 Sava Tekelija

Sava Tekelija (; , 1761–1842) was a merchant and among the first Serbs to have defended a doctoral thesis in jurisprudence (doctor of law), and in particular in legal theory and philosophy in 1786 at the University of Pest; president of the Matica srpska; philanthropist; noble; and merchant.Tekelija founded in Budapest the Tekelijanum ("Collegium Tökölyanum") in 1838 for Serb students studying in the city.