45.8130° N, 15.9772° E
ZAGREB - CENTAR
Most Famous People Born in Zagreb - Centar, Croatia
- Notable people
- 1,308
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1968
- Most distinctive
- Handball 12.7×
Yugoslavia and then Croatia sent their sports pipeline to Europe through here — handball at 12.7×, with basketball, rowing, hockey, and football all above the global rate. Miroslav Krleža wrote the entire modernist Croatian canon on these streets, and the architect over-index traces the Secessionist downtown that Zagreb rebuilt around itself after 1880.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Zagreb - Centar during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Zagreb - Centar Is Known For
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Football is Zagreb - Centar's biggest profession — 24% of all notables (320).
Zagreb - Centar over-indexes on handball — 12.7× the global rate.
Zagreb - Centar under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Zagreb - Centar's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
Mathilde Mallinger
1847 - 1920
Ivan Tkalčić
1840 - 1905
Anna Forstenheim
1846 - 1889