Yugoslav cinema, president of the Serbian Film Center since 2009
• Natalia Nogulich (born 1950), American actress (Performed in Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• Aleksandar Berček (born 1950)
• Danilo Lazović (1951–2006)
• Lazar Ristovski (born 1952), actor and director
• Gorica Popović (born 1952)
• Predrag Miletić (born 1952)
• Tanja Bošković (born 1953)
• Bogdan Diklić (born 1953)
• Radmila Živković (born 1953)
• Radoš Bajić (born 1953)
• Neda Arnerić (1953–2020)
• Vesna Čipčić (born 1954)
• Jelica Sretenović (born 1954)
• Zlata Petković (1954–2012)
• Ljiljana Blagojević (born 1955)
• Mima Karadžić (born 1955)
• Milenko Zablaćanski (1955–2008)
• Branislav Lečić (born 1955)
• Mirjana Karanović (born 1957)
• Boris Komnenić (1957–2021^[68])
• Olga Odanović (born 1958)
• Zoran Cvijanović (born 1958)
• Radoslav Milenković (born 1958)
• Branimir Brstina (born 1960)
• Tihomir Stanić (born 1960)
• Žarko Laušević (born 1960)
• Svetislav Goncić (born 1960)
• Lolita Davidovich (born 1961), American actress, True Detective
• Catharine Oxenberg (born 1961), American TV actress (Serbian mother Princess Elisabeth of Yugoslavia)
• Sonja Savić (1961–2008)
• Milorad Mandić (1961–2016)
• Dubravko Jovanović (born 1961)
• Predrag Bjelac (born 1962)
• Slavko Labović (born 1962)
• Dragoljub Ljubičić (born 1962)
• Anica Dobra (born 1963), Serbian actress, who won Bavarian Film Awards "Best Young Actress" for Rosamunde, cast in German Love Scenes from Planet Earth
• Dragan Bjelogrlić (born 1963)
• Branka Pujić (born 1963)
• Srđan Žika Todorović (born 1965)
• Slobodan Ninković (born 1965)
• Dragan Jovanović (born 1965)
• Marko Todorović (born 1965)
• Vesna Trivalić (born 1965)
• Dejan Čukić (born 1966)
• Nikola Pejaković (born 1966)
• Boris Isaković (born 1966)
• Jasna Đuričić (born 1966)
• Nikola Kojo (born 1967)
• Mirjana Joković (born 1967)
• Anita Mančić (born 1968)
• Dubravka Mijatović (born 1968)
• Nebojša Glogovac (1969–2018)
• Dragan Mićanović (born 1970)
• Branka Katić (born 1970)
• Goran Kostić (born 1971)
• Vojin Ćetković (born 1971)
• Boris Milivojević (born 1971)
• Nenad Jezdić (born 1972)
• Nataša Ninković (born 1972)
• Katarina Žutić (born 1972)
• Sergej Trifunović (born 1972)
• Vjera Mujović (born 1972)
• Sasha Alexander (born 1973), Hollywood actress (Dawson's Creek, Rizzoli and Isles), daughter-in-law of Sophia Loren
• Adrienne Janic (born 1974)
• Nikola Đuričko (born 1974)
• Miloš Samolov (born 1974)
• Miloš Timotijević (born 1975)
• Milla Jovovich (born 1975)^[69]
• Nataša Tapušković (born 1975)
• Ben Mulroney (born 1976)
• Ljubomir Bandović (born 1976)
• Ursula Yovich (born 1977),^[70] Australian actress of Serbian-Aboriginal origin^[71]
• Gordan Kičić (born 1977)
• Branislav Trifunović (born 1978)
• Andrija Milošević (born 1978)
• Marinko Madžgalj (1978–2016)
• Stefan Kapičić (born 1978)
• Stana Katić (born 1978), Canadian born Hollywood actress, featured in TV series Castle
• Vuk Kostić (born 1979)
• Ivan Bosiljčić (born 1979)
• Branko Tomović (born 1980)
• Sonja Kolačarić (born 1980)
• Sarah Sokolovic (born 1980)
• Sloboda Mićalović (born 1981)
• Bojana Novakovic (born 1981)
• Marija Karan (born 1982)
• Holly Valance (born 1983), Australian actress and singer, Serbian father
• Petar Benčina (born 1984), actor^[72]
• Danica Curcic (born 1985), Danish actress, Serbian parentage
• Nataša Petrović (born 1988)
• Miloš Biković (born 1988)
• Nataša Petrović (born 1988)
• Jelisaveta Orašanin (born 1988)
• Tamara Dragičević (born 1989)
• Mirka Vasiljević (born 1992)
• Nataša Stanković (born 1992), Bollywood Actress, Dancer and Model
• Olympia Valance (born 1993), Australian actress and model, Serbian father

• Svetozar Botorić (1857–1916), owner of Serbia's first movie theatre, the Paris Cinema^[73]
• Slavko Vorkapić (1894–1976), director and editor
• Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008)
• Aleksandar Petrović (1929–1994), film director^[30]
• Dušan Makavejev (1932–2019), film director and screenwriter.
