Alija

Alija is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

  • Ifraim Alija (born 1985), footballer
  • Kučuk Alija (died 1804), janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk

Given name – female

  • Alija Jussupowa (born 1984), rhythmic gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity who competes for Kazakhstan

Bosnian given name – male

  • Alija Alijagić (1896–1922), Bosnian communist and assassin
  • Alija Behmen (1940–2018), former mayor of Sarajevo and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Alija Bešić (born 1975), retired Luxembourgian professional football player of Bosnian descent
  • Alija Đerđelez, popular legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
  • Alija Dumas (born 1929), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • Alija Gušanac (fl. 1804–05), Albanian Ottoman brigand
  • Alija Isaković (1932–1997), Bosnian writer, publicist and lexicographer of Bosnian
  • Alija Izetbegović (1925–2003), the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Alija Krnić (born 1993), Montenegrin footballer
  • Alija Sirotanović (1914–1990), Yugoslav miner of Bosniak ethnicity, Hero of Socialist Labour
  • Alija Solak (born 1944), Bosnian footballer
  • Alija Šuljak (1901–1992), Bosnian Muslim Croat politician and Ustaše military officer

Fictional characters

  • Alija Eaglespike of Warrior, a fantasy novel written by Australian author Jennifer Fallon

See also

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