The following is a list of prominent individuals who are or were Croatian citizens or of Croatian ancestry.

Art

Architecture

* Viktor Axmann – architect, Jewish * Nikola Bašić – architect * Vjekoslav Bastl – architect *

Julio Deutsch Julio Deutsch ( hr, Julije Dajč; 29 September 1859 – 9 June 1922) was a Croats, Croatian architect known for his architectural Art Nouveau, art nouveau style. Early life and family Deutsch was born in Geppersdorf (now Linhartovy, part of Měs ...

– architect, art nouveau style, * Hugo Ehrlich – architect, Jewish *

Ignjat Fischer Ignjat Nathan Fischer (18 June 1870, Zagreb – 19 January 1948, Zagreb) was a Croatian architect who was active in Zagreb during the first half of the 20th century. Early life and education Fischer was born in Zagreb to a Croatian-Jewish fami ...

– architect, Jewish *

Stjepan Gomboš Stjepan Gomboš (1895–1975) was a Croatian Jewish Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Aleksander Laslo, Nataša Maksimović Subašić; Graditelji novog Zagreba; stranica 22; broj 108, siječanj / veljača 2009. architect responsib ...

– architect, Jewish * Vjekoslav Heinzel *

Leo Hönigsberg Leo Hönigsberg ( hr, Lavoslav Hoenigsberg, ; born in 1861, died in 1911) was a famous Croatian architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch. Early life and family Hönigsberg was born in Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monar ...

– architect, Jewish * Lavoslav Horvat * Drago Ibler * Viktor Kovačić – architect * Slavko Löwy – architect, Jewish * Rudolf Lubinski – architect, Jewish * Paskoje Miličević Mihov – architect * Vlado Milunić – architect * Juraj Neidhardt – architect *

Velimir Neidhardt Velimir Neidhardt (; born 7 October 1943) is a Croatian architect, president of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2019. Neidhardt is a professor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Architecture, former president of the Croatian ...

– architect * Stjepan Planić – architect *

Vjenceslav Richter Vjenceslav Richter (; 8 April 1917 – 2 December 2002) was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design. Career In 1949, Richter graduated at the Department o ...

– architect * Vladimir Šterk – architect, Jewish * Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin – architect

Sculpture

Antun Augustinčić Antun Augustinčić (4 May 1900 – 10 May 1979) was a Croatian sculptor active in Yugoslavia and the United States. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th ...

* Lujo Bezeredi * Andrija Buvina * Ante Dabro * Juraj Dalmatinac * Branislav Dešković * Ivan Duknović *

Dušan Džamonja Dušan Džamonja ( sr, Душан Џамоња, ; 31 January 1928 – 14 January 2009) was a Yugoslav sculptor of Serbian ancestry. Education and career Džamonja was born in 1928 in Strumica, former Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In ...

* Robert Frangeš-Mihanović *

Ivo Kerdić Ivo Kerdić (1881–1953) was a Croatian sculptor, best known for his metalwork and medallions. Biography Ivo Kerdić was born 19 May 1881 in Davor, a small village near Slavonski Brod, Croatia, at that time in Austria-Hungary. The son of a ...

* Albert Kinert *

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 ...

Frano Kršinić Frano Kršinić (24 July 1897 – 1 January 1982) was a Croatian sculptor active in former Yugoslavia. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Antun Augustinčić, he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th centur ...

* Vasko Lipovac *

Ivan Meštrović Ivan Meštrović (; 15 August 1883 – 16 January 1962) was a Croatian sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb. He studied at Pavle Bilinić's ...

Oscar Nemon Oscar Nemon (born Oscar Neumann; 13 March 1906 – 13 April 1985) was a Croatian sculptor who was born in Osijek, Croatia, but eventually settled in England. He is best known for his series of more than a dozen public statues of Sir Winston Churc ...

Dimitrije Popović Dimitrije Popović (born 4 March 1951) is an eminent Montenegrin and Croatian painter, sculptor, art critic and philosopher born in Cetinje, Montenegro. He attended elementary and high school in his hometown and graduated from the Academy of Fine ...

Kosta Angeli Radovani Kosta Angeli Radovani (6 October 1916 – 27 February 2002) was a Croatian sculptor and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. After World War II he was one of the founders of the Zagreb Academy of Applied Arts in 1950 where he was ...

* Vanja Radauš * Master Radovan * Ivan Rendić *

Toma Rosandić Toma Rosandić ( sr-cyr, Тома Росандић; baptized as Tomaso Vincenzo, 22 January 1878 – 1 March 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav sculptor, architect and fine arts pedagog. Together with Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), he was the most ...

* Branko Ružić *

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 ...

* Petar Smajić * Aleksandar Srnec * Marija Ujević-Galetović *

Maksimilijan Vanka Maksimilijan "Maxo" Vanka (May 11, 1889 – February 2, 1963) was a Croatian-American artist. He is best known for the series of murals he completed in 1937 and 1941 at St. Nicholas Croatian Church in Millvale, Pennsylvania. Biography Earl ...

* Franjo Vranjanin

Painting

* Oskar Alexander *

Lovro Artuković Lovro Artuković (born in 1959 in Zagreb) is a contemporary Croatian painter and graphic artist who primarily paints large scale figurative canvases. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Artistic career For nine years, until 2003, he worked as an ...

* Vladimir Becić * Federiko Benković * Lujo Bezeredi * Charles Billich * Nikola Božidarević *

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 ...

* Eugen Buktenica * Bela Čikoš Sesija – painter, representative of symbolism: art-deco and art nouveau * Menci Clement Crnčić * Josip Crnobori *

Lovro Dobričević Lovro Marinov Dobričević or Lorenzo Bon, Lorenzo di Marino da Cattaro (c. 1420 – 1478) was a painter from Venetian Dalmatia. Born in Kotor, Republic of Venice (now Montenegro), he studied art in Venice before returning to Ragusa (modern-day ...

Jelena Dorotka Jelena Dorotka Hoffmann née Jelena Dorotka von Ehrenwall (1 March 1876 – 19 May 1965) was a Dubrovniknian cubist painter. Dorotka, a native of Dubrovnik, lived as an artist in Paris between 1907 and 1914, where she met many prominent figures of ...

Davor Džalto Davor Džalto ( sr-Cyrl, Давор Џалто; born 17 May 1980) is an artist, art historian, theologian and philosopher of Bosnian-Herzegovinian origin.Travnik International University https://iu-travnik.com/about-travnik/ Biography Džalto wa ...

* Marta Ehrlich * Emerik Feješ *

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 ...

* Alen Floričić * Dragan Gaži * Vilko Gecan *

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 ...

– naïve art * Josip Generalić * Oton Gliha * Petar Grgec * Krsto Hegedušić *

Oskar Herman Oskar Herman (1886–1974) was a Croatian-Jewish painter. He was one of the group of Croatian artists known as the Munich Circle, who had a strong influence on modern art in Croatia. Biography Herman was born on 17 March 1886 in Zagreb to Croa ...

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 ...

Mirko Ilić Mirko Ilić (born 1 January 1956) is a Bosnian-born comics artist and graphic designer based in New York City. Yugoslavian period Ilić was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His life, schooling and most of his Yugoslav-period-career was located at ...

– cartoonist, graphic designer *

Nina Ivančić Nina Ivančić was born in 1953 in Zagreb, Croatia. She is a contemporary Croatian artist working mainly in the mediums of painting and drawing. Nina Ivančić, daughter of Ljubo Ivančić, the famous Croatian painter and member of the artist group ...

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 ...

Marijan Jevšovar Marijan Jevšovar (1922 in Zagreb, Croatia – 1998 in Zagreb, Croatia) was a Croatian painter and founding member of the prominent 60s Croatian art group known as, Gorgona Group. Jevšovar's explorations of the medium of painting led him to ...

Ignjat Job Ignjat "Ignjo" Job ( sr-Cyrl, Игњат Јоб; 28 March 1895 – 28 April 1936) was an important representative of colour expressionism in the art scene of Yugoslavia during the 1930s. Job's landscapes of Dalmatia are reminiscent of the style ...

* Drago Jurak *

Gabrijel Jurkić Gabrijel Jurkić (24 March 1886 – 25 February 1974) was a Bosnian Croat artist.Lončarević, Vladimir. 2016. ''Gabrijel Jukić - slikar Božje ljubavi''. Glas koncila (print edition). 2016-03/04. Nr. 14 (2016.), p. 21 He was born in Livno, ...

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 ...

* John of Kastav * Albert Kinert * Željko Kipke * Mira Klobučar * Juraj Julije Klović – portrait miniatures * Tripo Kokolja * Edo Kovačević * Mijo Kovačić * Ladislav Kralj * Miroslav Kraljević * Živa Kraus * Kristian Kreković *

Vlado Kristl Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923, Zagreb, Croatia – 7 July 2004, Munich, Germany) was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his animations and short films. Biography Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl was born 24 January 1923 in Zagreb, Croati ...

* Tomislav Krizman * Izidor Kršnjavi *

Ferdinand Kulmer Ferdinand Kulmer (29 January 1925 – 11 November 1998) was a Croatian abstract painter and teacher. He studied at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts, the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, and took special classes with Đuro Tiljak. Kulmer worked in th ...

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 a ...

– naïve art * Loren Ligorio * Vasko Lipovac * Zvonimir Lončarić *

Dora Maar Henriette Theodora Markovitch (22 November 1907 – 16 July 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet. A romantic partner of Pablo Picasso, Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his ''Portr ...

– photographer, painter, model * Andrija Maurović – illustrator * Mato Celestin Medović * Martin Mehkek * Ivan Milat-Luketa * Jerolim Miše * Antun Motika *

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 Mirko Virius (October 28, 1889 – 1943) was a Croatian naïve painter. He was one of th ...

* Edo Murtić * Virgilije Nevjestić * Vera Nikolić Podrinska *

Alfred Pal Alfred Pal (30 November 1920– 30 June 2010) was Croatian painter and graphic designer. Early life and education Pal was born in Vienna on November 30, 1920, into a Jewish family of Stefan and Therese ( née Deutsch) Pal. Before the First World ...

Ordan Petlevski Ordan Petlevski (24 January 1930, Prilep – 22 January 1997, Zagreb) was a prominent artist working in the media of painting, drawing, graphic arts and illustration. Education and career In the early 1950s, Petlevski came to study in Zagreb, wher ...

* Ivan Picelj *

Oton Postružnik Oton Postružnik (1900–1978) was a Croatian artist, painter, graphic artist, and ceramist. He was one of the founding members of the Earth Group artist collective in Zagreb from 1929 to 1933. He studied in Zagreb, Prague and Paris, and was a pro ...

* Ivan Rabuzin – naïve art *

Josip Račić Josip Račić (22 March 1885 – 19 June 1908) was a Croatian painter in the early 20th century. Although he died very young (he was only 23), and his work was mostly created during his student years, he is one of the best known modern Croatian p ...

* Mirko Rački * Božidar Rašica *

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 mento ...

* Ivan Rein *

Đuro Seder Đuro Seder (29 November 1927 – 2 May 2022) was a Croatian painter. He lived and worked in Zagreb. Career At the beginning of his career he worked as an illustrator, image editor, and designer at various magazines. He was one of the founding me ...

* Zlatko Sirotić * Matija Skurjeni * Petar Smajić * Aleksandar Srnec * Miljenko Stančić * Slavko Stolnik *

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 ...

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 maste ...

