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Artists, musicians and actors

* Meri Andraković (born 2000), (singer) * Viktor Axmann (1878–1946), (architect) * Zlatko Burić (born 1953), (Croatian-Danish 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 ...
(born 1986), (actress) * Bela Čikoš Sesija (1864–1931), (painter, one among the first representatives of symbolism (secesija, art nouveau) in Croatia) * Mia Dimšić (born 1992), (singer, who will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022) * Andrej Dojkic (born 1980), (actor) * Goran Grgić (born 1965), (actor) *
Zvonimir Jurić Zvonimir Jurić (born 4 June 1971) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. In 2009, he co-directed and co-wrote the 2009 psychological war drama titled '' The Blacks''. Early life Born in Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia, on 4 June 1971, Jurić fin ...
(born 1971), (film and TV director) *
Julije Knifer Julije Knifer (23 April 1924 – 7 December 2004) was a Croatian abstract painter and a founding member of the 1960s Croatian art collective known as the Gorgona Group. The central motif of Knifer's art is the exploration of meander, a geometric f ...
(1924–2004), (painter) *
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 ...
(1862–1881), (violinist) *
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 ...
(1932–2019), (Hollywood producer and winner of two Oscars) *
Branko Mihaljević Branko Mihaljević (Zagreb, 19 January 1931 – Osijek, 19 September 2005) was a composer, writer, journalist and radio editor. He spent his career, starting in 1952, in Osijek as editor of music and music-documentary programs of Radio-Osijek, and ...
(1931–2005), (composer), spent his career in Osijek and died in Osijek *
Krešimir Mikić Krešimir Mikić (; born 17 April 1974) is a Croatian theatre and film actor. He is known for his roles in acclaimed feature films, including Zlatko in '' Sex, Drink and Bloodshed'', Krešo in '' I Love You'', Mirko in ''The Melon Route'', and Do ...
(born 1974), (actor) *
Oliver Mlakar Oliver Mlakar (born 1 July 1935) is a Croatian television presenter. Best known for hosting game shows, he was one of the most popular television personalities in SFR Yugoslavia and later Croatia. Biography Mlakar was born in Ptuj and lived in O ...
(born 1935), (TV anchor) *
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 ...
(1906–1985), (sculptor) * Aklea Neon (born 1990), (singer) *
Zlatko Pejaković Zlatko Pejaković (born 29 August 1950) is a Croatian singer. He has released 27 albums over his five decade long career. He started his music career in 1967 with local bands in Osijek. In 1972 he joined Korni Grupa, who in turn reached their peak ...
(born 1950), (singer) *
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 ...
(1877–1906), (painter) * Ivan Rein (1905–1943), (painter) * Rod Riffler (1907–1941), (modern dance teacher and choreographer) *
Sigmund Romberg Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his musicals and operettas, particularly '' The Student Prince'' (1924), '' The Desert Song'' (1926) and '' The New Moon'' (1928). E ...
(1887–1951), (composer), studied in Osijek (Osijek gymnasium) * Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), (operatic soprano) *
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 ...
(born 1957), (film director) *
Krunoslav Slabinac Krunoslav and its contraction Kruno is a Croatian male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Krunoslav Babić (1875–1953), Croatian zoologist * Krunoslav Draganović (1903–1983), Bosnian Croat priest and Ustaše functionary * K ...
(1944–2020), (popular singer) *
Miroslav Škoro Miroslav Škoro (; born 29 July 1962) is a Croatian musician, television host and politician. He is the founder and the first president of the conservative Homeland Movement party, which he established in February 2020 and led until July 2021. As ...
(born 1962), (singer and composer) *
Dado Topić Adolf "Dado" Topić (born 4 September 1950, Siverić at Drniš) is a rock musician from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer and founder of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band. From 1970 to late 1971, he was also the lead sin ...
(born 1949), (singer) * Adolf Waldinger (1843–1904), (19th-century painter)


