Croatian

Croatia is a Roman Catholic country situated at the intersection of Central Europe, Southeast Europe and Mediterranean. Having a history that dates back to 7th century AD, Croatia, much like its European counterparts, faced suppression from the Ottoman Empire and was later merged into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was not until 1991 that Croatia gained complete independence and was adjudged as the Republic of Croatia. Over the years, Croatia’s strategic geographic location influenced the country’s art and culture so much so, giving it shades of both the western and eastern hemispheres. Though Croatian stalwarts dominated Croatia’s politics, economy, military, academics, science, medicine, and arts and entertainment since times immemorial, it was in the 19th century that Croatian culture witnessed unprecedented developments in all the fields, thus giving rise to a number of popular historical figures such as, Franjo Tudman, Tin Ujevic, Vlado Gotovac, Janica, Kostelic, Ivan Supek and so on, The country also boasts of having three Nobel Prize winners including Lavoslav Ružička and Vladimir Prelog in the field of chemistry and Ivo Andrić in the field of literature. Know more about the life and works of popular Croatians in this section.
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Luka Modrić
(Croatian Professional Football Player Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Luka Modrić
41
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 9, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zadar, Croatia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 2 
Mirko Cro Cop
(Former Croatian Mixed Martial Artist, Amateur Boxer, and Kickboxer)
Mirko Cro Cop
10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 10, 1974
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vinkovci, Croatia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 3 
Marin Čilić
(One of the Best Croatian Tennis Players of All Time)
Marin Čilić
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 28, 1988
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Međugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Goran Ivanisevic
(Former Croatian Tennis Player, Coach and the Only Player to Have Won a Wimbledon Singles Title as a Wildcard)
Goran Ivanisevic
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 13, 1971
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 5 
Davor Šuker
(Iconic Croatian Former Footballer and Sports Administrator)
Davor Šuker
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 1, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Osijek, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 6 
Robert Herjavec
(Investor & Founder of ‘The Herjavec Group’, One of the Largest IT & Computer Security Companies in Canada)
Robert Herjavec
7
Birthdate: September 14, 1962
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Varaždin, Croatia
 7 
Mario Mandžukić
(Croatian Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
Mario Mandžukić
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 21, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 8 
Ivan Rakitić
(Swiss Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Central / Attacking Midfielder)
Ivan Rakitić
16
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 10, 1988
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rheinfelden, Switzerland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 9 
Ivan Perišić
(Croatian Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Ivan Perišić
11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 2, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 10 
Mateo Kovačić
(Croatian Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Mateo Kovačić
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Linz, Austria
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 11 
Toni Kukoč
(Croatian-American Basketball Player Who Played as a Small Forward or Power Forward)
Toni Kukoč
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 18, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
 12 
Dražen Petrović
(Basketball player)
Dražen Petrović
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 22, 1964
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Šibenik, Croatia
Died: June 7, 1993
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 13 
Goran Visnjic
(Actor)
Goran Visnjic
5
Birthdate: September 9, 1972
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Šibenik, Socialist Republic of Croatia SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia small (now Croatia)
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 14 
Stjepan Hauser
(Cellist)
Stjepan Hauser
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 15, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pula, Croatia
 15 
Niko Kovač
(Former Croatian Footballer and Coach)
Niko Kovač
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 15, 1971
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 16 
Rade Šerbedžija
(One of the Best Known Croatian Actors of the 1970s and 1980s)
Rade Šerbedžija
15
Birthdate: July 27, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bunić, Croatia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 17 
Donna Vekić
(Croatian Tennis Player and Entrepreneur)
Donna Vekić
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 28, 1996
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Osijek, Croatia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 18 
Dejan Lovren
(Croatian Professional Football Player Who Plays as a Centre-Back)
Dejan Lovren
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 5, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zenica, Bosnia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 19 
Matthias Corvinus
(King of Hungary and Croatia (1458 - 1490))
Matthias Corvinus
4
Birthdate: February 23, 1443
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Died: April 6, 1490
 20 
Domagoj Vida
(Croatian Football Defender)
Domagoj Vida
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 29, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Našice, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 21 
Slavica Ecclestone
(Croatian Model and Ex-Wife of Former Formula 1 CEO 'Bernie Ecclestone')
Slavica Ecclestone
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 2, 1958
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 22 
Mira Furlan
(Actress)
Mira Furlan
2
Birthdate: September 7, 1955
