List of Croats

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

Art

Architecture

• Viktor Axmann – architect, Jewish
• Nikola Bašić – Croatian architect
• Vjekoslav Bastl – architect
• Andrija Buvina – builder
• Julio Deutsch – architect, art nouveau style, Jewish
• Hugo Ehrlich
• Ignjat Fischer
• Stjepan Gomboš
• Vjekoslav Heinzel
• Leo Hönigsberg
• Lavoslav Horvat
• Drago Ibler
• Viktor Kovačić – architect
• Slavko Löwy – architect
• Rudolf Lubinski – architect
• Paskoje Miličević Mihov – architect
• Vlado Milunić – architect
• Juraj Neidhardt – architect
• Velimir Neidhardt – architect
• Stjepan Planić – architect
• Vjenceslav Richter – Croatian architect
• Vladimir Šterk – architect, Jewish
• Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin – architect

Sculpture

• Antun Augustinčić
• Ante Dabro
• Branislav Dešković
• Ivan Duknović
• Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
• Ivo Kerdić
• Albert Kinert
• Ivan Kožarić
• Frano Kršinić
• Francesco Laurana
• Vasko Lipovac
• Ivan Meštrović
• Nemon Oscar
• Kosta Angeli Radovani
• Ivan Rendić
• Toma Rosandić
• Ivan Sabolić
• Petar Smajić
• Aleksandar Srnec
• Marija Ujević-Galetović

Painting

• Oskar Alexander
• Lovro Artuković
• Vladimir Becić
• Federiko Benković
• 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
• 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
• 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

Film and theatre

• Ante Babaja
• Steve Bacic
• Scott Bakula – Hollywood actor
• Eric Bana – (born Eric Banadinović) Hollywood actor
• Relja Bašić – actor
• Branko Bauer
• George Beban – actor, director, writer and producer
• Ena 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
• Zlatko Crnković (actor)
• Zrinka Cvitešić
• Nataša Dorčić
• Vanja Drach
• 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)
• Emil Glad
• Ratko Glavina
• Obrad Gluščević
• Ljupka Gojić – model
• Krešo Golik
• Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian
• Ivo Gregurević
• Goran Grgić
• Rajko Grlić
• Fedor Hanžeković
• Ivan Herceg (actor)
• Werner Herzog – film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor; and an opera director
• Željko Ivanek – actor
• Nives Ivanković
• Anne Jackson – actress
• Nataša Janjić
• Toni Jeričević
• Vida Jerman
• 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
• Rachel Leskovac - actress
• Edvin Liverić
• Leon Lučev
• Branko Lustig – film producer (winner of two Oscar awards)
• Franjo Majetić
• John Malkovich – Hollywood actor
• 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
• Stjepan Perić
• Anton Perich – Filmmaker, photographer and video artist
• Edo Peročević – actor, radio speaker
• Žarko Potočnjak
• Alma Prica
• 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 & 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
• Anthony Yerkovich – television producer and writer
• Lordan Zafranović
• Louis Zorich – American actor
• Jim Zulevic – actor, comedian, TV writer, and radio host

Media

• Adrian Chiles – British television and radio presenter
• Slavica Ecclestone - British-Croatian former model, the richest Croat at the moment
• Tamara Ecclestone - British model, socialite and television personality
• Bill Kurtis – journalist, television reporter, producer
• Goran Milić – worked in Hrt now works in Al Jazeera
• Gene Rayburn – American radio and television personality
• Tony Robbins – American life coach, self-help author and motivational speaker
• Teresa Scanlan – Miss America 2011
• Petra Stunt - British designer

Academics

History

• James Belich - historian
• Julije Kempf – historian, writer
• Nada Klaić – historian
• Vjekoslav Klaić – historian
• Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski – historian
• Ivan Lučić – historian
• Dominik Mandic – 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 (scientist) – computer engineering professor and inventor
• Ferdinand Kovačević – inventor
• Giovanni Luppis
• Slavoljub Eduard Penkala – inventor
• Mario Puratić – inventor who made major advances in fishing technology
• Ralph Sarich – inventor of the orbital engine
• David Schwarz – Croatian aviation pioneer of Jewish ancestry
• Marin Soljačić – inventor of wireless energy transfer
• Ante Šupuk – engineer
• 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
• 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 Mladen Bestvina - mathematician Ruđer Bošković – theologian, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, Jesuit, and polymath Branko Bošnjaković – physicist, environmentalist Fran Bošnjaković – engineer, physicist Frane Bulić – archeologist 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 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 – geophysician Stjepan Mohorovičić – physicist Grga Novak – archaeologist, historian 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 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 Faust Vrančić – philosopher, thinker Vladimir Vranić – mathematician Juan Vucetich - anthropologist, police official who pioneered fingerprinting Vladimir Žerjavić – statistician, economist

