Branko (Cyrillic script: Бранко; ) is a South Slavic masculine given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is a shortened form of the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka. It is also occasionally a nickname.

Notable people with this name include:

B

• Branko Babić (born 1947), Serbian football manager

• Branko Bačić (born 1959), Croatian politician

• Branko Bajić (born 1998), Bosnian footballer

• Branko Baković (born 1981), Serbian footballer

• Branko Baletić (born 1946), Serbian-Montenegrin film director and producer

• Branko Bauer (1921–2002), Croatian film director

• Branko Becić (1923–2000), Croatian rower

• Branko Bedekovič (born 1973), Slovenian handball player

• Branko Belačić (1929–2008), Croatian rower

• Branko Benzon (1903–1970), Croatian physician, diplomat and politician

• Branko Bogunović (1911–1945), Serbian military officer

• Branko Bokun (1920–2011), Yugoslav-British author and journalist

• Branko Bošković (born 1980), Montenegrin footballer

• Branko Bošnjak (1923–1996), Croatian philosopher

• Branko Bošnjak (footballer) (born 1955), Yugoslav footballer

• Branko Bošnjaković (born 1939), Dutch-Croatian physicist

• Branko Božović (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager

• Branko Brkic (born 1962), Serbian-South African editor and publisher

• Branko Brnović (born 1967), Montenegrin football manager

• Branko Bulatović (1951–2004), Montenegrin football administrator

• Branko Buljevic (born 1947), Australian-Croatian footballer

C

• Branko Čalović (1941–1995), Yugoslav footballer

• Branko Celler, Australian academic

• Branko Cikatić (1955–2020), Croatian martial artist

• Branko Ćopić (1915–1984), Yugoslav writer

• Branko Črnac Tusta (1955–2012), Croatian musician

• Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), Macedonian politician

• Branko Čubrilo (born 1988), Croatian footballer

• Branko Culina (born 1957), Croatian-Australian football player and coach

• Branko Čulina (born 1957), Croatian-Australian football manager

• Branko Cvejić (1946–2022), Serbian actor

• Branko Cvetković (born 1984), Bosnian basketball player

• Branko Cvetkovič (born 1951), Slovenian photographer

D

• Branko Damljanović (born 1961), Serbian chess grandmaster

• Branko Dangubić (1922–2002), Serbian javelin thrower

• Branko Davidović (born 1959), Serbian footballer

• Branko Đerić (born 1948), Bosnian Serb politician

• Branko Despot (born 1942), Croatian philosopher

• Branko Dobrosavljević (1886–1941), Serbian hieromartyr and saint

• Branko Dolhar (born 1949), Slovenian ski jumper

• Branko Dragutinović (born 1961), Bosnian footballer

• Branko Đurić (born 1962), Bosnian actor

• Branko Đurić (tennis) (born 2005), Serbian tennis player

E

• Branko Elsner (1929–2012), Slovenian football manager

F

• Branko Filip (born 1975), Slovenian cyclist

• Branko Fučić (1920–1999), Croatian art historian, archeologist and paleographer

G

• Branko Galoić (born 1973), Croatian musician

• Branko Gavella (1885–1962), Croatian theatre director, critic and essayist

• Branko Geroski, Macedonian journalist

• Branko Gradišnik (born 1951), Slovenian writer and translator

• Branko Grahovac (born 1983), Bosnian footballer

• Branko Gračanin (born 1943), Croatian footballer

• Branko Grims (born 1962), Slovenian politician

• Branko Grünbaum (1929–2018), Croatian-American mathematician

H

• Branko Hofman (1929–1991), Slovenian poet, writer and playwright

• Branko Horjak (born 1950), Slovenian football player and manager

• Branko Horvat (1928–2003), Croatian economist and politician

• Branko Hrg (born 1961), Croatian politician

• Branko Hucika (born 1977), Croatian footballer

I

• Branko Ilič (born 1983), Slovenian footballer

• Branko Isaković (born 1958), Serbian bass player, producer and composer

• Branko Ištvančić (born 1967), Croatian film director

• Branko Ivanda (1941–2025), Croatian film director and screenwriter

• Branko Ivanković (born 1954), Croatian football manager

J

• Branko Jelić (born 1977), Serbian footballer

• Branko Jeren (born 1951), Croatian university professor and politician

• Branko Jorović (born 1981), Serbian basketball player and coach

• Branko Jovanović (1868–1921), Serbian army general

• Branko Jovičić (born 1993), Serbian footballer

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• Branko Kadija (1921–1942), Albanian communist of Serbian descent

