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Aržano

Josip Jović Josip Jović (21 November 1969 – 31 March 1991) was a Croatian policeman who was killed during the Plitvice Lakes incident. He is widely considered the first Croatian fatality of the Croatian War of Independence. Jović was born on 21 Novem ...

(1969-1991), policeman. *

Ante Ledić Ante Ledić (born 13 October 1939 in Aržano) is a Croatian businessman, politician from and vice-president of Croatian Christian Democratic Party. In his youth, Ledić was a Yugoslav champion and national record holder in long jump and decathlon. ...

(born 1939), businessman and politician.

Banjole

* Josip Crnobori (1907-2005), painter.

Batinske

Ivan Lacković Croata Ivan Lacković Croata (January 1, 1932 – August 29, 2004) was a Croatian naive painter. Lacković was born to a peasant family in the village of Batinske near Kalinovac. After completing his primary education, he worked as a laborer in fields an ...

(1932-2004), painter.

Benkovac

Đorđe Čotra Đorđe Čotra (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Чотра; born 13 September 1984) is a Serbian Association football, footballer. Career Club In January 2011, he joined Polish club Polonia Warsaw on two-and-a-half-year ...

(born 1984), footballer. * Ljubomir Crnokrak (born 1958), footballer. * Saša Dobrić (born 1982), footballer. *

Šime Đodan Šime Đodan (27 December 1927 – 2 October 2007) was a Croatian politician, a two-term Member of Parliament who also briefly served as the 3rd Minister of Defense of Croatia in 1991. Personal life Šime Đodan was born on 27 December 1927 i ...

(1927-2007), politician. *

Đorđe Gagić Đorđe Gagić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Гагић, born December 28, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Lietkabelis of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) and the EuroCup. He also represented the Serbian nati ...

(born 1990), basketball. *

Milorad Pupovac Milorad Pupovac (; born 5 November 1955) is a Croatian politician and linguist. He is a member of the Sabor, the former president of the Serb National Council, and the president of the Independent Democratic Serb Party. He was also an observer ...

(born 1955), politician and linguist. * Milan Stegnjajić (born 1962), footballer. *

Živko Stojsavljević Živko Stojsavljević (1 October 1900, Benkovac, Kingdom of Dalmatia – 19 January 1978, Belgrade) was a Serbian painter. Biography He received his first painting lessons in Zadar high school, and afterwards he continued his education in Italy. ...

(1900-1978), painter. *

Savo Štrbac Savo Štrbac ( sr-cyr, Саво Штрбац; born 1949) is a Croatian Serb lawyer and author. He is best-known for being the director of the Serbian NGO "Veritas" that documents with the history of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and locates miss ...

(born 1949), lawyer and author. *

Zoran Subotić Zoran Subotić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Суботић; born 27 April 1958) is a Serbian politician and former military figure. He has held a number of governmental roles throughout his career, including member of the National Assembly of Serbia (199 ...

(born 1958), politician and former military figure. *

Predrag Vranicki Predrag Vranicki (21 January 192231 January 2002) was a Marxist Humanist and member of the Praxis school in the 1960s in Yugoslavia. Life Vranicki was born in 1922, in Benkovac, Croatia. During World War II he fought with the National Liberation Ar ...

(1922-2002), Marxist Humanist and member of the Praxis school.

Bizovac

Bratoljub Klaić Bratoljub Klaić (also ''Adolf Klaić''; 27 July 1909 in Bizovac – 1983 in Zagreb) was a Croatian linguist and translator. Biography He was born in the municipality of Bizovac in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia as Adolf Klaić. His fathe ...

(1909-1983), linguist and translator.

Bjelovar

Đurđa Adlešič Đurđa Adlešič (also Đurđa Adlešić; born 9 August 1960) is a former Croatian politician and former leader of the center-right Croatian Social Liberal Party The Croatian Social Liberal Party ( hr, Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka o ...

(born 1960), politician and former leader. *

Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga Momčilo Bajagić (; born 19 February 1960), better known under pseudonym Bajaga (), is a Serbian rock musician. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the ...

(born 1960), singer, songwriter and musician. *

Vojin Bakić Vojin Bakić ( sr-cyrl, Војин Бакић; 5 June 1915 – 18 December 1992) was a prominent Yugoslav sculptor. Educated at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and by Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić, Bakić's early works were dominated by ...

(1915-1992), sculptor. *

Vesna Bedeković Vesna Bedeković (born 22 February 1966) is a Croatian pedagog and politician who served as the Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy from July 2019 to July 2020 in the cabinet of Andrej Plenković. Early life and education B ...

(born 1966), politician. *

Boris Buzančić Boris Buzančić (13 March 1929 – 9 October 2014) was a Croatian actor and politician who served as the 47th Mayor of Zagreb between 1990 and 1993. A native of Bjelovar, Buzančić began acting very early. He appeared in numerous films and TV ...

(1929-2014), actor and politician. *

Slavko Cuvaj Baron Slavko Cuvaj de Ivanska (26 February 1851 – 31 January 1931) was a Croatian politician who was the Ban of Croatia-Slavonia and royal commissioner for Austria-Hungary. He was appointed in January 1912, when anti-Habsburg sentiments we ...

(1851-1931), politician. *

Silvije Degen Silvije Degen (born 15 June 1942 in Bjelovar) is a Croatian lawyer and politician from Zagreb. Silvije Degen, a native of Zagreb, in 1980s became one of the best known lawyers in Yugoslavia. This was due to his impeccable fashion sense and tendenc ...

(born 1942), lawyer and politician. *

Bogdan Diklić Bogdan Diklić ( sr-Cyrl, Богдан Диклић; born 1 August 1953) is a Serbian actor. He has been active since the late 1970s and starred in over one hundred Yugoslav films and television series. Diklić made ten films with director Goran ...

(born 1953), actor. * Ivan Herenčić (1910-1978), general. *

Gordan Jandroković Gordan Jandroković (born 2 August 1967) is a Croatian diplomat and politician serving as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament since 2017. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 2008 to 2011, and as Deputy ...

(born 1967), diplomat and politician. *

Zvonimir Janko Zvonimir Janko (26 July 1932 – 12 April 2022) was a Croatian mathematician who was the eponym of the Janko groups, sporadic simple groups in group theory. The first few sporadic simple groups were discovered by Émile Léonard Mathieu, which ...

(1932-2022), mathematician. * Željko Karaula (born 1973), historian and author. *

Sonja Kovač Sonja Kovač (born 18 June 1984) is a Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map ...

(born 1984), actress, model and singer. *

Marin Lalić Marin Lalić (born 30 November 1969) is a Croatian retired football midfielder and current manager of NK Bjelovar, Bjelovar. He had earlier replaced Mario Kos as Bjelovar's manager in April 2017.Marko Mesić (1901-1982), colonel. *

Charles Millot Charles Millot (born Veljko Milojević; 23 December 1921 – 6 October 2003) was a Yugoslav-born French actor who made many film appearances over a 35-year period. His notable film appearances include: '' The Train'' (1964), ''The Night of t ...

(1921-2003), actor. *

Anka Mrak-Taritaš Anka Mrak-Taritaš (born 24 November 1959) is a Croatian politician and architect who has been member of the Croatian Parliament for the II electoral district since the 2016 parliamentary election, and a member of the Zagreb Assembly since 2017. ...

(born 1959), politician and architect. *

Milena Mrazović Milena Theresia Preindlsberger von Preindlsperg (; 28 December 1863 – 20 January 1927) was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, writer, and piano, composer. Mrazović is credited for introducing Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she lived for 40 years, to ...

(1863-1927), journalist, writer, piano, and composer. *

Bojan Navojec Bojan Navojec (born 26 April 1976) is a Croatian theatre and film actor. Navojec was born in Bjelovar. He graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb The Academy of Dramatic Art ( hr, Akademija dramske umjetnosti or ADU) i ...

(born 1976), theatre and film actor. *

Goran Navojec Goran Navojec (born 10 October 1970) is a Croatian actor and musician. In his three decade long career, Navojec has starred in numerous films including ''The Three Men of Melita Žganjer'' (1998), ''God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen'' (2002 ...

(born 1970), actor and musician. * Mario Petreković (born 1972), comedian, actor, television presenter and entertainer. * Božidar Puretić (1921–1971), physician. * Ferdo Rusan (1810–1879), reformer, composer and musician. * Branko Souček (1930-2014), academic and computer scientist. *

Zdenko Strižić Zdenko Strižić (19 May 1902 – 1 November 1990) was a Croatian architect, urban planner and teacher. Education Strižić was the son of Dr. Miroslav and Irena pl. Strižić od Visnjevca and brother of Božidar, Jaroslav, Marcel and Ivan. He ...

(1902-1990), architect, urban planner and teacher. * Đuro Sudeta (1903-1927), writer. *

Hrvoje Tkalčić Hrvoje Tkalčić (born 3 February 1970) is Australian and Croatian scientist ( geophysicist) and Professor at the Australian National University in Canberra.

(born 1970), professor. *

Goran Tribuson Goran Tribuson (; born August 6, 1948 in Bjelovar) is a Croatian people, Croatian prose and screenplay writer. Tribuson received his B.A. in literature from the Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb and his M.A. in filmology at the University of Zagre ...

(born 1948), prose and screenplay writer. * Snježana Tribuson (born 1957), screenwriter and film director. * Rudolf Vimer (1863-1933), writer, polyglot and benefactor. * Dragutin Wolf (1866-1927), industrialist and founder of the food company Koestlin.

Blato

* Ivan Milat-Luketa (1922-2009), painter and sculptor.

Brela

* Đuro Vilović (1889-1958), writer.

Brist

* Mladen Veža (1916-2010), painter.

Čakovec

Lidija Bajuk Lidija Bajuk (born November 23, 1965 in Čakovec, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian singer-songwriter and poet. She performs traditional Croatian folk songs, mostly from her native region of Međimurje, and writes songs inspired by traditi ...

(born 1965), musician. *

Lujo Bezeredi Lujo Bezeredi (also spelled Bezeredy, hu, Bezerédi Lajos; 1898 – April 20, 1979) was a Croatian- Hungarian sculptor and painter. He was born in Nova, Kingdom of Hungary, to a Hungarian-Slovak father and a Croatian mother. After the de ...

(1898-1979), sculptor and painter. *

Srećko Bogdan Srećko Bogdan (born 5 January 1957) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played a defender. He is now a youth coach in NK Inter Zaprešić. Club career Bogdan was born in Mursko Središće, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia. He started his ...

(born 1957), footballer player and manager. *

Robert Jarni Robert Jarni (born 26 October 1968) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a left winger or wingback and current manager. Jarni started his professional career with Hajduk Split in 1986, and went on to spend 10 years playin ...

(born 1968), footballer player and manager. * Željko Kipke (born 1953), artist. * Ladislav Kralj-Međimurec (1891-1976), artist. *

Dražen Ladić Dražen Ladić (; born 1 January 1963) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player who is the current assistant manager of the Croatia national team. Playing career Club Ladić was born in Čakovec, but grew up in the nearby vil ...

(born 1963), footballer goalkeeper. *

Ivana Lisjak Ivana Lisjak (Croatian pronunciation: �ʋana lǐsjaːk born March 17, 1987) is a former tennis player from Croatia. She turned professional at the age of 14, peaked at No. 95 on the WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the ...

(born 1987), tennis player. *

Franjo Punčec Franjo Punčec (; 25 November 1913 – 5 January 1985) was a Yugoslav tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavian team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge from 1933 to 1946. Early life and family Punčec started to play tennis at the ...

(1913-1985), tennis player. *

Rudolf Steiner Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a ...

(1861-1925), philosopher. *

Josip Horvat Međimurec Josip Horvat (; 18 February 1904 – 2 June 1945) was a Croatian painter. Horvat was born to Dragutin and Marija Horvat in Čakovec. He attended elementary school in Čakovec, and grade school in Nagykanizsa and Pest. He then attended the ...

(1904-1945), painter. *

Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Josip Štolcer-Slavenski (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосип Штолцер-Славенски; 11 May 1896 – 30 November 1955 ) was a Croatian composer and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade. British musicologist Jim Samson described Š ...

(1896-1955), composer. *

Filip Ude Filip Ude (born 3 June 1986) is a Croatian gymnast. On 9 August 2008 he qualified for the Olympic final of the men's pommel horse at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and als ...

(born 1986), gymnast. *

Vinko Žganec Vinko Žganec (January 22, 1890 - December 12, 1976) was a Croatian ethnomusicologist. Žganec was born in Vratišinec in Međimurje. He started to be interested in music early in his childhood and jotted down his first folk song in 1908. In 1916 ...

(1890-1976),

folklorist Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currenc ...

. *

Ivana Žnidarić Ivana Žnidarić (born 1985) is a Croatian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Croatia 2004 and competed at Miss World 2004 Miss World 2004, the 54th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 2004 at t ...

(born 1985), model. *

Juraj IV Zrinski Juraj IV Zrinski ( hu, Zrínyi IV. György) (13 April 1549 – Vép by Szombathely, 4 May 1603) was a Croatian count, a member of the Zrinski noble family, and royal Master of the treasury from 1567 until his death in 1603. Life He was the son ...

(1549-1603), soldier, politician and patron. *

Juraj V Zrinski Juraj V Zrinski ( hu, V. Zrínyi György; 31 January 1599 – 28 December 1626) was a Croatian Ban (viceroy), warrior and member of the Zrinski noble family. Biography Juraj V Zrinski was born in Csáktornya Kingdom of Hungary (today Čakovec, ...

(1599-1626), soldier and politician. *

Nikola Zrinski Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montene ...

(1620-1664), soldier, poet and philosopher. *

Nikola Šubić Zrinski Nikola IV Zrinski or Miklós IV Zrínyi ( hu, Zrínyi Miklós, ; 1507/1508 – 7 September 1566), also commonly known as Nikola Šubić Zrinski (), was a Croatian nobleman and general, Ban of Croatia from 1542 until 1556, royal master of the tr ...

(1507/1508-1566), soldier and politician. *

Petar Zrinski Petar IV Zrinski ( hu, Zrínyi Péter) (6 June 1621 – 30 April 1671) was Ban of Croatia (Viceroy) from 1665 to 1670, general and a writer. A member of the Zrinski noble family, he was noted for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian Magna ...

(1621-1671), soldier, politician and poet.

Čaglin

* Zlatko Crnković (1931-2013), literary translator, writer, critic and editor.

Cavtat

Valtazar Bogišić Valtazar Bogišić ( sr-Cyrl, Валтазар Богишић; 20 December 1834 – 24 April 1908), also known as Baltazar Bogišić, was a Serbian jurist and a pioneer in sociology. In the domain of private law his most notable research was on ...

(1834-1908), jurist and a pioneer in sociology. *

Vlaho Bukovac Vlaho Bukovac (french: Blaise Bukovac; it, Biagio Faggioni; 4 July 1855 – 23 April 1922) was a Croatian painter and academic. His life and work were eclectic, for the artist pursued his career in a variety of locales and his style changed gre ...

(1855-1922), painter and academic. * Ivo Ivaniš (1976-2003), water polo player. *

Niko Koprivica Niko Koprivica (1889 in Cavtat – 25 October 1944, in Dubrovnik) was a politician of the Croatian Peasant Party who was mayor of Dubrovnik in the final days of the Independent State of Croatia. He was a lawyer by profession. Koprivica was admitte ...

(1889-1944), politician. *

Tino Pattiera Tino Pattiera (27 June 1890 – 24 April 1966) was a Croatian-Dalmatian Italian tenor, born in Cavtat, near Dubrovnik. Prior to taking up the repertory for which he became famous, he was notable in operetta. Cervenka, Gottfried (18 April 2006)"S ...

(1890-1966), Opera singer. *

Frano Supilo Frano Supilo (30 November 1870 – 25 September 1917) was a Croatian politician and journalist. He opposed the Austro-Hungarian domination of Europe prior to World War I. He participated in the debates leading to the formation of Yugoslavia as ...

(1870-1917), politician and journalist. * Ljudevit Vuličević (1839-1916), writer and patriot. *

Luko Zore Luko Zore ( sr-Cyrl, Луко Зоре; January 15, 1846 – November 26, 1906) was a Serbian philologist and Slavist from Dubrovnik. He was one of the leaders of the opposition to Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy in Dubrovnik and a member of ...

(1846-1906), philologist and writer.

Čazma

Vilko Begić Vilko Begić (20 January 1874 – 1946?) was a Croatian military officer. Biography Begić was born in Čazma, Austria-Hungary, that today is in Croatia. He was quartermaster colonel in the Austro-Hungarian Army. After World War I he was a jour ...

(1874–1946), military officer. *

Janus Pannonius Janus Pannonius ( la, Ioannes Pannonius, hr, Ivan Česmički, hu, Csezmiczei János or ; 29 August 1434 – 27 March 1472) was a Croatian- Hungarian Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. He was the most significant poet of the Re ...

(1434–1472), latinist, poet, diplomat and bishop of pécs. *

Ivo Serdar Ivo Serdar (19 December 1933 – 21 November 1985) was a popular Croatian actor.(23 June 2003)Gornja Jelenska: Spomen glumcu Ivi Serdaru '' Index.hr'' (reporting on a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Serdar's birth in the town of Gornja ...

(1933-1985), actor. *

Stephen II, Bishop of Zagreb Stephen II ( hr, Stjepan, hu, István; 1190/95 – 10 July 1247) was a Croatian– Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Zagreb from 1225 until his death in 1247. Theories of origin Stephen II was born between 11 ...