Nobel Prize

• Lavoslav Ružička – chemistry
• Vladimir Prelog – chemistry
• Ivo Andrić - Literature

Music

Composers

• Julije Bajamonti – composer
• Krešimir Baranović
• Blagoje Bersa – composer
• Jakov Gotovac – composer
• Josip Hatze
• Milan Horvat
• Joseph Haydn - composer. His ethnic identity, however, remains controversial
• Ivo Josipović – composer
• Igor Kuljerić – composer, conductor
• Fran Lhotka
• Lovro von Matačić
• Johnny Mercer – American lyricist, songwriter and singer. Co-founder of Capitol Records.
• Lav Mirski
• Ivan Padovec – composer
• Boris Papandopulo- conductor, composer
• Dora Pejačević – composer
• Nick Peros – composer
• Milan Sachs
• Luka Sorkočević – composer
• Josip Štolcer-Slavenski – composer
• Stjepan Šulek – composer
• Vjekoslav Šutej
• Ivo Tijardović – composer
• Ivan Zajc – composer

Classical

• Martha Argerich- Argentinian pianist, piano teacher
• Zlatko Baloković – violinist
• Max Emanuel Cenčić – countertenor
• Valter Dešpalj – cellist
• Sena Jurinac – opera singer
• Franjo Krežma – violinist
• Stephen Kovacevich – American 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
• Luka Sulic – cellist

Popular

• Nenad Bach – musician, composer, singer
• Lidija Bajuk – musician
• Zvonko Bogdan – singer and performer of traditional folk songs
• 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
• Davor Gobac – singer
• Dino Jelusić – Junior Croatian pop singer
• Delo Jusic – composer
• Tereza Kesovija – singer
• Mišo Kovač
• Josipa Lisac – singer
• Radoslav Lorković – folk and blues singer, pianist, accordionist
• Magazin – pop band
• Branko Mihaljević – composer, writer, journalist and radio editor
• Sandra Mihanovich – singer, musician, and composer
• Guy Mitchell – singer (born Albert George Cernik)
• Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milčetić) – Jazz singer
• Tomo Milicevic – 30 Seconds to Mars
• Paul Mirkovich – musician, musical director
• Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor – singer/songwriter AKA Lorde
• Krist Novoselić – rock musician (Nirvana)
• Daniella Pavicic – singer and songwriter
• Marko Perković Thompson – rock singer
• Riva – 1989 Eurovision song contest winners
• Ivo Robić – singer
• Darko Rundek – singer and actor
• Krunoslav "Kićo" Slabinac – singer and composer (especially of traditional folk songs)
• Jura Stublić- rock singer
• Ivica Šerfezi – singer
• The Bambi Molesters – rock band
• Saša, Tin i Kedžo – first Croatian boy band
• Elizabeth Anka Vajagic – Canadian singer/guitarist
• Johnny Vidacovich – drummer
• Siniša Vuco – singer
• Severina Vučković – Croatian pop singer
• Vice Vukov – singer

Literature

• Ivan Aralica – writer
• Franjo Babić – writer, journalist
• Juraj Baraković - poet
• Milan Begović – writer
• Sabo Bobaljević – poet
• Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani - poet
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić – writer
• Mile Budak – writer
• Dobriša Cesarić – writer
• Džore Držić - poet, playwright
• Slavenka Drakulić – writer, journalist
• Tomislav Dretar – writer, politician, journalist, critic
• Marin Držić – writer
• Viktor Car Emin – writer from Istria
• Filip Erceg – writer and socialist politician
• Đuro Ferić – poet
• Drago Gervais – poet and playwright, paternal French descent
• Ksaver Šandor Gjalski – writer
• Ivan Gundulić – Ragusan poet
• Petar Hektorović - writer
• Miljenko Jergović – writer
• Marija Jurić Zagorka – novelist
• Janko Polić Kamov – avant-garde writer
• Brne Karnarutić - poet
• 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
• Hanibal Lucić – writer
• Darko Macan – writer
• Igor Mandić – journalist
• Ranko Marinković – writer
• Marko Marulić – writer
• Antun Gustav Matoš – poet
• Ivan Mažuranić – poet
• Šiško Menčetić - poet
• 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
• Paula Preradović – poet
• Petar Preradović – poet
• Matija Antun Relković – writer
• Milan Rešetar – writer (ethnic Serb)
• Paul Salopek - journalist
• August Šenoa – writer
• Antun Branko Šimić – poet
• Dinko Šimunović – writer
• Paul Skalich – encyclopedist, Renaissance humanist and adventurer
• Antonio Skármeta – Chilean writer
• Ivan Slamnig – poet, novelist, literary theorist, translator.
• Sonja Smolec – poet and writer
• Slobodan Šnajder – writer
• Antun Šoljan – poet
• Antun Sorkočević – writer, diplomat, composer
• Drago Štambuk – poet
• Dragutin Tadijanović – poet
• Mihály Táncsics – writer, teacher, journalist and politician
• Ante Tomić – writer
• Josip Eugen Tomić – writer
• Dubravka Ugrešić – writer
• Tin Ujević – poet
• Mavro Vetranović - writer, Benedictine friar
• Viktor Vida – writer
• Mirko Vidović – writer
• Jeronim Vidulić - Renaissance poet, priest
• Pavao Ritter Vitezović – writer, historian, linguist and publisher
• Ivo Vojnović – writer
• Stanko Vraz – poet (ethnic Slovene)
• Sonja Yelich – poet
• Aleksandar Žiljak – writer
• Dinko Zlatarić - poet, translator, considered the best translator of the Renaissance.
• Petar Zoranić - writer
• Nikola Zrinski (grandson) – poet, philosopher, soldier

