Veljko Petrović
1780 – 1813
Place of Birth:
Lenovac, near Zaječar, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia)
Place of Death:
Negotin, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia)
Veljko Petrović (v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ pɛ̌trɔv̞itɕ; c. 1780–1813), known simply as Hajduk Veljko (Хајдук Вељко, [xǎjduːk v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ]), was one of the vojvodas (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, in charge of the Negotin area. He was one of the biggest heroes of the Uprising.