Notable Alumni of University of Zagreb [Sorted List]

1. Dražen Budiša

1948-. (aged 78)

writer politician

Dražen Budiša is a Croatian politician who used to be a leading opposition figure in the 1990s and a two-time presidential candidate. As president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party through the 1990s he remains to date the only Leader of the Opposition not to have been from either the Croatian Democratic Union or the Social Democratic Party.

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2. Nikica Valentić

1950-2023 (aged 73)

politician

Nikica Valentić was a Croatian entrepreneur, lawyer, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1993 to 1995. He is to date the youngest person to have served in that capacity, being 42 years old when taking office, and is also the first Croatian prime minister to have been born after World War II.

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3. Katarina Peović

1974-. (aged 52)

university teacher cultural studies scholar

Katarina Peović Vuković is a Croatian politician and media and culture researcher. From March to September 2018, she was a representative of the Workers' Front party in Zagreb Assembly. On January 21, 2019, Katarina Peović announced her candidacy for the Croatian presidential election in 2019 as a candidate of the Workers' Front party, and established media presence in the candidates'...

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4. Milka Babović

1928-2020 (aged 92)

sports commentator athletics competitor journalist

Milena "Milka" Babović was a Croatian sprint and hurdles runner and journalist.

5. Radovan Fuchs

1953-. (aged 73)

scientist

Radovan Fuchs is a Croatian scientist and politician serving as Minister of Science and Education since 2020.

6. Radimir Čačić

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Radimir Čačić is a Croatian politician and businessman who has been President of the People's Party – Reformists (NS-R) since the party's formation in 2014, as well as Prefect of Varaždin County from 2017 to 2021.

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7. Marija Selak Raspudić

1982-. (aged 44)

philosopher bioethicist university teacher politician

Marija Selak Raspudić is a Croatian politician and bioethicist who has served as member of the Croatian Parliament since 2020. She is married to Nino Raspudić.

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8. Srđa Trifković

1954-. (aged 72)

historian writer journalist

Srđa Trifković is a Serbian-American publicist, politician and historian. He is currently a foreign affairs editor for the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles, and a politics professor at the University of Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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9. Gordan Grlić-Radman

1958-. (aged 68)

diplomat

Gordan Grlić-Radman is a Croatian diplomat and politician serving as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs since July 2019.

10. Andrija Hebrang

1946-. (aged 80)

physician radiologist university teacher politician

Andrija Hebrang is a Croatian physician and politician. He is a former member of the Parliament of Croatia. A physician by vocation, Hebrang had served three terms as Croatia's Minister of Health (1990–1992, 1993–1998, and 2003–2005) and spent three months as Minister of Defence (May–October 1998) under six different Prime Ministers. In addition, he was his party's candidate in the...

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11. Vili Beroš

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Vili Beroš is a Croatian politician and neurosurgeon who served as Minister of Health from 2020 to 2024.

12. Željka Markić

1964-. (aged 62)

translator business executive journalist chief executive officer

Željka Markić is a leader of Croatian right-wing movement U ime obitelji (In the Name of Family).

13. Ivan Vilibor Sinčić

1990-. (aged 36)

political activist politician

Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, or simply Ivan Sinčić, is a Croatian politician and anti-eviction activist. He served as chairman of the Key of Croatia party (formerly known as Human Shield) and as a member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.

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14. Igor Mandić

1939-2022 (aged 83)

literary critic columnist writer journalist music critic

Igor Mandić was a Croatian writer, literary critic, columnist and essayist. According to Croatian historian Slobodan Prosperov Novak, Mandić was the most important and the most versatile Croatian newspaper writer of the second half of the 20th century. His polemic texts have marked a Yugoslav publicist epoch of the 1960s and 1970s. Known for his fresh, sharp writing style and...

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15. Slavko Goldstein

1928-2017 (aged 89)

screenwriter writer film director politician journalist

Slavko Goldstein was a Croatian historian, politician, and fiction writer.

16. Dušan Vukotić

1927-1998 (aged 71)

caricaturist film producer filmmaker film director animator

Dušan Vukotić was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin, with Croatian citizenship, cartoonist, author and director of animated films. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films.

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17. Zlatko Mateša

1949-. (aged 77)

water polo player politician

Zlatko Mateša is a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1995 to 2000. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union, Mateša is currently the president of the Croatian Olympic Committee and honorary consul of Mongolia in Croatia.

