Handanović (In Slovene also Handanovič) is a Bosnian Muslim surname, traditionally found in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. A 1925 ethnographic study recorded 9 houses of a Handanović family in the village of Vikići. A 1930 ethnographic study recorded the mahala (hamlet) of Handanovići and 5 houses of a Handanović family in the village of Hrustovo, Sanski Most, a family which originated from Lika (tradition holds that most Hrustovo Muslim families fled Lika after Stojan Janković expelled them). It may refer to:
- Damir Handanović (born 1987), Serbian composer
- Jasmin Handanović (born 1978), Slovenian footballer
- Samir Handanović (born 1984), Slovenian footballer
- Rasema Handanović, Bosnian victim of wartime rape and war criminal
- Reuf Handanović, Yugoslav communist
Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Handanović. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
References
- Srpski etnografski zbornik. Vol. 35. Akademija. 1925. p. 528.
- Srpski etnografski zbornik. Vol. 46. Akademija. 1930. p. 305.
- "Bosnian Muslim Rasema Handanovic: Gang Rape Turned Me into a War Criminal". 2012-04-30.
- Vojnoistorijski institut (1952). Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o narodnooslobodilačkom ratu naroda Jugoslavija. Vojnoistorijski institut. p. 265.