List of Famous people born in Croatia
Lidija Horvat-Dunjko
Lidija Horvat-Dunjko is a Croatian soprano vocalist and a Docent at the Zagreb Academy of Music. She was awarded the highest Croatian national decoration for her achievement in culture, the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the image of Marko Marulić. Her opera roles include The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute and Gilda in Rigoletto. Along with Magazin, she finished sixth at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performing the song "Nostalgija", which achieved success in the country at the time.
Andro Vlahušić
Andro Vlahušić is a Croatian politician. A physician by vocation and member of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), Vlahušić was a member of the Croatian Parliament (2000–2001) and Minister of Health in the second cabinet of Ivica Račan (2001–2003). From 2009 to 2017, he served as mayor of Dubrovnik.
Sanda Dubravčić
Sanda Dubravčić-Šimunjak is a Croatian physician and former figure skater who competed internationally for Yugoslavia. She is the 1981 European silver medalist.
Sanja Iveković
Sanja Iveković is a Croatian photographer, performer, sculptor and installation artist. Her work is known to tackle such issues as female identity, media, consumerism, and political strife. Considered to be one of the leading artists from the former Yugoslavia, she continues to inspire many young artists.
Emilija Kokić
Emilija Kokić is a Croatian singer. She was the lead singer of the Croatian pop band Riva, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Yugoslavia, with the song Rock Me. Currently Emilija is a solo artist and Singing teacher in Croatia. She tried her luck at the national Dora festival, whose winner was to represent Croatia at Eurovision. She came joint 6th at Dora 2008.
Sanja Vejnović
Sanja Vejnović is a Croatian film and television actress.
Natko Zrnčić-Dim
Natko Zrnčić-Dim is a Croatian alpine ski coach and retired World Cup skier. He won a bronze medal in super combined at the World Championships in 2009 at Val-d'Isère, France, and is a member of SK Medveščak.
Nika Turković
Nika Turković is a Croatian singer. She is best known for representing Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Hej mali". She placed third.
Vlado Stenzel
Vlado Stenzel is a Croatian former handball goalkeeper and coach.
Igor Bišćan
Igor Bišćan is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Croatia national under-21 team. In his playing career, he was a versatile player and could play almost every position in the defence or midfield, but featured mostly as a central midfielder, or as a central defender in his latter years.