(1190/95–1247), prelate of the

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who served as

Bishop of Zagreb The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb ( hr, Zagrebačka nadbiskupija, la, Archidioecesis Zagrebiensis) is the central archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia, centered in the capital city Zagreb. It is the metropolitan see of Croatia, a ...

. *

Đuro Šurmin Đuro Šurmin (September 4, 1867 – March 22, 1937) was a Croatian literary historian and politician. Biography He was born in Sišćani. He studied Slavic Studies, Classical Studies and philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb since ...

(1867-1937), literary historian and politician.

Darda

* Hugo Conrad von Hötzendorf (1806-1869), painter and art instructor.

Daruvar

Milivoj Ašner Đuro Milivoj Ašner (21 April 1913 – 14 June 2011) was a police chief in the Independent State of Croatia who was accused of enforcing racist laws under the Nazi-allied Ustaše regime and expulsion and deportation of hundreds of Serbs, Jews an ...

(1913-2011), police chief. *

Dragomir Čumić Dragomir "Drago" Čumić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир "Драго" Чумић; 8 May 1937 in Sirač near Daruvar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 10 November 2013 in Belgrade, Serbia) was a Serbian actor. His credits includes roles in the TV s ...

(1937-2013), actor. *

Eva Fischer Eva Fischer (Daruvar, 19 November 1920 – Rome, 7 July 2015) was a Croatia-born Italian artist who worked in oils, watercolours, engraving and lithography. Life and work Eva Fischer was born in Daruvar (present-day Croatia) in 1920. Her fath ...

(1920-2015), artist. *

David Frankfurter David Frankfurter (9 July 1909 – 19 July 1982) was a Croatian Jew known for assassinating Wilhelm Gustloff, the Swiss branch leader of the Nazi Party, in February 1936 in Davos, Switzerland. He surrendered and confessed, and was sentenced to ...

(1909-1982),

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branch leader. *

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(born 1945), military officer. *

Josip Novakovich Josip Novakovich (Croatian: ''Novaković'') is a Croatian Canadian writer. Early life and education Josip Novakovich was born in Yugoslavia (in 1956) and grew up in the central Croatian town of Daruvar. Novakovich studied medicine at the Univers ...

(born 1956), writer.

Donja Voća

Slavko Stolnik Slavko Stolnik (11 June 1929 – 17 May 1991) was a Croatian naive painter and sculptor. Life Stolnik was born in the village of Donja Voća near Varaždin. Interested in painting since childhood, but born in poor peasant family, he did not have fu ...

(1929-1991), painter and sculptor.

Donji Dolac

Petar Smajić Petar Smajić (1910–1985) was a Croatian painter and sculptor. His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, a ...

(1910–1985), painter and sculptor.

Donji Vinjani

Ivan Bušić Roša Ivan Bušić (1745–1783), nicknamed Roša (from Italian ''rosso'', "red", as in red-haired) was a ''hajduk'' (guerilla fighter) ''harambaša'' (commander) from the Imotski frontier (''Imotska krajina'', in modern Croatia), who served the Republic ...

(1745–1783), hajduk commander. * Ferdo Bušić (1948-2011), historian. *

Bruno Bušić Ante Bruno Bušić (6 October 1939 – 16 October 1978) was a Croatian writer and critic of the government of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was one of the best-known victims of UDBA (Yugoslav secret police) killings. Biography ...

(1939–1978), Croatian dissident. *

Ante Rebić Ante Rebić (; born 21 September 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for club AC Milan and the Croatia national team. He can play on both wings, as well as a second striker. He began his senior career at RNK Spli ...

(born 1993), professional football player.

Dubrovnik

Duga Resa

Antun Stipančić Antun "Tova" Stipančić (Duga Resa, 18 May 1949 – Zagreb, 20 November 1991) was a highly accomplished Croatian / Yugoslav professional table tennis player. Table Tennis career He was one of the most renowned personalities in the history of t ...

(1949-1991), professional table tennis player. *

Miroslav Šutej Miroslav Šutej (29 April 1936 – 13 May 2005) was a Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist. Šutej was born in Duga Resa in 1936. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and was an associate in Krsto Hegedušić's master ...

(1936-2005), painter and graphic artist.

Glina

* Natko Devčić (1914-1997), composer. *

Stefan Hajdin Stefan Hajdin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Хајдин; born 15 April 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Serbian club Voždovac. Club career Early years Hajdin made his first football steps in Vršac, playing with local club Jedi ...

(born 1994), professional footballer. *

Slavko Hirsch Dr. Slavko Hirsch (29 March 1893 – 1942) was a Croatian physician, founder and director of the Epidemiological Institute in Osijek. Hirsch was born on 29 March 1893 in Glina to a Jewish family of Bertold and Josefina Hirsch. After high school ...

(1893-1942), physician, founder and director. *

Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg (December 19, 1802 – February 5, 1892) was a Hungarian-Croatian army officer and mycologist. His first name is variably spelled Stefan, Stjepan or István. Schulzer von Müggenburg was born into abject poverty i ...

(1802-1892), army officer and mycologist. *

Zlatko Šulentić Zlatko Šulentić (16 March 1893 – 9 July 1971) was a Croatian painter of landscapes and portraits. He was one of the second generation of Croatian modern painters, a follower of the Munich Circle painters. He also studied at the Academy of F ...

(1893-1971), painter of landscapes and portraits.

Gola

* Martin Mehkek (1936-2014), painter. *

Ivan Večenaj Ivan Večenaj (18 May 1920 – 13 February 2013; Koprivnica, Croatia) was a Croatian painter. His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the no ...

(1920-2013), painter.

Gospić

Jakov Blažević Jakov Blažević (24 March 1912 – 10 December 1996) was a Croatian politician who served as president of the Executive Council of the People's Republic of Croatia, a constituent Republic of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, from 18 De ...

(1912-1996), politician. *

Matija Čanić Matija Čanić (1901 – 3 May 1964) was Croatian military officer who became a general during the Independent State of Croatia and was awarded the title of knight (''vitez''). He was a supporter of Lorković-Vokić coup, but suffered no ser ...

(1901-1964), military officer. *

Nada Dimić Nada Dimić (6 September 1923 – 17 March 1942) was a Yugoslav Partisan who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Nada Dimić was born in Divoselo near Gospić, Kingdom of Serbs, Croat and Slovenes (modern Croa ...

(1923-1942), partisan. *

Marko Došen Marko Došen (7 July 1859 – 7 September 1944) was a writer, who later became a Croatian Ustaše politician. Biography Born in Mušaluk (now part of Gospić), Došen finished elementary school in Lika and one grade of gymnasium in Bjelovar. He e ...

(1859-1944), writer and politician. *

Dušan Dragosavac Dušan Dragosavac ( sr-cyr, Душан Драгосавац; 1 December 1919 – 21 December 2014)Josip Filipović Josip Filipović, ''Freiherr'' (Baron) von Philippsberg, also Josef von Philippovich or Joseph Philippovich (April 1818 – 6 August 1889), was an Austro-Hungarian general (''Feldzeugmeister''). Life and career Filipović was born in the Milita ...

(1818-1889), general. *

Milovan Gavazzi Milovan Gavazzi (18 March 1895 – 20 January 1992) was a Croatian ethnographer. Two awards of the Croatian Ethnographic Society Edo Kovačević Edo Kovačević (16 November 1906 – 15 March 1993) was a Croatian artist, best known for his colourful landscapes and views of suburban Zagreb. He worked mainly in oils and pastels, using subtle colour harmonies and lively brush strokes to bring ...

(1906-1993), artist. * Ferdinand Kovačević (1838–1913), inventor, engineer, and pioneer. *

Miroslav Kraljević Miroslav Kraljević (14 December 1885 – 16 April 1913) was a Croatian painter, printmaker and sculptor, active in the early part of the 20th century. He is one of the founders of modern art in Croatia. Kraljević studied painting in Vienna an ...

(1885-1913), painter, printmaker and sculptor. *

Milan Mandarić Milan Mandarić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Мандарић; born 5 September 1938) is a Serbian-American businessman who has owned a string of businesses and association football clubs, including Portsmouth, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday. H ...

(born 1938), businessman and footballer. *

Darko Milinović Darko Milinović (born 25 April 1963) is a Croatian politician and gynecologist who served as Minister of Health and Social Welfare from 2008 until 2011. Biography Milinović was born in Gospić. After graduating from the University of Zagreb ...

(born 1963), politician and gynecologist. *

Ante Nikšić Ante Nikšić (8 June 1892 – 28 January 1962) was a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia between 1942 and 1943. Early life Nikšić was born in Gospić in Croatian region of L ...

(1892-1962), lawyer and politician. *

Marko Orešković Marko Orešković (3 April 1895 – 20 October 1941) was a Croatian and Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Partisans (Yugoslavia), Partisan commander. He was also known by his nickname ''Krntija''. He was born in Široka Kula, Gospić municipality, which w ...

(1895-1941), commander. *

Ante Pavelić Ante Pavelić (; 14 July 1889 – 28 December 1959) was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the fascist ultranationalist organization known as the Ustaše in 1929 and served as dictator of the Independent State of Croatia ( hr, l ...

(1869-1938), dentist and politician. *

Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd (1737 - 3 May 1817) was a Croatian general in the Habsburg monarchy imperial army service. He joined the army in 1755 and fought against the Kingdom of Prussia, Ottoman Turkey, and the First French Republic. For most ...

(1737-1817), general. *

Ante Starčević Ante Starčević (; 23 May 1823 – 28 February 1896) was a Croatian politician and writer. His policies centered around Croatian state law, the integrity of Croatian lands, and the right of his people to self-determination. As an important memb ...

(1823-1896), politician and writer. *

David Starčević David Starčević (1840 – November 18, 1908) was Croatian politician and prominent member of the Party of Rights. Starčević was born in Žitnik near Gospić in 1840. He is nephew of Ante Starčević, one of the most significant Croatian poli ...

(1840-1918), politician. * Mile Starčević (1862-1917), politician and lawyer. * Mile Starčević (1904-1953), politician. *

Šime Starčević Šime Starčević (18 April 1784 – 14 May 1859) was a Croatian priest and linguist. He was born in Žitnik, near Gospić. He worked as a pastor in Gospić, Lički Novi, Udbina, and since 1814 in Karlobag. He knew Latin, French, Italian and Ger ...

(1784–1859), priest and linguist. *

Nikica Valentić Nikica Valentić (; born 24 November 1950) is a Croatian entrepreneur, lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1993 to 1995. He is to date the youngest person to have served in that capacity, being 42 years old when taki ...

(born 1950), entrepreneur, lawyer and politician. *

Ante Vrban Ante Vrban (15 January 1908 – 31 August 1948) was a Croatian major of the Ustaše Militia and later the Croatian Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. He served as deputy commander of the Stara Gradiška concentrat ...

(1908-1948), deputy commander.

Grohote

Eugen Buktenica Eugen Buktenica (1914–1997) was a Croatian painter. His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb. He was born in Grohote on the island of Šolta Šolta (; it, Solta; la, Solentium) is an island in Croatia. It is sit ...

(1914–1997), painter.

Hlebine

* Dragan Gaži (1930-1983), painter. *

Ivan Generalić Ivan Generalić (December 21, 1914 – November 27, 1992) was a Croatian painter in the naïve tradition. Biography Generalić was born in Hlebine near Koprivnica. In elementary school, painting lessons were his greatest joy and as a child ...

(1914-1992), painter. *

Josip Generalić Josip Generalić (1935–2004) was a Croatian painter. His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava r ...

(1935–2004), painter. *

Franjo Mraz Franjo Mraz (April 4, 1910 in Hlebine – October 26, 1981 in Brežice) was a notable Croatian artist. Together with Ivan Generalić and Mirko Virius, he is considered a founder of Croatian naive art Naivety (also spelled naïvety), naiveness ...

(1910-1981), artist.

Hvar

Francesco Antonio Bertucci Francesco Antonio Bertucci ( sh, Franjo Antun Brtučević, fl. 1595), was a Dalmatian Capuchin and Knight Hospitaller of disputed origin who served as the titular prior of the commandry of the Order at the monastery located in Vrana, a town in pr ...

(1550-1626), dalmatian friar, knight hospitaller, adventurer and an agent of the Holy Roman Empire. *

Hanibal Lucić Hanibal Lucić () or Annibale Lucio (c. 1485 – 14 December 1553) was a Croatian Renaissance poet and playwright, author of the first secular drama in Croatian. Biography He was born to a Dalmatian noble family of ''Antun'' and ''Goja'' in Hv ...

(1485–1553), Renaissance poet and playwright. *

Grga Novak Grga Novak (2April 18887September 1978) was a distinguished Croatian historian, archaeologist and geographer, and President of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1958 to 1978. Born on the island of Hvar, he was Professor of Ancient Hi ...

(1888-1978), historian, archaeologist and geographer. *

Mikša Pelegrinović Mikša Pelegrinović (or Michiele Pelegrinovich) (c. 1500 – 26 December 1562) was a Croatian poet. Biography Pelegrinović was born around the year 1500 in the town of Hvar on the island of the same name. He came from a noble family orig ...

(1500-1562), poet. *

Slobodan Prosperov Novak Slobodan Prosperov Novak (born 11 April 1951), is a Croatian literature historian, comparativist and theatrologist. Biography Prosperov Novak was born in Belgrade, but spent his childhood in Dubrovnik. He graduated comparative literature in 1973 at ...

(born 1951), literature historian, comparativist and theatrologist. *

Juan Vucetich Juan Vucetich Kovacevich (born Ivan Vučetić; 20 July 1858 – 25 January 1925) was a Croatian-Argentine anthropologist and police official who pioneered the use of dactyloscopy (fingerprint identification). Biography Vucetich was born ...

(1858-1925), anthropologist and police official who pioneered the use of dactyloscopy.

Imotski

* Ante Aračić (born 1986), footballer. *

Ante Babaja Ante Babaja (6 October 1927 – 14 January 2010) was a notable Croatian film director and screenwriter. Babaja finished high school in Zagreb before going on to enrol at the University of Zagreb where he studied law and economy. He started work ...

(1927-2010), film director and screenwriter. *

Ivan Bašić Ivan Bašić (; born 30 April 2002) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club Orenburg and the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team. Bašić started his professional career at Zrinjski ...

(born 2002), footballer. *

Zvonimir Boban Zvonimir "Zvone" Boban (; born 8 October 1968) is a Croatian former footballer who currently works at UEFA as the Chief of Football. Boban played as a midfielder and was usually deployed as an attacking midfielder. He played most of his professi ...

(born 1968), footballer. * Zdravka Bušić (born 1950), politician. * Dragutin Čelić (born 1962), footballer. *

Žarko Domljan Žarko Domljan (14 September 1932 – 5 September 2020) was a Croatian politician who served as the first Speaker of the Croatian Parliament following Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia and as the 11th speaker overall. He served in this positi ...

(1932-2020), politician. *

Gabre Gabric Ljubica Gabrić-Calvesi (17 October 1914 – 16 December 2015), known as Gabre Gabric, was an Italian track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Her best discus throw was 43.35 m (193 ...

(1914-2015), track and field athlete. * Marin Glavaš (born 1992), footballer. *

Vlado Gotovac Vladimir "Vlado" Gotovac (18 September 1930 – 7 December 2000) was a Croatian poet and politician. Early activism In the late 1960s, Gotovac joined the Croatian movement demanding political and economic reform, which eventually led to the Cro ...

(1930-2000), poet and politician. * Hrvatin Gudelj (born 1978), footballer. *

Ivan Gudelj Ivan Gudelj (born 21 September 1960) is a Croatian former football midfielder who represented Yugoslavia. Club career Zmijavci-bred Gudelj started his player career in a club from the neighbouring village of Runovići — NK Mračaj. There, h ...

(born 1960), footballer. *

Josip Jurčević Josip Jurčević (born 1951) is a Croatian historian and politician. Born in the village of Studenci near the southern town of Imotski, Jurčević grew up in Zagreb. He graduated in history and philosophy from the Faculty of Humanities and Social ...

(born 1951), historian and politician. *

Veljko Kadijević Veljko Kadijević ( sr-Cyrl, Вељко Кадијевић; 21 November 1925 – 2 November 2014) was a Serbian general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 until his resignatio ...

(1925-2014), general. *

Mislav Karoglan Mislav Karoglan (born 14 April 1982) is a Bosnian-Croatian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Croatian Football League club Hajduk Split. Karoglan is of Croat ethnicity. Playing career Karoglan has ...

(born 1982), footballer. * Mladen Karoglan (born 1964), footballer. * Ivan Katanušić (born 1991), athlete. *

Miroslav Krištić Miroslav Krištić (born February 14, 1990) is a Croatian footballer, who is currently playing for Croatian lower league club Kamen Ivanbegovina. Club career NK Imotski Krištić started his career with local club NK Imotski, scoring 2 goals in ...

(born 1990), footballer. *

Milan Kujundžić Milan Kujundžić (; born 27 April 1957) is a Croatian physician and politician who served as Minister of Health in the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković between 2016 and 2020. Career Kujundžić was born in the village of Ivanbegovina near Imotsk ...

(born 1957), physician and politician. *

Marijan Lišnjić Marijan Lišnjić (1609–7 March 1686) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Makarska and apostolic administrator of Duvno from 1664 to 1686. Both of his dioceses were under the Ottoman occupation, and t ...

