- Ivo Sanader
Ivo Sanader is the current Prime Minister of Croatia (President of the Government). After the victory of his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in the 2003 parliamentary elections the President of the Republic named Sanader the Prime Minister designate on December 9, 2003. When Croatian Parliament subsequently gave its consent by 88 votes (out of 152) on December 23, 2003 Sanader was formally appointed.
- Ante Gotovina
Ante Gotovina is a former lieutenant general ("general pukovnik") of the Croatian Army who served in the 1991-1995 war in Croatia. He was indicted in 2001 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The indictment accuses him of sanctioning war crimes under his command in 1995 during Operation Storm at the end of the Croatian War. After spending four years in hiding, he was captured in Tenerife on December 7, 2005.
- Slaven Bilić
Slaven Bilić is a former Croatian football player and current coach of the Croatian national team. He was Croatia's most important defender in their golden years from 1994-1998. He combined a high football IQ with an underated athletic build to become an exceptional defender and vital member of Croatia's bronze medal winning World Cup Squad.
- Josip Broz Tito
original name JOSIP BROZ, Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. He was secretary-general (later president) of the Communist Party (League of Communists) of Yugoslavia (1939-80), supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans (1941-45) and the Yugoslav People's Army (1945-80), and marshal (1943-80), premier (1945-53), and president (1953-80) of Yugoslavia. Tito was the chief architect of the "second Yugoslavia," a socialist federation that lasted from World War II until 1991.
- Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić is a Croatian football midfielder who is currently playing for one of the country's top clubs, Dinamo Zagreb. He is also a part of the is a part of the Croatia national team. Modrić was born in Zadar and started his professional career in 2003 by playing for Zrinjski Mostar in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the young age of 18, he became one of their best players and was also their player of the year in 2004.
- Nina Badrić
Nina Badrić is a Croatian pop singer. Before starting her career in the entertainment industry, she used to be a bank teller. She began performing in early 1990s, exploiting the sudden popularity of dance music, but her repertoire gradually became more mainstream. Nina starred in popular Croatian tv show Mjenjačnica, where she swapped for a day with a zoo animal guard.
- Tony Cetinski
Tony Cetinski was born on May 31, 1969 in Pula, Istria, Yugoslavia (Croatia), and is a famous Croatian pop singer. Born into a family of musicians, in the early 1990s he quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994 he represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Nek' Ti Bude Ljubav Sva". Today, he is the most popular male singer in Croatia and he is also very popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, …
- Boris Novković
Boris Novković is a prolific Croatian singer-songwriter of Bosnian origin and mixed Serbo-Croatian ethnicity. Novković was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia. His interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager. He released his first album, "Kuda idu izgubljene djevojke" in 1986, …
- Josipa Lisac
Josipa Lisac (born in Zagreb, Croatia, then Yugoslavia on February 14, 1950), is a renowned Croatian singer.
- Jasmin Stavros
Jasmin Stavros (born 1954 in Split) is a Croatian pop musician. One of his most popular songs remains "Dao bi sto Amerika" ("I Would Give a Hundred Americas"), which relates to his time spent in the United States before his return to Croatia shortly before the country's independence. He is currently signed to Hit Records.
- Jelena Rozga
Jelena Rozga (August 23, 1977) is a Croatian singer. She was born in Split. She became the new lead singer of the popular band Magazin when she was only 18 years old. In 2006 she began a solo career.
- Maja Blagdan
Maja Blagdan is a Croatian pop singer born in Split. She began her singing career in a rock band Stijene. Later she continued a solo career. She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 held in Oslo. Her song "Sveta Ljubav" (Holy love) reached the 4th position with 98 points.
- Mišo Kovač
Mišo Kovač is a Croatian singer who used to be one of the most popular musical icons of the former Yugoslavia.
- Vlatka Pokos
Vlatka Pokos is Croatian jet setter, former singer and former television host. Due to her controversial lifestyle and up-and-down entertainment career, Vlatka is still, up to this day subject of a constant media attention.
