- Mark Viduka
Mark Anthony Viduka (born October 9, 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian striker of Croatian and Ukrainian descent, who has signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League and also plays for the Australian national team. He is known for his strong physical presence and hold-up play. Viduka and his wife, Ivana, have two sons; Joseph, nicknamed 'Joey' (born 2002), and Lucas (born September 2006)
- Andrew Bogut
Andrew Michael Bogut (born November 28, 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. Bogut was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2005 NBA Draft. The 7'0", 245 lb (2.13 m, 111 kg) forward/center was a star at the University of Utah for two years before declaring for the draft. Bogut is the first Australian to be drafted first overall.
- Joey Didulica
Joseph Anthony Didulica is a Croatian Australian football (soccer) goalkeeper, better known as Joey Didulica. Didulica was born in Geelong, Victoria to a Croatian father, Luka, and a Croatian-Australian mother, Mary. His father emigrated to Australia from Poličnik, a village in northern Dalmatia, about 10 kilometres outside of Zadar. He started to play football in the North Geelong Warriors. In 1996, he moved to the Melbourne Knights, …
- Josip Skoko
Josip Skoko (born December 10 1975 in Mount Gambier, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder of Croatian descent who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League. He is an Australian international and made his debut for Australia against Macedonia in 1997. Skoko has been a main-stay of the "Socceroos" side since his debut, participating in two World Cup qualifying campaigns.
- Eric Bana
Eric Bana (born Eric Banadinovich on August 9, 1968) is an Australian film and television actor. He began his career as a comedian in the sketch comedy series "Full Frontal" before gaining critical recognition in the biopic "Chopper" (2000). After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian television shows and films, …
- Simon Katich
Simon Mathew Katich (born August 21, 1975 in Middle Swan, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer. He is currently the captain of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club. He is an accomplished left-handed top order batsman and occasional Chinaman bowler. He is well regarded for his timing and placement as a batsman, and draws comparison to former national player Michael Bevan. He married Georgie Willis in May 2006.
- Ivan Milat
Ivan Robert Marko Milat (born December 27, 1944 in Guildford) is a Croatian-Australian serial killer who murdered several tourists and hitchhikers in the 1980s and 1990s. The killings were dubbed the backpacker murders by the press at the time. Ivan Milat is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of seven hitchhikers, several of whom were international backpackers. Ivan Milat had been acquitted on rape charges in 1971.
- Tom Pondeljak
Tomislav Pondeljak (born January 8 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Croatian origin who currently playing for A-league club Central Coast Mariners.
- Jason Čulina
Jason Čulina is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie and for the Australian national team. Čulina is the youngest son of renowned Australian coach Branko Čulina and his family is of Croatian descent. Previous clubs he played for included Sydney United, Sydney Olympic, Ajax Amsterdam and De Graafschap.
- Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich (born 13 January, 1972 in Fairfield, New South Wales), is widely regarded as one of Australia's best football (soccer) goalkeepers, representing his country on many occasions and playing for English Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United, and Chelsea.
- Natasha Stott Despoja
Natasha Jessica Stott-Despoja (born 9 September 1969) is an Australian politician and former leader of the Australian Democrats. She has been a Democrat senator for South Australia since November 1995. She is the youngest woman ever elected to the Parliament of Australia.
- Mark Rudan
Mark Rudan (born 27 August, 1975 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for
- Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic (born April 4, 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club Queensland Roar. He is of Croatian origin. He played for a variety of sides in two stints in the National Soccer League. The first stint was played entirely for Sydney United, for whom he played as a junior, and which culminated in playing in their runner-up 1996/97 side.
- Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic is a teenage Australian tennis player. In 2006 at the age of 13, he won an International Tennis Federation 18-and-under tournament, dropping only two sets in eight matches.
- Ned Zelic
Nediljko Zelić, short form Ned Zelić, is an Australian football (soccer) player who most recently played for the Newcastle United Jets. He previously played for the Australian team but made himself unavailable after disagreements with coach Frank Farina. Zelic was a member of the Australian team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is of Croat origin.