Authors

* Luka Bekavac (born 1976), (writer, university professor and translator) *
Danilo Blanuša Danilo Blanuša ( sr-cyr, Данило Блануша; 7 December 1903 – 8 August 1987) was a Croatian Serb mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor at the University of Zagreb. Biography Blanuša was born in Osijek, Austria-Hungary ( ...
(1903–1987), (mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor) *
Maja Bošković-Stulli Maja Bošković-Stulli (9 November 1922 – 14 August 2012) was a Croatian slavicist and folklorist, literary historian, writer, publisher and an academic, noted for her extensive research of Croatian oral literature. Early life Bošković-Stul ...
(1922–2012), (historian, writer, publisher and academic) *
Borivoj Dovniković Borivoj Dovniković (12 December 1930 – 8 February 2022) was a Croatian film director, animator, and caricaturist. He was a prominent member of the Zagreb school of animated films style. Biography Dovniković was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia, ...
(1930–2022), (film director, animator, caricaturist, illustrator and graphic designer) * Drago Hedl (born 1950), (journalist, editor of ''
Feral Tribune ''Feral Tribune'' was a Croatian political weekly magazine. Based in Split, it first started as a political satire supplement in '' Nedjeljna Dalmacija'' (the Sunday edition of the ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' daily newspaper) before evolving into an in ...
'', winner of the Knight International Journalism Award in 2006) *
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 ...
(1937–1975), (Brazilian TV journalist, university professor and theater author) * Vane Ivanović (1913–1999), (athlete, political activist and writer) *
Matija Petar Katančić Matija Petar Katančić ( la, Mathias Petrus Katancsich; 1750–1825) was a Croatian writer, professor of aesthetics and archaeology, lexicographer, and numismatist. Biography As a bootmaker's son from Valpovo, he received his initial education ...
(1750–1825), (18th-century writer, university professor for archaeology, translator of the Bible in the Croatian, author of the first paper over the archaeology in Croatia) * Zlatko Krilić (born 1955), (writer and the president of the
Croatian Writers' Association Croatian Writers' Association ( hr, Društvo hrvatskih književnika; abbreviated DHK) is the official association of Croatian writers. It was founded in 1900 in Zagreb with the goal "to unite writers and help them support one another, and promote ...
) *
Franjo Maixner Franjo Maixner (August 4, 1841 – March 2, 1903) was a Croatian university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb. Born in Osijek, he graduated philosophy at the Charles University in Prague. In 1886, he founded a Seminar for Classical ...
(1841–1903), (university professor and rector of the
University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...
) * Krista Kostial-Šimonović (1923–2018), (physician and academic) * Viktor Sonnenfeld (1902–1969), (translator and philosopher)


Politicians

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Biljana Borzan Biljana Borzan (; born 29 November 1971) is a Croatian physician and politician who has been member of the European Parliament for Croatia since 1 July 2013, having been elected to the position at the 2013, 2014 and 2019 elections. She is a memb ...
(born 1971), (member of the European Parliament and member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia) *
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 ...
(1844–1911), (lawyer and politician) *
Vilim Herman Vilim Herman (born 19 January 1949) is a Croatian jurist and politician. A former representative in the Croatian Parliament, he serves as a professor of law at the University of Osijek. Early life Herman was born in Osijek to a Jewish family. Th ...
(born 1949), (former representative in the Croatian Parliament for
Croatian Social Liberal Party The Croatian Social Liberal Party ( hr, Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka or HSLS) is a conservative-liberal political party in Croatia. The HSLS was formed in 1989 as the first Croatian political party formed after the reintroduction of mult ...
) *
Branimir Glavaš Branimir Glavaš (born 23 September 1956 in Osijek) is a Croatian former major general and Right-wing politics, right-wing politician. He was one of the founders of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party which was in power in the 1990s and one of ...
(born 1956), (right-wing politician) *
Ivan Rikard Ivanović Dr. Ivan Rikard Ivanović (1880–1949) was a Croatian industrialist, politician and one of the founders of the Croatian National Progressive Party (NNS). Life and career Ivan Rikard Mendel Kraus was born in 1880 in Osijek, Kingdom of Croatia-Sla ...
(1880–1949), (politician and industrialist) *
Zlatko Kramarić Zlatko Kramarić (born 5 February 1956) is a Croatian liberal politician from Osijek. Kramarić was born in Osijek and graduated in philology (Macedonian literature) at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Late ...
(born 1956), (liberal politician and former mayor) *
Vladimir Šeks Vladimir Šeks (born 1 January 1943) is a Croatian lawyer and politician. He has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since the nation's independence, and has held the posts of the Speaker of the Parliament, as well as Deputy Prime M ...
(born 1943), (President (Speaker) of the Croatian Parliament) * Vesna Škare Ožbolt (born 1961), (leader of the Democratic Centre political party) *
Daniel Srb Daniel Srb (; born 23 November 1964) is a Croatian right-wing politician and president of the Croatian Party of Rights. Early life and education Srb was born in Osijek on 23 November 1964. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and Shi ...
(born 1964), (politician)


