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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Branco Weiss
1929 - 2010
Željko Senečić
1933 - 2018
Željko Malnar
1944 - 2013
Nenad Čanak (basketball)
Born 1976
Mirela Brekalo
Born 1956
Mathilde Mallinger
1847 - 1920
Goran Brajković
1978 - 2015
Branko Gavella
1885 - 1962
Filip Zubčić
Born 1993
Slađan Ašanin
Born 1971
Lovro Majer
Born 1998
Andrea Kobetić
Born 1985
Emil Perška
1896 - 1945
Josip Glasnović
Born 1983
Marko Marić (footballer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Josip Jurčević
Born 1951
Vedran Janjetović
Born 1987
Juan Benigar
1883 - 1950
Ivana Abramović
Born 1983
Ivan Šantek
1932 - 2015
Mirna Mazić
Born 1985
Bruno Belin
1929 - 1962
Filip Grgić
Born 1989
Dragutin Vragović
1901 - 1973
Jelena Grubišić
Born 1987
Petar Kralj
1941 - 2011
August Lešnik
1914 - 1992
Zlatko Mateša
Born 1949
Miroslav Poljak
1944 - 2015
Petar Bočkaj
Born 1996
Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler
1942 - 2008
Marko Bašić (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Hugo Ehrlich
1879 - 1936
Zdravko Hebel
1943 - 2017
Nikola Tomašić
1864 - 1918
Božidar Alić
1954 - 2020
Karlo Bručić
Born 1992
Gordan Lederer
1958 - 1991
Helga Vlahović
1945 - 2012
Sanda Mamić
Born 1985
Matija Špičić
Born 1988
Toni Datković
Born 1993
Vinko Soldo
Born 1998
Dragutin Babić
1898 - 1945
Sanja Vejnović
Born 1961
Goran Dukić
Born 1965
Slavko Kodrnja
1911 - 1970
Vladimir Šujster
Born 1972
Marko Ćosić
Born 1994
Luka Capan
Born 1995
Josip Palada
1912 - 1994
Ivan Jazbinšek
1914 - 1996
Luka Grubor
Born 1973
Sanda Dubravčić
Born 1964
Rudolf Brucci
1917 - 2002
Zoran Dukić
Born 1969
Alojzije Janković
Born 1983
Alex Grossmann
1930 - 2019
Hrvoje Hitrec
Born 1943
Tena Štivičić
Born 1977
Jasen Mesić
Born 1972
Filip Mrzljak
Born 1993
Sunčana Škrinjarić
1931 - 2004
Nenad Ban
Born 1966
Kristina Krepela
Born 1979
Božidar Kunc
1903 - 1964
Mislav Komorski
Born 1992
Tvrtko Kale
Born 1974
Franjo Šoštarić
1919 - 1975
Andreja Schneider
Born 1964
Dražen Kovačević
Born 1974
Luka Lončar
Born 1987
Nika Ožegović
Born 1985
Ivan Trajkovič
Born 1991
Petar Franjić
Born 1991
Oskar Alexander
1876 - 1953
Božidar Smiljanić
1936 - 2018
Davor Slamnig
Born 1956
Mirela Holy
Born 1971
Dragutin Vrđuka
1895 - 1948
Damir Škaro
Born 1959
Luka Bukić
Born 1994
Mirjana Gross
1922 - 2012
Josip Vrhovec
1926 - 2006
Mario Bertok
1929 - 2008
Marko Pejić
Born 1995
Ljubomir Micić
1895 - 1971
Tibor Halilović
Born 1995
Branka Primorac
Born 1946
Ognjen Kraus
Born 1945
Sanja Doležal
Born 1963
Vesna Girardi-Jurkić
1944 - 2012
Herbert Alois Kraus
1911 - 2008
Josip Scholz
1898 - 1945
Robert Mudražija