* Marino Tartaglia *

Đuro Tiljak Đuro Tiljak (1895–1965) was a Croatian artist, writer and teacher. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, and studied for some time in Moscow with Wassily Kandinsky. During the 1930s, he was editor of the journal "Culture" (''Kul ...

Ivan Tišov Ivan Tišov (8 February 1870 – 20 September 1928) was a Croatian painter. He studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, bringing back ideas from the Munich Secession movement to Zagreb. He is best known for his work in public and gover ...

* Lavoslav Torti * Marijan Trepše * Ana Tzarev – naïve art * Milivoj Uzelac – painter *

Vladimir Varlaj Vladimir Varlaj (25 August 1895 – 15 August 1962) was a Croatian artist, a member of the Group of Four during the Zagreb Spring Salon of the 1920s, and a founder of the Independent Group of Artists. He was influential in the Zagreb modern art s ...

* Ivan Večenaj * Matko Vekić * Mladen Veža – illustrator * Emanuel Vidović * Mirko Virius – naïve art * Adolf Waldinger * Viktor Đerek – photographer

Film and theatre

* Ante Babaja *

Steve Bacic Steve Bacic ( ; hr, Bačić ) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing the characters Gaheris and Telemachus Rhade on the Sci-Fi series '' Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda''. After guest starring in seasons 1-3 as both characters, he joined the ...

Eric Bana Eric Banadinović, (born 9 August 1968), known professionally as Eric Bana (), is an Australian actor and comedian. He began his career in the sketch comedy series '' Full Frontal'' before gaining notice in the comedy drama '' The Castle'' (19 ...

– (born Eric Banadinović) Hollywood actor *

Relja Bašić Relja Bašić (14 February 1930 – 7 April 2017) was a Croatian actor. With a career that lasted more than half a century, he is considered one of the most prolific performers of that country. Biography Bašić was born on 14 February 1930 i ...

– actor *

Branko Bauer Branko Bauer (18 February 1921 – 11 April 2002) was a Croatian film director. He is considered to be the leading figure of classical narrative cinema in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema of the 1950s. Early life Bauer became interested in cine ...

* George Beban – actor, director, writer and producer *

Ena Begović Ena Begović (8 July 1960 – 15 August 2000) was a prominent Yugoslav film actress. She is regarded as one of the best and most beautiful actresses in former Yugoslavia. Early life and career Begović was born in Trpanj to Terezija and Nikola ...

* Mia Begović * Rene Bitorajac *

Mirjana Bohanec Mirjana Bohanec-Vidović (born October 2, 1939) is a Croatian people, Croatian operatic soprano. She studied singing at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb and with Emmy Loose in Vienna. She made her professional opera debut in 1966 at the Cr ...

* Slavko Brankov * Vinko Brešan – director *

Veljko Bulajić Veljko Bulajić (born 22 March 1928) is a Montenegrin film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient. He has spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing World War II-themed movies from the Partisan f ...

– ethnic Montenegrin film director * Zlatko Burić – actor * Boris Buzančić – actor *

Nathaniel Buzolic Nathaniel Buzolic ( ; born 4 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He was the host of Nine Network's late-night television quiz show '' The Mint'', and had a regular role on the BBC soap opera '' Out of the Blue'' (2008). He was also a co-host o ...

– actor * Al Christy – actor *

Petra Cicvarić Petra Cicvarić (born 29 March 1986) 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 ...

* Zlatko Crnković – actor *

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 ...

* Nataša Dorčić * Vanja Drach *

Claire Du Brey Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubreyvich, August 31, 1892 – August 1, 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films between 1916 and 1959. Her name is sometimes rendered as Claire Du Bray or as Claire Dubrey. Ear ...

– actress * Vlatko Dulić – actor * Boris Dvornik – actor * Jenna Elfman – television and movie actress * Stipe Erceg – actor *

Nela Eržišnik Nevenka "Nela" Eržišnik (née Maras; 18 June 1922 – 14 August 2007) was a Croatian actress. Born in Banja Luka as Nevenka Maras, she appeared in some classic Croatian films of the 1950s and early 1960s. Later, she switched to television and ...

– actress, comedian *

Judah Friedlander Judah Friedlander (born March 16, 1969) is an American actor and comedian, known for playing the role of writer Frank Rossitano on the NBC sitcom ''30 Rock''. Friedlander is also known for his role as Toby Radloff in the film '' American Splendo ...

– actor and comedian *

Mira Furlan Mira Furlan (7 September 1955 – 20 January 2021) was a Croatian actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5'' (1993–1998), and as ...

– actress (''

Babylon 5 ''Babylon 5'' is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Tele ...

'', '' Lost'') * Stanka Gjurić – actress, writer, filmmaker * Gallagher – comedian and prop comic *

Emil Glad Emil Glad (25 June 1929 – 28 August 2009) was a Croatian actor. Glad was a long-time member of Gavella Drama Theatre Gavella Drama Theatre ( hr, Gradsko dramsko kazalište Gavella) is a Croatian theatre which is situated in Zagreb, in Frankop ...

* Ratko Glavina * Obrad Gluščević * Ljupka Gojić – model * Krešo Golik * Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian *

Ivo Gregurević Ivo Gregurević (; 7 October 1952 – 1 January 2019) was a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Throughout over a quarter of a century, Gregurević played rural bullies and arrogant nouveau riche and became one of Croatia's best known ...

* Gloria Grey – screen, stage actress and director * Goran Grgić * Rajko Grlić * Fedor Hanžeković * Ivan Herceg – actor *

Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with u ...

– film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, opera director * Alaina Huffman *

Željko Ivanek Željko Ivanek (né Šimić-Ivanek; ; ; born August 15, 1957) is an American actor, known for his role as Ray Fiske on '' Damages'', for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on '' Homicide: Life on ...

– actor * Nives Ivanković *

Anne Jackson Anne Jackson (September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016); retrieved April 16, 2016Archivedfrom the original on April 16, 2016. was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-sta ...

– actress *

Nataša Janjić Nataša Janjić-Medančić (born 27 November 1981) is a Croatian film, stage and television actress. Personal life Nataša Janjić was born in Split on 27 November 1981. As a child, she studied at the Youth Theatre in Split. After finishing schoo ...

* Toni Jeričević *

Anthony Jeselnik Anthony Jeselnik ( ; born ) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He is known for his dark comedy style, which emphasizes ironic misdirection, non sequiturs, biting insults, an arrogant demeanor, and a stage persona that freque ...

– comedian *

Mladen Juran Mladen Juran (born 8 May 1942) is a Croatian film director, screenwriter and actor - the author with the nominations for the Main Film Prize in Latin America and the Best European Fantastic Film, Oscar Academy Awards Candidate - films thema ...

* Sena Jurinac *

Jagoda Kaloper Jagoda Kaloper (June 19, 1947 – October 1, 2016) was a Croatian visual artist, filmmaker, and actress known for various roles in films in the Yugoslav cinema. Biography Born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia Jagoda Kaloper made her screen de ...

* Saby Kamalich * Sonja Kastl * Ljubomir Kerekeš * Michael Klesic – actor *

Matija Kluković Matija Kluković (born 4 May 1982 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a young Croatian independent film director. In 2006 he finished his debut feature ''Slow Days'' (''Ajde, dan... prođi...'') that has received much critical acclaim from Croatian film criti ...

* Sylva Koscina – actress, model * Mario Kovač – theatre and film director *

Robert Kurbaša Robert Kurbaša (born 13 October 1977) is a Croatian actor. Filmography Television roles * ''Ruža vjetrova'' as Srđan Matošić (2011-2012) * ''Pod sretnom zvijezdom'' as Vedran Gallo (2011) * '' Dnevnik plavuše'' as Toni (2010-2011) * ...

Frano Lasić Frano Lasić (born 12 November 1954) is a Croatian actor and pop singer. Filmography Television roles * "Jack Holborn" (1982) * "The Winds of War (TV miniseries), The Winds of War" (1983) * "Kiklop" as Melkior Tresić (1983) * "The Fortu ...

* John G. Lenic *

Rachel Leskovac Rachel Leskovac (born 5 June 1976) is an English actress and singer. She is known for portraying the roles of Kelly Yorke in the BBC One medical drama series ''Holby City'' (2003–2004), Natasha Blakeman in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Stre ...

– actress * Edvin Liverić * Leon Lučev *

Branko Lustig Branko Lustig (10 June 1932 – 14 November 2019) was a Croatian film producer best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for ''Schindler's List'' and '' Gladiator''. He is the only person born in the territory of present-day Croatia ...

– film producer (winner of two

Oscar awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

) *

Franjo Majetić Franjo Majetić (26 February 1923 – 29 November 1991) was a Croatian actor noted for his comedic roles. Although predominantly a stage actor, he is best remembered for his film debut - at age 47 - in the classic 1970 comedy '' One Song a Day T ...

John Malkovich John Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild Aw ...

Dalibor Matanić Dalibor Matanić (, born 21 January 1975) is a Croatian filmmaker. His most well-known film is the 2002 feature '' Fine Dead Girls'' which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Sochi film festival. His 2015 film '' The High Sun'' was screened ...

* Nevio Marasović * Branko Marjanović *

Ante Čedo Martinić Ante Čedo Martinić (27 January 1960 – 27 December 2011) was a Croatian actor. Filmography Television roles * ''Ruža vjetrova'' as Anić (2011) * ''Loza'' as Bilić (2011) * ''Bitange i princeze'' (2010) * '' Ponos Ratkajevih'' as Ante ...

* Stojan Matavulj *

Mark Matkevich Mark Matkevich is an American art gallerist and actor best known for appearing as Drue Valentine in 17 episodes of the television program ''Dawson's Creek''. He also appeared in the film '' Sweet Home Alabama'', where he played Patrick Dempsey's ...

– actor * Rene Medvešek *

Sven Medvešek Sven Medvešek (born 1965) is a Croatian actor and director. Establishing himself as both a leading man and character actor, Medvešek's best-known film roles include Lukas in ''Slow Surrender'' (2001), Rafael in ''Winter in Rio'' (2002), Marin ...

* Oktavijan Miletić *

Ivana Miličević Ivana Miličević (; born April 26, 1974) is a Bosnian Croat-American actress and model. She is best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action drama series ''Banshee'' (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series ''The 100'' (20 ...

– actress *

Vatroslav Mimica Vatroslav Mimica (25 June 1923 – 15 February 2020) was a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Omiš, Mimica had enrolled at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before the outbreak of World War II. In 1942 he ...

Ildy Modrovich Ildy Modrovich is an American screenwriter and television showrunner. Her most prominent past credits include ''CSI: Miami'', for which she has written twenty-two episodes, ''Forever'' and ''Californication.'' Modrovich wrote, produced and was th ...

– television producer, writer and singer *

Nina Morić Nina Morić (22-07-1976) is a Croatian-Italian fashion model. She became an Italian citizen after her marriage with photojournalist Fabrizio Corona. Biography Morić was born in Zagreb into an upper-middle class household. After finishing hig ...

– model *

Patrick Muldoon Patrick Muldoon (born September 27, 1968) is an American actor, film producer, and musician. Early life and education Muldoon was born in San Pedro, California, the son of Deanna, a homemaker, and William Patrick Muldoon II, a personal injury ...

