The Most Famous
HISTORIANS from Bosnia and Herzegovina
This page contains a list of the greatest Bosnian, Herzegovinian Historians. The pantheon dataset contains 561 Historians, 2 of which were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This makes Bosnia and Herzegovina the birth place of the 40th most number of Historians behind Slovenia, and Uzbekistan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bosnian, Herzegovinian Historians of all time. This list of famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Historians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Matrakçı Nasuh (1480 - 1564)
With an HPI of 65.20, Matrakçı Nasuh is the most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Historian. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Visokavi el-Bosnavî, commonly known as Matrakçı Nasuh (Turkish pronunciation: [matɾakˈtʃɯ naˈsuh]; Serbo-Croatian: Matrakčija Nasuh Visočak) for his competence in the combat sport of Matrak which was invented by himself, (also known as Nasuh el-Silâhî, Nasuh the Swordsman, because of his talent with weapons; 1480 – c. 1564) was a 16th-century Ottoman Bosnian statesman of the Ottoman Empire, polymath, mathematician, philosopher, teacher, historian, geographer, cartographer, swordmaster, navigator, inventor, painter, farmer, and miniaturist. He was brought to Istanbul after being recruited by Ottoman scouts in Rumelia. He was then educated, served several Ottoman sultans, and became a teacher at Enderun School.
2. Vladimir Ćorović (1885 - 1941)
With an HPI of 55.27, Vladimir Ćorović is the 2nd most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Historian. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Vladimir Ćorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Ћоровић; 27 October 1885 – 12 April 1941) was a Serb historian, university professor, author, and academic. His bibliography consists of more than 1000 works. Several of his books on the history of Serb, Yugoslav, Bosnian and Herzegovinian uprisings are considered to be definitive works on the subject.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Bosnian, Herzegovinian historians born between 1480 and 1885. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Bosnian, Herzegovinian historians include Matrakçı Nasuh, and Vladimir Ćorović. As of April 2024, 2 new Bosnian, Herzegovinian historians have been added to Pantheon including Matrakçı Nasuh, and Vladimir Ćorović.
