List of Famous people born in Croatia
Bojana Gregorić
Bojana Gregorić-Vejzović is a Croatian film, theatre and television actress. She starred in Naša mala klinika as Dr. Lili Štriga, also appeared in the biographical drama Lea and Darija and voiced Helen Parr in the Croatian-language dub of The Incredibles franchise.
Gordan Giriček
Gordan Giriček is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he played the shooting guard and small forward positions. Over eighteen years of professional basketball, he played in the NBA for several teams, including Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Phoenix Suns. He also played for several European teams, including Cibona, CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahçe.
Joško Vlašić
Joško Vlašić is a Croatian athletics coach and a former decathlete who represented Yugoslavia. Vlašić's greatest competitive success was winning the decathlon gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, but he is best known for coaching his daughter Blanka Vlašić, a world champion high jumper.
Lucija Šerbedžija
Lucija Šerbedžija is a Croatian theatre and film actress and model, a daughter of actor, Rade, and a sister of film director, Danilo Šerbedžija. She is probably best known in the English-speaking world for her role in The Saint as a Russian prostitute, in which her father also starred.
Milan Gajić
Milan Gajić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.
Marjan Mrmić
Marjan Mrmić is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as the goalkeeping coach of the Croatia national team.
Danijela Martinović
Danijela Martinović, known artistically as Danijela, is a Croatian pop singer.
Elvira Abdić-Jelenović
Elvira Abdić-Jelenović is a Bosnian politician and Croat representative in the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is the president of the Labour Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 2013. Prior to that, she was a long-year member of the Democratic People's Union, a party founded by her father Fikret Abdić, from which she and her father were banned after internal changes within the party.
Rodion Gačanin
Rodion Gačanin is a Croatian association football coach. As of March 2020, he managed Iraqi football club Erbil SC.
Vlado Kalember
Vladimir "Vlado" Kalember is a Croatian pop singer, famous for his recognisable, husky voice.