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The following is a list of prominent individuals who are or were Croatian citizens or of Croatian ancestry.
Art
Architecture
Viktor Axmann – architect, Jewish
Nikola Bašić – architect
Vjekoslav Bastl – architect
Julio Deutsch – architect, art nouveau style,
Hugo Ehrlich – architect, Jewish
Ignjat Fischer – architect, Jewish
Stjepan Gomboš – architect, Jewish
Vjekoslav Heinzel
Leo Hönigsberg – architect, Jewish
Lavoslav Horvat
Drago Ibler
Viktor Kovačić – architect
Slavko Löwy – architect, Jewish
Rudolf Lubinski – architect, Jewish
Paskoje Miličević Mihov – architect
Vlado Milunić – architect
Juraj Neidhardt – architect
Velimir Neidhardt – architect
Stjepan Planić – architect
Vjenceslav Richter – architect
Vladimir Šterk – architect, Jewish
Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin – architect
Sculpture
Painting
Film and theatre
Ante Babaja
Steve Bacic
Relja Bašić – actor
Branko Bauer
George Beban – actor, director, writer and producer
Ena Begović
Mia 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
Christina Cindrich – television producer, host, and actress
Zlatko Crnković – actor
Zrinka Cvitešić
Nataša Dorčić
Vanja Drach
Claire Du Brey – actress
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 )
Stanka Gjurić – actress, writer, filmmaker
Gallagher – comedian and prop comic
Emil Glad
Ratko Glavina
Obrad Gluščević
Ljupka Gojić – model
Krešo Golik
Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian
Ivo Gregurević
Gloria Grey – screen, stage actress and director
Goran Grgić
Rajko Grlić
Fedor Hanžeković
Ivan Herceg – actor
Werner Herzog – film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director
Alaina Huffman
Željko Ivanek – actor
Nives Ivanković
Anne Jackson – actress
Nataša Janjić
Toni Jeričević
Anthony Jeselnik – comedian
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
John G. Lenic
Rachel Leskovac – actress
Edvin Liverić
Leon Lučev
Branko Lustig – film producer (winner of two Oscar awards )
Franjo Majetić
John Malkovich
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
Frank Pavich – film director, producer
Stjepan Perić
Anton Perich – filmmaker, photographer and video artist
Edo Peročević – actor, radio speaker
Žarko Potočnjak
Alma Prica
Ivica Rajković - cinematographer
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 and 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
Dianne Wiest – American actress
Anthony Yerkovich – television producer and writer
Matthew Yuricich – special effects artist
Richard Yuricich – special visual effects artist
Lordan Zafranović
Louis Zorich – American actor
Jim Zulevic – actor, comedian, TV writer, and radio host
Lidia Bastianich – American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur
Adrian Chiles – British television and radio presenter
Slavica Ecclestone – British-Croatian former model
Robert Herjavec – Canadian businessman, investor, author, dancer, and television personality from Shark Tank
Bill Kurtis – journalist, television reporter, producer
Katie Pavlich – American conservative commentator, author, blogger, podcaster
Goran Milić – worked in HRT, now[when? ] works in Al Jazeera
Tony Robbins – American life coach, self-help author and motivational speaker
Teresa Scanlan – Miss America 2011
Petra Stunt – British designer
Vladimir Herzog – Croatian born Brazilian journalist
Academics
History
Invention
Social science
Science
Gaja Alaga – physicist
Giorgio Baglivi – physician and scientist from Ragusa
Antun Karlo Bakotić – physicist and writer
Mladen Bestvina – mathematician
Ruđer Bošković – theologian, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, Jesuit and polymath
Branko Bošnjaković – physicist, environmentalist
Fran Bošnjaković – engineer, physicist
Juraj Božičević – engineer
Frane Bulić – archaeologist
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, philosopher, physicist, writer and polymath
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 – geophysicist
Stjepan Mohorovičić – physicist
Grga Novak – archaeologist, historian
Franjo Petriš – philosopher, humanist, writer and polymath
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
Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić – Roman Catholic priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist who wrote the first Croatian arithmetic textbook
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
Zoran Vondraček - mathematician
Faust Vrančić – philosopher, thinker
Vladimir Vranić – mathematician
Juan Vucetich – anthropologist, police official who pioneered fingerprinting
Vladimir Žerjavić – statistician, economist
Nobel Prize
Music
Composers
Classical
Popular
2Cellos – cellist duo
Baby Lasagna - singer, songwriter, music producer and guitarist
Lidija Bajuk – musician
Zvonko Bogdan – singer and performer of traditional folk songs
Michael Bublé – singer
Mate Bulić – singer
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
Flyer – band
Gibonni – singer
Davor Gobac – singer
Grše – rapper
Bobby Grubic – songwriter/composer, singer, music director and producer
Stjepan Hauser – cellist
