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.
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Vlado Milunić
Born 1941
Thea Altaras
1924 - 2004
Juraj Neidhardt
1901 - 1979
Hugo Ehrlich
1879 - 1936
Drago Ibler
1894 - 1964
Velimir Neidhardt
Born 1943
Stjepan Planić
1900 - 1980
Rudolf Lubinski
1873 - 1935
Edo Šen
1877 - 1949
Ignjat Fischer
1870 - 1948
Alfred Albini
1896 - 1978
Marijan Haberle
1908 - 1979
Leo Hönigsberg
1861 - 1911
Regina Poly
1942 - 2014
Stjepan Podhorsky
1875 - 1945
Ante Anin
Born 1966
Vedran Mimica
Born 1954
Vjekoslav Heinzel
1871 - 1934
Ivan Seifert
1926 - 2008
Vladimir Šterk
1891 - 1941
Vladimir Lalo Nikolić
Born 1941
Dina Rajs
Born 1938