Milovan

Milovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован, Serbo-Croatian: [miˈloːvan]) is a Slavic name derived from the passive adjective milovati ("caress").¹ Its presence has been recorded in Serbia since the Late Middle Ages.¹ Variants include Milovanac and Milovanče.¹

It celebrates its name day on January 25 in Poland,² where it is spelled Miłowan.

• Milovan Bojić (born 1955), Serbian politician
• Milovan Ćirić (1918–1986), Serbian football manager
• Milovan Đilas (1911–1995), Montenegrin-Serbian Communist politician, theorist and author in Yugoslavia
• Milovan Đorić (born 1945), Serbian football player and manager
• Milovan Danojlić (1937–2022), Serbian writer
• Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), visual artist
• Milovan Drašković (born 1995), Montenegrin basketball player
• Milovan Drecun (born 1957), Serbian journalist of Montenegrin descent
• Milovan Gavazzi (1895–1992), Croatian ethnologist
• Milovan Glišić (1847–1908), Serbian writer, dramatist, and literary theorist
• Milovan Ilic Minimaks (1938–2005), Serbian radio and TV journalist
• Milovan Jakšić (1909–1953), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Jović (1955–2009), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Kapor (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
• Milovan Krivokapić (born 1949), Serbian politician
• Milovan Milovanović (1863–1912), Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer
• Milovan Milović (born 1980), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Mirosevic (born 1980), Chilean footballer
• Milovan Obradović (born 1956), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Petrovikj (born 1990), Macedonian footballer
• Milovan Minja Prelević (1970–2019), Montenegrin footballer and coach
• Milovan Raković (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player
• Milovan Rajevac (born 1954), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Savić (born 1953), Croatian middle-distance runner
• Milovan Sikimić (born 1980), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Stanković (born 1969), Serbian writer
• Milovan Stepandić (1954–2020), Serbian basketball coach
• Milovan Vesnić (fl. 2014), Serbian racing driver
• Milovan Vidaković (1780–1841), Serbian writer
• Milovan Vitezović (1944–2022), Serbian writer, poet, play writer and satirist
• Milovan Zoričić (1884–1971), Croatian football official and criminal judge
• Milovan Zoričić (statistician) (1850–1912), Croatian statistician

• Berndt Lubich von Milovan, Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
• Irena Milovan (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer
• Ivan Milovan (born 1940), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate

• Milovan, a village in Pleșoi Commune, Dolj County, Romania