Serbian American
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| Serbian American Српски Американци Srpski Amerikanci |
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| Notable Serbian Americans: Rod Blagojevich · Milla Jovovich · George Voinovich · Lance Sijan · Nikola Tesla   |
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Serbs |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Languages |
| American English, Serbian |
| Religion |
| Serbian Orthodox, other Christian, others |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Serbs, Croatian Americans |
Serbian Americans are citizens of the United States who are of Serbian ancestry.
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[edit] Demographics
[edit] Numbers
According to the 2004 U.S. census, 140,337 Americans declared as Serbian descent. The metropolitan area around Chicago, Illinois, is of particular note for its large Serbian community. This can be seen in a number of architecturally notable church complexes such as St. Simeon Mirotochivi in the East Side neighborhood and New Gračanica monastery in Third Lake.[2] Other substantial Serbian-American communities are New York City, Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles as well Southern California (i.e. Orange County, San Diego and the Coachella Valley) by recent Serbian and Bosnian immigration, and Phoenix, Arizona since the 1980s.
[edit] Concentrations
The States with the largest Serbian-American populations are:
| Pennsylvania | 18,316 |
| Illinois | 17,893 |
| Ohio | 16,859 |
| California | 12,760 |
| Indiana | 9,238 |
| New York | 4,997 |
The communities where the highest percentage of residents claimed Serbian ancestry in the 2000 census were:
- Export, Pennsylvania 0.2
- Midland, Pennsylvania 0.8
- Industry, Pennsylvania 0.5
- Ohioville, Pennsylvania 0.7
- Wilmerding, Pennsylvania 0.7
- Schererville, Indiana 0.6
- Buhl, Minnesota 0.4
- Greenway Township, Minnesota 0.4
- Raccoon Township, Pennsylvania 0.0
- Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 0.0
[edit] Notables
- Sasha Alexander - Actress
- Jake Allex - Soldier
- Melissa Bean - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 8th district
- Helen Delich Bentley - American Politician
- Predrag Bjelac - Actor
- Rod Blagojevich - Governor of Illinois
- Peter Bogdanovich - Film Director
- Norm Bulaich - Former American Football Player
- Milorad Čavić - Swimmer
- Lolita Davidovich - Actress
- Brad Dexter - Actor
- Bill Dorich - Journalist
- Walt Dropo - Former Major League Baseball Player
- George Glamack - Former Basketball Player
- Sam Jankovich - General Manager of the Las Vegas Gladiators
- Boyan Jovanovic - Professor of Economics at New York University
- Milla Jovovich - Actress
- Mike Kekich - Former Major League Baseball Player
- Petar V. Kokotovic - Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara
- Lene Lovich - Singer
- Karl Malden - Actor
- Mike Mamula - Former NFL player
- Milan Mandarić - Owner of two Soccer Clubs in England: Portsmouth F.C. and Leicester
- Pete Maravich - Former NBA Player and 50 Greatest player in NBA's History
- Press Maravich - Professional Basketball Coach and Father of Pete Maravich
- Alisa Maric - Woman Grandmaster and International Master of Chess
- Branko Milanovic - Lead Economist in the World Bank's Research Department
- John Miljan - Actor
- Johnny Miljus - Former Major League Baseball Player
- Ilija Mitic - Former Professional Soccer Player
- Nikola Moravčević - University Professor, Critic and Writer
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Actor
- Mitchell Paige - Soldier
- Sasha Pavlovic - NBA Player
- George Perazich - Director of Displaced Persons for UNRRA
- Dragoljub Pokrajac - Working as Associate Professor at Delaware State University
- Gregg Popovich - NBA Coach
- Milt Popovich - Former NFL player
- Preki - Former MLS Player
- Mihajlo Pupin - Physicist and Physical Chemist
- Dan Radakovich - Sports Administration
- Elijah Monte Radlovic - British Officer and Author
- Natasha Radojčić-Kane - Writer
- Joe Raduka - Former MLS Player
- Milo Radulovich - Former Reserve Air Force Lieutenant
- Miloš Raičković - Music Composer and Anti-War Activist
- Nikola Resanovic - Music Composer and Professor of Music
- Rudolph Réti - Music Composer and Pianist
- Jeff Samardzija - MLB Player
- Predrag Savović - Former NBA Player
- Carl Kosta Savich - Teaching History at the College Level
- Monica Seles - Former Tennis Player (despite being born in Serbia, she is an ethic Hungarian)
- Rade Šerbedžija - Actor
- Lance Sijan - U.S. Air Force Hero = Medal OF Honor
- Charles Simic - Poet and the 15th Poet Laureate of the United States
- Paul Stojanovich - Television Producer
- Nikola Tesla - Was an Inventor, Physicist, Mechanical Engineer, and Electrical Engineer, and discovered Electricity
- Steve Tesich - Oscar-winning Screenwriter, Playwright and Novelist
- Steve Vinovich - Actor
- George Voinovich - Senior Senator from Ohio
- Mele "Mel" Vojvodich - Major General in the USAF
- Pete Vuckovich - Former MLB Player
- Rose Ann Vuich - California's First Female Senator
- Milan Vuitch - Physician Performing Abortions in Washington, D.C.
- Sasha Vujacic - NBA Player
- Milan Vukcevich - Chess International Master, Grandmaster chess problem composer, and writer
- Bill Vukovich - Automobile Racing Driver
- John Vukovich - Former MLB Player
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - Singer and Comedian
- Trifun Živanović - Figure Skater
- Lou Zivkovich - Former American Football Player
- Natalia Nogulich- actress
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