(1609-1686), bishop. * Mate Maras (born 1939), translator. *

Ivan Milas Ivan Milas (18 October 1939 – 29 July 2011) was a Croatian lawyer and politician. Milas was born in the village of Zmijavci near Imotski in Zagora, and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb. Milas was close to Mark ...

(born 1975), footballer. *

Stanko Mršić Stanko Mršić (born 12 September 1955) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. Managerial career Mršić began his managerial career at Cibalia in 1993 and since then he also has managed other 1. HNL clubs, among them Za ...

(born 1955), footballer. * Dragan Mustapić (born 1963), discus thrower. *

Jurica Puljiz Jurica Puljiz (born 13 December 1979) is a Croatian retired football defender who last played for NK Jadran Luka Ploče. Career Born in Imotski, Puljiz started to play for Hajduk Split at the age of ten and stayed in the club until 2002, when h ...

(born 1979), footballer. *

Ivan Radeljić Ivan Radeljić (born 14 September 1980) is a Bosnian retired football player who played as a defender. Club career Radeljić has spent a long period playing in Croatian football league for different clubs. He moved to Germany and signed a con ...

(born 1980), footballer. *

Ivan Rendić Ivan Rendić (27 August 1849 in Imotski – 29 June 1932 in Split) was a Croatian sculptor. Biography He began sculpting early on in life, thanks to the stoneworking tradition of the island of Brač, where he was raised. He finished arts schoo ...

(1849-1932), sculptor. * Petar Šuto (born 1980), footballer. *

Silvija Talaja Silvija Talaja (born 14 January 1978) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. Talaja won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title on the ITF Circuit. On 29 May 2000, she reached her best ...

(born 1978), professional tennis player. * Iva Todorić (born 1993), basketball. *

Neda Ukraden Neda Ukraden ( sr-Cyrl, Неда Украден; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbs of Croatia, Serbian-Croatian singer. Her professional career stretches back to 1967. Personal life Ukraden was born in Glavina Donja, a village near the small Socia ...

(born 1950), singer. *

Antun Vrdoljak Antun Vrdoljak (; born 5 June 1931) is a Croatian film actor and director, sports official, and head of Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav Wars. Between the 1960s and early 1990s he was mainly a film artist. In the early 1990s he becam ...

(born 1931), film actor and director.

Ivankovo

* Dubravko Mataković (born 1959), illustrator best known for his grotesque comic books.

Jastrebarsko

Ljubo Babić Ljubomir Tito Stjepan Babić (14 June 1890 – 14 May 1974) was a Croatian artist, museum curator and literary critic. As an artist, he worked in a variety of media including oils, tempera, watercolour, drawing, etching, and lithography. He was ...

(1890-1974), artist, museum curator and literary critic. *

Mihael Zmajlović Mihael Zmajlović (born 19 January 1978) is a Croatian economist and politician who served as a minister at Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nature at the Cabinet of Zoran Milanović from 2012 until 2016, had previously served as mayor o ...

(born 1978), economist and politician.

Jelsa

Antun Dobronić Antun Dobronić (2 April 1878, Jelsa, Croatia – 12 December 1955, Zagreb, Croatia) was a Croatian composer and pupil of Vítězslav Novák. He studied at the Prague Conservatory from 1910 to 1912. From 1922 to 1940, he served as professor at the ...

(1878-1955), composer and pupil. * Juraj Dobrović (born 1928), artist, sculpture, painting and graphic arts. * Ivo Gamulin Gianni (born 1971), theatrical, television performer and singer.

Karanac

Pavao Štalter Pavao Štalter ( Karanac, 25 November 1929 – Zagreb, 5 October 2021) was a Croatian animator, director, screenwriter, scenographer and artist. He is known for his many animation shorts he produced at Zagreb Film Zagreb Film is a Croatian film ...

(1929-2021), animator, director, screenwriter, scenographer and artist.

Karlovac

Borislav Cvetković Borislav Cvetković ( sr-Cyrl, Борислав Цветковић; born 30 September 1962) is a Serbian football manager and retired player. He was nicknamed "Lane sa Korane" (''Doe of Korana''), by legendary sports commentator Ivan Tomić, whil ...

(born 1964), Yugoslav footballer. *

Zrinka Cvitešić Zrinka Cvitešić (born 18 July 1979) is a Croatian film, television and theatre actress. Biography The elder of two daughters, Zrinka Cvitešić was born in Karlovac, in the Karlovac County to Ivan and Višnja Cvitešić. Her mother played or ...

(born 1979), theatre and film actress. * Jelka Glumičić (born 1941), human rights activist. *

Dejan Jakovic Dejan Jakovic ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Јаковић, ; born 16 July 1985) is a Canadian association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for the Serbian White Eagles FC, Serbian White Eag ...

(born 1985), Canadian soccer player. *

Dragojla Jarnević Dragojla Jarnević (also spelled Jarnjević), (4 January 1812 in Karlovac – 12 March 1875 in Karlovac) was a Croatian poet and teacher. She became a member of the Illyrian movement, being most famous for writing of women's rights issues. Sh ...

(1813–1875), poet. *

Ljudevit Jonke Ljudevit Jonke (29 July 1907 – 15 March 1979) was a Croatian linguist. Life and work Jonke was born in Karlovac, where he completed primary school and Gymnasium Karlovac. He graduated at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagre ...

(1907-1979), linguist. *

Vjekoslav Karas Vjekoslav Karas (19 May 1821 - 5 July 1858) was a Croatian painter, considered a pioneer of a new era of Croatian painting and art in general. Life Born in Karlovac, Croatia, Karas was sent to be educated in Italy in 1838. While in Rome, he drew ...

(1821–1858), 19th-century painter. * Tomislav Krizman (1882-1955), painter, graphic artist, costume and set designer. *

Alfred Freddy Krupa Alfred Freddy Krupa (14 June 1971, Karlovac, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian contemporary painter, master draughtsman, book artist, art photographer, and art teacher. He published New Ink Art Manifesto in 1996. His name was introduced to the general ...

(born 1971), painter - pioneer of the New Ink Art movement. *

Ivan Mažuranić Ivan Mažuranić (; 11 August 1814 – 4 August 1890) was a Croatian poet, linguist, lawyer and politician who is considered to be one of the most important figures in Croatia's political and cultural life in the mid-19th century. Mažuranić se ...

(1814–1890), poet, linguist and politician. *

Gajo Petrović Gajo Petrović. (12 March 1927 – 13 June 1993) was one of the main theorists in the Marxist humanist Praxis School in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was the only one among the editors of the ''Praxis'' journal to stay in this p ...

(1927–1993), author and philosopher. *

Vladimir Pogačić Vladimir Pogačić (23 September 1919 – 13 September 1999) was a Yugoslav film director. Education Before World War II, Pogačić studied art history at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. In the late 1940s he e ...

(1919-1999), film director. *

Slava Raškaj Slava Raškaj (; 2 January 1877 – 29 March 1906) was a Croatian painter, considered to be the greatest Croatian watercolorist of the late 19th and early 20th century. Deaf since birth, Raškaj was schooled in Vienna and Zagreb, where her mentor ...

(1877–1906), painter. *

Dejan Šorak Dejan Šorak (born 29 March 1954 in Karlovac) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Filmography *'' Mala pljačka vlaka'' (1984) *'' Officer with a Rose'' (1987) *''Najbolji'' (1989) *'' Krvopijci'' (1989) *'' The Time of Warriors'' (199 ...

(born 1954), film director and screenwriter. *

Mirko and Stjepan Seljan Mirko Seljan (5 April 1871 – c. 1913) and Stjepan Seljan (19 August 1875 – 7 June 1936) were Croatian explorers. Early life The brothers were born in Karlovac, Croatia (at the time part of Austria-Hungary). After receiving a basic ed ...

, explorers. *

Vanja Sutlić Vanja Sutlić (18 February 1925 – 15 December 1989) was a Croatian philosopher. He was regarded as the father of the Heideggerian philosophy in Yugoslavia and its successor states, especially in Croatia and Slovenia. He was born in Karlovac, Yug ...

(1925-1989), philosopher. *

Ana Vidović Ana Vidović (born 8 November 1980) is a classical guitarist originally from Croatia. A child prodigy, she has won a number of prizes and international competitions all over the world. Early life Vidović was born on November 8, 1980, in Karlo ...

(born 1980), classical guitarist. *

Maksimilijan Vrhovac Maksimilijan Vrhovac (23 November 1752 in Karlovac – 16 December 1827 in Zagreb) was the bishop of Zagreb. He was one of the ideological architects of the Croatian national revival, and is notable for founding the Maksimir Park in 1787, one of th ...

(1752–1827), bishop of Zagreb. * Alfred Krupa Sr. (1915-1989), Silesia born painter, inventor and sportsman.

Kaštel Novi

Ante Peterlić Ante Peterlić (18 May 1936 – 12 July 2007) was a Croatian screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his film ''Accidental Life'', his debut feature film. Peterlić was a prominent young film critic, and a professor of film theory at ...

(1936-2007), screenwriter and film director. *

Marin Studin Marin Studin (1895—1960) was a Croatian sculptor. Biography Studin was born in 1895 in Kaštel Novi village in a family of farmers, not to far away from Split. He got his education in art at the Academy of Art, Zagreb and spent two years, from ...

(1895-1960), sculptor.

Klanjec

Oton Iveković Oton Iveković (17 April 1869 – 4 July 1939) was a Croatian painter. A graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Iveković later taught at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts. He largely concerned himself with historical topics as well as some r ...

(1869-1939), painter.

Ključ

Ivan Rabuzin Ivan Rabuzin (27 March 1921 – 18 December 2008) was a Croatian naïve artist. French art critic Anatole Jakovsky described him in 1972 as "one of the greatest naïve painters of all times and countries". Rabuzin's father was a miner, and Ivan ...

(1921-2008), artist.

Kloštar Podravski

Petar Grgec Petar Grgec (January 27, 1933 - August 2, 2006) was a Croatian Naïve Artist, born in Kloštar Podravski in the region of Podravina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia which is in present-day Croatia. Grgec graduated from the Civil Engineering Polytechnic in ...

(1933-2006), artist.

Knin

* Ratko Adamović (born 1942), writer. *

Dragana Atlija Dragana Atlija (born 14 October 1986 in Knin, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian model and actress. She was Miss Serbia 2009. Personal life Atlija was born in Knin, Croatia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia), and raised in Belgrade. She studied Stock Exchang ...

(born 1986), model and actress. * Frane Cota (1898-1951), sculptor. *

Electra Elite Electra Elite ( sr-cyr, Електра Елит, Elektra Elit) is a Serbian singer and sex worker. Early and personal life Assigned male at birth, Elite was born and raised in Knin, modern-day Croatia, in a Serbs of Croatia, Serb family. She gra ...

(born 1977), singer and sex worker. *

Branko Grčić Branko Grčić (born 16 April 1964) is a Croatian politician and economist. In 1987 he graduated on the Faculty of Economics in the University of Split. He got his master's degree in economics in 1990 and received a Doctorate on the same universi ...

(born 1964), politician and economist. * Vojin Jelić (1921-2004), writer and poet. * Drago Kovačević (1953-2019), politician and writer. * Ljubomir Marić (born 1977), politician. *

Mirko Marjanović Mirko Marjanović ( sr-cyrl, Мирко Марјановић, ; 27 July 1937 – 21 February 2006) was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 1994 to 2000. Biography Marjanović was born on 27 July 1937 in Knin in ...

(1937-2006), politician. *

Milan Martić Milan Martić ( sr-cyr, Милан Мартић; born 18 November 1954) is a Croatian Serb politician and war criminal who served as the president of the unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina between 1994 and 1995, during the Croatian War of In ...

(born 1954), politician and war criminal. *

Lovro Monti Lovro Monti (21 April 1835, in Knin – 9 April 1898) was a Dalmatian politician of Italian descent. He was a Dalmatian Italian, whose grandfather fought for the Republic of Venice against Napoleon, who was also from a family of Italian origin. B ...

(1835-1898), politician. *

Zdravko Ponoš Zdravko Ponoš ( sr-cyrl, Здравко Понош; born 3 November 1962) is a Serbian politician, former diplomat, and retired general who served as chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces from 2006 to 2008. Born in Golubić, ...

(born 1962), politician, former diplomat, and retired general. * Hrvoje Požar (1916-1991), engineer and one of the top world scientists. *

Jovan Rašković Jovan Rašković ( sr-cyr, Јован Рашковић, ; 5 July 1929 – 28 July 1992) was a Croatian Serb psychiatrist, academic and politician. Early life Rašković was born in Knin in 1929. During World War II, after an Ustasha pogrom which ...

(1929-1992), psychiatrist, academic and politician. *

Dinko Šimunović Dinko Šimunović (1 September 1873 – 3 August 1933) was a Croatian writer. Dinko Šimunović was born in Knin. He spent almost two decades as a teacher in villages of the Zagora, the hinterland of Dalmatia. He retired in 1927 and moved to Za ...

(1873-1933), writer. * Janko Veselinović (born 1965), academic and politician. *

Soraja Vučelić Sara Vučelić ( sr-cyr, Сара Вучелић; born 16 November 1986), better known as Soraja ( sr-cyr, Сораја), is a Serbian- Montenegrin glamour model, media personality and socialite. She was a finalist on the fourth regular season of ...

(born 1986), glamour model, media personality and socialite. * Dušan Zelenbaba (born 1952), physician and politician.

Komiža

Ranko Marinković Ranko Marinković (22 February 1913 – 28 January 2001) was a Croatian novelist and dramatist. Born in Komiža on the island of Vis (then a part of Austria-Hungary), Marinković's childhood was marked by World War I. He later earned a degree in ...

(1913-2001), novelist and dramatist.

Konavle

* Anzelmo Katić (1715–1792), franciscan and prelate.

Koprivnica

* Anđelo Jurkas (born 1977), writer, film director, publicist, novelist, essayist, lyricist and screenwriter. *

Milivoj Solar Milivoj Solar (born 8 April 1936) is a Croatian literary theorist and literary historian. Solar was born in Koprivnica. At the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences he earned a degree in philosophy and Yugoslav studies ...

(born 1936), literary theorist and literary historian.

Korčula

Drago Marin Cherina Drago Marin Cherina (born 1949) is a Croatian sculpting artist, who was naturalized Australian in the years 1970. Life and career Cherina was born in Korčula, Croatia. He moved to England, where he worked as an assistant to Henry Moore. He ca ...

(born 1949), sculptor and artist.

Kotoriba

Joža Horvat Josip "Joža" Horvat (10 March 1915 – 26 October 2012) was a Croatian writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, dramas, screenplays, essays and radio dramas, translated into at least nine languages, including Russian, Chinese and ...

(1915-2012), writer. *

Ignacije Szentmartony Ignacije Szentmartony (October 28, 1718 – April 15, 1793) was a Croatian Jesuit priest, missionary, mathematician, astronomer, explorer and cartographer. Biography Szentmartony was born in Kottori, Kingdom of Hungary (today Kotoriba, Me� ...

(1718-1793), priest, missionary, mathematician, astronomer, explorer and cartographer.

Kovačić

Momčilo Đujić Momčilo Đujić ( sh-Cyrl, Момчилo Ђујић, ; 27 February 1907 – 11 September 1999) was a Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox priest and Chetnik . He led a significant proportion of the Chetniks within the northern Dalm ...

(1907-1999), Vojvoda and Ravna Gora Movement of Serbian Chetniks.

Krapina

* Josip Seissel (1904-1987), architect and urban planner.

Krk

Tuone Udaina Tuone Udaina (1823 – 10 June 1898; Antonio Udina in Italian) was the last person to have any active knowledge of the Dalmatian language, a Romance language that had evolved from Latin along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. He was ...

(1823-1898), Being the last person to have any active knowledge of the

Dalmatian language Dalmatian () or Dalmatic (; dlm, langa dalmata, link=no or simply ; it, lingua dalmatica, dalmatico; sh, dalmatski) was a Romance language that was spoken in the Dalmatia region of present-day Croatia, and as far south as Kotor in Monteneg ...

Kuna

Mato Celestin Medović Mato Celestin Medović (birth name Mato Medović; 17 November 1857 – 20 January 1920) was a Croatian painter. Best known for his large paintings depicting historical scenes, and his series of colourful landscapes and seascapes of his native ...

(1857-1920), painter. * John Totich (1882-1957), gum-digger, boarding-house keeper, community leader and consul.

Kuna Pelješka

* Zvonimir Roso (1938-1997), criminologist and psychologist.

Labin

* Matteo Giulio Bartoli (1873-1946), linguist. *

Mate Blažina Mate Blažina (10 March 1925 – 15 April 1945) was a Croatian antifascist, military commander and Yugoslav National Hero. After the capitulation of Italy, he joined the partisan movement. He contributed to the liberation of Istria and Gorski Kota ...

(1925-1945), antifascist, military commander and Yugoslav National Hero. * Tino Černjul (born 1973), handballer. *

Ema Derossi-Bjelajac Ema Derossi-Bjelajac (3 May 1926 – 20 June 2020) was a Croatian politician who served as the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) from 1985 u ...

(1926-2020), politician. *

Matthias Flacius Matthias Flacius Illyricus (Latin; hr, Matija Vlačić Ilirik) or Francovich ( hr, Franković) (3 March 1520 – 11 March 1575) was a Lutheran reformer from Istria, present-day Croatia. He was notable as a theologian, sometimes dissenting strong ...

