27 20th century Serbian writers

Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981) was the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and one of the first female professors of Belgrade University, where she graduated. She wrote about Giordano Bruno, ancient Greek philosophy and the history of Serbian philosophy, and translated important philosophical works into Serbian, including works by Aristotle and Plato. She was also an early Serbian feminist writer and philosopher.

Đorđe Balašević is a prominent Serbian and former Yugoslav recording artist and singer-songwriter.

Bogdan Diklić is a Serbian actor. He has been active since the late 1970s and starred in over one hundred Yugoslav films and television series. Diklić made ten films with director Goran Marković. In August 2009, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award "Pavle Vuisić" for his body of work in Yugoslav cinematography.

Rade Drainac was a Serbian poet.

Boro Drašković is a Serbian director, playwright and screenwriter.

Jovan Dučić was a Herzegovinian Serb poet-diplomat.

Goran Jevtić is a Serbian actor, director and convicted sex offender. During his two decade long career, Jevtić has composed a prolific range of performances notable in film, television and theater. He has received critical praise for his Shakespearean interpretations in European-based theatres, with roles as Romeo Montague in Romeo and Juliet in Verona, Macbeth in Macbeth in Zagreb, Prince Hamlet in Hamlet in Belgrade, Antonio in The Merchant of Venice in Rome and Gaius Marcius Coriolanus in Coriolanus. Other than his prominent work in theatre, his notable film credits include Mirko in The Parade, Mitar in In the Land of Blood and Honey, Miloš in Life Is a Miracle and Andreja in the We're Not Angels franchise.

Mirjana Karanović is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known for her performance in her debut film Petria's Wreath, as well as for her frequent collaborations with film directors Emir Kusturica and Jasmila Žbanić. Karanović received international acclaim and a nomination for European Film Award for Best Actress for her role in Žbanić's Grbavica.

Marija Knežević, a Serbian poet, fiction writer, essayist, literary translator and professor of literature was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1963.

Branislav Lečić is a Serbian actor, director, academic, writer and politician. Known for his versatile portrayals of emotionally vulnerable characters with strong senses of moral justice, Lečić rose to prominence for his role as the rebellious Crni in twelve-episode mini-series Sivi dom (1986).

Dragoljub "Mićko" Ljubičić is a Serbian actor, humorist, and comedian, best known for his involvement with Indexovo radio pozorište, Pozovi M... ili će on tebe and PLjiŽ.

Lujo Bakotić was a Serbian writer, publicist, lawyer, lexicographer and diplomat.

Predrag "Miki" Manojlović is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfully branched out into movies made outside the Balkans and became active in productions all over Europe.

Milorad Pavlović — Krpa was a Serbian writer, publicist, translator, and editor and publisher of Glasnik za zabavu i nauku.

Mihailo Milovanović was a Serbian painter, sculptor and writer. He was one of the founders of the Association of Painters of Serbia. During the First World War, he was a war painter of the Serbian Army's Supreme Command and, as such, he painted portraits of Voivodes Radomir Putnik, Živojin Mišić, Stepa Stepanović and Petar Bojović, as well as General Pavle Jurišić Šturm, King Peter I of Serbia and Regent Alexander Karađorđević.

Jovanka Nikolić was a Serbian author of prose, poetry and poetry for children.

Nataša Ninković is a Serbian actress, best known for her roles in the films Savior, War Live, The Professional and The Trap.

Gorica Popović is a Serbian theatre, television and film actress.

Petar Šarić also spelled Petar Sharich is a Serbian poet and prose writer, a native of Kosovo and Metohija and author of several novels, books of poetry, and plays. He is one of the leading 20th-century Kosovo Serbian literary figures.

Slobodan Selenić was a Serbian writer, literary critic, dramatist, academic and university professor of 20th century literature.

Ljiljana Smajlović is a Serbian journalist and the former editor of Politika, the oldest daily newspaper in the Balkans. Since 2009, she has been the president of the Serbian Journalists' Association (UNS).

Ružica Sokić, also known as Ruža Soda, was a Serbian actress and writer.

Miroslava "Mira" Stupica was a Serbian actress best known for her work in the theater, but also had extensive career on television and in films. Enjoying the enduring popularity for over 60 years and celebrated as the ‘actress of the century’ by her peers, she is considered one of the best Serbian actresses of all time.

Gordana Suša is a Serbian journalist.

Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić was a Serbian actor who enjoyed a reputation as one of the greatest names in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.

Jasmina Tešanović is an author, feminist, political activist, translator, and filmmaker.

Štefan "Stevo" Žigon was a Yugoslav and Serbian actor, theatre director, and writer.