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List of Croatians



This is a list of well-known Croatian people.

The bottom section also includes some corner cases:
* people born in parts of Illyria/Illyricum before the Great migrations
* people with less direct or less certain Croatian ancestry.

See also Croatian diaspora and Croatian Australian.

For detailed list of Croatian sportspeople, see list of Croatian Sports Players. For detailed list of politicians of Croatian extraction, see Politicians of Croatian ancestry.

Croats

Art

Architecture

* Andrija Aleši - builder
* Alfred Albini - architect
* Andrija Buvina - builder
* Drago Ibler - architect
* Viktor Kovačić - architect
* Vladimir Milunić - architect
* Stjepan Planić - architect
* Radovan - sculptor, builder from Trogir
* Ivo Tatić - architect
* Ivan Žaknić - historian of Le Corbusier

Sculpture

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* Antun Augustinčić
* Ante Dabro
* Juraj Dalmatinac
* Ivan Duknović
* Tomislav Frangeš- Mihanović
* Trpimir Ivančević
* Robert Jean-Ivanovic
* Zdenko Kalin
* Petar Kolaric
* Frano Kršinić
* Paul Kufrin
* Drago Kuharec
* Alojzije Lozica
* Ivan Meštrović
* Nemon Oscar
* Toma Rosandić
* Josip Turkaly
* Rudolf Svagl-Lesic

Painting

* Ljubo Babić
* Vladimir Becić
* Federiko Benković
* Charles Billich
* Vlaho Bukovac
* Ante Cetin
* Bela Cikos-Sesija
* Zdravko Dučković
* Cata Dujšin
* Berislav Fabek - Animated film producer, poet
* Ivan Generalić - naive art
* Josip Generalić - naive art
* Milan Grgić - animated film producer
* Krsto Hegedušić
* Oton Gliha - ethnic Slovenian
* Mirko Ilić - cartoonist, graphic designer
* Slavko Jagačić
* Bosko Karanović
* Edo Kovačević
* Mato Kovačević
* Adolf Krizmanić
* Nives Kavurić-Kurtović
* Juraj Julije Klović - portrait miniatures
* Miroslav Kraljević
* Kristijan Kreković
* Ivan Lacković-Croata - naive art
* Gustav Likan
* Mike Luckovich - cartoonist
* Boris Ljubičić - graphic designer
* Dora Maar
(Theodora Markovich) - photographer, painter, model
* Roko Matjašić
* Andrija Maurović - illustrator
* Mato Celestin Medović
* Andrija Medulić
* Dennis Magdić - pop artist
* Bogdan Miščević (ethnic Serb)
* Antun Motika
* Edo Murtić
* Roman Petrovic
* Marija Pokrivka
* Đuro Pulitika
* Ivan Rabuzin - naive art
* Jules Radulović - illustrator
* Josip Račić
* Michael Radenchich
* Mirko Rački
* Otto Reisinger - cartoonist
* Slava Raškaj
* Vladimir Rončević
* Ivo Sermet
* Miljenko Stančić
* Slavko Stolnik
* Zlatko Šulentić
* Vilim Svećnjak
* Zarko Simat
* Marijan Trepše
* Maksimilijan Vanka
* Mladen Veža - illustrator
* Josip Vaništa
* Mirko Virius - naive art