• Đorđe Kadijević (born 1933), film and TV director
• Boro Drašković (born 1935), director
• Gordan Mihić (1938–2019)
• Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), director
• Gojko Mitić (born 1940), director
• Steve Tesich (1942–1996), Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright
• Želimir Žilnik (born 1942), director, Golden Bear winner at the Berlin International Film Festival
• Slobodan Pavićević (born 1945), film and TV production manager and producer
• Slobodan Šijan (born 1946), director
• Goran Paskaljević (born 1947), director
• Dušan Kovačević (born 1948), director and writer
• Božidar Zečević (born 1948), film historian and critic
• Nebojša Pajkić (born 1951)
• Emir Kusturica (born 1954), filmmaker, actor, writer and musician
• Predrag Bambić (born 1958), film and television cinematographer and producer
• Dragoslav Bokan (born 1961)
• Goran Gajić (born 1962), director
• Srđan Dragojević (born 1963), director
• Sven Stojanovic (born 1969), Swedish TV director
• Đorđe Milosavljević^[74][75] (born 1969)
• Srdan Golubović (born 1972), director
• Vladimir Perišić (born 1976), director
• Stefan Arsenijević (born 1977), director, Golden Bear winner at the Berlin International Film Festival^[76]
• Michael Jelenic (born 1977)
• Mila Turajlić (born 1979), documentary filmmaker
• Boris Malagurski (born 1988), documentary filmmaker
• Dušan Lazarević

• Jelena Patrnogic (1932–2010), costume designer
• Zoran Ladicorbic (born 1947), Serbian-born American fashion designer
• Verica Rakocević (born 1948), fashion designer^[77]
• Miljen Kljaković (born 1950), award-winning production designer
• Sacha Lakic (born 1964), Serbian-born French automotive and furniture designer^[78]
• Konstantin Grcic (born 1965), industrial designer
• Jelena Behrend (born 1968), Serbian-born American jewelry designer
• Marek Djordjevic (born 1969), automobile designer^[79]
• Marijana Matthäus (born 1971), Serbian fashion designer
• Elena Karaman Karić (born 1971), interior designer, furniture designer
• Aleksandar Protić (born 1973), fashion designer
• Ana Šekularac (born 1974), British fashion designer of Serbian descent^[80][81]
• Boris Nikolić (1974–2008), fashion designer
• Roksanda Ilincic (born 1975), Serbian-born British fashion designer
• Zvonko Marković (born 1975), fashion designer
• Gorjana Reidel (born 1978), Serbian-born American jewelry designer
• Ivana Sert (born 1979), swimsuit designer, television presenter, model
• Bojana Sentaler, Serbian-born Canadian fashion designer
• Bata Spasojević, fashion designer
• Ines Janković (born 1983), fashion designer
• Ana Kras (born 1984), Serbian-born American fashion and furniture designer, photographer
• Ana Ljubinković (born 1985), fashion designer^[82][83]
• Mihailo Anušić (born 1985), fashion designer
• Sonja Jocić (born 1988), fashion designer
• Nevena Ivanović (born 1992), fashion designer^[84]
• George Styler, Serbian-born American fashion designer
• Rushka Bergman, Serbian-born American fashion stylist and editor
• Jovan Jelovac, founder and director of Belgrade Design Week
• Ivana Pilja, fashion designer^[85][83]
• Ana Rajcevic, fashion artist^[86]
• Aleksandra Lalić, fashion designer^[87]
• Evica Milovanov-Penezic, glove designer^[88]

• Zlata Petković (1954–2012)
• Aleksandra Melnichenko (born 1977), Serbian model and pop group member, wife of Andrey Melnichenko
• Nataša Vojnović (born 1979), Serbian fashion model
• Maja Latinović (born 1980), Serbian fashion model
• Dragana Atlija (born 1983), model and actress
• Sanja Papić (born 1984), Miss Serbia and Montenegro at the Miss Universe 2002
• Sara Brajovic (born 1985)^[89] French fashion model
• Tijana Arnautović (born 1986), Miss World Canada^[90]
• Vedrana Grbović (born 1987), model and beauty pageant winner
• Danijela Dimitrovska (born 1987), Serbian fashion model
• Georgina Stojiljković (born 1988), Serbian fashion model
• Olya Ivanisevic (born 1988), Serbian fashion model
• Aleksandra Nikolić (born 1990), Serbian fashion model
• Mila Miletic (born 1991), Serbian fashion model
• Sofija Milošević (born 1991), Serbian fashion model
• Andreja Pejic (born 1991), Australian fashion model
• Veruska Ljubisavljević (born 1991), Miss Venezuela 2018
• Anđelka Tomašević (born 1993), model and beauty pageant winner
• Sara Mitić (born 1995), model and beauty pageant winner

• Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (1898–1985), granddaughter of Marko Miljanov and wife of Frank Lloyd Wright
• Nick Kosovich (1909–1947), ballroom dancer and actor
• George Zoritch (1917–2009), Russian dancer and teacher of Serbian antecedents
• Milorad Mišković (1928–2013), ballet dancer and choreographer, honorary president of UNESCO International Dance Council
• Jelena Tinska (born 1953), actress and ballerina
• Tamara Martinović, ballet dancer
• Mia Čolak-Slavenska, prima ballerina

• Buća, noble family, originating in Kotor during the Middle Ages. Some of their antecedents were writers and poets.
• Miroslav of Hum, 12th-century Great Prince (Велики Жупан) of Zachlumia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the medieval Serbian Principality (Rascia) covering Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia.
• Anonymous author of the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, a 12th-century literary work, preserved in its Latin version only, has all the indication that it was written in Old Slavic, or, at least, that a portion of the material included in it existed previously in the Slavic language.
• Stefan Nemanja (1113–1199), issued an edict called the "Hilandar Charter" for the newly established Serbian monastery at Mount Athos.^[30]
• Stefan the First-Crowned (1165–1228), wrote "The Life of Stefan Nemanja", a biography of his father.^[30]
• Saint Sava (1174–1236), Serbian royalty and Archbishop, author of oldest known Serbian constitution – the Zakonopravilo . Also, he authored Karyes Typikon in 1199 and Studenica Typikon in 1208.^[30]
• Monk Simeon (c. 1170 – 1230), wrote Vukan's Gospel.
• Atanasije (scribe) (c. 1200 – 1265), a disciple of Saint Sava, was a Serbian monk-scribe who wrote a "Hymn to Saint Sava" and a "Eulogy to Saint Sava".
• Grigorije the Pupil, author of Miroslav Gospel and Miroslav of Hum commissioned it.
• Domentijan (c. 1210–died after 1264), Serbian scholar and writer. For most of his life, he was a monk dedicated to writing biographies of clerics, including "Life of St. Sava."
• Bratko Menaion, represents the oldest Serbian transcription of this liturgical book, discovered in the village of Banvani, and written by presbyter Bratko during the reign of king Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia in 1234.
• Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (1223–1277), author of the Ston Charter (1253).