(1520-1575), theologian, church historian and philosopher. * Valter Marković (born 1959), handballer. * Fran Mileta (born 2000), handballer. *

Anđelo Milevoj Anđelo Milevoj (born 26 March 1941) is a Croatian retired football player. He was named Best Defender of the Yugoslav First League for two years in a row, in 1967 and 1968. Club career Born in Labin, as a player, he was widely regarded as one o ...

(born 1941), footballer. * Josip Mohorović (born 1948), footballer. * Orlando Mohorović (born 1950), artist. * Daniel Načinović (born 1952), poet, prose writer, essayist, journalist, and translator. * Renato Percan (1936-2013), painter. *

Adriana Prosenjak Adriana Prosenjak (born 12 July 1963) is a Croatian former handball coach and player. Considered a legendary player and a celebrated name in Croatian handball, she was the goalkeeper and the first captain of the Croatia women's national handbal ...

(born 1963), handball coach and player. *

Andrej Prskalo Andrej Prskalo (; born 1 May 1987) is a Croatian Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper, who plays for NK Opatija. Career Early years in HNK Rijeka Prskalo signed his first professional contract with HNK Ri ...

(born 1987), footballer. *

Mladen Prskalo Mladen Prskalo (born 16 June 1968) is a Croatian handball coach and former player who player at the line position. He is currently head coach of Rudan Labin from Labin. He is the uncle of goalkeeper Andrej Prskalo. Career Prskalo spent the maj ...

(born 1968), handballer. *

Bruno Veselica Bruno Veselica (24 January 1936 – 20 November 2018) was a Croatia-born Yugoslav footballer. Career As a player, he was regarded as one of HNK Rijeka's best forwards of all time. He is the club's second highest top scorer of all time after Bo ...

(1936-2018), footballer.

Lepoglava

Milan Šufflay Milan Šufflay (8 November 1879 – 19 February 1931) was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of Albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel. As a Croatian nationalist, he was persecuted in th ...

(1879-1931), historian and politician.

Ličko Novo Selo

Josip Perković Josip Perković (; born 17 May 1945) is a former director of the Yugoslav-era Croatian secret police, the State Security Service (''Služba državne sigurnosti'', SDS),The State Security Service (SDB or SDS) was the federal secret police of ...

(born 1945), director.

Lipovljani

Nina Kraljić Nina Kraljić (; born 4 April 1992) is a Croatian singer-songwriter and voice actress. She is known for winning The Voice of Croatia (season 1), season one of ''The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske'' and for being a finalist in the Eurovision S ...

(born 1992), singer-songwriter and voice actress.

Lošinj

Archduke Wilhelm of Austria Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, later Wilhelm Franz von Habsburg-Lothringen (10 February 1895 – 18 August 1948), also known as Vasyl Vyshyvanyi ( uk, Василь Вишиваний }), was an Austrian archduke, a colonel of the Ukrai ...

(1895-1948), colonel and poet.

Lovran

Charles Billich Charles Billich is an artist living in Sydney, Australia. His painting subjects include Ballet and sport, architecture and town planning, eroticism and classicism, portraiture, and stage, as well as Humanitarian pieces and works of religious sig ...

(born 1934), sculptor and painter.

Majske Poljane

Đuro Kurepa Đuro Kurepa (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђуро Курепа, ; 16 August 1907 – 2 November 1993) was a Yugoslav mathematician. Throughout his life, Kurepa published over 700 articles, books, papers, and reviews and over 1,000 scientific reviews. He l ...

(1907-1993), mathematician. * Svetozar Kurepa (1929-2010), mathematician. *

Simeon Roksandić Simeon Roksandić (14 May 1874 – 12 January 1943) was a Serbian sculptor and academic, famous for his bronzes and fountains. He is frequently cited as one of the most renowned figures in Serbian and Yugoslavian sculpture. Roksandić exhibite ...

(1874-1943), sculptor and academic.

Makarska

Giuseppe Addobbati Giuseppe Addobbati (31 December 1909 – 4 January 1986) was an Italian film actor known for his roles in Spaghetti Western and action films in the 1960s and 1970s. He was often billed as John MacDouglas for films released to an American audien ...

(1909-1986), film actor. *

Jure Bilić Jure Bilić (12 September 1922 – 27 January 2006) was a Yugoslav communist politician. Bilić was born in Makarska in 1922. In 1941 he joined the Yugoslav Partisans and became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. After the World W ...

(1922-2006), communist politician. * Ivan Božić (1915-1977), historian and academic. *

Marin Brbić Marin Brbić (born 24 August 1961) is a Croatian businessman and economist who served as chairman of the Croatian football club Hajduk Split from 2012 to 2016, and then again from 2019 to 2020. Career Brbić started his career in tourism. He wa ...

(born 1961), businessman and economist. *

Stipe Delić Stipe Delić (23 June 1925 – 1 April 1999) was a Croatian film director. His 1973 film '' The Battle of Sutjeska'' was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival The 8th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 t ...

(1925-1999), film director. * Nikola Katic (born 1986), footballer. *

Dražen Lalić Dražen Lalić, DSc (born 15 June 1960, Makarska) is a Croatian educator and academic at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb and one of the better known sociologists in the country. Lalić graduated from the Faculty of ...

(born 1960), sociologists. * Olja Luetić (born 1991), product designer and fashion designer. *

Leopold Novak Leopold Novak (born 3 December 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Zmaj Makarska. Career He played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for NK Vitez. He joined Urania Baška Voda from Swiss amat ...

(born 1990), footballer. * Žanamari Perčić (born 1981), recording artist. * Jure Radić (1953-2016), civil engineer and politician. * Ivo Raffanelli (born 1965), commander of the

Croatian Navy , image = Seal of Croatian Navy.png , caption = Emblem of the Croatian Navy , start_date = 1991 , country = , allegiance = , branch = , type = Navy , role = , size = 1,36330 vessels , command_structure = Armed Forces of Croatia , gar ...

. *

Nera Stipičević Nera Stipičević (born 21 January 1983) is a Croatian pop singer and actress. Nera Stipičević was born in Makarska, where she attended elementary music school. Stipičević is of Albanian origin and was a close relative of Aleksandar Stipče ...

(born 1983), pop singer and actress. *

Ivo Visković Ivo Visković (; born 1949) is a Serbian Professor, politician and diplomat. Biography Visković was born in Makarska, People's Republic of Croatia, PR Croatia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, FPR Yugoslavia. He moved to Belgrade in 1968 ...

(born 1949), professor, politician and diplomat.

Mali Lošinj

Tonino Picula Tonino Picula (born 31 August 1961) is a Croatian politician currently serving his third term as a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia, having successfully run in 2013, 2014, and 2019 European elections. He got involved in politics in ...

(born 1961), politician.

Medak

Dušan Vuksan Dušan D. Vuksan ( sr-cyr, Душан Д. Вуксан; 3. July 1881, Medak, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia – 24. December 1944, Belgrade) was a Serbian pedagogue, historian, editor and prominent representative of Montenegrin historiography in Yug ...

(1881-1944), pedagogue, historian, editor and prominent representative.

Metković

Ivan Slamnig Ivan Slamnig (24 June 1930 – 3 July 2001) was a Croatian poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator. Slamnig was born in Metković. He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and later taug ...

(1930-2001), poet, novelist, literary theorist and translator.

Molve

Mijo Kovačić Mijo Kovačić (born 5 August 1935 in Gornja Šuma at Molve) is a Croatian painter and naïve artist. His works can be found at the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb. Life Kovačić was born in Gornja Šuma, Molve, in the Podravina regio ...

(born 1935), painter.

Murter

Nikola Bašić Nikola Bašić (born 1946) is a Croatian architect internationally known for the conception of the Sea Organ in Zadar. He was born on the island Murter and eventually attended the gymnasium in Zadar. In Sarajevo, he graduated from the Faculty of A ...

(born 1946), architect.

Našice

Stanko Bilinski Stanko Bilinski (22 April 1909 in Našice – 6 April 1998 in Zagreb) was a Croatian mathematician and academician. He was a professor at the University of Zagreb and a fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1960, he discovered a r ...

(1909-1998), mathematician and academician. * Stipe Buljan (born 1983), footballer. * Dalibor Davidović (born 1972), musicologist and university professor. * Herman Ehrlich (1836-1895), architect and businessman. *

Toni Fruk Toni Fruk (born 9 March 2001) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder or winger for HNL club Rijeka. Career In 2018, Fruk joined the youth academy of Belgian side Mouscron. Before the second half of 2018–19, he signed f ...

(born 2001), footballer. *

Matej Jelić Matej Jelić (born 5 November 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Cibalia. Club career MŠK Žilina Jelić joined MŠK Žilina in the summer of 2013. On 28 July 2013, he scored a goal on his comp ...

(born 1990), footballer. *

Pavle Jurina Pavle "Pavo" Jurina (2 January 1954 – 2 December 2011) was a Croatian Team handball, handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jurina was born in Našice. Standing at 1.94 m, he debuted as a ...

(1954-2011), handballer. * Mihael Klepač (born 1997), footballer. * Tin Kontrec (born 1989), handballer. *

Izidor Kršnjavi Izidor (Iso) Kršnjavi (; 22 April 1845 – 3 February 1927) was a Croatian painter, art historian, curator and politician. Biography Born in Našice, his first art lessons were obtained in Osijek, where he studied with Hugo Conrad von Hötze ...

(1845-1927), painter, art historian, curator and politician. *

Marko Lešković Marko Lešković (; born 27 April 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters. Club career Lešković started his career playing at youth level for Osijek, with whom he si ...

(born 1991), footballer. * Teodor Pejačević (1855-1928), politician. *

Danijel Pranjić Danijel Pranjić (born 2 December 1981) is a Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player. Being a versatile left-footed player, he could play all across the left Defender (footbal ...

(born 1981), footballer. *

Danijel Stojanović Danijel Stojanović (born 18 August 1984) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back. A part from playing as a left-back as his main position, he can even play in a more advanced left wing-back role. Career Stojanović bega ...

(born 1984), footballer. *

Tomislav Torjanac Tomislav Torjanac (born 1972) is a Croatian illustrator, who works mostly in oil paints combined with a digital medium. His creative process is very physical in the paint handling and is characterized by rich impastos. In 2006 Torjanac won the in ...

(born 1972), illustrator.

Nova Kapela

Ivanka Brađašević Ivanka Brađašević is a contemporary Croatian poet, writer and librarian. Brađašević was born in 1955 in Nova Kapela near Slavonski Brod. She graduated Croatian language, Croatian literature and librarianship at the Faculty of Philosophy i ...

(born 1955), poet, writer and librarian.

Novi Marof

* Rudolf Cvek (1946-2005), footballer. *

Blaženko Lacković Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003,

(born 1980), handballer. *

Mirko Rački Mirko Rački (13 October 1879 – 21 August 1982) was a Croatian painter. Rački was born in Novi Marof, and graduated from the Teacher's Academy in Zagreb. He then went to the private art school of Heinrich Strehblow in Vienna, then studied at t ...

(1879–1982), painter.

Novi Varoš

* Vinko Vrbanić (born 1951), writer.

Novska

Gjuro Szabo Gjuro Szabo (, sometimes also Đuro Szabo; February 3, 1875 in Novska – May 2, 1943 in Zagreb) was a Croatian historian, art conserver and museologist. He published over 200 papers about Croatian national history, the history of art, art co ...

(1875-1943), historian, art conserver and museologist. *

Vladimir Tadej Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty films from 1949 to 1998. Selected filmography References External links * 1925 births ...

(1925-2017), production designer, screenwriter and film director.

Omilje

* Anka Krizmanić (1896-1987), painter and printmaker.

Orahovica

Zorko Čanadi Zorko Čanadi (25 July 1925 – 24 August 2003) was a General officer, general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). Biography In 1943, during World War II in Yugoslavia, Čanadi joined both the Yugoslav Partisans and the League of Communists of Y ...

(1925-2003), General of the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...

(JNA). *

Robert Domany Robert Domany (also spelled Domani; 16 February 19083 March 1942) was a Croatian Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Domany was born in Orahovica on 16 February 1908 to a Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jews in Croatia, Jewis ...

(1908-1942),

Partisan Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...

and a

People's Hero of Yugoslavia The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...

. *

Stjepan Ivšić Stjepan Ivšić (; 13 August 1884 – 14 January 1962) was a Croatian linguist, Slavic specialist, and accentologist. Biography After finishing primary school in Orahovica, he attended secondary school in Osijek and Požega. At the Faculty of Phi ...

(1884-1962), linguist, Slavic specialist, and accentologist. *

Stjepan Mesić Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (; born 24 December 1934) is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was prime minister of SR Croatia (1990) after the fir ...

(born 1934), lawyer and politician. *

Gojko Zec Gojko Zec ( sr-Cyrl, Гојко Зец, ; 15 September 1935 – 3 November 1995) was a Serbian football manager. He coached OFK Beograd, FK Partizan, FK Borac Banja Luka, NK Rijeka, Red Star Belgrade, Aris, Yugoslavia FK Borac Čačak. He was m ...

(1935-1995), football manager.

Orebić

* Petar Šegedin (1926-1994), steeplechase and long-distance runner. * Marija Tolj (born 1999), athlete. * Ivan Tomašević (1897-1988), labourer and political activist.

Oriovac

Stjepan Babić Stjepan Babić (29 November 1925 – 27 August 2021) was a Croatian linguist and academic. Biography Babić was born in the small town of Oriovac in Brod-Posavina County, even though his biological parents are from Hrvatsko Zagorje. He attende ...

(1925-2021), linguist and academic.

Osijek

Otočac

Stjepan Jovanović Stjepan Jovanović (Stephan ''Freiherr'' (Baron) von Jovanovich; 5 January 1828 – 8 December 1885) was a military commander of the Austrian Empire from the Military Frontier. Jovanović was born in the village of Pazarište near Gospić in Lika ...

(1828-1885), military commander.

Pađene

* Marija Ilić Agapova (1895-1984), jurist, translator, librarian, civil rights activist and the first director.

Pakrac

Zlatko Aleksovski Zlatko Aleksovski (born 8 January 1960) is a former Bosnian Croat prison commander during the Bosnian War who was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and sentenced to seven years imprisonment for unlawful t ...

(born 1960), prison commander. *

Smilja Avramov Smilja Avramov ( sr-Cyrl, Смиља Аврамов; 15 February 1918 – 2 October 2018) was a Serbian academician, legal scholar, social activist and educator in international law. She was a member of the Senate of Republika Srpska from 199 ...

(1918-2018), academician, legal scholar, social activist and educator in international law. *

Damir Bajs Damir Bajs (born 7 October 1964 in Pakrac, Yugoslavia) is Croatian politician and former Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša dom ...

(born 1964), politician. *

Đorđe Bogić Đorđe Bogić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Богић; 6 February 1911 – 17 June 1941) was a protopresbyter in the Serbian Orthodox Church and the parish priest of the Orthodox church in Našice. He was canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church ...

(1911-1941), protopresbyter. *

Zoran Erceg Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played the power forward positio ...

(born 1985), basketball. * Zdenko Gašparović (born 1937), animator, screenwriter and artist. *

Milan Horvat Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

(1919-2014), conductor. * Tomislav Ivičić (born 1987), footballer. *

Jadranka Kosor Jadranka Kosor (; born 1 July 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the firs ...

(born 1953), politician and journalist. * Božo Kovačević (born 1955), politician and diplomat. * Saša Krajnović (born 1989), footballer. *

Sven Lasta Sven Lasta (18 April 1925 – 15 August 1996) was a Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , ...

(1925-1996), television and film actor. * Zoran Popović (born 1988), footballer. *

Žarko Potočnjak Žarko Potočnjak (3 February 1946 – 21 October 2021) was a Croatian theatre, television and film actor. Potočnjak graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1972. Upon graduation he was hired as a regular member at the ''Komedija ...

(1946-2021), theatre, television and film actor. *

Slobodan Selenić Slobodan Selenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Селенић; 7 June 1933 – 27 October 1995) was a Serbian writer, literary critic, dramatist, academic and university professor of 20th century literature. One of the main themes in his w ...

(1933-1995), writer, literary critic, dramatist, academic and university professor.

Pazin

* Martin Cotar (born 1977), cyclist. * Juraj Cvečić (1520-1585), translator, preacher and editor of Protestant books. *

Luigi Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current Pazin, Croa ...

(1904-1975), composer. *

Juraj Dobrila Juraj (Giorgio) Dobrila (16 March 1812 – 13 January 1882) was a Catholic bishop and benefactor from Istria who advocated for greater national rights for Croats and also Slovenes in Istria under Austrian rule. Biography Dobrila was born in the ...

(1812–1882), catholic bishop. * Antonela Ferenčić (born 1994), cyclist. *

Gino De Finetti Gino De Finetti also Gino von Finetti (9 May 1877 – 5 August 1955) was an Italian painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Istria, De Finetti had a childhood characteri ...

(1877-1955), painter. * Antun Kalac (1849-1919), poet, writer, playwright, literary translator, and revivalist. *

Veljko Ostojić Veljko Ostojić (born 13 October 1958) is a Croatian politician. Ostojić was named minister of tourism as the lone member of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) in the cabinet of Zoran Milanović on 23 December 2011. On 9 March 2013 he resig ...

(born 1958), politician. * Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini (1910-1965), writer and journalist, author of novels, poetry, and essays. *

Radojka Šverko Radojka Šverko (born 9 April 1948) is a Croatian female singer-songwriter and an alto range artist. Šverko was the recipient of many music festival awards, most recently at the Split Festival (2005) for her song ''Licem u lice'' (lit. "Face ...