– actor * Lorenzo Music – actor, voice actor, writer, television producer and musician * Antun Nalis – actor * Bojan Navojec * Maja Nekić *

Antonio Nuić Antonio Nuić (born 26 March 1977 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian Croatian film director and screenwriter. Nuić had graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Drama Art before beginning his career directing music videos and short films. His first short fil ...

Zrinko Ogresta Zrinko Ogresta (born 5 October 1958) is a Croatian screenwriter and film director, professor of film directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and a member of the European Film Academy in Berlin. Praised for their strong visual styl ...

* Marija Omaljev-Grbić * Mia Oremović * Krsto Papić – film director * Leona Paraminski *

Frank Pavich Frank Pavich ( ) is a Croatian-American film director and producer. Career Pavich's first film as director was '' N.Y.H.C.'', a feature-length documentary about the New York hardcore music scene. The film was shot in the summer of 1995 and was rele ...

— film director, producer *

Stjepan Perić Stjepan Perić (; born 1 March 1983) is a Croatian actor. Biography After finishing high school, Perić studied law at the University of Zagreb. In 2003, he quit law to pursue a career as an actor. In 2003, he enrolled in the Academy of Dramati ...

Anton Perich Anton Perich is a Croatian-American filmmaker, photographer and video artist, born in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Croatia, in 1945. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1970. Biography From 1965 to 1970, Perich lived in Paris, France and be ...

– filmmaker, photographer and video artist * Edo Peročević – actor, radio speaker * Žarko Potočnjak * Alma Prica *

Zvonimir Rogoz Zvonimir Rogoz (10 October 1887 – 6 February 1988) was a Croatian actor who played in German, Croatian, Slovenian, Czech and Slovakian, on stage and in cinema, during a career long 81 years. A native of Zagreb, Rogoz started his actor ...

– actor *

Rick Rossovich Frederic Enrico Rossovich (born August 28, 1957) is an American actor. Rossovich began acting in the early 1980s, first gaining recognition for portraying Ron "Slider" Kerner in the 1986 film ''Top Gun''. Rossovich's other movies include the thri ...

– actor *

Branko Schmidt Branko Schmidt (born 21 September 1957) is a Croatian film director. His 2012 film ''Cannibal Vegetarian'' was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlis ...

Lucija Šerbedžija Lucija Šerbedžija (born 8 June 1973) is a Croatian theatre and film actress and model, a daughter of actor, Rade, and a sister of film director, Danilo Šerbedžija. She is probably best known in the English-speaking world for her role in '' T ...

* Ivo Serdar *

Shaun Sipos Shaun Sipos (born October 30, 1981) is a Canadian actor, known for playing Jack on the ABC series ''Complete Savages'', Eric Daniels on ''Life Unexpected,'' David Breck on The CW series ''Melrose Place'', Aaron Whitmore on The CW's ''The Vamp ...

– actor * Marija Škaričić *

Mia Čorak Slavenska Mia Slavenska, née Čorak (20 February 1916 in Brod-na-Sava, now Croatia, then Austria-Hungary – 5 October 2002 in Los Angeles, United States) was a Croatian-American soloist of the Russian Ballet of Monte Carlo in 1938–1952 and 1954–1955 ...

– prima

ballerina A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on ye ...

* Tonko Soljan – film and television producer *

Fabijan Šovagović Fabijan Šovagović (4 January 1932 – 1 January 2001) was a Croatian film, television and theatre actor, and writer. Biography Šovagović was born in the village of Ladimirevci, in the Slavonia region of Croatia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. H ...

– actor *

Filip Šovagović Filip Šovagović (born 13 September 1966) is a Croatian actor, film director, comedian, playwright and journalist. At first known simply as the son of renowned actor Fabijan Šovagović, he has established himself as one of the most prolific Cr ...

Gabriela Spanic Gabriela Elena Španić Utrera (born December 10, 1973), known simply as Gabriela Spanic, is a Venezuelan actress and singer. She's known for her roles in several Latin telenovelas, most notably her portrayal of twins in '' La usurpadora'' (1998 ...

– actress *

Lita Stantic Élida Stantic (born April 7, 1942), and more commonly known and credited as Lita Stantic, is an Argentine cinema film producer, producer, screenplay writer, and film director, director. Stantic is one of the most important producers working in t ...

– producer, screenplay writer, and director *

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 Stipč ...

* Yvonne Suhor – actress *

Ognjen Sviličić Ognjen Sviličić (born 1971 in Split) is a screenwriter and film director, based in Berlin noted for his critically acclaimed 2007 films Sorry For Kung Fu, '' Armin and These Are the Rules'' Career Sviličić was born 1971 in Split, in a fami ...

* Nikola Tanhofer *

Vanessa Terkes Vanessa Cvujetka Terkes Rachitoff, (born 3 March 1978) is a Peruvian film, television and stage actress. She is best known for her role in the Mexican television series ''El Pantera ''El Pantera'' (English: ''The Panther'') is a Mexican tele ...

– actress, TV show host in Latin America; her grandfather Cvjetko was Croatian *

Ivica Vidović Ivica Vidović (10 May 1939 – 18 April 2011) was a Croatian actor who appeared in many classic Yugoslav films from the 1960s until his death in 2011. Following his screen debut in 1962 film ''Rana jesen'', Vidović appeared in many films gra ...

Goran Višnjić Goran Višnjić (; born 9 September 1972) is a Croatian actor who has appeared in American and British films and television productions. He is best known in the United States for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in '' ER'' and Garcia Flynn in ''Time ...

– actor ('' ER'') * Zlatko Vitez *

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 beca ...

– film director *

Severina Vučković Severina Vučković (born 21 April 1972), better known mononymously as Severina, is a Croatian singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, the Croatian weekly '' Nacional'' listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only ''bo ...

– entertainer, actress *

Dianne Wiest Dianne Evelyn Wiest (; born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986’s '' Hannah and Her Sisters'' and 1994’s ''Bullets over Broadway'' (both of which were directed by Wood ...

– American actress *

Anthony Yerkovich Anthony Yerkovich is an American television producer and writer. He is best known for creating the 1980s cop show ''Miami Vice''. He served as the show's executive producer along with Michael Mann before handing over full executive responsibilit ...

– television producer and writer * Matthew Yuricich - special effects artist * Richard Yuricich – special visual effects artist *

Lordan Zafranović Lordan Zafranović (born 11 February 1944) is a Czech-Croatian film director. He was a major figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave. Early life Lordan Zafranović was born in 1944 in Maslinica, island of Šolta, Dalmatia, during the fascist occupati ...

Louis Zorich Louis Zorich (February 12, 1924 – January 30, 2018) was an American actor. He played sporting good salesman Burt Buchman, Paul Buchman's father, on the NBC series ''Mad About You'' from 1993 to 1999. Early years Zorich was born in Chicago, I ...

– American actor * Jim Zulevic – actor, comedian, TV writer, and radio host

Media

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 ...

– American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur *

Adrian Chiles Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for foo ...

– British television and radio presenter * Slavica Ecclestone – British-Croatian former model *

Robert Herjavec Robert Herjavec (; ; born September 14, 1962) is a Croatian-Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality. Herjavec founded BRAK Systems, a Canadian integrator of Internet security software, and sold it to AT&T Canada (now Allstrea ...

– Canadian businessman, investor, author, dancer, and television personality from '' Shark Tank'' *

Bill Kurtis Bill Kurtis (born William Horton Kuretich; September 21, 1940), is an American television journalist, television producer, narrator, and news anchor. Kurtis was studying to become a lawyer in the 1960s, when he was asked to fill in on a tempora ...

– journalist, television reporter, producer *

Katie Pavlich Catherine Merri "Katie" Pavlich (born July 10, 1988) is an American conservative commentator, author, blogger, and podcaster. Early life and education Pavlich was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to a family of Croat and German descent. She grew up i ...

- American conservative commentator, author, blogger, podcaster * Goran Milić – worked in Hrt, now works in Al Jazeera *

Tony Robbins Anthony Jay Robbins (né Mahavoric, born February 29, 1960) is an American author, coach, speaker, and philanthropist. He is known for his infomercials, seminars, and self-help books including the books '' Unlimited Power'' and ''Awaken the G ...

– American life coach, self-help author and motivational speaker * Teresa Scanlan – Miss America 2011 *

Petra Stunt Petra Ecclestone (born 19 December 1988) is a British heiress, model, fashion designer and socialite. Early life Ecclestone was born in London as the younger daughter of former Armani model Slavica Radić and English Formula One billionaire ...

– British designer *

Vladimir Herzog Vladimir Herzog (27 June 1937 – 25 October 1975), nicknamed Vlado (a usual Croatian abbreviation for the name Vladimir) by his family and friends,Freitas, Daelcio"Jornalista morto pelo regime militar: Vladimir Herzog" UOL Educação was a Brazil ...

– Croatian born Brazilian journalist

Academics

History

* James Belich – historian *

Julije Kempf Julije Kempf (25 January 1864 – 6 June 1934) was a Croatian historian and writer. Kempf was born in Požega, Slavonia. After graduating from Požega gymnasium, he attended teachers school in Zagreb. Afterwards, he worked in Novi Vinodolski ...

– historian, writer * Nada Klaić – historian *

Vjekoslav Klaić Vjekoslav Klaić (21 June 1849 – 1 July 1928) was a Croatian historian and writer, most famous for his monumental work ''History of the Croats''. Klaić was born in Garčin near Slavonski Brod as the son of a teacher. He was raised in German ...

– historian *

Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (29 May 1816 – 1 August 1889) was a Croatian historian, politician and writer, most famous for the first speech delivered in Croatian before the Parliament. Considered a renowned patriot, Kukuljević was a proponent of ...

– historian * Ivan Lučić – historian * Dominik Mandić – historian *

Franjo Rački Franjo Rački (25 November 1828 – 13 February 1894) was a Croatian historian, politician and writer. He compiled important collections of old Croatian diplomatic and historical documents, wrote some pioneering historical works, and was a key f ...

– historian * Ivan Ratkaj – historian, Jesuit, explorer * Juraj Ratkaj – historian *

Ferdo Šišić Ferdo Šišić (9 March 1869 – 21 January 1940) was a Croatian historian, the founding figure of the Croatian historiography of the 20th century. He made his most important contributions in the area of the Croatian early Middle Ages. Life Ši� ...

– historian * Ludovicus Tubero – historian

Invention

* Zlata Bartl – inventor of ''

Vegeta ( ), also referred as is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Vegeta first appears in chapter #204 "Sayonara, Son Goku", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on November 7, 1988, seeking t ...

'' *

Josip Belušić Josip Belušić (March 12, 1847 - January 8, 1905) was a Croatian people, Croatian inventor and professor of physics and mathematics. He was born in the small settlement of Županići, in the region of Labin, Istria, and schooled in Pazin and Kope ...

– inventor * Franjo Hannaman – inventor, engineer * Marcel Kiepach – inventor * Mario Kovač – computer engineering professor and inventor * Ferdinand Kovačević – inventor *

Giovanni Luppis Giovanni (Ivan) Biagio Luppis Freiherr von Rammer (27 August 1813 – 11 January 1875), sometimes also known by the Croatian name of Vukić, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Navy who headed a commission to develop the first prototypes o ...

– inventor of the torpedo *

Slavoljub Eduard Penkala Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (; 20 April 1871 – 5 February 1922) was a Croatian engineer and inventor of Dutch- Polish descent. Biography Eduard Penkala was born in Liptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš), then part of Austria-Hungary, to ...