• Branko Kallay (1908–1995), Croatian athlete

• Branko Kankaraš (born 1988), Serbian-Montenegrin handball player

• Branko Karačić (born 1960), Croatian football manager

• Branko Klenkovski (1946–2013), Yugoslav footballer

• Branko Kokir (born 1974), Serbian handball player

• Branko Kopjar, Croatian-American physician and epidemiologist

• Branko Kostić (1939–2020), Montenegrin politician

• Branko Kovačević (born 1951), Serbian academic

• Branko Kovačević (basketball) (born 1951), Serbian basketball player

• Branko Kovačević (volleyball) (born 1967), Serbian volleyball coach

• Branko Kralj (1924–2012), Croatian footballer

• Branko Krga (born 1945), Serbian military officer

• Branko Krsmanović (1915–1941), Yugoslav soldier

L

• Branko Laura (born 1982), Croatian futsal player

• Branko Lazarević (born 1984), Serbian footballer

• Branko Lazarević (critic) (1883–1963), Serbian writer, literary critic and diplomat

• Branko Lazić (born 1989), Serbian basketball player

• Branko Lukovac (1944–2023), Montenegrin politician

• Branko Lustig (1932–2019), Croatian film producer

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• Branko Maksimović (born 1974), Serbian basketball coach

• Branko Mamula (1921–2021), Yugoslav officer and politician

• Branko Manoilovski (born 1941), Macedonian politician

• Branko Marinković (born 1967), Bolivian-Croatian politician and businessman

• Branko Marjanović (1909–1996), Yugoslav film director and editor

• Branislav Martinović (1937–2015), Serbian wrestler

• Branko Marušič (1938–2026), Slovenian historian

• Branko Mataja (1923–2000), Serbian–American folk and blues musician

• Aleksandër Branko Merxhani (1894–1981), Albanian sociologist, writer and journalist

• Branko Mihajlović (born 1991), Serbian footballer

• Branko Mihaljević (1931–2005), Croatian composer

• Branko Mikasinovich (academic) (born 1938), Serbian American scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature

• Branko Mikašinović (politician) (1924–1999), Yugoslav and Serbian diplomat and politician

