List of Famous people born in Croatia

Luka Šamanić is a Croatian professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A power forward, he was drafted 19th overall by the Spurs in the 2019 NBA draft.

Dino Rađa is a Croatian former professional basketball player of Italian descent. He was a member of the Jugoplastika team of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which he helped to win two FIBA European Champions Cup championships. He spent three and a half seasons with the Boston Celtics, being one of the European pioneers in the NBA. Rađa was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991, and one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, as a member of the 2018 class.

Marko Šimić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta. He was born in Rijeka.

Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows since 1998.

Jacques Houdek is a Croatian recording artist who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "My Friend". Houdek began his professional solo career in 2000 and has since published many recordings and albums out which 13 have been certified silver, gold, platinum and diamond (once). Houdek is one of the mentors in the Croatian version of the TV talent show "The Voice". During show's first season, he mentored winner Nina Kraljić. Aside from Croatian, he has sung and recorded in English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, Slovene, Macedonian, and Maori language.

Jana Fett is a Croatian tennis player.

Gordon Schildenfeld is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Šibenik. He played several years for Croatia national team.

Borna Barišić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership and Croatia national team. Barišić previously played for Osijek in the Prva HNL.

Drago Hedl is a Croatian investigative journalist.

Filip Benković is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for OH Leuven, on loan from Leicester City.