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18. Željko Reiner

1953-. (aged 73)

university teacher physician politician

Željko Reiner is a Croatian physician, politician, university professor, member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and former Minister of Health and Social Welfare who served as the 10th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament since independence and the 20th speaker overall, from December 2015 until October 2016.

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19. Petar Skansi

1943-2022 (aged 79)

basketball player basketball coach politician

Petar Skansi was a Croatian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he played for Jugoplastika and Maxmobili Pesaro. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that silver medalled at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

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20. Bruna Esih

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Bruna Esih is a Croatian politician and croatologist, currently serving as president of political party Independents for Croatia.

21. Ante Trumbić

1864-1938 (aged 74)

politician

Ante Trumbić was a Yugoslav and Croatian lawyer and politician in the early 20th century.

22. Franjo Kuharić

1919-2002 (aged 83)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Franjo Kuharić was a Croatian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1970 until his resignation in 1997. Made a cardinal in 1983, he was known as the "Rock of Croatia" because of his defense of human rights and urgings of peace and forgiveness during the independence conflict and the Bosnian War.

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23. Milan Šufflay

1879-1931 (aged 52)

science fiction writer historian albanologist university teacher translator

Milan Šufflay was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of Albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel. As a Croatian nationalist, he was persecuted in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and his murder subsequently caused an internationally publicized affair.

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24. Ukshin Hoti

1943-1999 (aged 56)

politician writer peace activist philosopher human rights defender

Ukshin Hoti was a Kosovo Albanian philosopher and activist. Hoti was a professor of international law and later philosophy at the University of Pristina and founder of UNIKOMB, a political party of Kosovo. Since 1982 he had been arrested several times by Yugoslav authorities. In 1994 he was convicted to five years in the Dubrava prison. In May 1999, when...

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25. Dubravka Šuica

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Dubravka Šuica is a Croatian politician of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) who was Vice-President of the European Commission and the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography from 2019 to 2024. She previously served as a member of the European Parliament from 2013 to 2019. Since December 2024 she serves as the European Commissioner for Mediterranean in the Von der...

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26. Vladan Desnica

1905-1967 (aged 62)

playwright novelist science fiction writer poet translator

Vladan Desnica was a Yugoslav writer and translator.

27. Jadranka Đokić

1981-. (aged 45)

film actor actor stage actor

Jadranka Đokić is a Croatian actress. One of the top Croatian actresses, she has won critical approval for her theatre, film and television performances.

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28. Ivo Brešan

1936-2017 (aged 81)

slavist playwright screenwriter writer

Ivan "Ivo" Brešan was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for political satire. His works include screenplays written with his son Vinko.

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29. Krešimir Mišak

1972-. (aged 54)

science fiction writer writer journalist

Krešimir Mišak is a Croatian journalist, rock musician, and science fiction author.

30. Károly Khuen-Héderváry

1849-1918 (aged 69)

diplomat politician

Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár, born as Károly Khuen de Belás was a Hungarian politician and the ban of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia in the late nineteenth century. Khuen's reign was marked by a strong magyarization. After a series of riots broke out against him in 1903, Khuen was relieved of his duty and appointed prime minister of Hungary.

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31. Pavao Pavličić

1946-. (aged 80)

linguist screenwriter writer translator university teacher

Pavao Pavličić is a Croatian writer, literary historian and translator whose main focus are crime novels. He writes for both adults and children.

32. Miro Gavran

1961-. (aged 65)

playwright screenwriter writer

Miro Gavran is a Croatian writer of short stories, fiction and drama. His works have been translated into 44 languages, making him the most translated Croatian writer, and his books have come out in 280 different editions at home and abroad. His dramas and comedies have had more than 450 theatre first nights around the world and have been seen...

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33. Davor Božinović

1961-. (aged 65)

diplomat politician

Davor Božinović is a Croatian diplomat and politician who serves as Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia since 2017. He previously served as Minister of Defence from 2010 to 2011.

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34. Mladen Stojanović

1896-1942 (aged 46)

physician

Mladen Stojanović was a Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav physician who led a detachment of Partisans on and around Mount Kozara in northwestern Bosnia during World War II in Yugoslavia. He was posthumously bestowed the Order of the People's Hero.

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35. Vladimir Šeks

1943-. (aged 83)

jurist lawyer politician

Vladimir Šeks is a Croatian lawyer and politician. He has been a representative in the Croatian Parliament since the nation's independence, and has held the posts of the Speaker of the Parliament, as well as Deputy Prime Minister in the government. He also served as acting President of the Croatian Democratic Union and Leader of the Opposition from 5 January...

