List Of People From Bjelovar-Bilogora County
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Artists, musicians and actors

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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), rock 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 *
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 *
Tošo Dabac Tošo Dabac (; 18 May 1907 – 9 May 1970) was a Croatian photographer of international renown. Although his work was often exhibited and prized abroad, Dabac spent nearly his entire working career in Zagreb. While he worked on many different k ...
(1907-1970), photographer * Bogdan Diklić (born 1952), 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), actress *
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 * Velko Milojevic (Charles Millot) (1921-2003), actor *
Edo Murtić Edo Murtić (4 May 1921 – 2 January 2005) was a painter from Croatia, best known for his lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism style. He worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, gouache, graphic design, ceramics, mosaics ...
(1921-2005), painter *
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), 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), actor * Ivo Robić (1923-2000), singer * Ferdo Rusan (1810-1879), reformer, composer and musician *
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 *
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 *
Snježana Tribuson Snježana Tribuson (born 8 February 1957) is a Croatian screenwriter and film director. She directed more than ten films since 1981. In 1998 she won the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay for the film ''The Three Men of Melita Žganjer ''The Thre ...
(born 1957), screenwriter and film director File:Vojin Bakić.jpg, Bakić File:EvaFischer 1.JPG,
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Authors

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Slavko Kolar Slavko Kolar (1 December 1891 - 15 September 1963) was a Yugoslav writer. Selected works * Nasmijane pripovijesti (1917) * Ili jesmo - ili nismo (1933) * Mi smo za pravicu (1936) * Svoga tijela gospodar (1942) * Natrag u naftalin (1946) * Glavno ...
(1891-1963), writer * Mato Lovrak (1899-1974), children's literature writer *
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 *
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 *
Đuro Sudeta Đuro Sudeta ( Stara Plošćica near Bjelovar, April 10, 1903 — Koprivnica, April 30, 1927) was a Yugoslav writer. After finishing the gymnasium in Zagreb, in 1922 he started working as a teacher at the civil school in Virje. Ever since the sum ...
(1903-1927), writer * Janus Pannonius (1434-1472) poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs *
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 *
Ivan Trnski Ivan Trnski (1 May 1819 – 30 June 1910) was a Croatian writer, translator and puzzle designer. Glorified by his contemporaries as a great poet and patriot, he is now considered a skillful poet and a prolific author of occasional verse. Life Tr ...
(1819-1910), writer, translator and 7th President of
Matica hrvatska Matica hrvatska ( la, Matrix Croatica) is the oldest independent, non-profit and non-governmental Croatian national institution. It was founded on February 2, 1842 by the Croatian Count Janko Drašković and other prominent members of the Illyri ...
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Military leaders

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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 ...
(1874-1947), military officer *
Ivo Herenčić Ivan "Ivo" Herenčić (28 February 1910 – 8 December 1978) was a general in the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia (, NDH), a fascist puppet state. In 1941, he commanded a battalion of Ustaše Militia that committed many war cr ...
(1910-1978), leader in the Independent State of Croatia *
Károly Knezić Károly Knezić ( hu, Knézich Károly; 6 September 1808, Veliki Grđevac - 6 October 1849, Arad) was a honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. On his father's side he had Croatian roots, while his mother was a Hungarian. He was executed for his ...
(1808-1849), honvéd general in the Hungarian Army *
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(born 1945), military officer and Serbia's Chief of the General Staff * Marko Mesić (1901-1982) decorated gunnery officer File:Knezić Károly.jpg, Knezić File:Marko Mesić.jpg,
Mesić Mesić may refer to: People * Mesić (surname) Places * Mesić (Vršac), a village in Banat, Vojvodina, Serbia * Mesić Monastery, a monastery in Banat, Vojvodina, Serbia See also * Mesic (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...


Politicians

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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 *
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)
Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...
's police officer who was number 4 on the
Simon Wiesenthal Center The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is a Jewish human rights organization established in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier. The center is known for Holocaust research and remembrance, hunting Nazi war criminals, combating anti-Semitism, tolerance educat ...
's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals and on the
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's most wanted list *
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 who served as the Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy of Croatia *
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, politician,
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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,
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Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...
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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), politician and lawyer * Gordan Jandroković (born 1967), politician and diplomat, 12th
Speaker of the Croatian Parliament The speaker of the Croatian Parliament ( hr, Predsjednik Hrvatskog sabora, literally the president of the Croatian Parliament) is the presiding officer in the Croatian Parliament, Croatia's legislative body. Under Article 97 of the constitutio ...
, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs *
Julije Makanec Julije Makanec (19 September 1904 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician, teacher, philosopher and writer. During the World War II in Yugoslavia, he was the Minister of Education of the Independent State of Croatia and a high-ranking member of ...
(1904-1945), politician * Anka Mrak-Taritaš (born 1959), politician, Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning and President of the Civic Liberal Alliance File:Đurđa Adlešič 25-06-09.jpg, Adlešič File:Slavko Cuvaj.jpg, Cuvaj File:EPP Zagreb Congress in Croatia, 20-21 November 2019 (49098785338) (cropped).jpg, Jandroković File:Anka Mrak Taritaš (cropped).jpg, Mrak-Taritaš