Born 1997
Snješko Cerin
Born 1955
Vladimir Žerjavić
1912 - 2001
Silvije Čavlina
Born 1977
Sandra Mandir
Born 1977
Károly Olt
1904 - 1985
Zvonko Kusić
Born 1946
Nikolija
Born 1989
Senna Ušić-Jogunica
Born 1986
Sonja Bašić
Born 1987
Iva Slišković
Born 1984
Goran Gajić
Born 1962
Katarina Barun
Born 1983
Archduke Leopold of Austria, Prince of Tuscany
1897 - 1958
Mate Meštrović
Born 1930
Zdenko Zorko
Born 1950
Ivica Kostović
Born 1943
Tomislav Radić
1940 - 2015
Idora Hegel
Born 1983
Dubravko Škiljan
1949 - 2007
Ronald Lopatni
Born 1944
Milan Antolković
1915 - 2007
Franjo Kukuljević
1909 - 2000
Slobodan Lang
1945 - 2016
Drago Ibler
1894 - 1964
Matej Vidović
Born 1993
Ivan Herceg (actor)
Born 1981
Vjekoslav Kobešćak
Born 1974
Damir Keretić
Born 1960
Ante Majstorović
Born 1993
Silvia Njirić
Born 1993
Mirko Kramarić
Born 1989
Krešimir Mišak
Born 1972
Igor Jugović
Born 1989
Alma Prica
Born 1962
Ico Hitrec
1911 - 1946
Mateo Poljak
Born 1989
Aleksandar Srnec
1924 - 2010
Ivana Sajko
Born 1975
Hedvig Hricak
Born 1946
Mirjana Ognjenović
Born 1953
Branko Bošnjaković
Born 1939
Kruno Ivančić
Born 1994
Ozren Bonačić
Born 1942
Vjekoslav Župančić
1900 - 1971
Nenad Žugaj
Born 1983
Maksimilijan Vanka
1889 - 1963
Vladimir Firm
1923 - 1996
Risto Arnaudovski
Born 1981
Vladimir Vuković
1898 - 1975
Ivan Radoš
Born 1984
Leonard Mesarić
Born 1983
Sidonija Rubido
1819 - 1884
Johann Schadowitz
1624 - 1704
Igor Francetić
Born 1977
Tomislav Zanoški
Born 1984
Marko Arapović
Born 1996
Stjepan Babić (footballer)
Born 1988
Ingeborg Fülepp
Born 1952
Oktavijan Miletić
1902 - 1987
Mira Zore-Armanda
1930 - 2012
Jelena Veljača
Born 1981
Mate Skelin
Born 1974
Reuven Dafni
1913 - 2005
Maja Murić
Born 1974
Josip Franjo Domin
1754 - 1819
Dominik Picak
Born 1992
Renata Sabljak
Born 1977
Ivan Ratkić
Born 1986
Vladimir Medar
1923 - 1978
Miljenko Kovačić
1973 - 2005
Stjepan Betlheim
1898 - 1970
Olga Pakalović
Born 1978
Pavao Rauch
1865 - 1933
Mario Kovač (artist)
Born 1975
Ivan Čović
Born 1990
Darko Hudelist
Born 1959
Drago Mlinarec (musician)
Born 1942
Ivan Graf
Born 1987
Ivan Herceg (footballer)
Born 1990
Tomislav Čošković
Born 1979
Nenad Puhovski
Born 1949
Edvin Biuković
1969 - 1999
Ivor Horvat
Born 1991
Ljerka Mintas-Hodak
Born 1952
Filip Ivić
Born 1992
Vlado Martek
Born 1951
Marko Šarlija
Born 1982
Lana Jurčević
Born 1984
Milena Žic-Fuchs
Born 1954
Svetislav Stančić
1895 - 1970
Adnan Terzić
Born 1960
Josip Šoljić
Born 1987
Zdravko Lorković
1900 - 1998
Edo Popović
Born 1957
Hrvoje Hribar
Born 1962
Vladimir Varlaj
1895 - 1962
Hana Čutura
Born 1988
Rakan Rushaidat
Born 1977
Boris Vujčić
Born 1964
Ivan Babić (footballer, born 1984)
Born 1984