- Matthew Spiranovic
Matthew Spiranovic (born June 27, 1988 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a centre back for German Bundesliga club 1.FC Nürnberg.
- Josip Šimunić
Josip "Joe" Šimunić is a Croatian central defender, a member of the Croatia national team. Šimunić, born in Canberra, Australia, is of Bosnian Croat heritage. He received early football training at the Australian Institute of Sport. The defender broke into the Melbourne Knights first team as a teenager in the 1995-96 season and ended it with a championship medal. Šimunić scored his first goals the following term, three in 14 outings, …
- Mark Bresciano
Mark (Marco) Bresciano is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for Palermo in Italy's Serie A.
- Andrew Marth
Andrew Marth is a retired Australian football (soccer) player who represented Australia 16 times. Marth spent all of his club career in Australia and mainly at the Melbourne Knights, where he was involved in their two National Soccer League titles, as well as becoming captain of the club. Marth was the Joe Marston medallist in the 1995/96 NSL Grand Final.
- Ante Kovacevic
Ante Kovacevic (born June 13, 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player with Croatian origins playing for Floreat Athena. He last played as a centre full back for the Australian A-League club Perth Glory before retiring in March 2007. One of the better defenders in the old NSL in its latter years and a member of the Melbourne Knights sides of the early nineties, …
- Alan Didak
Alan Didak (born February 15, 1983) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
- Elvis Sinosic
Born in Canberra, Australia on February 13, 1971, Elvis Sinosic now resides in Sydney where he continues his martial arts training. Having trained in various arts for the last 20 years, the "King of Rock N Rumble" has been exposed to a myriad of art forms including: - Freestyle Wrestling - Tae Kwon Do - Boxing - Jun Fan (Kali, Silat, …
- Ralph Sarich
Ralph Tony Sarich (born December 10, 1938) is a West Australian multi millionaire businessman and qualified engineer who was responsible for developing the Orbital Engine in 1972. Also developed the orbital combustion process engine, which is based on a re-designed two stroke engine using direct gasolene injection. Has a number of awards to his name including Australian Inventor of the Year 1972; Sir Lawrence Hartnett Inventors Award 1972; Churchill Medal, …
- Eddie Krncevic
Edward "Eddie" Krnčević was an Australian football (soccer) player. He played in Europe several clubs, including Dinamo Zagreb, MSV Duisburg, Cercle Brugge, R. Charleroi S.C., R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.F.C. de Liège, FC Mulhouse and K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst, and played primarily as a striker. Krncevic finished top scorer of the Jupiler League in 1989. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame. He has also coached several club sides in Australia, …
- Tony Popović
Tony Popović is an Australian football (soccer) player of Croatian descent. He grew up in the area of Fairfield, Sydney and attended Fairvale High School which he left in 1989 to follow his football career. He currently plays for Qatar club, Al-Arabi, but has recently signed with A-League Club Sydney FC. His nickname amongst his team-mates is "Poppa".
- Glen Jakovich
Glen Jakovich (born 24 March, 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles. Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position; selected in that position in the All Australian team of 1994 and 1995. Glen was notable for his duels with rival Centre Half Forward, Kangaroos Football Club's Wayne Carey. Carey was considered to be one of the best of all time, …
- Matthew Pavlich
Matthew Pavlich (b. December 31, 1981) is a South Australian-born Australian rules footballer. He plays for the Fremantle Football Club, wears guernsey number 29 and made his AFL debut in 2000. Pavlich was recruited by Fremantle (the Dockers), from Woodville-West Torrens with the fourth selection in the 1999 AFL national draft.
- John Newman
John Paul Newman, born John Naumenko, (December 8 1946 - September 5 1994) was a member of the New South Wales state parliament and Member for the seat of Cabramatta. He was the first politician to be assassinated in Australia. John Newman was the son of Austrian and Croatian parents, who settled in Cabramatta when he was a small child. He was educated at Cabramatta Primary School and Liverpool High School. He went on to work at Borg Warner in Fairfield.
