List of people from Zadar County

The following is a list of notable people from Zadar (Zara) and the geographical area corresponding to present-day Zadar County.

Artists, musicians and actors

• Steve Bacic (born 1965), actor
• Nikola BaÅ¡ić (born 1946), architect
• Tomislav Bralić (born 1968), singer
• Natali Dizdar (born 1984), pop singer
• Tullio Carminati (1894–1971), actor
• Gianni Garko (born 1935), actor
• Giorgio da Sebenico (1410–1475), sculptor and architect
• Francesco Laurana (1430–1502), sculptor and architect
• Luciano Laurana (c. 1420 – 1479), architect and engineer
• Tihana Lazović (born 1990), actress
• Ottavio Missoni (1921–2013), designer
• Antun Nalis (1911–2000), actor
• Andrea Schiavone (c. 1510/1515–1563), painter
• Tamara Å oletić (born 1965), actress
• Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1979), painter
• Giorgio Ventura (c. 1570 – c. 1610), painter
• Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect
• Juraj Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect
• Antonio Pini-Corsi (1858–1918), opera baritone
• Katija Zubčić (born 1958), actress

Authors

• Juraj Baraković (1548–1628), poet
• Arturo Colautti (1851–1914), journalist, polemicist and librettist
• Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), writer
• Vincenzo Duplancich (1905–1967), journalist
• Riccardo Foster (1869–1939), poet, journalist
• Pavle Kalinić (born 1959), writer
• Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573), poet
• Bartol KaÅ¡ić (c. 1575 – 1650), scribe, translator
• Stelvio Mestrovich (born 1958), writer, musicologist, and critic
• Pier Alessandro Paravia (1797–1857), writer, scholar, philanthropist and professor of Italian eloquence
• Mima Simić (born 1976), writer, film critic, translator, LGBT activist
• Savo Å trbac (born 1949), author and lawyer
• Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977), writer
• Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), poet, Orthodox Christian priest, secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro
• Jeronim Vidulić (c. 1430 – 1499), poet
• Petar Zoranić (c. 1508, died 1543–1569), writer

Military leaders

• Branimir of Croatia (9th century), Croatian leader active in the area of Nin
• Ante Gotovina (born 1955), lieutenant-general
• Furio Lauri (1918–2002), aviator
• Velimir Å korpik, Yugoslav Partisan commander
• Danilo Stanisavljević (1917–1942), uprising leader
• Georg von Trapp (1880–1947), naval officer
• Vladimir Velebit (1907–2004), major-general, lawyer, historian, diplomat
• Ante Zemljar (1922–2004), military officer, poet

Musicians

• Valter DeÅ¡palj (born 1947), cellist and music professor
• Natali Dizdar (born 1984), singer
• Mladen Grdović (born 1958), singer
• Tomislav Ivčić (1953–1993), singer and composer
• Emilija Kokić (born 1968), singer
• Marie Kraja (1911–1999), opera singer
• Ivana Radovniković (born 1985), singer
• Michele Stratico (1728–1783), composer and violinist
• Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), composer
• Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), pianist and composer

Politicians

• Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born 1957), lawyer, politician, Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government, justice of the Constitutional Court
• Maks Baće (1914–2005), ambassador, revolutionary
• Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), politician and journalist
• Andrea Cippico, (1877–1935), Italian senator
• Igor Crnadak (born 1972), politician
• Å ime Đodan (1927–2007), politician
• Roberto Ghiglianovich, Italian senator and patriot
• Pavle Kalinić (born 1959), politician and writer
• Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), politician and Mayor of Zadar
• Tomislav Karamarko (born 1959), politician and First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
• Sanja Lakić (born 1994), politician
• Neven Ljubičić (born 1963), politician
• Budimir Lončar (1924–2024), politician
• Milorad Pupovac (born 1955), politician
• Petar Å kundrić (born 1947), politician
• Enrico Tivaroni (1841–1925), Italian senator and magistrate
• Lucio Toth (1934–2017), politician
• Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), politician
• Giacomo Vuxani (1886–1964), politician
• Luigi Ziliotto, politician, podestà of Zadar (Zara) (1863–1922)

Historians and scientists

• Silvio Ballarin (1901 – 1969), mathematician and university professor
• Zoran Bujas (1910–2004), psychiatrist
• Spiridon Brusina (1845 – 1909), malacologist
• Aldo Duro (1916–2000), linguist
• Giovanni Francesco Fortunio (ca. 1470–1517), grammarian, jurist and humanist.
• Renzo de' Vidovich (born 1934), politician, historian and journalist
• Jevrem Jezdić (1916 – 1997), historian, publicist, writer
• Boris Labar (born 1947), physician and scientist in the field of hematology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Josef Müller (1880–1964), entomologist
• Simone Stratigo (1733–1824), mathematician and a nautical science
• Carlo Tivaroni (1843–1906), historian and politician
• Carlo Viola (1855–1925), geologist
• Predrag Vranicki (1922–2002), Marxist humanist and philosopher
• Obrad Zelić (born in 1946), professor of parodontology and oral medicine

