List of Famous people born in Croatia

Ante Čačić is a Croatian professional football manager, who last managed Egyptian club Pyramids FC.

Nikola Mektić is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He won the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals Tournament partnering Wesley Koolhof and the 2020 Australian Open mixed doubles event partnering Barbora Krejčíková. He also won three Masters 1000 ATP tournaments in men’s doubles with three different partners - 2018 Mutua Madrid Open, the 2019 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells and the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters. On the 22nd of April 2019 he reached his highest career ranking at No. 5.

Ana Zaninović is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Lucija Zaninović.

Ivan Lendrić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.

Milan Martić is a Croatian Serb politician who served as the president of the unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina between 1994 and 1995, during the Croatian War of Independence.

Miroslav Škoro is a Croatian musician, television host and politician. He is the founder and current president of the conservative Homeland Movement party, which he established in February 2020. As a musician, Škoro is best known for using the traditional Slavonian tamburitza instrument in most of his compositions.

Rade Šerbedžija is a Croatian actor, director and musician. He is known for his portrayals of imposing figures on both sides of the law. He was one of the best known Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1990s. He is internationally known mainly for his supporting roles in Hollywood films such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, X-Men: First Class, The Saint, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Mission: Impossible 2; his role as Boris the Blade in Snatch; and for his recurring role as former Soviet Army General Dmitri Gredenko in Season 6 of TV action series 24.

Janica Kostelić is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she won thirty individual races, three overall titles, three slalom titles, and four combined titles. Kostelic's accomplishments in professional skiing have led some commentators, writers, and fellow ski racers to regard her as the greatest female ski racer of all time.

Velimir Perasović is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He lastly served as the head coach for Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB.

Luka Stepančić is a Croatian professional handball player for SC Pick Szeged and the Croatian national team.