Scientists

*
Mislav Grgić Mislav Grgić (born in 1973 in Osijek, Croatia) is a university professor, scientist, Ph.D. in technical sciences, and electrical engineer. He served as a Dean of FER from 2014 until 2018. He was the Head of the Alumni Community of FER from 20 ...
(born 1973), (
university professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professor ...
,
scientist A scientist is a person who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosoph ...
,
Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
, technical sciences and electrical engineer) *
Branko Grünbaum Branko Grünbaum ( he, ברנקו גרונבאום; 2 October 1929 – 14 September 2018) was a Croatian-born mathematician of Jewish descentmathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...
and professor) *
Snježana Kordić Snježana Kordić (; born 29 October 1964) is a Croatian linguist. In addition to her work in syntax, she has written on sociolinguistics. Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive langua ...
(born 1964), (Croatian
linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
) *
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 ...
(1857–1936), (
meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while t ...
and seismologist born in
Volosko Volosko (Italian: ''Volosco, Volosca'') is a part of the city of Opatija, located in the Kvarner Gulf in western Croatia. It is located in the north of Opatija, on the road towards Kastav and Rijeka. The toponym ''Volosko'' drives from the nam ...
, Istria) *
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 ...
(1906–1998), (
chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...
, Nobel prize winner, born in
Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
) * Lavoslav (Leopold) Ružička (1887–1976), (chemist, Nobel prize winner; born in nearby
Vukovar Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...
and attended famous Osijek high school/gymnasium famous Osijek high school/gymnasium
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Athletes