- Vesna Pisarović
Vesna Pisarović is a Croatian pop singer. Pisarović was born in Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega, Croatia, a part of the same country until she was 14. From her earliest childhood she attended a music school, where she played the flute, sang in choirs and participated in various music contests. In the mid-1990s she moved to Zagreb, Croatia, where she continued her musical career. She began singing in clubs and writing songs.
- Dino Dvornik
Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik is Croatian musician, actor and reality television star. A son of renowned Croatian actor Boris Dvornik, he and his brother Dean Dvornik used to support their father by playing children's roles in 1970s movies and TV shows, most notably "Naše malo misto". However, Dino was more interested in music. In 1980s he founded "Kineski zid", pop band which promoted funk music.
- Ivana Radovniković
Ivana Radovniković in Zadar, Croatia to Albert Radovniković, a tennis trainer and physical education professor, and Ozana, a professor also. She has younger sister Antonia. Ivana attended Juraj Baraković high school, in Zadar, after what she moved to Zagreb to study political science. Ivana, a soprano, known for her strong vocals and powerful voice, has rivaled many of her other contemporaries and has been referred to as the one of the greatest voice.
- Saša Lozar
Saša Lozar is Croatian pop singer, best known as finalist of popular Story Supernova Music Talents which was aired on Nova TV in late 2003. He won audiences with his great vocal talent and good sense of humour. He was one of four contestants (Nera Stipičević, Natalie Dizdar and winner Rafael Dropulić) to compete for the grand prize in the last show. After the show, due to contractual obligations, he performed in Saša, Tin i Kedžo boy band.
- Alka Vuica
Alka Vuica (born 8 June 1961 in Pula, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a popular Croatian singer and songwriter.
- Darijo Srna
Darijo Srna is a Croatian football player who, as of 2004, plays for Shakhtar Donetsk. He plays in the right midfielder position for Croatia, but he plays in the right-back position for Shakhtar Donetsk. He has scored many goals from free kicks, and often makes precise crosses. However his crucial saved penalty by Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi against Japan at the 2006 World Cup played a part in Croatia failing to advance to the second round.
- Niko Kovač
Niko Kovač is a Croatian football midfielder who is a captain of the Croatia national team, and is arguably the heart and soul of the team alongside brother, Robert. Born in West Berlin to a family of Croatian gastarbeiters hailing from Livno area in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kovač started to play football at local club Hertha Zehlendorf and became a member of their first team in the summer of 1989.
- Niko Kranjčar
Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian football midfielder. He currently plays for English club Portsmouth F.C., and is also a part of the Croatia national team. He is the son of the famous father Zlatko "Cico" Kranjčar Kranjčar has been part of the Croatian national Under-16, -17, -19 and -21 teams before advancing to the senior national team of which he is currently part.
- Nenad Bach
Nenad Bach is a recording artist, composer, and performer who has recorded for Sony, Polygram and many other labels. Two of his albums reached No. 1 in Europe, and to date he has sold over one million records. In addition, he has performed all over the world with a wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & The Edge (U2), Brian Eno, Indigo Girls, Richie Havens, Garth Hudson & Rick Danko (The Band), Vince Welnick (Grateful Dead), Martin Sheen, Michael York, John Malkovich, …
- Damir Urban
Damir Urban is a popular Croatian musician best known for his work as a singer/songwriter for Laufer and for his solo work with his band 4.
- Ivan Ljubičić
Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player. His career-high ATP Entry ranking was No. 3, and his current Entry list ranking is No. 13 (as of June 2007). Tall and powerfully built, he is noted for his strong serve and has achieved his best results in indoor tournaments played on carpet or hardcourt. He uses a one-handed backhand and often plays from the baseline. Ljubičić is using the Head Microgel Extreme Pro Racquet, …
- Mario Ančić
Mario Ančić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. He is sometimes nicknamed "Super Mario" or "Baby Goran." As a teenager making his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in 2002, he defeated 9th-seeded Roger Federer, becoming the first teenager since Björn Borg to win his Wimbledon debut on Centre Court. The win also makes him the last player to defeat Federer at the All England Club, and Grass courts.
