List of people from Croatia

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

Flag of Croatia (Zastava Republike Hrvatske)

Art

Architecture

Viktor Axmann – architect, Jewish
Nikola Bašić – architect
Vjekoslav Bastl – architect
Julio Deutsch – architect, art nouveau style,
Hugo Ehrlich – architect, Jewish
Ignjat Fischer – architect, Jewish
Stjepan Gomboš – architect, Jewish
Vjekoslav Heinzel
Leo Hönigsberg – 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 – architect
Stjepan Planić – architect
Vjenceslav Richter – architect
Vladimir Šterk – architect, Jewish
Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin – architect

Sculpture

Painting

Oskar Alexander
Lovro Artuković
Vladimir Becić
Federico Bencovich
Lujo Bezeredi
Charles Billich
Nikola Božidarević
Vlaho Bukovac
Eugen Buktenica
Bela Čikoš Sesija – painter, representative of symbolism: art-deco and art nouveau
Menci Clement Crnčić
Josip Crnobori
Lovro Dobričević
Jelena Dorotka
Davor Džalto
Marta Ehrlich
Emerik Feješ
Eva Fischer
Alen Floričić
Dragan Gaži
Vilko Gecan
Ivan Generalić – naïve art
Josip Generalić
Oton Gliha
Petar Grgec
Krsto Hegedušić
Oskar Herman
Josip Horvat Međimurec
Mirko Ilić – cartoonist, graphic designer
Nina Ivančić
Oton Iveković
Marijan Jevšovar
Ignjat Job
Drago Jurak
Gabrijel Jurkić
Vjekoslav Karas
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
Tomislav Krizman
Izidor Kršnjavi
Ferdinand Kulmer
Ivan Lacković Croata – naïve art
Loren Ligorio
Vasko Lipovac
Zvonimir Lončarić
Dora Maar – photographer, painter, model
Andrija Maurović – illustrator
Mato Celestin Medović
Martin Mehkek
Ivan Milat-Luketa
Jerolim Miše
Antun Motika
Franjo Mraz
Edo Murtić
Virgilije Nevjestić
Vera Nikolić Podrinska
Alfred Pal
Ordan Petlevski
Ivan Picelj
Dimitrije Popović
Oton Postružnik
Ivan Rabuzin – naïve art
Josip Račić
Mirko Rački
Božidar Rašica
Slava Raškaj
Ivan Rein
Martino Rota
Đuro Seder
Zlatko Sirotić
Matija Skurjeni
Petar Smajić
Aleksandar Srnec
Miljenko Stančić
Slavko Stolnik
Zlatko Šulentić
Miroslav Šutej
Marino Tartaglia
Đuro Tiljak
Ivan Tišov
Lavoslav Torti
Marijan Trepše
Ana Tzarev – naïve art
Milivoj Uzelac – painter
Maksimilijan Vanka
Vladimir Varlaj
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
Relja Bašić – actor
Branko Bauer
George Beban – actor, director, writer and producer
Ena Begović
Mia Begović
Rene Bitorajac
Mirjana Bohanec
Slavko Brankov
Vinko Brešan – director
Veljko Bulajić – ethnic Montenegrin film director
Zlatko Burić – actor
Boris Buzančić – actor
Nathaniel Buzolic – actor
Al Christy – actor
Petra Cicvarić
Christina Cindrich – television producer, host, and actress
Zlatko Crnković – actor
Zrinka Cvitešić
Nataša Dorčić
Vanja Drach
Claire Du Brey – actress
Vlatko Dulić – actor
Boris Dvornik – actor