• Theodosius the Hilandarian (1246–1328), technically the first Serbian novelist, wrote biographies of Saint Sava and St. Simeon
• Grigorije II of Ras (1250–1321), monk-scribe
• Nikodim I (c. 1250 – 1325), Abbot of Hilandar (later Serbian Archbishop), issued an edict (gramma) wherein he grants to the monks of the Kelion of St. Sava in Karyes a piece of land and an abandoned monastery. He translated numerous ancient texts and wrote some poetry. Also, he wrote Rodoslov (The Lives of Serbian Kings and Bishops).
• Dragolj Code, written in 1259 by Serbian monk Dragolj.
• Stanislav of Lesnovo (c. 1280 – 1350), wrote "Oliver's Menologion" in Serbia in 1342.
• Jakov of Serres (1300–1365), author of Triodion.
• Elder Grigorije (fl. 1310–1355), Serbian nobleman and monk, possibly "Danilo's pupil" (Danilov učenik), i.e. the main author of "Žitija kraljeva i arhiepiskopa srpskih".
• Isaija the Monk (14th century), translated the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
• Anonymous Athonite (also known in Serbia as Nepoznati Svetogorac; late 14th to mid-15th century) was Isaija the Monk's biographer and one of the many unidentified authors of Medieval works.
• Elder Siluan (14th century), author of a hymn to Saint Sava. Hesychasm left a strong imprint in Serbian medieval literature and art, which is evident in works by Domentijan and Teodosije the Hilandarian, but most prominently in the writings of Danilo of Peć, Isaija the Monk and Elder Siluan.
• Stefan Dušan (1308–1355), author of Dušan's Code, the second oldest preserved constitution of Serbia.^[30]
• Jefimija (1310–1405), daughter of Caesar Vojihna and widow of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, took monastic vows and is the author of three found works, including "Praise to Prince Lazar". One of the earliest European female writers.^[30]
• Jefrem (patriarch) (c. 1312 – 1400), born in a priestly family, of Bulgarian origin, was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1375 to 1379 and from 1389 to 1392. He was also a poet who left a large body of work, preserved in a 14th-century manuscript from Hilandar Monastery.
• Dorotej of Hilandar, wrote a charter for the monastery of Drenča in 1382.
• Rajčin Sudić (1335 – after 1360), Serbian monk-scribe who lived during the time of Lord Vojihna, the father of Jefimija.
• Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (1336–1406), Bulgarian-born, Serbian clergyman who as the Metropolitan of Moscow wrote The Book of Degrees (Stepénnaya kniga), which grouped Russian monarchs in the order of their generations. The book was published in 1563.
• Saint Danilo II, wrote biographies of Serbian medieval rulers, including the biography of Jelena, the wife of King Stefan Dragutin.
• Antonije Bagaš, translated works from Greek into Serbian.
• Euthymius of Tarnovo, founder of the Tarnovo Literary School that standardized the literary texts of all Orthodox Slavs, including those in Serbia and in Kievan Rus (Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia).
• Nikola Radonja (c. 1330 – 1399), as monk Gerasim, served and helped with great merit Hilandar and other monasteries at Mount Athos, and authored "Gerasim Chronicle" (Gerasimov letopis).
• Princess Milica (1335–1405), consort of Prince Lazar. One of the earliest European female writers.
• Psalter of Branko Mladenović, dated 1346.
• Vrhobreznica Chronicle, also written between 1350 and 1400 by an anonymous monk-scribe.
• Jefrem (patriarch), twice Serbian patriarch, though Bulgarian born. He was also a poet.
• Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina (1350–1394), Serbian writer.
• Gregory Tsamblak (fl. 1409–1420), Bulgarian writer and cleric, abbot of Serbia's Visoki Dečani, wrote A Biography of and Service to St. Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia, and On the Transfer of Relics of Saint Paraskeva to Serbia.
• Danilo III, Patriarch of the Serbs (c. 1350 – 1400), Serbian patriarch and writer. He wrote Slovo o knezu Lazaru (Narrative About Prince Lazar).
• Nikola Stanjević (fl. 1355), commissioned monk Feoktist to write Tetravangelion at the Hilandar monastery, now on exhibit at the British Museum in London, collection No. 154.
• Jelena Balšić (1366–1443), educated Serbian noblewoman, who wrote the Gorički zbornik, correspondence between her and Nikon of Jerusalem, a monk in Gorica monastery (Jelena's monastic foundation) on Beška (Island) in Zeta under the Balšići.
• Stefan Lazarević (1374–1427), Knez/Despot of Serbia (1389–1427), wrote biographies and poetry, one of the most important Serbian medieval writers. He founded the Resava School at Manasija monastery.^[30]
• Đurađ Branković (1377–1456), author psalter Oktoih, published posthumously in 1494 by Hieromonk Makarije, the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing.
• Kir Joakim, late 14th century musical writer.
• Dečani Chronicle, written by an anonymous monk, also from the Resava School made famous by Manasija monastery. Rewritten and published in 1864 by Archimandrite Serafim Ristić of the Dečani Monastery
• Oxford Serbian Psalter, written by an anonymous monk-scribe.
• Munich Serbian Psalter, written by an anonymous monk-scribe.
• Tomić Psalter, named after Simon Tomić, a Serbian art collector, found the 14th century illuminated manuscript in Old Serbia in 1901.
• Dorotheus of Hilandar, author of a charter for the monastery of Drenča (1382).
• Romylos of Vidin, also known as Romylos of Ravanica where he died in the late 1300s.
• Kir Stefan the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century), Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
• Nikola the Serb (late 14th and early 15th century), Serbian monk-scribe and composer.
• Isaiah the Serb, monk-scribe and composer of chants in the 15th century. He finished the translation from Greek to Serbian of the Corpus Areopagiticum, the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, in 1371, and transcribed the manuscripts of Joachim, Domestikos of Serbia.
• Danilo III (patriarch), writer and poet.
• Constantine of Kostenets (fl. 1380–1431), Bulgarian writer and chronicler who lived in Serbia, author of the biography of Despot Stefan Lazarević and of the first Serbian philological study, Skazanije o pismenah (A History on the Letters).
• Kantakuzina Katarina Branković (1418/19–1492), remembered for commissioning the Varaždin Apostol in 1454.
