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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Martin Sinković
Born 1989
Valent Sinković
Born 1988
Luka Grubor
Born 1973
Igor Francetić
Born 1977
Krešimir Čuljak
Born 1970
Karlo Pavlenć
1926 - 1987
Boris Beljak
1930 - 2013
Marko Banović
Born 1967
Branko Belačić
1929 - 2008
Hrvoje Telišman
Born 1972
Zlatko Bužina
Born 1966
Goran Puljko
Born 1977
Marko Horvatin
1919 - 2011
Drago Husjak
1926 - 1987