List of people by city in Croatia
This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in various cities in Croatia.
Čakovec
- Lidija Bajuk, musician
- Lujo Bezeredi, sculptor and painter
- Srećko Bogdan, football player and manager
- Robert Jarni, football player and manager
- Ladislav Kralj-Međimurec, artist
- Dražen Ladić, football goalkeeper
- Ivana Lisjak, tennis player
- Franjo Punčec, tennis player
- Rudolf Steiner, philosopher
- Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, composer
- Filip Ude, gymnast
- Vinko Žganec, folklorist
- Juraj IV Zrinski, soldier, politician and patron
- Juraj V Zrinski, soldier and politician
- Nikola Zrinski, soldier, poet and philosopher
- Nikola Šubić Zrinski, soldier and politician
- Petar Zrinski, soldier, politician and poet
Dubrovnik
Karlovac
- Borislav Cvetković (born 1964), Yugoslav footballer
- Zrinka Cvitešić (born 1979), theatre and film actress
- Jelka Glumičić (born 1941), human rights activist
- Dejan Jakovic (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
- Dragojla Jarnević (1813–1875), poet
- Vjekoslav Karas (1821–1858), 19th-century painter
- Alfred Freddy Krupa (born 1971), painter - pioneer of the New Ink Art movement
- Ivan Mažuranić (1814–1890), poet, linguist and politician
- Gajo Petrović (1927–1993), author and philosopher
- Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), painter
- Mirko and Stjepan Seljan, explorers
- Ana Vidović (born 1980), classical guitarist
- Maksimilijan Vrhovac (1752–1827), bishop of Zagreb
- Mladen Krupa (born 1949), inventor of the bunker Kruppa-M91
- Alfred Krupa Sr. (1915-1989), Silesia born painter, inventor and sportsman
Osijek
Pula
- Laura Antonelli, Italian actress, born in Pola, then lived in Italy (her family is from Pisino/Pazin)
- Lidia Bastianich, American television chef and business mogul, was born near Pula
- Fausto Budicin, Croatian footballer for HNK Rijeka of the Prva HNL
- Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer-songwriter, was born in Pola, then Italy
- Franz Karl Ginzkey, Austrian officer, poet and writer
- Alojz Gradnik, Slovenian poet, worked in Pula as a judge
- Stjepan Hauser, Croatian cellist
- Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, Austrian and Polish officer and landowner
- Robert Koch, physician, worked on the nearby Brioni islands (today:Brijuni)
- Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer and director of the observatory at Pula, discovered ca. 30 asteroids
- Mate Parlov, greatest Croatian boxer of all time; one of the greatest Croatian sportspeople of the 20th century
- Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung), rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics (astronautics), was born in Pula to Slovene parents
- Stiven Rivić, Croatian footballer of the German club Energie Cottbus
- Elvis Scoria, former Croatian footballer and current coach of NK Istra 1961
- Antonio Smareglia (1854–1929), Italian composer
- Alida Valli (real name: Alida Maria Laura Altenburger, Baroness von Marckenstein und Frauenberg), Italian actress, was born in Pola, then lived in Italy
- Antonio Vojak, Croatian football player
- Georg Ludwig von Trapp, Austrian naval hero and head of the famous singing family immortalized in the musical The Sound of Music lived in Pula, his father August von Trapp and other relatives are buried there
- Hede von Trapp, sister of George Ritter von Trapp, Austrian painter
Šibenik
- Nikica Cukrov, former footballer and manager
- Juraj Šižgorić, latinist poet
- Gordan Baraka, naval and sports officer, prefect of Šibenik-Knin County from 2000 to 2002
- Krešimir Baranović, composer and conductor
- Ivo Brešan, writer
- Perica Bukić, water polo player
- Luka Bukić, water polo player
- Petra Bukić, female water polo player
- Arsen Dedić, musician
- Matija Dedić, pianist
- Vice Vukov, singer and politician
- Roberto Ferruzzi, painter
- Angelo Antonio Frari, physician, epidemiologist, historian of medicine, and protomedicus of Venice
- Danira Gović, actress
- Mišo Kovač, pop and schlager singer
- Ivana Kovač, pop singer
- Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia, King of Croatia
- Anthony Maglica, inventor
- Mate Maleš, footballer
- Maksim Mrvica, pianist
- Dražen Petrović, basketball player