Jenna Elfman – television and movie actress
Stipe Erceg – actor
Nela Eržišnik – actress, comedian
Judah Friedlander – actor and comedian
Mira Furlan – actress (Babylon 5, Lost)
Stanka Gjurić – actress, writer, filmmaker
Gallagher – comedian and prop comic
Emil Glad
Ratko Glavina
Obrad Gluščević
Ljupka Gojić – model
Krešo Golik
Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian
Ivo Gregurević
Gloria Grey – screen, stage actress and director
Goran Grgić
Rajko Grlić
Fedor Hanžeković
Ivan Herceg – actor
Werner Herzog – film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director
Alaina Huffman
Željko Ivanek – actor
Nives Ivanković
Anne Jackson – actress
Nataša Janjić
Toni Jeričević
Anthony Jeselnik – comedian
Mladen Juran
Sena Jurinac
Jagoda Kaloper
Saby Kamalich
Sonja Kastl
Ljubomir Kerekeš
Michael Klesic – actor
Matija Kluković
Sylva Koscina – actress, model
Mario Kovač – theatre and film director
Robert Kurbaša
Frano Lasić
John G. Lenic
Rachel Leskovac – actress
Edvin Liverić
Leon Lučev
Branko Lustig – film producer (winner of two Oscar awards)
Franjo Majetić
John Malkovich
Dalibor Matanić
Nevio Marasović
Branko Marjanović
Ante Čedo Martinić
Stojan Matavulj
Mark Matkevich – actor
Rene Medvešek
Sven Medvešek
Oktavijan Miletić
Ivana Miličević – actress
Vatroslav Mimica
Ildy Modrovich – television producer, writer and singer
Nina Morić – model
Patrick Muldoon – actor
Lorenzo Music – actor, voice actor, writer, television producer and musician
Antun Nalis – actor
Bojan Navojec
Maja Nekić
Antonio Nuić
Zrinko Ogresta
Marija Omaljev-Grbić
Mia Oremović
Krsto Papić – film director
Leona Paraminski
Frank Pavich – film director, producer
Stjepan Perić
Anton Perich – filmmaker, photographer and video artist
Edo Peročević – actor, radio speaker
Žarko Potočnjak
Alma Prica
Ivica Rajković - cinematographer
Zvonimir Rogoz – actor
Rick Rossovich – actor
Branko Schmidt
Lucija Šerbedžija
Ivo Serdar
Shaun Sipos – actor
Marija Škaričić
Mia Čorak Slavenska – prima ballerina
Tonko Soljan – film and television producer
Fabijan Šovagović – actor
Filip Šovagović
Gabriela Spanic – actress
Lita Stantic – producer, screenplay writer, and director
Nera Stipičević
Yvonne Suhor – actress
Ognjen Sviličić
Nikola Tanhofer
Vanessa Terkes – actress, TV show host in Latin America; her grandfather Cvjetko was Croatian
Ivica Vidović
Goran Višnjić – actor (ER)
Zlatko Vitez
Antun Vrdoljak – film director
Severina Vučković – entertainer, actress
Dianne Wiest – American actress
Anthony Yerkovich – television producer and writer
Matthew Yuricich – special effects artist
Richard Yuricich – special visual effects artist
Lordan Zafranović
Louis Zorich – American actor
Jim Zulevic – actor, comedian, TV writer, and radio host

