List of Famous people born in Croatia

Budimir Lončar is a Croatian and Yugoslav retired diplomat who served as a Minister of Foreign affairs of SFR Yugoslavia from 1987 until 1991.

Zvonimir Soldo is a Croatian football manager and a former player. During his playing career, he mostly played as defensive midfielder.

Đuro Hranić is a Croatian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek.

Dino Jelusić, also known by his stage name Dino Jelusick, is a Croatian rock singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the founder, principal songwriter, and lead singer of progressive rock band Animal Drive, which was formed in 2012, and since 2017 has been signed to Frontiers Records. Besides working on several hard rock and metal projects, since 2016, Jelusick has been a touring member for American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He was the winner of the inaugural edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003.

Mišo Krstičević is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Iranian club Shahin Bushehr.

Milan Mandarić is a Serbian-American businessman who has owned a string of businesses and association football clubs, including Portsmouth, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday. He was born near Gospić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and grew up in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Vlado Košić is Croatian bishop, leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak.

Dorotea "Doris" Budimir is a Croatian singer-songwriter who has represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Željo moja", finishing 11th with 49 points, and Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena", finishing fourth with 118 points.

Ratko Perić is a Herzegovnian Croat prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Mostar-Duvno and apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan from 1993 until his retirement in 2020.