* Zdenko Adamović (born 1963), (footballer player) * Ivan Aleksić (born 1993), (footballer player) * Maja Anić (born 1988), (rower) * Silvio Anočić (born 1997), (footballer player) * Zoran Arsenić (born 1994), (footballer player) * Marko Babić (born 1981), (footballer player) *
Valentin Babić Valentin Babić (born 6 July 1981) is a Croatian retired Association football, football Defender (association football), defender, who primarily played for NK Osijek. Club career He also had a spell in Germany with amateur sides SV Hajduk Wiesb ...
(born 1981), (footballer player) * Davor Bagarić (born 1985), (footballer player) * Davor Bajsić (born 1974), (footballer player) * Davorka Balić (born 1988), (basketball player) *
Borna Barišić Borna Barišić (; born 10 November 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and Croatia national team. Barišić previously played for Osijek in the Prva HNL. Club career B ...
(born 1992), (footballer player) * Josip Barišić (born 1986), (footballer player) * Luka Barišić (born 1998), (basketball player) *
Nenad Bjelica Nenad Bjelica (; born 20 August 1971) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was most recently in charge of Prva HNL club Osijek. Club career Born in Osijek, Bjelica started playing for a local club, Metalac Olt, i ...
(born 1971), (footballer player) * Saša Branežac (born 1976), (footballer player) * Bernarda Brčić (born 1991), (volleyball player) *
Zorko Cvetković Zorko Cvetković (September 4, 1924 – December 13, 2017) was a Croatian electrical engineer and basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Engineering career Cvetković graduated from ...
(1924–2017), (electrical engineer and basketball player) * Igor Cvitanović (born 1970), (footballer player) * Slobodanka Čolović (born 1965), (athlete, who competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
, finishing fourth, and a gold at the 1987 Mediterranean Games) *
Jelena Dokić Jelena Dokic ( sr, Јелена Докић, Jelena Dokić; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator, writer, and former professional tennis player. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. ...
(born 1983), (Australian tennis player, former #4 on WTA) * Marko Dugandžić (born 1994), (footballer player) * Beta Dumančić (born 1991), (volleyball player) * Siniša Ergotić (born 1968), (long jumper) *
Dražen Funtak Dražen Funtak (born 6 July 1975 in Osijek) is a Croatian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade). At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. st ...
(born 1975), (sprint canoer) * Mika Grbavica (born 2001), (volleyball player) * Ivan Horvat (born 1993), (pole vaulter) * Emanuel Horvatiček (born 1979), (sprint canoer) *
Krunoslav Hulak Krunoslav Hulak (25 May 1951 – 23 October 2015) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1974, and the grandmaster title in 1976 by FIDE. Career Hulak won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1 ...
(1951–2015), (chess player) * Katica Ileš (born 1946), (handball player) * Silvio Ivandija (born 1964), (handball player and current handball coach) * Vedrana Jakšetić (born 1996), (volleyball player) * Sonja Kešerac (born 1985), (rower) * Kristijan Krajina (born 1990), (basketball player) *
Petar Krpan Petar Krpan (born 1 July 1974) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a forward. Club career Born in Osijek, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Krpan started his career with local club NK Osijek. Due to the war breaking out in ...
(born 1974), (footballer player) * Vladimir Krstić (born 1972), (basketball coach and former player) * Zvonimir Krznarić (born 1972), (sprint canoer) * Josip Kuna (born 1972), (sport shooter) * Nikica Ljubek (born 1980), (sprint canoer) *
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 ...
(born 1979), (entrepreneur and sportsman) * Svetlana Ognjenović (born 1981), (handball player) * Sena Pavetić (born 1986), (basketball player) *
Kosta Perović Kosta Perović ( sr-cyr, Коста Перовић; born February 19, 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. In the 2006 NBA draft he was a second-round selec ...
(born 1985), (Serbian basketball player; first basketball player born in Osijek to be drafted into NBA) * Alen Petrović (born 1969), (footballer player) * Dino Radoš (born 1991), (basketball player) * Davor Rupnik (born 1971), (football manager and former player) *
David Šain David Šain (born 8 February 1988 in Osijek) is a Croatian rower. He is an Olympic silver medalist in the men's quadruple sculls, having won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Martin Sinković, Damir Martin and Valent Sinković. This was ...
(born 1988), (rower) * Ninoslav Saraga (born 1969), (rower) *
Jasna Šekarić Jasna Šekarić (; born 17 December 1965) is a Serbian sport shooter, considered as one of the most successful female shooters in ISSF history. She has won a total of five Olympic medals: one gold, three silvers and one bronze. She has also won ...
(born 1965), (Serbian sport shooter; winner of one gold, three silver and one bronze medal at Olympic games; winner of International Shooting Sport Federation "Shooter of the Millennium" award) * Dražen Sermek (born 1969), (chess player) * Dino Skender (born 1983), (footballer manager) * Ivo Smoje (born 1978), (footballer player) *
Robert Špehar Robert Špehar (born 13 May 1970) is a Croatian football coach and a former international footballer who played as a striker. During his 18 years long senior career he played for Croatian Prva HNL teams NK Zagreb and NK Osijek in three occas ...
(born 1970), (footballer player) *
Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former footballer who played as a striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. He began his footballing career in his hometo ...
(born 1968), (footballer player, winner of Golden Boot at 1998 FIFA World Cup) *
Karlo Uljarević Karlo Uljarević (born November 20, 1998) is a Croatian professional basketball player who plays for Gorica in the Croatian League and the ABA League. Standing at 1.93 cm, he plays at both guard Guard or guards may refer to: Professional oc ...
(born 1998), (basketball player) * Saša Vasiljević (born 1979), (Bosnian basketball player) *
Donna Vekić Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. ...
(born 1996), (tennis player) * Mario Vekić (born 1982), (rower) *
Aljoša Vojnović Aljoša Vojnović (born 24 October 1985) is a Croatian retired footballer. He currently works as a columnist for ''Telesport'' and as a pundit at Nova TV. Club career Aljoša Vojnović started his professional career in NK Osijek. In NK Osij ...
(born 1985), (footballer player) * Ljubomir Vorkapić (born 1967), (Serbian footballer player) *
Jurica Vranješ Jurica Vranješ (; born 31 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He was described as versatile midfielder, playing both as a defensive and a central midfielder, noted for his tackling and passing abilities. Club career Vr ...
(born 1980), (footballer player) * Vojislav Vujević (born 1955), (judoka) * Darko Zibar (born 1958), (rower) *
Nataša Zorić Nataša Zorić ( sr-Cyrl, Наташа Зорић, ; born 27 November 1989) is a Serbian former tennis player. Zorić has reached one WTA Tour final in doubles, at the 2008 Gastein Ladies with Sesil Karatantcheva, where they lost to Andrea Hlav ...
(born 1989), (tennis player)