Dino Jelusić – rock singer, musician, and songwriter
Delo Jusic – composer
Tereza Kesovija – singer
Mišo Kovač
Josipa Lisac – singer
Lorde – singer-songwriter, real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor
Radoslav Lorković – folk and blues singer, pianist, accordionist
Magazin – pop band
Clair Marlo – singer-songwriter,composer,record producer, real name Clara Veseliza
Miljenko Matijevic – rock singer (Steelheart )
Miach – singer
Branko Mihaljević – composer, writer, journalist and radio editor
Sandra Mihanovich – singer, musician, and composer
Guy Mitchell – singer (born Albert George Cernik)
Alan Merrill – vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor and model
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milčetić) – jazz singer
Tomo Milicevic – 30 Seconds to Mars
Paul Mirkovich – musician, musical director
Milan Mladenović – singer, guitar player
Drago Mlinarec – rock singer-songwriter
Larry Muhoberac – American musician, record producer, and composer
Nikolija – singer
Boris Novković – pop singer
Krist Novoselić – rock musician (Nirvana )
Jurica Pađen – rock singer-songwriter
David Paich – American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto
Daniella Pavicic – singer-songwriter
Marko Perković Thompson – rock singer
Plavka - American singer
Riva – band, 1989 Eurovision song contest winners
Ivo Robić – singer
Darko Rundek – singer and actor
Saša, Tin i Kedžo – first Croatian boy band
Krunoslav "Kićo" Slabinac – singer and composer of traditional folk songs
Jura Stublić – rock singer
Ivica Šerfezi – singer
Miroslav Škoro – singer
Luka Šulić – cellist
Branimir Štulić (Djoni) – rock singer-songwriter
The Bambi Molesters – rock band
Elizabeth Anka Vajagic – singer/guitarist
Johnny Vidacovich – drummer
Siniša Vuco – singer
Severina Vučković – pop singer
Vice Vukov – singer
Literature
Ivo Andrić – novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961
Ivan Aralica – writer
Franjo Babić – writer, journalist
Zvonimir Balog – poet, writer
Juraj Baraković – poet
Milan Begović – writer
Sabo Bobaljević – poet
Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani – poet
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić – writer
Mile Budak – writer
Dobriša Cesarić – writer
Milan Crnković – writer
Džore Držić – poet, playwright
Blanka Dovjak-Matković – poet, writer
Slavenka Drakulić – writer, journalist
Tomislav Dretar – writer, politician, journalist, critic
Marin Držić – writer
Ignjat Đurđević – poet, translator, historian, astronomer and Benedict monk
Viktor Car Emin – writer from Istria
Filip Erceg – writer and socialist politician
Đuro Ferić – poet
Drago Gervais – poet and playwright, paternal French descent
Đivo Šiškov Gundulić – poet, dramatist and nobleman
Ksaver Šandor Gjalski – writer
Stanka Gjurić – poet and essayist
Ivan Gundulić – Ragusan poet
Petar Hektorović – writer
Miljenko Jergović – writer
Marija Jurić Zagorka – novelist
Andrija Kačić Miošić – poet
Janko Polić Kamov – avant-garde writer
Brne Karnarutić – poet
Radoslav Katičić – linguist, classical philologist , Indo-Europeanist , Slavist and Indologist
Snježana Kordić – linguist
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
Božena Loborec – poet, writer
Hanibal Lucić – writer
Darko Macan – writer
Vjekoslav Majer – poet
Igor Mandić – journalist
Ranko Marinković – writer
Marko Marulić – writer
Antun Gustav Matoš – poet
Ivan Mažuranić – poet
Šiško Menčetić – poet
Slavko Mihalić – poet, writer, journalist
Zvonimir Milčec – writer, journalist
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
Sanja Pilić – writer
Paula Preradović – poet
Petar Preradović – poet
Ivan Raos – writer, journalist
Matija Antun Relković – writer
Milan Rešetar – writer (ethnic Serb )
Paul Salopek – journalist
Paul Skalich – encyclopedist, Renaissance humanist and adventurer
Antonio Skármeta – Chilean writer
Ivan Slamnig – poet, novelist, literary theorist, translator
Sonja Smolec – poet and writer
Antun Sorkočević – writer, diplomat, composer
Višnja Stahuljak – writer
August Šenoa – writer
Antun Branko Šimić – poet
Dinko Šimunović – writer
Sunčana Škrinjarić – writer, poet, journalist
Slobodan Šnajder – writer
Antun Šoljan – poet
Drago Štambuk – poet
Dragutin Tadijanović – poet
Mihály Táncsics – writer, teacher, journalist and politician
Ante Tomić – writer
Josip Eugen Tomić – writer
Jagoda Truhelka – writer, pedagogist
Dubravka Ugrešić – writer
Tin Ujević – poet
Mavro Vetranović – writer, Benedictine friar
Viktor Vida – writer
Mirko Vidović – writer
Jeronim Vidulić – Renaissance poet, priest
Grigor Vitez – poet
Pavao Ritter Vitezović – writer, historian, linguist and publisher
Ivo Vojnović – writer
Stanko Vraz – poet (ethnic Slovene )
Sonja Yelich – poet
Dinko Zlatarić – poet, translator, considered the best translator of the Renaissance
Petar Zoranić – writer
Nikola Zrinski – poet, philosopher, soldier
Aleksandar Žiljak – writer
Business
Madeline-Ann Aksich – businesswoman, philanthropist and artist
Benedetto Cotrugli – merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Wrote the first description of double-entry bookkeeping.
