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 1920s Clear ×
Zlatko Čajkovski
1923 - 1998
Branko Zebec
1929 - 1988
Bernard Vukas
1927 - 1983
Great Antonio
1925 - 2003
Stjepan Bobek
1923 - 2010
Frank Sinkwich
1920 - 1990
Željko Čajkovski
1925 - 2016
Vlado Kristl
1923 - 2004
Berislav Klobučar
1924 - 2014
Ivo Malec
1925 - 2019
Dejan Medaković
1922 - 2008
Lea Deutsch
1927 - 1943
Radovan Ivšić
1921 - 2009
Milan Kangrga
1923 - 2008
Miljenko Prohaska
1925 - 2014
Luna Alcalay
1928 - 2012
Tomislav Pinter
1926 - 2008
Thea Altaras
1924 - 2004
Nada Klaić
1920 - 1988
Jaroslav Dietl
1929 - 1985
Hermina Pipinić
Born 1928
Jean Lindenmann
1924 - 2015
Mirko Boman
1926 - 2013
Branko Kralj
1924 - 2012
Branco Weiss
1929 - 2010
Bruno Belin
1929 - 1962
Mirjana Gross
1922 - 2012
Josip Vrhovec
1926 - 2006
Mario Bertok
1929 - 2008
Aleksandar Srnec
1924 - 2010
Vladimir Firm
1923 - 1996
Vladimir Medar
1923 - 1978
Krešimir Krnjević
Born 1927
Đuro Seder
Born 1927
Franjo Majetić
1923 - 1991
Nenad Petrović (writer)
1925 - 2014
Vladimir Čonč
1928 - 2012
Zdenko Uzorinac
1929 - 2005
Renata Ulmanski
Born 1929
Ivo Šuprina
1921 - 1988
Vladimir Stipetić
1928 - 2017
Jadranko Crnić
1928 - 2008
Sonja Kastl
Born 1929
Branka Stilinović
1926 - 2016
Božidar Senčar
1927 - 1987
Zvonko Monsider
1920 - 1997
Felix Dothan
1924 - 2005
Frano Vodopivec
1924 - 1998
Zvonimir Lončarić
1927 - 2004
Milan Poredski
1922 - 2005
Branko Stinčić
1922 - 2001
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 - 2014
Seka Severin de Tudja
1923 - 2007
Sonja Mottl
1923 - 2014
Nevenka Šain
1928 - 2011
Ivan Seifert
1926 - 2008
Rudolf Galin
1928 - 2004
Vera Fischer (sculptor)
1925 - 2009
Karlo Pavlenć
1926 - 1987
Aleksandar Savić
1923 - 1941
Ivan Snoj
1923 - 1994
Krešo Pukšec
1920 - 1990
Theodor Dürrigl
Born 1926
Ankica Tuđman
Born 1926
Aleksandar Seifert
1923 - 1993
Branimir Karabajić
1925 - 2003
Zvonko Strnad
1926 - 1979
Bogdan Jerković
1925 - 2009
Anđelko Habazin
1924 - 1978
Branko Belačić
1929 - 2008
Drago Husjak
1926 - 1987
Mara Kraus
Born 1925
Gustavo Tomsich
1924 - 2015
Drago Žigman
1924 - 1983