Jovan Trifunovski

Jovan Trifunovski (Vrutok, 23 September 1914 — Belgrade, 1 February 1997) was a Serbian geographer and anthropologist.

He finished primary school in his native village and then highschool in Skopje and Tetovo.

He next went to serve in the army, during which time he worked in the Military Geographical Institute in Belgrade.

From November 1940 to March 1941 he worked as an assistant professor at the Institute for Geography of the Philosophical Faculty in Skopje.

He published a number of books and articles on the subject in the most eminent Yugoslav scientific publications such as the Srpski etnografski zbornik, Glasnik SANU etc.