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36. Ivan Đikić

1966-. (aged 60)

university teacher molecular biologist biologist

Ivan Đikić is a Croatian-German molecular biologist who is the Director of the Institute of Biochemistry II at Goethe University Frankfurt.

37. Vesna Parun

1922-2010 (aged 88)

painter poet writer translator children's writer

Vesna Parun was a Croatian poet.

38. Ivan Merz

1896-1928 (aged 32)

writer professor philosopher soldier

Ivan Merz was a Catholic layman from Bosnia and important supporter of the Catholic Church in Croatia. Merz promoted the Liturgical Movement in Croatia and together with Ivo Protulipac, he established a movement for the young people, Hrvatski orlovski savez ("The Croatian Union of the Eagles"), inspired by the Eucharistic Crusade, which he had encountered in France. He was beatified...

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39. Ana Rucner

1983-. (aged 43)

cellist

Ana Rucner is a Croatian cellist. She represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with Dalal Midhat-Talakić, Deen and Jasmin Fazlić Jala with the song "Ljubav je" performing it on 10 May 2016 in the first semi-final but failed to qualify to the final.

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40. Srećko Horvat

1983-. (aged 43)

philosopher

Srećko Horvat is a Croatian philosopher, author and political activist. The German weekly Der Freitag called him "one of the most exciting voices of his generation" and he has been described as a "fiery voice of dissent in the Post-Yugoslav landscape". His writing has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Der Spiegel, Jacobin, Newsweek, and The New York Times.

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41. Vesna Pusić

1953-. (aged 73)

philosopher political scientist university teacher politician

Vesna Pusić is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female Foreign Minister taking the office after Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. She is known as an outspoken liberal and an advocate of European integration, anti-fascism, gender equality and LGBT...

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42. Savka Dabčević-Kučar

1923-2009 (aged 86)

prime minister university teacher politician political commissar economist

Savka Dabčević-Kučar was a Croatian politician. She was one of the most influential Croatian female politicians during the communist period, especially during the Croatian Spring when she was deposed. She returned to politics during the early days of Croatian independence as the leader of the Coalition of People's Accord and the Croatian People's Party. From 1967 to 1969 she served...

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43. Zoran Mušič

1909-2005 (aged 96)

graphic designer draftsperson artist printmaker graphic artist

Zoran Mušič, baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of Italy and France, particularly Paris in the second half of the 20th century, where he lived for most of his later life. He painted landscapes, still lifes,...

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44. Vladimir Bakarić

1912-1983 (aged 71)

economist jurist political commissar politician

Vladimir Bakarić was a Yugoslav and Croatian communist revolutionary and a politician. He served as the President of the Executive Council of the People's Republic of Croatia from 1945 to 1953 and Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 1953 to 1963. In addition, he was Secretary of the League of Communists of Croatia for 2 decades from 1948 to 1969,...

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45. Davor Sučić

1961-. (aged 65)

singer guitarist television actor actor record producer

Davor Sučić, better known by his stage name Sejo Sexon, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, film score composer, actor and television director. He is the leader and co-founder of Zabranjeno Pušenje, contributing on all of its releases. Sejo Sexon was one of the founders of the New Primitivism movement in his hometown Sarajevo. As an actor, he has...

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46. Filip Šovagović

1966-. (aged 60)

television actor poet film director actor

Filip Šovagović is a Croatian actor, film director, comedian, playwright and journalist. At first known simply as the son of renowned actor Fabijan Šovagović, he has established himself as one of the most prolific Croatian actors of the 21st century.

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47. Svetozar Pribićević

1875-1936 (aged 61)

politician

Svetozar Pribićević was a Croatian Serb politician in Austria-Hungary and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was one of the main proponents of Yugoslavism and a federalized South Slavic state which would later turn out to be Yugoslavia. However, he later became a bitter opponent of the same policy that was promoted by King Alexander I.

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48. Miroslav Tuđman

1946-2021 (aged 75)

university teacher politician computer scientist information scientist sociologist

Miroslav Tuđman was a Croatian scientist and politician, the son and eldest child of the first President of Croatia, Franjo Tuđman, and his wife Ankica.

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49. Tomislav Tomašević

1982-. (aged 44)

activist political scientist politician

Tomislav Tomašević is a Croatian politician, activist, environmentalist and political scientist who has served as the 53rd Mayor of Zagreb since 4 June 2021.

