List of Bosnian Americans

This is a list of notable Bosnian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

Art

• Endi E. Poskovic, artist and printmaker
• Adi Granov, comic book artist

Literature

• Aleksandar Hemon, fiction writer
• Sasha Skenderija, poet
• Semir Osmanagić, writer
• Téa Obreht, novelist

Film

• Harun Mehmedinović, director, screenwriter and photographer
• Karl Malden, actor
• Ivana Miličević, actor
• Miraj Grbić, actor
• Sabina Vajrača, film director and film producer
• Sulejman Medenčević, cinematographer
• Tinka Milinović, television personality

Music

• Kemal Gekić, pianist
• Flory Jagoda guitarist, composer and singer
• Mladen Milicevic, composer and professor of music
• Vuk Kulenovic, composer

Politics

• Muhamed Sacirbey, businessman, lawyer, and former ambassador
• Anesa Kajtazovic, Iowa State Representative and first Bosnian-American elected official

Sports

• J.R. Bremer, basketball player for the Bosnian national team
• Luka Garza, college basketball player
• Adnan Hodzic, basketball player
• Amer Delić, tennis player
• Baggio Husidić, soccer player for LA Galaxy
• Nedim Nišić, olympic swimmer
• Vedad Ibišević, soccer player
• Esad Komić, soccer player
• Refik Kozić, soccer player
• Peri Marošević, soccer player
• Emsad Zahirovic, soccer player
• Hajrudin Saračević, soccer player
• Damir Krupalija, basketball player
• Slobodan Janjuš, retired soccer player
• Mirsad Sejdić, retired soccer player
• Goran Suton, basketball player
• Nina Bates, figure skater
• Mirsad Bektic, mixed martial artist
• Ajdin Penava, basketball player
• Amar Alibegović, basketball player

Other

• Sanela Diana Jenkins, entrepreneur and philanthropist who established the International Justice Clinic
• Mirsad Hadžikadić, UNC Charlotte professor and executive director of analytical programs. He has won local and state lifetime achievement awards in the field of information technology.

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