- Martino Rota, engraver
- Gordon Schildenfeld, footballer
- Ante Rukavina, footballer
- Stipe Gojanović, professional tweeter
- Ante Kulušić, footballer
- Aleksandar Petrović, basketball player and head coach
- Giorgio da Sebenico, architect and sculptor
- Murat-beg Tardić, Ottoman-Croatian general
- St. Nikola Tavelić, first Croatian saint
- Niccolò Tommaseo, Dalmatian-Italian linguist and journalist
- Faust Vrančić, inventor
- Goran Višnjić, Croatian–American actor, best known for his role on ER
- Leon Lučev, actor
- Antun Vrančić, writer
- Dario Šarić, basketball player
- Neven Spahija, basketball coach
- Antonija Sandrić, female basketball player
- Tonino Picula, politician
- Miro Bilan, basketball player
- Henrik Širko, basketball player
- Predrag Šarić, basketball player
- Veselinka Šarić, female basketball player
- Nik Slavica, basketball player
- Željko Burić, politician and mayor of Šibenik
- Ivica Tucak, water polo player and coach
- Renato Vrbičić, water polo player and coach
- Vinko Brešan, film producer
- Danira Nakić, female basketball player
- Vanda Baranović-Urukalo, female basketball player
- Petar Nadoveza, footballer
- Krasnodar Rora, footballer
- Dean Računica, footballer and manager
- Goran Pauk, footballer and current prefect of Šibenik-Knin County
- Duje Ćaleta-Car, footballer, a part of the Croatia national team at the 2018 World Cup
- Dražan Jerković, footballer and the first manager of the Croatia national team since independence
- Ines Fančović, actress
- Ivica Žurić, basketball player
- Miro Jurić, basketball player and coach
- Antonio Petković, water polo player
- Franko Nakić, Greek basketball player
- Mile Nakić, Croatian–Greek water polo player and coach
- Špiro Guberina, actor
- Igor Cukrov, singer, represented Croatia at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest alongside Andrea Šušnjara
- Jeronimo Šarin, basketball coach
- Maja Spahija, Miss Croatia
- Edi Dželalija, basketball coach
- Igor Mandić, writer, literary critic, columnist and essayist
- Franko Škugor, tennis player, interim head coach of the Croatia national team in 2019
- Martin Junaković, basketball player
- Stipe Bačelić-Grgić, footballer
- Denis Periša, whistle blower and computer hacker
- Tina Periša, basketball player
- Stipe Bralić, basketball coach
- Maja Cvjetković, Miss Croatia
- Ante Županović, politician, mayor of Šibenik from 2009 to 2013
- Vinko Nikolić, writer, poet, and journalist
- Nedjeljka Klarić, politician, mayoress of Šibenik from 2005 to 2009
- Hana Jušić, film director
- Goran Tomić, football player and manager
Sisak
- Bisera Veletanlic, serbian pop singer
- Bobby Bosko Grubic (aka Bobby G), singer/songwriter, director, producer
- David Haines, British aid worker who was captured by ISIL
- Desiderius Hampel, commander of the 13th Waffen-SS Mountain Division during World War II
- Goran Dević, film director and screenwriter
- Hrvoje Klasić, historian
- Ivica Horvat, footballer and manager
- Ivan Medarić, footballer
- Ivica Senzen, footballer
- Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general
- Sveti Kvirin Sisački, patron saint, bishop
- Lisa Nemec, long-distance runner
- Ljudevit Posavski, 9th-century prince
- Marijan Mrmić, footballer/coach
- Mario Garba, footballer
- Mika Špiljak, politician
- Miroslav Miletić, composer and viola player
- Monika Babok, swimmer
- Stjepan Lamza, footballer
- Stjepan Radić, politician
- Tamás Erdődy, ban
- Viktor Špišić, footballer
- Vladimir Laxa, highly decorated veteran of the First World War
- Vladimir Majder, Croatian partisan and Spanish Civil War veteran
Slavonski Brod
- Zdenko Balaš (born 1940), rower at the 1964 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia[1]
- Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
- Đuro Đaković
- Filip Erceg
- Vjekoslav Klaić
- Mario Mandžukić
- Matija Mesić
- Kosta Mušicki
- Branko Radičević
- Matija Antun Relković
- Mia Slavenska
- Dragutin Tadijanović
- Mario Vrančić
- Josip Weber
- Ivanka Brađašević
- Ivica Olić
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References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zdenko Balaš". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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