Media

Lidia Bastianich – American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur
Adrian Chiles – British television and radio presenter
Slavica Ecclestone – British-Croatian former model
Robert Herjavec – Canadian businessman, investor, author, dancer, and television personality from Shark Tank
Bill Kurtis – journalist, television reporter, producer
Katie Pavlich – American conservative commentator, author, blogger, podcaster
Goran Milić – worked in HRT, now^[when?] works in Al Jazeera
Tony Robbins – American life coach, self-help author and motivational speaker
Teresa Scanlan – Miss America 2011
Petra Stunt – British designer
Vladimir Herzog – Croatian born Brazilian journalist

Academics

History

James Belich – historian
Julije Kempf – historian, writer
Nada Klaić – historian
Vjekoslav Klaić – historian
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski – historian
Ivan Lučić – historian
Dominik Mandić – historian
Franjo Rački – historian
Ivan Ratkaj – historian, Jesuit, explorer
Juraj Ratkaj – historian
Ferdo Šišić – historian
Ludovicus Tubero – historian

Invention

Zlata Bartl – inventor of Vegeta
Josip Belušić – inventor
Franjo Hannaman – inventor, engineer
Marcel Kiepach – inventor
Mario Kovač – computer engineering professor and inventor
Ferdinand Kovačević – inventor
Giovanni Luppis – inventor of the torpedo
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala – inventor
Mario Puratić – inventor who made major advances in fishing technology
Ralph Sarich – inventor of the orbital engine
David Schwarz – aviation pioneer of Jewish ancestry
Marin Soljačić – inventor of wireless energy transfer
Ante Šupuk – engineer
Tomislav Uzelac – programmer, inventor of the first successful MP3 player
Faust Vrančić – inventor of the parachute
Ivan Vučetić – inventor of dactyloscopy

Social science

Ivan Belostenec – lexicographer
Juraj Dobrila – cleric, benefactor
Elsie Ivancich Dunin – cultural ethnologist, author, professor, choreographer
Krešimir Filić – historian and museologist
Ljudevit Gaj – linguist, reformer
Vatroslav Jagić – philologist
Milan Kangrga – philosopher
Bartol Kašić – lexicographer
Juraj Križanić – social philosopher
Franjo Kuhač – folklorist, ethnologist
Jakov Mikalja – linguist and lexicographer
Miroslav Radman – genetic biologist
Stanislav Pavao Skalić – encyclopedist, adventurer
Rudolf Steiner – philosopher
Josip Juraj Strossmayer – cleric, benefactor
Rudi Supek – philosopher
Henry Suzzallo – 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 – mathematician
Ruđer Bošković – theologian, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, Jesuit and polymath
Branko Bošnjaković – physicist, environmentalist
Fran Bošnjaković – engineer, physicist
Juraj Božičević – engineer
Frane Bulić – archaeologist
Predrag Cvitanović – physicist
Milislav Demerec – biologist
Andrija Dudić – naturalist, astronomer, physician
William Feller – mathematician
Andrija Fuderer – chemist, chess player
Artur Gavazzi – geographer
Marin Getaldić – physicist, mathematician
Vladimir Jurko Glaser – physicist
Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger – geologist, paleoanthropologist and paleontologist
Stjepan Gradić – mathematician, philosopher, physicist, writer and polymath
Mirko Dražen Grmek – physician, science writer and historian
Branko Horvat – economist
Željko Ivezić – astrophysicist
Zvonimir Janko – mathematician
Korado Korlević – astronomer, asteroid discoverer
Oton Kučera – mathematician, physicist
Zvonko Kusić – physician
Jacob Matijevic – NASA engineer
Eduard Miloslavić – physician
Andrija Mohorovičić – geophysicist
Stjepan Mohorovičić – physicist
Grga Novak – archaeologist, historian
Franjo Petriš – philosopher, humanist, writer and polymath
Đuro Pilar – geologist
Stjepan Poljak – physician
Eduard Prugovečki – physicist, writer
Miroslav Radman – biologist
Paško Rakić – neuroscientist
Goran Senjanović – physicist
Zvonimir Šeparović – lawyer, (victimology)
Ante Šercer – physician
Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić – Roman Catholic priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist who wrote the first Croatian arithmetic textbook
Marin Soljačić – physicist
Andrija Štampar – physician, diplomat
Marijan Šunjić – physicist
Ivan Supek – physicist, philosopher
Ćiro Truhelka – archaeologist and art historian
Vladimir Varičak – mathematician, physicist
Mirko Vidaković – forester, botanist
Nikola Vitov Gučetić – statesmen, philosopher, science writer
Zoran Vondraček - mathematician
Faust Vrančić – philosopher, thinker
Vladimir Vranić – mathematician
Juan Vucetich – anthropologist, police official who pioneered fingerprinting
Vladimir Žerjavić – statistician, economist