– inventor * Mario Puratić – inventor who made major advances in fishing technology *

Ralph Sarich Ralph Tony Sarich (born 10 December 1938 in Baskerville, Western Australia) is an Australian automotive engineer, inventor, and businessman who developed the orbital engine and the orbital combustion process engine. Sarich founded the Orbital ...

– inventor of the orbital engine * David Schwarz – aviation pioneer of Jewish ancestry *

Marin Soljačić Marin Soljačić (born February 7, 1974) is a Croatian-American physicist and electrical engineer known for wireless non-radiative energy transfer. Biography Marin Soljačić was born in Zagreb in 1974. After graduating from XV Gymnasium (MIOC) ...

– inventor of wireless energy transfer * Ante Šupuk – engineer * Tomislav Uzelac - programmer, inventor of the first successful MP3 player *

Faust Vrančić Fausto Veranzio ( la, Faustus Verantius; hr, Faust Vrančić; Hungarian language, Hungarian and Latin regional pronunciation, Vernacular Latin: ''Verancsics Faustus'';Andrew L. SimonMade in Hungary: Hungarian contributions to universal cultur ...

– inventor of the parachute *

Ivan Vučetić 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 ...

– inventor of dactyloscopy

Social science

Ivan Belostenec Ivan Belostenec (c. 1594 – 2 February 1675) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and poet. Life In 1616 he joined the Paulists. He studied philosophy in Vienna and theology in Rome. Belostenec was a prior of Pauline monasteries in Lepoglava ...

– lexicographer * Juraj Dobrila – cleric, benefactor * Elsie Ivancich Dunin – cultural ethnologist, author, professor, choreographer * Ljudevit Gaj – linguist, reformer *

Vatroslav Jagić Vatroslav Jagić (; July 6, 1838 – August 5, 1923) was a Croatian scholar of Slavic studies in the second half of the 19th century. Life Jagić was born in Varaždin (then known by its German name of ''Warasdin''), where he attended the el ...

– philologist * Milan Kangrga – philosopher *

Bartol Kašić Bartol Kašić ( la, Bartholomaeus Cassius, it, Bartolomeo Cassio; August 15, 1575 – December 28, 1650) was a Jesuit clergyman and grammarian during the Counter-Reformation, who wrote the first Illyrian grammar and translated the Bible and t ...

– lexicographer *

Juraj Križanić Juraj Križanić (c. 1618 – 12 September 1683), also known as Jurij Križanič or Yuriy Krizhanich (russian: Юрий Крижанич), was a Croatian Catholic missionary who is often regarded as the earliest recorded pan-Slavist. His ideal, of ...

– social philosopher * Franjo Kuhač – folklorist, ethnologist * Jakov Mikalja – linguist and lexicographer * Miroslav Radman – genetic biologist * Stanislav Pavao Skalić – encyclopedist, adventurer *

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 ...

– philosopher *

Josip Juraj Strossmayer Josip Juraj Strossmayer, also Štrosmajer (; german: Joseph Georg Strossmayer; 4 February 1815 – 8 April 1905) was a Croatian politician, Roman Catholic Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishop, and benefactor (law), benefactor. Early life an ...

– cleric, benefactor *

Rudi Supek Rudi Supek (Zagreb, 8 April 1913 – Zagreb, 2 January 1993) was a Croatian sociologist, philosopher and a member of the Praxis School of Marxism. Supek studied philosophy in Zagreb and graduated in 1937. He went to study clinical psycholog ...

– philosopher *

Henry Suzzallo Henry Suzzallo (August 22, 1875 – September 25, 1933) was the president of the University of Washington from 1915 to 1926. He later served as director of the National Advisory Committee on Education and president of the Carnegie Foundation for ...

– educator * Ante Topić-Mimara – art collector * Vinko Žganec – folklorist, ethnomusicologist

Science

* Gaja Alaga – physicist * Giorgio Baglivi – physician and scientist from Ragusa * Antun Karlo Bakotić – physicist and writer *

Mladen Bestvina Mladen Bestvina (born 1959) is a Croatian-American mathematician working in the area of geometric group theory. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah. Biographical info Mladen Bestvina is a thr ...

– mathematician * Ruđer Bošković – theologian, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, Jesuit and polymath *

Branko Bošnjaković Branko (Franjo Marko) Bošnjaković (born 18 February 1939) is a Dutch- Croatian physicist and professional working in the field of environmental protection and sustainability. Biography Branko Bošnjaković was born in Zagreb. He studied physics ...

– physicist, environmentalist * Fran Bošnjaković – engineer, physicist * Juraj Božičević – engineer *

Frane Bulić Frane Bulić (October 4, 1846 - July 29, 1934) was a Croatian priest, archaeologist, and historian. Biography Bulić was born in Vranjic (now part of Solin), and studied theology in Zadar and then classical philology and archeology in Vienn ...

– archaeologist *

Predrag Cvitanović Predrag Cvitanović (; born April 1, 1946) is a theoretical physicist regarded for his work in nonlinear dynamics, particularly his contributions to periodic orbit theory. Life Cvitanović earned his B.S. from MIT in 1969 and his Ph.D. at Cornel ...

– physicist * Milislav Demerec – biologist * Andrija Dudić – naturalist, astronomer, physician *

William Feller William "Vilim" Feller (July 7, 1906 – January 14, 1970), born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian- American mathematician specializing in probability theory. Early life and education Feller was born in Zagreb to Ida Oemichen-Perc, a Cro ...

– mathematician * Andrija Fuderer – chemist, chess player * Artur Gavazzi – geographer * Marin Getaldić – physicist, mathematician * Vladimir Jurko Glaser – physicist *

Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger (born October 25, 1856 in Zagreb, died December 24, 1936, Zagreb) was a Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archeologist. Education Dragutin finished his elementary education in Zagreb, Croatia, as well as t ...

– geologist, paleoanthropologist and paleontologist * Stjepan Gradić – mathematician, philosopher, physicist, writer and polymath * Mirko Dražen Grmek – physician, science writer and historian *

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 ...

– economist * Željko Ivezić – astrophysicist * Zvonimir Janko – mathematician * Korado Korlević – astronomer, asteroid discoverer * Oton Kučera – mathematician, physicist *

Zvonko Kusić Zvonko Kusić () (born 14 June 1946) is a Croatian physician who is professor of oncology and nuclear medicine and head of the Department of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine of the Sisters of Charity University Hospital in Zagreb. He was president ...

– physician * Jacob Matijevic – NASA engineer * Eduard Miloslavić – physician *

Andrija Mohorovičić Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist. He is best known for the eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered one of the founders of modern seismology. Early years Mohorovičić wa ...

– geophysician *

Stjepan Mohorovičić Stjepan Mohorovičić (August 20, 1890 – February 13, 1980) was a Croatian physicist, geophysicist and meteorologist. Biography Mohorovičić was born in the town of Bakar. His father is the world-famous geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić. He ...

– physicist *

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 ...

– archaeologist, historian * Franjo Petriš – philosopher, humanist, writer and polymath *

Đuro Pilar Đuro Pilar (April 22, 1846 in Brod na Savi – May 19, 1893 in Zagreb) was a Croatian geologist, palaeontologist, and professor and rector at the University of Zagreb. Biography Pilar had, with his mother (Tereza Čulić of Derventa), a strong ...

– geologist * Stjepan Poljak – physician * Eduard Prugovečki – physicist, writer * Miroslav Radman – biologist * Paško Rakić – neuroscientist * Goran Senjanović – physicist *

Zvonimir Šeparović Zvonimir Šeparović (14 September 1928 – 30 January 2022) was a Croatian jurist and politician. Biography Šeparović was a professor of Criminal Law at the University of Zagreb and rector of the University from 1989 to 1991. He was also kn ...

– lawyer, (victimology) * Ante Šercer – physician *

– physicist * Andrija Štampar – physician, diplomat * Marijan Šunjić – physicist *

Ivan Supek Ivan Supek (8 April 1915 – 5 March 2007) was a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer, playwright, peace activist and humanist. Early years and education Supek was born in Zagreb, Croatia (still nominally under Austria-Hungary). During hi ...

– physicist, philosopher * Ćiro Truhelka – archaeologist and art historian * Vladimir Varičak – mathematician, physicist * Mirko Vidaković – forester, botanist * Nikola Vitov Gučetić – statesmen, philosopher, science writer *

– philosopher, thinker * Vladimir Vranić – mathematician * Juan Vucetich – anthropologist, police official who pioneered fingerprinting * Vladimir Žerjavić – statistician, economist

Nobel Prize

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in ...

– Literature * Nobel prize winner

Paul L. Modrich – chemistry * Nobel prize winner

Vladimir Prelog Vladimir Prelog (23 July 1906 – 7 January 1998) was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born and grew up in ...

– chemistry * Nobel prize winner

Lavoslav Ružička – chemistry

Music

Composers

* Julije Bajamonti – composer * Krešimir Baranović *

Blagoje Bersa Blagoje Bersa (born as Benito Bersa, 21 December 1873 – 1 January 1934) was a Croatian musical composer of substantial influence.

– composer *

Jakov Gotovac Jakov Gotovac (11 October 189516 October 1982) was a Croatian composer and conducting, conductor of classical music. His comic opera, ''Ero s onoga svijeta'' (''Ero the Joker''), Croatia's best-known opera, was first performed in Zagreb in 1935. ...

– composer *

Josip Hatze Joseph Hatze (1879–1959) was one of the first and most prominent Croatian composers in the Mediterranean style in the first half of last century. Hatze was born in Split (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Croatia) to a family of craftsmen fro ...

* Milan Horvat *

Ivo Josipović Ivo Josipović (; born 28 August 1957) is a Croatian academic, jurist, and politician who served as President of Croatia from 2010 to 2015. Josipović entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ), and played a key ...

– composer, 3rd President of Croatia *

Igor Kuljerić Igor Kuljerić (February 1, 1938 – April 20, 2006) was an important Croatian composer and conductor. His large opus followed the stylistic changes and evolutions of 20th and 21st century music. Biography Born in the coastal city of Šibenik ...

– composer, conductor * Fran Lhotka *

Lovro von Matačić Lovro von Matačić (14 February 1899 – 4 January 1985) was a Croatian conductor and composer. Early life Lovro von Matačić was born in Sušak to a family that was granted a noble title in the early 17th century. Growing up, he was always s ...

* Johnny Mercer – American lyricist, songwriter and singer; co-founder of Capitol Records * Lav Mirski * Ivan Padovec – composer *

Boris Papandopulo Boris Papandopulo (February 25, 1906 – October 16, 1991) was a Croatian composer and conductor of Greek and Russian Jewish descent. Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Djela hrvatskih skladatelja Židovskog podrijetla u Beču; s ...

– conductor, composer *

Dora Pejačević Countess Maria Theodora Paulina (Dora) Pejačević ( hu, Gróf verőczei Pejácsevich Mária Theodóra Paulina "Dóra", link=no, 10 September 1885 – 5 March 1923) was a Croatian composer and a member of the Pejačević noble family. She wa ...

– composer * Milan Sachs *

Luka Sorkočević Count Luka Sorkočević ( it, Luca Sorgo; January 13, 1734 – September 11, 1789) was composer from the Republic of Ragusa. His music has been preserved, like other Sorkočević family possessions, in the archives of the Dubrovnik Franciscan ...

– composer *

Franz von Suppé Franz von Suppé (né Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppe) (18 April 181921 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Croatia). A co ...