Mike Grgich – winemaker
Victor Grinich – pioneer in the semiconductor industry
Robert Herjavec – businessman, Herjavec Group, Dragons' Den and Shark Tank
Antony Lucich-Lucas – engineer; crude oil exploration, Gulf Oil ; Texaco
Andrónico Luksic – Antofagasta PLC; richest Croat ever
Michela Magas – designer, entrepreneur and innovation specialist
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
Al Ljutic – Ljutic Industries
Mate Rimac – Rimac Automobili and Bugatti Rimac
Exploration
Military
Edgar Angeli – Rear Admiral during World War II (ethnic Jewish)
Vilko Begić – Colonel General during World War II
Matija Čanić – General during World War II
Bernhard Caboga-Cerva – Feldzeugmeister of the Austrian Empire
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 and 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
Vladimir Majder – Croatian partisan and Spanish Civil War veteran
Miroslav Navratil – fighter pilot during WWI, General during WWII
Michael J. Novosel – hero of the Vietnam War
Rüstem 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
Ivan Tomašević – soldier and World War II General
Tomislav – first Croatian king
Peter Tomich (Petar Tomić) – U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
Mijat Tomić – Croatian legendary Hajduk
Baron Franjo Trenk – leader of Pandurs ; father of military music
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
Politics
People of Croatian ancestry who are high-ranked officials of other countries:
Mark Begich – US Senator from Alaska
James Belich – former Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
Cesar Bielich-Pomareda – Minister of the Navy of Peru
Michael Bilandic – former Mayor of Chicago; former Illinois State Supreme Court Chief Justice
Gabriel Boric – President of Chile
Natasha Stott Despoja – Australian Democrat Senator
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; former Mayor of Cleveland
Frank Mahovlich – Canadian Senator (NHL Hall of Famer)
Mary Matalin – US political consultant
Josip Marohnić – founding father of Croatian Fraternal Union
Javier Milei – President of Argentina
John Newman – assassinated Australian politician, martyr
Roy Nikisch – Governor of Chaco , Argentina
Francisco Orlić Bolmarčić – former President of Costa Rica , Croat parents
Rudy Perpich – former Governor of Minnesota
Baldo Prokurica – former Congressman, current Senator in Chile
Edmundo Pérez Zujovic – Chilean PDC , Minister of Finance, Interior and of Public Works, assassinated in 1971
George Radanovich – US Representative from California
Anisha Rosnah - Princess of the royal family of Brunei (Croat father)
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
Vincent Thomas – US politician
Michael Anthony Stepovich – former Governor of Alaska
Radomiro Tomic – former Chilean Deputy, Senator and Ambassador
Lynne Yelich – Member of Canadian Parliament
Religion
Heroism
Urban legends
Sport
John Abramovic – former basketball player, played in the Basketball Association of America for Pittsburgh Ironmen , St. Louis Bombers , Baltimore Bullets and Syracuse Nationals
Mirko Alilović – handball goalkeeper
Mario Ančić – tennis; Davis Cup Champion
Johnny Babich – former baseball player, played in Major League Baseball for Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Bees , and Philadelphia Athletics
Dalibor Bagarić – former NBA player
Ivano Balić – handball player, IHF player of the year 2003, 2006
Zvonko Bego – football player
Željko Bilecki – football player
Bill Belichick – NFL Coach
Brian Billick – NFL coach
Gary Beban – former NFL player
Dragan Bender (born 1997) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Pete Bercich – former NFL player
Dražen Besek – football coach and former player
Sandra Bezic – figure skater, choreographer and television commentator
Val Bezic – figure skater
Slaven Bilić – former football player, former manager of Croatian national football team and former manager of West Ham United in the Premier League
Dražen Biškup – football coach and former player
Djurdjica Bjedov – swimmer
Zlatko Dalić – former football player, current manager of Croatian national football team
Zlatan Ibrahimović – football player
Antonio Blasevich – football player and coach
Goran Blažević – football goalkeeper
Miroslav Blažević – football Manager
Zvonimir Boban – football player
Bojan Bogdanović – basketball player in NBA
Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball player
Alen Bokšić – football 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
Krešimir Ćosić – member of the basketball Hall of Famer
Fred Couples – golfer (former World number 1)
