List of Famous people born in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia

Domagoj Vida is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Croatia national team. He is capable of playing in any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a centre-back or right full-back. His father Rudika is a former football player.

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.

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

Jelena Dokic is an Australian tennis coach, commentator, writer, and former professional tennis player. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4 in August 2002. She won WTA Tour events on all surfaces during her career.

Vladimir Herzog, nicknamed Vlado, was a Brazilian journalist, university professor and playwright of Croatian Jewish origin. He also developed a taste for photography, because of his film projects. In the family and among his friends was called Vlado.

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.

Branko Lustig was a Croatian film producer best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for Schindler's List and Gladiator. He is the only person born in the territory of present-day Croatia to have won two Academy Awards.

Domagoj Duvnjak is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatian national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balic.