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The following is a list
==Art==
{{see also|List of Croatian women artists}}
===Architecture===
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* [[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
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==
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* [[Antun
* [[Lujo Bezeredi]]
* [[Andrija Buvina]]
* [[Frane Cota]]
* [[
* [[Juraj Dalmatinac]]
* [[Branislav Dešković]]
* [[
* [[Dušan Džamonja]]
* [[Robert Frangeš-Mihanović]]
* [[Ivo Kerdić]]
* [[Albert Kinert]]
* [[Ivan Kožarić]]
* [[Frano Kršinić]]
* [[Vasko Lipovac]]
* [[Ivan Meštrović]]
* [[Oscar Nemon]]
* [[Dimitrije Popović]]
* [[Kosta Angeli Radovani]]
* [[Vanja Radauš]]
* [[Radovan (master)|Master Radovan]]
* [[Ivan Rendić]]
* [[Toma Rosandić]]
* [[Branko Ružić (sculptor)|Branko Ružić]]
* [[Ivan Sabolić]]
* [[Petar Smajić]]
* [[Aleksandar Srnec]]
* [[Marija Ujević-Galetović]]
* [[Maksimilijan Vanka]]
* [[Francesco Laurana|Franjo Vranjanin]]
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==
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* [[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 miniature]]s
* [[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)|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
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=== Film and theatre ===
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* [[Ante Babaja]]
* [[Steve Bacic]]
* [[
* [[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
* [[
* [[Boris Buzančić]] – actor
* [[Nathaniel Buzolic]] – actor
* [[
* [[
* [[Christina Cindrich]] – television producer, host, and actress
* [[Zlatko Crnković (actor)|Zlatko Crnković]] – actor
* [[Zrinka Cvitešić]]
* [[Nataša Dorčić]]
* [[Vanja Drach]]
* [[Claire Du Brey]] – actress
* [[Vlatko Dulic|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 (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
* [[Gallagher (comedian)|Gallagher]] – comedian and prop comic
* [[Gianni Garko]] - actor
* [[Stanka Gjurić]] – actress, writer, filmmaker
* [[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)|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]]
* [[Donna Kelce]] - actor
* [[Ljubomir Kerekeš]]
* [[Michael Klesic]] – actor
* [[Matija Kluković]]
* [[Sylva Koscina]] – actress, model
* [[Mario Kovač (artist)|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 [[Academy Awards|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
* [[Joseph Sirola]] - actor and producer
* [[Marija Škaričić]]
* [[Mia Slavenska|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 (TV series)|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
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==
* [[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|date=January 2021}} works in Al Jazeera
* [[Tony Robbins]] – American life coach, self-help author and motivational speaker
* [[
* [[Petra Stunt]] – British designer
* [[Vladimir Herzog]] – Croatian born Brazilian journalist
==
==
* [[James Belich (historian)|James Belich]] – historian
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski]] – historian
* [[
* [[Dominik Mandić]] – historian
* [[Franjo Rački]] – historian
* [[Ivan Ratkaj]] – historian, Jesuit, explorer
* [[
* [[
* [[
==
* [[Zlata Bartl]] – inventor of ''[[Vegeta (food)|Vegeta]]''
* [[Josip Belušić]] – inventor
* [[Franjo Hannaman]] – inventor, engineer
* [[Marcel Kiepach]] – inventor
* [[Mario Kovač (scientist)|Mario Kovač]] – computer engineering professor and inventor
* [[Ferdinand Kovačević]] – inventor
* [[Giovanni Luppis]] – inventor of the torpedo
* [[Slavoljub Eduard Penkala]] – inventor
* [[Andrija Puharich]] - medical and parapsychological researcher, medical inventor, physician and author
* [[Mario Puratić]] – inventor who made major advances in fishing technology
* [[Ralph Sarich]] – inventor of the orbital engine
* [[David Schwarz (aviation inventor)|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
* [[Juan Vucetich|Ivan Vučetić]] – inventor of dactyloscopy
=== Social science ===
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* [[
* [[
* [[Elsie Ivancich Dunin]] – cultural ethnologist, author, professor, choreographer
* [[Krešimir Filić]] – historian and museologist
* [[Ljudevit Gaj]] – linguist, reformer <!-- his roots are Elzaß German -->
* [[
* [[Milan Kangrga]] – philosopher
* [[
* [[Juraj Križanić]] – social philosopher
* [[Franjo Kuhač]] – folklorist, ethnologist
* [[Jakov Mikalja]] – linguist and lexicographer
* [[Miroslav Radman]] – genetic biologist
* [[Paul Skalić|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