Helen Crlenkovich – athlete
Dario Cvitanich – football player, Ajax
Ivona Dadic – Austrian track and field athlete
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
Domagoj Duvnjak – handball player
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
Ray Gabelich – Australian Rules footballer
Gabre Gabric – track and field athlete
Gino Gardassanich – football 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
Visco Grgich – former NFL player
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
Zvonimir Boban – football player
Robert Jarni – football player
Saša Hiršzon (born 1972) – tennis player
Ico Hitrec – football player
Hrvoje Horvat – handball player
Les Horvath – former NFL player
Tony Hrkac – ice hockey player
Dick Hrstich – New Zealand wrestler
Goran Ivanišević – tennis player; Wimbledon Champion; two Olympic bronze medals, 1992
Andreas Ivanschitz – football player
Robert Jarni – former football player
Nikica Jelavić – former football player
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 – former NBA player, Orlando Magic
Siniša Kelečević (born 1970) – basketball player
Ivan Klasnić – former football player
Marko Kopljar – handball player
Ante Kostelić – Alpine skiing coach
Ivica Kostelić – Alpine Skiing Slalom World Cup Champion (three Olympic silvers)
Janica Kostelić – A.S. World Cup Champion in 2001, 2003 & 2006 (four Olympic golds, two silvers)
Dan Kordic – ice hockey player
John Kordic – ice hockey player
Robert Kovač – football player
Niko Kovač –former football player current manager of Wfl Wolfsburg
Mario Kovačević – football coach and former player
Niko Kranjčar – former football player
Mike Kreevich – baseball player
Toni Kukoč – NBA player (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1995–96)
Blaženko Lacković – handball player
Dražen Ladić – former football goalkeeper
Stefan Leko – kickboxer
Curt Leskanic – former MLB pitcher
Matija Ljubek – kayaker
Ivan Ljubičić – former tennis player; 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 – former football player
Todd Marinovich – former NFL player
Marv Marinovich – former NFL player
Vic Markov – American football player
Roger Maris – baseball player, MLB
Željko Mavrović – former European boxing champion
John Mayasich – former hockey player
Catfish Metkovich – baseball player
Petar Metličić – handball player
Siniša Mihajlović – (mother's side family) football player
Marcello Mihalich – football player
George Mikan (Mr. Basketball) – NBA (Basketball Hall of Fame)
Pat Miletich – UFC mixed martial artist
Stipe Miocic – UFC mixed martial artist
Luka Modrić – football player, plays for Real Madrid C.F.
Nika Mühl – basketball player, plays for Seattle Storm
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 – former 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
Nikolaj Pešalov – Olympic gold medal winner in weightlifting
Johnny Pesky – baseball player, manager and coach
Dražen Petrović – NBA Hall of Famer
Zoran Planinić – former NBA player
Dan Plesac – former MLB pitcher
Diana Prazak – professional boxer
Robert Prosinečki – football player
Joel Prpic – ice hockey player
Dado Pršo – football player
Braslav Rabar – chess player
Dino Rađa – former NBA star
Paul Radisich – racing driver
Nikola Radulović – basketball player
Ivan Rakitić – footballer, plays for FC Barcelona
Ante Razov – football player
Jules Rykovich – former NFL player
Borna Rendulić – NHL player
Vedran Runje – former football goalkeeper
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)
Dario Šarić (Super Dario) – NBA player with the Philadelphia 76ers
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 – former 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 – former NBA player
Žan Tabak – former NBA player
Marko Tomas – basketball player
Rudy Tomjanovich – former 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 – football player
Nikolai Volkoff – WWE Hall of Famer, born Josip Peruzović
Danny Vranes – basketball player
Stojko Vranković – former NBA player
Nikola Vujčić (born 1978) – basketball player and team manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bernard Vukas – football player
Vladimir Vuković – chess player
Božo Vuletić – Olympic water polo gold medalist
Wesna – professional wrestler
Slaven Zambata – football player
Fritzie Zivic (The Croat Comet) – former World Welterweight Champion
Chris Zorich – former NFL player
Zdravko Zovko – handball player
Bob Zupcic – baseball player
Ante Žižić (born 1997) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Mario Andretti – racing driver, born in Motovun
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