List of people from Croatia
This is a list of more or less famous people with Croatian heritage, born in or associated with Croatia or of Croatian ancestry, including both Croats and members of Croatia's national minorities:
Architecture
- Antun Albini - architect
- Bollë, Herman - architect
- Juraj Dalmatinac - architect from Šibenik
- Kovačić, Victor - architect
- Marin - builder of San Marino, from Rab
- Radovan - sculptor, builder from Trogir
Business
- Boskovich, Stephen - "Boskovich Farms"
- Grinich, Victor - "Fairchild Semiconductor"
- Letica, Ilija - "Letica Corporation"
- Lucich-Lucas, Antonio - engineer, oil exploration
- Maglica, Anthony - "Maglite"
- Mikšić, Boris - "Cortec Coproration"
- Narančić, Marko - "Nalley’s Potato Chips"
Culture
- Gaj, Ljudevit - linguist, reformer
- Jagić, Vatroslav - philologist
- Franjo Kuhač - folklorist, ethnologist
- Kulundžić, Zvonimir - philologist
- Suzzallo, Henry - educator
- Topić-Mimara, Ante - art collector
- Žganec, Vinko - folklorist, ethnologist
Entertainment
- Bana, Eric - actor, from Australia
- Bašić Relja - actor
- Furlan, Mira - actress
- Grgić, Zlatko - animated film producer
- Lustig, Branko - film producer
- Malkovich, John - actor
- Robić, Ivo - singer
- Rogoz, Zvonimir - actor
- Rossovich, Rick - actor, from United States
- Višnjić, Goran - actor
- Vukotić, Dušan - animated film producer
Exploration
- Horvat, Joža - adventurer, writer
- Konščak, Ferdinand - explorer
- Lerman, Dragutin - explorer
- Polo, Marco - Venetian explorer from Korčula
- Seljan, Mirko and Stjepan - explorers
- Szentmartony, Ignacije - explorer, astronomer
- Visin, Ivan - explorer
History
- Ivan Ratkaj - historian
- Ivan Kukuljević - historian
Invention
- Franjo Hanaman - inventor, engineer
- Lupis-Vukić, Ivan - inventor, engineer
- Penkala, Slavoljub Eduard - inventor, naturalized Slovak
- Schwarz, David - inventor
- Nikola Tesla - inventor, engineer
- Vrančić, Faust - inventor
- Ivan Vuečtić - inventor
Literature
- Andrić, Ivo - novelist
- Aralica, Ivan - writer
- Brlić-Mažuranić, Ivana - writer
- Dizdar, Mak - poet, Bosnian Muslim
- Držić, Marin - writer
- Ksaver Šandor Gjalski - writer
- Gundulić, Ivan Dživo - poet
- Krleža, Miroslav - novelist
- Hanibal Lucić - writer
- Marulić, Marko - writer
- Matoš, Antun Gustav - poet
- Mažuranić, Ivan - poet
- Preradović, Petar - poet
- Šenoa, August - writer
- Dragutin Tadijanović - poet
- Josip Eugen Tomić - writer
- Ujević, Tin - poet
- Zrinski, Nikola (grandson) - poet, philosopher
Media
- Jurenovich, Jerome - headline sports broadcaster
- Kurtis, Bill - investigative reporter, author
- Matalin, Mary - political commentator
Military
- Ademi, Rahim - soldier, ethnic Albanian
- Bobetko, Janko - soldier
- Viktor Bubanj - soldier
- Gotovina, Ante - soldier
- Gubec, Matija - rebel
- barun Trenk, Franjo - soldier, musician
- Zrinski, Nikola (grandfather) - soldier
- Zrinski, Petar - soldier
Music
- Blagoje Bersa - composer
- Baloković, Zlatko - violinist
- Bombardelli, Silvio - composer
- Gotovac, Jakov - composer
- Joseph Haydn - composer
- Klima, Josip - violinist
- Krežma, Franjo - violinist
- Lisinski, Vatroslav - composer
- Matačić, Lovro - conductor
- Kunc-Milanov, Zinka - soprano
- Pogorelić, Ivo - pianist
- Ruža Pospiš-Baldani - mezzosoprano