Business

• Madeline-Ann Aksich – businesswoman, philanthropist and artist
• Mike Grgich – winemaker
• Benedetto Cotrugli - merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist.
• Victor Grinich – pioneer in the semiconductor industry
• Antony Lucich-Lucas – engineer, Crude oil exploration, Gulf Oil – Texaco
• Andrónico Luksic – Antofagasta PLC (richest Croat ever)
• 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
• Tadich Grill – oldest restaurant in California, 1800s
• Robert Herjavec – Businessman – Herjavec Group, Dragons' Den (Canada)

Exploration

• Ferdinand Konščak – explorer
• Dragutin Lerman – 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)
• Matija Čanić - General during World War II
• 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 & 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
• Miroslav Navratil – fighter pilot during WWI, General during WWII
• Michael J. Novosel – hero of the Vietnam War
• Rustem 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
• Tomislav – first Croatian king
• Baron Franjo Trenk – leader of Pandurs; father of military music
• Peter Tomich (Petar Tomić) – U.S. Army & U.S. Navy
• Mijat Tomić – Croatian legendary Hajduk
• 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
• 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
• 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 with Croatian ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:

• Mark Begich – US Senator from Alaska
• James Belich – Fmr. Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
• Cesar Bielich-Pomareda – Minister of the Navy of Peru
• Michael Bilandic – Fmr. Mayor of Chicago & Fmr. Illinois State Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Natasha Stott Despoja – Australian Democrats Senator
• George Despot – US politician and businessman
• John Owen Dominis – American-Hawaiian, Prince consort
• 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 (Fmr. Mayor of Cleveland)
• Frank Mahovlich – Canadian Senator (NHL Hall of Famer)
• Mary Matalin – US political consultant
• Josip Marohnić – founding father of Croatian Fraternal Union
• John Newman – Assassinated Australian politician, Martyr
• Roy Nikisch – Governor of Chaco, Argentina
• Rudy Perpich – Fmr. Governor of Minnesota
• Baldo Prokurica – Fmr. Congressman, and current Senator in Chile
• Edmundo Pérez Zujovic – Chilean PDC, Minister of Finance, Interior & of Public Works. Assassinated 1971
• Francisco Orlić Bolmarčić – Fmr. President of Costa Rica, Croat parents
• George Radanovich – US Representative from California
• 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
• Michael Anthony Stepovich – Fmr. Governor of Alaska
• Radomiro Tomic – Fmr. Chilean Deputy, Senator and Ambassador
• Vincent Thomas – US politician
• Lynne Yelich – Member of Canadian Parliament

Religion

• Ivan Ančić – theological writer
• Josip Bozanić – Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Zagreb
• 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 – a 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

• Paul Bucha
• Mila Gojsalić
• Nikola Jurišić
• Marko Križevčanin
• Michael J. Novosel
• Petar Perica
• Nikola Tavelić
• Mijat Tomić
• John J. Tominac
• Ivan Vranetić

Urban legends

• Frane Selak – Survivor of seven incidents of possible death, lottery winner
• Jure Grando – First real person described as a vampire in historical records.
• Frederick Valentich – Australian pilot (disappeared while flying to King Island)

