Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

male, deceased (2005)
Pope John Paul II born (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church and So...
Ljudevit Gaj

Ljudevit Gaj

male, deceased (1872)
Ljudevit Gaj. It was a big progress in realising the idea of marking the Croatian literature as unique. The "Novine Horvatske" were printed in...

Miroslav Krleža

male, deceased (1981)
Miroslav Krleža was a Croatian writer and a figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the monarchist one (1918-1941) and the Communist one (...

Marko Marulić

male, deceased (1524)
Marko Marulić was a Croatian poet and Christian humanist, known as the "Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian R...

Marin Držić

male, deceased (1567)
Marin Držić is considered the finest Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer.

Radoslav Katičić

male, 79 years old
Radoslav Katičić is a Croatian linguist, historian and culturologist. After graduating at the University of Zagreb on the theme from the field of In...

Dalibor Brozović

male, 82 years old
Dalibor Brozović is a Croatian linguist. He has worked in the areas of general linguistics, Slavic studies and dialectology. He made his most i...

August Šenoa

male, deceased (1881)
August Šenoa was a Croatian novelist, critic, editor, poet, and dramatist. He was a transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from R...

Vatroslav Jagić

male, deceased (1923)
Vatroslav Jagić, was a Croatian language researcher and a famous expert in the area of Slavic languages (Slavistics) in the second half of the 1...

Bartol Kašić

male, deceased (1650)
Bartol Kašić (also "Bartul Kašić", "Bartholomaeus Cassius", "Bartolomeo Cassio", sometimes signing as "Bogdančić" and/or "Pažanin"; (August 15, 157...