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50. Marija Pejčinović Burić

1963-. (aged 63)

politician political economist

Marija Pejčinović Burić is a Croatian politician of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union party who served as Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from 2017 to 2019. She was the third woman to hold the post of foreign minister, following Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Vesna Pusić. Pejčinović Burić previously served as a Member of...

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51. Slavenka Drakulić

1949-. (aged 77)

writer novelist journalist essayist

Slavenka Drakulić is a Croatian journalist, novelist, and essayist whose works on feminism, communism, and post-communism have been translated into many languages.

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52. Milorad Pupovac

1955-. (aged 71)

philologist linguist university teacher politician

Milorad Pupovac is a Croatian politician and linguist. He is a member of the Sabor, the former president of the Serb National Council, and the president of the Independent Democratic Serb Party. He was also an observer at the European Parliament.

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53. Jovan Rašković

1929-1992 (aged 63)

university teacher psychiatrist politician

Jovan Rašković was a Croatian Serb politician. He was leader of the Serb Democratic Party.

54. Antun Vrdoljak

1931-. (aged 95)

screenwriter film director actor politician

Antun Vrdoljak is a Croatian film actor and director, sports official, and head of Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav Wars. Between the 1960s and early 1990s he was mainly a film artist. In the early 1990s he became involved in politics and became a prominent member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), which led to his appointment to a series...

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55. Mato Lovrak

1899-1974 (aged 75)

children's writer teacher writer

Mato Lovrak was a Croatian children's literature writer.

56. Mislav Kolakušić

1969-. (aged 57)

lawyer judge politician

Mislav Kolakušić is a Croatian lawyer and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament for Croatia from 2 July 2019 to 16 July 2024, having been elected to the position at the 2019 election as an Independent. Previously, he served as a judge at the Zagreb Commercial Court.

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57. Bojan Navojec

1976-. (aged 50)

actor

Bojan Navojec is a Croatian theatre and film actor.

58. Sanda Rašković Ivić

1956-. (aged 70)

diplomat psychiatrist politician

Sanda Rašković Ivić is a former Serbian politician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She was the president of the Democratic Party of Serbia from 2014 to 2016. She has served as one of the vice-presidents of the People's Party since 2017 and is currently serving as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia.

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59. Tomislav Karamarko

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Tomislav Karamarko is a Croatian politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from January to June 2016. He served in the Cabinet of Jadranka Kosor as Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2011.

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60. Dragutin Tadijanović

1905-2007 (aged 102)

translator poet linguist writer

Dragutin Tadijanović was a Croatian poet, and in his native Croatia he is referred to as a "Bard."

61. Dubravka Ugrešić

1949-2023 (aged 74)

university teacher children's writer novelist resistance fighter essayist

Dubravka Ugrešić was a Yugoslav-Croatian and Dutch writer. A graduate of University of Zagreb, she was based in Amsterdam from 1996 and continued to identify as a Yugoslav writer.

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62. Darko Rundek

1956-. (aged 70)

singer poet composer songwriter rock singer

Darko Rundek is a Croatian rock singer, songwriter, poet, and actor. His music career started in the early 1980s, as the frontman of the world music influenced rock band Haustor. He emigrated to France after the Yugoslav Wars started in 1991, and has recorded eight albums with various musicians from different parts of the world: Apokalipso, U širokom svijetu, Ruke,...

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63. Ivica Račan

1944-2007 (aged 63)

jurist politician

Ivica Račan was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments.

64. Zlatko Hasanbegović

1973-. (aged 53)

historian politician

Zlatko Hasanbegović is a Croatian politician and historian who has served as a member of the Croatian Parliament since 2016. He served as Minister of Culture in the cabinet of Tihomir Orešković from 22 January to 19 October 2016. Hasanbegović is also a member of the Zagreb Assembly and one of the founders of the Independents for Croatia party.

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65. Sanja Doležal

1963-. (aged 63)

actor singer television presenter

Sanja Doležal is a Croatian singer and television host.

66. Franka Batelić

1992-. (aged 34)

singer songwriter

Franka Batelić, also known as Franka, is a Croatian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame as the winner of the first season of Showtime. Batelić represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Crazy".

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67. Zlata Petković

1954-2012 (aged 58)

model actor

Zlata Petković was a Serbian actress, model, television host, singer and beauty pageant titleholder. She was Miss Yugoslavia 1971 and is best known for her role as Marija in the 1970s Yugoslav television series Povratak otpisanih.

