List of Croatians

This is a list of more or less famous people with Croatian heritage, born in or associated with Croatia or of immediate Croatian ancestry, including both Croats and members of Croatia's national minorities.

The bottom section also includes some corner cases -- people with less direct or less certain Croatian ancestry.

Table of contents

1 Architecture 2 Business 3 Education, Language, Culture 4 Entertainment 5 Exploration 6 History 7 Invention 8 Literature 9 Media 10 Military 11 Music 12 Politics 13 Religion 14 Science 15 Sport 16 Visual arts 17 Other 18 Corner cases 19 See also

Architecture

• Antun Albini - architect
• Hermann Bollé - architect (ethnic German)
• Juraj Dalmatinac - architect from Šibenik
• Victor Kovačić - architect
• Luciano Laurana- architect, builder
• Ivo Tatić - architect
• Marin - builder of San Marino, from Rab
• Radovan - sculptor, builder from Trogir

• Stephen Boskovich - "Boskovich Farms"
• Victor Grinich - "Fairchild Semiconductor"
• Ilija Letica - "Letica Corporation"
• Antonio Lucich-Lucas - engineer, oil exploration
• Anthony Maglica - "Maglite"
• Boris Mikšić - "Cortec Coproration"
• Marko Narančić - "Nalley’s Potato Chips"

• Ljudevit Gaj - linguist, reformer
• Vatroslav Jagić - philologist
• Franjo Kuhač - folklorist, ethnologist
• Mihovil Kombol - literary historian
• Zvonimir Kulundžić - philologist
• Henry Suzzallo - education worker
• Ante Topić-Mimara - art collector
• Vinko Žganec - folklorist, ethnomusicologist

• Eric Bana - actor, from Australia
• Relja Bašić - actor
• Arsen Dedić - composer
• Oliver Dragojević - singer
• Boris Dvornik - actor
• Sergio Endrigo - singer
• Mira Furlan - actress
• Zlatko Grgić - animated film producer
• Tereza Kesovija - singer
• Sylva Koscina - actress
• Branko Lustig - film producer
• Antun Nalis - actor
• Ivo Robić - singer
• Zvonimir Rogoz - actor
• Rick Rossovich - actor, from United States
• Marija Ružička-Strozzi - actress
• Goran Višnjić - actor
• Dušan Vukotić - animated film producer

• Joža Horvat - adventurer, writer
• Ivica Frković - explorer
• Ferdinand Konščak - explorer
• Dragutin Lerman - explorer
• Tibor Sekelj - explorer
• Mirko and Stjepan Seljan - explorers
• Ignacije Szentmartony - explorer, Jesuit, astronomer
• Ivan Visin - explorer

• Ivan Kukuljević - historian
• Ivan Lucić - historian
• Franjo Rački - historian
• Ivan Ratkaj - historian

• Aleksandar Just - inventor
• Franjo Hanaman - inventor, engineer
• Ivan Lupis-Vukić - inventor, engineer
• Slavoljub Eduard Penkala - inventor, (naturalized Slovak)
• David Schwarz - inventor
• Nikola Tesla - Serbian inventor born in Croatia, engineer
• Faust Vrančić - inventor
• Ivan Vučetić - inventor

• Ivo Andrić - novelist
• Ivan Aralica - writer
• Milan Begović - writer
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić - writer
• Mak Dizdar - poet, Bosnian Muslim
• Marin Držić - writer
• Ksaver Šandor Gjalski - writer
• Ivan Dživo Gundulić - poet
• Josip Kozarac - writer
• Ante Kovačić - writer
• Miroslav Krleža - novelist
• Hanibal Lucić - writer
• Ranko Marinković - writer
• Marko Marulić - writer
• Antun Gustav Matoš - poet
• Ivan Mažuranić - poet
• Vjenceslav Novak - writer
• Petar Preradović - poet
• August Šenoa - writer
• Dragutin Tadijanović - poet
• Josip Eugen Tomić - writer
• Tin Ujević - poet
• Stanko Vraz - poet
• Nikola Zrinski (grandson) - poet, philosopher, soldier

• Jerome Jurenovich - headline sports broadcaster
• Bill Kurtis - investigative reporter, author
• Mary Matalin - political commentator

• Rahim Ademi - soldier, (ethnic Albanian)
• Janko Bobetko - soldier
• Viktor Bubanj - soldier
• Ante Gotovina - soldier
• Matija Gubec - rebel
• Franjo Trenk - soldier, musician
• Petar Zrinski - soldier

• Blagoje Bersa - composer
• Zlatko Baloković - violinist
• Silvio Bombardelli - composer
• Jakov Gotovac - composer
• Antonio Janigro - cellist
• Josip Klima - violinist
• Franjo Krežma - violinist
• Vatroslav Lisinski - composer
• Lovro Matačić - conductor
• Zinka Kunc-Milanov - soprano
• Maja Strozzi-Pecić - soprano
• Ivo Pogorelić - pianist
• Ema Pukčec - opera singer
• Ruža Pospiš-Baldani - mezzosoprano
• Marijana Radev - soprano
• Vladimir Ružđak - baritone
• Luka Sorkočević - composer
• Josip Štolcer-Slavenski - composer
• Franz von Suppé - composer
• Ivo Tijardović - composer
• Milka Trnina - soprano
• Ivan Zajc - composer

