Serbophilia

Serbophiles

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe famous German writer, poet, scientist, artist and politician.
• Jacob Grimm German philologist, jurist and mythologist. Learnt Serbian in order to read Serbian epic poetry.
• Archibald Reiss German-Swiss publicist, chemist, forensic scientist, a professor at the University of Lausanne.
• Victor Hugo French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo wrote the speech Pour la Serbie.
• Several notable composers used motifs from Serbian folk music and composed works inspired by Serbian history or culture, such as: Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Arthur Rubinstein, Antonín Dvořák, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Schubert, Hans Huber and other.
• Rebecca West British travel writer. Was described by American media as having a pro-Serbian stance.
• Flora Sandes British Irish volunteer in World War I.
• Ruth Mitchell American volunteer in the Chetniks, World War II. Sister of Billy Mitchell.
• Peter Handke Austrian novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize winner. Supported Serbia in the Yugoslav Wars.
• Eduard Limonov Russian writer and poet.
• Essad Pasha Toptani Ottoman Albanian politician.
• Henry Bax-Ironside British diplomat.
• Herbert Vivian British journalist and author of Servia: The Poor Man's Paradise and The Servian Tragedy: With Some Impressions of Macedonia.
• Malvina Hoffman American sculptor and lobbyist for the Serbian cause in WWI.
• Yu Hua Chinese author
• Nikola Gruevski - Former Macedonian Prime Minister turned fugitive.

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