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Euro Dog Show 2007, Zagreb Croatia


Famous Croatian

The greatest and most famous Croatian philosopher and scientist Rudjer Boskovic (Boscovich, 1711-1787), was born in Dubrovnik, where he was educated in the Jesuit Collegium. He was a member of the Royal Society of London, a member of St.Petersbug Academy, "membre correspondant" of the French Academie Royale des Sciences, a member of the Accademia dell"Arcadia, a professor at many European universities. Very delicate work on repairing the cupola of St. Peter"s church in the Vatican (diameter: 42m) was entrusted to R. Boskovic, a proof that he was a leading European authority for static computations and civil engineering of that time.

Nikola Tesla at the age of 39Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), born in Croatia (at that time within Austro-Hungary), is well known and need not be particularly introduced. We feel it is necessary to cite his words that he was equally proud of his Croatian motherland and Serbian descent. He completed his elementary and secondary school education in Croatia (in Gospic and Karlovac), and studied in Graz and Prague. He is the father of alternating electrical current technology and the three phase system. He is equally known by his contribution to the high frequency technology and wireless communications. The impact of Tesla"s numerous inventions (more than 700 patents) on the development of modern civilization is immeasurable. The unit for magnetic induction Tesla, was named after him (Conference general des poids et mesures, Paris, 1960). He refused to receive the Nobel prize which he had to share with T.A. Edison.

 

Marco Polo - explorer from Curzola/Korčula - Croatia, ethnic Italian

Tibor Sekelj - explorer

Mirko and Stjepan Seljan - explorers

Architecture

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Business

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Education, Language, Culture

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Exploration

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Film and theatre

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History

  • Ivan Kukuljević - historian
  • Vjekoslav Klaić - historian
  • Emilij Laszowski - historian
  • Ivan Lučić - historian
  • Franjo Rački - historian
  • Ivan Ratkaj - historian, Jesuit, explorer

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Invention

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Literature

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Media

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Military

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Music, classical

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Music, popular

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Politics

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Religion

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Rescuers of Holocaust victims

  • Ivan Vranetic

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Science - Nobel Prize winners

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Science

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Sport

see list of Croatian Sports Players

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Visual arts

  • Antun Augustinčić - sculptor
  • Ljubo Babic - painer
  • Vladimir Becic- painter
  • Federiko Benković - painter
  • Vlaho Bukovac - painter
  • Ante Cetin - painter
  • Ante Dabro - sculptor
  • Petar Dobrovic - painter
  • Zdravko Duckovic - painter
  • Ivan Duknović - sculptor
  • Cata Dujsin - painter
  • Berislav Fabek - Animated film producer, poet
  • Tomislav Franges- Ivanovic - sculptor
  • Dušan Džamonja - sculptor, painter
  • Ivan Generalić - painter
  • Krsto Hegedušić - painter
  • Oton Gliha - painter, ethnic Slovenian
  • Zlatko Grgić - animated film producer
  • Slavko Jagacic - painter
  • Trpimir Ivancevic - sculptor
  • Robert Jean-Ivanovic - sculptor
  • Zdenko Kalin - sculptor
  • Bosko Karanovic - painter
  • Petar Kolaric - sculptor
  • Edo Kovacevic - painter
  • Mato Kovacevic - painter
  • Adolf Krizmanic -painter
  • Paul Kufrin - sculptor
  • Drago Kuharec sculptor
  • Nives Kavurić-Kurtović - painter
  • Juraj Julije Klović - painter, (portrait miniatures)
  • Miroslav Kraljević - painter
  • Kristijan Kreković - painter
  • Fran Kršinić - sculptor
  • Ivan Lacković-Croata - painter
  • Francesco Laurana - sculptor
  • Gustav Likan - painter
  • Alojzije Lozica - sculptor
  • Mike Luckovich - cartoonist
  • Dora Maar, (Theodora Markovich - photographer, painter, model
  • Roko Matjasic - painter
  • Andrija Maurović - illustrator
  • Mato Celestin Medović - painter
  • Andrija Medulic - painter
  • Dennis Magdic - pop artist
  • Ivan Meštrović - sculptor
  • Bogdan Miscevic - painter
  • Antun Motika - painter
  • Edo Murtić - painter
  • Nemon Oscar - sculptor
  • Roman Petrovic - painer
  • Marija Pokrivka - painter
  • Ivan Rabuzin - painter
  • Josip Racic - painter
  • Michael radenchich - painter
  • Mirko Rački - painter
  • Otto Reisinger - cartoonist
  • Slava Raškaj - painter
  • Vladimir Roncevic
  • Toma Rosandic - sculptor
  • Ivo sermet - painter
  • Miljenko Stancic - painter
  • Zlatko Sulentic - painter
  • Vilim Svecnjak - painter
  • Zarko Simat - painter
  • Rudolf Svagl-Lesic - sculptor
  • Marijan Trepse - painter
  • Josip Turkaly - sculptor
  • Maksimilijan Vanka - painter
  • Mladen Veža - illustrator
  • Josip Vanista - painter
  • Mirko Virius - painter
  • Dušan Vukotić - animated film producer
  • Ante Zaninović - animated film producer

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Infamous people

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Other

People born in Illyria or the subsequent Roman province, now part of Croatia, before the Great Migrations and the arrival of Croats and other Slavs:

People with less direct Croatian ancestry:

People with Croatian ancestry but high-ranked officials of other countries:

People with less certain Croatian ancestry:

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