List of Famous people born in Croatia

Ante Rebić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Milan and the Croatia national team. He can play on both wings, as well as a second striker.

Donna Vekić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour: the 2014 Malaysian Open and the 2017 Nottingham Open. She has also won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Her best performance in a Grand Slam singles event was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2019 US Open. On 4 November 2019, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of No. 19.

Davor Šuker is a Croatian former professional footballer and the current president of the Croatian Football Federation, a position he has held since July 2012. During his playing career, Šuker featured as a striker. He began his footballing career in his hometown for local first division team NK Osijek as a 16-year-old. During his final season with the club, he became the league's top goal scorer. He made the move to sign for Dinamo Zagreb in 1989. The Croatian War of Independence halted a promising season for the 21-year-old, eventually resulting in Šuker's move to Spanish club Sevilla in 1991.

Goran Ivanišević is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current tennis coach. He is the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Before the 2001 tournament, he was ranked 125th. He then moved part-time to Bathurst, NSW, Australia and after his victory he was 16th. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 2 in 1994. He coached Marin Čilić from September 2013 to July 2016, leading Čilić to his biggest achievement to date, the 2014 US Open title.

Slaven Bilić is a Croatian professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.

Nikola Kalinić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Hellas Verona.

Nikola Vlašić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow and the Croatia national team.

Ivo Karlović is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has won eight ATP singles titles between 2007 and 2016. Karlović's height of 211 cm makes him the joint tallest ranked tennis player in history, along with Reilly Opelka.

Mira Furlan was a Croatian actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998), and as Danielle Rousseau in Lost (2004–2010), and also appeared in multiple award-winning films such as When Father Was Away on Business (1985) and The Abandoned (2010).

Antonio Perošević is a Croatian footballer who plays for Indian Super League club East Bengal as a forward.