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68. Dragan Primorac

1965-. (aged 61)

expert witness university teacher researcher physician politician

Dragan Primorac /ˈdrɑːɡən ˈpriːməˌræts/ is a Croatian politician, physician, geneticist, and forensic scientist. He served as Minister of Science, Education and Sports in the 9th and 10th government of Croatia under HDZ's Ivo Sanader, and was a presidential candidate in the 2009 and 2024 elections.

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69. Ivan Šubašić

1892-1955 (aged 63)

politician

Ivan Šubašić was a Croat politician, best known as the last Ban of Croatia and Prime Minister of the royalist Yugoslav Government in exile during the Second World War.

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70. Gordan Jandroković

1967-. (aged 59)

diplomat politician

Gordan Jandroković is a Croatian diplomat and politician who has been the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament since 2017, and is the only speaker to have served more than one term. Prior to his tenure as speaker he was a member of parliament from 2003 to 2020, and Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia from 2010 to 2011. He is a...

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71. Boris Dvornik

1939-2008 (aged 69)

actor

Boris Dvornik was a Croatian actor.

72. Vladimir Nazor

1876-1949 (aged 73)

politician writer political commissar translator poet

Vladimir Nazor was a Croatian poet and politician. During and after World War II in Yugoslavia, he served as the first President of the Presidency of the Croatian Parliament (Croatian head of state), and first Speaker of the Croatian Parliament.

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73. Vladko Maček

1879-1964 (aged 85)

lawyer politician

Vladimir Maček was a politician in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. As a leader of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) following the 1928 assassination of Stjepan Radić, Maček had been a leading Croatian political figure until the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. As a leader of the HSS, Maček played a key role in establishment of the Banovina of Croatia,...

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74. Ivan Mažuranić

1814-1890 (aged 76)

writer poet lawyer translator politician

Ivan Mažuranić was a Croatian poet, linguist, lawyer and politician who is considered to be one of the most important figures in Croatia's political and cultural life in the mid-19th century. Mažuranić served as Ban of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia between 1873 and 1880, and since he was the first ban not to hail from old nobility, he was known as...

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75. Jadranka Kosor

1953-. (aged 73)

writer poet journalist politician

Jadranka Kosor is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the first and so far only woman to become Prime Minister of Croatia since independence.

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76. Miroslav Lazanski

1950-2021 (aged 71)

television presenter columnist journalist war correspondent pundit

Miroslav Lazanski was а Serbian journalist, military analyst, politician, and a diplomat who served as ambassador of Serbia to the Russian Federation. Previous to his appointment, Lazanski was a Member of parliament. He wrote on political and military matters and was a correspondent and commentator for the Belgrade daily Politika. He was a member of the National Assembly of Serbia...

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77. Milan Bandić

1955-2021 (aged 66)

politician mayor

Milan Bandić was a Croatian politician and the longest-serving mayor of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Bandić was mayor almost continuously from 2000 to 2021, except during the time between his resignation in 2002 and the 2005 election. He was also suspended from exercising his powers and duties for several months after his 2014 arrest over a corruption scandal. Out...

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78. Lajos Batthyány

1807-1849 (aged 42)

politician economist

Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pozsony (modern-day Bratislava) on 10 February 1807, and was executed by firing squad in Pest on 6 October 1849, the same day as the 13 Martyrs of Arad.

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79. Ante Čačić

1953-. (aged 73)

association football coach

Ante Čačić is a Croatian professional football manager who was most recently manager of Croatian Football League club Dinamo Zagreb.

80. Luka Šulić

1987-. (aged 39)

academic musician cellist

Luka Šulić is a Croatian-Slovenian cellist. He was a member of 2CELLOS, along with Stjepan Hauser.

81. Stjepan Mesić

1934-. (aged 92)

lawyer political commissar politician

Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić is a Croatian lawyer and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before serving two five-year terms as president, he was prime minister of SR Croatia (1990) after the first multi-party elections, the last president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991) and consequently secretary general of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991), as well...

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82. Stjepan Radić

1871-1928 (aged 57)

writer translator politician

Stjepan Radić was a Croat politician and the co-founder of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (HPSS), active in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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83. Ana Vidović

1980-. (aged 46)

guitarist

Ana Vidović is a Croatian classical guitarist. A guitarist child prodigy, she has won a number of prizes and international competitions all over the world.

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84. Ante Marković

1924-2011 (aged 87)

electrical engineer political commissar politician

Ante Marković was a Croatian and Yugoslav politician, businessman and engineer. He is most notable for having served as the last Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1991.

