List of Famous people born in Croatia

Davor Dominiković is a Croatian former professional handball player, who is the current handball coach for the Croatia national under-21 team & TuS Vinnhorst.

Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in "Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam te", 10th place in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne", 18th place in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek", and second place in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro". Badrić eventually represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Nebo". She finished 12th in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the grand final.

Ivo Sanader is a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2003 to 2009 as head of the first and second cabinets until his resignation in July 2009, making him the longest-serving prime minister since Croatian independence.

Dominik Livaković is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national team.

Duje Čop is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Standard Liège.

Aleksandar "Mišo" Broz is a Croatian retired diplomat. He is the son of Yugoslav president and Marshal Josip Broz (1892–1980) and Herta Haas (1914–2010). He has held diplomatic positions in Russia and Egypt. From 2004 to 2009 he served as Croatian ambassador to Indonesia.

Ivan Ribar, known as Ivo Lola or Ivo Lolo, was a Yugoslav communist politician and military leader of Croatian descent. In the 1930s, he became one of the closest associates of Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Communist Party. In 1936, Ribar became secretary of the Central Committee of SKOJ. During World War II in Yugoslavia, Ribar was among the main leaders of the Yugoslav Partisans and was a member of the Partisan Supreme Headquarters. During the war, he founded and ran several leftist youth magazines. In 1942, Ribar was among the founders of the Unified League of Anti-Fascist Youth of Yugoslavia (USAOJ). He was killed by a German bomb in 1943 near Glamoč while boarding an airplane for Cairo, where he was to become the first representative of Communist Yugoslavia to the Middle East Command.

Antonija Sandrić is a Croatian professional basketball player for CCC Polkowice of the Basket Liga Kobiet and the Croatia national team.

Igor Jovićević is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Ukrainian Premier League club SC Dnipro-1.

Lovre Kalinić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa, and the Croatia national team.