Boban

Boban (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан) is a Croatian family name and Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian masculine given name. Among Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians, Boban might be used as a nickname form of the name "Slobodan" or "Bogdan". Most Croats named "Boban" are originally from village named Bobanova Draga in the municipality of Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^{[citation needed]} Boban is a masculine given name in Kerala. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Ana Boban (born 1947), Croatian swimmer who competed for Yugoslavia at 1968 Olympics
• Blaženko Boban (born 1960), Croatian politician
• Bruno Boban (1992–2018), Croatian footballer
• Eugène Boban (1834–1908), French antiquarian who sold the first crystal skulls to museum collections in the late 19th century
• Ervin Boban (born 1965), Croatian footballer
• Gabrijel Boban (born 1989), Croatian footballer
• Gordana Boban (born 1967), actress from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kunchacko Boban (born 1976), Indian film actor
• Ljubo Boban (1933–1994), Croatian historian
• Mate Boban (1940–1997), Bosnian-Herzegovian politician
• Rafael Boban (1907–1945?), Croatian Ustaše officer
• Tonči Boban (born 1971), Croatian footballer
• Zvonimir Boban (born 1968), Croatian footballer

Given name:

• Boban Alummoodan, Indian actor
• Boban Apostolov (born 1984), Macedonian musical artist
• Boban Babunski (born 1968), Yugoslav/Macedonian footballer
• Boban Bajković (born 1985), Montenegrin footballer
• Boban Birmančević (born 1969), Serbian politician
• Boban Bogosavljević (born 1988), Serbian chess grandmaster
• Boban Božović (born 1963), Bosnian footballer
• Boban Cenić (born 1991), Serbian footballer
• Boban Đerić (born 1993), Bosnian footballer
• Boban Dmitrović (born 1972), Serbian footballer
• Boban Georgiev (born 1997), Macedonian footballer
• Boban Grnčarov (born 1982), Macedonian footballer
• Boban Ilić (born 1963), Serbian sculptor
• Boban Jančevski (born 1978), Macedonian footballer
• Boban Janković (1963–2006), Serbian basketball player
• Boban Jović (born 1991), Slovenian footballer
• Boban Kajgo (born 1989), Canadian soccer player of Serbian origin
• Boban Knežević (born 1959), Serbian writer
• Boban Lazić (born 1994), Bosnian footballer
• Boban Maksimović (born 1985), Swiss footballer of Serbian descent
• Boban Marjanović (born 1988), Serbian basketball player
• Boban Marković (born 1964), Serbian trumpet player of Romani background
• Boban Mitev (born 1972), Macedonian basketball coach
• Boban Nikolić (born 1980), Serbian football player
• Boban Nikolov (born 1994), Macedonian football player
• Boban Nikolovski (born 1977), Macedonian football player
• Boban Petrović (1957–2021), Serbian basketball player
• Boban Rajović (born 1971), Montenegrin pop singer
• Boban Ranković (born 1979), Serbian rower
• Boban Samuel, Indian film director
• Boban Savović (born 1979), Montenegrin basketball player
• Boban Stajić (born 1993), Macedonian basketball player
• Boban Stojanović (born 1978), Serbian activist
• Boban Stojanović (footballer) (born 1979), Serbian football player
• Boban Tomić (born 1988), Slovenian basketball player
• Boban Vasov (born 1986), Serbian football player
• Boban Zirintusa (born 1992), Ugandan football player

See also

• All pages with titles containing Boban
• Boban (album), an album by Boban Rajović
• Boban, an Indian comic character