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85. Ante Starčević

1823-1896 (aged 73)

literary critic writer notary magazine editor opinion journalist

Ante Starčević was a Croatian politician and writer. His policies centered around Croatian state law, the integrity of Croatian lands, and the right of his people to self-determination. As an important member of the Croatian parliament and the founder of the Party of Rights he has laid the foundations for Croatian nationalism. He has been referred to as Father of...

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86. Josip Manolić

1920-2024 (aged 104)

politician

Josip "Joža" Manolić was a Croatian politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration (OZNA or UDBA) and later as Prime Minister of Croatia, from 24 August 1990 to 17 July 1991. He was the last prime minister of Croatia as a constituent republic of Yugoslavia,...

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87. Andreas Meyer-Landrut

1929-. (aged 97)

diplomat

Andreas Meyer-Landrut is a former German diplomat. He was West Germany's ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1989. He also served as the chief of staff to the office of the President of Germany during the presidency of Richard von Weizsäcker from 1989 to 1994.

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88. Rade Šerbedžija

1946-. (aged 80)

composer stage actor actor television actor film actor

Rade Šerbedžija is a Croatian and Yugoslav actor, director and musician. He is known for his portrayals of imposing figures on both sides of the law, and is considered one of the best known Yugoslav actors in the 1970s and 1980s. He is internationally known mainly for his role as Boris the Blade in Snatch (2000), his supporting roles in...

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89. Zvonimir Boban

1968-. (aged 58)

association football player

Zvonimir Boban is a Croatian former professional footballer who serves as president of GNK Dinamo Zagreb. A midfielder, Boban played most of his career for Italian club AC Milan with whom he won four Serie A titles and one UEFA Champions League title. He also captained the Croatia national team which won third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

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90. Zoran Milanović

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Zoran Milanović is a Croatian politician who is the current president of Croatia. First elected in 2020, he was re-elected in 2025 with 74% voter support. Prior to assuming the presidency, he was the prime minister of Croatia from 2011 to 2016, as well as the president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from 2007 to 2016.

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91. Mira Furlan

1955-2021 (aged 66)

singer stage actor television actor actor film actor

Mira Furlan was a Croatian-American actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998), and as Danielle Rousseau in Lost (2004–2010), and also appeared in multiple award-winning films such as When Father Was Away on Business (1985) and The Abandoned (2010).

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92. Andrej Plenković

1970-. (aged 56)

diplomat politician

Andrej Plenković is a Croatian politician serving as the prime minister of Croatia since October 2016. He was previously one of eleven Croatian members of the European Parliament, serving from Croatia's accession to the European Union in 2013 until his resignation as MEP when he took office as prime minister. Plenković has also been serving as the president of the...

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93. Marina Abramović

1946-. (aged 80)

performance artist artist university teacher visual artist film director

Marina Abramović is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Being active for over four decades, Abramović refers to herself as the "grandmother of performance art". She pioneered a new notion of artistic identity by bringing...

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94. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

1968-. (aged 58)

diplomat politician

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as the president of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. At 46 years of age, she also became the youngest person to assume the presidency.

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95. Goran Višnjić

1972-. (aged 54)

television actor stage actor actor film actor

Goran Višnjić is a Croatian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in ER and Garcia Flynn in Timeless, both NBC television series. For ER, he and the cast were nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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96. G. M. Dimitrov

1903-1972 (aged 69)

politician

Georgi Mihov Dimitrov, known as Gemeto (Bulgarian: Гемето, lit. 'The G. M.') to distinguish him from Georgi Dimitrov Mihaylov, was a Bulgarian politician, a leading figure of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union during the 1930s and 1940s, and an opponent of fascism and communism alike.

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97. Predrag Matvejević

1932-2017 (aged 85)

opinion journalist university teacher literary historian essayist translator

Predrag Matvejević was a Bosnian and Croatian writer and scholar. A literature scholar who taught at universities in Zagreb, Paris and Rome, he is best known for his 1987 non-fiction book Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, a seminal work of cultural history of the Mediterranean region which has been translated into more than 20 languages.

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98. Dževad Karahasan

1953-2023 (aged 70)

playwright university teacher theatre critic writer essayist

Dževad Karahasan was a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded the Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings.

99. Ivo Josipović

1957-. (aged 69)

composer lawyer university teacher politician

Ivo Josipović is a Croatian academic, jurist, composer, and politician who served as the president of Croatia from 2010 to 2015.

100. Ivo Andrić

1892-1975 (aged 83)

poet writer novelist essayist short story writer

Ivo Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.

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