The following is a list of notable people from Bjelovar and the geographical area corresponding to present-day Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.
Artists, musicians and actors
- MomÃÂilo BajagiÃÂ Bajaga (born 1960), singer, songwriter and musician.
- Vojin Bakià(1915âÂÂ1992), sculptor.
- Boris BuzanÃÂià(1929âÂÂ2014), actor and politician.
- Dragomir ÃÂumià(1937âÂÂ2013), actor.
- ToÃ
¡o Dabac (1907âÂÂ1970), photographer.
- Bogdan DikliÃÂ (born 1953), actor.
- Eva Fischer (1920âÂÂ2015), actress.
- Sonja KovaÃÂ (born 1984), actress, model and singer.
- Charles Millot (1921âÂÂ2003), actor.
- Edo Murtià(1921âÂÂ2005), painter.
- Milena Mrazovià(1863âÂÂ1927), journalist, writer, piano, and composer.
- Bojan Navojec (born 1976), theatre and film actor.
- Goran Navojec (born 1970), actor and musician.
- Mario PetrekoviÃÂ (born 1972), comedian, actor, television presenter and entertainer.
- Ivo Robià(1923âÂÂ2000), singer.
- Nasta Rojc (1883âÂÂ1964), painter.
- Ferdo Rusan (1810âÂÂ1879), reformer, composer and musician.
- Ivo Serdar (1933âÂÂ1985), actor.
- Zdenko StriÃ
¾ià(1902âÂÂ1990), architect, urban planner, and teacher.
- SnjeÃ
¾ana Tribuson (born 1957), screenwriter and film director.
Authors
- Slavko Kolar (1891-1963), writer.
- Mato Lovrak (1899-1974), children's literature writer.
- Milena MrazoviÃÂ (1863-1927), journalist, writer.
- Josip Novakovich (born 1956), writer.
- ÃÂuro Sudeta (1903-1927), writer.
- Janus Pannonius (1434-1472) poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs.
- Goran Tribuson (born 1948), prose and screenplay writer.
- Ivan Trnski (1819-1910), writer, translator and 7th President of Matica hrvatska.
Military leaders
Politicians
- ÃÂurÃÂa AdleÃ
¡ià(born 1960), politician and former leader.
- Milivoj AÃ
¡ner (1913-2011) Independent State of Croatia's police officer who was number 4 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals and on the Interpol's most wanted list.
- Vesna BedekoviÃÂ (born 1966), politician who served as the Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy of Croatia.
- Boris BuzanÃÂiÃÂ (1929-2014), actor, politician, mayor of Zagreb.
- Slavko Cuvaj (1851-1931), politician, Ban of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
- Silvije Degen (born 1942), politician and lawyer.
- Gordan JandrokoviÃÂ (born 1967), politician and diplomat, 12th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs.
- Julije Makanec (1904-1945), politician.
- Anka Mrak-TaritaÃ
¡ (born 1959), politician, Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning and President of the Civic Liberal Alliance.
Historians and scientists
Athletes
- Mirko BaÃ
¡ià(born 1960), handball player who won several medals representing Yugoslavia, including a gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Luka BoÃ
¾ià(born 1996), basketball player.
- Dario ÃÂanaÃÂija (born 1994), football player.
- Zvonko Canjuga (born 1921), football player.
- Marko Capan (born 2004), football player.
- Zdravko Ceraj (1920-2011) who competed for SFR Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics. and won two medals at the Mediterranean Games
- Zdravko Divjak (born 1956), swimmer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- Bogumir DoleÃ
¾al (1889-1959), footballer, sportsman and journalist.
- Bojan ÃÂurkoviÃÂ (born 1989), sports shooter.
- Mladen FranÃÂiÃÂ (born 1955), football player.
- Petar GorÃ
¡a (born 1988), sports shooter.
- Ivan Gubijan (1923-2009), hammer thrower, won a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
- Hrvoje Horvat (born 1946), handball player who won several medals with Yugoslavia.
- Hrvoje Horvat, Jr. (born 1977), handball player and coach.
- Franjo Jurjevià(1932âÂÂ2022), gymnast.
- Bojan KneÃ
¾evià(born 1997), football player.
- Darko Kralj (born 1971), paralympic athlete, won a gold medal at Beijing 2008.
- Marin LaliÃÂ (born 1969), football midfielder.
- Zvezdan LjubobratoviÃÂ (born 1971), football player.
- Zdravko MamiÃÂ (born 1959), football administrator and sports manager.
- Zoran MamiÃÂ (born 1971), football player and coach.
- Alen Maras (born 1982), football player.
- Miran MariÃÂiÃÂ (born 1997), sports shooter.
- Alen MrzleÃÂki (born 1974), football manager and player.
- Filip OzobiÃÂ (born 1991), footballer who played for Croatia's national football team.
- BoÃ
¾idar Peter (1938-2012), handball player who played with Yugoslavia's national team.
- Miroslav PribaniÃÂ (born 1946), handball player who was part of the Yugoslav national team that won a gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
- Borut Puc (born 1991), tennis player.
- Marko RoginiÃÂ (born 1995), football player.
- Rudolf Rupec (1895-1983), footballer who played ten matches for the Austrian national team.
- Luka Ã
 ebetià(born 1952), handball player and coach who played with RK Zamet.
- Marijan SeÃÂak (born 1976), handball player playing for HC Motor Zaporizhzhia and Croatia's national team.
- NataÃ
¡a Vezmar (born 1976), taekwondo practitioner.
- Ognjen VukojeviÃÂ (born 1983), former football player who played for Dynamo Kyiv and Croatia's national team.
- Jelena ZrniÃÂ (born 1975), basketball player.
Religion
Other
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