or otherwise closely associated with the city of Niš, and its surrounding metropolitan area. Constantius I, Roman Emperor, father of Constantine I Constantine I, the great, (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus) – ruled 306 to 337 Constantius III, (Flavius Constantius) – ruled 421 Justin I, (Flavius Iustinus) – ruled 518 to 527 Nikephoros Lykaon protospatharios c. 1050 Stevan Sinđelić, war leader (vojvoda), died in 1809 in the Battle of Čegar. Stevan Sremac (1855–1906), writer, came to Niš shortly after its liberation from the Turkish rule; wrote about life in old Niš (Ivkova slava, Zona Zamfirova). Nikola Uzunović, (b. 1873), prime minister of Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1926 to 1927. Dragiša Cvetković, (1893–1969), prime minister of Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1939 to 1941. Svetislav Milosavljević, (1882–1960), a Yugoslav army general and first Ban of Vrbas Banovina. Dušan Radović, (1922–84), journalist and writer. Dušan Čkrebić, (b. 1927), President(1984–1986) and Prime Minister(1978–1982) of SR Serbia. Spiridon, (?–1389), Patriarch of Serbian Patriarchate of Peć. Irinej (1930–2020), Serbian patriarch (2010–2020) and Bishop of Niš (1975–2010) Nadja Regin, (1931–2019), Serbian and British actress. Predrag Antonijević, (b. 1959), film director. Branko Miljković (1934–61), poet. Bratislav Anastasijević (1936–1992), musician, conductor Šaban Bajramović (1936–2008), Romani singer and composer. Kornelije Kovač (b. 1942), rock musician and composer. Goran Paskaljević (1947–2020), movie director; raised by his grandparents in Niš 1949–63, after the divorce of his parents. Dragan Pantelić (b. 1951), former football goalkeeper, president of Radnički Niš. Eva Haljecka Petković (1870–1947), doctor. Predrag Miletić (b. 1952), actor. Miki Manojlović (b. 1950), actor. Zoran Živković (b. 1954), handball player and coach, Olympic champion Aki Rahimovski (b. 1954), rock musician. Nenad Milosavljević (b. 1954), rock musician. Biljana Krstić (b. 1959), rock and traditional music singer and songwriter. Ana Stanić (b.1975), Serbian pop-rock singer Zoran Živković (b. 1960), politician, a former Prime Minister of Serbia. Zoran Ćirić (b. 1962), writer. Aleksandar Šoštar (b. 1964), water polo goalkeeper, Olympic, World and European champion. Dragan Stojković (b. 1965), football player, Olympic bronze medalist. Lidija Mihajlović (b. 1968), shooting champion. Branislava Ilić (b. 1970), playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, essayist. Ivan Miljković (b. 1979), volleyball player, Olympic and European champion. Bojana Popović (b. 1979), Montenegrin handball player, Olympic silver medalist. Nikola Karabatić (b. 1984), French handball player, Olympic, World and European champion. Nemanja Radulović (b. 1985), violinist. Ivan Kostic (b. 1989), footballer. Stefan Jović (b. 1990), basketball player, Olympic, World Cup, and EuroBasket silver medalist. Sava Ranđelović (b. 1993),