- Radev, Marijana - soprano
- Ružđak, Vladimir - baritone
- Sorkočević, Luka - composer
- Štolcer-Slavenski, Josip - composer
- von Suppé, Franz - composer, from Austria
- Trnina, Milka - soprano
Politics
- Begich, Nick - US politician
- Bilandic, Michael - US politician
- Broz, Josip - politician
- Jelačić, Josip - politician, soldier
- Kucinich, Dennis - US politician
- Kasich, John - US politician
- Mahovlić, Frank - Canadian politician, hockey player
- Perica Mofford, Rose - US politician
- Perpich, Rudy - US politician
- Pavelić, Ante - politician
- Radanovich, George - US politician
- Starčević, Ante - politician
- Trumbić, Ante - politician
- Tuđman, Franjo - politician
- Strossmayer, Josip Juraj - cleric, benefactor
Religion
- Antun Kažotić - archbishop
- Alojzije Stepinac - archbishop
- Vlačić, Matija - protestant reformer
- Petković, Marija - a beatified nun
- Pope Sixtus V - pope
Science
- Alaga, Gaja - physicist
- Blanuša, Danilo - mathematician
- Ruđer Bošković - physicist, philosopher
- Bošnjaković, Fran - physicist
- Bujas, Ramiro - psychologist
- Duraković, Asaf - physician, poet
- Gorjanović-Kramberger, Dragutin - archaeologist, anthropologist
- Gradić, Stjepan - mathematician
- Grbić-Galić, Dunja - microbiologist
- Kurjak, Asim - physician
- Feller, William - mathematician
- Fuderer, Andrija - chemist, chess player
- Gavazzi, Artur - geographer
- Getaldić, Marin - physicist, mathematician
- Novak, Grga - archaeologist, historian
- Kučera, Oton - mathematician, physicist
- Mohorovičić, Andrija - geophysicist
- Prelog, Vladimir - chemist
- Prugovečki, Eduard - physicist, writer
- Ružička, Lavoslav - chemist
- Šercer, Ante - physician
- Štampar, Andrija - physician, diplomat
- Supek, Ivan - physicist, philosopher
- Žerjavić, Vladimir - statistician, economist
Sport
- Đurđica Bjedov - swimmer
- Bosnich, Mark - football player from Australia
- Ćosić, Krešimir - basketball player
- Čuvalo, George - boxing champion
- Dolinar, Žarko - table tennis player
- Gabelich, Gary - experimental car driver
- Hitrec, Ico - football player
- Ivanišević, Goran - tennis player
- Kostelić, Janica - skier
- Krištof, Štefica - bowling champion
- Kukoč, Toni - basketball player
- Ljubek, Matija - kayakist
- Maris, Roger - US baseball player
- Mikan, George - US basketball player
- Parlov, Mate - boxing champion
- Petrović, Dražen - basketball player (Serb father)
- Braslav Rabar - chess player
- Veljko Rogošić - (marathon) swimmer
- Sakic, Joe - Canadian hockey player
- Šuker, Davor - football player
- Šurbek, Dragutin - table tennis player
- Viduka, Mark - Australian football player
- Bernard Vukas - football player
Visual arts
- Augustinčić, Antun - sculptor
- Bukovac, Vlaho - painter
- Džamonja, Dušan - sculptor, painter
- Generalić, Ivan - painter
- Oton Gliha - painter
- Klović, Juraj Julije - painter
- Miroslav Kraljević - painter
- Kreković, Kristijan - painter
- Lacković-Croata, Ivan - painter
- Luckovich, Mike - cartoonist
- Maurović, Andrija - illustrator
- Meštrović, Ivan - sculptor
- Edo Murtić - painter
- Slava Raškaj - painter
- Reisinger, Otto - cartoonist
Other
- Filipović-Majstorović, Miroslav - mass murderer
See also
- Croatian literature (includes a list of Croats in literature)
- List of Slavs