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Approximately 40,000 Bosnians arrived in Chicago in the 1990s and early 2000s, mainly as refugees during the Bosnian War. [2]Today, approximately 70,000 people of Bosnian ancestry live in Chicago, making both Chicago and St. Louis tied for the largest Bosnian population outside of Europe.
The largest Bosnian-American communities in the US are found in St. Louis (Bevo Mill's "Little Bosnia"); followed by Chicago, Jacksonville, New York City, Detroit and Houston. [9] Atlanta has Georgia's largest Bosnian-American community with over 10,000 in the metro area, most of whom can be found in Gwinnett County's Lawrenceville. [10]
Bosniak Americans (Bosnian: Američki Bošnjaci) are Americans whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sanjak region. The majority of Bosniak Americans immigrated to the United States during the Bosnian War which lasted from 1992 to 1995. Nevertheless, the first Bosniaks settled in Chicago in
This is a list of notable Bosnian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Art Adi ...
Husein Gradaščević a.k.a. Husein-kapetan, The Dragon of Bosnia – 19th century Bosnian nobleman and autonomy fighter; Isa-Beg Isaković – general, first governor of the Ottoman province of Bosnia, and founder of the cities of Sarajevo and Novi Pazar; Ivan Franjo Jukić; Ferhad Pasha Sokolović – founder and designer of Banja Luka old town
Pages in category "Bosnian-American culture in Illinois" ... Bosnians in Chicago; Bostel; Z. Zambak This page was last edited on 6 March 2016, at 20:26 (UTC) ...
Esmir Bajraktarevic, soccer player; Adnan Hodzic, basketball player; Amer Delić, tennis player; Baggio Husidić, soccer player for LA Galaxy; Nedim Nišić, olympic swimmer; Vedad Ibišević, soccer player
Sabina Ćudić, (born 1982), a Bosnian politician who is vice-president of the political party Naša stranka; Member of the House of Representatives of Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sanjin Halimović (born 1969), involved in Sanski Most politics; Safet Babic (born 1981), German politician of Bosniak descent