Athletes

• Vladan Alanović (born 1967), basketball player
• Romano Bajlo (born 1946), rower
• Marko Banić (born 1984), basketball player
• Ivan Batur (born 1991), basketball player
• SaÅ¡a Bjelanović (born 1979), football player
• Ante Bukvić, football player
• Jurica Buljat (born 1986), football player
• Marijan Buljat (born 1981), football player
• Marjan Čakarun (born 1990), basketball player
• Antonio Cattalinich (Ante Katalinić) (1895–1981), rower
• Francesco Cattalinich (Frane Katalinić) (1891–1976), rower
• Simone Cattalinich (Å imun Katalinić) (1891–1976), rower
• Stefan Cebara (born 1991), football player
• Đorđe Čotra (born 1984), football player
• Ljubomir Crnokrak (born 1958), football manager
• Aleksandar Čubrilo (born 1975), basketball player
• Branko Culina (born 1957), football player and trainer
• Hrvoje Ćustić (1983–2008), football player
• Joey Didulica (born 1997), football player whose parents were from Zadar
• Toni Dijan (born 1983), basketball player
• SaÅ¡a Dobrić (born 1982), football player
• Å ime Fantela (born 1986), sailor
• Đorđe Gagić (born 1990), basketball player
• Latino Galasso (1898–1949), rower
• Josip (Giuseppe, "Pino") Gjergja (born 1937), basketball player
• Alan Gregov (born 1970), basketball player
• Å ime Gregov (born 1989), footballer
• Petar Ivanov (rower) (Pietro Ivanov) (1894–1961), rower
• Danijel Jusup (born 1961), basketball coach
• Ratko Kacian (1917–1949), football player
• Arijan Komazec, basketball player
• Emilio Kovačić (born 1968), basketball player
• Ante Krapić (born 1985), basketball player
• Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (born 1987), basketball player
• Dominik Livaković (born 1995), football player
• Mark Liveric (born 1953), football player
• Viktor Ljubić (Vittorio Gliubich) (1902–1984), rower
• Korana Longin-Zanze (born 1973), basketball player
• Oliver Maric (born 1981), football player
• Petar Marić (born 1987), basketball player
• Dominik Mavra (born 1994), basketball player
• Vladimir Milić (born 1955), shot putter
• Roko MiÅ¡lov (born 1988), football player
• Luka Modrić (born 1985), football player
• Vedran Morović (born 1983), basketball player
• Ivan Ninčević (born 1981), handball player
• Ivan Novačić (born 1985), basketball player
• Bernarda Pera (born 1994), tennis player
• Joseph Plachutta (1827–1883), chess player
• Nikola PlećaÅ¡ (born 1948), basketball player
• Marko Popović (born 1982), basketball player
• Herdi Prenga (born 1994), football player
• Zoran Primorac (born 1969), table tennis player
• Dado PrÅ¡o (born 1974), football player
• Milan PrÅ¡o (born 1990), football player
• Marija Režan (born 1989), basketball player
• Tullio Rochlitzer (1926–2006), basketball player and coach
• Ivan Santini (born 1989), football player
• Josip Skoblar (born 1941), football player
• Branko Skroče (born 1955), basketball player
• Bruno Sorić (Bruno Sorich) (1904–1942), rower
• Enzo Sovitti (1926–1969), basketball player and coach
• Danijel SubaÅ¡ić (born 1984), football player
• Marin Tomasov (born 1987), football player
• Carlo Toniatti (1892–1968), rower
• Sergio Vatta (1937–2020), football coach
• DuÅ¡an Vemić (born 1976), tennis player
• Dalibor Veselinović (born 1987), football player
• Jakov Vladović (born 1983), basketball player
• Stojko Vranković (born 1964), basketball player
• Luka Žorić (born 1984), basketball player
• Tomislav Zubčić (born 1990), basketball player
• Jurica Žuža (born 1978), basketball player

Religion

• Å ime Budinić (17th century), priest
• Čika (died 1095), founder of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary
• Donatus of Zadar, Catholic saint and bishop
• Gregory of Nin (10th century), bishop active in the area of Nin
• Pope John IV (died 12 October 642) reigned from 24 December 640 to his death in 642.
• Simeon Končarević, Serbian Orthodox bishop
• Nikolaj Mandić (1840–1907), theologian
• Marijan Oblak (1919–2008), Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar
• Ivan Prenđa (1939–2010), Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar
• Jakov Varingez (1400–1496), Roman Catholic professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor
• Vekenega (died 1111), abbess of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary
• Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer

Other

• Helen of Zadar (?-976), queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia
• Toni Jeričević (born 1983), businessman, actor, TV host
• Franco Luxardo (born 1936), entrepreneur and fencer
• Girolamo Luxardo (1784–1865), entrepreneur, diplomat
• Girolamo Manfrin (1742–1801), entrepreneur
• Joanna II of Naples (1373–1435), Queen of Naples

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