Famous Croatians

Helena Janušić, Lucija Trupković

and Anesa Vršić
Athletes
Goran Ivanišević
- tennis player
- born: 13th September 1971
- only man to win the singles title at The
Championships Wimbledon as a
wildcard- tournament entry awarded to a
player which organizator choses
- was inducted into the International Tennis
Hall of Fame in 2020
Ivica Kostelić
- ski racer
- born: 23th November 1979,
Zagreb
- won 4 silver Olympic medals
and over 60 World Cup medals
Janica
Kostelić
- ski racer
- born: 5th January 1982, Zagreb
- won 6 gold Olympic medals and over
30 individual races in World Cup
competitions
- the greatest female ski racer of all
time
Sinković
brothers
- rowers
- won gold at the 2016 Olympics
and silver at the 2012 Olympics
- hold world record at 2000m
Nikola Mektić i
Mate Pavić
- tennis players
- won gold at the 2020
Olympics, it was first Olympic
gold medal for Croatia in tennis
Luka
Modrić
- professional footballer
- born: 9th September 1985, Zagreb
- he was awarded the Golden Foot award for
career results and Golden Ball award for
the best player of tournament in 2018 FIFA
World Cup
Sandra
Perković
- discus thrower
- born: 21st June 1990, Zagreb
- two-time Olympic and world champion and five-
time European champion
- only individual who managed to win 5 gold
medals at the European Athletics Championship
in one event
Scientists and inventors
Faust Vrančić
- inventor
- born: 1st January 1551, Šibenik
- died: 17th January 1617, Italy
- wrote „Rječnik pet najuglednijih europskih
jezika, latinskoga, talijanskoga, njemačkoga,
dalmatinskoga i mađarskoga”
Ruđer
Bošković
- physicist, astronomer, mathematician and
philosopher
- born: 18th May 1711, Dubrovnik
- died: 13th February 1787, Italy
- precursor of atomic theory
Nikola
Tesla
- scientist and engineer
- born: 10th July 1856, Smiljan
- died: 7th January 1943. New York
- invented electric power
Slavoljub Eduard
Penkala
- engineer
- born: 20th April 1871, Slovakia
- died: 5th February 1922, Zagreb
- invented mechanical pencil
Lavoslav
Ružička
- scientist
- born: 13th September 1887, Vukovar
- died: 26th September 1976,
Switzerland
- won Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Mate
Rimac
- inovator and CEO of Bugatti Rimac
company
- born: 12th February 1980, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
- invented fastest car in the world
Politicians and leaders
Nikola Šubić
Zrinski
- general
- born: 1508, Zrin
- died: 7th September 1566, Hungary
- Zrinski family became the most powerful
noble family Kingdom of Croatia at that time
- in his honor Ivan Zajc wrote and composed an
opera called Nikola Šubić Zrinski
Josip
Jelačić
- marshal and politician
- born: 16th October 1801, Serbia
- died: 20th May 1859, Zagreb
- united Međimurje county, which was
then under Hungarian power, with
Croatia
 Ljudevit
-
Gaj
linguist, politician, journalist and writer
- born: 8th July 1809, Krapina
- died: 20th April 1872, Zagreb
- wrote „Kratka osnova horvatskoga pravopisanja” in which he recommended that
every letter in Latin script should have its own sound
- leader of Illyrian Movement, movement that wanted croatian language to be
official in Croatia
Josip Broz
Tito
- Yugoslav communist and president
- born: 7th May 1892, Kumrovec
- died: 4th May 1980, Slovenia
- renewed Yugoslavia politicaly and
economicaly
Writers, poets and
musicians
Marko Polo
- explorer and writer
- born: 15th September 1254, Korčula
- died: 8th January 1324, Italy
- travelled in Asia and recorded his travels in book called The Travels of
Marco Polo
- his travells influenced European cartography
Marko
Marulić
- poet
- born: 18th August 1450, Split
- died: 5th January 1524, Split
- wrote „Judita”, first long poem in
Croatia
- Father of Croatian literature
Ivana Brlić
Mažuranić
- writer
- born: 18th April 1874, Ogulin
- died: 21st September, Zagreb
- one of the most famous Croatian writers
- famous books: „Priče iz davnine”, „Čudnovate
zgode šegrta Hlapića”, „Knjiga omladini”, „Srce od
licitara”
Dobriša
Cesarić
- poet
- born: 10th January 1902, Požega
- died: 18th December 1980, Zagreb
- one of the most famous Croatian poets
- famous poems: „Voćka poslije kiše”, „Jesen”,
„Balada iz predgrađa”
Dragutin
Tadijanović
- poet
- born: 4th November 1905, Rastušje
- died: 27th June 2007, Zagreb
- one of the most famous Croatian poets
- nominated for Nobel prize
- famous poems: „Srebrne svirale”, „Sabrane pjesme”, „Sabrana pisma”
2 Cellos
- cellist duo
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