Nobel Prize

Music

Composers

Julije Bajamonti – composer
Krešimir Baranović
Blagoje Bersa – composer
Jakov Gotovac – composer
Josip Hatze
Milan Horvat
Ivo Josipović – composer, 3rd President of Croatia
Igor Kuljerić – composer, conductor
Fran Lhotka
Clair Marlo – composer, real name Clara Veseliza
Lovro von Matačić
Johnny Mercer – American lyricist, singer-songwriter; co-founder of Capitol Records
Lav Mirski
Ivan Padovec – composer
Boris Papandopulo – conductor, composer
Dora Pejačević – composer
Milan Sachs
Luka Sorkočević – composer
Franz von Suppé – composer of light operas, born and raised in the Kingdom of Dalmatia
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski – composer
Stjepan Šulek – composer
Vjekoslav Šutej
Ivo Tijardović – composer
Ivan Zajc – composer

Classical

Zlatko Baloković – violinist
Max Emanuel Cenčić – countertenor
Valter Dešpalj – cellist
Sena Jurinac – opera singer
Franjo Krežma – violinist
Stephen Kovacevich – classical pianist
Ivo Maček – pianist
Lovro von Matačić – conductor
Zinka Kunc-Milanov – soprano
Maksim Mrvica – pianist
Tomislav Mužek – tenor
Ivo Pogorelić – pianist
Ema Pukšec (Ilma De Murska) – opera singer
Ruža Pospiš-Baldani – mezzo-soprano
Vjekoslav Šutej – conductor
Milka Trnina – soprano
Dunja Vejzović – soprano
Ana Vidović – guitarist
Dubravka Zubović – opera singer and voice teacher

2Cellos – cellist duo
Baby Lasagna - singer, songwriter, music producer and guitarist
Lidija Bajuk – musician
Zvonko Bogdan – singer and performer of traditional folk songs
Michael Bublé – singer
Mate Bulić – singer
Tony Butala – singer of The Lettermen
Colonia – dance music group
Arsen Dedić – composer and singer
Veljko Despot – discographer
Darko Domijan – singer
Oliver Dragojević – singer
Doris Dragović – singer
Sergio Endrigo – singer
Flyer – band
Gibonni – singer
Davor Gobac – singer
Grše – rapper
Bobby Grubic – songwriter/composer, singer, music director and producer
Stjepan Hauser – cellist
Dino Jelusić – rock singer, musician, and songwriter
Delo Jusic – composer
Tereza Kesovija – singer
Mišo Kovač
Josipa Lisac – singer
Lorde – singer-songwriter, real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor
Radoslav Lorković – folk and blues singer, pianist, accordionist
Magazin – pop band
Clair Marlo – singer-songwriter,composer,record producer, real name Clara Veseliza
Miljenko Matijevic – rock singer (Steelheart)
Miach – singer
Branko Mihaljević – composer, writer, journalist and radio editor
Sandra Mihanovich – singer, musician, and composer
Guy Mitchell – singer (born Albert George Cernik)
Alan Merrill – vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor and model
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milčetić) – jazz singer
Tomo Milicevic – 30 Seconds to Mars
Paul Mirkovich – musician, musical director
Milan Mladenović – singer, guitar player
Drago Mlinarec – rock singer-songwriter
Larry Muhoberac – American musician, record producer, and composer
Nikolija – singer
Boris Novković – pop singer
Krist Novoselić – rock musician (Nirvana)
Jurica Pađen – rock singer-songwriter
David Paich – American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto
Daniella Pavicic – singer-songwriter
Marko Perković Thompson – rock singer
Plavka - American singer
Riva – band, 1989 Eurovision song contest winners
Ivo Robić – singer
Darko Rundek – singer and actor
Saša, Tin i Kedžo – first Croatian boy band
Krunoslav "Kićo" Slabinac – singer and composer of traditional folk songs
Jura Stublić – rock singer
Ivica Šerfezi – singer
Miroslav Škoro – singer
Luka Šulić – cellist
Branimir Štulić (Djoni) – rock singer-songwriter
The Bambi Molesters – rock band
Elizabeth Anka Vajagic – singer/guitarist
Johnny Vidacovich – drummer
Siniša Vuco – singer
Severina Vučković – pop singer
Vice Vukov – singer

