Božidar
Encyclopedia
Božidar Polish:
"Bożydar" (or Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic given name used by e.g. Croatian
and Serbian
meaning "God's gift". It is a translation of the Greek name Theodore, itself derived from the Greek word "Theodoros". Boža is a nickname
form of Božidar. People with the name include:
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
"Bożydar" (or Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic given name used by e.g. Croatian
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
and Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
meaning "God's gift". It is a translation of the Greek name Theodore, itself derived from the Greek word "Theodoros". Boža is a nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
form of Božidar. People with the name include:
- Božidar AdžijaBožidar AdžijaBožidar Adžija was a Yugoslav left-wing politician and publicist.A native of Drniš, of Croat and Serbian descent, Adžija participated in World War I as a soldier in Austro-Hungarian Army....
- Božidar Đelić
- Bozhidar IskrenovBozhidar IskrenovBozidar Georgiev Iskrenov , nicknamed Gibona and Gibi , is a former Bulgarian footballer who spent most of his career playing for Levski Sofia as a forward.Iskrenov also had a brief film career...
- Božidar IvanovićBožidar IvanovicBožidar Ivanović is a chess Grandmaster who now represents Montenegro, a politician, and a chess official. He has served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in Montenegro. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship three times, in 1973, 1981, and 1983...
- Božidar JakacBožidar JakacBožidar Jakac was a Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter, graphic artist, art teacher, photographer and filmmaker. He produced one of the most extensive oeuvres of pastels and oil paintings , drawings and, above all, graphics in Slovenia...
- Božidar JankovićBožidar JankovicBožidar Janković was the Commander of the Serbian Third Army during the First Balkan War between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire....
- Božidar KalmetaBožidar KalmetaBožidar Kalmeta is a Croatian politician, currently serving as Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure in the Croatian Government .-Early life:He graduated in 1982 from the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Agronomy.From 1982 to 1993 he...
- Prince Bojidar KarageorgevitchPrince Bojidar KarageorgevitchPrince Bojidar Karageorgevitch was a member of the Serbian House of Karađorđević. He was a world traveller...
- Božidar Katić
- Božidar KavranBožidar KavranBožidar Kavran was a member of the Croatian World War II Ustaše regimeKavran was born in Zagreb on September 22, 1913.He served as leader of the Ustaše from May 1943 onwards....
- Božidar MaljkovićBožidar MaljkovicBožidar "Boža" Maljković is a Serbian basketball coach, one of the most successful in Europe, having won a title with practically all clubs he trained, including four Euroleague titles with three different clubs...
- Božidar PetranovićBožidar PetranovicBožidar Petranović was an outstanding Serbian author, scholar, literary historian, and journalist of the 19th century...
- Božidar ŠpišićBožidar ŠpišicBožidar Špišić was a Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb.In 1908, Špišić formed the first orthopedic bureau in Croatia, which is seen as the founding of orthopedics in the country. Špišić formed the orthopedic clinic in Zagreb in 1930. He was the rector of the University of...
- Božidar VukovićBožidar VukovicLord Božidar Vuković was one of the first printers of Serb books...