• Nick Begich - US politician
• Michael Bilandic - US politician
• Josip Broz Tito - politician
• Josip Jelačić - politician, soldier
• Dennis Kucinich - US politician
• John Kasich - US politician
• Frank Mahovlić - Canadian politician, hockey player
• Ante Pavelić - Nazi Ustase leader in WWII
• Rose Perica Mofford - US politician
• Rudy Perpich - US politician
• George Radanovich - US politician
• Ante Starčević - politician
• Milan Sufflay - politician, historian
• Radomiro Tomic - Chile an politician
• Ante Trumbić - politician
• Franjo Tuđman - politician
• Josip Juraj Strossmayer - cleric, benefactor

• August Kažotić - archbishop
• Alojzije Stepinac - archbishop
• Matija Vlačić Ilirik - protestant reformer
• Marija Petković - a beatified nun
• Pope John IV - pope
• Pope Sixtus V - pope

• Gaja Alaga - physicist
• Danilo Blanuša - mathematician
• Ruđer Bošković - physicist, philosopher
• Fran Bošnjaković - physicist
• Grgur Bučić - naturalist, climatologist
• Ramiro Bujas - psychologist
• Frane Bulić - archeaologist
• Nikola Cindro - physicist
• Vladimir Devide - mathematician, Japan ologist
• Asaf Duraković - physician, poet
• Vinko Dvoržak - physicist
• Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger - archaeologist, anthropologist
• Stjepan Gradić - mathematician
• Frederik Grisogono - mathematician
• Dunja Grbić-Galić - microbiologist
• Asim Kurjak - physician
• Mirko Grmek - physician, science writer and historian
• William Feller - mathematician
• Andrija Fuderer - chemist, chess player
• Artur Gavazzi - geographer
• Marin Getaldić - physicist, mathematician
• Branko Horvat - economist
• Gustav Janeček - chemist
• Mijo Kišpatić - geologist
• Đuro Kurepa - mathematician
• Grga Novak - archaeologist, historian
• Oton Kučera - mathematician, physicist
• Andrija Mohorovičić - geophysicist
• Stjepan Mohorovičić - physicist
• Josip Pančić - physician, botanist from Bribir
• Vladimir Prelog - chemist
• Đuro Pilar - geologist
• Eduard Prugovečki - physicist, writer
• Lavoslav Ružička - chemist
• Miroslav Radman - biologist
• Zvonimir Šeparović - lawyer, (victimology)
• Ante Šercer - physician
• Andrija Štampar - physician, diplomat
• Ivan Supek - physicist, philosopher
• Vladimir Vranić - mathematician
• Vladimir Žerjavić - statistician, economist

• Đurđica Bjedov - swimmer
• Mark Bosnich - football player from Australia
• Krešimir Ćosić - basketball player
• George Čuvalo - boxing champion
• Žarko Dolinar - table tennis player
• Gary Gabelich - experimental car driver
• Ico Hitrec - football player
• Goran Ivanišević - tennis player
• Janica Kostelić - skier
• Štefica Krištof - bowling champion
• Toni Kukoč - basketball player
• Matija Ljubek - kayakist
• Franjo Mihalić - athlete (marathon)
• Mate Parlov - boxing champion
• Dražen Petrović - basketball player (Serb father)
• Rabar Braslav - chess player
• Veljko Rogošić - (marathon) swimmer
• Joe Sakic - Canadian hockey player
• Davor Šuker - football player
• Luciano Sušanj - athlete
• Dragutin Šurbek - table tennis player
• Artur Takač - athlete, diplomat
• Mark Viduka - Australian football player
• Bernard Vukas - football player

• Antun Augustinčić - sculptor
• Federiko Benković - painter
• Vlaho Bukovac - painter
• Dušan Džamonja - sculptor, painter
• Ivan Generalić - painter
• Oton Gliha - painter
• Nives Kavurić-Kurtović - painter
• Juraj Julije Klović - painter, (miniature)
• Miroslav Kraljević - painter
• Kristijan Kreković - painter
• Fran Kršinić - sculptor
• Francesco Laurana - sculptor
• Ivan Lacković-Croata - painter
• Mike Luckovich - cartoonist
• Dora Maar (Theodora Markovitch) - photographer, painter, model
• Andrija Maurović - illustrator
• Ivan Meštrović - sculptor
• Edo Murtić - painter
• Slava Raškaj - painter
• Otto Reisinger - cartoonist
• Mladen Veža - illustrator

• Miroslav Filipović-Majstorović - mass murderer

• Jerome - born at Stridon, border of Pannonia and Dalmatia
• Marco Polo -- from medieval Curzola
• Joseph Haydn -- see Haydn and Croatian folk music
• Diego Maradona -- great grandmother (name unknown) from Dalmatia
• John Malkovich -- grandparents on the father's side

• Croatian literature (includes a list of Croats in literature)
• List of Slavs
• Outstanding Croats