• Radoslav Gospels, work of both Celibate Priest Feodor, also known as "Inok from Dalsa" (fl. 1428–1429), who is credited for transcribing the Radoslav Gospel (Tetraevangelion) in the Serbian recension, now in the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. Radoslav is the famed miniaturist who illuminated the pages.
• Jelena Balšić's correspondence with monk Nikon of Jerusalem between 1441 and 1442 is found in Gorički zbornik, named after the island of Gorica in Lake Skadar where Jelena built a church.
• Dimitrije Kantakuzin, while residing in the Rila monastery in 1469 Kantakuzin wrote a biography of Saint John of Rila and a touching "Prayer to the Holy Virgin" imploring her aid in combating sin.
• Konstantin Mihailović (c. 1430 – 1501), the last years of his life were spent in Poland where he wrote his Turkish Chronicle, an interesting document with a detailed description of the historical events of that period as well as various customs of the Turks and Christians.
• Pachomius the Serb (Paxomij Logofet), prolific hagiographer who came from Mount Athos to work in Russia between 1429 and 1484. He wrote eleven saint's lives (zhitie) while employed by the Russian Orthodox Church in Novgorod. He was one of the representatives of the ornamental style known as pletenje slova (word-braiding).
• Dimitar of Kratovo, 15th-century Serb writer and lexicographer of the Kratovo Literary School.
• Ninac Vukoslavić (fl. 1450–1459), chancellor and scribe at the court of Scanderbeg, and author of his letters.
• Deacon Damian who wrote "Koporin Chronicle" in 1453.
• Vladislav the Grammarian (fl. 1456–1483), Serbian monk, writer, historian and theologian.
• Dimitar of Kratovo was a 15th-century Serb writer and lexicographer, one of the most important members of the Kratovo literary school.
• Martin Segon was a Serbian writer, Catholic Bishop of Ulcinj and a 15th-century humanist.
• Lazar of Hilandar After Pachomius the Serb, the most significant Serbian monk in Imperial Russia.
• Benedikt Kuripečič (1491–1531) was the first to record part of the folk songs of the Battle of Kosovo dealing with Miloš Obilić's exploits.
• Stefan Paštrović (fl. 1560–1599), author of two books, engaged a certain hieromonk Sava of Visoki Dečani to print them in Venice at the Francesco Rampazetto and Heirs publishing house in 1597.
• Jakov of Kamena Reka (fl. 1564–1572), worked in the Vuković printing house in Venice with Vićenco Vuković, son of Božidar.
• Radiša Dimitrović owned the Belgrade printing house where many medieval works were published.
• Peja (priest) wrote a poem In the Court and in the Dungeon, from The Service of Saint George of Kratovo, and a biography of the same saint between 1515 and 1523.
• Teodor Ljubavić wrote the Goražde Psalter in 1521.
• Tronoša Chronicle was written in 1526 and transcribed by hieromonk Josif Tronoša in the eighteenth century.
• Jovan Maleševac was a Serbian Orthodox monk and scribe who collaborated in 1561 with the Slovene Protestant reformer Primož Trubar to print religious books in Cyrillic.
• Matija Popović was a 16th-century Serbian Orthodox cleric from Ottoman Bosnia who also supported the Reformation movement.
• Peter Petrovics was a 16th-century Serbian magnate and one of Hungary's most influential and fervent supporters of the Reformation.
• Teodor Račanin (Bajina Bašta, c. 1500–Bajina Bašta, past-1560) was the first Serbian writer and monk of the Rachan Scriptorium School mentioned in Ottoman and Serbian sources.
• Dimitrije Ljubavić (1519–1563) was a Serbian Orthodox deacon, humanist, writer, and printer who sought to bring a rapprochement between the Lutherans and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• Jovan the Serb of Kratovo (1526–1583) was a Serbian writer and monk whose name is preserved as the author of six books, now part of the Museum Collection of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
• Inok Sava (c. 1530 – after 1597) was the first to write and publish a Serbian Primer (syllabary) at the printing press of Giovanni Antonio Rampazetto in Venice in two editions, first on 20 May and the second on 25 May 1597, after which the book somehow fell into neglect only to be rediscovered recently.
• Pajsije I Janjevac (1542–1649) was a Serbian Patriarch and an author whose works showed an admixture of popular elements.
• Georgije Mitrofanović (c. 1550 – 1630) was a Serbian Orthodox monk and painter whose work can be seen in the church at the Morača monastery.
• Mavro Orbin (1563–1614) was the author of the "Realm of the Slavs" (1601) which made a significant impact on Serbian historiography, influencing future historians, particularly Đorđe Branković (count).
• Zograf Longin (16th century), was an icon painter and writer.
• Jakov of Kamena Reka worked in the Vuković printing house in Venice with Vićenco Vuković.
• Mariano Bolizza (fl. 1614) was a prominent Serbian writer who also wrote in Italian.
• Đorđe Branković, Count of Podgorica (1645–1711), who wrote the first history of Serbia in five volumes.
• Radul of Riđani (fl. 1650–1666) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and chieftain of Riđani, and a prolific letter writer who kept the authorities of Perast informed about Ottoman preparations for the Battle of Perast. A collection of his letters are kept in a museum.
• Kiprijan Račanin (c. 1650 – 1730) was a Serbian writer and monk who founded a copyist school in Szentendre in Hungary, like the one he left behind at the Rača monastery in Serbia at the beginning of the Great Turkish War in 1689.
• Jerotej Račanin (c. 1650 – after 1727) was a Serbian writer and copyist of church manuscripts and books. After visiting Jerusalem in 1704 he wrote a book about his travel experiences from Hungary to the Holy Land and back.
• John of Tobolsk (1651–1715) was a Serbian cleric born in Nizhyn, in the Czernihow Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth of the time, now revered as a saint.
• Čirjak Račanin (Bajina Bašta, c. 1660 – Szentendre, 1731) was a Serbian writer and monk, a member of the famed "School of Rača".
