- Isaac Of Dalmatia
Saint Isaac of Dalmatia (died May 30, 383) was a Byzantine monk who was imprisoned for denouncing the Roman emperor Valens for the heresy of Arianism and predicting that Valens would "die in flames" because of his actions. Soon after, Valens went to war with the Goths but was defeated and died in a fire after taking refuge in a barn. Valens' successor Theodosius I released Isaac, outlawed Arianism and reopened the Catholic churches closed by Valens. - Miljenko Smoje
Miljenko Smoje (February 23, 1923 - October 22, 1995) was a Croatian writer and journalist. Smoje was born in Split in a family of poor labourers. The neighbourhood where he grew up was known for its traditional support for anarchism, socialism and other left-wing ideologies. All this would later influence Smoje's work and help him develop a strong dislike of authorities and the establishment. Smoje finished high school in Split in 1941, … - Germanicus
Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC-October 10, 19 AD) was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. He was called either Nero Claudius Drusus or Tiberius Claudius Nero at birth and received the agnomen "Germanicus", by which he is principally known, in 9, when it was awarded to his father in honour of his victories in Germania. - Julius Nepos
Julius Nepos was a Western Emperor (474–475 or –480) during the last stage of the Western Roman Empire. He is also sometimes considered the last De jure Roman Emperor. He reigned, at first, over Italy and the adjoining areas yet held by the Western Empire. As of 475, he ruled only over Dalmatia and had legal influence over Gaul, having been deposed and replaced with Romulus Augustus (Augustulus) (in effect if not in law) in the rest of the Western remnant. - Septimius
Septimius or Septiminus was a Roman usurper proclaimed emperor in 271, in Dalmatia, during Emperor Aurelian's reign. His revolt soon petered out, when the menace of a Gothic invasion faded out, and Septimius was killed by his own troops. - Glycerius
Glycerius (c. 420 - after 480) was one of the last of the Western Roman Emperors (reigned 473-474) and later served as a bishop in the early Catholic Church. Glycerius held the rank of Count of the Domestics at the Imperial court in Ravenna when he was raised to the Imperial purple by the western empire's new Magister militum (or Master of Soldiers), the Burgundian Gundobad, on or around March 3, 473. - Queen Teuta
Queen Teuta, was an Illyrian queen and regent who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228 BC. After the death of Agron (250 BC?-231 BC) who established the first kingdom of Illyria, extending from Dalmatia on the north to the Aous (Vjosa river) River on the south with Skodra as its capital, his widow, Teuta, acted as regent for her young stepson Pinnes. Teuta's first decision was to drive out the Greek colonies off the Illyrian coast. - Goran Karan
Goran Karan, is a Croatian pop singer from Split. He is specialised for songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his finest work, which won him several awards. Karan was the lead singer of cult rock group Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997. In 2000 he represented Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. - Vlaho Bukovac
Vlaho Bukovac (Italian: Biagio Faggioni; 1855 - 1922) was a Croatian painter. Bukovac was born in Cavtat, the small town south of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia. He died in Prague. - Marko Marulić
Marko Marulić was a Croatian poet and Christian humanist, known as the "Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age and the father of the Croatian Renaissance". He signed his works as "Marko Marulić Splićanin" ("Marko Marulić of Split")", Marko Pečenić", "Marcus Marulus Spalatensis", or Dalmata. Marko Marulić was a nobleman born in Split, Dalmatia, coming from the distinguished aristocratic family of "Pečenić". - Marcellinus
Marcellinus (died August, 468) was a Roman general and patrician who ruled over the region of Dalmatia in the Western Roman Empire and held sway with the army there from 454 until his death. - Arsen Dedić
Arsen Dedić is a Croatian singer-songwriter, musician and composer, a poet. A native of Šibenik, Arsen Dedić was born to a mixed marriage of a Serbian father and Orthodox Croatian mother. Arsen became a household name in the 1960s, thanks to pop music festivals and his brand of music, which was at first influenced by Dalmatian folklore, but is mostly comparable to the French chanson genre. - 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. - Radovan
Radovan was a sculptor and architect who lived in Dalmatia (Croatia) in the 13th century. He is also referred as "Majstor Radovan" (eng. "Master Radovan"). Virtually no information exists about the personality and career of this artist, save for his opus, monumental Romanesque portal of the Trogir cathedral. Radovan has inscribed his name and the year of making of the main portal, 1240, … - Faust Vrančić
Faust Vrančić or Fausto Veranzio (1551, Šibenik - January 17 1617, died in Venice and buried in Prvić Luka, a village on the island of Prvić near Šibenik), also known as Faust Verantius, was a Dalmatian (Croatian/Venetian) humanist, philosopher, historian, lexicographer, and inventor. - Tomislav I
