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)
Birthdate: September 9, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zadar, Croatia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Mirko Cro Cop
(Former Croatian Mixed Martial Artist, Amateur Boxer, and Kickboxer)
Birthdate: September 10, 1974
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vinkovci, Croatia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Marin Čilić
(One of the Best Croatian Tennis Players of All Time)
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)
Birthdate: September 13, 1971
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Davor Šuker
(Iconic Croatian Former Footballer and Sports Administrator)
Birthdate: January 1, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Osijek, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Robert Herjavec(Investor & Founder of ‘The Herjavec Group’, One of the Largest IT & Computer Security Companies in Canada)
Birthdate: September 14, 1962
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Varaždin, Croatia
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Mario Mandžukić
(Croatian Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
Birthdate: May 21, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Ivan Rakitić
(Swiss Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Central / Attacking Midfielder)
Birthdate: March 10, 1988
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rheinfelden, Switzerland
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Ivan Perišić
(Croatian Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Birthdate: February 2, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Mateo Kovačić
(Croatian Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Birthdate: May 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Linz, Austria
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Toni Kukoč
(Croatian-American Basketball Player Who Played as a Small Forward or Power Forward)
Birthdate: September 18, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
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Dražen Petrović
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: October 22, 1964
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Šibenik, Croatia
Died: June 7, 1993
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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)
Birthdate: June 15, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pula, Croatia
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Niko Kovač
(Former Croatian Footballer and Coach)
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)
Birthdate: July 27, 1946
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bunić, Croatia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Donna Vekić
(Croatian Tennis Player and Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: June 28, 1996
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Osijek, Croatia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Dejan Lovren(Croatian Professional Football Player Who Plays as a Centre-Back)
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))
Birthdate: February 23, 1443
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Died: April 6, 1490
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Domagoj Vida
(Croatian Football Defender)
Birthdate: April 29, 1989
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Našice, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Slavica Ecclestone(Croatian Model and Ex-Wife of Former Formula 1 CEO 'Bernie Ecclestone')
Birthdate: June 2, 1958
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: September 7, 1955
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Died: January 20, 2021
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Ivica Zubac
(Croatian Basketball Player Who Plays in the NBA)
Birthdate: March 18, 1997
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height: 7'0" (213 cm)
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Nikolai Volkoff
(Yugoslav Weightlifter-Turned-Wrestler Who Played for WWE)
Birthdate: October 14, 1947
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Died: July 29, 2018
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Mario Hezonja
(Croatian Basketball Player Known for His Association with Real Madrid)
Birthdate: February 25, 1995
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
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Mario Pašalić
(Croatian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Birthdate: February 9, 1995
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Darijo Srna
(Former Croatian Football Legend Known for His Association with Shakhtar Donetsk)
Birthdate: May 1, 1982
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Metković, Croatia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: August 25, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Maribor,
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Oja Kodar(Croatian Actress and Partner of Director Orson Welles)
Birthdate: 1941 AD
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
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)
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)
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)
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)
Birthdate: September 14, 1979
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Davor, Croatia
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Blanka Vlašić
(Former track and field athlete)
Birthdate: November 8, 1983
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Maximian
(Roman Emperor Who Hanged Himself to Death after His Campaign against Constantine Failed)
Birthdate: 0250 AD
Birthplace: Sirmium, Yugoslavia
Died: July 11, 0310
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Probus
(Roman Emperor Who Was Killed in a Military Mutiny)
Birthdate: August 19, 0232
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sirmium
Died: August 31, 0282
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Ivo Andric(Novelist, Poet & Short Story Writer Who Won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: October 9, 1892
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dolac, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: March 13, 1975
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Luka Šamanić
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: January 9, 2000
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
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Borna Ćorić
(Tennis Player)
Birthdate: November 14, 1996
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Satoshi Ishii
(Japanese-Born Judoka, Mixed Martial Artist, Kickboxer and Submission Grappler)
Birthdate: December 19, 1986
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Marko Pjaca
(Croatian Football Winger/Midfielder)
Birthdate: May 6, 1995
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Robert Prosinečki
(Retired Croatian Footballer and Manager)
Birthdate: January 12, 1969
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Schwenningen, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Jakov Kitarović
(Engineer)
Birthdate: October 4, 1968
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Rijeka, Croatia
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Dino Rađa
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: April 24, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Split, Croatia
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
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Franjo Tuđman
(The First President of Croatia and the Founder of the Croatian Democratic Union)
Birthdate: May 14, 1922
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Veliko Trgovišće, Croatia
Died: December 10, 1999
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Milan Badelj
(Croatian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
Birthdate: February 25, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Antonio Čolak
(Football foCroatian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forwardrwarder)
Birthdate: September 17, 1993
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Roberto Soldić
(Bosnian-Born Croatian Mixed Martial Artist and Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: January 25, 1995
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Zlatko Burić
(Croatian-Danish Actor)
Birthdate: May 13, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Osijek, Croatia
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)