Film and theatre

* Relja Bašić - actor
* Veljko Bulajić - film director
* Karlo Bulic - actor
* Vinko Brešan - director
* Boris Buzančić - actor
* Mia Čorak Slavenska - famous prima ballerina
* Mira Furlan - actress (Babylon 5, Lost)
* Saby Kamalich - Peruvian-born Mexican actress (Croatian mother)
* Mario Kovač - theatre and film director
* Maryane Koznjak - Miss Australia 1984
* Shannon Marketic - Miss USA 1992
* Branko Lustig - film producer (Winner of 2 Oscar Awards)
* Nina Moric - model
* Ljupka Gojic - model
* Patricia Spehar - Miss France 1997
* Gabriela Spanic - Venezuelan actress
* Nela Eržišnik - actress, comedian
* Boris Dvornik - actor
* Branko Gavella - playwright
* Krešo Golik - film producer
* Milan Grgic - animated film producer
* Fadil Hadžić - producer, playwrighter (Bosnian Muslim)
* Michael Klesic - actor
* Sylva Koscina - actress, model
* Korina Longin - model
* Robert Luketic - director
* Josip Marušić - actor, AKA Tiger Joe Marsh (Mr. Clean)
* Vladimir Medar - actor
* Nina Morić - top model
* Mustafa Nadarević - actor
* Antun Nalis - actor
* Miroslav Nemec - German actor, native Croatian
* Krsto Papić - film producer
* Edo Peročević - actor, radio speaker
* Brian (Branimir) Poljak - actor
* Slavica Radić-Ecclestone - model, wife of Bernie Ecclestone)
* Žarko Radić - actor, Jastreb
* Zvonimir Rogoz - actor (Ecstasy (1933) with Hedy Lamarr)
* Ignacio Serricchio - Argentine actor (Croat origin)
* Rade Serbedzija - actor and director, ethnic Serb
* Slavko Stimac - actor
* Fabijan Šovagović - actor
* Milan Štrljić - actor
* Goran Višnjić - actor (ER)
* Antun Vrdoljak - film producer
* Dusan Vukotic- animated film producer
* Aljoša Vučković - actor
* Severina Vučković - entertainer, actress
* Ante Zaninović - animated film producer

Media

* Gordana Bonetti - television reporter
* Bill Kurtis - investigative reporter
* Vladimir Herzog - Brazilian TV journalist
* Jerome Jurenovich - journalist
* Zvonko Letica - journalist
* Konstantin Miles - journalist
* Pedro Sevcec - television reporter
* Antonio Vodanović - Chilean TV host
* Sasa Petricic - CBC videojournalist, reporter, editer
* Luka Tripkovic - journalist, editer

Academics

History

* Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski - historian
* Vjekoslav Klaić - historian
* Julije Kempf - historian, writer
* Ivan Lučić - historian
* Franjo Rački - historian
* Ivan Ratkaj - historian, Jesuit, explorer

Invention

* Josip Belušić - inventor
* Marcel Kiepach - inventor
* Aleksandar Just - inventor
* Franjo Hannaman - inventor, engineer
* Jaroslav Havlicek - inventor
* Ferdinand Kovačević - inventor
* Ivan Lupis-Vukić - inventor, engineer
* Slavoljub Eduard Penkala - inventor (ethnic Dutch-Pole)
* Ante Supuk - engineer
* David Schwarz - Croatian aviation pioneer of Jewish ancestry
* Nikola Tesla - inventor (ethnic Serb)
* Andy Turudić - inventor, engineer
* Faust Vrančić - inventor of the parachute
* Ivan Vučetić - inventor of dactyloscopy
* Ralph Sarich - inventor of the orbital engine

Social Science

* Ivan Belostenec - lexicographer
* Elsie Ivancich Dunin - cultural ethnologist, author, professor, choreographer
* Juraj Dobrila - cleric, benefactor, from Istria
* Ljudevit Gaj - linguist, reformer
* Vatroslav Jagić - philologist
* Milan Kangrga - philosopher
* Bartol Kašić - lexicographer
* Mihovil Kombol - literary historian
* Juraj Krizanic - social philosopher
* Franjo Kuhač - folklorist, ethnologist
* Zvonimir Kulundžić - philologist
* Ljeposlav Perinic - doll collector
* Frane Petrić - Francesco Patrizi - philosopher, scientist, and historian, from Cres (Cherso)
* Stanislav Pavao Skalić - encyclopedist, adventurer
* Miroslav Radman - genetic biologist
* Leonardo Spalatin - linguist
* Josip Juraj Strossmayer - cleric, benefactor
* Rudolf Steiner - philosopher, thinker
* Rudi Supek- philosopher
* Henry Suzzallo - educator
* Zdenko Škreb - linguist
* Ante Topić-Mimara - art collector
* Vinko Žganec - folklorist, ethnomusicologist
* Gerardo Colazio - educator

