List of Famous people born in City of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dejan Lovren is a Croatian professional footballer who captains Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and plays for the Croatia national team as a centre back.

Mladen Krstajić is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He was most recently the head coach of the Serbia national team.

Emir Preldžić is a Turkish professional basketball player for Orlovik Žepče of the A2 League of FBiH, third level of basketball in the Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also represented the Turkish national basketball team. He is 6 ft 9 in tall and he mainly plays the small forward position, but he also has the ability to play as a power forward, shooting guard and point guard.

Branimir Hrgota is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Greuther Fürth in the 2. Bundesliga.

Elvir Bolić is a Bosnian former footballer who played as a striker.

Amel Tuka is a Bosnian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Tuka holds national records in the 400-metre and 800-metre disciplines.

Ante Budimir is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Osasuna and the Croatia national team.

Šerif Hasić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indonesian club PSM Makassar.

Teoman "Teo" Alibegović is Bosnian-Slovenian former professional basketball player, coach, and manager. With 990 points scored, he is the all-time top scorer of the senior Slovenian national basketball team.

Otto Lang was a skier and pioneer ski instructor from Yugoslavia, who lived and worked in the United States. After teaching skiing at a variety of smaller resorts in Austria, he joined the Hannes Schneider Ski School in St. Anton am Arlberg, one of the most prestigious ski schools of the era. Like many instructors who taught Schneider's Arlberg Method, Lang was eventually offered a chance to teach in the U.S., at Pecketts' on Sugar Hill in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He later moved out west and found ski schools on Mount Rainier, Mount Baker and Mount Hood.