List of Famous people born in Croatia

Josip Brekalo is a Croatian footballer who plays as a winger for VfL Wolfsburg and Croatia national football team.

Jakov Fak is a biathlete born in Croatia and competing for Slovenia since 2010. As a member of the Croatian biathlon team, Fak won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he was also the Croatian flag bearer at the opening ceremony. In 2010, Fak switched his citizenship and started competing for Slovenia. With the Slovenian team, Fak won four medals at the World Championships, including two gold, and a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In addition, Fak has eight victories in the World Cup.

Max Emanuel Cenčić is a Croatian countertenor, currently based in Austria. He was a member of the Wiener Sängerknaben.

Branko Ivanković is a Croatian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Oman national team. After a 12-year playing career at Varteks, Ivanković started his coaching career at the same club in 1991. He led the Iran national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Marko Rog is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Cagliari and the Croatia national team.

Nives Zeljković, known by her stage name Nives Celzijus, is a Croatian model, singer and writer. She is a current columnist for German Bild magazine and the ex-wife of the footballer Dino Drpić.

Boris Vukčević is a German footballer of Croatian descent who plays as a midfielder. Due to the aftermaths of a car accident in 2012 he is currently inactive.

Tomislav Karamarko is a Croatian politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from January to June 2016. He served in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor as Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2011.

Krunoslav "Kićo" Slabinac was a Croatian pop singer. His specialties were the songs nowadays inspired by folk music of Slavonia region of Croatia, and the uses of traditional instruments such as the tamburica.

Alen Bokšić is a former Croatian professional footballer. A forward who spent most of his career in France and Italy, he was renowned for his technique and power, and is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the Croatia national football team.