Science

* Milan Amruš - physician, lawyer, politician
* Mirko Daniel Bogdanić - mathematician, astrionomer
* Ruđer Bošković - physicist
* Gaja Alaga - physicist
* Đuro Armeno Baglivi - physician
* Kazimir Bedeković-Komorski - physicist, writer, Jesuit
* Danilo Blanuša - mathematician
* Jovan Karamata - mathematician (ethnic Serb)
* Fran Bošnjaković - physicist
* Spiridon Brusina - paleontologist
* Grgur Bučić - naturalist, climatologist
* Ramiro Bujas - psychologist
* Frane Bulić - archeologist
* Nikola Cindro - physicist
* Milislav Demerec - biologist
* Vladimir Devide - mathematician, Japanologist
* Andrija Dudić - naturalist, astronomer, physician
* Asaf Duraković - physician, poet
* Vinko Dvoržak - physicist
* William Feller - mathematician
* Andrija Fuderer - chemist, chess player
* Artur Gavazzi - geographer
* Milovan Gavazzi - ethnolog
* Marin Getaldić - physicist, mathematician
* Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger - archaeologist, anthropologist
* Stjepan Gradić - mathematician
* Dunja Grbić-Galić - microbiologist
* Frederik Grisogono - mathematician
* Mirko Grmek - physician, science writer and historian
* Vladimir Gruden - psychiatrist
* Milan Herak - geologist
* Branko Horvat - economist
* Vladimir Hudolin - psychiatrist
* Gustav Janeček - chemist
* Zvonimir Janko - mathematician
* Mijo Kišpatić - geologist
* Emanuel Klein - biologist , (bacteriology)
* Marijan Korošić - economist
* Marijan Košiček - psychologist
* Oton Kučera - mathematician, physicist
* Asim Kurjak - physician, Bosnian Muslim
* Milan Meštrov - biologist
* Eduard Miloslavić - physician
* Andrija Mohorovičić - geophysicist
* Stjepan Mohorovičić - physicist
* Vilko Nice - mathematician
* Grga Novak - archaeologist, historian
* Niko Ostoic - heliotherapist
* Vladimir Paar - physicist
* Đuro Pilar - geologist
* Stjepan Poljak - physician
* Eduard Prugovečki - physicist, writer
* Miroslav Radman - biologist
* Veljko Roškar - chemical engineer
* Slavko Rozgaj - astronomer, writer
* Ivan Supek - physicist, philosopher
* Zvonimir Šeparović - lawyer, (victimology)
* Ante Šercer - physician
* Vladimir Sertic - microbiologist
* Andrija Štampar - physician, diplomat
* Ivan Supek - physicist, philosophe
* Vladimir Varicak - mathematician, physicist
* Filip Vezdin - indologist
* Mirko Vidaković - forester, botanist
* Robert Visiani - climatolog
* Nikola Vitov Gučetić - statesmen, philosopher, science writer
* Faust Vrančić - philosopher, thinker
* Josip Vucetic - criminologist, anthropologist
* Vladimir Vranić - mathematician
* Vladis Vujnovic - astronomer, physicist
* Vladimir Žerjavić - statistician, economist
* Magdalena Pavlich - Peruvian scientist

Nobel Prize

* Ivo Andrić - literature
* Vladimir Prelog - chemistry
* Lavoslav Ružička - chemistry

Music

Composers

* Julije Bajamonti - composer
* Blagoje Bersa - composer
* Silvio Bombardelli - composer
* Jakov Gotovac - composer
* Ivan Padovec - composer
* Boris Papandopulo- conductor, composer
* Dora Pejacevic - composer
* Nick Peros - composer
* Josip Runjanin - composer of the Croatian national anthem Beautiful ours (ethnic Serb)
* Luka Sorkocevic - composer
* Josip Štolcer-Slavenski - composer
* Stjepan Šulek - composer
* Ivo Tijardović - composer
* Ivan Zajc - composer
* Oliver Drogojevic - Croatian singer
* Marko Perkovic (Thompson) - Croatian rock singer
* Vinko Coce - Croatian singer
* Severina Vuckovic - Croatian pop singer

