Dragan^[1] (pronounced [drǎgan], Serbian Cyrillic: Драган^[1]) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element drag meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana.

People named Dragan include:

Politicians and office holders

• Dragan Čavić, Bosnian Serb politician
• Dragan Čović, Croat politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Dragan Đilas, Serbian politician and businessman
• Dragan Đokanović, Bosnian Serb politician
• Dragan Đorđević, Serbian politician
• Dragan Jočić, Serbian politician
• Dragan Kojadinović, Serbian journalist, politician and Minister of Culture
• Dragan Marković, Serbian politician
• Dragan Maršićanin, Serbian politician
• Dragan Mikerević, Bosnian Serb politician
• Dragan Primorac, Croatian scientist and politician
• Dragan Šutanovac, Serbian Minister of Defense
• Dragan Todorović (politician), Serbian politician
• Dragan Tomić, Serbian politician, acting President of Serbia in 1997
• Dragan Tsankov, Bulgarian politician, twice Prime Minister
• Dragan Vulin, Croatian politician and scientist

Soldiers

• Dragan Nikolić, Serbian military officer
• Dragan Paskaš, Serbian general
• Dragan Vasiljković, Serbian paramilitary officer

Athletes

• Dragan Antanasijević (born 1987), Serbian footballer
• Dragan Bender (born 1997), Croatian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Dragan Blatnjak (born 1981), Bosnian footballer
• Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
• Dragan Ćirić, Serbian footballer
• Dragan Džajić, retired Serbian footballer
• Dragan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer
• Dragan Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
• Dragan Džajić, Yugoslavian footballer
• Dragan Glogovac, Bosnian Serb footballer
• Dragan Holcer, Yugoslavian footballer
• Dragan Jović, Bosnian football coach
• Dragan Jovanović, Yugoslavian footballer
• Dragan Kanatlarovski, Yugoslavian/Macedonian footballer and manager
• Dragan Kićanović, retired Serbian basketball player
• Dragan Kobiljski, retired Serbian volleyball player and professional coach.
• Dragan Kokotović, Serbian footballer and manager
• Dragan Lukovski, Serbian basketball player
• Dragan Milosavljević, Serbian basketball player
• Dragan Mladenović (footballer) (born 1976), Serbian footballer
• Dragan Mrđa, Serbian footballer
• Dragan Mustapić, Croatian discus thrower
• Dragan Načevski, Macedonian footballer
• Dragan Okuka, Serbian footballer and manager
• Dragan Pantelić, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer
• Dragan Perić, retired Serbian Olympic athlete
• Dragan Popović, Yugoslavian footballer and coach
• Dragan Punišić, Yugoslavian/Serbian footballer
• Dragan Raca, Serbian basketball coach
• Dragan Radojičić, Serbian/Montenegrin footballer and manager
• Dragan Stančić, Serbian footballer
• Dragan Stojisavljević, Serbian footballer
• Dragan Stojkov, Macedonian footballer
• Dragan Stojković, retired Serbian footballer and current manager
• Dragan Talajić, Croatian footballer and manager
• Dragan Tarlać, retired Serbian basketball player
• Dragan Tešanović (born 1985), Serbian mixed martial arts fighter
• Dragan Travica, Croatian naturalized Italian volleyball player.
• Dragan Umicevic, Swedish ice hockey player
• Dragan Žarković, Serbian footballer
• Dragan Zorić, Serbian sprint canoer

Artists and entertainers

• Dragan Bjelogrlić, Serbian actor
• Dragan Espenschied, German musician and artist
• Dragan Kojić Keba, Gipsy/Serbian folk singer
• Dragan Marinković, Bosnian Serb actor and TV personality
• Dragan Mićanović, Serbian actor
• Dragan Nikolić, Serbian actor
• Dragan Malesevic Tapi, Serbian painter and Freemason
• Dragan Roganović, renowned Serbian-Australian music producer and DJ
• Dragan Todorović, Yugoslavian writer, journalist, and artist

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