Culture of Croatia II

Some important personalities from Croatia

Domagoj of Croatia - Prince

Prince Branimir of Croatia - First independent ruler,

King Tomislav - Founder of the first Croatian kingdom

Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia, "the Great" - King

Dmitar Zvonimir of Croatia - King

Ante Starčević - "Father of the Nation"

Nikola Šubić Zrinski - Statesman and soldier

Marko Marulić - Poet

Marin Držić - Playwright and prose writer

Faust Vrančić - Inventor of parachutes

Ruđer Bošković - Physicist and diplomat

Ivan Gundulić - Poet

Josip ban Jelačić - Army general

Ivan Meštrović – Sculptor

Franjo Tuđman – First President of Croatia, founder of modern Croatia

Giovanni Luppis - Inventor of torpedoes

Mate Parlov - Boxing champion

Lavoslav Ružička - Chemist

Eduard Slavoljub Penkala  - Inventor of ink pens, bluing detergent (Windex), the rail-car brake, the hot water bottle, and the anode battery

Stjepan Radić - Parliamentarian

Miroslav Krleža – Writer

Blanka Vlašić – High jumper

Vladimir Nazor – Writer

Stjepan Radić – Croatian national leader in 1st half of 20th century

Vlaho Bukovac – Painter

Ivan Generalić – Painter naive art

Branko Cikatić – First K-1 Grand Prix Winner

Goran Ivanišević – Wimbledon Champion, 2 Olympic bronze medals 1992

Mia Čorak Slavenska – Prima ballerina

Branko Lustig – Film producer (winner of two Oscar awards)

Nikola Tesla – Inventor

Josip Broz – Tito – Guerilla leader in World War II, Yugoslav leader (ethnic Croat)

Stipe Mesić – President of the Republic of Croatia

Davor Šuker – football player (best scorer of the 1998 WC most goals winner of golden shoe in 98 WC with six goals)

Alojzije Stepinac – Archbishop, beatified

Ivica Kostelić – Alpine Skiing Slalom World Cup Champion (3 Olympic Silvers)

Janica Kostelić – A.S. World Cup Champion in 2001, 2003 & 2006 (4 Olympic Golds, 2 Silvers)

Toni Kukoč – NBA playe

Iva Majoli – Roland Garros Champion

Željko Mavrović – Fmr. European Boxing Champion

Dražen Petrović – NBA Hall of Famer

Croatia national water polo team

Croatia national handball team

Croatian national basketball team