– composer of light operas, born and raised in the

Kingdom of Dalmatia The Kingdom of Dalmatia ( hr, Kraljevina Dalmacija; german: Königreich Dalmatien; it, Regno di Dalmazia) was a crown land of the Austrian Empire (1815–1867) and the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918). It encompassed the entire ...

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 � ...

– composer *

Stjepan Šulek Stjepan Šulek (5 August 1914 in Zagreb, Austria-Hungary – 16 January 1986 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) was a Croatian composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher. Biography Born in Zagreb in 1914, Šulek began his music stu ...

– composer * Vjekoslav Šutej * Ivo Tijardović – composer *

Ivan Zajc Ivan Zajc (also hr, Ivan plemeniti Zajc, it, Giovanni de Zaytz; ; August 3, 1832 – December 16, 1914), was a Croatian composer, conductor, director, and teacher who dominated Croatia's musical culture for over forty years. Through his ar ...

– composer

Classical

* Zlatko Baloković – violinist *

Max Emanuel Cenčić Max Emanuel Cenčić (born 21 September 1976) is a Croatian countertenor, as of 1994 based in Austria. He was a member of the Wiener Sängerknaben. Early career as a boy soprano Born Max Emanuel Cenčić in Zagreb, he started singing at a ve ...

– countertenor *

Valter Dešpalj Valter Dešpalj (born 1947) is a Croatian cellist and a professor at the Zagreb Academy of Music. Early years Dešpalj was born in Zadar, Croatia to Albanian parents and graduated from the Juilliard School (cello with L. Rose, chamber music wi ...

– cellist * Sena Jurinac – opera singer *

Franjo Krežma Franjo Krežma (4 September 1862 – 15 June 1881), also known as Franz Krezma in German-speaking countries, was a Croatian violinist and composer. Family and education Born in Osijek, Croatia, he showed interest for music in his early childhood ...

– violinist * Stephen Kovacevich – classical pianist * Ivo Maček – pianist *

– conductor * Zinka Kunc-Milanov – soprano *

Maksim Mrvica Maksim Mrvica (; born 3 May 1975) is a Croatian pianist. He plays classical crossover music. Biography Mrvica was born in Šibenik, Croatia. He took piano lessons at the age of nine.Tomislav Mužek –

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

Ivo Pogorelić Ivo Pogorelić (also Ivo Pogorelich; born 20 October 1958) is a Yugoslav-born Croatian pianist. He is known for his sometimes unorthodox interpretations, which have brought him a sizable following and both praise and criticism from musical ...

– pianist * Ema Pukšec (Ilma De Murska) – opera singer *

Ruža Pospiš-Baldani Ruža Pospiš-Baldani (; born 25 July 1942) is a Croatian operatic mezzo-soprano. Baldani was born in Varaždinske Toplice and made her professional opera debut in 1961 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb as Konchakovna in Alexander Borodi ...

– mezzo-soprano * Vjekoslav Šutej – conductor *

Milka Trnina Milka Ternina (born Katarina Milka Trnina, pronounced ; 19 December 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a Croatian dramatic soprano who enjoyed a high reputation in major American and European opera houses. Praised by audiences and music critics alike f ...

– soprano * Dunja Vejzović – soprano * Ana Vidović – guitarist * Dubravka Zubović – opera singer and voice teacher

Literature

– novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. * Ivan Aralica – writer * Franjo Babić – writer, journalist * Zvonimir Balog – poet, writer * Juraj Baraković – poet * Milan Begović – writer * Sabo Bobaljević – poet * Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani – poet *

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (; 18 April 1874 – 21 September 1938) was a Croatian writer. Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children. Early life She was born on 18 April 1874 i ...

– writer * Mile Budak – writer *

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.Milan Crnković – writer *

Džore Držić Džore Držić (; Italian: ''Giorgio Darsa'') (February 6, 1461 – September 26, 1501) was a poet and playwright, one of the fathers of Croatian literature. This respectable citizen of Dubrovnik, the uncle of the greatest Croatian playwright Mari ...

– poet, playwright * Blanka Dovjak-Matković – poet, writer * Slavenka Drakulić – writer, journalist * Tomislav Dretar – writer, politician, journalist, critic *

Marin Držić Marin Držić (; also ''Marino Darza'' or ''Marino Darsa''; 1508 – 2 May 1567) was a Croatian writer from Republic of Ragusa. He is considered to be one of the finest Renaissance playwrights and prose writers of Croatian literature. L ...

– writer *

Ignjat Đurđević Ignjat Đurđević (also Ignazio Giorgi; February 1675 – 21 January 1737) was a baroque poet and translator from the Republic of Ragusa, best known for his long poem ''Uzdasi Mandaljene pokornice'' ("''Sighs of Repentant Magdalene''"). He wr ...

– poet, translator, historian, astronomer and Benedict monk * Viktor Car Emin – writer from Istria * Filip Erceg – writer and socialist politician *

Đuro Ferić Đuro Ferić, also Giorgio Ferrich, (May 5, 1739 – 1820) was a poet and a Jesuit vicar general of the Republic of Ragusa. As a poet, he belonged to the Illyrian circle in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik, Croatia). Illyrian (Slavic) was synonymous with ...

– poet *

Drago Gervais Drago Gervais (April 18, 1904 – July 3, 1957) was a Croatian Istrian poet and playwright, and one of the most prominent poets writing in the Chakavian dialect of Croatian. Drago Gervais was born in 1904 in Opatija. His father Artur, a descen ...

– poet and playwright, paternal French descent *

Đivo Šiškov Gundulić Đivo (Ivan) Šiškov Gundulić (also ''Giovanni di Sigismondo Gondola''), (13 February 1678 – 13 December 1721) was a nobleman from the Republic of Ragusa, the son of Šišmundo (Šiško) Gundulić and Katarina Nale. He was the Rector of the ...

– poet, dramatist and nobleman *

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Ksaver Šandor Gjalski (26 October 1854 – 6 February 1935) was a Croatian writer and civil servant. He was born Ljubomil Babić at Gredice, near Klanjec in Hrvatsko Zagorje into a minor aristocratic family. He finished high school in Varaž ...

– writer * Stanka Gjurić – poet and essayist *

Ivan Gundulić Dživo Franov Gundulić ( it, Gianfrancesco Gondola; 8 January 1589 – 8 December 1638), better known today as Ivan Gundulić, was the most prominent Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa (now in Croatia). He is regarded as the Croatian nat ...

– Ragusan poet *

Petar Hektorović Petar Hektorović (1487 – 13 March 1572) was a Croatian writer. Hektorović, also known as Pietro Ettoreo or Piero Hettoreo, was born and died in Stari Grad, Hvar. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important ...

– writer *

Miljenko Jergović Miljenko Jergović (born 28 May 1966) is a prominent Bosnian writer. Biography Born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to Croatian parents, Jergović received his M.A. in literature from the Sarajevo University. While at high ...

– writer *

Marija Jurić Zagorka Marija Jurić (; 2 March 1873 – 30 November 1957), known by her pen name Zagorka (), was a Croatian journalist, writer and women's rights activist. She was the first female journalist in Croatia and is among the most read Croatian writers. Ea ...

– novelist *

Andrija Kačić Miošić Andrija Kačić Miošić (; 17 April 1704 – 14 December 1760) was a Croatian poet and Franciscan friar, descendant of one of the oldest and most influential Croatian noble families - Kačić. Biography Born in Brist near Makarska, he became ...

– poet * Janko Polić Kamov –

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

writer * Brne Karnarutić – poet *

Radoslav Katičić Radoslav Katičić (; 3 July 1930 – 10 August 2019) was a Croatian linguist, classical philologist, Indo-Europeanist, Slavist and Indologist, one of the most prominent Croatian scholars in the humanities. Biography Radoslav Katičić was born ...

– linguist,

classical philologist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and ot ...

Indo-Europeanist Indo-European studies is a field of linguistics and an interdisciplinary field of study dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. The goal of those engaged in these studies is to amass information about the hypothetical pro ...

Slavist Slavic (American English) or Slavonic (British English) studies, also known as Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was prim ...

and

Indologist Indology, also known as South Asian studies, is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the Indian subcontinent, and as such is a subset of Asian studies. The term ''Indology'' (in German, ''Indologie'') is ...

* Snježana Kordić - linguist *

Ante Kovačić Antun "Ante" Kovačić (June 6, 1854 – March 10, 1889) was a Croatian writer who is best known for his magnum opus work '' U registraturi''. Biography Early life Born to a family of Croatian peasants in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Kovačić mad ...

– writer * Ivan Goran Kovačić – poet * Ron Kovic – Vietnam War veteran, writer and peace activist * Josip Kozarac – writer *

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 ...

– poet *

Miroslav Krleža Miroslav Krleža (; 7 July 1893 – 29 December 1981) was a Yugoslav and Croatian writer who is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century. He wrote notable works in all the literary genres, including poetry (''Ba ...

– novelist, writer, philosopher,

encyclopedist An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

Eugen Kumičić Eugen Kumičić (11 January 1850 – 13 May 1904) was a prominent Croatian writer and politician. Kumičić was one of the most prolific Croatian novelists of the realism era and a pioneer of naturalism in Croatian literature. Biography Kumi ...

– writer * Tomislav Ladan – writer * Božena Loborec – poet, writer *

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 ...

– writer * Darko Macan – writer * Vjekoslav Majer – poet * Igor Mandić – journalist * Ranko Marinković – writer *

Marko Marulić Marko Marulić Splićanin (), in Latin Marcus Marulus Spalatensis (18 August 1450 – 5 January 1524), was a Croatian poet, lawyer, judge, and Renaissance humanist who coined the term "psychology". He is the national poet of Croatia. According to ...

– writer * Antun Gustav Matoš – poet *

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 ...

– poet *

Šiško Menčetić Šišmundo Menčetić ( it, Sigismondo Menze), known simply as Šiško Menčetić (; 1457–1527) was a poet from Ragusa, chiefly creating his opus in the 15th century. Biography Menčetić was born in 1458 in the city of Dubrovnik (today's Croati ...

– poet * Slavko Mihalić – poet, writer, journalist * Zvonimir Milčec – writer, journalist * Mijo Mirković – writer, economist *

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. ...

– 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 ...

– writer *

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 ...

(Ivan Česmički) – Hungarian poet of 15th century, of Croatian descent *

Vesna Parun Vesna Parun (; 10 April 1922 – 25 October 2010) was a Croatian poet. Biography After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik, and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb ...

– poet *

Vlatko Pavletić Vlatko Pavletić (; 2 December 1930 – 19 September 2007) was a Croatian politician, university professor, literary critic and essayist who served as acting President of Croatia from 1999 to 2000, as well as he served as Speaker of the Croatian ...

– theorist of literature, essayist and critic, politician *

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 ...

– poet * Dalibor Perković – writer * Sanja Pilić – writer * Paula Preradović – poet *

Petar Preradović Petar Preradović (19 March 1818 – 18 August 1872) was a Croatian poet, writer, and military general. He was one of the most important Croatian poets of the 19th century Illyrian movement and the main representative of romanticism in Croatia. ...

– poet * Ivan Raos – writer, journalist * Matija Antun Relković – writer *

Milan Rešetar Milan Rešetar (February 1, 1860 – January 14, 1942) was a linguist, historian and literary critic from Dubrovnik. Biography Rešetar was born in Dubrovnik. After the gymnasium in Dubrovnik, he studied classical philology and Slavic languages ...

