List of Famous people born in Croatia

Miladin "Dado" Pršo is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Sandra Paović is a former Croatian para table tennis player. Sandra suffered critical injuries in a traffic accident on 30 January 2009. As of December 2009 she was still undergoing therapy in the effort to regain full use of her legs.

István Horthy de Nagybánya was Hungarian Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy's eldest son, a politician, and, during World War II, a fighter pilot.

Ivan Leko is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Chinese Super League side Shanghai Port.

Iva Majoli-Marić is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven other singles titles and one doubles title during her career. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in February 1996.

Dubravka Šuica is a Croatian politician who has been Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography since 2019. She previously served as a member of the European Parliament from 2013 to 2019, and as mayor of Dubrovnik from 2001 to 2009.

Krunoslav "Kruno" Simon is a Croatian professional basketball player for Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Croatian national team internationally.

Prince Rainer Maria Joseph Florian Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in German: Rainer Maria Joseph Florian Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha. Cadet of a reigning German dynasty, Prince Rainer was the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry branch of the House of Wettin, heir in the female line of one of the oldest and wealthiest families of the Hungarian nobility. He is believed to have been killed in action at Budapest in 1945.

Filip Bradarić is a Croatian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Saudi Professional League Club Al-Ain on loan from Serie A club Cagliari and the Croatia national football team.

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