1645 – died 13 July 1648) was the capo direttore of the Morlach army, one of the most prominent harambaša (rebel leaders) in the Dalmatian hinterland, that fought the Ottoman Empire during the Cretan War (1645–69).

The Montenegro poet-prince-bishop Petar II Petrović Njegoš immortalized him in one of his epic poems, Gorski vjenac, also known in English translation as Mountain Wreath.

Mandušić was one of the leaders of Morlachs or Vlachs in Dalmatia,[3] and his birthplace is undetermined, but it is generally considered he was born somewhere in the Dalmatian Zagora.

[16] On 11 July is mentioned by Foscolo about the gold medal which received Stjepan S/Šorić in June that same year, who although a brave soldier and has many supporters, can not count on obedience, because with the soldiers is not generous,[17] while if for the captain Mandušić came the second medal equal to that of Šorić, and he deserves it, it would've saved him the bitterness of exclusion, and to the nation would serve as a great consolation, because he is in the Krajina appreciated more than any other.

[18] New Bosnian Pasha, Drviš Skopljak, who went down in Livno, in late July sent in Ravni Kotari his Kiaya-bey, Hussein-beg, with a detachment of 4,000 people.

[19] He was enumerated in Alessandro Vernino's Della historia delle Guerre di Dalmatia (1648) as "Mandusich de Murlacchi".

[20] Today, what is thought to be Mandušić's metre-long sabre is kept at Visovac Monastery[2] He is mentioned in Cvit razgovora naroda i jezika iliričkoga aliti rvackoga (The Flower of Discourse among the Illyrian or Croatian People and Language, 1747) by Franciscan priest Filip Grabovac, and Razgovor ugodni naroda slovinskog (Pleasant Conversation of Slavic People, 1756) by Franciscan friar Andrija Kačić Miošić.

[27][29][30] The authors of the Srpski list (late 19th century) from Split used names from the Mountain Wreath; Vuk Mandušić was one of the pseudonyms.

Nega fale latinska gospoda i junaci slavnoga naroda, jer bijaše Vuče Mandušiću silni junak kano Krajeviću.Имамо документе о томе да је Вук Мандушић посинио свога сестрића Тадију Вранчића, који је заменио ујака и био постављен за старешину шибенских ускокаbiran je njegov sestrić Tadija Vrančić, koji se kasnije potpisuje i .kao »Mandušić«.

Jovan Dračevac ^governator« i tdУскочку војску, у којој укупно није било ни 1.500 људи, предводили су, поред осталих, харамбаше Петар Смиља- нић, поп Стеван Суботић (Сорић) и калуђер Петроније Селаковић.