1. Ivan Gundulić (1589)

Croatian Poet

Early seventeenth-century Croatian poet known for a religious work entitled Tears of the Prodigal Son and for an epic poem called "Osman." He also wrote a 1628 pastoral play entitled...

2. Emir Spahić (1980)

Bosnian Footballer

Center back who joined Bayer Leverkusen in 2013 after spending two years with Sevilla. He debuted with the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in 2003.

3. Alen Halilović (1996)

Croatian Footballer

Soccer player known as a rising star for teams like FC Barcelona and the Croatian national team. At 16, he became the youngest footballer ever to play for the Croatian...

4. Mario Hezonja (1995)

Croatian Professional Basketball

Croatian shooting guard and small forward who won the Spanish ACB League title with FC Barcelona Basquet in 2014. He was selected fifth overall in the 2015 NBA Draft by...

5. Deborah Iurato (1991)

Pop Singer

Singer who was crowned the winner of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in 2014. She has followed up her victory on the show with successful singles like...

6. Vlado Georgiev (1976)

Serbian Singer

Serbian pop singer and songwriter known for successful albums such as Navika, Zena bez imena, and Daljina.

7. Tomislav Glumac (1991)

Footballer

Tomislav Glumac is a Croatian football defender currently playing for RNK Split in the Prva HNL.

8. Sašo Ožbolt (1981)

Slovenian Basketball Player

Sašo Ožbolt is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is 191 cm tall who plays for KK Splošna Plovba Portorož. Ožbolt competed for Slovenia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship...

9. Vlatko Kovačević (1942)

Croatian Chess Grandmaster

Vlatko Kovačević is a Croatian and Yugoslavian grandmaster of chess. In 1970 Vlatko Kovačević tied for 9th - 11th in Rovinj–Zagreb but beat Fischer in their individual game. In 1975...

10. Petar Trifunović (1910)

Yugoslav Chess Grandmaster

Dr. Petar Trifunović was an International Grandmaster and five-times Yugoslav Champion of chess.

11. Zlatko Hebib (1990)

Swiss Footballer

Zlatko Hebib is a Swiss footballer. Hebib was born in Dubrovnik SR Croatia SFR Yugoslavia but moved to Switzerland at an early age. He joined Grasshopper Club Zürich as a...

12. Sandro Sukno (1990)

Canadian Waterpolo Player

Sandro Sukno is a Croatian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed for the Croatia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6...

13. Hrvoje Kačić (1932)

Water Polo Player

Hrvoje Kačić is a former Croatian water polo player as well as an academic and politician. At the age of 18 Kačić played for the Yugoslavia national water polo team...

14. Tereza Kesovija (1938)

Croatian Pop Singer

Tereza Ana Kesovija is an internationally acclaimed Croatian singer. She is one of the most recognizable figures on the Balkan music scene and is renowned for her wide vocal...

15. Federico Seismit-Doda (1825)

Italian Politician

Seismit-Doda born in Ragusa in the Kingdom of Dalmatia 1825 and died in Rome 1893. He was an Italian politician. He graduated from the University of Padua and collaborated at...

16. Mislav Anđelković (1988)

Croatian Footballer

Mislav Anđelković is a Croatian football midfielder currently playing for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.

17. Niko Pucić (1820)

Writer And Politician

Niko Pucić de Zagorien was a writer and politician from Dalmatia. He was born in Dubrovnik in 1820. He was the brother of Medo Pucić another well-known politician. Pucić gave...

18. Ibrica Jusić (1944)

Croatian Singer-songwriter

Ibrica Jusić is Croatian-Bosniak folk rock pop and sevdalinka singer.

19. Antun Vujić (1945)

Croatian Politician

Antun Vujić is a Croatian politician philosopher political analyst and lexicographer currently member of Croatian Parliament and formerly Minister of Culture in the Croatian Government.

20. Hasan Kacić (1976)

Footballer

Hasan Kacić is a Croatian football defender of Bosnian descent currently playing for Croatian Third Division side GOŠK Dubrovnik. He also played for HNK Dubrovnik Slaven Belupo Belgian First Division...

21. Frano Vićan (1976)

Olympic Water Polo Player

Vićan is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was also a member...

22. Goran Sukno (1959)

Water Polo Player

Goran Sukno is a Croatian former water polo player. He was Olympic gold medal winner with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His son Sandro Sukno is an international water...

23. Ana Konjuh (1997)

Croatian Tennis Player

Ana Konjuh is a Croatian tennis player. Konjuh has won one singles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 14 April 2014 she reached her best singles ranking...

24. Slaven Tolj (1964)

Croatian Artist

Slaven Tolj a multimedia artist from Dubrovnik Croatia. He achieved international recognition for his installations body art and performances presenting distinct political and social-cultural criticism.

25. Ivo Banac (1947)

Croatian Historian And Politicia

Ivo Banac is a Croatian historian a long-time history professor at Yale University and one-time politician of the former Croatian Liberal Party. As of 2012 Banac is a consultant...

26. Milo Hrnić (1950)

Croatian Pop Singer

Milo Hrnić is a Croatian pop singer from Dubrovnik. He won the Split Festival three times: in 1982 with Vrati se in 1983 with Dalmacijo ljubav si vječna and in...