• Sava Vladislavich (1669–1738), framed Peter the Great's proclamation of 1711, translated Mavro Orbin's Il regno de gli Slavi (1601); The Realm of the Slavs) from Italian into Russian, and composed the Treaty of Kiakhta and many others
• Gavril Stefanović Venclović (fl. Bajina Bašta, 1670 – Szentendre, 1749), one of the first and most notable representatives of Serbian Baroque and Enlightenment literature, wrote in the vernacular. Milorad Pavić saw Venclović as a living link between the Byzantine literary tradition and the emerging new views on modern literature. He was the precursor of enlightenment aiming, most of all, to educate the common folk.
• Ivan Krušala (1675–1735) is best known for writing a poem about the Battle of Perast in 1654, among others. He worked in a Russian embassy in China at the time when Sava Vladislavich was the ambassador.
• Simeon Končarević (c. 1690 – 1769), a Serbian writer and Bishop of Dalmatia who, exiled twice from his homeland, settled in Russia where he wrote his chronicles.
• Parteniy Pavlovich (c. 1695 – 1760) was a Serbian Orthodox Church cleric of Bulgarian origin who championed South Slavic revival.
• Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (1697–1735) was a writer and founder of the Petrović Njegoš dynasty.
• Sava Petrović (1702–1782) wrote numerous letters to the Moscow metropolitan and the Empress Elizabeth of Russia about the deploring conditions of the Serb Nation under occupation by the Turks, Republic of Venice and the Habsburg Empire.
• Pavle Nenadović (1703–1768) was commissioned by Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Karlovci, Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta to compose a heraldic book, Stemmatographia.
• Tomo Medin (1725–1788) was a Montenegrin Serb writer and adventurer. He and Casanova had two duels together.
• Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785), one of the most notable representatives of the Serbian Baroque in art and literature^[91]
• Jovan Rajić (1726–1801), writer, historian, traveler, and pedagogue, who wrote the first systematic work on the history of Croats and Serbs^[91]
• Mojsije Putnik (1728–1790), Metropolitan, educator, writer, and founder of secondary schools and institutions of higher learning.
• Kiril Zhivkovich (1730–1807) was a Serbian and Bulgarian writer.
• Pavle Julinac (1730–1785) was a Serbian writer, historian, traveler, soldier, and diplomat.
• Simeon Piščević (1731–1797), was a Serbian writer and high-ranking officer in the service of Austria and Imperial Russia.
• Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), influential protagonist of the Serbian national and cultural renaissance, founder of modern Serbian literature^[35][30]
• Nikola Nešković (1740–1789) was a most prolific Serbian icon, fresco and portrait painter in the Baroque style.
• Stefan von Novaković (c. 1740 – 1826) was a Serbian writer and publisher of Serbian books in Vienna and patron of Serbian literature.
• Teodor Janković-Mirijevski (1740–1814), the most influential educational reformer in the Habsburg Empire and Imperial Russia
• Jovan Muškatirović (1743–1809) was one of the early disciples of Dositej Obradović.
• Teodor Ilić Češljar (1746–1793) was one of the best late Baroque Serbian painters from the region of Vojvodina.
• Petar I Petrović Njegoš (1748–1830) was a writer and poet besides being a spiritual and temporal ruler of the "Serb land of Montenegro" as he called it.
• Vićentije Rakić (1750–1818) was a Serbian writer and poet. He founded the School of Theology (now part of the University of Belgrade).
• Stefano Zannowich (1751–1786) was a Montenegrin Serb writer and adventurer. From his early youth, he was prone to challenges and adventures, unruly and dissipated life. He wrote in Italian and French, besides Serbian. He is known for his "Turkish Letters" that fascinated his contemporaries. His works belong to the genre of epistolary novel.
• Hadži-Ruvim (1752–1804) was a Serbian Orthodox archimandrite who documented events and wars in his time, established a private library, wrote library bibliographies, collected books in which he drew ornaments and miniatures. He did wood carving and woodcutting.
• Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer (compatriot of Dositej). His chief work was the travel memoirs Žitije (Lives), which also served as a sociological work.^[35]
• Tripo Smeća (1755–1812) was a Venetian historian and writer who wrote in Italian and in Serbian.
• Avram Mrazović (1756–1826) was a Serbian writer, translator and pedagogue.
• Emanuilo Janković (1758–1792) was a Serbian man of letters and of science.
• Sava Tekelija (1761–1842) was the patron of Matica Srpska, a literary and cultural society^[30]
• Gligorije Trlajic (1766–1811), writer, poet, polyglot and professor of law at the universities of St. Petersburg and Kharkov, author of a textbook on Civil Law which according to some laid the foundations of Russian civil law doctrine
• Old Rashko (1770–18??), Romanticism
• Tomo Milinović (1770–1846) is a Serbian writer and freedom-fighter. He authored two books, Umotvorina (published posthumously 1847) and Istorija Slavenskog Primorija (lost and never published).
• Jovan Pačić (1771–1848) was a Serbian poet, writer, translator, painter and soldier. He translated Goethe
• Pavel Đurković (1772–1830) was one of the most important Serbian Baroque artists (writers, icon painters, goldsmiths, woodcarvers).
• Joakim Vujić, (1772–1847), writer, dramatist, actor, traveler and polyglot. He is known as the Father of Serbian Theatre.^[92][35]
• Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832) was a Serbian writer, pedagogue, physicist, mathematician and astronomer in the service of Imperial Russia. He also taught mathematics at the university of Kharkiv.
• Živana Antonijević (1770s–1828), Romanticism
• Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837), Serbian Orthodox abbott, poet, prose writer, and polyglot.^[35]
• Matija Nenadović (1777–1854) author of Memoirs, an eyewitness account of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the Second Serbian Uprising in 1815.^[35]
• Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), writer, jurist and educator, wrote the Decree of the Governing Council of Revolutionary Serbia. He taught at the newly founded National University of Kharkiv, with his compatriots, Gligorije Trlajić and Atanasije Stojković.
• Stevan Živković-Telemak (1780–1831) is the author of Obnovljene Srbije, 1780–1831 (Serbie nouvelle, 1780–1731) and Serbian translator of François Fénelon's Les Aventures de Telemaque.
• Jovan Došenović (1781–1813) was a Serbian philosopher, poet and translator.
• Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), devised an alphabet system, which rejected 16 of 42 Slavonic letters.
