I’m surprised Serbia doesn’t have him as just Serbian tbh
AdrianRP on
I don’t really understand the difference between being Serbian American of Serbian origin and American of Serbian origin.
EDIT: I did a little research, he was born in Austria Hungary, had Austrian nationality, but that region is nowadays Croatia, but he was ethnically Serbian, and then became an American citizen. So yeah, it’s a mess
CyberSosis on
Clearly Nilova Teslaoglu was a turkish inventor
IndependentWrap8853 on
Don’t understand why it’s so confusing for people : He was a naturalised American national, born in Kingdom of Croatia then part of Austrian Empire, therefore of Croatian origin, but he was an ethnic Serb. He definitely wasn’t of Serbian origin since he never lived there and wasn’t born there. Ethnic Serbs live in other places too, not only in Serbia.
matthew_pro12 on
He said himself: I’m proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian homeland/people.
DodSkonvirke on
Nice one Croatia, Nice.
DodSkonvirke on
Someone should do this with Marie Curie and not mention Polen at all. just too see them flip out
jonnyl3 on
Why is Malta and Luxembourg light gray?
No_Weight6392 on
what is with Tesla and his “superhuman” credit? I mean… wireless transfer of electricity? come ooooon
Crucenolambda on
wikipedia fucking sucks, also he was serbian (PS I don’t like serbians but Tesla was a genius who deserves more praise than he gets)
Scotandia21 on
What’s going on with this?
IhateTacoTuesdays on
Okay but how was his upbringing? Very serbia influenced? Thats what matters here
normal1010 on
I visited his birth house a few years ago. There is a small museum. It is in Croatia.
DisinTdvsnr on
How ustaća try to steal everything from Srbija is amazing
jamnin94 on
Wouldn’t the correct answer actually be Serbian American of Croatian origin?
_n00dle_d00dle_ on
Weird Croats, stealing history
itzekindofmagic on
…-American? Because he went there?
Important-Product210 on
What does Serbian-American mean here?
a) born in America (US or anywhere in America?) with Serbian parents
b) Moved to America and gained nationality, was born in Serbia
c) born in Serbia and American parents
EDIT: okay so he was American, moved to Croatia and had family roots in Serbia? Then only the Croatian version is correct.
Karabars on
🤓 Akhtually, he was born in the Realm of St.Stephen and thus he’s a Hungarian! /jk, Croatia was reattached to Hungary when he was 11-12, he was an ethnic Serbian from the nation of Croatia, who fled to the USA
painter_business on
lol. Croatia
throwawayausgruenden on
This is false. The German Wikipedia article does not ~~claim he’s German~~ leave his heritage unspecified. In fact it states very clearly that he was born “near Gospic, in what is today Croatia”.
Edit: Corrected a misunderstanding on my behalf.
Szatinator on
Teszlényi Miklós, world famous hungarian scientist
Cuzifeellikeitt on
Freaking americans out there claiming everything lol. Funny and sad at the same time..
nothingisforfree41 on
Croatia doing mental gymnastics to ultra pro level
janesmex on
The map isn’t totally correct.
Greek wiki says both Serbian and American (citizen).
Sl33pyGary on
Hrvatski!
ayegudyin on
This is unexpectedly fascinating
xoull on
American, croatian nationality and serbian orthodox ethnicity . Balkans lol
NoExide on
Not again.
harry6466 on
American Austria-Hungarian Serbian in present day Croatia.
opinionate_rooster on
Okay, time to request services of a spirit medium to settle this once for all!
Might need to replace the crystal ball with a Tesla coil to ensure he picks the call up.
spix-trix on
Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, at the time a part of the Austrian empire. Smiljan is located in Croatia not Serbia. Tesla never, as far as I am aware, cared about his origin. He had citizenship of Austria and America. So a born Austrian, who eventually became an American. Not Croatian, nor Serbian. I would rather call him a Yugoslav, but that’s me.
Wembledorth on
Tesla was a weird fella, he was ethnically Serbian, born in Croatia and lived his life in the US, super weird.
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Portugal not failing to deliver yet again…
I’m surprised Serbia doesn’t have him as just Serbian tbh
I don’t really understand the difference between being Serbian American of Serbian origin and American of Serbian origin.
EDIT: I did a little research, he was born in Austria Hungary, had Austrian nationality, but that region is nowadays Croatia, but he was ethnically Serbian, and then became an American citizen. So yeah, it’s a mess
Clearly Nilova Teslaoglu was a turkish inventor
Don’t understand why it’s so confusing for people : He was a naturalised American national, born in Kingdom of Croatia then part of Austrian Empire, therefore of Croatian origin, but he was an ethnic Serb. He definitely wasn’t of Serbian origin since he never lived there and wasn’t born there. Ethnic Serbs live in other places too, not only in Serbia.
He said himself: I’m proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian homeland/people.
Nice one Croatia, Nice.
Someone should do this with Marie Curie and not mention Polen at all. just too see them flip out
Why is Malta and Luxembourg light gray?
what is with Tesla and his “superhuman” credit? I mean… wireless transfer of electricity? come ooooon
wikipedia fucking sucks, also he was serbian (PS I don’t like serbians but Tesla was a genius who deserves more praise than he gets)
What’s going on with this?
Okay but how was his upbringing? Very serbia influenced? Thats what matters here
I visited his birth house a few years ago. There is a small museum. It is in Croatia.
How ustaća try to steal everything from Srbija is amazing
Wouldn’t the correct answer actually be Serbian American of Croatian origin?
Weird Croats, stealing history
…-American? Because he went there?
What does Serbian-American mean here?
a) born in America (US or anywhere in America?) with Serbian parents
b) Moved to America and gained nationality, was born in Serbia
c) born in Serbia and American parents
EDIT: okay so he was American, moved to Croatia and had family roots in Serbia? Then only the Croatian version is correct.
🤓 Akhtually, he was born in the Realm of St.Stephen and thus he’s a Hungarian! /jk, Croatia was reattached to Hungary when he was 11-12, he was an ethnic Serbian from the nation of Croatia, who fled to the USA
lol. Croatia
This is false. The German Wikipedia article does not ~~claim he’s German~~ leave his heritage unspecified. In fact it states very clearly that he was born “near Gospic, in what is today Croatia”.
Edit: Corrected a misunderstanding on my behalf.
Teszlényi Miklós, world famous hungarian scientist
Freaking americans out there claiming everything lol. Funny and sad at the same time..
Croatia doing mental gymnastics to ultra pro level
The map isn’t totally correct.
Greek wiki says both Serbian and American (citizen).
Hrvatski!
This is unexpectedly fascinating
American, croatian nationality and serbian orthodox ethnicity . Balkans lol
Not again.
American Austria-Hungarian Serbian in present day Croatia.
Okay, time to request services of a spirit medium to settle this once for all!
Might need to replace the crystal ball with a Tesla coil to ensure he picks the call up.
Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, at the time a part of the Austrian empire. Smiljan is located in Croatia not Serbia. Tesla never, as far as I am aware, cared about his origin. He had citizenship of Austria and America. So a born Austrian, who eventually became an American. Not Croatian, nor Serbian. I would rather call him a Yugoslav, but that’s me.
Tesla was a weird fella, he was ethnically Serbian, born in Croatia and lived his life in the US, super weird.