Literature

Ivo Andrić – 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 – writer
Mile Budak – writer
Dobriša Cesarić – writer
Milan Crnković – writer
Džore Držić – poet, playwright
Blanka Dovjak-Matković – poet, writer
Slavenka Drakulić – writer, journalist
Tomislav Dretar – writer, politician, journalist, critic
Marin Držić – writer
Ignjat Đurđević – poet, translator, historian, astronomer and Benedict monk
Viktor Car Emin – writer from Istria
Filip Erceg – writer and socialist politician
Đuro Ferić – poet
Drago Gervais – poet and playwright, paternal French descent
Đivo Šiškov Gundulić – poet, dramatist and nobleman
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski – writer
Stanka Gjurić – poet and essayist
Ivan Gundulić – Ragusan poet
Petar Hektorović – writer
Miljenko Jergović – writer
Marija Jurić Zagorka – novelist
Andrija Kačić Miošić – poet
Janko Polić Kamov – avant-garde writer
Brne Karnarutić – poet
Radoslav Katičić – linguist, classical philologist, Indo-Europeanist, Slavist and Indologist
Snježana Kordić – linguist
Ante Kovačić – writer
Ivan Goran Kovačić – poet
Ron Kovic – Vietnam War veteran, writer and peace activist
Josip Kozarac – writer
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević – poet
Miroslav Krleža – novelist, writer, philosopher, encyclopedist
Eugen Kumičić – writer
Tomislav Ladan – writer
Božena Loborec – poet, writer
Hanibal Lucić – writer
Darko Macan – writer
Vjekoslav Majer – poet
Igor Mandić – journalist
Ranko Marinković – writer
Marko Marulić – writer
Antun Gustav Matoš – poet
Ivan Mažuranić – poet
Šiško Menčetić – poet
Slavko Mihalić – poet, writer, journalist
Zvonimir Milčec – writer, journalist
Mijo Mirković – writer, economist
Vjenceslav Novak – writer
Josip Novakovich – writer
Janus Pannonius (Ivan Česmički) – Hungarian poet of 15th century, of Croatian descent
Vesna Parun – poet
Vlatko Pavletić – theorist of literature, essayist and critic, politician
Mikša Pelegrinović – poet
Dalibor Perković – writer
Sanja Pilić – writer
Paula Preradović – poet
Petar Preradović – poet
Ivan Raos – writer, journalist
Matija Antun Relković – writer
Milan Rešetar – writer (ethnic Serb)
Paul Salopek – journalist
Paul Skalich – encyclopedist, Renaissance humanist and adventurer
Antonio Skármeta – 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 – writer
Antun Šoljan – poet
Drago Štambuk – poet
Dragutin Tadijanović – poet
Mihály Táncsics – writer, teacher, journalist and politician
Ante Tomić – writer
Josip Eugen Tomić – writer
Jagoda Truhelka – writer, pedagogist
Dubravka Ugrešić – writer
Tin Ujević – poet
Mavro Vetranović – writer, Benedictine friar
Viktor Vida – writer
Mirko Vidović – writer
Jeronim Vidulić – Renaissance poet, priest
Grigor Vitez – poet
Pavao Ritter Vitezović – writer, historian, linguist and publisher
Ivo Vojnović – 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 – merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Wrote the first description of double-entry bookkeeping.
Mike Grgich – winemaker
Victor Grinich – pioneer in the semiconductor industry
Robert Herjavec – businessman, Herjavec Group, Dragons' Den and Shark Tank
Antony Lucich-Lucas – engineer; crude oil exploration, Gulf Oil; Texaco
Andrónico Luksic – Antofagasta PLC; richest Croat ever
Michela Magas – designer, entrepreneur and innovation specialist
Anthony Maglica – Maglite
Branko Marinkovic – businessman^[1]
Dietrich Mateschitz – Burgenland Croats; billionaire, owner of Red Bull corp.
Nicolás Mihanovich – shipping magnate
Boris Mikšić – Cortec Corporation
Nikola Nobilo – wine maker^[2]
Mario Puratić – inventor, businessman
Bill Rancic – entrepreneur
Al Ljutic – Ljutic Industries
Mate Rimac – Rimac Automobili and Bugatti Rimac

