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Branko

Branko ( Cyrillic script: Бранко), a South Slavic given name found in all of former Yugoslavia, may refer to:

  • Branko Babić, inventor
  • Branko Babić (born 1947), Serbian football manager
  • Branko Baković (born 1981), Serbian footballer
  • Branko Baletić (born 1946), Serbian-Montenegrin film director and producer
  • Branko Bauer (1921–2002), Croatian film director
  • Branko Bokun (1920–2011), Yugoslav-British author and journalist
  • Branko Bošković (born 1980), Montenegrin footballer
  • Branko Bošnjak (born 1923), Croatian philosopher
  • Branko Bošnjak (born 1955), Yugoslav footballer
  • Branko Bošnjaković (born 1939), Dutch-Croatian physicist
  • Branko Brnović (born 1967), Montenegrin football manager
  • Branko Buljević (born 1947), Croatian-Australian footballer
  • Branko Cikatić (born 1954), Croatian martial artist
  • Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), Macedonian politician
  • Branko Cvetković (born 1984), Bosnian basketball player
  • Branko Ćopić (1915–1984), Yugoslav writer
  • Branko Čulina (born 1957), Croatian-Australian football manager
  • Branko Đurić (born 1962), Bosnian actor
  • Branko Gračanin (born 1943), Croatian footballer
  • Branko Grahovac (born 1983), Bosnian footballer
  • Branko Grünbaum (born 1929), Croatian-American mathematician
  • Branko Horvat (1928–2003), Croatian economist and politician
  • Branko Ilič (born 1983), Slovenian footballer
  • Branko Isaković (born 1958), Serbian musician
  • Branko Ivanković (born 1954), Croatian football manager
  • Branko Jelić (born 1977), Serbian footballer
  • Branko Kadija (1921–1942), Albanian communist of Serbian descent, People's Hero of Albania
  • Branko Karačić (born 1960), Croatian football manager
  • Branko Kostić (born 1939), Montenegrin Serb politician
  • Branko Lazarević (born 1984), Serbian footballer
  • Branko Lustig (born 1932), Croatian film producer
  • Branko Mamula (born 1921), Yugoslav officer and politician
  • Branko Mihaljević (1931–2005), Croatian composer
  • Branko Mikša (born 1947), Croatian politician
  • Branko Mikulić (1928–1994), Yugoslav politician
  • Branko Milanović (born 1953), Serbian-American economist
  • Branko Milićević (born 1946), Serbian actor
  • Branko Milisavljević (born 1976), Serbian basketball player
  • Branko Miljković (1934–1961), Serbian poet
  • Branko Miljuš (born 1960), Croatian footballer
  • Branko Mladenović (fl. 1355), Serbian magnate
  • Branko Oblak (born 1947), Slovenian footballer
  • Branko Panić (born 1977), Croatian footballer
  • Branko Pavlović (born 1960), Serbian politician and lawyer
  • Branko Peković (born 1979), Serbian water polo player
  • Branko Pleše (1915–1980), Croatian footballer
  • Branko Radičević (1924–1953), Serbian poet
  • Branko Radivojević (born 1980), Slovak ice hockey player
  • Branko Radovanović (born 1981), Serbian footballer
  • Branko Rasić (born 1976), Serbian footballer
  • Branko Rašović (born 1942), Montenegrin footballer
  • Branko Schmidt (born 1957), Croatian film director
  • Branko Segota (born 1961), Croatian-Canadian footballer
  • Branko Skroče (born 1955), Croatian basketball player
  • Branko Smiljanić (born 1957), Serbian football manager
  • Branko Stanković (1921–2000), Bosnian Serb football player and manager
  • Branko Stanovnik (born 1938), Slovenian chemist
  • Branko Strupar (born 1970), Croatian-Belgian footballer
  • Branko Štrbac (born 1957), Yugoslav handball player
  • Branko Tomović (born 1980), Serbian-German actor
  • Branko Tucak (born 1952), Croatian football manager
  • Branko Vukelić (1958–2013), Croatian politician
  • Branko Zebec (1929–1988), Croatian football player and manager
Branko (čelnik)

Branko (; 1306–19) was a Serbian nobleman with the title of čelnik, serving King Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321). He was among the witnesses mentioned in the charter issued to the Ratac Monastery by Milutin in 1306, alongside noblemen kaznac Miroslav and župan Vladislav, holding the title of čelnik. He is still in this position in an edict dated 1319. During the reign of Milutin, the title holder was entrusted with the security of property belonging to the Church from the aristocrats, so the holder appeared in the role of a judge or executor of the ruler's decisions, in disputes between the church and the nobility. At that time the title of čelnik was of a higher rank than župan and stavilac, but lower than kaznac and tepčija, with vojvoda being the supreme title. It is unclear if there was one or several with that title at the court at that time. He was preceded by Gradislav Vojšić and succeeded by Đuraš Ilijić.