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Boban is a Croatian family name and Serbian and Montenegrin masculine given name. Among Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians, Boban might be used as a nickname form of the name "Slobodan" or "Bogdan". Most Croats named "Boban" are originally from village named Bobanova Draga in the municipality of Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Boban is also a name used in the South Indian population. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Ana Boban, Croatian swimmer who competed for Yugoslavia at 1968 Olympics
- Eugène Boban, French antiquarian who sold the first crystal skulls to museum collections in the late 19th century
- Ljubo Boban, Croatian historian
- Mate Boban, Bosnian-Herzegovian politician
- Rafael Boban, Croatian Ustaše officer
- Vjekoslav Boban, writer & lingvist
- Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer
- Boban Zacharia, Indian engineer
Given name:
- Boban Babunski, Yugoslav/Macedonian footballer
- Boban Bajković, Montenegrin footballer
- Boban Božović, Bosnian footballer
- Boban Jović, Slovenian footballer
- Boban Maksimović, Serbian footballer
- Boban Marjanović, Serbian basketball player
- Boban Marković, Serbian trumpet player
- Boban Nikolić, Serbian footballer
- Boban Rajović, Montenegrin pop singer
- Boban Stajić, Macedonian basketball player
- Boban Stojanović, Serbian footballer
Boban is the self-titled debut studio album by Montenegrin singer Boban Rajović. It was released in 2000.
Usage examples of "boban".
At that moment the Boban tendency wanted to lay all its cards on the table and openly stand out against Bosnian independence -- and thus in favour of dividing the country-but had to hold back because Croatia was in an exceedingly delicate situation.
It was headed by Mate Boban, who was already President of Herceg-Bosna and HVO commander, and thus now united in one person the three most responsible offices -- political, military and administrative.
When Mate Boban withdrew from all leading positions in February 1994, the Muslims and Croats agreed on a ceasefire and signed an agreement in Washington that brought the Croat-Muslim war in Bosnia to an end.
From the encampment to Mount Boban Birni was a distance of six hours S.
After two hours and a-half we came to huts in a valley, and a village of thirty or forty houses, called Boban Tabki.