Marinko Rokvić was born on January 27, 1954, in Bosanski Petrovac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
mɚɹˈɪŋkoʊ ɹˈɑːkvɪk wʌz bˈɔːɹn ˌɔn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈoːɹ, ɪn bəsˈænski pˈɛtɹəvˌæk, pˌiːˈɑːɹ bˈɑːsniə ænd hˈɜːzɪɡˌɑːvɪnə, ˌɛfpˌiːˈɑːɹ jˌuːɡəslˈɑːviə mˈɑːdɚndˈeɪ bˈɑːsniə ænd hˈɜːzɪɡˌɑːvɪnə.