List of Famous people born in Croatia
Zlatko Burić
Zlatko Burić is a Croatian–Danish actor. He was born in Osijek where he was educated at the Dramski Studio in 1972. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Burić belonged to the experimental theater group Kugla Glumište together with Željko Zorica-Sis and Damir Bartol-Indos.
Mile Bogović
Bishop Mile Bogović was a Croatian Roman Catholic prelate who served as a Titular Bishop of Tamata and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Rijeka–Senj from 4 June 1999 until 25 May 2000 and the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly created Gospić-Senj since 25 May 2000 until his retirement on 4 April 2016.
Sanja Milkovic Hays
Maja Šuput
Maja Šuput is a Croatian pop-folk singer and actress. She debuted in 1998 as a member of the Croatian group Enjoy, but left in 2002, to pursue her solo career.
Idora Hegel
Idora Hegel is a Croatian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2004 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and a seven-time Croatian national champion. She represented 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. At both events, she qualified for the free skate and finished 19th overall. She also reached the free skate at sixteen ISU Championships – six Worlds, seven Europeans, and three Junior Worlds.
Žan Tabak
Žan Tabak is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Basket Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League and the Slovakia national team. His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achievements, despite injuries. He was the first international player to play in the NBA Finals for two teams. Zan Tabak averaged 5.0 points in his 6-year NBA career.
Matea Čiča
Matea Čiča is a Croatian female badminton player.
Neven Mimica
Neven Mimica is a Croatian politician and diplomat who has been serving as European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development in the Juncker Commission since 1 November 2014. He was previously the European Commissioner for Consumer Protection in the Second Barroso Commission from July 2013 until November 2014 and was in that regard the first European Union Commissioner from Croatia following its accession to the European Union.
Ljiljana Nikolovska
Ljiljana Nikolovska is a Croatian singer who rose to prominence as the lead vocalist for the Split-based pop music act Magazin.
Mimi Fiedler
Mimi Fiedler, known until 2012 as Miranda Leonhardt, formerly Miranda Toma, is a German actress of Croatian origin.