27. Loren Ligorio (1955)

Croatian Painter

Loren Ligorio is a Croatian painter known for his vividly-colored Arcadian landscapes which give away a strong devotion to his native Dubrovnik. He obtained a degree in Art History from...

28. Andro Knego (1956)

Olympic Medalist In Basketball

Andrija Andro Knego is a Croatian former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

29. Miho Klaić (1829)

Croatian Politician

Miho Klaić was a Croatian politician and a leader of the Croatian revival in Dalmatia. He obtained a PhD in architecture in Padua Italy. He was a member of the...

30. Srđan Lakić (1983)

Croatian Footballer

Srđan Lakić is a Croatian football striker who plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

31. Frano Getaldić-Gundulić (1833)

Croatian Politician

Baron Frano Getaldić-Gundulić or Francesco Ghetaldi-Gondola was the first son of Šišmundo Getaldić-Gundulić and Malvina Uršula Bosdari. Getaldić-Gundulić was a member of the Knights of St. John from 1889 until...

32. Srđan Andrić (1980)

Croatian Footballer

Srđan Andrić is a former Croatian football player. He played as a defensive midfielder.

33. Dubravka Šuica (1957)

Croatian Politician

Dubravka Šuica is a Croatian politician member of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union and member of parliament. She served two consecutive terms as mayor of Dubrovnik between 2001 and 2009....

34. Orsat Miljenić (1968)

Croatian Politician

Orsat Miljenić is a Croatian lawyer diplomat and politician who serve as a current Croatian Minister of Justice. Miljenić was born in Dubrovnik and graduated from the Law Faculty of...

35. Oleg Valjalo (1970)

Croatian Politician

Oleg Valjalo is a Croatian member of the European Parliament who has been placed on the European Parliament Committee on Budgets. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party...

36. Goran Šprem (1979)

Handball Player

Goran Šprem is a Croatian handball player. Šprem started his professional career with RK Zagreb in the late 1990s. He also spent a season with RK Medveščak Zagreb in 2001...

37. Benedikt Stojković (Unknow)

Croatian Priest

Benedikt Beno Stojković also Benedetto Stay was a Roman Catholic churchman. Educated by Jesuits he attended the academic assemblies of Marin Sorgo beginning the composition of a poem on Alexander...

38. Mavro Vetranović (1482)

Croatian Writer

Mavro Vetranović was a prolific Croatian writer and Benedictine friar from Dubrovnik. Born in Dubrovnik in 1482 he entered the Benedictine Order in 1507 on the island of Mljet...

39. Đuro Ferić (1739)

Croatian Poet

Đuro Ferić also Giorgio Ferrich was a Croatian poet and a Jesuit vicar general of the Republic of Ragusa. As a poet he belonged to the Illyrian circle in Ragusa....

40. Medo Pucić (1821)

Serbian Writer

Medo Pucić also known as Orsat Pucić was a writer and politician from Dubrovnik at the time in the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Dalmatia who was the first Catholic native of...

41. Ignjat Đurđević (1675)

Croatian Poet

Ignjat Đurđević was a baroque poet and translator best known for his long poem Uzdasi Mandaljene pokornice. Đurđević was born in Republic of Ragusa. His mother is of the Zlatarić...

42. Vlaho Getaldić (1788)

Writer And Politician

Vlaho Getaldić was a Dalmatian writer translator and politician from Dubrovnik. Born in the Republic of Dubrovnik he was the grand-nephew of the renowned Marin Getaldić and descendant of Gundulić...

43. Šiško Menčetić (Unknow)

Ragusan Poet

Šišmundo Menčetić Vlahović known simply as Šiško Menčetić was a Ragusan poet chiefly creating his opus in the 15th century.

44. Bernard Zamanja (1735)

Croatian Priest And Theologian

Bernard Zamanja also Bernardo Zamagna was a priest of the Dominican Order a theologist and predicator from an old noble family of Dubrovnik was a son of Marko Zamanja and...

45. Ruđer Josip Bošković (1711)

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46. Stjepan Gradić (1613)

Croatian Philosopher And Scienti

Stjepan Stijepo Gradić or Stefano Gradi; March 6 1613 – May 2 1683) was a Croatian philosopher and scientist and a patrician of the Republic of Ragusa. Gradić was born...

47. Džore Držić (1461)

Croatian Poet And Playwright

Džore Držić was a Croatian poet and playwright one of the fathers of Croatian literature. This respectable citizen of Dubrovnik the uncle of the greatest Croatian playwright Marin Držić...

48. Sabo Bobaljević (Unknow)

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Sabo Bobaljević nicknamed Glušac was born in 1530 in Dubrovnik in the Republic of Ragusa today's modern Croatia.

49. Rajmundo Kunić (1719)

Croatian Writer

Rajmundo Kunić was a Greek and Latin humanist. Kunić was born in the Republic of Ragusa in the small town of Cavtat he lost his father early in life. In...

50. Ivo Caput (1993)

Footballer

Ivo Caput is a Croatian football forward currently playing for GOŠK Dubrovnik.