Željko or Zeljko is a Slavic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Željko Čajkovski (1925–2016), Croatian football (soccer) player and coach Željko Đokić, Serbian footballer Željko Šašić, Serbian pop-folk singer Željko Šturanović, former Prime Minister of Montenegro who served from 2006 to 2008 Željko Adžić, former Croatian footballer Željko Bebek, popular Bosnian singer, lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984 Željko Blagojević, Bosnian Serb runner who ran over 900 km from Banja Luka, Bosnia to Kosovo as a protest Željko Božić, famous Serbian stuntman and actor Željko Bogut, Bosnian chess player and two time national champion Željko Brkić, Serbian football goalkeeper Željko Cicović, Serbian football goalkeeper Željko Đurđić, Serbian handball goalkeeper Željko Filipović, Slovenian footballer Željko Franulović, former Croatian tennis player Željko Ivanek, Emmy-award winning Slovenian American actor Željko Ivanković, Croatian writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Janjetović, Bosnian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Russian Federation Željko Joksimović, popular Serbian singer, composer, songwriter and producer Željko Kalac, Australian goalkeeper currently playing for Greek club Kavala Željko Kalajdžić, Serbian professional football midfielder Željko Kerum, Croatian entrepreneur and politician Željko Komšić, Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician Željko Kopanja (1954–2016), Bosnian Serb newspaper editor and director of Nezavisne Novine Željko Kopić, Croatian football coach Željko Kovačević, Serbian footballer Željko Krajan, Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player Željko Kuzmić, Serbian professional football goalkeeper Željko Lelek, Bosnian Serb indicted for mass rape crimes in Višegrad during the Bosnian War Željko Ljubenović, Serbian football midfielder Željko Lordanić, Croatian cartoonist, animator and illustrator Željko Malnar (1944–2013), writer and TV presenter Željko Matuš, former Croatian footballer Željko Mavrović, retired male boxer from Croatia turned entrepreneur Željko Mijač, Croatian football manager and former player Željko Milinovič, former Slovenian footballer Željko Milošević, Serbian footballer Željko Mitrakovič, Slovenian football midfielder Željko Mrvaljević, Montenegrin football defenderer Željko Nimš, Croatian handball player Željko Obradović, professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player Željko Pahek, Croatian and Serbian comics creator and illustrator Željko Pavlović, Croatian football goalkeeper Željko Perušić (1936–2017), former Croatian footballer Željko Pervan, Croatian comedian Željko Petrović, retired footballer from Montenegro, technical coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam Željko Polak, retired Bosnian Serb football player Zeljko Ranogajec, professional gambler from Australia Željko Ražnatović (1952–2000), better known as Arkan, Serbian career criminal and later a paramilitary leader Željko Rebrača, retired Serbian professional basketball player Željko Rohatinski (1951–2019), current Governor of the Croatian National Bank Željko Samardžić, Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer Željko Senečić (1933–2018), Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter Željko Sošić, young Montenegrin director Željko Sopić, Croatian football midfielder Željko Stinčić, former Croatian footballer Željko Tadić, former Montenegrin footballer Željko Tanasković, Serbian volleyball player Željko Turk, the current mayor of Zaprešić, a town in Zagreb County, Croatia Željko Vincek, Croatian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres Željko Vuković, Croatian-born Austrian footballer Željko Vuković, Montenegrin footballer Željko Zagorac, professional basketball player Zeljko Babic, former association football player in the now defunct National Soccer League in Australia Zeljko Bilecki, retired Canadian soccer player Zeljko Gavrilović, veteran Serbian footballer Zeljko Loparić, Croatian philosopher, historian of the philosophy and university teacher Zeljko Marasovich, Croatian American composer of classical and film music Zeljko Radovic, Austrian football player
