Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla on a 1994 banknote in Yugoslavia, photo by Candyman/Bigstock.com
Date of Birth: 10 July, 1856
Place of Birth: Smiljan, Austrian Empire (now Croatia)
Date of Death: January 7, 1943
Place of Death: New York City, New York, U.S.
Ethnicity: Serbian
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian and American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for contributing to the design of the modern (AC) electricity supply system.
Nikola was the son of Đuka Mandić and Milutin Tesla, an Eastern Orthodox priest. He had ancestors from western Serbia. Nikola moved to Prague, Budapest, and Paris, before coming to the U.S. He lived in New York and Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was an Austrian citizen until 1891, when he became a U.S. citizen.
Nikola was sometimes said to have Croatian and/or Vlach ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Nikola’s paternal grandfather was Nikola Milutinov Tesla (the son of Milutin Tomislavljev Tesla and Stana Dimitrijina Popović). Nikola’s grandfather Nikola was born in Gospić, Općina Gospić, Lika-Senj County. Milutin was the son of Tomislav Tesla and Zorka Markova Ždero. Stana was the daughter of Dimitrije Markov Popović and Stoja Jarčević.
Nikola’s paternal grandmother was named Ana Kalinic.
Nikola’s maternal grandfather was named Nikola Tomin Mandić (the son of Tomo Petrov Mandić). Nikola’s grandfather Nikola was born in Gračac, Zadar, and was an Orthodox priest. Tomo was the son of Petar Mandić.
Nikola’s maternal grandmother was Sofija Budisavljević (the daughter of Tomo Markov Budisavljević and Dragojka Mandić). Sofija was born in Tomingaj, Općina Gračac, Zadar. Tomo was the son of Marko Manojlov Budisavljević.
Nikola was a first cousin, twice removed, of professional basketball players and coaches Slobodan “Piva” Ivković and Dušan Ivković, who were brothers. Nikola was a first cousin of their maternal grandmother Olga Mandić.
Sources: https://www.researchgate.net
https://books.google.de
Genealogy of Nikola Tesla – https://www.geni.com
He has Croatian roots too. He said he descends from Croatians far back on both sides and that a great grandfather married a Serbian in Bosnia and converted. He said he has Draganic Croat ancestors from Zadar back in the 16th century and Kalinic on his mother’s side Novog Vinodola. I know that bothers some Serbians, but that’s what he said.
His father was said to be a Vlach: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273927123_1970_Dialogue_with_Henri_Coanda_1976_At_the_Space_Museum_in_Washington
Nothing of this is true, Nikola Tesla is an ethnic Serb, you have been posting this Nazi crap here without any real proof. First of all to answer to this repent guy. No he doesn’t have Croatian roots neither did he had them, if he had them Croats would not kill his family. His family originates from western Serbia a both mothers and fathers side are ETHNIC SERBS. Here is a OFFICIAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY of Nikola Tesla https://books.google.de/books?id=40NzjS5FunkC&redir_esc=y. As for you Andrew you have been posting this Nazi lies several times now. no his father is not a Vlach no his father was NEVER a vlach, also learn what does vlach mean. This is typical Ustasha propaganda
Also he is an answer to this “Romanian” guy from a real relative of Nikola Tesla. Wiliam H Terbo who specifically said that Romanian claims are without any evidence and that they did not even consult with anybody before stating their claims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I92tQpAJfxw&t=205s
Never did he said that. Not just that this “claim” has been exposed as lie published by a Croatian chauvinist Dražen Stjepandić who is constantly trying to push propaganda in Croatia that Serbs never existed in Croatia. He was exposed by Croatian fact checked site called Faktograf and here is cite from that :” The oldest source for this quote (which is not mentioned in the scientific literature or in primary sources) is an article on the portal of the Croatian Cultural Council dated March 9, 2010. The author of the article is Dražen Stjepandić, who signed up on the site as a member of the non-governmental organization “Croatian Orthodox Church.” Today, Stjepandić is known to the general public as one of the hosts of the extreme right-wing podcast Velebit.”.https://faktograf.hr/2022/02/17/je-li-nikola-tesla-bio-srbin-ili-hrvat/ Nikola Tesla is an ethnic Serbs, that bothers a lot of Croats but this is true. confirmed by Tesla himself.
I highly doubt “serbian” is a real ethnicity, people there have been mixing up with easterners and north africans for quite sometime, and the ethnic background of people who live there is very blury these days, you really can’t tell them apart from greeks and croatians for exemple, by looking at them…
Man you have lost the plot this time.
Serbians and North Africans are worlds apart. What the hell are you talkin’ about??
Anyway yes there are physical overlap between Serbians and Croats (and also Greeks to a lesser extent). They speak the same language too but have a different religion.
@jonasbttencourt
I can address all your points and counter or support them, but I’ll let it go. But calm down, there’s no need to freak out. I’ve done it as well, but it doesn’t strengthen an argument, or help foster a cordial community.
@andrew keep calm, carry on, stay above the fray.
And btw, Happy New Year to all people here
There is a lot of talking in the Internet about Tesla: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nikola_Tesla/Nationality_and_ethnicity/Archive_1?oldformat=true
https://illyria.proboards.com/thread/36730/nikola-tesla-serb-greatest-lie
Thoughts about him?: https://ethnicelebs.com/emir-kusturica
Ok. Anyway what do you think about Lorde’s family: https://ethnicelebs.com/lorde
Don’t know much about her ancestry, I can only guess by reading some articles that she has partial Croatian ancestry (mother) Father is Vic O Connor