1. Luka Modrić (1985)

Footballer

Midfielder who joined Real Madrid in 2012 after spending four seasons with Tottenham Hotspur. He won the prestigious Ballon d'Or in 2018. He became a member of the Croatian national team in 2006...

2. Danijel Subašić (1984)

Footballer

Goalkeeper who joined Monaco in 2012 after spending three years with Hajduk Split. He became a member of the Croatian national team in 2009. 

3. Dado Pršo (1974)

Footballer

Striker who played in the Yugoslavian leagues and with the Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premiere League from 2004 to 2007. He was a member of the Croatian national team...

4. Toni Jeričević (1983)

Actor And Tv Host

Businessman turned actor. He is known for hosting the TV program My Dad is Better Than Your Dad.

5. Zoran Primorac (1969)

Table Tennis Player

Zoran Primorac is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia. He is considered to be among the best European players in the last 25 years.

6. Ivan Batur (1991)

Croatian Basketball Player

Ivan Batur is a Croatian professional basketball player for KK Zadar. He can play the Shooting guard and Small forward positions. Batur grew up in KK Zadar. He was part...

7. Jakov Surać (1975)

Footballer

Jakov Surać is a Croatian football midfielder currently playing for NK Zadar in the Prva HNL.

8. Stefan Cebara (1991)

Canadian Soccer Player

Stefan Cebara is a Canadian soccer player.

9. Oliver Martinov (1975)

Croatian Rower

Oliver Martinov is a Croatian rower.

10. Ivan Ninčević (1981)

Croatian Handball Player

Ivan Ninčević is a Croatian handball player playing for the club Dinamo Minsk. He was born in Zadar. He competed for the Croatian national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics...

11. Stipe Perica (1995)

Footballer

Stipe Perica is a Croatian football striker currently playing for NAC Breda in Eredivisie on loan from Chelsea. He is also a Croatia under-21 international.

12. Mladen Grdović (1958)

Croatian Pop Singer

Mladen Grdović is a Croatian pop singer.

13. Joseph Plachutta (1827)

Austrian Chess Composer

Joseph Plachutta also Josef Plachutta or Josip Plahuta was a Slovene descent chess problemist and chess player known for his famous problem with Plachutta theme. Solution:1. Qf3! 1.. . Nxc5...

14. Dušan Vemić (1976)

Tennis Player

Dušan Vemić is a Serbian professional tennis player. He was born on June 17 1976 in Zadar SR Croatia SFR Yugoslavia ; he currently lives in Belgrade.

15. Ante Bukvić (1987)

Footballer

Ante Bukvić is a Luxembourger international footballer who plays club football for FC Differdange 03 as a defender. Born in Zadar SR Croatia SFR Yugoslavia he has been playing football...

16. Renzo de' Vidovich (1934)

Italian Politician

Renzo de' Vidovich is an Italian politicianhistorian and journalist.

17. Marin Tomasov (1987)

Croatian Footballer

Marin Tomasov is a Croatian footballer who has represented Croatia as an under-21 international player. He plays mostly as an attacking midfielder or a right winger. He is known for...

18. Toni Prostran (1991)

Croatian Basketball Player

Toni Prostran is a Croatian professional basketball player for KK Zadar. He plays the point guard position. Prostran is regarded as one of Europe's greatest talents. His very successful youth...

19. Mate Dujilo (1982)

Footballer

Mate Dujilo is a Croatian football player playing for Alta IF in Adeccoligaen in Norway. He joined Alta IF after a short spell with Finnish Veikkausliiga club MyPa.

20. Božidar Kalmeta (1958)

Croatian Politician

Božidar Kalmeta is a Croatian politician and member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union party. He served from 2003 to 2011 as Croatia's minister for sea and transport under...

21. Val Perovic (1953)

Australian Rules Footballer

Vladimir Val Perovic is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Carlton in the VFL. Born in Croatia Perovic emigrated to Ballarat in Australia with...

22. Joanna II of Naples (1373)

Queen Of Naples

Joanna II was Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death upon which the senior Angevin line of Naples became extinct. As a mere formality she used the title of...

23. Tomislav Karamarko (1959)

Croatian Politician

Tomislav Karamarko is a Croatian politician who has been Leader of the Opposition in Croatia since 2012. He served in the government as Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2011....

24. Fred Grgurev (1951)

American Soccer Player

Grgurev is a retired Yugoslavian-American soccer forward who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned 14 caps scoring one goal for...

25. Antonini Čulina (1992)

Croatian Footballer

Antonini Čulina is a Croatian football player currently on loan at Spezia Calcio in Italy's Serie B. Čulina has spent the first three years of his career with HNK Rijeka...