– writer (ethnic

Serb The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

) * Paul Salopek – journalist *

Paul Skalich Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

– encyclopedist, Renaissance humanist and adventurer *

Antonio Skármeta Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic on November 7, 1940) is a Chilean writer, scriptwriter and director descending from Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, Dalmatia. He was awarded Chile's National Lit ...

– Chilean writer * Ivan Slamnig – poet, novelist, literary theorist, translator * Sonja Smolec – poet and writer * Antun Sorkočević – writer, diplomat, composer * Višnja Stahuljak – writer * August Šenoa – writer * Antun Branko Šimić – poet * Dinko Šimunović – writer * Sunčana Škrinjarić – writer, poet, journalist *

Slobodan Šnajder Slobodan Šnajder (; born 8 July 1948) is a Croatian writer and publicist. Šnajder was born in 1948 in Zagreb, where he graduated in philosophy and English studies from the Faculty of Philosophy. He was co-founder and editor of the theatre jou ...

– writer *

Antun Šoljan Antun Šoljan (1 December 1932, Belgrade - 12 July 1993, Zagreb) was a Croatian writer in a period of Cold War who appeared as a part of the literary magazine ''Krugovi'' (Circles, from 1952 onwards). Šoljan was active as a poet, novelist, short ...

– poet * Drago Štambuk – poet * Dragutin Tadijanović – poet *

Mihály Táncsics Mihály Táncsics ( sr, Михајло Танчић, Mihajlo Tančić; 21 April 1799 – 28 June 1884) was a Hungarian writer, teacher, journalist and politician. Life Mihály Táncsics was born on 21 April 1799 in the village of Ácsteszér ...

– writer, teacher, journalist and politician * Ante Tomić – writer * Josip Eugen Tomić – writer *

Jagoda Truhelka Jagoda Truhelka (; 5 February 1864 – 17 December 1957) was a Croatian writer and pedagogist. A native of Slavonia, Truhelka worked as teacher and headmistress in Osijek, Zagreb, Gospić, Banja Luka, and Sarajevo. Her novels are notable for f ...

– writer, pedagogist * Dubravka Ugrešić – writer *

Tin Ujević Augustin Josip "Tin" Ujević (; 5 July 1891 – 12 November 1955) was a Croatian poet, considered by many to be the greatest poet in 20th century Croatian literature. From 1921, he ceased to sign his name as Augustin, thereafter using the sig ...

– poet *

Mavro Vetranović Mauro Vetrani ( hr, Mavro Vetranović) (1482–1576) was a writer and Benedictine monk from Ragusa. Biography Born in Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), then the Republic of Ragusa, in 1482, he entered the Benedictine Order in 1507 on the island of Mlje ...

– writer, Benedictine friar * Viktor Vida – writer *

Mirko Vidović Mirko Vidović (born in Bila near Livno, December 31, 1940, deceased in Valence on October 13, 2016), was a Croatian writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Early life and education He attended primary school at his native village of Bila near Livn ...

– writer * Jeronim Vidulić – Renaissance poet, priest *

Grigor Vitez Grigorije "Grigor" Vitez ( sh-Cyrl, Григорије "Григор" Витез; 15 February 1911 – 23 November 1966) was a Yugoslav writer and translator. He is best remembered as the author of children's poetry and other forms of literature ...

– poet *

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 ...

– writer, historian, linguist and publisher *

Ivo Vojnović Ivo Vojnović (9 October 1857 – 30 August 1929) was a writer from Dubrovnik. Biography Vojnović was born in Dubrovnik as the first son of Count Konstantin Vojnović (1832–1903) and Maria de Serragli (1836–1922) on 9 October 1857 in Du ...

– writer * Stanko Vraz – poet (ethnic Slovene) * Sonja Yelich – poet * Dinko Zlatarić – poet, translator, considered the best translator of the Renaissance * Petar Zoranić – writer * Nikola Zrinski – poet, philosopher, soldier * Aleksandar Žiljak – writer

Business

* Madeline-Ann Aksich – businesswoman, philanthropist and artist *

Benedetto Cotrugli Benedetto Cotrugli ( hr, Benedikt "Beno" Kotruljević; 1416–1469) was a Ragusan merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Life Cotrugli was born in the city of Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), part of the Republic of Ragusa. As a dip ...

– merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Wrote the first description of double-entry bookkeeping. * Mike Grgich – winemaker * Victor Grinich – pioneer in the semiconductor industry *

– businessman, Herjavec Group, ''

Dragons' Den ''Dragons' Den'' is a reality television program format in which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hope of securing investment finance from them. The program originated in 2001 in Japan, where it is k ...

'' and Shark Tank * Antony Lucich-Lucas – engineer; crude oil exploration,

Gulf Oil Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger ...

;

Texaco Texaco, Inc. ("The Texas Company") is an American oil brand owned and operated by Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owned the Havoline motor oil brand. Texaco was an independent company unt ...

* Andrónico Luksic – Antofagasta PLC; richest Croat ever * Michela Magas - designer, entrepreneur and innovation specialist *

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 t ...

–

Maglite Maglite (also spelled Mag-Lite, stylized as MAG-LITE) is a brand of flashlight manufactured in the United States by Mag Instrument, Inc. located in Ontario, California, and founded by Anthony Maglica. It was introduced in 1979. Constructed pri ...

* Branko Marinkovic – businessman *

Dietrich Mateschitz Dietrich Mateschitz (; 20 May 1944 – 22 October 2022) was an Austrian billionaire businessman. He was the co-founder and 49% owner of Red Bull GmbH. In April 2022, Mateschitz's net worth was estimated at US$27.4 billion. Mateschitz worked in ...

–

Burgenland Croats Burgenland Croats (, , , ) is the name for ethnic Croats in the Austrian state of Burgenland, along with Croats in neighboring Hungary and Slovakia. Around 320,000 residents of Austria identify as of Croat heritage; 56,785 have, as sole or mu ...

; billionaire, owner of Red Bull corp. * Nicolás Mihanovich – shipping magnate * Boris Mikšić – Cortec Corporation *

Nikola Nobilo Nikola "Nick" Nobilo, (23 August 1913 – 28 August 2007), was a New Zealand winemaker and founder of Nobilo Wines. He was originally from Austria-Hungary. Early life Nobilo was born in present-day Croatia in 1913. His family's home vill ...

– wine maker * Mario Puratić – inventor, businessman * Bill Rancic – entrepreneur * Al Ljutic – Ljutic Industries * Mate Rimac – Rimac Automobili and Bugatti Rimac

Exploration

Ferdinand Konščak Fernando Consag, known in his native Croatian as Ferdinand Konščak (December 2, 1703 – September 10, 1759), was a Croatian Jesuit missionary, explorer and cartographer, who spent most of his life in Mexico, in Baja California. Education Con ...

– explorer *

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 Sta ...

– explorer *

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, M ...

– explorer * Željko Malnar – explorer, producer * Mirko and Stjepan Seljan – explorers *

– explorer *

Ivan Visin Ivan "Ivo" Visin (3 November 1806 – 17 August 1868) was a naval captain of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and an explorer. Biography Visin was born in Prčanj, then under the occupation of the French Empire. At the request of the government of ...

– explorer

Military

* Edgar Angeli – Rear Admiral during World War II (ethnic Jewish) * Matija Čanić - General during World War II * Bernhard Caboga-Cerva - Feldzeugmeister of the Austrian Empire *

Josip Kazimir Drašković Josip Kazimir Drašković (1716–1765) was a Croatian general who played an important role in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). He was Count of the noble House of Drašković (Draskovich). From 1736 to 1739, Drašković took part in the war a ...

– General in the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (175 ...

(1756–1763) *

Mato Dukovac Mato Dukovac (23 September 1918 – 6 June 1990) was the leading Croatian fighter ace of World War II, credited with between 40 and 44 confirmed victories. He joined the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia following the Axis invasion ...

– Croatian World War II fighter ace * Mirosław Ferić – Polish fighter pilot of World War II, Bosnian Croat father * Jure Francetić – Ustashe Commissioner *

Cvitan Galić Cvitan Galić (29 November 1909 – 6 April 1944) was a Croatian World War II fighter ace. Born in the village of Gorica near Imotski, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Galić finished grade school in the town of Sovići. In 1927 he joined ...

– Croatian World War II fighter ace * Ilija Gregorić – Military commander of rebels during the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt *

Matija Gubec Matija Gubec (, hu, Gubecz Máté) ( 1548 – 15 February 1573), with his real name Ambroz Gubec (or ''Gobec''), was a Croatian / Slovenian (nationality still disputed) revolutionary, best known as the leader of the Croatian–Slovene Peasant Re ...

– leader of the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt * Luka Ibrišimović – Priest and Hajduk * Đuro Jakčin – Naval Commander and first Commander of the Navy during World War II *

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 ...

– nobleman, soldier, and diplomat *

Ivan Karlović Ivan Karlović (c. 1485 – 9 August 1531), also known as by his Latin name ''Johannes Torquatus'', was the Count of Krbava, and Ban of Croatia from 1521 to 1524 and again from 1527 to 1531. In defense against Ottoman Empire expansion, he lost mo ...

– ban of Croatia *

Petar Keglević Petar Keglević II of Bužim (died in 1554 or 1555) was the ban of Croatia and Slavonia from 1537 to 1542. Career Keglević was captain from 1521 to 1522 and later ban of Jajce. In 1526, some months before the Battle of Mohács, he got the ' ...

– ban of Croatia and Slavonia * Vinko Knežević – nobleman and General in the Habsburg Austria Army * Vladimir Kren – Major General and Commander of the Air Force during World War II * Petar Krešimir IV of Croatia – medieval king and military leader *

Petar Kružić Petar Kružić (died 1537) was a Croatian knez, captain, soldier and defender of Klis, and the captain of Senj. In the early 16th century Petar Kružić ''(knez of Klis)'' defended the Klis Fortress against Turk invasion. He died in 1537 ...

– heroic defender of

Klis Klis ( hr, Klis, it, Clissa, tr, Kilis) is a Croatian municipality located around a mountain fortress bearing the same name. It is located in the region of Dalmatia, located just northeast of Solin and Split near the eponymous mountain pass. I ...

against the

Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...

* Grgo Kusić – tallest Croat ever, tallest soldier of Austro-Hungarian Army * Slavko Kvaternik – Minister of Armed Forces during World War II *

Ivan Lenković Ivan Lenković (died 22 June 1569) was a Habsburg Croatian army general and the leader of the Uskoks. He carried the title of baron. He is noted for the construction of Nehaj Fortress and as a captain of the Senj area.Bousfield (2003), p. 227. ...

– Army general and the leader of the

Uskoks The Uskoks ( hr, Uskoci, , singular: ; notes on naming) were irregular soldiers in Habsburg Croatia that inhabited areas on the eastern Adriatic coast and surrounding territories during the Ottoman wars in Europe. Bands of Uskoks fought a g ...

* Mladen Lorković – Foreign Minister and Minister of Interior during World War II * Marko Mesić – priest and war hero from the Ottoman Wars *

Vladimir Metikoš Vladimir Metikoš (7 July 1899 – 24 September 1945) was a Croatian general in the then Independent State of Croatia (NDH).''Tko je tko u NDH'', Zagreb, 1997, p. 268; Biography Born in Banja Luka, he was posted during World War I to the I ...

