Ljubomir Maksimović: key obituary facts
Is Ljubomir Maksimović dead? Yes. Ljubomir Maksimović died on November 6, 2026, at age 87.
Cause of death: Ljubomir Maksimović's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Ljubomir Maksimović known for?
He was a Serbian byzantologist.
More about Ljubomir Maksimović
Born: 27 November 1938.
Place of birth: Skopje.
Gender: male.
Occupation: historian, Byzantinist.
Nationality: Serbia.
Education: University of Belgrade.
Ljubomir Maksimović, a Serbian historian and Byzantinist, died November 6, 2026, aged 87.
Born in Skopje on November 27, 1938, he pursued his education and academic career at Belgrade University’s Faculty of Philosophy. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1961, a master’s in 1965 and a doctorate in 1971.
Maksimović joined the faculty as an assistant in 1961, beginning a career there that continued through successive academic appointments. He became assistant professor in 1971, associate professor in 1978 and professor in 1986. He later chaired the department of Byzantine history. His professional responsibilities extended beyond the university. He led the Serbian Association of Historians as president from 1978 to 1980 and served as dean of the Faculty of Philosophy from 1994 to 1996. In 1996, he became vice president of the Association Internationale des Études Byzantines. Two years later, he took on the directorship of the Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His books included Istorija Vizantijskog carstva (2000), Grad u Vizantiji (2003) and Philadelphie et autres études (2016), works reflecting his sustained scholarly focus on Byzantine history.