Exploration

Ferdinand Konščak – explorer
Dragutin Lerman – explorer
Ignacije Szentmartony – explorer
Željko Malnar – explorer, producer
Mirko and Stjepan Seljan – explorers
Ignacije Szentmartony – explorer
Ivan Visin – explorer

Military

Edgar Angeli – Rear Admiral during World War II (ethnic Jewish)
Vilko Begić – Colonel General during World War II
Matija Čanić – General during World War II
Bernhard Caboga-Cerva – Feldzeugmeister of the Austrian Empire
Josip Kazimir Drašković – General in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763)
Mato Dukovac – Croatian World War II fighter ace
Mirosław Ferić – Polish fighter pilot of World War II, Bosnian Croat father
Jure Francetić – Ustashe Commissioner
Cvitan Galić – Croatian World War II fighter ace
Ilija Gregorić – Military commander of rebels during the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt
Matija Gubec – 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 – nobleman, soldier, and diplomat
Ivan Karlović – ban of Croatia
Petar Keglević – 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 – heroic defender of Klis against the Turks
Grgo Kusić – tallest Croat ever, tallest soldier of Austro-Hungarian Army
Slavko Kvaternik – Minister of Armed Forces during World War II
Ivan Lenković – Army general and the leader of the Uskoks
Mladen Lorković – Foreign Minister and Minister of Interior during World War II
Marko Mesić – priest and war hero from the Ottoman Wars
Vladimir Metikoš – General during World War II
Vladimir Majder – Croatian partisan and Spanish Civil War veteran
Miroslav Navratil – fighter pilot during WWI, General during WWII
Michael J. Novosel – hero of the Vietnam War
Rüstem Pasha Opuković – Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Piyale Pasha – Ottoman Grand Admiral and Vizier
Lothar Rendulic – Austrian Colonel General during World War II
Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd – General in the Austro-Hungarian Army
Stjepan Sarkotić – 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
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 Tomić) – U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
Mijat Tomić – Croatian legendary Hajduk
Baron Franjo Trenk – leader of Pandurs; father of military music
Franjo Vlašić – General and Ban
Josef Philipp Vukassovich – Habsburg commander
Matija Zmajević – Admiral of the Baltic fleet
Petar Zrinski – Croatian ban and conspirator
Nikola Šubić Zrinski – Croatian ban, hero of the Battle of Szigetvár
Nikola VII Zrinski – Croatian ban, warrior and poet

Croatian War for Independence

Janko Bobetko – general
Ante Gotovina – general pukovnik
Josip Jović – Croatian policeman, first victim in Independence War
Rudolf Perešin – fighter pilot
Blago Zadro – general