• Luka Milovanov Georgijević (1784–1828) is considered the first children's poet of new Serbian literature. He collaborated with Vuk Karadžić on the production of grammars and the dictionary.
• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), Romanticism^[35][30]
• Sofronije Jugović-Marković (fl. 1789) was a Serbian writer and activist in Russian service. He wrote "Serbian Empire and State" in 1792 in order to raise the patriotic spirit of the Serbs in both the Habsburg and Ottoman empires.
• Dimitrije Davidović (1789–1838), Minister of Education of the Principality of Serbia, writer, journalist, publisher, historian, diplomatist, and founder of modern Serbian journalism and publishing.^[35]
• Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847), poet, hajduk, translator, historian, philologist, diplomat and adventurer.^{[35] [30]}
• Georgije Magarašević (1793–1830), eminent writer, historian, dramatist, publisher, and founder and first editor of Serbski Letopis.
• Jovan Hadžić (1799–1869) was a Serbian writer and legislator
• Prokopije Čokorilo (1802–1866) is known for his chronicles and a dictionary of Turkish expressions in Serbian. He contributed to the Srbsko-dalmatinski Magazin.
• Jovan Stejić (1803–1853) was a Serbian physician writer, philosopher, translator, and a critic of Vuk Karadžić's language reform.
• Pavle Stamatović (1805–1864)
• Jovan Sterija Popović, (1806–1856), playwright, poet and pedagogue who taught at the University of Belgrade, then known as Grande École (Velika škola).^[30]
• Stefan Stefanović (1807–1828). Serbian writer who lived and worked in Novi Sad and Budapest
• Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Realism
• Nikanor Grujić, (1810–1887), Rationalism to Romanticism
• Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, (1813–1851) works include The Mountain Wreath (Горски вијенац / Gorski vijenac), the Ray of the Microcosm (Луча микрокозма / Luča mikrokozma), the Serbian Mirror (Огледало српско / Ogledalo srpsko), and False Tsar Stephen the Little (Лажни цар Шћепан Мали / Lažni car Šćepan Mali).
• Ognjeslav Utješenović (1817–1890), Rationalism to Romanticism
• Matija Ban (1818–1903), writer, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat
• Vasa Živković (1819–1891), Rationalism to Romanticism^[35]
• Medo Pucić (1821–1882), writer and prominent Serbian nationalist who was one of the leaders of the "Serb-Catholic" Circle.^[35]
• Jovan Đorđević (1826–1900), Serbian man of letters, writer of lyrics to the Serbian National anthem
• Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), writer and editor of a magazine called Slavjanka, in which Serbian students living under Habsburg occupation championed their ideas of national freedom
• Ljubomir Nenadović (1826–1895), writer
• Milorad Pavlović-Krpa (1865–1957), was merchant and writer of epic songs who wrote the earliest collection of urban lyric poetry., writer and early Anton Chekhov translator
• Tešan Podrugović (1775–1815), Romanticism
• Filip Višnjić (1767–1834), Romanticism
• Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), Romanticism
• Pavle Stamatović (1805–1864)
• Đorđe Marković Koder (1806–1891), Romanticism
• Vuk Vrčević (1811–1882), collaborated with Vuk Karadžić collecting Serbian tales and songs in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Dalmatia along with Vuk Popović^[35]
• Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820–1867), Romanticism
• Dimitrije Matić (1821–1884)
• Jakov Ignjatović (1822–1889), Realism
• Visarion Ljubiša (1823–1884), Romanticism
• Branko Radičević (1824–1853), Romanticism^[35][30]
• Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša (1824–1878), Romanticism
• Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), Romanticism
• Nikša Gradi (1825–1894), Romanticism
• Novak Radonić (1826–1890), Romanticism
• Bogoboj Atanacković^[35] (1826–1858)
• Ljubomir Nenadović (1826–1895), Realism
• Milica Stojadinović Srpkinja (1828–1878), Romanticism^[30]
• Ivan Stojanović (1829–1900), Romanticism
• Gavrilo Vitković (1829–1902), Realism
• Staka Skenderova (1831–1891), Romanticism, a Bosnian Serb writer, teacher and social worker.
• Milan Đ. Milićević (1831–1908), Realism
• Đura Jakšić (1832–1878), Romanticism
• Ilarion Ruvarac (1832–1905), Romanticism
• Nićifor Dučić (1832–1900), Realism
• Vaso Pelagić (1833–1899), Romanticism
• Vladimir Jovanović (1833–1922), Realism
• Marko Miljanov (1833–1901), Romanticism
• Pero Budmani (1835–1914), Romanticism
• Kosta Ruvarac (1837–1864), Realism
• Ljudevit Vuličević (1839–1916)
• Miloš Crnjanski^[30] (1893–1977)
• Laza Kostić (1841–1910), Romanticism^[30]
• Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921), Romanticism
• Stojan Novaković (1842–1915)
• Čedomilj Mijatović (1842–1932), Romanticism
• Evgenije Popović (1842–1931)
• Kosta Trifković (1843–1875), Romanticism
• Svetomir Nikolajević (1844–1922), Realism
• Vladan Đorđević (1844–1930), Realism
• Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915), Realism
• Risto Kovačić (1845–1909), Realism
• Svetozar Marković (1846–1875), Realism
• Milovan Glišić (1847–1908), Realism^[30]
• Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), Realism
• Laza Lazarević (1851–1891), Realism^[30]
• Dragomir Brzak (1851–1907)
• Simo Matavulj (1852–1908), Realism^[30]
• Stevan Sremac (1855–1906), Realism
• Jaša Tomić (1856–1922), Realism
• Ivo Vojnović (1857–1929), Realism
• Ljubomir Nedić (1858–1902), Realism