– General during World War II * Vladimir Majder – Croatian partisan and Spanish Civil War veteran *

Miroslav Navratil Miroslav (Friedrich) Navratil (19 July 1893 – 7 June 1947) was a Croatian soldier, pilot, and general who served in the armies of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and the Independent State of Croatia. Until the end of World War I ...

– fighter pilot during WWI, General during WWII *

Michael J. Novosel Michael J. Novosel Sr. (September 3, 1922 – April 2, 2006) of Enterprise, Alabama served in the United States military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He flew the B-29 Superfortress bomber in World War II. In order to s ...

– hero of the Vietnam War *

Rüstem Pasha Rüstem Pasha (; ota, رستم پاشا; 1505 – 10 July 1561) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Rüstem Pasha is also known as Damat Rüstem Pasha (the epithet '' damat'' meaning 'son ...

Opuković – Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire *

Piyale Pasha Piali Pasha, ( tr, Piyale Paşa; hu, Piali pasa) (c. 1515–1578) was an Ottoman Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) between 1553 and 1567, and a Vizier (minister) after 1568. He is also known as Piale Pasha in English. Early life His exact place ...

– Ottoman Grand Admiral and Vizier * Lothar Rendulic – Austrian Colonel General during World War II *

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 mos ...

– General in the Austro-Hungarian Army *

Stjepan Sarkotić Stjepan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovćen (also ''Stefan Sarkotić'', ''Stjepan Sarkotić'', or ''Stephan Sarkotić''; 4 October 1858 – 16 October 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian Army generaloberst of Croatian descent who served as Governor of Bosni ...

– General in the Austro-Hungarian Army * Arsen Sečujac – General in the Habsburg Austria Army * Tomislav Sertić – General during World War II * Ivan L. Slavich, Jr. – United States Army colonel, military pioneer, served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War * Andrijica Šimić – legendary

hajduk A hajduk ( hu, hajdúk, plural of ) is a type of irregular infantry found in Central and parts of Southeast Europe from the late 16th to mid 19th centuries. They have reputations ranging from bandits to freedom fighters depending on time, p ...

* Tom Starcevich – Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross during WWII * Ivan Tomašević – soldier and World War II General * Tomislav – first Croatian king *

Peter Tomich Petar Herceg-Tonić (later anglicized as Peter Tomich; June 3, 1893 – December 7, 1941) was a United States Navy sailor of Herzegovinian Croat descent who received the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his acti ...

(Petar Tomić) – U.S. Army and U.S. Navy *

Mijat Tomić Mijat Tomić (died 1656) was a hajduk who led brigands which fought against Ottoman Empire rule in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. Biography He was born in the village of Brišnik near Tomislavgrad. Although his exact birth date is uncertai ...

– Croatian legendary Hajduk * Baron Franjo Trenk – leader of Pandurs; father of

military music A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

* Franjo Vlašić – General and Ban *

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

– Habsburg commander * Matija Zmajević – Admiral of the Baltic fleet *

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 Mag ...

– Croatian ban and conspirator *

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 ...

– Croatian ban, hero of the

Battle of Szigetvár A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

* Nikola VII Zrinski – Croatian ban, warrior and poet

Croatian War for Independence

Janko Bobetko Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti- ...

– general *

Ante Gotovina Ante Gotovina (born 12 October 1955) is a Croatian retired lieutenant general and former French senior corporal who served in the Croatian War for Independence. He is noted for his primary role in the 1995 Operation Storm. In 2001, the Internat ...

– general pukovnik *

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 ...

– Croatian policeman, first victim in Independence War *

Rudolf Perešin Rudolf Perešin (25 March 1958 – 2 May 1995) was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter ...

– fighter pilot *

Blago Zadro Blago Zadro (31 March 1944 – 16 October 1991) was a commander of the northern part of Croatian forces in Vukovar during the Croatian War of Independence. He was killed in an attack by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in the town of Borovo Naselj ...

– general

Politics

Mehmed Alajbegović Mehmed Alajbegović (7 May 1906 – 7 June 1947) was a Bosnian Muslim politician, lawyer and a government minister of the Independent State of Croatia, an Axis puppet state. He was executed for war crimes by Yugoslav authorities following t ...

– Foreign Minister and Minister of Walfare during World War II * Josip Broz Tito – ruler of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980 *

Dražen Budiša Dražen Budiša (born 25 July 1948) is a Croatian politician who used to be a leading opposition figure in the 1990s and a two-time presidential candidate. As president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party through the 1990s he remains to date the ...

– politician *

Ivana Dulić-Marković Ivana Dulić-Marković ( sr-cyrl, Ивана Дулић-Марковић, ; born 13 June 1961) is a Serbian politician. Career Dulić-Marković was the Serbian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management from 2004 to 2006. In June 20 ...

– Serbian politician of Croat ethnicity; vice-president of

G17 Plus G17 Plus was a centre-right political party in Serbia. Founded as a non-governmental organization dealing with economic issues, in 2002 it transformed into a political party that became part of several ruling coalition governments in Serbia thro ...

; former Deputy Prime Minister of

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

and once Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management *

Josip Frank Josip Frank (16 April 1844 – 17 December 1911) was a Croatian lawyer and politician, a noted representative of the Party of Rights in the Croatian Parliament, and a vocal advocate of Croatian national independence in Austria-Hungary. Early l ...

– Croatian patriot politician (ethnic Jewish) * Andrija Hebrang – Croatian communist party leader, nationally conscious (ethnic Jewish) *

Većeslav Holjevac Većeslav Holjevac (22 August 1917 – 11 July 1970) was a Croatian and Yugoslav soldier and communist politician. Holjevac was born in Karlovac, at the time in Austria-Hungary. He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1939. Following t ...

– a president of

SR Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), or SR Croatia, was a constituent republic and federated state of the Sociali ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

and a long-time mayor of its capital

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

* Josip Jelačić – soldier, former Croatian ban * Osman Kulenović – Deputy Prime Minister NDH * Džafer-beg Kulenović – politician in NDH * Vladko Maček – political centrist, leader of the

Croatian Peasant Party The Croatian Peasant Party ( hr, Hrvatska seljačka stranka, HSS) is an agrarian political party in Croatia founded on 22 December 1904 by Antun and Stjepan Radić as Croatian Peoples' Peasant Party (HPSS). The Brothers Radić believed that t ...

before the establishment of the

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. It was established in p ...

Nikola Mandić Nikola Mandić (; 20 January 1869 – 7 June 1945) was a Croatian politician and one of the leading political figures in Bosnia and Herzegovina under Austrian-Hungarian rule. He also served as a Prime Minister of the Independent State of Croati ...

– Prime Minister during World II *

Ante Marković Ante Marković (; 25 November 1924 – 28 November 2011) was a Croatian and Yugoslav politician, businessman and engineer. Marković is most notable for having served as the last prime minister of SFR Yugoslavia. Early life Marković, was a Bosn ...

– former Yugoslav prime minister *

Stipe Mesić Stipe may refer to: Biological terminology * Stipe (botany) * Stipe (mycology) In mycology, a stipe () is the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom. Like all tissues of the mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is ...

– President of the Republic of Croatia * Dr. Ante Pavelić (older) – vice-president of the National assembly of the

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( sh, Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba / ; sl, Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov) was a political entity that was constituted in October 1918, at the end of World War I, by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( ...

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 ...

– Ustaša leader * Stjepan Radić – Croatian national leader in 1st half of 20th century *

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 ...

– "father of Croat nation" *

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 ...

– historian, one of greatest albanologists *

Ante Trumbić Ante Trumbić (17 May 1864 – 17 November 1938) was a Yugoslav and Croatian lawyer and politician in the early 20th century. Biography Trumbić was born in Split in the Austrian crownland of Dalmatia and studied law at Zagreb, Vienna and ...

– Croatian national leader * Franjo Tuđman – first President of Croatia, founder of modern Croatia

Foreign figures of Croatian descent

People of Croatian ancestry who are high-ranked officials of other countries: *

Mark Begich Mark Peter Begich ( ; born March 30, 1962) is an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously ser ...

– US Senator from Alaska * James Belich – former Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand * Cesar Bielich-Pomareda – Minister of the Navy of Peru * Michael Bilandic – former Mayor of Chicago; former

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

State Supreme Court Chief Justice *

Gabriel Boric Gabriel Boric Font (; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean left-wing politician who is the 37th and current president of Chile, serving since 11 March 2022. Boric studied in the Faculty of Law at the University of Chile, and was the president o ...

- President of Chile * Natasha Stott Despoja – Australian Democrat Senator *

Ivan Gašparovič Ivan Gašparovič (; born 27 March 1941) is a Slovak politician and lawyer who was third president of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first and currently the only Slovak president to be re-elected. Biography Ivan Gašparovič was ...

– President of Slovakia (Croatian father) * Cedomil Lausic Glasinovic – Chilean Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile), MIR activist, executed 1975 * Alejandro Jadresic – Chilean Energy Minister, engineer, economist; awarded the Order of Prince Trpmir of the Republic of Croatia * John Kasich – Governor of Ohio * Dennis Kucinich – US Representative from Ohio; former Mayor of Cleveland * Frank Mahovlich – Canadian Senator (NHL Hall of Famer) * Mary Matalin – US political consultant * Josip Marohnić – founding father of Croatian Fraternal Union * John Newman (Australian politician), John Newman – assassinated Australian politician, martyr * Roy Nikisch – Governor of Chaco Province, Chaco, Argentina * Rudy Perpich – former Governor of Minnesota * Baldo Prokurica – former Congressman, current Senator in Chile * Edmundo Pérez Zujovic – Chilean Christian Democrat Party of Chile, PDC, Minister of Finance, Interior and of Public Works, assassinated in 1971 * Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, Francisco Orlić Bolmarčić – former President of Costa Rica, Croat parents * George Radanovich – US Representative from California * Clem Simich – Member of NZ Parliament * Jorge Sobisch – Governor of Neuquén, Argentina * Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic – former Chilean First Lady * Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić – former president of Argentina (Chilean mother of Croatian descent) * Eric Skrmetta – US politician * Vincent Thomas – US politician * Michael Anthony Stepovich – former Governor of Alaska * Radomiro Tomic – former Chilean Deputy, Senator and Ambassador * Lynne Yelich – Member of Canadian Parliament

Religion

* Ivan Ančić – theological writer * Josip Bozanić – cardinal * Markantun de Dominis – archbishop * Matthias Flacius, Matija Vlačić Ilirik – Protestant reformer * Juraj Habdelić – Jesuit and writer * Luka Ibrišimović – friar, leader of an uprising against Ottoman forces in Slavonia * Estanislao Esteban Karlic – Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina *

– Jesuit and grammarian during the Counter-Reformation * Baltazar Adam Krčelić – historian, theologian and lawyer * Marko Krizin (Marko Križevčanin) – saint * Antun Mahnić – bishop * Leopold Mandić – saint * Ivan Merz – beatified * Gregory of Nin – bishop * Franciscus Patricius – philosopher and scientist * Marija Petković – beatified nun * Ivo Protulipac – layman * Vinko Puljić – Cardinal Priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Sarajevo * John of Ragusa – Cardinal * Franjo Šeper – Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith * Alojzije Stepinac – archbishop, beatified * Zlatko Sudac – stigmatic * Nikola Tavelić – saint * Miroslav Volf – Christian theologian * Bernard Zamanja – theologist