Politics

Mehmed Alajbegović – Foreign Minister and Minister of Walfare during World War II
Josip Broz Tito – ruler of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980
Dražen Budiša – politician
Ivana Dulić-Marković – Serbian politician of Croat ethnicity; vice-president of G17 Plus; former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and once Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Josip Frank – Croatian patriot politician (ethnic Jewish)
Andrija Hebrang – Croatian communist party leader, nationally conscious (ethnic Jewish)
Većeslav Holjevac – a president of SR Croatia in Yugoslavia and a long-time mayor of its capital Zagreb
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 before the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia
Nikola Mandić – Prime Minister during World II
Ante Marković – former Yugoslav prime minister
Stipe Mesić – President of the Republic of Croatia
Dr. Ante Pavelić (older) – vice-president of the National assembly of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
Ante Pavelić – Ustaša leader
Andrej Plenković – prime minister
Stjepan Radić – Croatian national leader in 1st half of 20th century
Ante Starčević – "father of Croat nation"
Milan Šufflay – historian, one of greatest albanologists
Ante Trumbić – 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 – 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 State Supreme Court Chief Justice
Gabriel Boric – President of Chile
Natasha Stott Despoja – Australian Democrat Senator
Ivan Gašparovič – President of Slovakia (Croatian father)
Cedomil Lausic Glasinovic – Chilean 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
Javier Milei – President of Argentina
John Newman – assassinated Australian politician, martyr
Roy Nikisch – Governor of Chaco, Argentina
Francisco Orlić Bolmarčić – former President of Costa Rica, Croat parents
Rudy Perpich – former Governor of Minnesota
Baldo Prokurica – former Congressman, current Senator in Chile
Edmundo Pérez Zujovic – Chilean PDC, Minister of Finance, Interior and of Public Works, assassinated in 1971
George Radanovich – US Representative from California
Anisha Rosnah - Princess of the royal family of Brunei (Croat father)
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
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
Bartol Kašić – 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 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

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

Sport

John Abramovic – former basketball player, played in the Basketball Association of America for Pittsburgh Ironmen, St. Louis Bombers, 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 former manager of West Ham United in the Premier League
Dražen Biškup – football coach and former player
Djurdjica Bjedov – swimmer
Zlatko Dalić – former football player, current manager of Croatian national football team
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
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 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 – 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 – former football player
Nikica Jelavić – former football player
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)^[3]
Ivo Karlović – tennis player
Mario Kasun – former NBA player, Orlando Magic
Siniša Kelečević (born 1970) – basketball player
Ivan Klasnić – former football player
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 –former football player current manager of Wfl Wolfsburg
Mario Kovačević – football coach and former player
Niko Kranjčar – former football player
Mike Kreevich – baseball player
Toni Kukoč – NBA player (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1995–96)
Blaženko Lacković – handball player
Dražen Ladić – former football goalkeeper
Stefan Leko – kickboxer
Curt Leskanic – former MLB pitcher
Matija Ljubek – kayaker
Ivan Ljubičić – former tennis player; Davis Cup Champion (#3)
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 – former football player
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.
Nika Mühl – basketball player, plays for Seattle Storm
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
Vedran Runje – former football goalkeeper
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 team manager of 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

^ Romero, Simon (27 September 2008). "In Bolivia, a Croat and a Critic is Cast in a Harsh Light". The New York Times.
^ Welcome to Nobilo Country Index Archived 4 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ Bar Dayan, Shirley (18 July 2006). קאלה טברטקו מגלה: "סבתא שלי יהודיה" (in Hebrew). Sport 5. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008. אני אמנם נוצרי אבל סבתא שלי יהודיה, מהצד של אימא שלי

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: Category:Croatian painters hr:Kategorija:Hrvatski slikari
Additional list of Croatian stage actors: hr:Kategorija:Hrvatski kazališni glumci
Outstanding Croats
Croats and Croatia In French

[1] Romero, Simon (27 September 2008). "In Bolivia, a Croat and a Critic is Cast in a Harsh Light". The New York Times.

[2] Welcome to Nobilo Country Index Archived 4 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Bar Dayan, Shirley (18 July 2006). קאלה טברטקו מגלה: "סבתא שלי יהודיה" (in Hebrew). Sport 5. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008. אני אמנם נוצרי אבל סבתא שלי יהודיה, מהצד של אימא שלי

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