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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- Field: Painter Clear ×
Franz von Bayros
1866 - 1924
Josip Račić
1885 - 1908
Danijel Žeželj
Born 1966
Živa Kraus
Born 1945
Marino Tartaglia
1894 - 1984
Oskar Herman
1886 - 1974
Oskar Alexander
1876 - 1953
Aleksandar Srnec
1924 - 2010
Maksimilijan Vanka
1889 - 1963
Vladimir Varlaj
1895 - 1962
Đuro Seder
Born 1927
Robert Auer
1873 - 1952
Heddy Kun
Born 1936
Marta Ehrlich
1910 - 1980
Branko Šenoa
1879 - 1939
Joseph Zbukvic
Born 1952
Đuro Tiljak
1895 - 1965
Marijan Trepše
1887 - 1964
Leo Delitz
1882 - 1966
Vera Nikolić Podrinska
1886 - 1972
Mira Klobučar
1888 - 1956
Goran Generalić
Born 1971