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Famous Croats
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Although a relatively small and unknown
country, Croatia can still be proud of the
number of people who have contributed to
science, culture, politics and sports.
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Politics
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Ante Starčević (1823-1896)
• A Croatian politician and
writer. Today he is often called
the father of the nation.
• He fought for the freedom and
sovereignty of Croatia.
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Stjepan Radić (1871-1928)
• A Croatian politician whose
violent death turned the name of
Stjepan Radić in Croatia's
political icon in the struggle for
the rights of peasants and
workers and the freedom of all
Croatian people.
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Alojzije Stepinac (1898-1960)
• A Bishop of Zagreb, cardinal
and theologist.
• Publicly denounced nacism
during the Second World War.
• Died in prison.
• Declared a martyr in 1998.
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Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980)
• President of former Yugoslavia.
• The organizer of the uprising
against the fascist occupiers
during the Second World War.
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Franjo Tuđman (1922-1999)
• A Croatian historian and
politician.
• The first president of the HDZ
and the first Croatian president.
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Science
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Faust Vrančić (1551-1617)
• An inventor, philosopher and lexicographer,
founder of many inventions (the most important -
the parachute).
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Ruđer Bošković (1711–1787)
• A Croatian physicist,
mathematician, astronomer,
surveyor, engineer, poet,
philosopher and a diplomat.
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Ivan Lupis-Vukić (1813-1875)
• An officer from Rijeka, the inventor of the torpedo.
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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
• A Croatian inventor, electrical
engineer and physicist.
• Discovered wireless electric
power transmission and radio
control aircraft.
He refused to receive the Nobel
Prize in physics because he
claimed that his line handling
Thomas Edison was not a real
scientist.
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Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936) • A Physicist - on the basis of surface waves, the first in the world to
determine velocity discontinuity which separates the crust from the
mantle of the Earth and is named in his honour Mohorovičić
discontinuity.
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Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871-1922)
• A Croatian inventor
• In 1906 he patented the first
mechanical pencil - the forerunner
of today's pen.
• He also patented a two-seated
aircraft.
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Lavoslav Ružička (1887-1976)
• A chemist, recieved the Nobel
Prize in 1936. He worked in
parfume industry.
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Vladimir Prelog (1906-1998)
• An organic chemist, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
his work on the stereochemistry of organic molecules and their
reactions.
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Miroslav Radman (1944-)
• A Croatian biologist and a member of French Academy of Sciences.
• Discovered a process that helps bacterium ‘Deinococcus radiodurans’ to reinvent itself.
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Ivan Đikić (1966-) • The head of the Laboratory of Molecular Tumor
Biology.
• Discovered a mechanism by which cells of human
body defend against cancer development.
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Culture
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Marin (4th century)
• A sculptor from the island of
Rab, the founder of San Marino,
the first republic in Europe.
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Marco Polo (1254-1324)
• A navigator, found the way to
China, he was born on the island
of Korčula.
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Marko Marulić (1450-1524)
• Croatian writer, often called the
father of Croatian literature.
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Marin Držić ( 1508-1567)
• A Croatian comedy writer,
chronicler of the Republic of
Dubrovnik.
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Ivan Gundulić ( 1589-1638)
• A writer, famous for the
epic"Osman", which celebrates
the Republic of Dubrovnik.
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Vatroslav Lisinski (1819-1854)
• A Croatian composer, created
the first Croatian opera “Love
and Malice”.
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Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874-1938)
• A member of intelectual Mažuranić family.
• She wrote many stories for children popular to this
day.
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Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962)
• The best known and the most famous Croatian sculptor and one of the
world's greatest contemporary artists.
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Ivo Andrić (1892-1975)
• A novelist, short story writer,
essayist, poet, and a winner of
the Nobel Prize for Literature
(1961).
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Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981)
• A famous Croatian writer.
• The founder of Croatian
lexicography.
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Dragutin Tadijanović (1905-2007)
• One of the most famous Cratian writer.
• He wrote many beautiful poems which are still very popular...
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Rade Šarbedžija (1946-)
• Graduated in 1969 from the Academy of Theatre, Film and
Television in Zagreb.
• Now he’s a world-famous actor .
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Goran Višnjić (1972-)
• A Croatian actor.
• He played in popular American
TV series ‘ER’ and gained fame.
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Zrinka Cvitešić (1979-)
• A theatre, television and film
actress.
• She graduated from the
Academy of Dramatic Arts in
Zagreb.
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Sports
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Dražen Petrović (1964-1993)
• One of the greatest Croatian and
European basketball players and
one of the biggest Croatian
athletes of all time.
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Davor Šuker (1968- )
• Voted the player of Croatia
in the period between 1954
and 2004. In his career he
scored over 300 goals.
• With 6 goals in 7 matches
led his country to the third
place in the World
Championship in 1998.
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Goran Ivanišević (1971- )
• Croatian tennis player,
Wimbledon winner in 2001and
the winner of the Davis Cup
with his tennis team in 2005.
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Mirko Filipović (1974- )
• A Croatian boxer, kickboxer, K - 1 fighter
and mixed martial arts fighter.
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Janica Kostelić (1982- )
• The best Croatian female athlete of all time.
• With four Olympic gold medals and two silver, Janica Kostelic is the most successful alpine skier in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.
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Blanka Vlašić (1983- )
• A Croatian athlete, Croatian
record holder and current world
champion in high jump.