Historians and scientists

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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 Željko Karaula (Bjelovar, June 26, 1973) is a Croatian historian and author. His scientific focus is on modern Croatian and Yugoslavian history, particularly the history of his hometown and the surrounding area. He promotes the development of Cr ...
(born 1973), historian * Božidar Puretić (1921-1971), physician * Branko Souček (1930-2014), pioneer of Croatian computer science *
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 *
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), geophysicist and professor at the
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in
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.Who is Who in Croatian Science: Hrvoje Tkalčić
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Athletes

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Mirko Bašić Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960 in Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in ...
(), handball player who won several medals representing Yugoslavia, including a gold at the
1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
* Luka Božić (born 1996), basketball player *
Dario Čanađija Dario Čanađija (born 17 April 1994) is a Croatian football midfielder who plays for Aalesunds FK. Honours Rijeka *Croatian First Football League: 2016–17 Croatian First Football League, 2016–17 *Croatian Football Cup: 2016–17 Croatian F ...
(born 1994), football player *
Zvonko Canjuga Zvonko Canjuga (born 1921
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Zdravko Ceraj (1920-2011) who competed for
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in the
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
. and won two medals at the
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Zdravko Divjak Zdravko Divjak (born 30 May 1956) is a Yugoslav former swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into for ...
(born 1956), swimmer who competed at the
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Bogumir Doležal Bogumir (Bogomir) Doležal (1889–1959) was a Croatian sportsman and journalist. He was a football player, professional bicycle racer, swimmer, sport statistician, handball player and trainer. He also served as a president and secretary of ...
(1889-1959), footballer, sportsman and journalist *
Bojan Đurković Bojan Đurković (born 17 October 1989) is a Croatian sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ...
(born 1989), sports shooter *
Mladen Frančić Mladen Frančić (11 November 1955 – 7 June 2022) was a Croatian football coach and player. Playing career Frančić played for Čelik Križevac, Slaven Belupo and Lokomotiva Koprivnica, before retiring in 1981. Managerial career As a manag ...
(born 1955), footballer *
Petar Gorša Petar Gorša (born 11 January 1988) is a Croatian sports shooter. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , open ...
(born 1988), sports shooter * Ivan Gubijan (1923-2009), hammer thrower, won a silver medal at the
1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
* Hrvoje Horvat (born 1946), handball player who won several medals with Yugoslavia *
Hrvoje Horvat, Jr. Hrvoje "Cveba" Horvat (born 16 December 1977) is a Croatian handball coach and retired handball player. Early life Born in the family of mother Dunja and father Hrvoje Horvat, one of the worlds best handballplayers of the 20th Century and gold m ...
(born 1977), handball player and coach * Franjo Jurjević (born 1932), gymnast * Bojan Knežević (born 1997), football player *
Darko Kralj Darko Kralj (born 6 June 1971) is a Croatian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in shot put events. He lost his left leg in a missile attack in 1991. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the men's F42 shot put eve ...
(born 1971), paralympic athlete, won a gold medal at Beijing 2008 * Zvezdan Ljubobratović (born 1971), footballer *
Zdravko Mamić Zdravko Mamić (born 16 July 1959) is a Croatian former football administrator and sports agent. From 2003 to 2016, he was the executive director of Croatian football club GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Mamić also worked as an advisor at NK Lokomotiva a ...
(born 1959), football administrator and sports manager *
Zoran Mamić Zoran Mamić (; born 30 September 1971) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, and convicted fraudster. He was most recently the manager of Croatian First Football League club Dinamo Zagreb. He is a wanted criminal in C ...
(born 1971), football player and coach *
Alen Maras Alen Maras (born 27 February 1982 in Bjelovar) is a Croatian football player, currently playing as defender for Radnik Križevci. Club career In 2013 Maras joined second tier-side NK Inter Zaprešić Nogometni klub Inter Zaprešić was a C ...
(born 1982), footballer * Miran Maričić (born 1997), sports shooter * Alen Mrzlečki (born 1974), footballer *
Filip Ozobić Filip Ozobić ( az, Filip Ozobiç; born 8 April 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ. Born in Croatia, Ozobić represented the Croatia national team in two friendly matches b ...
(born 1991), footballer who played for Croatia's national football team * Božidar Peter (1938-2012), handball player who played with Yugoslavia's national team * Miroslav Pribanić (born 1946), handball player who was part of the Yugoslav national team that won a gold at the
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Borut Puc Borut Puc (born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian–Slovenian tennis player. Puc has a career high ATP singles ranking of 466 achieved on 25 July 2011. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 699 achieved on 14 September 2009. Puc made h ...
(born 1991), tennis player * Marko Roginić (born 1995), football player *
Rudolf Rupec Rudolf Rupec (17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 – 1 July 1983) was a Croatian footballer who played for the national teams of Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He also competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 192 ...
(1895-1983), footballer who played ten matches for the Austrian national team.Players Appearing for Two or More Countries
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Luka Šebetić Luka Šebetić (born 26 May 1994) is a Croatian handball player who plays for GWD Minden and the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian national team. He competed at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship. References External ...
(born 1952), handball player and coach who played with
RK Zamet RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League and the Croatian Handball Cup. Although the club has not won any mayor trophies, it has ...
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Marijan Seđak Marijan Seđak (born 24 March 1952 in Bjelovar) is a former Croatian Team handball, handball player and Team handball, handball coach. Career Marijan Seđak grew up in Rijeka and started his handball career in RK Zamet, Partizan Zamet. After win ...
(born 1976), handball player playing for HC Motor Zaporizhzhia and Croatia's national team * Nataša Vezmar (born 1976), taekwondo practitioner *
Ognjen Vukojević Ognjen Vukojević (born 20 December 1983) is a Croatian football manager and former professional player. He is currently the manager of the Croatia national under-20 team, an assistant manager of Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv, and a ...
(born 1983), former football player who played for
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and Croatia's national team * Jelena Zrnić (born 1975), basketball player File:Ivan Gubijan 2.jpg, Gubijan File:Zdravko Mamić 2021.jpg, Mamić File:Zoran Mamić, Esteghlal vs. Al Hilal 2019-04-24.jpg, Mamić File:Ozobic.jpg, Ozobić File:Luka Sebetic 20151011.jpg, Šebetić File:Вукоевич1.jpg, Vukojević