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==
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* [[Gaja Alaga]] – physicist
* [[Giorgio Baglivi]] – physician and scientist from [[Republic of Ragusa|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
* [[Ivo Jajic]] – physician
* [[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
* [[Franciscus Patricius|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)|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
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== Nobel Prize ==
* [[File:Nobel prize winner.svg|20px]] [[Ivo Andrić]] – literature
* [[File:Nobel prize winner.svg|20px]] [[Paul L. Modrich]] – [[chemistry]]
* [[File:Nobel prize winner.svg|20px]] [[Vladimir Prelog]] – [[chemistry]]
* [[File:Nobel prize winner.svg|20px]] [[Lavoslav Ružička]] – [[chemistry]]
==
==
{{main|List of Croatian composers}}
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* [[Julije Bajamonti]] – composer
* [[
* [[
* [[
* [[Josip Hatze]]
* [[
* [[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
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=== Classical ===
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* [[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 Milanov|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
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=== Popular ===
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* [[2Cellos]] – cellist duo
* [[Baby Lasagna]] - singer, songwriter, music producer and guitarist
* [[Lidija Bajuk]] – musician
* [[Zvonko Bogdan]] – singer and performer of traditional [[folk song]]s
* [[Michael Bublé]] – singer
* [[Mate Bulić]] – singer
* [[Tony Butala]] – singer of [[The Lettermen]]
* [[Colonia (music group)|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)|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)|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 (musician)|Drago Mlinarec]] – rock singer-songwriter
* [[Larry Muhoberac]] – American musician, record producer, and composer
* [[Nikolija]] – singer
* [[Boris Novković]] – pop singer
* [[Krist Novoselić]] – rock musician ([[Nirvana (band)|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 (band)|Toto]]
* [[Daniella Pavicic]] – singer-songwriter
* [[Marko Perković]] Thompson – rock singer
* [[Plavka]] - American singer
* [[Riva (band)|Riva]] – band, 1989 Eurovision song contest winners
* [[Ivo Robić]] – singer
* [[Darko Rundek]] – singer and actor
* [[Saša, Tin i Kedžo]] – first Croatian boy band
* [[Kićo Slabinac|Krunoslav "Kićo" Slabinac]] – singer and composer of traditional [[folk song]]s
* [[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
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== Literature ==
{{see also|List of Croatian women writers}}
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* [[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
* [[Ivan Baran]] – writer
* [[Marija Jurić Zagorka]] – novelist
* [[Andrija Kačić Miošić]] – poet
* [[Janko Polić Kamov]] – [[avant-garde]] writer
* [[Brne Karnarutić]] – poet
* [[Radoslav Katičić]] – linguist, [[classical philology|classical philologist]], [[Indo-European studies|Indo-Europeanist]], [[Slavic studies|Slavist]] and [[Indology|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
* [[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)|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 [[Slovenes|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
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* [[Andrónico Luksic Abaroa]] - prominent Chilean businessman
* [[Madeline-Ann Aksich]] – businesswoman, philanthropist and artist
* [[Benedetto Cotrugli]] – merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Wrote the first description of double-entry bookkeeping.
* [[
* [[Victor Grinich]] – pioneer in the semiconductor industry
* [[Robert Herjavec]] – businessman, Herjavec Group, ''[[Dragons' Den (Canada)|Dragons' Den]]'' and [[Shark Tank]]
* [[Antony Lucich-Lucas]] – engineer; [[crude oil]] exploration, [[Gulf Oil]]; [[Texaco]]
* [[Andrónico Luksic Abaroa|Andrónico Luksic]] – Antofagasta PLC; richest Croat ever
* [[Michela Magas]] – designer, entrepreneur and innovation specialist
* [[Anthony Maglica]] – [[Maglite]]
* [[Branko Marinkovic]] – businessman<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/world/americas/27bolivia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=In Bolivia, a Croat and a Critic is Cast in a Harsh Light|newspaper=The New York Times|date=27 September 2008|last1=Romero|first1=Simon}}</ref>
* [[Dietrich Mateschitz]] – [[Burgenland Croats]]; billionaire, owner of [[Red Bull]] corp.