- Luka Glavas
Luka Glavas (born January 20, 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian football (soccer) player. Skilled on both feet, he is a defender’s worst nightmare combining pace off the mark with brilliant close ball skills and a deadly shot off either foot – the sort of player who could prove a match winner. His second goal in the NSWPL grand final was a touch of class, and described by many as one of the best goals seen in a championship decider.
- Branko Čulina
Branko Čulina [ˈtʃulina] (born October 1 1957 in Zadar, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a football (soccer) coach, and former player. He is currently head coach of A-League club Sydney FC, and father of Socceroo Jason Culina. He is also a football analyst for SBS, regularly appearing on "The World Game".
- Mile Jedinak
Mile Jedinak (born August 3, 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for the Australian A-League club Central Coast Mariners on a contract until 2008. Jedinak was first added to the Mariners' squad in the week leading up to their 2006 Pre-Season Cup play-off against Newcastle Jets, impressing and earning a call into the squad for the last ten games of the 2006-07 where he made 8 appearances.
- Frank Jurić
Frank Jurić is a football goalkeeper, holding dual nationality of Australian and Croatian (although he represents Australia in football). He is currently with German Bundesliga club Hannover 96. Jurić began his professional career in the former Australian national league with Melbourne Knights, where he won two league titles, before moving to the newly-formed Collingwood Warriors (also based in Melbourne).
- Željko Kalac
Željko Kalac is an Australian football (soccer) goalkeeper, who currently plays for A.C. Milan in Serie A. He is nicknamed "Spider" thanks to his height (2.02m) and large armspan, and is of Croatian descent.
- Tony Santic
Tony Santic (Siketa) is a noted Australian thoroughbred owner and tuna farmer. Tony was born on the island of Lastovo, Croatia and came to Australia with his family in 1958 when he was 6 years of age. His parents settled in Geelong, Victoria for the next 8 years before Tony & his mother moved to Port Lincoln.
- Ruben Zadkovich
Ruben Zadkovich (born May 23, 1986) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a right fullback for Sydney FC in the Hyundai A-League. Zadkovich had previously played for English League Two club Notts County, as well as Queens Park Rangers and Wollongong Wolves. He has also made several appearances for the Young Socceroos, most notably at the FIFA World Youth Championship.
- Len Pascoe
Leonard Stephen Pascoe (born February 13 1950, Bridgetown, Western Australia, as Len Durtanovich) is a former Australian Test and ODI cricketer. He played in 14 Tests and 29 ODI's between 1977 and 1982, during which time he defected to World Series Cricket. In the 1980 Centenary Test at The Oval in London, he took 5/59 in the 1st innings. Pascoe retired from international cricket due to a knee injury after the 1981/82 Frank Worrell Trophy series in Australia.
- Eddy Bosnar
Edward "Eddy" Bosnar (born 29 April 1980 in Sydney) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Heracles Almelo. He is of Croatian origin and was eligible to play for the nation of his parents.
- Anthony Šerić
Anthony "Ante" Šerić, is a Australian-born Croatian football player who currently plays in Greece for Panathinaikos and for the Croatian national team. Šerić was born to a Croatian family in Sydney, Australia and received a football scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport. He began his professional football career in Split, Croatia where he played for Hajduk Split. He then moved to Italy to play in Serie A, initially with Verona and then Brescia, …
- Michael Petkovic
Michael Petkovic (born July 16, 1976 in Perth) is an Australian Football (soccer) player. Petkovic currently plays as a goalkeeper for Sivasspor in the Turkish Super Premier League. He is the brother of Perth Glory goalkeeper Jason Petkovic.
- Dean Lukin
Dinko "Dean" Lukin <small>OAM</small> (born May 26, 1960 in Port Lincoln, South Australia) is a retired weightlifter from Australia, who won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He carried the Australian flag during the closing ceremony of the 1984 games, and remains Australia's only winner of an Olympic gold medal for weightlifting. He also saw success in the Commonwealth Games, …