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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 include some corner cases:

  • people born in parts of Illyria/Illyricum before the Great migrations
  • people with less direct or less certain Croatian ancestry.
Contents

Nobel Prize winners

Architecture

  • Andrija Aleši - builder
  • Antun Albini - architect
  • Hermann Bolle - architect, (ethnic German)
  • Andrija Buvina - builder
  • Juraj Dalmatinac - architect from Šibenik
  • Victor Kovačić - architect
  • Luciano Laurana - architect
  • Radovan - sculptor, builder from Trogir
  • Ivo Tatić - architect

Business

  • Stephen Boskovich - "Boskovich Farms"
  • Victor Grinich - "Fairchaild semiconductor"
  • Ilija Letica - "Letica Corporation "
  • Andronico Luksic - "Antofagasta PLC"
  • Anthony Maglica - "Maglite"
  • Antony Lucich-Lucas engineer, Crude oil exploration, "Gulf Oil" -"Texaco"
  • Boris Mikšić - "Cortec Coproration"
  • Marko Narančić - "Nalley’s Potato Chips"
  • Jack Pandol - "Pandol Brothers"

Education, language, culture

Entertainment

  • Eric Bana - actor from Australia, son of a Croatian father
  • Relja Bašić - actor
  • Branko Bauer - film producer
  • Amber Brkich - Survivor contestant and winner
  • Boris Buzančić - actor
  • Tony Croatto - musician
  • Arsen Dedić - composer
  • Darko Domijan - singer
  • Oliver Dragojević - singer
  • Boris Dvornik - actor
  • Jenna Elfman (nee Butala) - actress
  • Sergio Endrigo - singer
  • Nela Eržišnik-Maras - comedian
  • Mira Furlan - actress
  • Branko Gavella - playwright
  • Kreso Golik - film producer
  • Fadil Hadžić - producer, playwrighter, Bosnian Muslim
  • Nikica Kalogjera - composer
  • Tereza Kesovija - singer
  • Michael Klesic - actor
  • Sylvia Koscina - actress, model
  • Josipa Lisac - singer, AKA Josephine Fox
  • Robert Luketić - director
  • Branko Lustig - film producer
  • Josip Marusic - actor, AKA Tiger Joe Marsh (Mr. Clean)
  • Vladimir Medar - actor
  • Helen Merill , Jelena Ana Milčetić - Jazz artist
  • Mustafa Nadarević - actor
  • Antun Nalis - actor
  • Krist Novoselic - rock musician (Nirvana)
  • Krsto Papić - film producer
  • Edo Peročević - actor
  • Ferdo Pomykalo - composer, conductor
  • Dunja Rajter - singer
  • Ivo Robić - singer
  • Zvonimir Rogoz - actor
  • Rick Rossovich - actor, from United States
  • Rade Serbedzija - actor/director (ethnic Serb)
  • Fabijan Šovagović - actor
  • Ivica Šerfezi - singer
  • Goran Višnjić - actor
  • Siniša Vuco - singer
  • Vice Vukov - singer

Exploration

History

  • Ivan Kukuljević - historian
  • Vjekoslav Klaić - historian
  • Emilij Laszowski - historian
  • Ivan Lucić - historian
  • Franjo Rački - historian
  • Ivan Ratkaj - historian, Jesuit, explorer
  • Grga Novak - historian

Invention

Literature

Media

Military

Music

Politics

Religion

Science

Sport

Visual arts

Other

People born in Illyria or the subsequent Roman province, now part of Croatia, before the Great Migrations and the arrival of Croats and other Slavs:

People with less direct Croatian ancestry:

People with Croatian ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:

People with less certain Croatian ancestry:

See also

External links



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