Tomislav I (died in 928), was one of the greatest rulers of Croatia in the Middle Ages. He reigned from 910 until 928, first as Duke ("dux Croatorum") of Dalmatian Croatia in 910-925, and then became first King ("rex Croatorum") of Croatian Kingdom in 925-928. He was probably the son of Muncimir, Duke of Dalmatian Croatia. Tomislav was one of the most prominent members of the House of Trpimir. - Pope John IV
Pope John IV (died of cancer, October 12, 642) was elected pope, after a four-month "sede vacante", December 24, 640. John was a native of Dalmatia, and the son of the "scholasticus" (advocate) Venantius. At the time of his election he was archdeacon of the Roman Church, an important role in governing the see. As John's consecration (on November 24) followed very soon after his election, … - Giorgio Orsini
Giorgio Orsini usually called Giorgio da Sebenico (Latin:Georgius Mathaei Dalmaticus; c. 1410 - 1473), was a medieval sculptor and architect, who worked mainly at Sebenico in Dalmatia (now Šibenik, Croatia). He was born in the Dalmatian city of Zara (today Zadar, Croatia), which was then ruled by the Republic of Venice and died in Sebenico. - Luciano Laurana
Luciano Laurana was a Dalmatian-born Italian architect and engineer who worked in Italy in the late 15th century. His most famous work was the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino. He was a relative of the sculptor Francesco Laurana.<br /> Laurana was born in Vrana, near Zara (today Zadar in Croatia, then part of the Republic of Venice). Later in life, the Italians in Urbino called him "Schiavone", which meant "Slav" or "Dalmatian". Little is known about his early years. - Tomislav Ivčić
Tomislav Ivčić was a Croatian singer, songwriter and politician. He died in a car accident and is buried in Zagreb at the Mirogoj Cemetery. A native of Zadar, Tomislav Ivčić became one of the most popular singers and songwriters during his appearances on 1970s pop music festivals. His specialty was pop music inspired by Dalmatian folklore. Ivčić also wrote and performed "Večeras je naša fešta", a song that would become a semi-official anthem of Dalmatia, … - Ljudevit Posavski
Ljudevit Posavski ("TransSavian") was a Croat Prince of Savia from 810 to 823. His throne was in Sisak. As the ruler of the Pannonian Croats, his successful resistance of Frankish domination was an important precursor to the eventual unification of Croatian duchies in Dalmatia and Pannonia into the Kingdom of Croatia. In 822, after being forced to flee, he became a ruler over the Serbs. He held close ties with the Carinthinians and Timokians. - Felix Weingartner
Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (June 2 1863 - May 7 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist. Weingartner was born in Zara, Dalmatia (today's Zadar, Croatia) to Austrian parents, and the family moved to Graz in 1868. His father died that same year. He studied with Franz Liszt in 1883 and was among Liszt's later pupils. Liszt helped produce Weingartner's opera "Sakuntala" for its world premiere in 1884 with the Weimar orchestra. - Mike Grgich
Mike Grgich is a Croatian-American winemaker. He was born into a winemaking family in the town of Desne on Croatia's coastal Dalmatian region. He attended the University of Zagreb, where he studied viticulture and enology. However, he learned about California and wanted leave the then-Yugoslavia to become a winemaker there. In 1954, he fled communist Yugoslavia to West Germany, obtaining a fellowship to study there. - Emeric Of Hungary
Emeric (Hungarian: "Imre", Croatian: "Mirko, Emerik"; 1174-30 November 1204) was the King of Hungary and Croatia from from 1196 to his death. He was the son and heir of Béla III by his queen Agnes, daughter of Raynald of Châtillon. The city of Zara in Dalmatia, which had formerly been under the Republic of Venice, but which recognised Emeric as protector in 1201, became the first object of the Fourth Crusade. - Béla III of Hungary
Béla III of Hungary was the King of Hungary from 1172-1196. He was the son of King Géza II and Euphrosyne, the daughter of Grand Duke Mstislav I of Kiev. In 1164, the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus concluded a treaty with Béla's brother, Stephen III, by which Béla was given the Croatian and Dalmatian territories and sent to Constantinople to be educated at the Imperial court. Manuel, who had no legitimate sons, intended that Béla should marry his daughter, … - Pietro Tradonico
Pietro Tradonico, an Istrian by birth, was the Doge of Venice from 836 to 864. He was, according to tradition, the thirteenth doge, though historically he is only the eleventh. His election broke the power of the Participazio. He was illiterate, and forced to sign all state documents with the "signum manus", a warrior, not an administrator. - Ante Trumbić
Ante Trumbić was an important Croatian politician in the early 20th century. He was one of the key politicians in the creation of a Yugoslav state. Trumbić was born in Split in the Austro-Hungarian crownland of Dalmatia and studied law at Zagreb, Vienna and Graz (with doctorate in 1890). He practised as a lawyer, and then, from 1905 as the city mayor of Split. Trumbić was in favor of moderate reforms in Austro-Hungarian Slavic provinces, … - Flavius Orestes
