43.5102° N, 16.4397° E
SPLIT
Most Famous People Born in Split, Croatia
- Notable people
- 666
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1973
- Most distinctive
- Polo 34.8×
A Diocletian-era port whose twentieth-century contribution is almost entirely athletic — a Polo cohort running at better than thirty times the global baseline, a thick Handball bench behind it, and the Rower and Basket clusters a certain kind of Adriatic coast city produces almost as a matter of course. The palace town that somehow quietly became a factory for team-sport internationals.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Split Is Known For
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Football is Split's biggest profession — 38% of all notables (251).
Split over-indexes on polo — 34.8× the global rate.
Split under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Split's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Stipe Erceg
Born 1974
Draghixa Laurent
Born 1973
Boris Dvornik
1939 - 2008
Dino Dvornik
1964 - 2008
Marija Škaričić
Born 1977
Jelena Đokić
Born 1977
Ena Begović
1960 - 2000
Robert Kurbaša
Born 1977
Mimi Fiedler
Born 1975
Nataša Janjić
Born 1981
Nives Ivanković
Born 1967
Olga Spiridonović
1923 - 1994
Mia Begović
Born 1963
Marinko Prga
Born 1971
Ivana Roščić
Born 1979
Josip Zovko
1970 - 2019
Milan Pleština
Born 1961
Slavko Sobin
Born 1984
Ivan Jurcevic
Born 1971
Lana Barić
Born 1979
Marina Fernandez
Born 1981
Lea Mornar
Born 1972
Frane Perišin
Born 1960
Ratko Glavina
Born 1941
Xenia Valderi
Born 1926
Ivana Bašić (actor)
Born 1976