(born 1948), singer-songwriter and an alto range artist. *

Josip Ujčić Josip Ujčić (10 February 1880 - 24 March 1964) was a Croatian (and later Yugoslavian) prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Belgrade, Apostolic Administrator of Banat, Council Father and a member of the Central Prepara ...

(1880-1964), Council Father and a member of the Central Commission for the Preparation. * Milan Zgrablić (born 1960), archbishop.

Peteranec

Ivan Sabolić Ivan Sabolić (24 August 1921 – 25 June 1986) was a Yugoslavian sculptor, professor and dean of the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, head master of the workshop in 1975. Sabolić was born in Peteranec. Self-taught, he made his first works in clay ...

(1921–1986), sculptor.

Petrinja

Svetozar Delić Svetozar Delić (31 August 1885 – 25 October 1967) was a Croatian politician and revolutionary who briefly served as the first communist mayor of Zagreb, Croatia.Milčec, p. 69Buntak, p. 223 Although he is known for his work in the ear ...

(1885-1967), politician and revolutionary. *

Iva Despić-Simonović Ivana "Iva" Despić (; sr-cyr, Ивана "Ива" Деспић, ; 15 August 1891 – 12 July 1961) was a Yugoslav sculptor. Born in Croatia, Despić-Simonović was educated in Zagreb, Paris and Munich. From 1920 until her death she lived most ...

(1891-1961), sculptor. *

Krsto Hegedušić Krsto Hegedušić (26 November 1901 – 7 April 1975) was a Croatian painter, illustrator and theater designer. His most famous paintings depict the harsh life of the Croatian peasantry in the manner of naive art. He was one of the founders of ...

(1901-1975), painter, illustrator and theater designer. *

Branko Horvat Branko Horvat (24 July 1928 – 18 December 2003) was a Croatian economist and politician. Horvat was born in Petrinja on 24 July 1928. In 1944 during World War II, Horvat and his father Artur Horvat joined the Partisan movement in Croatia. He w ...

(1928-2003), economist and politician. *

Franjo Jelačić Baron Franjo Jelačić Bužimski (English: Franz Jellacic, also Francis Yellachich of Buzhim or German: Franz Jellačić von Buzim, Hungarian: Ferenc Jellacsics de Buzim) (14 April 1746 – 4 February 1810) was a Croatian nobleman, a member ...

(1746-1810), general officer. *

Aleksandar Jovančević Aleksandar Jovančević ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Јованчевић; born 5 June 1970) is a Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler. He was FR Yugoslavia representative in Greco-Roman wrestling. International wres ...

(born 1970), strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler. * Slavko Koletić (1950-2010), wrestler. *

Ivan Kožarić Ivan Kožarić (10 June 1921, Petrinja – 15 November 2020, Zagreb) was a Croatian artist who worked primarily with sculpture but also in a wide variety of media, including: permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photograp ...

(1921-2020), media, including: permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photographs, paintings, and installations. * Oton Kučera (1857-1931), astronomer. *

Vlado Lisjak Vlado Lisjak (born 29 April 1962 in Petrinja) is a former Croatian Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. He won gold in the Wrestling at t ...

(born 1962), Greco-Roman wrestler. * Boris Miholjević (born 1938), theater, television and film actor. *

Stevan Šupljikac Stevan Šupljikac ( sr-cyr, Стеван Шупљикац; 1786 – 15 December 1848), known simply as Vojvoda Šupljikac was a Serbian ''voivode'' and the first voivode of the Serbian Vojvodina. Life He was born in Petrinja, in 1786. He ...

(1786–1848), officer and colonel. * Aleksandar Ugrenović (1883-1958), university professor. * Marijan Vlak (born 1955), footballer. * Emil Vojnović (1851-1927), general and historian.

Polača

* Jovan Radulović (1951-2018), writer and former director.

Požega

Željko Adžić Željko Adžić (also known as Jerry Adzic) (born 28 August 1965, in Požega, Croatia, Požega) is a former Croatian football (soccer), footballer. He played one game internationally for Croatia national football team, Croatia against Ukraine na ...

(born 1965), footballer. * Valentin Barišić (born 1966), footballer. *

Bruno Boban Bruno Boban (12 August 1992 – 24 March 2018) was a Croatian Association football, footballer who played professionally for NK Zagreb. He died while representing NK Marsonia, Marsonia, after collapsing in a game against NK Slavonija Požega, ...

(1992-2018), footballer. *

Gabrijel Boban Gabrijel Boban (born 23 July 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bosnian Premier League club Posušje. Career Early career Born in Požega, Boban went through the youth ranks of the nearby Kamen Ingrad team f ...

(born 1989), footballer. * Zlatko Bourek (1929–2018), film director, screenwriter, production designer, cartoonist and expert. *

Srđan Budisavljević Srđan Budisavljević (8 December 1883 – 20 February 1968) was a politician and lawyer born in Požega. Budisavljević stuied law in Zagreb and Berlin before being elected to the Sabor of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in 1908 as a represent ...

(1883-1968), politician and lawyer. * Dino Butorac (born 1990), basketball. *

Dobriša Cesarić Dobriša Cesarić (; 10 January 1902 – 18 December 1980) was a Croatian poet and translator born in Požega. Cesarić is considered one of the greatest Croatian poets of the 20th century.Zlatko Crnković (1931-2013), literary translator, writer, critic and editor. *

Nada Gačešić-Livaković Nada Gačešić-Livaković (born 8 October 1951) is a Croatian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films since 1974. Selected filmography References External links * 1951 births Living people Croatian film actresses People ...

(born 1951), actress. *

Tamara Horacek Tamara Horacek (born Horaček; 5 November 1995) is a Croatian-born French handball player for Neptunes de Nantes. With the France women's national handball team, French national team she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Women's Handball Champio ...

(born 1995), handballer. *

Luka Ibrišimović Fra Luka Ibrišimović, O.F.M. (ca. 1620 – March 1698) was a Croatian friar, cultural worker soldier and a spy, most known for leading an uprising against Ottoman forces in Slavonia during the Great Turkish War. Biography Ibrišimović ...

(1620–1698), friar. *

Tvrtko Jakovina Tvrtko Jakovina (born 2 March 1972) is a Croatian historian. Jakovina is a full time professor at the Department of History at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb. Biography Early life Tvrtko Jakovina was b ...

(born 1972), historian. *

Dino Jelusick Dino Jelusić (born 4 June 1992), also known by his stage name Dino Jelusick, is a Croatian rock singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the founder, principal songwriter, and lead singer of progressive rock band Animal Drive, which was formed i ...

(born 1992), rock singer, musician, and songwriter. *

Antun Kanižlić Antun Kanižlić (20 November 1699, in Požega – 24 August 1777, in Požega) was a Croatian Jesuit and poet. After finishing the gymnasium in Požega, he continued his education in Zagreb, Vienna, and Leoben. He studied theology for three years ...

(1699-1777), jesuit and poet. *

Ivana Kindl Ivana Kindl (born 18 January 1978) is a Croatian singer. Career In 2010, she was awarded the Porin for best album in the spiritual music category. The same year she won the best female singer award from the editors of Croatian Radio stations. In ...

(born 1978), singer. * Marko Kopljar (born 1986), handballer. *

Friedrich Salomon Krauss Friedrich Salomon Krauss (7 October 1859, Požega, Kingdom of Hungary – 29 May 1938, Vienna, Austria) was a Croatian Austrian Jewish sexologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and Slavist. Education In 1877–78, Krauss attended the University ...

(1859-1938), sexologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and slavist. *

Dragutin Lerman Dragutin Lerman (24 August 1863 - 12 July 1918) was a Croatian explorer. Biography Lerman was born in Požega, Slavonia, but he left his home very early. He was a member of the 1882 Henry Morton Stanley expedition to Congo and was one of Stan ...

(1863-1918), explorer. *

Predrag Matić Predrag Fred Matić (born 2 June 1962) is a Croatian centre-left politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a Member of European Parliament since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Veterans' Affairs from 2011 to 2016 ...

(born 1962), centre-left politician. * Vilim Messner (1904-1988), athlete. * Svetlana Mičić (born 1960), handballer. *

Leo Mikić Leo Mikić (born 6 May 1997) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club SV Ried. Career Born in Požega, Mikic played with the youth team of Dinamo Zagreb, and after spells with several oth ...

(born 1997), footballer. *

Dejana Milosavljević Dejana Milosavljević (born 23 November 1994) is a Croatian female handball player for Siófok KC and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship The 2018 European Women's Handball Championsh ...

(born 1994), handballer. * Nenad Mirosavljević (born 1994), footballer. *

Matej Mitrović Matej Mitrović (; born 10 November 1993) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Prva HNL side Rijeka and the Croatia national team. Club career Mitrović made his professional debut for Cibalia on 25 February 2012 ...

(born 1993), footballer. * Pavao Muhić (1811-1897), lawyer and politician. *

Mia Oremović Mia Oremović (31 July 1918 – 24 July 2010) was a Croatian theatre, film and television actress. Selected filmography *'' It Was Not in Vain'' (1957) *'' H-8'' (1958) *''I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers'' (1968) *''One Song a Day Takes Mischi ...

(1918-2010), theatre, film and television actress. * Nikica Pušić-Koroljević (born 1938), handballer. *

Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić, also known as Vojo Radoičić (10 November 1930 – 15 July 2017), was a Croatian painter, sculptor, printmaker, and stage designer. He was born in Požega, Croatia, Požega while Croatia was still under the Kingdom of Yu ...

(1930-2017), painter, sculptor, printmaker, and stage designer. *

Mimi Saric Mislav "Mimi" Saric (born 3 September 1983 in Požega) is an Australian footballer who plays for South Australian Super League team Adelaide Raiders. His previous clubs include Porin Palloilijat, Perth Glory, HNK Cibalia, Adelaide United, Ade ...

(born 1983), footballer. *

Ante Šercer Ante Šercer (21 April 1896, Požega, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia – 25 June 1968, Zagreb) was a Yugoslav physician. He attended elementary school in Dubrovnik. Finishing medical studies in Graz (Austria) and Prague (Czech Republic), he soon att ...

(1896-1968), physician. *

Peja Stojaković Predrag Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Предраг Стојаковић, ; born June 9, 1977), known by his nickname Peja (''Peđa'', Пеђа, ), is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the assistant gen ...

(born 1977), basketball. * Filip Uremović (born 1997), footballer. * Marko Zelenika (born 1987), footballer.

Pučišća

Branislav Dešković Branislav Dešković (1883–1939) was a Croatian sculptor, best known for his expressive animal sculptures, especially his hunting dogs. He is considered the first Impressionist sculptor in Croatia. Biography Branislav Dešković was born in P ...

(1889-1939), sculptor. *

Nikola Eterović Nikola Eterović (born 20 January 1951) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a titular archbishop and the Apostolic Nuncio to Germany since 2013. Biography Nikola Eterović was born on 20 January 1951 in Pučišća. He wa ...

(born 1951), archbishop. *

Miro Kačić Miro Kačić (7 July 1946 – 6 February 2001) was a Croatian linguist. After finishing primary school in Pučišća and gymnasium (school), high school in Zagreb, he enrolled in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, F ...

(1946-2001), linguist.

Pula

Susy Andersen Susy Andersen (born Maria Antonietta Golgi; 20 April 1940 in Pola Pola or POLA may refer to: People *House of Pola, an Italian noble family *Pola Alonso (1923–2004), Argentine actress *Pola Brändle (born 1980), German artist and photographe ...

(born 1940), Italian actress. *

Laura Antonelli Laura Antonelli ( Antonaz; 28 November 1941 – 22 June 2015) was an Italian film actress who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991. Early years Antonelli was born Laura Antonaz in Pola, Kingdom of Italy (in Croatian, Pula), former capita ...

(1941-2015), Italian actress, born in Pola, then lived in Italy (her family is from Pisino/Pazin). *

Giovanni Arpino Giovanni Arpino (27 January 1927 – 10 December 1987) was an List of Italian writers, Italian writer and journalist. Life Born in Pula-Croatia to Piedmontese parents, Arpino moved to Bra (CN), Bra in the Province of Cuneo. Here he married Cater ...

(1927–1987), Italian writer and journalist. *

Vladimir Arsenijević Vladimir Arsenijević ( sr-cyr, Владимир Арсенијевић, born 1965) is a Serbian novelist, columnist, translator, editor, musician, and publisher. He lives and works in Belgrade. Arsenijević won the prestigious NIN Award for the Y ...

(born 1965), Serbian novelist, columnist, translator, editor, musician, and publisher. *

Lidia Bastianich Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich (; born February 21, 1947) is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to ...

(born 1947),

American television Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. , household ownership of television sets in the country is 96.7%, with approximately 114,200,000 American households owning at least one television set as of August 2013. ...

chef and business mogul, was born near Pula. * Boris Domagoj Biletić (born 1957), Croatian poet, literary critic, essayist, publicist and translator. * Sergio Blažić (1951-1987), Croatian hard rock musician. *

Erma Bossi Erma Bossi (1875-1952) was an Italian German Expressionism, German Expressionist painter. Biography Bossi was born in 1875 in Pula. She studied art in Munich and was associated with Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky. She was a member of ...

(1875-1952), German Expressionist painter. * Franko Božac (born 1974), Croatian classical accordion performer. *

Davor Božinović Davor Božinović (; born 27 December 1961) is a Croatian diplomat and politician who serves as Ministry of the Interior (Croatia), Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia since 2017. He previously served as Ministry of Defe ...

(born 1961), Croatian diplomat and politician. *

Fausto Budicin Fausto Budicin (born 1 May 1981) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Croatian First Football League club Rijeka Managerial career On 27 March 2019, Budicin was appointed new manager ...

(born 1981), Croatian footballer for

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football, football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top ...

of the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

. * Egidio Bullesi (1905-1929), Croatian sailor. *

Tony Cetinski Anthony Cetinski (born 31 May 1969), known professionally as Tony Cetinski, is a Croatian pop singer. Today, he is one of the most popular male singers in Croatia and countries of former Yugoslavia. Biography Born into a family of musicians in P ...

(born 1969), Croatian pop singer. *

Crispus Flavius Julius Crispus (; 300 – 326) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his junior colleague ( ''caesar'') from March 317 until his execution by his father in 326. The grandson of the ''augustus'' Constantius I ...

(c. 300–326),

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

emperor

Constantine the Great Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...

and his junior emperor. * Branko Črnac Tusta (1955-2012), Croatian singer. *

Lilia Dale Lilia Dale (born 18 July 1919) is an Italian retired film actress.Cardullo p.100 Selected filmography * ''Il signor Max'' (1937) * '' Nonna Felicità'' (1938) * '' Mad Animals'' (1939) * '' Who Are You?'' (1939) * ''Red Tavern ''Red Tavern'' ( ...

(born 1919), Italian retired film actress. *

Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara Scabia (born 1938) is an Italian logician and philosopher of science, known for her work on quantum logic and quasi-set theory. She is a professor emerita at the University of Florence. Education and career Dalla Chiara w ...

(born 1938), Italian logician and philosopher of science. * Jolanda di Maria Petris (1916—1987), Italian-Finnish operatic soprano and voice pedagog. *

Jadranka Đokić Jadranka Đokić (born 14 January 1981) is a Croatian actress. One of the top Croatian actresses, she has won critical approval for her theatre, film and television performances. Her notable film roles include starring in ''Fine Dead Girls'', '' ...

(born 1981), Croatian actress. *

Wilhelm Ehm Wilhelm Ehm (30 August 1918 – 9 August 2009) a World War II Wehrmacht veteran and East German Admiral who was Deputy Minister of National Defense of the German Democratic Republic and head of the People's Navy (Volksmarine). Early life Ehm's ...

(1918-2009), World War II Wehrmacht veteran and East German. * Archduchess Eleonora of Austria (1886-1974),

Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank withi ...

and a first cousin of King

Alphonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII (17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African, was King of Spain from 17 May 1886 to 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. He was a monarch from birth as his father, Alfo ...

. *

Sergio Endrigo Sergio Endrigo (; 15 June 1933 – 7 September 2005) was an Italian singer-songwriter. Born in Pola, Istria in Italy (now Pula, Croatia), he has been often compared—for style and nature—to authors of the so-called "Genoa school" like Gino P ...

(1933-2005), Italian singer-songwriter, was born in Pola, then Italy. * Alen Floričić (born 1968), Croatian artist, working in ambient and installation art. *

Franz Karl Ginzkey Franz Karl Ginzkey (8 September 1871, Pola, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary (now Pula, Croatia) – 11 April 1963, Vienna) was an Austro-Hungarian (then Austrian) officer, poet and writer. His arguably most famous book ''Hatschi Bratschis Luft ...

(1871-1963), Austrian officer, poet and writer. *

Vesna Girardi-Jurkić Vesna Girardi-Jurkić (15 January 1944 – 25 August 2012) was a Croatian archeologist and museologist. She formerly served as the Croatian Minister of Education, Culture and Sport in the period between April 1992 and October 1994 in the cabinet ...

(1944-2012), Croatian archeologist and museologist. *

Alojz Gradnik Alojz Gradnik (August 3, 1882 – July 14, 1967) was a Slovenian poet and translator. Life Gradnik was born in the village of Medana in the Gorizia Hills region, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is today in the Municipality of ...

(1882-1967), Slovenian poet, worked in Pula as a judge. *

Peđa Grbin Peđa Grbin (born 24 May 1979) is a Croatian lawyer and politician serving as President of the Social Democratic Party since 2020. He was also Leader of the Opposition from 2020 until 2022, when he was replaced by Davorko Vidović, the leader of t ...