Flavius Orestes (d. August 28, 476) was a Roman politician, who was briefly in control of the Roman Empire in 475-6. Born an aristocrat of Pannonia Savia, Flavius Orestes was probably at least partly of Germanic descent. He was son to Tatulus, and son-in-law to "Comes" Romulus, who served "dux Norici". When Pannonia was ceded to Attila the Hun, Orestes joined Attila's court, … - Stjepan Držislav
Stjepan Držislav was a King of Croatia from 969 until his death in 997. He was a member of the Trpimirović dynasty. He co-ruled with his Ban, "Godemir". He reined from Biograd. Stjepan Držislav was a son of king Mihajlo Krešimir II and his wife, queen Jelena of Zadar. Jelena acted as a regent for the young king from 969 until her death in 976. In a war of Byzantine emperor Basil II against Tsar Samuil of the Bulgarians, … - Ivo Tijardović
Ivo Tijardović was a Croatian composer, writer and painter. Tijardović studied music in Split and in Vienna, where he also studied architecture. He graduated in drama in Zagreb. He was director of the Croatian National Theatre in Split, stage director of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, and director of the State Symphony Orchestra (later, the Zagreb Philharmonic). As a composer, he relied on folklore and a national musical expression, … - Tonino Picula
Tonino Picula was born in 1961 on the Dalmatian island of Mali Lošinj. He completed both primary and secondary education at Šibenik. He graduated sociology at Zagreb's University. He is a long-time member of the SDP and was the party's Secretary of international relations from 1993 to 2000. He also led the SDP branch in Velika Gorica from 1997 to 2000. He has been member of the Croatian Parliament for several mandates. - Nikola Frankopan
Nikola Frankopan was ban (viceroy) of Dalmatia and Croatia from 1426 to 1432. He was a member of the Frankopan family. Frankopan established the monastery which became the centre of the town of Crikvenica. He also fortified Omišalj and Krk. - Tin Ujević
Tin Ujević. He wrote more than ten books of essays, poetry in prose and meditations - but his enduring strength lies chiefly in the monumental poetic opus. Having absorbed virtually all Western poetic tradition (from Dante and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to Charles Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Whitman and Ezra Pound) and all Croatian greats (Marko Marulić and Ivan Gundulić included), Ujević has created Protean poetic oeuvre of inimatable flavor and inescapable grandeur. - Auguste Marmont
Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, Duc de Ragusa was a French general and nobleman, and Marshal of France. He was the son of an ex-officer in the army who belonged to the petite noblesse and adopted the principles of the Revolution. His love of soldiering soon showed itself, and his father took him to Dijon to learn mathematics prior to entering the artillery, and there he made the acquaintance of Napoleon Bonaparte, … - Dositej Obradović
Dositej (Dositheus) Dimitrije Obradović was a Serbian author, writer and translator. He was born Dimitrije Obradović in the village of Čakovo (now Ciacova, Timiş County, Romania) in Banat, probably in 1742. On February 17, 1757 he became a monk in the Serb Orthodox monastery of Hopovo (in Srem) and acquired the name Dositej (Dositheus). He lived there until November 2, 1760. He travelled Europe and Asia Minor for forty years after that: he went to Albania Dalmatia, … - Medo Pucić
Medo Pucić was a writer and politician from Dubrovnik. Medo Pucić was descended from the House of Pozza, an old noble family of Ragusa. He attended the lyceum in Venice, where in 1841 he became acquainted with Jan Kollár. Pucić was impressed with his pan-Slavist ideas, and went on to join the Illyrian movement. He studied between 1841 and 1843 in the University of Padua, … - Giulio Clovio
Giorgio Giulio Clovio (1498-January 5 1578), was a Renaissance illuminator, miniaturist, and painter, born in Dalmatia, who worked in Italy. He was also a priest. He is considered the greatest illuminator of the Italian High Renaissance, and arguably the last very notable artist in the long tradition of the illuminated manuscript, before some modern revivals. - Marco Antonio de Dominis
Marco Antonio de Dominis (Croatian Markantun de Dominis) Dalmatian ecclesiastic, apostate, and man of science, was born on the island of Arbe, off the coast of Dalmatia, in 1566; d. in the Castle of Sant' Angelo, Rome, September, 1624. Educated at the Illyrian College at Loreto and at the University of Padua, he entered the Society of Jesus and taught mathematics, logic, and rhetoric at Padua and Brescia. - Vladan Desnica
Vladan Desnica is a Serbian and Croatian writer born in Croatia. He was born in Zadar, then part of Austria-Hungary, in an ethnic Serb family. He wrote poems, short stories and novels, usually dealing with the life in cities and villages of Northern Dalmatia. His best work is novel "Proljeća Ivana Galeba" ("Springs of Ivan Galeb"), published in 1957, … - Mundus
Mundus (died 536) was a Byzantine general during the reign of Justinian I. Nothing is known of his early life, except that he was originally a Bulgar or Hunnic mercenary. He was appointed "magister militum" of the troops in Illyria and the Danube frontier in 530, and was responsible for repelling an invasion of the Balkans by the Slavs and Bulgars. In 531 he accompanied Belisarius to the eastern frontier to fight the Sassanids, …
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