Sport

• John Abramovic – basketball player
• Mirko Alilović – handball goalkeeper
• Mario Ančić – Tennis – Davis Cup Champion
• Johnny Babich - baseball player
• Dalibor Bagarić – Fmr NBA player
• Ivano Balić – handball player, IHF player of the year 2003, 2006
• Zvonko Bego – football player
• Željko Bilecki – football player
• Siniša Mihajlović – (mother's side family) football player
• Bill Belichick – NFL Coach
• Brian Billick - NFL Coach
• Gary Beban – Fmr. NFL player
• Pete Bercich – Fmr NFL player
• Dražen Besek – football coach and former player
• Sandra Bezic – figure skater, choreographer and television commentator
• Val Bezic – figure skater
• Slaven Bilić – football player and was the coach of the Croatian football team
• Dražen Biškup – football coach and former player
• Djurdjica Bjedov swimmer
• Goran Blažević – football goalkeeper
• Miroslav Blažević – football Manager
• Zvonimir Boban – football player
• Alen Bokšić – football player
• Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball 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, Tottenham Hotspur
• Krešimir Ćosić – NBA Hall of Famer
• Fred Couples – Golfer (former World number 1)
• Helen Crlenkovich – athlete
• Dario Cvitanich – football player, Ajax
• 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
• 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
• Gino Gardassanich – football player
• Mike Gazdic – ice hockey 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
• 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
• Ico Hitrec – football player
• Hrvoje Horvat – handball player
• Les Horvath – Fmr. NFL player
• Tony Hrkac – ice hockey player
• Dick Hrstich – New Zealand wrestler
• Goran Ivanišević – Wimbledon Champion, 2 Olympic bronze medals 1992
• Andreas Ivanschitz – football player
• Robert Jarni – football player
• Nikica Jelavić – football player, Everton FC
• 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 – Fmr NBA player – Orlando Magic
• Ivan Klasnić – football player, Werder Bremen
• Marko Kopljar- handball player
• Ivica Kostelić – Alpine Skiing Slalom World Cup Champion (3 Olympic Silvers)
• Janica Kostelić – A.S. World Cup Champion in 2001, 2003 & 2006 (4 Olympic Golds, 2 Silvers)
• Dan Kordic – ice hockey player
• John Kordic – ice hockey player
• Robert Kovač – football player
• Mario Kovačević – football player
• Niko Kranjčar – football player
• Mike Kreevich – baseball player
• Toni Kukoč – NBA player (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1995–96
• Blaženko Lacković – handball player
• Dražen Ladić – football goalkeeper
• Stefan Leko - kickboxer
• Curt Leskanic – Fmr. MLB pitcher
• Matija Ljubek – Kayakist
• Ivan Ljubičić – 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 – football player
• Todd Marinovich – Fmr. NFL player
• Marv Marinovich – Fmr. NFL player
• Vic Markov – American football player
• Roger Maris – baseball player – MLB
• Željko Mavrović – Fmr. European Boxing Champion
• Catfish Metkovich – baseball player
• George Mikan (Mr.Basketball) – NBA (Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Pat Miletich – UFC Mixed Martial Artist
• Luka Modrić – football player
• 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 – Fmr. 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
• Josip Peruzović – WWE Hall of Famer (Nikolai Volkoff)
• Nikolaj Pešalov-olympic gold medal winner in weightlifting
• Johnny Pesky – baseball player, manager and coach
• Dražen Petrović – NBA Hall of Famer. Half Serbian.
• Zoran Planinić – Fmr NBA player
• Dan Plesac – Fmr. MLB pitcher
• Robert Prosinečki – football player
• Joel Prpic – ice hockey player
• Dado Pršo – football player
• Braslav Rabar – chess player
• Dino Rađa – Fmr. NBA star
• Paul Radisich – racing driver
• Nikola Radulović – basketball player
• Ante Razov – football player
• Borna Rendulić - NHL player
• 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)
• 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 – Fmr. 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 – Fmr NBA player
• Žan Tabak – Fmr NBA player
• Marko Tomas – basketball player
• Rudy Tomjanovich – Fmr. 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 – footbal player
• Nikolai Volkoff – professional wrestler
• Danny Vranes – basketball player
• Stojko Vranković – Fmr NBA player
• Bernard Vukas – football player
• Vladimir Vuković – chess player
• Božo Vuletić – the Olympic water polo gold medalist
• Wesna - professional wrestler
• Slaven Zambata – football player
• Fritzie Zivic (The Croat Comet) – Fmr. World Welterweight Champion
• Chris Zorich – Fmr. NFL player
• Zdravko Zovko – handball player
• Bob Zupcic - baseball player

See also

• List of Croatian artists
• 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
• Croats of Montenegro
• Croats in New Zealand
• Croatian Peruvian
• Croats of Romania
• Croats of Russia
• 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

References

1. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/world/americas/27bolivia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
2. Welcome to Nobilo Country Index
3. Bar Dayan, Shirley (July 18, 2006). קאלה טברטקו מגלה: "סבתא שלי יהודיה" (in Hebrew). Sport 5. Retrieved July 4, 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
• Croatian People