(born 1979), Croatian lawyer and politician. *

Harry Hardt Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mil ...

(1899-1980), Austrian actor. *

Stjepan Hauser Stjepan Hauser (; born 15 June 1986), known professionally as HAUSER, is a Croatian cellist. He is a member of 2CELLOS, along with Luka Šulić. Early life and musical training Hauser was born in Pula, Croatia, into a musical family, where h ...

(born 1986), Croatian cellist. *

István Horthy Vitéz István Horthy de Nagybánya (9 December 1904 – 20 August 1942) was Hungarian regent Admiral Miklós Horthy's eldest son, a politician, and, during World War II, a fighter pilot. Biography In his youth, István Horthy and his young ...

(1904-1942), Hungarian regent Admiral

Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya ( hu, Vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós; ; English: Nicholas Horthy; german: Nikolaus Horthy Ritter von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957), was a Hungarian admiral and dictator who served as the Regent o ...

's eldest son, a politician, and, during World War II, a fighter pilot. *

Miklós Horthy Jr. Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya II (14 February 1907 – 28 March 1993) was the younger son of Hungarian regent Admiral Miklós Horthy and, until the end of World War II, a politician. Biography In his youth, Miklós Horthy Jr. and his older brot ...

(1907-1993), Hungarian regent Admiral

and, until the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, a politician. *

Aurelio Juri Aurelio Juri (born 27 July 1949) is a Slovenian politician and journalist of Italian ethnic origin. Between 2008 and 2009, he served as Member of the European Parliament. He was an influential member of the Social Democrats, before he left the part ...

(born 1949), Slovenian politician and journalist of Italian ethnic origin. * Bruno Juričić (born 1977), Croatian architect. * Luka Juričić (born 1983), Croatian actor. *

Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (''Karl Albrecht Nikolaus Leo Gratianus von Österreich'', later ''Karl Albrecht Habsburg-Lothringen'', since 1919 – ''Karol Olbracht Habsburg-Lotaryński''; (Pula, 18 December 1888 – Östervik, ne ...

(1888-1951), Austrian and Polish officer and landowner. *

Robert Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( , ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera (though the Vibrio ...

(1843-1910), physician, worked on the nearby Brioni islands (today:

Brijuni The Brijuni () or the Brijuni Islands (also known as the Brionian Islands; same as it, Brioni) are a group of fourteen small islands in the Croatian part of the northern Adriatic Sea, separated from the west coast of the Istrian peninsula by t ...

). *

Boris Komnenić Boris Komnenić ( sr-Cyrl, Борис Комненић; 29 March 1957 – 6 March 2021) was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1980 onwards and a number of theatre roles. Komnenić died on 6 March 2021 in Belgrade, aged 6 ...

(1957-2021), Serbian actor. * Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893-1939), Austrian military officer. *

Srđan Majstorović Srđan Majstorović ( Serbian: Срђан Мајсторовић; (13 June 1972) was born in Pula, SFR Yugoslavia, He is a Serbian political scientist who is an expert in the European integration of Serbia and the Western Balkans. He is the cur ...

(born 1972), Serbian political scientist. *

Maximianus of Ravenna Maximianus of Ravenna, or Maximian (499 – February 22, 556; feast day formerly February 21) was bishop of Ravenna in Italy. Ravenna was then the capital of the Byzantine Empire's territories in Italy, and Maximianus's role may have inclu ...

(499–556), bishop of Ravenna in Italy. * Teo Mikelić (born 1992), Croatian kickboxer fighting. *

Nelida Milani Nelida Milani (born Pula, 1939) is an Istrian Italian writer from Croatia. Jointly with Anna Maria Mori Anna Maria Mori (born Pula, 12 April 1936) is an Italian novelist and journalist. Jointly with Nelida Milani Nelida Milani (born Pula, 19 ...

(born 1939), Istrian Italian writer from Croatia. *

Boris Miletić Boris Miletić (; born 2 September 1975) is a Croatian economist and politician who has been List of prefects of Istria County, prefect of Istria County since 2021 and president of the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS) from 2014 to 2021. Mileti ...

(born 1975), Croatian economist and politician. *

Anna Maria Mori Anna Maria Mori (born Pula, 12 April 1936) is an Italian novelist and journalist. Jointly with Nelida Milani Nelida Milani (born Pula, 1939) is an Istrian Italian writer from Croatia. Jointly with Anna Maria Mori, she was the recipient of the ...

(born 1936), Italian novelist and journalist. * Antun Motika (1902-1992), Croatian artist. *

Sergio Noja Noseda Sergio Noja Noseda (July 7, 1931January 31, 2008) was an Italian professor of Arabic language and literature and Sharia. Life Noja Noseda was born in Pola, the son of Ugo Noja and Rina Noja Amabile, descending from an ancient family of aristocr ...

(1931-2008), Italian professor. *

Karl Novak Karl Novak (October 19, 1905 – 1975) was a Yugoslav Slovene military officer best known as commander of the Slovene Chetniks in the Italian-annexed Province of Ljubljana (part of modern-day Slovenia) during World War II. Early life Novak was ...

(1905-1975), Slovenian military officer. *

Tamara Obrovac Tamara Obrovac (born 1962 in Pula), Croatian singer, composer, songwriter and flutist is one of the most impressive artists on the Croatian music scene, her main expression is ethnically inspired contemporary jazz influenced by the particular ...

(born 1962), Croatian singer, composer, songwriter and flutist. *

Johann Palisa Johann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gel ...

(1848-1925), Austrian astronomer and director of the observatory at Pula, discovered ca. 30 asteroids. *

Goran Parlov Goran Parlov (born March 14, 1967) is a Croatian comic book artist. Early life Goran Parlov graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1991 and soon moved to Italy. Career Parlov began drawing comics professionally in the early 90s, ...

(born 1967), Croatian comic book artist. *

Mate Parlov Mate Parlov (16 November 1948 – 29 July 2008) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian boxer and Olympic gold medalist who was European and World Champion as an amateur and as a professional. Background Mate Parlov was born in Split, the youngest of four c ...

(1948-2008), greatest Croatian boxer of all time; one of the greatest Croatian sportspeople of the 20th century. * Wilhelm Pelikan (1893-1981), German-Austrian chemist, anthroposophist, pharmacist, gardener and anthroposophical medicine practitioner. * Toni Perković (born 1998), Croatian professional basketball. *

Silvano Poropat Silvano Poropat (born April 19, 1971) is a Croatian professional basketball coach. Poropat started his coaching career in 2000, and since then he has coached in Germany, Latvia and the Netherlands. Coaching career On January 1, 2010, Poropat was ...

(born 1971), Croatian professional basketball coach. *

Herman Potočnik Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung; 22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929) was an ethnically Slovenian Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. He is regarded as a pioneer and visionary of modern space f ...

(pseudonym Hermann Noordung) (1892-1929), rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics (astronautics), was born in Pula to Slovene parents. * Lisa von Pott (born 1888), Austrian espionage agent, sculptor, secretary to the poet

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

. *

Furio Radin Furio Radin (born 1 June 1950) is a Croatian politician who is currently serving as a Member of the Croatian Parliament for the Italian national minority, an office he has held since 7 September 1992. He has also been the Chair of the Parliament ...

(born 1950), Croatian politician. *

Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Rainer Maria Joseph Florian Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in German: ''Rainer Maria Joseph Florian Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'' (4 May 1900, in Pola – ...

(1900-1945), Cadet of a reigning German dynasty. * Stiven Rivić (born 1985), Croatian footballer of the German club

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

. *

Rossana Rossanda Rossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian communist politician, journalist, and feminist. Biography Rossanda was born in Pula, then part of Italy. She studied in Milan and was a student of philosopher Antonio Banfi. ...

(1924-2020), Italian communist politician, journalist, and feminist. *

Massimo Savić Massimo Moreno Savić (6 June 1962 – 23 December 2022), also known simply as Massimo, was a Croatian pop singer. His father was a native of Tulež near Aranđelovac. His mother was Italian from Istria, a native of Raša near Labin. He fir ...

(born 1962), Croatian pop singer. *

Elvis Scoria Elvis Scoria (born 5 July 1971) is a Croatian former football player and manager. He played for HNK Rijeka, Dinamo Zagreb (then called Croatia Zagreb), NK Istra, NK Zagreb and for Spanish club UE Lleida. Playing career As a player Scoria appe ...

(born 1971), former Croatian footballer and current coach of

NK Istra 1961 Nogometni klub Istra 1961 ( en, Istra 1961 Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Istra 1961, or simply Istra 1961 or Istra, is a Croatian professional football club from Pula, currently playing in the Croatian First League. It is a common ...

. *

Jadranka Skorin-Kapov Jadranka Skorin-Kapov (born as Jadranka Boljunčić in Pula, Croatia in 1955) is a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the College of Business, and with affiliated positions in the Department of Philosophy and the Dep ...

(born 1955), Croatian professor. *

Antonio Smareglia Antonio Smareglia (5 May 1854 – 15 April 1929) was an Italian opera composer. Life Antonio Smareglia was born in Pola (in the Istrian peninsula, under the Austria-Hungarian Empire, now in Croatia). In the house where he was born in Via Nettuno ...

(1854–1929), Italian composer. * Sonja Smolec (born 1953), Croatian artist, writer, and poet. * Roberto Soffici (born 1946), Italian pop singer-songwriter, composer and lyricist. * Valentino Stepčić (born 1990), footballer. * Ivana Stojiljković (born 1981), Serbian politician. * Antonio Tarsia (1643–1722), Italian composer. *

Pietro Tradonico Pietro Tradonico ( la, Petrus Tradonicus; c. 800 - 13 September 864) was Doge of Venice from 836 to 864. He was, according to tradition, the thirteenth doge, though historically he is only the eleventh. His election broke the power of the Partici ...

(800-864),

Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 a ...

from 836 to 864. *

Sven Ušić Sven Ušić (born 19 August 1959) is a former Croatian professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. At a height of 2.01 m (6'7") tall, he played as a small forward. Career Ušić started his career in his native Pula, playing for ...

(born 1959), Croatian professional basketball player and coach. *

Alida Valli Alida Maria Laura, ''Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, s ...

(real name: Alida Maria Laura Altenburger, Baroness von Marckenstein und Frauenberg) (1921-2006), Italian actress, was born in Pola, then lived in Italy. *

Dijana Vidušin Dijana Vidušin (born 12 February 1982) is a Croatian film, theatre and television actress. She won a Golden Arena for Best Actress at the Pula Film Festival. Filmography Television roles *''Luda kuća'' as Plamenka (2009) *''Moja 3 zida'' ...

(born 1982), Croatian film, theatre and television actress. *

Alen Vitasović Alen Vitasović (born 5 July 1968) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Pula, many of his songs are about his native Istria and mostly written in Chakavian dialect. Vitasović began his music career early, learning how to play the h ...

(born 1968), Croatian pop singer and songwriter. *

Antonio Vojak Antonio Vojak (, ; 19 November 1904 – 9 May 1975) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker or midfielder. His playing career was played out during the 1920s and 1930s. He is most noted for his time with Italian sides Juventus and Nap ...

(1904-1975), Croatian football player. * Goran Volarevic (born 1977), Croatian and Italian male water polo player. *

Alka Vuica Alka Vuica (; born 8 June 1961) is a Croatian singer, lyricist and TV presenter. Her musical style can be described as a mixture of pop and local folk. Biography Born in Pula to Zvonko and Zdenka Vuica, she started writing songs at a young age ...

(born 1961), Croatian singer, lyricist and TV presenter. * Damir Zobenica (born 1981), Serbia politician. *

Georg Ludwig von Trapp Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who later became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World W ...

(1880-1947), Austrian naval hero and head of the famous singing family immortalized in the musical ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...

'' lived in Pula, his father August von Trapp and other relatives are buried there. *

Hede von Trapp Hede von Trapp (18 November 1877 – 29 December 1947) was an Austrian poet, painter and graphic designer of the Art Nouveau movement. Biography von Trapp was born in Pula, Austria-Hungary, on 18 November 1877. She was the daughter of the Au ...

(1877-1947), sister of George Ritter von Trapp, Austrian painter.

Rab

Marino Bizzi Marino Bizzi (Latin name: Marinus Bizzius; 1570–1624) was a Venetian patrician in Dalmatia, and a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church as Archbishop of Antivari. Life Bizzi was born on the island of Rab, part of the Republic of Venice (in pres ...

(1570–1624), archbishop of antivari. * Mario Fafangel (1914-2007), sailor. *

Saint Marinus Saint Marinus (; it, San Marino) was an Early Christian and the founder of a chapel and monastery in 301 from whose initial community the state of San Marino later grew. Life Tradition holds that he was a stonemason by trade who came from the ...

(275-366),

Early Christian Early Christianity (up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325) spread from the Levant, across the Roman Empire, and beyond. Originally, this progression was closely connected to already established Jewish centers in the Holy Land and the Jewish d ...

and the founder of a chapel and monastery in 301 from whose initial community the state of

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

later grew.. *

Ivan Rabljanin Ivan Krstitelj Rabljanin ( it, Johannes Baptista Arbensis de la Tolle) (1470–1540) was a famous cannon and bell founder in bronze; born in Rab, most of his works are in Dubrovnik. He made cannons for Italy, Spain and Republic of Dubrovnik ...

(1470–1540), most of his works are in

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...

Rijeka

Vojin Dimitrijević Vojin Dimitrijević ( sr, Војин Димитријевић; 9 July 1932 – 5 October 2012) was a law professor, public intellectual, and a prominent Serbian human rights activist and international law expert. Biography Vojin Dimitrij ...

(1932-2012), professor, public intellectual, and a prominent

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

human rights activist A human rights defender or human rights activist is a person who, individually or with others, acts to promote or protect human rights. They can be journalists, environmentalists, whistleblowers, trade unionists, lawyers, teachers, housing campai ...

and

international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...

expert. *

Slavenka Drakulić Slavenka Drakulić (born July 4, 1949) is a Croatian journalist, novelist, and essayist whose works on feminism, communism, and post-communism have been translated into many languages. Biography Drakulić was born in Rijeka, Croatia (at that ti ...

(born 1949), journalist, novelist, and essayist. *

Bonaventura Duda Bonaventura Duda (14 January 1924 – 3 August 2017) was a Croatian Order of Friars Minor, Franciscan, theologian, biblical scholar, and a corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Early life and education Roko Duda was ...

(1924-2017), theologian, biblical scholar, and franciscan. *

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (; born 29 April 1968) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as President of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and ...

(born 1968), politician. *

Ödön von Horváth Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901, Sušak, Rijeka, Austria-Hungary – 1 June 1938, Paris France) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the name of ''nom de guerre'' Ödön von Horváth. He was ...

(1901-1938), playwright and novelist. *

Janko Polić Kamov Janko Polić Kamov (; 17 November 1886 – 8 August 1910) was a Croatian writer and poet. Although his literary corpus is small due to his short life, he is considered a significant writer in Croatian literature, emblematic of the contemporary ...

(1886-1910), writer and poet. *

William Klinger William Klinger (24 September 1972 − 31 January 2015) was a Croatian historian who specialized in modern History of Croatia, Croatian and History of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav history as well as history of communism and nationalism. Biography Klin ...

(1972-2015), historian. *

Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won 4 SFERA awards, in 2002 (for ''Igra''), in 2003 (for ''Brodovi u tami''), in 2007 (for ''Izvršitelji nauma Gospodnjeg'') ...

(born 1977), psychologist, science fiction and fantasy writer. * Siniša Majkus (born 1962), contemporary sculptor. *

Tina Mihelić Tina Mihelić (born 30 December 1988 in Rijeka) is a Croatian sports sailor. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 17th place. In the same event at the 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 ...

(born 1988), sports sailor. *

Roberto Paliska Roberto Paliska (born 14 December 1963 in Rijeka) is a Croatian former football player. Although born in Rijeka, he is originally from Labin Labin (Italian/Istriot: Albona) is a town in Istria, west Croatia, with a town population of 5,806 ...

(born 1963), footballer. * Osvaldo Ramous (1905-1981), poetry, prose, drama, essayist prose, criticism, journalism, culture organization, editorial work, translation, and he was also a director of cultural institutions. *

Rudi Šeligo Rudi Šeligo (14 May 1935 – 22 January 2004) was a Slovenian writer, playwright, essayist and politician. Together with Lojze Kovačič and Drago Jančar, he is considered one of the foremost Slovenian modernist writers of the post-World War ...

(1935-2004), writer, playwright, essayist and politician. *

Dorjana Širola Dorjana Širola (born 9 June 1972) is a Croatian quizzer, linguist, anglicist and software tester. She has been the highest placed woman at the World Quizzing Championship from 2005 to 2011, and again from 2013 to 2018 (losing out in 20 ...

(born 1972), quizzer, linguist, anglicist and software tester. * Tea Tulić (born 1978), writer. * Mladen Urem (born 1946), literary critic, author and editor. *

Leo Valiani Leo Valiani (''Weiczen Leó''; 9 February 1909 – 18 September 1999) was an Italian historian, politician and journalist. Early life Valiani was born in ''Fiume'' (now Rijeka), on the Adriatic Sea (then in Hungarian part of Austria-Hungar ...

(1909-1999), historian, politician and journalist. * Valentino Zeichen (1938-2016), poet and writer.

Rupe

* Duje Jurić (born 1956), contemporary artist.