Classical

* Josip Runjanin - composer
* Zlatko Baloković - violinist
* Nikša Bareza - conductor
* Emil Cosseto - composer and choir conductor
* Pavle Dešpalj - conductor
* Valter Dešpalj - cellist
* Joseph Haydn - composer
* Igor Gjadrov - conductor
* Antonio Janigro - cellist
* Sena Jurinac - opera singer
* Josip Klima - violinist
* Franjo Krežma - violinist
* Monika Leskovar
* Ivo Maček - pianist
* Lovro Matačić - conductor
* Zinka Kunc-Milanov - soprano
* Maksim Mrvica - pianist
* Gertruda Munitić - soprano
* Tomislav Mužek - tenor
* Tonko Ninić - violinist
* Darko Petrinjak
* Maja Strozzi-Pecić - soprano
* Ivo Pogorelić - pianist
* Ema Pukšec (Ilma De Murska) - opera singer
* Ruža Pospiš-Baldani - mezzo-soprano
* Nada Putar-Gold - opera singer
* Marijana Radev - soprano
* Gustave Rathe - pianist
* Vladimir Ružđak - baritone
* Margaret Urlich - singer from New Zealand
* Vjekoslav Šutej - conductor
* Milka Trnina - soprano
* Dunja Vejzović - soprano
* Felix Weingartner - composer, conductor
* Branimir Krstic - guitarist, composer
* Stephen Kovacevich - American classical pianist
* Ana Vidovic - Guitarist

Popular

* Aaron Peck - musician, drummer for the rock band A Thorn for Every Heart - Interscope Records (grandson to Anthony Maglica)
* Nenad Bach - musician, composer, singer
* Magazin - pop band
* Mišo Kovač
* Colonia - dance music group
* Crvena Jabuka - pop band (Yugoslavs)
* Željko Bebek - rock singer
* Goran Bregović - rock & folk composer and singer
* Arsen Dedić - composer and singer
* Matija Dedić - jazz composer and performer
* Veljko Despot - discographer
* Darko Domijan - singer
* Oliver Dragojević - singer
* Doris Dragović - singer
* Rajko Dujmić - composer & member of pop band Novi fosili
* Sergio Endrigo - singer
* Nikica Kalogjera - composer
* Tereza Kesovija - singer
* Josipa Lisac - singer, AKA Josephine Fox
* Michael Matijević - singer (Steelheart)
* Helen Merill, Jelena Ana Milčetić - Jazz artist
* Gabi Novak - singer
* Ferdo Pomykalo - composer, conductor
* Marko Perković-Thompson - rock singer
* Krist Novoselic - rock musician (Nirvana)
* Dunja Rajter - singer
* Riva - 1989 Eurovision song contest winners
* Ivo Robić - singer
* Darko Rundek-singer&actor
* Jura Stublić- rock singer
* Ivica Šerfezi - singer
* Branimir Johnny Štulić - composer and singer
* Saša, Tin i Kedžo - first Croatian boy band
* Marko Tomasović - composer
* Siniša Vuco - singer
* Vice Vukov - singer
* Davor Gobac - singer
* Luca Prodan - Italian-Argentine musician
* Tomo Milicevic - 30 Seconds to Mars
* Johnny Vidacovich - drummer
* Tomislav Milardović - Aboriginal rapper from Canada (RezOfficial)
* El Bahattee - Croatian rapper
* Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Canadian singer/guitarist