Other

* Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić (born 1948), (librarian) * Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), (ethnographer, journalist, writer, and feminist) * Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781), (icon painter) * Igor Ćutuk (born 1976), (journalist) *
Zora Dirnbach Zora Dirnbach (22 August 1929 – 19 April 2019) was a Croatian-Jewish journalist and writer, born in Osijek on 22 August 1929 to a Jewish father and Austrian-born Catholic mother who converted to Judaism in 1922. She was raised with her sister ...
(1929–2019), (journalist and writer) * Nikola Đuretić (born 1949), (writer and publisher) * Francis, Duke of Teck (1837–1900), (German Prince, great grandfather of Queen
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
) * Drago Hedl (born 1950), (investigative journalist) * Mirko Hermann (1868–1927), (industrialist, businessman, banker and member of the Freemasonry in Osijek) *
Slavko Hirsch Dr. Slavko Hirsch (29 March 1893 – 1942) was a Croatian physician, founder and director of the Epidemiological Institute in Osijek. Hirsch was born on 29 March 1893 in Glina to a Jewish family of Bertold and Josefina Hirsch. After high school ...
(1893–1942), (physician, founder and director of the Epidemiological Institute in Osijek) *
Mihajlo Klajn Ing. Mihajlo Klajn (born Mihajlo Klein; 1912–1941) was a Yugoslav agronomist and communist who was killed during the Holocaust. Klajn was born on 24 August 1912 in Osijek, Austro-Hungary to a poor Jewish family. In Osijek he finished elementar ...
(1912–1941), (agronomist and communist killed during the Holocaust) * Arnold Kohn (1905–1984), (Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek) *
Franjo Šeper Franjo Šeper (2 October 1905 – 30 December 1981) was a Croatian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. B ...
(1905–1981), (Archbishop of Zagreb from 1960 to 1968, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981) *
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 ...
(1869–1940), (historian) *
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 ...
(1815–1905), (Maecenas bishop) * Simon Ungar (1864–1942), (rabbi of the Osijek Jewish community) *
Miroslav Volf Miroslav Volf (born September 25, 1956) is a Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual and Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University. He previously taught at the ...
(born 1956), (Christian theologian) * Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), (spy working for
Richard Sorge Richard Sorge (russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German-Azerbaijani journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during Wo ...
's spy ring in Japan)


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