This is a list of famous or notable citizens of Novi Sad (included in the list are natives as well as permanent and/or temporary residents).
Arts
Architecture
Greta Ferušić (1924–2022), Bosnian Jewish architect; born in Novi Sad
Literature and poetry
Aleksandar Tišma (1924–2003), writer; born in village Horgoš near Kanjiža and lived in Novi Sad
Branislav Nušić (1864–1938), Serbian novelist, playwright, comediographer, story writer, essayist, founder of modern Rhetoric in Serbia; lived in Novi Sad
Boško Petrović (1915–2001), Serbian novelist and poet, secretary and president of Matica Srpska; studied and lived in Novi Sad
Danilo Kiš (1935–1989), possibly the best-known ex-Yugoslavian writer alongside the Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić; lived in Novi Sad
Damjan Kaulić (1760–1810) Serbian publisher, bookseller and printer; only bookseller in Novi Sad until 1790; born in Sremski Karlovci and lived in Novi Sad.
Đura Jakšić (1831–1878), Serb poet, painter, narrator, playwright, bohemian, and patriot; born in Srpska Crnja and lived in Novi Sad
Jakov Ignjatović (1822–1889), writer; lived in Novi Sad
Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875), poet; born in village Čerević in Beočin municipality; attended gymnasium in Novi Sad
Jovan Hadžić (1799–1869; pseudonym Miloš Svetić), one of the founders of Matica srpska and its first president; poet, literary historian, interpreter, lawyer; born in Sombor and lived in Novi Sad
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), one of the best-known Serb poets; born in Novi Sad
Jovan Pačić (1771–1849), poet, painter and officer; born in Baja and lived in Novi Sad
Mira Alečković (1924–2008), Serbian and Yugoslav poet; born in Novi Sad
Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861), Slovak philologist, poet; one of the first scientific Slavists; literary historian, historian and ethnographer; lived in Novi Sad
Pero Zubac (born 1945), Serbian and Yugoslav author, poet, screenwriter, academic, and journalist; born in Nevesinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina and resides in Novi Sad
Vasa Stajić (1878–1947), writer and professor; born in village Mokrin near Kikinda and lived in Novi Sad
Vasko Popa (1922–1991), Yugoslav poet of Romanian descent; lived in Novi Sad
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), Serb linguist and major reformer of the Serbian language; spent 1809/1810 winter in Novi Sad
Petar Meseldžija (born 1965), fantasy and comic book artist and illustrator
Sibin Slavković (born 1953), comic book artist, illustrator and editor; created and worked on Tarzan, Il Grande Blek, Tex; born in Žunjevići and resides in Novi Sad since 1983
Sculpture
Bojan Mikulić (born 1980), Serbian sculpture; realism and abstract art
Jovan Pešić (1866–1936) Serbian sculptor and soldier
Jovan Soldatović (1920–2005) Serbian sculpture; surrealism art; born in Čerević; lived and died in Novi Sad
Multiple art disciplines
Emanuilo Janković (1758–1792), Serbian writer, dramatists, philosopher, translator, editor and scientist; born and raised in Novi Sad
Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875) Serbian poet, writer, physician; born in Ćerević lived and studied in Novi Sad
Jovan Hristić (1933–2002), Serbian poet, playwright, essayist, literary and theater critic, translator, editor; died in Sremska Kamenica in Novi Sad
Milan Savić (1845–1930), Serbian physician writer, historian, philosopher, medical doctor, geographer, literary critic, translator, president of Matica srpska; lived and studied in Novi Sad
Mladen Dražetin (1951–2015), doctor of social sciences, intellectual, economist, theatrical creator, poet, writer and philosopher. He was born and died in Novi Sad.
Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958) Serbian and Yugoslav writer, historian, lawyer, philosopher, literary critic, diplomat, and politician; born in Novi Sad
Entertainment
Fashion and modeling
Jovana Marjanović (born 1987), Serbian beauty pageant model; born in Novi Sad
Sanja Papić (born 1984), Serbian supermodel and beauty pageant titleholder
Đorđe Balašević (1953–2021), prominent Serbian songwriter and singer; born in Novi Sad
Isidor Bajić (1878–1915), composer; born in Kula, lived in Novi Sad
Janika Balaž (1925–1988), musician; lived in Novi Sad
Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), Serb composer and lieutenant-colonel in the Austro-Hungarian Army; born in Vinkovci in Srem (then part of Austrian Empire); died in Novi Sad
Marko Nešić (1873–1938), Serbian composer and tamburitza musician
Mihajlo Obrenov (born 1982; pseudonym MiKKa), musician and composer; founder of Crime:Scene records; from Novi Sad
Milenko Paunović (1889–1924), Serbian composer and writer; author of the first Serbian musical drama; born in the village of Újszentiván in Hungary and lived in Novi Sad
Mitar Subotić (1961–1999), known as Suba and Rex Illusivi; eclectic musician and producer, electronic music pioneer in SFR Yugoslavia; born and raised in Novi Sad
Rada Adžić (born 1976; pseudonym Dara Bubamara), Serbian pop-folk singer
Rudolf Brucci (1917–2002) Croatian-Italian composer; born in Zagreb, lived and studied in Novi Sad
Stefan Milenković (born 1977), Serbian violinist; director of the Concert hall of Novi Sad since 2020
Svetozar Saša Kovačević (born 1950), Serbian composer, music pedagogue and church organist; born in Zabalj and lived in Novi Sad
Tea Tairović (born 1996) Serbian pop-folk singer and songwriter
Tijana Bogićević (born 1981), Serbian singer; represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 and 2017; born in Novi Sad
Sciences
Biology
Adolf Hempt (1874–1943), biologist; founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad; born in Novi Sad
Dušan Kanazir (1921–2009), Serbian molecular biologist, president of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; lived and studied in Novi Sad
Miloš Marić (1885–1944), histologist; brother of Mileva Marić; head of the department of histology at the Saratov State University in Russia; researched in the field of mitosis and amitosis, which laid the foundation for cloning; born in Ruma and lived in Novi Sad
Chemistry
Pavle Trpinac (1905–1991), Serbian chemist and professor; born and raised in Novi Sad
Vojtěch Šafařík (1829–1902), Czech chemist of Slovakian descent; born in Novi Sad
Mathematics
Bogdan Gavrilović (1864–1947), mathematician physicist, philosopher and educator; born in Novi Sad
Mileva Marić (1875–1948), mathematician; Albert Einstein's first wife; sister of Miloš Marić; born in Titel and lived in Novi Sad
Olga Hadžić (1946–2019), mathematician; rector of the University of Novi Sad and the first woman rector in Serbia; born and lived in Novi Sad
Physics
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist of profound genius; widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th century; lived in Novi Sad 1905-1907 (in Kisačka Street 20) with his wife, Mileva Marić
Psychology
Milenko Vlajkov (born 1950}, psychologist and psychotherapist, author and meditation master; born in Novi Sad[1]
Scholars
Branko Mikasinovich (born 1938), Serbian-American slavist, journalist
Đuro Daničić (1825–1882), Serbian philologist, translator, linguist historian and lexicographer; born and studied in Novi Sad
Business
Ignjat Sopron (1821–1894), German journalist, publisher, and printer; born in Novi Sad
Jovan Dejanović (1927–2019), Serbian Yugoslav politician; mayor of Novi Sad (1974–1982); responsible for the construction of Liberty Bridge, modern building of the Serbian National Theatre, and SPC Vojvodina
Maja Gojković (born 1963), Serbian politician; mayor of Novi Sad (2004–2008); president of the National Assembly of Serbia (2014–2020)
Milan Đurić (born 1977), Serbian politician and lawyer, mayor of Novi Sad (2022–Incumbent)
Miloš Vučević (born 1974), Serbian politician; mayor of Novi Sad (2012–2022)
Nada Lazić (born 1950), politician; resides in Novi Sad
Jovan Subotić (1817–1886), politician and writer; born in village Dobrinci near Ruma and lived in Novi Sad
Lazar Paču (1855–1915), politician, doctor, Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Serbia, lived and studied in Novi Sad
Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), prime minister of the Yugoslav government in exile during World War II; born in Novi Sad
Sava Tekelija (1761–1842), first Serbian doctor of law; founder of Tekelijanum; president of Matica srpska; philanthropist, noble and merchant; born in Arad in Romania
Savka Subotić (1834–1918), Serbian political activist, philanthropist and one of the first leading feminists in Vojvodina
Military
Judita Alargić (1917-2011), member of the Yugoslav Partisans
Jakov Mrvica (1978-2004), born as Željko Mrvica, Israeli-Serbian military person; lived in Novi Sad
Đorđe Sečujac (1715-1759), Serb Habsburg military commander; lived in Novi Sad
Jovo Stanojević (born 1977), professional basketball player; born in Sombor and resides in Novi Sad
Milan Gurović (born 1975), professional basketball player with an illustrious career on the Serbia-Montenegro national team and club career stops all over Europe; born and grew up in Novi Sad
Nikola Milutinov (born 1994), professional basketball player for the Olympiacos; born and grew up in Novi Sad
^"Dr. Holzinger Institute Personlich Weiterkommen - PROFESSOR MILENKO VLAJKOV" (PDF). dr-holzinger-institut.de. Dr. Holzinger Institute. Retrieved 15 June 2023.