Literature

* Ivo Andrić - writer
* Ivan Aralica - writer
* Milan Begović - writer
* Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić - writer
* Mile Budak - writer
* Pero Budak - writer
* Marko Car - writer, politician
* Slavenka Drakulić - writer, journalist
* Marin Držić - writer
* Viktor Car Emin - writer, from Istria
* Ksaver Šandor Gjalski - writer
* Ivan Dživo Gundulić - poet
* Tatjana Jambrišak - writer
* Janko Polić Kamov - avant-garde writer
* Jure Kastelan - poet
* Ante Kovačić - writer
* Ivan Goran Kovačić - poet
* Josip Kozarac - writer
* Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević - poet
* Miroslav Krleža - novelist
* Eugen Kumičić - writer
* Tomislav Ladan -writer
* Hanibal Lucić - writer
* Darko Macan - writer
* Ranko Marinković - writer
* Marko Marulić - writer
* Antun Gustav Matoš - poet
* Ivan Mažuranić - poet
* Dejan Medaković (ethnic Serb)
* Mijo Mirković - writer, economist
* Vjenceslav Novak - writer
* Josip Novakovich - writer[1] "Croatian-born, US-resident novelist, essayist and short-story writer Josip Novakovich...Ramona Koval: So you didn't even know, in your family, that you were Croatian?

Josip Novakovich: No, we didn't talk about it like that. And then I found out this concept, and I thought, that's exiting. We knew that we had Hungarians and Czechs and there were Yugoslavs, but now there were more of us. So I went to my Serbian friends and said, ‘You know what? There are Serbs and Croats, and I guess I'm a Croat. What are you?', and they all looked petrified and that was clearly the wrong thing to say....."

* Vlatko Pavletić - theorist of literature, essayist and critic, politician
* Dalibor Perković - writer
* Paula Preradović - poet
* Petar Preradović - poet
* Matija Antun Relković - writer
* Milan Rešetar - writer (ethnic Serb)
* Edo Stojčić - writer, journalist
* August Šenoa - writer
* Dinko Šimunović - writer
* Suncana Skrinjaric - writer
* Slobodan Šnajder - writer
* Dragutin Tadijanović - poet
* Ante Tomić - writer
* Josip Eugen Tomić - writer
* Dubravka Ugrešić - writer
* Tin Ujević - poet
* Ivo Vojnović - writer
* Stanko Vraz - poet (ethnic Slovenian)
* Nikola Zrinski (grandson) - poet, philosopher, soldier
* Aleksandar Žiljak - writer
* Antonio Skármeta - Chilean writer

Business

* Seamus Brown - Portfolio Manager, JP Morgan Real Rate of Return Fund
* John Blazevic - Contessa Shrimp
* Stephen Boskovich - Boskovich Farms
* Stipe Bubalo - Bubalo Construction
*Mike Grgich - winemaker[2] "Miljenco "Mike" Grgich, a Croatian native..."
* Victor Grinich - Fairchild Semiconductor
* Jay Kordich - Juiceman Juicers
* Ilija Letica - Letica Corporation
* Antony Lucich-Lucas - engineer, Crude oil exploration, Gulf Oil - Texaco
* Andronico Luksic - Antofagasta PLC (Richest Croat ever)
* Anthony Maglica - Maglite
* Boris Mikšić - Cortec Corporation
* Marko Narančić - Nalley's Potato Chips
* Nikola Nobilo - wine maker
* Jack Pandol - Pandol Brothers
* Mario Puretic - inventor, businessman
* Luka Rajic- Lura group
* Tadich Grill - oldest restaurant in California, 1800s
* Jure Sola - Sanmina coorporation
* Mario Hmura - Hotelslisting.net Online Hotel Reservations
* Marino Selak - wine maker
* Ivica Todoric - Agrokor group
* Dujo Duvnjak - Website designer/maker of geekstinkbreath.net and others

Exploration

* Joža Horvat - adventurer, writer
* Ivica Frković - explorer
* Stjepan Glavač - explorer, geographer
* Luka Jurisich - explorer
* Joseph Kundek - explorer, missionary
* Ferdinand Konščak - explorer
* Dragutin Lerman - explorer
* Željko Malnar - explorer, producer
* Vinko Palatin - explorer, missionary, writer
* Tibor Sekelj - explorer
* Mirko and Stjepan Seljan - explorers
* Ignacije Szentmartony - explorer

