List of Famous people born in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Lovre Kalinić
Lovre Kalinić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Prva HNL club Hajduk Split, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa, and the Croatia national team.
Danijela Martinović
Danijela Martinović, known artistically as Danijela, is a Croatian pop singer.
Joško Vlašić
Joško Vlašić is a Croatian athletics coach and a former decathlete who represented Yugoslavia. Vlašić's greatest competitive success was winning the decathlon gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, but he is best known for coaching his daughter Blanka Vlašić, a world champion high jumper.
Petar Grašo
Petar Grašo is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Split to basketball player Zoran Grašo, he rose to prominence when Oliver Dragojević performed one of his first songs "Boginja" on the Dora contest in 1995. Since then, he has collaborated greatly with Dragojević, and has also worked with Doris Dragović, Danijela Martinović, Tonči Huljić, Goran Bregović, and Lepa Brena.
Jelena Rozga
Jelena Rozga is a prominent Croatian pop, folk and electropop singer. Born and raised in Split, Rozga started performing as a ballet dancer during her childhood. She rose to fame in 1996, as the lead singer of Magazin, a Croatian pop band.
Marica Bodrožić
Marica Bodrožić is a German writer of Croatian descent. She was born in Svib in Cista Provo, Croatia in the former Yugoslavia. She moved to Germany as a child and currently lives in Berlin.
Andrea Šušnjara
Andrea Šušnjara is a Croatian singer who was the Croatian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. She, alongside Igor Cukrov, were the winners of Dora 2009, performing the song "Lijepa Tena". At Eurovision they performed in the second semi-final as the opening act and qualified for the final as the jury's selected qualifier. In the final they finished in 18th place with 45 points.
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.
Nikola Kekić
Nikola Kekić or "Nino" Kekic is the Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch, who served as the bishop of the Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.
Slobodan Štambuk
Slobodan Štambuk is a retired Croatian bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese Hvar.