[2] Alongside Veljko Petrović, notable alumni of the school include Ivan Radović, Milan Konjović, Gaja Alaga, Bogdan Maglich, Tihomir Novakov, Sima Ćirković, Iván Gutman, Irinej Bulović and others.

[3] In 2022 the 150 Years of Gymnasium in Sombor book by Dr. Attila Pfajfer, assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad, was published with support from the City of Sombor and the Provincial Secretariat for Education of Vojvodina.

[3] First ideas about the opening of gymnasium in the city appeared already in 1819 when Serb community in Sombor collected 20,000 forints for the new school but the town authorities failed to ensure the land for the new institution.

[3] The Town of Sombor Gymnasium in Serbian and Hungarian language was established only in 1869 but it remained open only for 2 years.

[3] In 1886 the school was moved to the current building inspired by North German architecture, where classes were now conducted in Hungarian exclusively all the way up until the end of World War I when Banat, Bačka and Baranja joined the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.