Matko Babić
Born 1998
Ivana Lovrić
Born 1984
Stjepan Stazić
Born 1978
Lidija Horvat
Born 1982
Nika Turković
Born 1995
Lukas Nola
Born 1964
Renata Končić
Born 1977
Ivo Krbek
1890 - 1966
Emil Plazzeriano
1897 - 1972
Krešimir Krnjević
Born 1927
Krešimir Čuljak
Born 1970
Dragutin Mitić
1917 - 1986
Frane Čačić
Born 1980
Ljubo Wiesner
1885 - 1951
Saša Broz
Born 1968
Paula Wolf-Kalmar
1880 - 1931
Zlatko Crnković (translator)
1931 - 2013
Hana Hegedušić
Born 1976
Ronald Šiklić
Born 1980
Jure Šterk
1937 - 2009
Korie Hlede
Born 1975
Pavao Tekavčić
1931 - 2007
Kristijan Polovanec
Born 1979
Jaroslav Šifer
1895 - 1982
Boris Mikšić
Born 1948
Tomislav Štrkalj
Born 1996
Mladen Koščak
1936 - 1997
Marijo Možnik
Born 1987
Milanka Opačić
Born 1968
Đuro Seder
Born 1927
Hrvoje Sep
Born 1986
Stjepan Vrbančić
1900 - 1988
Robert Auer
1873 - 1952
Velimir Neidhardt
Born 1943
Dubravko Merlić
Born 1960
Maja Šuput
Born 1979
Zlatko Šimenc
Born 1938
Milovan Zoričić
1884 - 1971
Marijo Strahonja
Born 1975
Dražen Biškup
Born 1965
Josip Fuček
Born 1985
Ivan Parlov
Born 1984
Nebojša Vučković
1949 - 2019
Vladimir Milojčić
1918 - 1978
Stipe Buljan
Born 1983
Jasna Ptujec
Born 1959
Ivan Tkalčić
1840 - 1905
Matija Dedić
Born 1973
Danilo Šerbedžija
Born 1971
Juraj Andrassy
1896 - 1977
Amar Bukvić
Born 1981
Igor Pokrajac
Born 1979
Dubravka Ostojić
Born 1961
Zvonko Vranesic
Born 1938
Miroslav Šarić
Born 1986
Željko Sopić
Born 1974
Srećko Puntarić
Born 1952
Nenad Firšt
Born 1964
Roberto Soldić
Born 1995
Stjepan Planić
1900 - 1980
Matej Bagarić
Born 1989
Radovan Fuchs
Born 1953
Božidar Orešković
1942 - 2010
Ivan Blažević
Born 1992
Bruno Vlahek
Born 1986
Ivan Granec
1897 - 1923
Marijan Čerček
Born 1949
Heddy Kun
Born 1936
Branko Gračanin
Born 1943
Mislav Ježić
Born 1952
Željka Markić
Born 1964
Nino Serdarušić
Born 1996
Albert Goldstein
1943 - 2007
Rudolf Lubinski
1873 - 1935
Zvonimir Richtmann
1901 - 1941
Silvijo Petriško
Born 1979
Tin Matić
Born 1997
Jurica Grabušić
Born 1983
Tomislav Paškvalin
Born 1961
Dražen Anzulović
Born 1967
Edo Šen
1877 - 1949
Inoslav Bešker
Born 1950
Tin Široki
Born 1987
Maria Abramović
Born 1987
Vedrana Malec
Born 1990
Dragan Plamenac
1895 - 1983
Sanja Ožegović
Born 1959
Ivana Lang
1912 - 1982
Ignjat Fischer
1870 - 1948
Davor Dretar
Born 1966
Dominik Kanaet
Born 1991
Anja Šovagović-Despot
Born 1963
Vladimir Vinek
1901 - 1945
Ivana Jakupčević
Born 1977
Miljan Pupović
Born 1983
Nevio Marasović
Born 1983
Karlo Žganec
Born 1995
Sanda Rašković Ivić
Born 1956
Franjo Majetić
1923 - 1991
Boris Perušič
Born 1940
Željko Rohatinski
1951 - 2019
Zlatko Tomčić
Born 1945
Darko Vukić
Born 1968
Marko Alvir
Born 1994
Ivan Šijan
Born 1990