• Branko Mikulić (1928–1994), Yugoslav politician

• Branko Mikša (born 1947), Croatian politician

• Branko Milanović (born 1953), Serbian-American economist

• Branko Milisavljević (born 1976), Serbian basketball player

• Branko Milićević (born 1946), Serbian actor

• Branko Miljković (1934–1961), Serbian poet

• Branko Miljuš (born 1960), Croatian footballer

• Branko Milosevic (born 1964), Croatian-Australian footballer

• Branko Milovanović (born 1973), Serbian footballer

• Branko Mirković (born 1982), Serbian-Bulgarian basketball player

• Branko Mitrovic, Serbian-Norwegian architectural historian

• Branko Mladenović (), Serbian magnate

N

• Branko Nadoveza (1950–1970), Serbian footballer

• Branko Nešić (born 1934), Serbian-American basketball player

• Branko Nešović (1930–2002), Serbian footballer and medical doctor

• Branko Ninić (born 1974), Serbian politician

O

• Branko Oblak (born 1947), Slovenian footballer

• Branko Ojdanić born 1990), Bosnian footballer

• Branko Okić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer

• Branko Ostojić (born 1984), Bosnian footballer

P

• Branko Panić (born 1977), Croatian footballer

• Branko Pauljević (born 1989), Serbian footballer

• Branko Pavlović (born 1960), Serbian politician and lawyer

• Branko Peković (born 1979), Serbian water polo player

• Branko Pešić (1922–1986), Serbian politician

• Branko Petranović (1927–1994), Serbian historian

• Branko Pintarič (born 1967), Slovenian writer and actor

• Branko Plavšić (1949–2011), Serbian comic book artist

• Branko Pleša (1926–2001), Serbian actor and theatre director

• Branko Pleše (1915–1980), Croatian footballer

• Branko Popović (painter) (1882–1944), Serbian painter

• Branko Popović (politician) (born 1975), Serbian medical doctor and politician

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• Branko Radaković (1982–2018), Serbian actor and director

• Branko Radivojević (born 1980), Slovak ice hockey player

• Branko Radičević (1924–1953), Serbian poet

• Branko Radovanović (born 1981), Serbian footballer

• Branko Radović (basketball) (1933–1993), Yugoslav basketball player and coach

• Branko Radović (footballer, born 1950), Montenegrin football player and manager

• Branko Radulović (1881–1916), Serbian painter

• Branko Ranković (born 1971), Serbian politician

• Branko Rasić (born 1976), Serbian footballer

• Branko Rastislalić (died 1352), Serbian medieval ruler

• Branko Rašović (born 1942), Montenegrin footballer

• Branko Ružić (politician) (born 1975), Serbian politician

• Branko Ružić (sculptor) (1919–1997), Croatian sculptor

S

• Branko Savić (born 1972), Serbian footballer

• Branko Schmidt (born 1957), Croatian film director

• Branimir Branko Segota (born 1961), Croatian-Canadian soccer player

• Branko Skroče (born 1955), Croatian basketball player

• Branko Smiljanić (born 1957), Serbian football manager

• Branko Sobot (born 1972), Croatian boxer

• Branko Souček (1930–2014), Croatian academic and computer scientist

• Branko Špoljar (1914–1985), Yugoslav actor

• Branko Stanković (1921–2000), Bosnian football player and manager

• Branko Stanovnik (born 1938), Slovenian chemist

• Branko Stinčić (1922–2001), Croatian footballer

• Branko Štrbac (born 1957), Yugoslav handball player

• Branko Strupar (born 1970), Croatian-Belgian footballer

• Branko Švarc (1894–1972), Croatian judge

T

• Branko Tanazević (1876–1945), Serbian architect

• Branko de Tellería (born 1991), Argentinian footballer

• Branko Tomović (born 1980), Serbian-German actor

• Branko Tošović (born 1949), Austrian-Serbian philologist, linguist and literary scholar

• Branko Trajkov (born 1966), Croatian musician

• Branko Tretinjak (1907–1989), Yugoslav fencer

• Branko Tucak (born 1952), Croatian football manager

V

• Branko Ve Poljanski, pseudonym of Serbian poet and painter Branislav Micić (1898–1947)

• Branko Vidović (1923–2013), Croatian swimmer

• Branko Vodnik (1879–1926), Croatian literary historian

• Branko Vrgoč (born 1989), Croatian footballer

• Branko Vujović (born 1998), Montenegrin handball player

• Branko Vukelić (1958–2013), Croatian politician

• Branko Vukelić (spy) (1904–1945), Yugoslav spy

• Branko Vukićević (born 1961), Serbian basketball player

Z

• Branko Zebec (1929–1988), Croatian football player and manager

• Branko Žigić (born 1981), Serbian professional football player and coach

• Branko Ziherl (1916–1942), Slovenian diver

• Branko Zinaja (1895–1949), Croatian footballer

• Branko Zorko (born 1967), Croatian runner

• Branko Zupan (born 1964), Slovenian football player and manager

No surname

• Branko (čelnik) ( 1306–19), Serbian nobleman

See also

• Branko's Bridge, bridge in Belgrade, Serbia

• Brankov, surname

• Branković, surname

• Brankovina, village in Serbia

• Brankovići (Rogatica), village in Bosnia