Sali

Božidar Finka Božidar Finka (19 December 1925 – 17 May 1999) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Life and education Božidar Finka was born in Sali on 19 December 1925. In 1947 he finished high sch ...

(1925-1999), linguist.

Senj

Lidija Abrlić Lidija Abrlić, married Gnjidić (born September 13, 1969 in Senj, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslavian and Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem ...

(born 1969), basketball. *

Krunoslav Babić Krunoslav Babić (12 April 1875 - 4 March 1953) was a Croatian zoologist. He was born in Senj. After finishing elementary school and high school in Senj and Rijeka, he received a degree at the Department of Mathematics and Physics at the Faculty ...

(1875-1953), zoologist. * Milan Ćopić (1897-1941), communist. *

Vladimir Ćopić Vladimir "Senjko" Ćopić (8 March 1891 – 19 April 1939) was a Yugoslav revolutionary, politician, journalist and communist leader of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia from April 1919 to August 1920. Biography Born into a family of mixed Croat a ...

(1891-1939), revolutionary, politician, journalist and communist leader. * Dario Dabac (born 1978), footballer and manager. *

Nikola Jurišić Baron Nikola Jurišić ( hu, Jurisich Miklós; – 1545) was a Croatian nobleman, soldier, and diplomat. Early life Jurišić was born in Senj, Croatia. He is first mentioned in 1522 as an officer of Ferdinand I of Habsburg's troops deployed ...

(1490-1545), nobleman, soldier, and diplomat. *

Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (; 17 February 1865 – 29 October 1908) was a Croatian poet. His reflexive poetry, reaching its zenith in the 1890s, was a turning point that ushered modern themes in Croatian poetry. Early life Kranjčevi ...

(1865-1908), poet. *

Neda Krmpotić Neda Krmpotić (Senj, 16 October 1921 – Zagreb, 22 June 1974) was a Croatian and Yugoslav journalist. She was a contributor and domestic politics editor in Jugopress news agency from 1952 to 1958, before moving on to work in ''Vjesnik'' as a cont ...

(1921-1974), journalist. * Mateša Antun Kuhačević (1697-1772), poet and politician. * Ivan Marković (1928-2006), footballer and manager. *

Milan Moguš Milan Moguš (; 27 April 1927 – 19 November 2017) was a Croatian linguist and academician. Biography He was born in Senj, where he finished primary school and high school. In the academic year 1948/49 he attended in Faculty of Philosophy in Z ...

(1927-2017), linguist and academician. *

Vjenceslav Novak Vjenceslav Novak (11 September 1859 in Senj – 20 September 1905 in Zagreb) was a Croatian Realist writer, dramatist, and music historian. He was born into an emigrant Czech family, of which his mother was from an emigrant Bavarian family. H ...

(1859-1905), writer, dramatist, and music historian. *

Ivan Paskvić Ivan Paskvić (''German: Johann Pasquich, Hungarian: János Pasquich'', 3 January 1754 – 15 December 1829) was an Austro-Hungarian astronomer, physicist and mathematician. Biography Paskvić was born in Senj. He was educated in Zagreb, from 177 ...

(1754-1829), astronomer, physicist and mathematician. *

Pavao Ritter Vitezović Pavao Ritter Vitezović (; 7 January 1652 – 20 January 1713) was a Habsburg-Croatian polymath, variously described as a historian, linguist, publisher, poet, political theorist, diplomat, printmaker, draughtsman, cartographer, writer and print ...

(1652-1713), historian, linguist, publisher, poet, political theorist, diplomat, printmaker, draughtsman, cartographer, writer and printer. * Tomislav Rogić (born 1965), bishop. * Sandra Šarić (born 1984), taekwondo athlete. *

Ivo Senjanin Ivan Vlatković ( 1571 – 1612), known in folklore as Ivo Senjanin ("Ivo of Senj"), was a Habsburg Croatian uskok who led numerous military exploits against the Ottoman Empire. Due to few historical sources, much of what is known about him today ...

(1571-1612), historical sources. * Josip Šojat (born 1948), handballer. *

Pavao Tijan Pavao Tijan (15 June 1908 – 2 July 1997) was a Croatian encyclopaedist who spent the latter half of his life in Spain. Tijan was born in Senj in 1908. He attended the University of Zagreb where he finished a degree in Croatian studies and Slavic ...

(1908-1997), encyclopaedist. *

Josef Philipp Vukassovich Baron Josef Philipp Vukassovich ( hr, Barun Josip Filip Vukasović; 1755 – 9 August 1809) was a Croats, Croatian soldier who joined the army of Habsburg monarchy and fought against both Ottoman Empire and the First French Republic. During ...

(1755-1809), soldier.

Sesvete

Nikola Tanhofer Nikola Tanhofer (; 25 December 1926 – 24 November 1998) was a Croatian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His first film as director, '' It Was Not in Vain'' was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.> ...

(1926-1998), film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Šibenik

Nikica Cukrov Nikica Cukrov (born 6 March 1954) is a Croatian professional football manager and retired player. International career He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1977 Balkan Cup friendly match against Greece, coming on as a 69th-minute subst ...

(born 1954), former footballer and manager. *

Juraj Šižgorić Giorgio Sisgoreo ( hr, Juraj Šižgorić, la, Georgius Sisgoreus or ''Sisgoritus''; ca. 1445–1509) was a Latinist poet from Venetian Dalmatia. He was the first humanist from Šibenik and the central personality of Šibenik's humanist circle a ...

(1445-1509), latinist poet. *

Krešimir Baranović Krešimir Baranović (25 July 1894 – 17 September 1975) was a Croatian composer and conductor. He was director and conductor of the Zagreb Opera, Belgrade Opera and professor at the Belgrade Music Academy. In the spirit of a kind of Slavic ...

(1894-1975), composer and conductor. *

Ivo Brešan Ivan "Ivo" Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017) was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for political satire. His work included screenplays written with his son Vinko. Personal life Born in Vodice 1936, Breša ...

(1936-2017), writer. * Natale Bonifacio (1537/38-1592), producer. *

Perica Bukić Perica Bukić (born 20 February 1966) is a Croatian former professional water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Bukić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the ...

(born 1966), water polo player. *

Luka Bukić Luka Bukić (born 20 April 1994) is a water polo player from Croatia. He was part of the Croatian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal. Club: Mladost (2011-2018,2019-2021) Honours: Regional Waterpolo League(1) 2 ...

(born 1994), water polo player. *

Arsen Dedić Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić ( sr-Cyrl, Арсеније "Арсен" Дедић, ; 28 July 1938 – 17 August 2015) was a Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons, as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet, and was o ...

(1938-2015), musician. *

Vice Vukov Vinko "Vice" Vukov (3 August 1936 – 24 September 2008) was a Croatian singer and politician. Biography Vukov was born in Šibenik. In 1959, he achieved instant fame by winning the Opatija Music Festival in his singing debut, with the song "Mir ...

(1936-2008), singer and politician. * Roberto Ferruzzi (1853-1934), painter. * Angelo Antonio Frari (1780-1865), physician, epidemiologist, historian of medicine, and protomedicus of Venice. * Danira Gović (born 1972), actress. *

Siniša Kelečević Siniša Kelečević (born April 10, 1970) is a Croatian former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He was named to the 2002 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet. Biography Kelečević is from Šibenik, Croatia. He ...

(born 1970), Croatian basketball player. *

Mišo Kovač Mate "Mišo" Kovač (; born 16 July 1941) is a Croatian recording artist. He is the best selling artist from Croatia, with well over 20 million records, cassettes and compact discs sold to date, and is often regarded as one of the most popular mu ...

(born 1941), pop and schlager singer. *

Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia Peter Krešimir IV, called the Great ( hr, Petar Krešimir IV. Veliki) was King of Dalmatia and Croatia from 1059 until his death in 1074 or 1075. He was the last great ruler of the Krešimirović branch of the Trpimirović dynasty. Under Peter ...

(1058-1075),

King of Croatia This is a complete list of rulers of Croatia under domestic ethnic and elected dynasties during the Croatian Kingdom (925–1918). This article follows the monarch's title number according to Hungarian succession for convenience. For example, the ...

. *

Anthony Maglica Anthony "Tony" Maglica (Croatian: '' Ante Maglica'') (born 1930) is the owner and founder of Mag Instrument Inc, the company that manufactures the Maglite flashlight which was designed by Maglica. The Maglite is a powerful and durable flashlight th ...

(born 1930), inventor. *

Mate Maleš Mate Maleš (; born 11 March 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in Croatian club Lokomotiva Zagreb. Club career Maleš started his football career with HNK Šibenik, debuting for the first team at the age of ...

(born 1989), footballer. * Hrvoje Matković (1923–2010), historian. *

Maksim Mrvica Maksim Mrvica (; born 3 May 1975) is a Croatian pianist. He plays classical crossover Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers who appeal to different types of audience. This can be seen, for example, (especially in the ...

(born 1975), pianist. *

Dražen Petrović Dražen Petrović (; 22 October 1964 – 7 June 1993) was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s, before joining the Natio ...

(1964-1993), basketball player. * Martino Rota (1520-1583), engraver. * Gordon Schildenfeld (born 1985), footballer. * Ante Rukavina (born 1986), footballer. * Ante Kulušić (born 1986), footballer. * Aleksandar Petrović (basketball, born February 1959), Aleksandar Petrović (born 1959), basketball player and head coach. * Giorgio da Sebenico (1410-1473), architect and sculptor. * Murat-beg Tardić, Ottoman-Croatian general. * Nikola Tavelić, St. Nikola Tavelić (1340-1391), first Croatian saint. * Niccolò Tommaseo (1802-1874), Dalmatian-Italian linguist and journalist. * Fausto Veranzio, Faust Vrančić (1551-1617), inventor. * Goran Višnjić (born 1972), Croatian–American actor, best known for his role on ''ER (TV series), ER''. * Leon Lučev (born 1970), actor. * Antun Vrančić (1504-1573), writer. * Dario Šarić (born 1994), basketball player. * Neven Spahija (born 1962), basketball coach. * Antonija Sandrić (born 1988), female basketball player. *

(born 1961), politician. * Miro Bilan (born 1989), basketball player. * Henrik Širko (born 1993), basketball player. * Predrag Šarić (born 1959), basketball player. * Veselinka Šarić (born 1971), female basketball player. * Nik Slavica (born 1997), basketball player. * Željko Burić (born 1955), politician and mayor of Šibenik. * Ivica Tucak (born 1970), water polo player and coach. * Renato Vrbičić (1970-2018), water polo player and coach. * Vinko Brešan (born 1964), film producer. * Danira Nakić (born 1969), female basketball player. * Vanda Baranović, Vanda Baranović-Urukalo (born 1971), female basketball player. * Petar Nadoveza (born 1942), footballer. * Krasnodar Rora (1945-2020), footballer. * Dean Računica (born 1969), footballer and manager. * Goran Pauk (born 1962), footballer and current List of prefects of Šibenik-Knin County, prefect of Šibenik-Knin County. * Duje Ćaleta-Car (born 1996), footballer, a part of the Croatia national football team, Croatia national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 World Cup. * Dražan Jerković (1936-2008), footballer and the first manager of the Croatia national football team, Croatia national team since independence. * Ines Fančović (1925-2011), actress. * Ivan Vitić (1917-1986), architect. * Ivica Žurić (born 1965), basketball player. * Miro Jurić (born 1972), basketball player and coach. * Antonio Petković (born 1986), water polo player. * Franko Nakić (born 1972), Greek basketball player. * Mile Nakić (born 1942), Croatian–Greek water polo player and coach. * Igor Cukrov (born 1984), singer, represented

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Andrea Šušnjara. * Jeronimo Šarin (born 1974), basketball coach. * Edi Dželalija (born 1969), basketball coach. * Igor Mandić (1939-2022), writer, literary critic, columnist and essayist. * Franko Škugor (born 1987), tennis player, interim head coach of the Croatia Davis Cup team, Croatia national team in 2019. * Martin Junaković (born 1994), basketball player. * Stipe Bačelić-Grgić (born 1988), footballer. * Denis Periša (born 1983), whistleblower, whistle blower and hacker, computer hacker. * Tina Periša (born 1984), basketball player. * Stipe Bralić (born 1973), basketball coach. * Maja Cvjetković (born 1985), Miss Croatia. * Ante Županović (born 1949), politician, mayor of Šibenik from 2009 to 2013. * Vinko Nikolić (1912-1997), writer, poet, and journalist. * Nedjeljka Klarić (born 1954), politician, mayoress of Šibenik from 2005 to 2009. * Hana Jušić (born 1983), film director. * Goran Tomić (born 1977), football player and manager.

Sisak

* Bisera Veletanlic (born 1942), serbian pop singer. * Bobby Grubic, Bobby Bosko Grubic (aka Bobby G) (born 1972), singer/songwriter, director, producer. * David Cawthorne Haines, David Haines (1970-2014), British aid worker who was captured by ISIL. * Desiderius Hampel (1895-1981), commander of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian), 13th Waffen-SS Mountain Division during

. * Goran Dević (born 1971), film director and screenwriter. * Hrvoje Klasić (born 1972), historian. * Ivica Horvat (1926-2012), footballer and manager. * Ivan Medarić (1912-1990), footballer. * Ivica Senzen (born 1951), footballer. * Janko Bobetko (1919-2003), Croatian Army general. * Saint Quirinus of Sescia, Sveti Kvirin Sisački, patron saint, bishop. * Lisa Nemec (born 1984), long-distance runner. * Ljudevit Posavski, 9th-century prince. * Marijan Mrmić (born 1965), footballer/coach. * Mario Garba (born 1977), footballer. * Mika Špiljak (1916-2007), politician. * Miroslav Miletić (1925-2018), composer and viola player. * Monika Babok (born 1991), swimmer. * Hrvoje Klasić (born 1972), historian. * Stjepan Lamza (1940-2022), footballer. * Stjepan Radić (1871-1928), politician. * Tamás Erdődy (1558-1624), Ban (title), ban. * Viktor Špišić (born 1982), footballer. * Vladimir Laxa (1870-1945), highly decorated veteran of the First World War. * Vladimir Majder (1911-1943), Croatian partisan and Spanish Civil War veteran.

Slatina

* Eugen Dasović (1896-1980), footballer. * Milko Kelemen (1924-2018), composer. * Filip Veger (born 1994), tennis player. * Viktor Žmegač (1929-2022), musicologist and scholar.

Slavonski Brod

* Zdenko Balaš (born 1940), rower at the 1964 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia. * Vladimir Becić (1886-1954) *

(born 1955) * Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874-1938) * Đuro Đaković (1886-1929) * Filip Erceg (born 1979) * Vjekoslav Klaić (1849-1928) * Mario Mandžukić (born 1986) * Matija Mesić (1826-1878) * Kosta Mušicki (1897-1946) * Ivica Olić (born 1979) * Branko Radičević (1824-1853) * Matija Antun Relković (1732-1798) * Marko Rothmüller (1908-1993) * Branko Ružić (sculptor), Branko Ružić (1919-1997) * Mia Slavenska (1916-2002) * Dragutin Tadijanović (1905-2007) * Mario Vrančić (born 1989) * Josip Weber (born 1964) * Ivica Miljković (born 1947)

Smiljan

* Kata Pejnović (1899-1966), feminist and politician. * Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist.

Solin

* Ljubo Boban (1933-1994), historian and academic. * Joško Jeličić (born 1971), footballer. * Jozo Kljaković (1889-1969), painter. * Ante Režić (born 1988), footballer. * Josip Solić (born 1988), footballer. * Bogdan Žižić (1934-2021), film director and screenwriter.