* [[Nicolás Mihanovich]] – shipping magnate
* [[Boris Mikšić]] – Cortec Corporation
* [[Nikola Nobilo]] – wine maker<ref>[http://www.nobilo.co.nz Welcome to Nobilo Country Index<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304113226/http://www.nobilo.co.nz/ |date=4 March 2006 }}</ref>
* [[Mario Puratić]] – inventor, businessman
* [[
* [[
* [[
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==
* [[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 ==
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* [[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
* [[
* [[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 [[Ottoman Empire|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
* [[Richard Marcinko]] - U.S. Navy SEAL commander, Vietnam War veteran and first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six
* [[Marko Mesić (priest)|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
* [[Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich]] - Nobleman and General of the Habsburg monarchy
* [[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)|Ivan Tomašević]] – soldier and World War II General
* [[Tomislav of Croatia|Tomislav]] – first Croatian king
* [[Peter Tomich]] (Petar Tomić) – U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
* [[Mijat Tomić]] – Croatian legendary Hajduk
* [[Baron]] [[Franz Freiherr von der Trenck|Franjo Trenk]] – leader of [[Trenck's Pandurs|Pandurs]]; father of [[Military band|military music]]
* [[Franjo Vlašić]] – General and Ban
* [[Josef Philipp Vukassovich]] – Habsburg commander
* [[Matija Zmajević]] – [[Admiral]] of the [[Baltic fleet]]
* [[Petar Zrinski]] – Croatian [[ban (title)|ban]] and [[Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy|conspirator]]
* [[Nikola Šubić Zrinski]] – Croatian [[ban (title)|ban]], hero of the [[Battle of Szigetvár]]
* [[Nikola VII Zrinski]] – Croatian [[ban (title)|ban]], warrior and poet
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=== 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
==
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* [[Mehmed Alajbegović]] – Foreign Minister and Minister of Welfare 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 (father)|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 (title)|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
* [[Ante Pavelić (1869)|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 [[albanology|albanologist]]s
* [[Ante Trumbić]] – Croatian national leader
* [[Franjo Tuđman]] – first President of Croatia, founder of modern Croatia
* [[John Zápolya]] - King of Hungary and Croatia. Descended from a Croatian nobility
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=== Foreign figures of Croatian descent ===
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People of Croatian ancestry who are high-ranked officials of other countries:
* [[
* [[James Belich (mayor)|James Belich]] – former Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
* [[Cesar Bielich-Pomareda]] – Minister of the Navy of Peru
* [[Michael Anthony Bilandic|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 [[Revolutionary Left Movement (Chile)|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
* [[Néstor Kirchner]] - former President of Argentina (Croatian mother)
* [[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 (Australian politician)|John Newman]] – assassinated Australian politician, martyr
* [[Roy Nikisch]] – Governor of [[Chaco Province|Chaco]], Argentina
* [[Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich|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 [[Christian Democrat Party of Chile|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
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== Religion ==
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* [[Ivan Ančić]] – theological writer
* [[Josip Bozanić]] – cardinal
* [[Markantun de Dominis]] – archbishop
* [[Matthias Flacius|Matija Vlačić Ilirik]] – [[Protestant]] reformer
* [[Andrija Jamometić]] - Dominican
* [[Juraj Habdelić]] – Jesuit and writer
* [[Luka Ibrišimović]] – friar, leader of an uprising against Ottoman forces in Slavonia
* [[Estanislao Esteban Karlic]] – Cardinal of 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 (Catholicism)|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
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== Heroism ==
*[[Paul Bucha]]
* [[Mila Gojsalić]]
* [[Nikola Jurišić]]
* [[Marko Križevčanin]]
* [[Michael J. Novosel]]
* [[Petar Perica]]
* [[Nikola Tavelić]]
* [[Mijat Tomić]]
* [[John J. Tominac]]
* [[Ivan Vranetić]]
== 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 ==
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* [[John Abramovic]] – former basketball player, played in the [[Basketball Association of America]] for [[Pittsburgh Ironmen]], [[St. Louis Bombers]], [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)|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, born 1990)|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]] – [[team handball|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]])<ref>{{cite news|first=Shirley |last=Bar Dayan |script-title=he:קאלה טברטקו מגלה: "סבתא שלי יהודיה" |url=http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8505&lang=he |publisher=[[Sport 5]] |date=18 July 2006 |access-date=4 July 2008 |language=he |quote=אני אמנם נוצרי אבל סבתא שלי יהודיה, מהצד של אימא שלי |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011221504/http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8505&lang=he |archive-date=11 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Ivo Karlović]] – tennis player
* [[Mario Kasun]] – former NBA player, Orlando Magic
* [[Jason Kelce]] - American football player
* [[Travis Kelce]] - American football player
* [[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)|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 [[general manager (basketball)|team manager]] of [[Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.|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
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== See also ==
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* [[List of Croatian artists]]
* [[List of Istrians]]
* [[Croats]]
* [[Croatian diaspora]]
* [[Croatian American]]
* [[Croats in Argentina]]
* [[Croatians in Austria]]
* [[Croatian Australian]]
* [[Croats of Belgium]]
* [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
* [[Croatian Brazilian]]
* [[Croatian Canadian]]
* [[Croatian Chilean]]
* [[Croats in the Czech Republic]]
* [[Croatians in Germany]]
* [[Croats in Hungary]]
* [[Croats of Italy]]
* [[Croatia–Mexico relations]]
* [[Croats of Montenegro]]
* [[Croats in New Zealand]]
* [[Croatian Peruvian]]
* [[Croats of Romania]]
* [[Croats of Serbia]]
* [[Croats in Slovakia]]
* [[Croats of Slovenia]]
* [[Croats of Sweden]]
* [[Croats of Switzerland]]
* [[Croats in Uruguay]]
* [[List of Croatian sportspeople]]
* [[Croatian literature]] (includes a list of Croats in literature)
* [[List of rulers of Croatia]]
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==References==
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==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]]
* [http://www.hr/darko/etf/popis.html#lati Outstanding Croats]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090312071208/http://www.amb-croatie.fr/croatie/saviez-vous.htm#sciences Croats and Croatia In French]
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