Military

* Viktor Bubanj - soldier
* Matija Gubec - rebel leader
* Petar Krešimir IV of Croatia - medieval king & military leader
* Petar Kružić - soldier
* Grgo Kusic - Tallest Croat ever, tallest soldier of Austro-Hungarian Army
* Michael J. Novosel - soldier
* Lothar Rendulić - soldier
* Andrijica Šimić
* King Tomislav - medieval king & military leader
* Franjo barun Trenk - soldier, musician
* Petar Zrinski - soldier
* Nikola Šubić-Zrinski - military leader,soldier
* Mario Firmenich - founder and active member of the Montoneros
* Stanisław Maczek
* Louis Cukela - U.S. Marine

Croatian War of Independencer

* Petar Stipetić, general
* Luka Đanko, general
* Rahim Ademi - (ethnic Albanian)
* Janko Bobetko - general
* Ante Gotovina - general
* Mirko Norac - General

Politics

* Mate Boban - politician
* Josip Broz - Tito - politician and guerilla leader, dictator (Yugoslav nationality)
* Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović - politician and diplomat
* Mate Granić- diplomat, poltician
* Andrija Hebrang - politician
* Ivica Račan - politician
* Josip Jelačić - politician, soldier
* Vladko Maček - politician of the center, leader of the Croatian Peasant Party before the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia
* Stipe Mesić - President of the Republic of Croatia
* Ante Markovic- Fmr. Yugoslav prime minister
* Ante Pavelić - Ustasha leader
* Don Mihovil Pavlinović - priest, politician and writer
* Josip Frank - politician, Ustasha ideologist (ethnic Jewish)
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Josip Broz

* Stjepan Radić - politician
* Ivo Sanader - Prime Minister of Croatia - Gave information on Gotovina's capture.
* Ante Starčević - politician
* Milan Šufflay - politician, historian, albanologist
* Gojko Šušak - Fmr. Croatian Minister of Defence
* Vladimir Šeks - current Croatian parliament president
* Zlatko Tomčić - politician
* Ante Trumbić - Croatian nationalist leader
* Franjo Tuđman - First President of Croatia, founder of modern Croatia, guerilla fighter in WW2
* Ivan Desnica - head of the Military Frontier (ethnic Serb)
* Budimir Loncar- diplomat
* Miomir Žužul - politician and diplomat

Foreign Figures of Croatian descent

People with Croatian ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:
* Néstor Kirchner Ostoić - President of Argentina (Chilean mother of Croatian descent)
* Francisco Orlić Bolmarčić - Fmr. President of Costa Rica , Croat parents
* Ivan Gašparovič - President of Slovakia (Croatian father)
* Ivana Dulić-Marković - Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
* Vicente Merino Bielich - Fmr. acting president (1946) & vice-president of Chile
* Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic - Former Chilean First Lady
* Michael Anthony Stepovich - Fmr. Governor of Alaska
* Rudy Perpich - Fmr. Governor of Minnesota
* Rose Perica Mofford - Fmr. Governor of Arizona
* Roy Nikisch - Governor of Chaco, Argentina
* Jorge Sobisch - Governor of Neuquén, Argentina
* Jorge Milton Capitanich - Argentinean Senator
* Antonio Horvath Kiss - Chilean Senator
* Baldo Prokurica Prokurica - Chilean Senator
* Radomiro Tomić - Fmr. Chilean Deputy, Senator and Ambassador
* Natasha Stott Despoja - Australian Senator
* Frank Mahovlich - Canadian Senator (NHL Hall of Famer)
* Michael Bilandic - Fmr. Mayor of Chicago & Fmr. Illinois State Supreme Court Chief Justice
* Dennis Kucinich - US Representative from Ohio (Fmr. Mayor of Cleveland)
* George Radanovich - US Representative from California
* Josip Marohnić - founding father of Croatian Fraternal Union
* Juan Carlos Nadalich - Argentinean Minister of Social Development
* Carolina Goić Boroević - Chilean Deputy
* Domingo Yurac Soto - Chilean Supreme Court Justice
* Ingrid Antonijević Hahn - Chilean Minister
* Martín Zilić Hrepic - Chilean Minister
* Sergio Espejo Yaksić - Chilean Minister
* Romy Schmidt Crnosija - Chilean Minister
* Lynne Yelich - Member of Canadian Parliament
* Clem Simich - Member of NZ Parliament
* Josip Juratovic - Member of German Parliament
* Alejandro Jadresić - Chilean politician
* Jovanka Budisavljević Broz - wife of Josip Broz Tito (ethnic Croatian Serb)
* Patriarch Pavle of the Serb Orthodox Church (ethnic Serb)
* Milan Ivelić Curator of the National Arts Gallery, Santiago, Chile