Split

* Acija Alfirević (born 1951), academic, lecturer, professor, feminist, scientist, writer and literary translator. * Arsen Anton Ostojić (born 1965), film director and screenwriter. * Lana Barić (born 1979), actress. * Toma Bebić (1935-1990), multidisciplinary artist: musician, writer, actor, painter and poet. * Ena Begović (1960-2000), actress. * Alija Behmen (1940-2018), politician. * Vili Beroš (born 1964), politician and neurosurgeon. * Enzo Bettiza (1927-2017), novelist, journalist and politician. * Stipe Biuk (born 2002), footballer. * Blaženko Boban (born 1960), politician. * Jagoda Buić (1930-2022), visual artist. * Zoran Bujas (1910-2004), psychologist. * Helena Bulaja (born 1971), multimedia artist, film director, scriptwriter, designer and film producer. * Viktor Đerek (born 2000), photographer. * Jelena Đokić (born 1977), actress. * Boris Dvornik (1939-2008), actor. * Stipe Erceg (born 1974), actor. * Kristina Elez (born 1987), handballer. * Bruna Esih (born 1975), politician and croatologist. * Marina Fernandez (born 1981), actress. * Mimi Fiedler (born 1975), actress. * Zlatko Gall (born 1954), journalist, commentator and rock critic. * Ratko Glavina (born 1941), actor. * Nikša Gligo (born 1946), musicologist and university professor. * Albert Goldstein (1943-2007), intellectual, writer, publisher, poet and translator. * Ivo Goldstein (born 1958), historian, author and ambassador. * Nataša Ivanović (born 1978), politician. * Nataša Janjić (born 1981), film, stage and television actress. * Nikola Kalinic (born 1988), footballer. * Ivana Kapitanović (born 1994), handballer. * Josip Karaman (1864-1921), film director and photographer. * Miro Kovač (born 1968), historian. * Vicko Krstulović (1905-1988), communist revolutionary. * Robert Kurbaša (born 1977), actor. * Boris Lalovac (born 1976), economist and politician. * Draghixa Laurent (born 1973), pornographic actress and singer. * Mirjana Majurec (1952-2022), actress. * Joško Marušić (born 1952), animator, caricaturist, illustrator and university professor. * Virgil Meneghello Dinčić (1876–1944), painter and art teacher. * Nedjeljko Mihanović (1930-2022), politician. * Neven Mimica (born 1953), politician and diplomat. * Jerolim Miše (1890-1970), painter, teacher, and art critic. * Nikola Moro (born 1998), footballer. * Tina Morpurgo (1907-1944), painter. * Vid Morpurgo (1838-1911), industrialist, publisher, politician and member. * Mirando Mrsić (born 1959), physician and politician. * Natko Nodilo (1834-1912), politician, historian, journalist, university professor, and chancellor. * Ranko Ostojić (born 1962), lawyer and centre-left politician. * Jurica Pavičić (born 1965), writer, columnist and film critic. * Jure Pavlović (born 1985), film director and TV directing. * Frane Perišin (born 1960), actor. * Milan Pleština (born 1961), actor. * Marinko Prga (born 1971), actor. * Kruno Prijatelj (1922-1998), art historian, art critic and University professor. * Faretta Radic (born 1998), topmodel. * Ivana Roščić (born 1978), actress. * Vicko Ruic (born 1959), film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. * Ivo Sanader (born 1953), politician. * Pjer Šimunović (born 1962), Ambassador to the United States. * Marija Škaričić (born 1977), actress. * Ivo Šlaus (born 1931), nuclear and particle physicist. *

(1910–1985), painter and sculptor. * Slavko Sobin (born 1984), actor. * Olga Spiridonović (1923-1994), film, theatre and television actress. * Joško Svaguša (born 1972), entrepreneur, former politician and former president. * Ognjen Sviličić (born 1971), screenwriter and film director. * Tonio Teklić (born 1999), footballer. * Xenia Valderi (born 1926), actress. * Nadan Vidošević (born 1960), politician, businessman and entrepreneur arrested. * Emanuel Vidović (1870-1953), painter and graphic artist. * Igor Zidić (born 1939), art historian, art critic, poet and essayist. * Josip Zovko (1970-2019), actor and director. * Vjeran Zuppa (born 1940), intellectual, dramaturge, literature theorist, poet, translator and former chairman of the Teatar &TD, Theater ITD. * Miomir Žužul (born 1955), diplomat and politician.

Stari Grad

* Niko Bartulović (1890-1945), writer, publisher, journalist and translator. * Ljubo Benčić (1905-1992), footballer. * Petar Hektorović (1487-1572), writer. * Šime Ljubić (1822-1896), archaeologist, theologian, and historian. * Jakša Račić (1868-1943), politician and medical doctor. * Juraj Škarpa (1881-1952), sculptor.

Strizivojna

* Stjepan Damjanović (born 1946), linguist, philologist and paleoslavist.

Sveti Juraj

* Božo Grkinić (1913-1996), water polo and basketball player and coach. * Dragutin Prica (1867-1960), admiral.

Traù

* Mila Schön (1916-2008), fashion designer.

Tremušnjak

* Filip Kljajić (Yugoslav Partisan), Filip Kljajić (1913-1943), fighter during

and political commissar of the 1st Proletarian Brigade.

Trogir

* Vicko Andrić (1793-1866), architect. * Petar Berislavić (1475-1520), noble family and bishop. * Coriolano Cippico (1425–1493), Dalmatian nobleman, landowner, civil servant, humanist and military commander. * Vinko Coce (1954-2013), opera and pop singer. * Žana Čović (born 1989), handballer. * Faretta (born 1998), fashion model. * Rafaela Franić (born 1990), fashion model. * John of Trogir (1034-1111), bishop. * Vinko Kandija (1934-2002), handballer player and coach. * Ivan Katalinić (born 1951), footballer. * Augustin Kažotić (1260-1323), bishop. * Johannes Lucius (1604-1679), bibliography and historiography. * Mirko Oremuš (born 1988), footballer. * Vedran Rožić (born 1954), footballer player and Hajduk chairman. * Ana Tzarev (born 1937), artist. * Biserka Višnjić (born 1953), handballer. * Toni Vitali (born 1991), basketball.

Valpovo

* Ervin Cseh (1838-1918), politician. * Josip Hamm (1905-1986), language and literature. * Matija Petar Katančić (1750–1825), writer, professor of aesthetics and archaeology, lexicographer, and numismatist. * Bruno Maltar (born 1994), racing cyclist. * Đuro Salaj (1889-1958), politician.

Varaždin

* Mirko Androić (1922-1982), historian and archivist. * Ivan Belostenec (1594–1675), linguist, lexicographer and poet. * Antun Blažić (1916-1943),

and

. * Mirko Bogović (1816-1893), poet and politician. * Slavko Brankov (1951-2006), film, theatre and television actor. * Mirko Breyer (1863-1946), writer, bibliographer and antiquarian. * Zdravko Brkljačić (born 1936), footballer. * Ivan Čehok (born 1965), politician. * Fernando Consag (1703-1759), missionary, explorer and cartographer. * Blaženka Divjak (born 1967), Mathematician and politician. * Robert Herjavec (born 1962), businessman, investor, and television personality. * Lidija Horvat-Dunjko (born 1967), soprano vocalist. * Ladislav Ilčić (born 1970), politician and violinist. * Luka Ivanušec (born 1998), footballer. * Vatroslav Jagić (1838-1923), Philologist-slavist, linguist and paleographer. * Antonio Jakoliš (born 1992), footballer. * Ljubomir Kerekeš (born 1960), film, theatre and television actor. * Vlado Košić (born 1959), bishop. * Željko Krajan (born 1979), tennis coach and former professional player. * Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (1816-1889), historian, politician and writer. * Iva Mišak (born 1993), alpine skier. * Samuel Louis Mosinger (1804-1872), businessman, merchant and society. * Ivan Padovec (1800-1873), baroque. * Pero Pirker (1927-1972), politician. * Igor Prahić (born 1987), footballer. * Ladislav Rakovac (1847-1906), physician. * Vjekoslav Rosenberg-Ružić (1870-1954), composer, conductor and music educator. * Silvester Sabolčki (1979-2003), footballer. * Mario Sačer (born 1990), footballer. * Roman Schmidt (1893-1959), credited with six aerial victories. * Karlo Šimek (born 1988), footballer. * Koloman Sović (1899-1971), cyclist. * Miljenko Stančić (1926-1977), painter and graphic artist. * Karlo Težak (born 1993), footballer. * Goran Trbuljak (born 1948), cinematographer, photographer and conceptual artist. * Željko Vincek (born 1986), sprinter. * Zlatko Vitez (born 1950), theatre and film actor. * Ljubomir Vračarević (1947-2013), martial artist and founder of Real Aikido.

Varaždinske Toplice

* Lavoslav Horvat (1901-1989), architect. * Ruža Pospiš-Baldani (born 1942), operatic mezzo-soprano.

Velika Pisanica

* Edo Murtić (1921-2005), painter.

Veli Rat

* Marijan Oblak (1919-2008), archbishop.

Veternica

* Matija Skurjeni (1898-1990), painter.

Vinišće

* Giovanni Dalmata (1440–1514), sculptor.

Vinkovci

* Mario Banožić (born 1979), politician. * Goran Bare (born 1965), rock musician and singer. * Hrvoje Brkić (born 1983), biophysicist. * Dragan Crnogorac (politician), Dragan Crnogorac (born 1978), president. * Mavro Frankfurter (1875–1942), Holocaust at the Jasenovac concentration camp. * Ivan Ladislav Galeta (1947-2014), multimedia artist, cinematographer and film director. * Aleksandar Goldštajn (1912-2010), university professor, law scholar, writer and constitutional court judge. * Goran Hadžić (1958-2016), war criminal and a nationalist politician. * Carl Heitzmann (1836-1896), pathologist and dermatologist. * Lavoslav Kadelburg (1910-1994), lawyer, judge, polyglot and activist. * Albert Kinert (1919-1987), artist and illustrator who worked in the media of painting and graphic arts. * Slavko Kopač (1913-1995), painter, sculptor and poet. * Ivan Kozarac (1885-1910), novelist, poet and writer of short stories. * Josip Kozarac (1858-1906), writer. * Rikard Lang (1913-1994), university professor, lawyer and economist. * Dina Merhav (1936-2022), sculptor. * Eugen Miskolczy (1907-1947), physician, partisan and major in the

. * Otto Miskolczy (1909-1978), entrepreneur. * Vanja Radauš (1906-1975), sculptor, painter and writer. * Josip Runjanin (1821-1878), soldier and composer. * Stjepan Šejić (born 1981), comic book writer and artist. * Shorty (rapper), Shorty (born 1980), rapper. * Ferdo Šišić (1869-1940), historian. * Davor Škrlec (born 1963), electrical engineer and liberal politician. * Josip Šokčević (1811-1896), lieutenant marshal. * Rudolf Sremec (1909-1999), film director. * Sava Šumanović (1896-1942), painter. * Vesna Tominac Matačić (born 1968), actress. * Valens (328–378), roman emperor. * Valentinian I (321-375), roman emperor. * Mladen Vulić (born 1969), actor.

Virovitica

* Željka Antunović (born 1955), politician. * Ivan Dečak (born 1979), singer. * Stanija Dobrojević (born 1985), glamour model, reality television personality and former recording artist. * Damir Doma (born 1981), fashion designer. * Miroslav Feldman (1899-1976), poet and writer. * Ivica Kirin (born 1970), politician. * Tomislav Maretić (1854-1938), linguist and lexicographer. * Ksenija Marinković (born 1966), film, television and theatre actress. * Zrinko Ogresta (born 1958), screenwriter and film director. * Ivan Šibl (1917-1989), writer and politician. * Vlado Singer (1908-1943), politician. * Tomislav Tolušić (born 1979), politician. * Dijana Vukomanović (born 1967), politician. * Karlo Weissmann (1890-1953), physician.

Viškovci

* Ivan Tišov (1879-1928), painter.

Vranjic

* Frane Bulić (1846-1934), priest, archaeologist, and historian.

Vukovar

* Stanko Abadžić (born 1952), photographer and photojournalist. * Marko Babić (soldier), Marko Babić (1965-2007), army officer. * Rudy Baker (born 1898, date of death unknown), a Communist Party USA (CPUSA) official. * Antun Bauer (museologist), Antun Bauer (1911-2000), museologist and collector. * Franjo Benzinger (1899-1991), pharmacist. * Ivana Bodrožić (born 1982), writer and poet. * Zoran Bognar (born 1965), poet and writer. * Dražen Bošnjaković (born 1961), politician. * Jovan Gavrilović (1796-1877), historian, politician, statesman, and public figure. * General Woo (born 1977), rapper. * Siniša Glavašević (1960-1991), reporter. * Igor Kovač (actor), Igor Kovač (born 1983), actor. * Tomislav Merčep (1952-2020), politician and paramilitary leader. * Josip Mrzljak (born 1944), bishop. * Zaharije Orfelin (1726-1785), Poet, writer and historian. * Pavao Pavličić (born 1946), writer, literary historian and translator. * Wagner Ribeiro (footballer), Wagner Ribeiro (born 1987), footballer. * Leopold Ružička (1887-1976), scientist and joint winner. * Ana Sladetić (born 1985), contemporary artist. * Károly Unkelhäusser (1866-1938), politician. * Predrag Vuković (born 1966), politician.

Zabok

* Vedran Celjak (born 1991), footballer. * Ksaver Šandor Gjalski (1854-1935), writer and civil servant. * Siniša Hajdaš Dončić (born 1974), politician. * Adam Končić (born 1968), singer and actor. * Dominik Kotarski (born 2000), footballer. * Damir Krznar (born 1972), footballer. * Adrian Liber (born 2001), footballer. * Vlatka Oršanić (born 1958), opera singer. * Dominik Rešetar (born 2000), footballer.

Zadar

Zagreb

* Alfred Albini (1896-1978), architect. * Oskar Alexander (1876-1953), academic painter and professor. * Juraj Andrassy (1896–1977), jurist. * Ante Anin (born 1966), architect. * Robert Baća (1949-2019), sculptor and painter. * Tatiana Bezjak (born 1971), sculptor and writer. * Edvin Biuković (1969-1999), comic book artist. * Milan Blazekovic (1940-2019), animator. * Ana Borovečki (born 1973), clinical pharmacologist and toxicologist. * Neven Budak (born 1957), historian. * Dora Budor (born 1984), artist. * Blaženka Despot (1930-2001), philosopher, socialist feminist, and sociologist. * Marijan Dragman (1910-1945), alpinist, photographer, sportsman, and painter. * Marta Ehrlich (1910-1980), painter. * Zoran Ferić (born 1961), Short story, Short story writer, novelist and columnist * Ivan Fijolić (born 1976), artist and sculpture. * Vera Fischer (sculptor), Vera Fischer (1925-2009), sculptor. * Ivana Franke (born 1973), contemporary visual artist. * Ingeborg Fülepp (born 1952), artist, university teacher, curator and film editor. *

(1944-2012), archeologist and museologist. * Ivo Goldstein (born 1958), historian, author and ambassador. * Zlatko Grgić (1931-1988), animator. * Mirela Holy (born 1971), politician. * Nina Ivančić (born 1953), artist and painter. * Sanja Iveković (born 1949), photographer, performer, sculptor and installation artist. * Marijan Jevšovar (1922-1998), painter. * Svjetlan Junaković (born 1961), painter, sculptor and illustrator. * Dario Juričan (born 1976), film director, producer, and political activist. * Jagoda Kaloper (1947-2016), painter and actress. * Radoslav Katičić (1930-2019), linguist, classical philologist, Indo-Europeanist, Slavist and Indologist. * Nada Klaić (1920-1988), historian. * Mira Klobučar (1888-1956), painter. * Matija Kluković (born 1982), independent film director. * Igor Kordej (born 1957), comic book artist, illustrator, graphic designer and scenographer. * Marinko Koščec (born 1967), writer. * Sylva Koscina (1933-1994), actress. * Vlado Kristl (1923-2004), filmmaker and artist. * Igor Kusin (born 1963), linguist and author. * Zvonimir Lončarić (1927-2004), sculptor and painter. * Darko Macan (born 1966), writer, illustrator and comic book artist. * Dalibor Matanić (born 1975), filmmaker. * Ranko Matasović (born 1968), linguist, Indo-Europeanist and Celticist. * Dubravko Merlić (born 1960), journalist, television producer and author. * Jasen Mesić (born 1972), politician. * Kristijan Milić (born 1969), television and feature film director. * Franjo Neidhardt (1907-1984), architect. * Velimir Neidhardt (born 1943), architect. * Vera Nikolić Podrinska (1886-1972), painter and baroness. * Lukas Nola (1964-2022), film director and screenwriter. * Jelena Pavičić Vukičević (born 1975), politician. * Vlatko Pavletić (1930-2007), politician, university professor, literary critic and essayist. * Martin Previšić (born 1984), historian. * Srećko Puntarić (born 1952), cartoonist. * Vesna Pusić (born 1953), sociologist and politician. * Josip Račić (1885-1908), painter. * Esad Ribić (born 1972), comic book artist and animator. * Zvonimir Richtmann (1901-1941), physicist, philosopher, politician and publicist. * Goran Rušinović (born 1968), film director and screenwriter. * Đuro Seder (1927-2022), painter. * Branimir Šenoa (1879-1939), painter, graphic artist and art historian. * Danilo Šerbedžija (born 1971), film director. * Filip Šimetin Šegvić (born 1986), historian and teaching assistant. * Zlatko Sirotić (born 1945), painter and illustrator. * Dubravko Škiljan (1949-2007), linguist, philology and semiotics. * Irena Škorić (born 1981), film director and screenwriter. * Slobodan Šnajder (born 1948), writer and publicist. * Goran Sudžuka (born 1969), comic book artist. * Tomislav Sunić (born 1953), translator, far-right activist and a former professor. * Goran Švob (1947-2013), philosopher, logician, and author. * Sonja Tarokić (born 1988), film director and screenwriter. * Marino Tartaglia (1894-1984), painter and art teacher. * Zivorad Tomic (born 1951), film director, screenwriter and critic. * Ivana Tomljenović-Meller (1906-1988), graphic designer and art teacher. * Milan Trenc (born 1962), illustrator, animator, film director and novelist. * Marijan Trepše (1887-1964), painter, graphic artist and set designer. * Hrvoje Turković (born 1943), film theorist, film critic and university professor. * Vladimir Varlaj (1895-1962), artist. * Danijel Žeželj (born 1966), comic book artist, animator, painter and illustrator and author of a number of graphic novels. * Milena Žic-Fuchs (born 1954), linguist.

Zmijavci

* Milan Ivkošić (born 1947), journalist and writing. * Ivan Milas (1939-2011), lawyer and politician.

Žrnovo

* Petar Šegedin (writer), Petar Šegedin (1909-1998), writer.

Županja

* Đuka Galović (1924-2015), folk musician and songwriter. * Indira Levak (born 1973), singer. * Melita Lorković (1907-1987), pianist and music pedagogue. * Matija Mišić (born 1992), footballer. * Suzana Nikolić (born 1965), film, theatre and television actress. * Željko Pahek (born 1954), comic book artist and graphic novel creator, scriptwriter, painter, illustrator and caricaturist. * Amiel Shomrony (1917-2009), Holocaust survivor. * Dario Župarić (born 1992), footballer.

References

External links

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