26. Vladimir Velebit (1907)

Yugoslav Partizan And Politician

Vladimir Vlatko Velebit PhD was a communist from Yugoslavia who joined the Partisans in 1941 reaching the rank of Major-General in the Yugoslav National Liberation Army. A lawyer by profession...

27. Branko Skroče (1955)

Olympic Medalist In Basketball

Branko Skroče is a Croatian former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

28. Emilija Kokić (1968)

Croatian Pop Singer

Emilija Kokić is a Croatian singer. She was the lead singer of the Yugoslav pop band Riva which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Yugoslavia with the song Rock...

29. Andrej Gaćina (1986)

Table Tennis Player

Andrej Gaćina is a male table tennis player from Croatia. Since 2007 he has won two medals in doubles and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships.

30. Branko Čulina (1957)

Australian Football Coach

Branko Čulina is a former football player and manager of the Rockdale City Suns in the NSW Premier League.

31. Tomo Gluić (1983)

Footballer

Tomo Gluić is a Croatian football player. As of 2009 he plays for NK Zadar.

32. Tomislav Puljić (1983)

Croatian Footballer

Tomislav Puljić is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for FC Luzern in the Swiss Super League. In January 2011 Puljic signed an extended contract to...

33. Tomislav Ivčić (1953)

Croatian Pop Singer

Tomislav Ivčić was a Croatian singer songwriter and politician. He died in a car accident and is buried in Zagreb at the Mirogoj Cemetery. A native of Zadar Tomislav Ivčić...

34. Arijan Komazec (1970)

Basketball Player

Arijan Komazec is a retired Croatian basketball player. He was a member of the Yugoslavian National Team and then the Croatian National Team after gained independence. He was a part...

35. Ferdo Milin (1977)

Footballer

Milin is a Croatian association football coach and a former player who is currently coaching NK Zadar.

36. Alan Gregov (1970)

Croatian Basketball Player

Alan Gregov is a former basketball player from Croatia. Alan Gregov has won the silver medal with the Croatia national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain...

37. Sretko Kalinić (1978)

Serbian Murderer

Sretko Kalinić also known as The Beast or The White is a gangster contract killer and mass murderer best known as one of the conspirators in the assassination of Serbian...

38. Tonči Valčić (1978)

Croatian Handball Player

Tonči Valčić is a Croatian handball player. He was a member of the Croatia national handball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China.

39. Saša Bjelanović (1979)

Croatian Footballer

Saša Bjelanović is a Croatian footballer striker who is playing for A. S. Varese 1910. He also holds Italian passport since 2007 as his grandmother was from Trieste Venezia Giulia...

40. Ivan Anton Vasilj (1991)

Croatian Footballer

Ivan Anton Vasilj is a Croatian football player currently playing for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.

41. Ivan Santini (1989)

Footballer

Ivan Santini is a Croatian football striker currently playing for KV Kortrijk in Belgian Pro League.

42. Andrea Schiavone (Unknow)

Italian Painter

Andrea Meldolla also known as Andrea Schiavone or Andrea Lo Schiavone was an Italian Renaissance painter and etcher born in present-day Croatia active mainly in the city of Venice.

43. Luka Žorić (1984)

Croatian Basketball Player

44. Goran Reljić (1984)

Croatian Mixed Martial Artist

Goran Reljić is a Croatian mixed martial artist.

45. Josip Bilaver (1984)

Footballer

Josip Bilaver is a Croatian football player currently playing for NK Zadar in the Prva HNL.

46. Ante Zurak (1984)

Footballer

Ante Zurak is a Croatian footballer currently playing for Croatian side Primorac Biograd na Moru.

47. Brne Karnarutić (Unknow)

Croatian Poet

Brne Karnarutić was a Croatian Renaissance poet and writer. He was born in Zadar probably in 1515 from an old noble family. After schooling in Zadar he studied law probably...

48. Petar Zoranić (Unknow)

Croatian Writer

Petar Zoranić was a Croatian Renaissance writer from Zadar. He is most important as the author of Planine the first Croatian novel. Pastoral in nature the novel shows influence of...

49. Stelvio Mestrovich (1948)

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Stelvio Mestrovich is a writer musicologist and critic born in Zadar then part of Yugoslavia today in Croatia. His parents were Italian. Mestrovich is an important musical critic of the...

50. Arturo Colautti (1851)

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Arturo Colautti was an Italian journalist polemicist and librettist. He was a strong supporter of Italian irredentism for his native Dalmatia.