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Died: January 20, 2021
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 23 
Ivica Zubac
(Croatian Basketball Player Who Plays in the NBA)
Ivica Zubac
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 18, 1997
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height: 7'0" (213 cm)
 24 
Nikolai Volkoff
(Yugoslav Weightlifter-Turned-Wrestler Who Played for WWE)
Nikolai Volkoff
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 14, 1947
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Died: July 29, 2018
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 25 
Mario Hezonja
(Croatian Basketball Player Known for His Association with Real Madrid)
Mario Hezonja
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 25, 1995
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 26 
Mario Pašalić
(Croatian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Mario Pašalić
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 9, 1995
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 27 
Darijo Srna
(Former Croatian Football Legend Known for His Association with Shakhtar Donetsk)
Darijo Srna
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 1, 1982
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Metković, Croatia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 28 
Luka Sulic
(Cellist)
Luka Sulic
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 25, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Maribor,
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Oja Kodar
(Croatian Actress and Partner of Director Orson Welles)
Oja Kodar
0
Birthdate: 1941 AD
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
 30 
Tamara Ecclestone
(Model)
Tamara Ecclestone
2
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: June 28, 1984
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Zvonimir Boban
(Croatian Former Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
Zvonimir Boban
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 8, 1968
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Imotski, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Bojan Bogdanović
(Croatian Basketball Player Who Has Had a Successful Stint in Turkey and with the NBA)
Bojan Bogdanović
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 18, 1989
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
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Dario Šarić
(Croatian Basketball Player)
Dario Šarić
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 8, 1994
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Šibenik, Croatia
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
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Ivica Olić
(Croatian Professional Football Manager and Former Player)
Ivica Olić
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 14, 1979
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Davor, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 35 
Blanka Vlašić
(Former track and field athlete)
Blanka Vlašić
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 8, 1983
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 36 
Maximian
(Roman Emperor Who Hanged Himself to Death after His Campaign against Constantine Failed)
Maximian
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 0250 AD
Birthplace: Sirmium, Yugoslavia
Died: July 11, 0310
 37 
Probus
(Roman Emperor Who Was Killed in a Military Mutiny)
Probus
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 19, 0232
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sirmium
Died: August 31, 0282
 38 
Ivo Andric
(Novelist, Poet & Short Story Writer Who Won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Ivo Andric
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 9, 1892
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dolac, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: March 13, 1975
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 39 
Luka Šamanić
(Basketball player)
Luka Šamanić
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 9, 2000
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
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Borna Ćorić
(Tennis Player)
Borna Ćorić
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 14, 1996
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 41 
Satoshi Ishii
(Japanese-Born Judoka, Mixed Martial Artist, Kickboxer and Submission Grappler)
Satoshi Ishii
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 19, 1986
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 42 
Marko Pjaca
(Croatian Football Winger/Midfielder)
Marko Pjaca
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 6, 1995
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 43 
Robert Prosinečki
(Retired Croatian Footballer and Manager)
Robert Prosinečki
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 12, 1969
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Schwenningen, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 44 
Jakov Kitarović
(Engineer)
Jakov Kitarović
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: October 4, 1968
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
 45 
Dino Rađa
(Basketball player)
Dino Rađa
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 24, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
 46 
Franjo Tuđman
(The First President of Croatia and the Founder of the Croatian Democratic Union)
Franjo Tuđman
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 14, 1922
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Veliko Trgovišće, Croatia
Died: December 10, 1999
 47 
Milan Badelj
(Croatian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Milan Badelj
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 25, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 48 
Antonio Čolak
(Football foCroatian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forwardrwarder)
Antonio Čolak
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 17, 1993
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 49 
Roberto Soldić
(Bosnian-Born Croatian Mixed Martial Artist and Professional Boxer)
Roberto Soldić
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 25, 1995
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 50 
Zlatko Burić
(Croatian-Danish Actor)
Zlatko Burić
0
Birthdate: May 13, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Osijek, Croatia
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)