See Politicians of Croatian ancestry for a broader list

Religion

* August Kažotić - archbishop
* Matija Vlačić Ilirik - protestant reformer
* Marko Križevčanin - saint
* Leopold Mandić - saint
* Ivan Merz - beatified
* Grgur Ninski - bishop
* Marija Petković - a beatified nun
* Alojzije Stepinac - archbishop, beatified
* Zlatko Sudac - stigmatic
* Nikola Tavelić - saint
* Miroslav Volf - Christian theologian
* Pope John IV - pope from Zadar/Dalmatia
* Pope Sixtus V (Born in Italy, ethnic Croatian)
* Josip Bozanić - Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Zagreb
* Vinko Puljić - Cardinal Priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Sarajevo
* Estanislao Esteban Karlic - Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
* Emilio Ogñénovich - Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
* Matthew Beovich - Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
* Pedro Carrión Pavlich - Bishop of Puno, Peru
* Alejandro Goic Karmelic - Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
* Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic - Bishop of Linares, Chile
* Joseph James Potocnak - Bishop of De Aar, South Africa

Heroism

* Ivan Vranetić

Urban legends

* Joe Magarac - Folk Hero, legendary character made of steel

Sport

see list of Croatian Sports Players
* Mario Andretti - race car driver (ethnic Italian)
* Bill Belichick - NFL Coach
* Marijan Beneš - Fmr. European pro boxing champion
* Djurdjica Bjedov swimmer
* Alen Bokšić - football player
* Zvonimir Boban - football player
* Tamara Boroš - Table Tennis Champion (#7) (Greatest non-Asian in the World)
* Stipe Bozic - alpinist
* Marin Cilic - #1 Junior in the World (Tennis)
* Branko Cikatić - First K-1 Grand Prix Winner
* George Chuvalo - Fmr. Canadian Heavyweight Champion
* Krešimir Ćosić - NBA Hall of Famer
* Dražen Dalipagic - NBA Hall of Famer
* Mirko Filipović (Cro Cop) - Mixed Martial Artist and kickboxer - K-1
* Gary Gabelich - American automobile-racing driver
* Brian Generalovich - Fmr. NBA & NFL player
* Ico Hitrec - football player
* Hrvoje Horvat - handball player
* Goran Ivanišević - Wimbledon Champion, 2 Olympic bronze medals 1992