- Vedran Ćorluka
Vedran Ćorluka is a Croatian football defender who is currently playing for current title holder Dinamo Zagreb. Ćorluka was born in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia, where he and his family were forced to leave because of war. He started to play football in Dinamo's youth selections when he was 8. Ćorluka's professional career started in 2003 but during that season he wasn't capped.
- Janica Kostelić
Janica Kostelić is a retired female skier from Croatia, considered one of the greatest female skiers of all time. She is the only woman to win four gold medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympic Games (in 2002 and 2006), and the only woman to win three alpine Olympic gold medals in one year (2002). She was World Cup champion in 2001, 2003 and 2006.
- Ante Rukavina
Ante Rukavina (born June 18, 1986) is a Croatian football striker, currently playing for Hajduk Split. He was called up to the Croatia national football team squad for the first time on March 12, 2007, but to date has not played for his country at full level.
- Dado Topić
- Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker is a former Croatian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers in the 1990s. The crowning moment of his career was the 1998 World Cup in France, where he became the top goalscorer and won the Golden Boot by scoring 6 goals in 7 matches, leading the Croatian national team to a third-place finish in their first World Cup appearance. He is also the Croatian national team's all-time goalscoring leader with 45 goals.
- Blanka Vlašić
Blanka Vlašić is a Croatian high jumper. A double world junior champion, she won the high jump bronze medal at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Her personal best jump at 2.05 m is also a national record and was set in 2006. She competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics without much success. She finished 4th in the high jump final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. Blanka Vlašić is coached by her father Joško, a former decathlete.
- Marko Perković
Marko Perković, born October 27, 1966 in Čavoglave, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, is a Croatian singer and songwriter.
- Robert Jarni
Robert Jarni is a Croatian footballer who plays left winger or wingback. After years in retirement from June 15. 2007. he plays for Hajduk Split. He was a regular in the Croatian national team throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. This allowed him to become the team's all-time most-capped player with 81 caps, although the record he held for four years following his retirement was by now surpassed by Dario Šimić, who won his 82nd cap in June 2006.
- Stjepan Mesić
Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić is a Croatian politician. He has been the President of the Republic of Croatia since 2000. He had previously held the posts of the Prime Minister of Croatia, the final president of Socialist Yugoslavia, and the president of the Croatian parliament. Mesić was a deputy in the Croatian Parliament in the 1960s, and was then absent from politics until 1990 when he joined the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), …
- Oliver Dragojević
Oliver Dragojević was born on December 7, 1947 in Vela Luka, Croatia (formerly Yugoslavia). He is a Croatian pop singer. A native of Vela Luka on the island of Korčula, Dragojević emerged onto the music scene in the 1970s thanks to the very popular Split music festival, one of several musical annual music events from the former Yugoslavia still functional in Croatia today. His speciality was songs influenced by Dalmatian folklore.
- Goran Ivanišević
Goran Šimun Ivanišević is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević's name is synonymous with his strong serve, which is one of the greatest to date. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 2 (behind Pete Sampras) in 1994.
- Goran Višnjić
Goran Višnjić (pronounced // ('VISH-nyich')) (born September 9, 1972) is a Croatian actor who has appeared in American film and television productions. His most prominent role may be that of Dr. Luka Kovač in the hit television series "ER".
- Miroslav Škoro
Miroslav Škoro is a Croatian musician. He first emerged onto the Croatian music scene with his debut "Ne dirajte mi ravnicu". He co-wrote this album along with Pennsylvania native, tamburitza master Jerry Grcevich. "Ne dirajte mi ravnicu" produced a song of the same name which would go on to be one of the most famous Croatian songs ever. Škoro's music is characterized by its traditional tamburitza sound, updated to appeal to a contemporary pop audience.
- Duje Draganja
Duje Draganja (born 27 February 1983 in Split) is a swimmer from Croatia who won the silver medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Draganja is also a former NCAA record holder in the 100 yard freestyle, with a time of 41.49, set in 2005, while he swam for the University of California, Berkeley. He, like many other world-class, non-American swimmers, chose to spend 4 years training and competing at an American university.