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.
Standouts
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.
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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Josip Račić
1885 - 1908
Vera Schwarz
1888 - 1964
Zvonimir Rogoz
1887 - 1988
Oskar Herman
1886 - 1974
Branko Gavella
1885 - 1962
Juan Benigar
1883 - 1950
Maksimilijan Vanka
1889 - 1963
Ljubo Wiesner
1885 - 1951
Paula Wolf-Kalmar
1880 - 1931
Milovan Zoričić
1884 - 1971
Egon Caesar Conte Corti
1886 - 1953
Rudolf Zistler
1886 - 1960
Alfred Müller (entrepreneur)
1888 - 1945
Marijan Trepše
1887 - 1964
Ivan Werner
1887 - 1944
Leo Delitz
1882 - 1966
Vera Nikolić Podrinska
1886 - 1972
Mira Klobučar
1888 - 1956
Ivo Stern
1889 - 1961