Goran Ivanišević


* José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich - soccer player, Costarican legend
* Robert Jarni - football player
* Dražen Jerković - football player (Top scorer WC 1962 & EURO 1960)
* Anton Josipović - boxing, Olympic gold 1984
* Ivo Karlovic - tennis player
* Ivan Klasnić - football player, Werder Bremen
* Janica Kostelić - A.S. World Cup Champion in 2001, 2003 & 2006 (4 Olympic Golds, 2 Silvers)
* Ivica Kostelić - Alpine Skiing Slalom World Cup Champion (1 Olympic Silver)
* Robert Kovač - football player, Juventus
* Stefica Kristof - bowling champion
* Toni Kukoč - NBA player (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1995-1996
* Dan Luger - Rugby Union player
* Matija Ljubek - Kayakist
* Ivan Ljubičić - Davis Cup Champion (#3)
* Frank Mahovlich - NHL Hall of Famer (1958 Calder Trophy Winner)
* Iva Majoli - Roland Garros Champion
* Pete Maravich - NBA Hall of Famer
* Jack Marin - Fmr. American NBA Star
* Roger Maris - Baseball Legend
* Željko Mavrović - Fmr. European Boxing Champion
* Kevin McHale - NBA Hall of Famer (Croatian mother)
* George Mikan - NBA Hall of Famer
* Pat Miletich - Fmr. UFC Champion
* Frank Nobilo - NZ golfer
* Mate Parlov boxing champion
* Josip Peruzovic - WWE Hall of Famer (Nikolai Volkoff)
* Dražen Petrović - NBA Hall of Famer
* Ivan Prebeg - Fmr. European pro boxing champion
* Dado Pršo - football player, Rangers F.C.
* Dino Radja - Fmr. NBA star
* Veljko Rogosic - marathon swimmer
* Vladimir Sabich - American skier murdered by girlfriend Claudine Longet
* Joe Sakic - NHL player (2001 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner)
* Nick Saban - NFL Coach
* Steve Stipanovich - Fmr. NBA player, No.2 pick in 1983 NBA Draft
* Predrag Stojaković - NBA Star (ethnic Serb)
* Luciano Susanj - athlete
* Dario Šimić - football player, A.C. Milan
* Davor Šuker - football player (best scorer of the 1998 WC most goals winner of golden shoe in 98 WC with six goals)
* Nikola Surbek table tennis player
* Rudy Tomjanovich - Fmr. NBA player and coach
* Andy Tonkovich - First NBA Pick in 1948
* Igor Tudor - football player, A.C. Siena
* The Great Antonio - Strongman and eccentric
* Bernard Vukas - footbal player
* Vedran Vukusic - Northwestern Wildcats basketball, Big Ten leading scorer 2005-2006
* Slaven Zambata - footbal player
* Fritzie Zivic (The Croat Comet) - Fmr. World Welterweight Champion

Infamy

* Ante Pavelić - Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia
* Andrija Artuković - minister in the government Independent State of Croatia
* Mile Budak - minister in the government of Independent State of Croatia
* Miroslav Filipović - commander of the army
* Jure Francetić - commander in the army
* Maks Luburić - commander of the army
* Ljubo Miloš - secret police chief,
* Slavko Stanzer - commander in the army
* Ivan Milat - Australian Backpacker
* Frank Vitkovic - Australian murderer (Queen Street massacre)

Other

People born in Illyria or the subsequent Roman province, now part of Croatia, before the Great Migrations and the arrival of Croats and other Slavs:
* Diocletian - Roman emperor from Dalmatia, Split
* Jerome, St. Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius - born at Stridon, Istria (then Pannonia - often missclassified as being in present-day Dalmatia)
* Saint Marinus - builder of San Marino, from Rab
* Valentinian I - Roman emperor from Pannonia
* Valens - Roman emperor from Pannonia
* Pope John IV - pope from Zadar/Dalmatia
* Pope Sixtus V (Born in Italy, ethnic Italian)

Non-defined ex-Yugoslav origins

People with Yugoslav origins (it is unclear/unknown to which ethnic group they belong to):
* Aria Giovanni - (Yugoslav grandmother)
* Robert Zemeckis - American director (Yugoslav origins)
* Serge Losique (Srdjan Losic) - Founder & President of the Montreal World Film Festival
* Dan Majerle - Fmr. NBA player (?)
* Dan Gadzuric - Yugoslavian mother

See also

* Croatian literature (includes a list of Croats in literature)
* List of rulers of Croatia

References

Footnotes

External links

* Outstanding Croats
* Croats and Croatia In French
* Croatian People



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