Heroism

*Paul Bucha * Mila Gojsalić *

* Marko Križevčanin *

* Petar Perica * Nikola Tavelić *

* John J. Tominac * Ivan Vranetić

Urban legends

* Jure Grando – first real person described as a vampire in historical records * Joe Magarac – American steel worker of Croatian extraction. * Joe "Pegleg" Morgan – first non-Hispanic member of the Mexican Mafia * Frane Selak – survivor of seven incidents of possible death, lottery winner * Matija Babić – anti-hrvat i Vijetnamac

Sport

* John Abramovic – former basketball player, played in the Basketball Association of America for Pittsburgh Ironmen, St. Louis Bombers, Baltimore Bullets (1944–54), Baltimore Bullets and Syracuse Nationals * Mirko Alilović – handball goalkeeper * Mario Ančić – tennis; Davis Cup Champion * Johnny Babich – former baseball player, played in Major League Baseball for Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Bees, and Philadelphia Athletics * Dalibor Bagarić – former NBA player * Ivano Balić – handball player, IHF player of the year 2003, 2006 * Zvonko Bego – football player * Željko Bilecki – football player * Bill Belichick – NFL Coach * Brian Billick – NFL coach * Gary Beban – former NFL player *Dragan Bender (born 1997) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Pete Bercich – former NFL player * Dražen Besek – football coach and former player * Sandra Bezic – figure skater, choreographer and television commentator * Val Bezic – figure skater * Slaven Bilić – former football player, former manager of Croatian national football team and current manager of West Ham United in the Premier League * Dražen Biškup – football coach and former player * Djurdjica Bjedov – swimmer * Zlatan Ibrahimović – football player * Antonio Blasevich – football player and coach * Goran Blažević – football goalkeeper * Miroslav Blažević – football Manager * Zvonimir Boban – football player * Bojan Bogdanović - basketball player in NBA * Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball player * Alen Bokšić – football player * Tamara Boroš – table tennis champion * Mark Bosnich – football goalkeeper, Premier League * Mark Bresciano – football player (Italian father, Croat mother) * Reid Brignac – baseball player * Denis Buntić – handball player * Nick Burley – boxer * Tony Butkovich – American football player, All-American * Pete Carroll – NFL head coach and executive vice president * Joseph Cattarinich – NHL Hall of Famer * George Chuvalo – heavyweight boxer * Branko Cikatić – First K-1 Grand Prix Winner (kickboxing) * Marin Čilić – No. 1 Junior in the World (tennis) and US Open champion * Ann Cindric – baseball player * Vedran Ćorluka – football player, Tottenham Hotspur * Krešimir Ćosić – member of the basketball Hall of Famer * Fred Couples – golfer (former World number 1) * Helen Crlenkovich – athlete * Dario Cvitanich – football player, Ajax * Ivona Dadic – Austrian track and field athlete * Nick Dasovic – football player and coach * Paul Diamond – professional wrestler, soccer player * David Diehl – NFL player * Nicholas Drazenovic – ice hockey player * Stipe Drews – boxing champion * Domagoj Duvnjak - handball player * Marina Erakovic – tennis player, New Zealand * Abby Erceg – football player, New Zealand * Eddie Erdelatz – American football player * Elvis Fatović – former water polo player and coach, European and World medalist * Mirko Filipović (Cro Cop) – mixed martial artist and kickboxer; K-1 * Jonathan Filewich – ice hockey player * Mark Fistric – ice hockey player * Dražen Funtak – sprint canoer * Gary Gabelich – American automobile-racing driver * Ray Gabelich — Australian Rules footballer * Gabre Gabric – track and field athlete * Gino Gardassanich – football player * Gordan Giriček – former NBA player * Mike Golic – co-host of ESPN Radio's ''Mike and Mike in the Morning''; former NFL player * Kara Goucher – long-distance runner * Elvis Grbac – NFL player * Great Antonio – strongman * Visco Grgich – former NFL player * Bobby Grich – former MLB player * Tom Haller – MLB baseball player * Justin Hamilton (basketball, born 1990), Justin Hamilton – basketball player * Travis Hamonic – ice hockey player * John Havlicek – basketball player * John Hecimovic – ice hockey player * Frankie Hejduk – football player, MLS * Mario Hezonja – basketball player, NBA * Zvonimir Boban – football player * Robert Jarni – football player * Saša Hiršzon (born 1972) - tennis player * Ico Hitrec – football player * Hrvoje Horvat – team handball, handball player * Les Horvath – former NFL player * Tony Hrkac – ice hockey player * Dick Hrstich – New Zealand wrestler * Goran Ivanišević – tennis player; Wimbledon Champion; two Olympic bronze medals, 1992 * Andreas Ivanschitz – football player * Robert Jarni – football player * Nikica Jelavić – football player, Everton FC * Ana Jelušić – skier * Dražan Jerković – football player (top scorer WC 1962 and EURO 1960) * Ed Jurak – baseball player * Al Jurisich – baseball player * Igor Jurković – kickboxer * John Jurkovic – NFL player * Tvrtko Kale – football player, goalkeeper (Hapoel Haifa) * Ivo Karlović – tennis player * Mario Kasun – former NBA player, Orlando Magic *Siniša Kelečević (born 1970) - basketball player * Ivan Klasnić – football player, Werder Bremen * Marko Kopljar – handball player * Ante Kostelić – Alpine skiing coach * Ivica Kostelić – Alpine Skiing Slalom World Cup Champion (three Olympic silvers) * Janica Kostelić – A.S. World Cup Champion in 2001, 2003 & 2006 (four Olympic golds, two silvers) * Dan Kordic – ice hockey player * John Kordic – ice hockey player * Robert Kovač – football player * Niko Kovač – football player * Mario Kovačević – football player * Niko Kranjčar – football player * Mike Kreevich – baseball player * Toni Kukoč – NBA player (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1995–96) * Blaženko Lacković – handball player * Dražen Ladić – football goalkeeper * Stefan Leko – kickboxer * Curt Leskanic – former MLB pitcher * Matija Ljubek – kayaker * Ivan Ljubičić – tennis player; Davis Cup Champion (#3) * Johnny Logan (baseball), Johnny Logan – baseball player * Mickey Lolich – baseball player * Venio Losert – handball goalkeeper * Steve Lubratich – baseball player * Dan Luger – rugby union player * Frank Mahovlich – NHL Hall of Famer (1958 Calder Trophy winner) * Pete Mahovlich – NHL player * Iva Majoli – Roland Garros Champion * Tony Mandarich – American football player * John Mandic – NBA player * Mario Mandžukić – football player, plays for Juventus * Todd Marinovich – former NFL player * Marv Marinovich – former NFL player * Vic Markov – American football player * Roger Maris – baseball player, MLB * Željko Mavrović – former European boxing champion * John Mayasich – former hockey player * Catfish Metkovich – baseball player * Petar Metličić - handball player * Siniša Mihajlović – (mother's side family) football player * Marcello Mihalich – football player * George Mikan (Mr. Basketball) – NBA (Basketball Hall of Fame) * Pat Miletich – UFC mixed martial artist * Stipe Miocic – UFC mixed martial artist * Luka Modrić – football player, plays for Real Madrid C.F. * Sofía Mulánovich – surfer * Dražen Mužinić – football player * Zdravko Miljak – handball player * Rob Ninkovich – American football player * Frank Nobilo – NZ golfer * Mirjana Ognjenović -former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player * Phil Oreskovic – ice hockey player * Victor Oreskovich – ice hockey player * Erv Palica – former MLB pitcher * Mate Parlov – boxing champion * Mark Pavelich – ice hockey, NHL * Marty Pavelich – ice hockey, NHL * Matt Pavelich – ice hockey, NHL official * Snježana Pejčić – shooting player * Sandra Perković – discus thrower * Nikolaj Pešalov – Olympic gold medal winner in weightlifting * Johnny Pesky – baseball player, manager and coach * Dražen Petrović – NBA Hall of Famer * Zoran Planinić – former NBA player * Dan Plesac – former MLB pitcher * Diana Prazak - professional boxer * Robert Prosinečki – football player * Joel Prpic – ice hockey player * Dado Pršo – football player * Braslav Rabar – chess player * Dino Rađa – former NBA star * Paul Radisich – racing driver * Nikola Radulović – basketball player * Ivan Rakitić – footballer, plays for FC Barcelona * Ante Razov – football player * Jules Rykovich – former NFL player * Borna Rendulić – NHL player * Lou Saban – NFL coach * Nick Saban – college football coach * Spider Sabich – alpine skier * Vladimir Sabich – American skier murdered by girlfriend Claudine Longet * Brian Sakic – NHL player * Joe Sakic – NHL player (2001 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner) * Dario Šarić (Super Dario) – NBA player with the Philadelphia 76ers * Cory Sarich – ice hockey player * Buzz Schneider – ice hockey player * Branko Šegota – football player * Frank Sinkwich – American football player and awarded the Heisman Trophy * Elvis Sinosic (King of Rock N Rumble) – mixed martial artist, UFC * Paul Skansi – American football player * Nick Skorich – American football player and coach * Matt Skrmetta – baseball player * Paul Spoljaric – baseball player * Josef Spudich – American football player * Darijo Srna – football player * Max Starcevich – All-American football guard * Steve Stipanovich – former NBA player, No.2 pick in 1983 NBA Draft * Dominik Straga – swimmer * Dario Šimić – football player * Davor Šuker – football player (best scorer of the 1998 WC most goals winner of golden shoe in 98 WC with six goals) * Bruno Šundov – former NBA player * Žan Tabak – former NBA player * Marko Tomas – basketball player * Rudy Tomjanovich – former NBA player and coach * Andy Tonkovich – first NBA pick in 1948 * Igor Tudor – football player * The Great Antonio – strongman and eccentric * Roko Ukić – NBA player * Auggie Vidovich – NASCAR driver * Mark Viduka – football player, Premier League * Blanka Vlašić – high jumper * Marc-Édouard Vlasic – ice hockey player * Antonio Vojak – football player * Oliviero Vojak – football player * Nikolai Volkoff – WWE Hall of Famer, born Josip Peruzović * Danny Vranes – basketball player * Stojko Vranković – former NBA player * Nikola Vujčić (born 1978) - basketball player and general manager (basketball), team manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv * Bernard Vukas – football player * Vladimir Vuković – chess player * Božo Vuletić – Olympic water polo gold medalist * Wesna – professional wrestler * Slaven Zambata – football player * Fritzie Zivic (The Croat Comet) – former World Welterweight Champion * Chris Zorich – former NFL player * Zdravko Zovko – handball player * Bob Zupcic – baseball player * Ante Žižić (born 1997) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Mario Andretti – racing driver, born in Motovun

References

External links

* Additional list of Croatian architects and builders: :hr:Dodatak:Popis hrvatskih arhitekata i graditelja * Additional list of Croatian sculptors: :hr:Kategorija:Hrvatski kipari * Additional list of Croatian painters: :Croatian painters :hr:Kategorija:Hrvatski slikari * Additional list of Croatian stage actors: :hr:Kategorija:Hrvatski kazališni glumci
Outstanding Croats

{{DEFAULTSORT:Croats Lists of Croatian people,

Art

Architecture

Sculpture

Painting

Film and theatre

Media

Academics

History

Invention

Social science

Science

Nobel Prize

Music

Composers

Classical

Popular

Literature

Business

Exploration

Military

Croatian War for Independence

Politics

Foreign figures of Croatian descent

Religion

Heroism

Urban legends

Sport

See also

References

External links