domingo, 20 de maio de 2012

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



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