• Marko Car (1859–1957), Realism
• Vojislav Ilić (1860–1894), Realism^[30]
• Milan Rešetar (1860–1942), Realism
• Nikola T. Kašiković (1861–1927)
• Janko Veselinović (writer) (1862–1905), Realism
• Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch (1862–1908)
• Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945)
• Svetolik Ranković (1863–1899), Realism
• Bogdan Popović^[30] (1863–1944)
• Antun Fabris (1864–1904), Realism
• Branislav Nušić (1864–1938), Realism to Moderna^[30]
• Ilija Vukićević (1866–1899)
• Ivan Ivanić (1867–1935), Realism; a diplomat and an author
• Lujo Bakotić (1867–1941)
• Radoje Domanović (1873–1908), Realism^[30]
• Svetozar Ćorović (1875–1919), Realism to Moderna
• Borisav Stanković (1876–1927), Realism
• Petar Kočić (1877–1916), Realism to Moderna^[30]
• Jovan Skerlić^[30] (1877–1914)
• Isidora Sekulic^[30] (1877–1958)
• Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898), Moderna
• Jevto Dedijer (1880–1918), Moderna
• Stijepo Kobasica (1882–1944)
• Vojislav Jovanović Marambo (1884–1968), naturalism, kitchen sink drama
• Dimitrije Mitrinović (1887–1953)
• Mir-Jam (1887–1952)
• Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1890–1974)
• Stanislav Vinaver (1891–1965)
• Vladimir Velmar-Janković (1895–1976)
• Rastko Petrović^[30][93] (1898–1949)
• Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947)
• Jovan Popović (1905–1952)
• Vladan Desnica (1905–1967)
• Meša Selimović^[30] (1910–1982)
• Grigorije Vitez^[94][95][96] (1911–1966)
• Mihailo Lalić (1914–1992)
• Branko Ćopić^[30] (1915–1984)
• Vojin Jelić (1921–2004)
• Dobrica Ćosić^[30] (1921–2014)
• Dejan Medaković^[35] (1922–2008)
• Duško Radović (1922–1984)
• Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010), essayist
• Milo Dor (1923–2005)
• Mateja Matejić (1924–2018)
• Aleksandar Tišma (1924–2003)
• Draginja Adamović (1925–2000)
• Nenad Petrović (1925–2014)
• Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014)
• Dragan Lukić (1928–2006)
• Milorad Pavić^[30] (1929–2009)
• Radomir Belaćević (1929–2005)
• Borislav Pekić^[30] (1930–1992)
• Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991)
• Dragoslav Mihailović (1930–2023)
• Ivan V. Lalić (1931–1966)
• Jovan Ćirilov (1931–2014)
• B. Wongar (born 1932), Serbian-Australian writer who explores traditional Serbian and Australian Aboriginal culture
• Vladimir Voinovich (1932–2018)
• Mika Antić (1932–1986)
• Bora Ćosić (born 1932)
• Slobodan Selenić (1933–1995)
• Živojin Pavlović (1933–1998)
• Duško Trifunović (1933–2006)
• Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014)
• Sava Babić (1934–2012)
• Grozdana Olujić (1934–2019)
• Danilo Kiš^[30] (1935–1989)
• Momo Kapor (1937–2010)
• Branimir Šćepanović (1937–2020)
• Milovan Danojlić (born 1937)
• Mirko Kovač (1938–2013)
• Miroljub Todorović (born 1940)
• Milan Milišić (1941–1991)
• Vida Ognjenović (born 1941)
• Vidosav Stevanović (born 1942)
• Milovan Vitezović^[97] (born 1944)
• Pero Zubac (born 1945)^[98]
• Raša Papeš (born 1947)
• Dragomir Brajković (1947–2009)
• Jovan Zivlak (born 1947)
• Zoran Živković (born 1948)
• Dušan Kovačević (born 1948)
• Novica Tadić (1949–2011)
• Zoran Spasojević (born 1949)
• Radosav Stojanović (born 1950)
• Svetislav Basara (born 1953)
• Biljana Jovanović (1953–1996)
• Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954)
• Siniša Kovačević (born 1954)
• Radoslav Pavlović (born 1954)
• Vladislav Bajac (born 1954)
• Nenad Prokić (born 1954)
• Dejan Stojanović (born 1959)
• Prvoslav Vujčić (born 1960)
• Goran Petrović (born 1961)
• Vladan Matijević (born 1962)
• Dragomir Dujmov (born 1963)
• Slobodan Savić (born 1964)
• Aleksandar Gatalica (born 1964)
• Uroš Petrović (born 1967)
• Zoran Stefanović (born 1969)
• Branislava Ilić (born 1970)
• Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970)
• Vesna Perić (born 1972)
• Jelena Ćirić (born 1973), Serbian writer from Prague
• Aleksandar Novaković (born 1975)
• Aleksandra Čvorović (born 1976), Serbian writer from Banja Luka
• Srđan Srdić (born 1977)
• Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977), writer from Bosnia, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature^[99]
• Olivia Sudjic (born 1988), British fiction writer^[100][101]

• Paskoje Primojević (fl. 1482–1527) was a poet and Serbian scribe in the Serbian Chancellery in Dubrovnik during the time of the Republic of Ragusa.
• Dimitrije Karaman, born in Lipova, Arad, in the early 1500s, was an early Serbian poet and bard.
• Ludovico Pasquali (Ljudevit Pašković) was an Italian poet and Venetian soldier of Serbian origin, though Roman Catholic by faith, who lived in the early and mid-1500s.
• Hristofor Žefarović (1690–1753), Serbian poet who died in Imperial Russia spreading the Pan-Slav culture.
• Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš (1709–1766), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro, wrote patriotic poetry and the first history of Montenegro, published in Moscow in 1754
• Jovan Avakumović (1748–1810), known as a representative of the Serbian folk poetry of the 18th century, though he only wrote a few poems which were part of handwritten poem books.
• Pavle Solarić (1779–1821) was Obradović's disciple who wrote poetry and the first book on geography in the vernacular.
• Aleksije Vezilić (1753–1792) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the Teutonic vision of the Enlightenment to the Serbs.
• Avram Miletić (1755 – after 1826) was a merchant and writer of epic folk sings.