Religion

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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 ...
(1190-1247) *
Ratko Perić Ratko Perić (born 2 February 1944) is a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Mostar-Duvno and apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1993 until his retirement in 2020. After his retirement in July 2020, he briefly ...
(born 1944), bishop of Mostar-Duvno * Rudolf Vimer (1863-1933), writer, polyglot, benefactor, prebendary, rector of the University of Zagreb, dean of the Catholic Faculty of Theology File:Bishop Perić (cropped).jpg,
Perić Perić or Peric is a surname, very common in Croatia, Serbia, and the Czech Republic. Notable people with the surname include: * Borislava Perić (born 1972), Serbian table tennis player * Darko Perić (born 1978), Croatian football player * Dragan ...
File:Stjepan II. Zagreb (1225-1247.).jpg,
Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...


Other

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Dragutin Wolf Dragutin Wolf (1866–1927) was a Croatian Jewish industrialist and founder of the food company Koestlin in Bjelovar. Wolf was born in Bjelovar to a Jewish family. With his wife Irma Wolf he had two sons, Slavko and Otto. Wolf owned a small b ...
(1866-1927), industrialist *
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), assassin of Swiss Nazi
Wilhelm Gustloff Wilhelm Gustloff (30 January 1895 – 4 February 1936) was the founder of the Swiss NSDAP/AO (the Nazi Party organisation for German citizens living outside Germany) at Davos. He remained its leader from 1932 until he was assassinated in 193 ...
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Josip Reihl-Kir Josip Tvrtko Reihl-Kir (25 July 1955 – 1 July 1991) was a Croatian police chief from Osijek known for his peacemaking initiatives in the opening stages of the Croatian War of Independence. He was assassinated in 1991; the man convicted of h ...
(1955-1991), police officer known for his
peacemaking Peacemaking is practical conflict transformation focused upon establishing equitable power relationships robust enough to forestall future conflict, often including the establishment of means of agreeing on ethical decisions within a community, ...
initiatives in the opening stages of the
Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...
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Lavoslav Singer Lavoslav Singer (1866–1942) was Croatian industrialist notable for his role in the development of Bjelovar. Singer was born in village Bulinac (part of Nova Rača), into a Croatian Jews, Jewish family of Josip (Yosef) Singer. He was educat ...
(1866-1942), industrialist File:Davidfrankfurter.jpg,
Frankfurter Frankfurter may refer to: * Various varieties of sausage ** Frankfurter Würstchen ** Frankfurter Rindswurst ** Vienna sausage, or also called a ''Frankfurter Würstel'' in Austria ** Hot dog, a fully cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steam ...


References

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