• Mato Vodopić (1816–1893) was a Serb-Catholic Bishop of Dubrovnik and poet, Romanticism
• Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), Romanticism
• Mileta Jakšić (1863–1935), Realism to Moderna
• Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924), Realism to Moderna
• Jovan Dučić (1871–1943), Moderna^[30]
• Milan Rakić (1876–1938), Moderna^[30]
• S. Avdo Karabegović (1878–1908)
• Osman Đikić (1879–1912)
• Vladislav Petković Dis (1880–1917), Moderna
• Sima Pandurović (1883–1960), Moderna
• Veljko Petrović (poet) (1884–1967), Moderna
• Momčilo Nastasijević (1894–1938), poet
• Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993)^[30]
• Dušan Matić (1898–1980)
• Rade Drainac (1899–1943)
• Dušan Vasiljev (1900–1924)
• Dragan Aleksić (1901–1958), founder of the Yugoslavian branch of Dadaism
• Milan Dedinac (1902–1966)
• Radovan Zogović (1907–1986), leading Serb poet and literary critic from Montenegro
• Milena Pavlović-Barili^[30] (1909–1945)
• Oskar Davičo (1909–1989)^[30]
• Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911–1938), Albanian poet
• Branko Miljković^[30] (1934–1961)
• Ljubomir Simović (born 1935)
• Dobrica Erić (1936–2019)
• Charles Simic^[102] (1938–2023)
• Matija Bećković (born 1939)
• Ljubivoje Ršumović (born 1939)

• Mihailo Polit-Desančić (1833–1920)
• Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897)
• Maga Magazinović (1882–1968), Serbia's 1st female journalist and women's rights activist^[103]
• Milorad Sokolović (born 1922), sports journalist
• Vasilije Stojković (1923–2008), sports journalist
• Zaharije Trnavčević (1926–2016)
• Ranko Munitić (1934–2009), film critic
• Gordana Suša (1946–2021), television journalist and columnist
• Milorad Vučelić (born 1948)
• Stojan Cerović (1949–2005), writer for the magazine Vreme
• Miroslav Lazanski (1950–2021), journalist, military analyst, politician, and diplomat
• Walt Bogdanich (born 1950), American investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize.^[104]
• Milan Pantić (1954–2001)
• Saša Marković Mikrob (1959–2010)
• Ljiljana Aranđelović (born 1963), news paper editor
• Dejan Ristanović (born 1963)
• Dada Vujasinović (1964–1994), columnist
• Brankica Stanković (born 1975), Serbian investigative journalist
• Zoran Kesić (born 1976), TV presenter and talk-show host
• Vukša Veličković (born 1979), British cultural critic of Serbian descent
• Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov (born 1961), television journalist
• Jasmina Karanac (born 1967), television journalist
• Ivan Kalauzović Ivanus (born 1986), journalist and publicist; diaspora chronicler
• Dubravka Lakić, film critic
• Jelena Adzic, Serbian-born Canadian CBC journalist and on-air personality
• Saša Petricic, Canadian award-winning CBC journalist
• Anka Radakovich, American magazine columnist
• Tijana Ibrahimovic, Serbian-born American fashion journalist

• Andrija Paltašić (1440–1500), early printer and publisher of Serb books.
• Bonino De Boninis (1454–1528), early printer and publisher in Dubrovnik.
• Božidar Vuković (1460–1530) and later his son, Vićenco Vuković, ran his father's print shop in Venice, from 1519 until 1561, with partners Stefan Marinović, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others. The best known presses were established in 1519 in Goražde; at the Monastery of Rujno in the village of Bioska, near Užice; at Gračanica monastery in Kosovo; and at Mileševa monastery, near Prijepolje. In 1597 the Vuković press passed into the hands of Giorgio Rampazetto, who printed two important books—the Collection of Trvelers and the earliest Serbian primer.
• Hieromonk Makarije (1465 – c. 1530) is the founder of Serbian and Romanian printing, having printed the first book in the Serbian language in Obod (Crnagora) in 1493, and the first book in Wallachia. He also wrote extensively.
• Hieromonk Pahomije (c. 1480 – 1544) learned the skills of the printing trade from Hieromonk Makarije at the Crnojević printing house.
• Božidar Goraždanin founded the Goražde printing house in the 1520s.
• Luka Radovanović (15th century), was a 15th-century Serb Catholic priest from Ragusa who owned a small printing press, one of the earliest at the time.
• Đurađ Crnojević (fl. 1490–1496), first printed the Oktoih at Cetinje in 1495.
• Trojan Gundulić (c. 1500 – c. 1555), is remembered for printing the first book in Belgrade in 1552, "The Four Gospels".
• Hieromonk Mardarije (fl. 1550–1568) used to print his books at Mrkšina crkva printing house before the Ottomans destroyed it.
• Jerolim Zagurović (c. 1550 – 1580), was a Catholic-Serb printer from Kotor.
• Vićenco Vuković (fl. 1560–1571), was one of the major printers of 16th century Serbia, like his father before him.
• Stefan Marinović (fl. 1561–1563), was a Serb printer from Scutari during the time of Vićenco Vuković, Jerolim Zagurović, Jakov of Kamena Reka and others. The longest-lived printing in the Balkans was done at Scutari, where Stefan Skadranin worked between 1563 and 1580. When his press stopped, because of continued Turkish authority over the region, Serbian printing left the Balkans. Later, Serbian books were printed in Venice, Leipzig, Vienna, and Trieste.
• Mojsije Dečanac (fl. 1536–40) is remembered for printing Praznićni minej (Holiday Menaion) of Božidar Vuković in Venice in 1538.
• Hieromonk Genadije was another printer who worked alongside hieromonk Teodosije at Mileševa monastery and later in Venice with hierodeacon Mojsije and hieromonk Teodosije.
• Luka Primojević (16th century), is another early printer of the 16th century from Ragusa to use Church Slavonic, Cyrillic type.
• Stefan Vujanovski (1743–1829)
• Gligorije Vozarević (1790–1848)
• Vasa Pelagić (1833–1800), publisher, socialist
• Dimitrije Ruvarac (1842–1931)
• Vladislav F. Ribnikar (1871–1914)
• Darko F. Ribnikar (1878–1914)
• Stijepo Kobasica (1882–1944)
• Velibor Gligorić (1899–1977), literary critic, editor, and writer
• Danilo Gregorić (1900–1957), news paper editor
• Drenka Willen, Serbian-American award-winning editor, formerly with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.

• Okica Gluščević (1856–1898)
• Dimitrije Vladisavljević (1788–1858) is a Serbian grammarian, translator and writer.