List of people from Zadar

The following is a list of notable people who were born in the Croatian town of Zadar . Zadar natives are referred to as Zadrani. For people born in Zadar County, see List of people from Zadar County.

People from Zadar

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Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Vladan Alanović (born 1967), basketball player.
• Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born 1957), lawyer, politician, Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government, justice of the Constitutional Court.

B

• Silvio Ballarin (1901–1969), mathematician and university professor.
• Marko Banić (born 1984), basketball player.
• Igor Banović (born 1987), football player.
• Juraj Baraković (1548–1628), poet.
• Lovre Bašić (born 1995), basketball player.
• Nikola Bašić (born 1946), architect.
• Ivan Batur (born 1991), basketball player.
• Luka Begonja (born 1992), football player.
• Josip Bilaver (born 1984), football player.
• Saša Bjelanović (born 1979), football player.
• Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), politician and journalist.
• Vlatko Blažević (born 1994), football player.
• Jure Brkljača (born 1994), singer.
• Spiridon Brusina (1845-1909), malacologist.
• Zoran Bujas (1910–2004), psychiatrist.
• Ante Bukvić (born 1987), football player.
• Jurica Buljat (born 1986), football player.
• Marijan Buljat (born 1981), football player.

C

• Marjan Čakarun (born 1990), basketball player.
• Tullio Carminati (1894–1971), actor.
• Stefan Cebara (born 1991), professional soccer player.
• Čika (died 1095), founder of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary.
• Andrea Cippico (1877–1935), Italian senator.
• Arturo Colautti (1851–1914), journalist, polemicist and librettist.
• Igor Crnadak (born 1972), politician.
• Branko Culina (born 1957), football player and trainer.
• Hrvoje Ćustić (1983–2008), football player.
• Zoran Čutura (born 1962), basketball player.

D

• Renzo de' Vidovich (born 1934), politician, historian and journalist.
• Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), writer.
• Valter Dešpalj (1947-2023), cellist and music professor.
• Natali Dizdar (born 1984), singer.
• Donatus of Zadar, Catholic saint and bishop.

G

• Giorgio da Sebenico (1410–1475), sculptor and architect.
• Josip Gjergja (born 1937), basketball player and coach.
• Gjon Rënësi, (1567-1624), Albanian rebel.
• Mladen Grdović (born 1958), singer.
• Alan Gregov (born 1970), basketball player.

H

• Helen of Zadar (?-976), queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia.

I

• Ive Ivanov (born 1985), basketball player.
• Tomislav Ivčić (1953–1993), singer and composer.

J

• Jakov Varingez (c. 1400 – 1485), blessed of the Roman Catholic Church, patron of the Italian town of Bitetto.
• Toni Jeričević (born 1983), businessman, actor, TV host.
• Joanna II of Naples (1373–1435), Queen of Naples. ^[1]
• Pope John IV (died 12 October 642) reigned from 24 December 640 to his death in 642.

K

• Pavle Kalinić (born 1959), politician and writer.
• Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), politician and Mayor of Zadar.
• Tomislav Karamarko (born 1959), politician and First Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia.
• Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573), poet.
• Emilija Kokić (born 1968), singer.
• Arijan Komazec (born 1970), basketball player.
• Emilio Kovačić (born 1968), basketball player.
• Šimun Kožičić Benja (1460-1536), orator, humanist and printer.
• Marie Kraja (1911–1999), opera singer.
• Ante Krapić (born 1985), basketball player.

L

• Boris Labar (born 1947), physician and scientist in the field of hematology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. ^[2]
• Francesco Laurana (1430–1502), sculptor and architect. ^[3]
• Luciano Laurana (c. 1420 – 1479), architect and engineer. ^[4]
• Tihana Lazović (born 1990), actress. ^[5]

M

• Davor Marcelić (born 1969), basketball player.
• Pavle Marčinković (born 1989), basketball player.
• Marcela Marić (born 1996), diver. ^[6]
• Oliver Maric (born 1981), football player. ^[7]
• Petar Marić (born 1987), basketball player.
• Dominik Mavra (born 1994), basketball player.
• Stelvio Mestrovich (born 1958), writer, musicologist, and critic. ^[8]
• Luka Modrić (born 1985), football player. ^[9]
• Vedran Morović (born 1983), basketball player.

N

• Antun Nalis (1911–2000), actor.
• Benedikt Nikpalj (born 1993), bobsledder.
• Ivan Novačić (born 1985), basketball player.

O

• Marc Ostarcevic (born 1941), basketball player.

P

• Darko Pahlić (born 1963), basketball player.
• Pier Alessandro Paravia (1797–1857), writer, scholar, philanthropist and professor of Italian eloquence. ^[10]
• Bernarda Pera (born 1994), tennis player.
• Ivan Perinčić (born 1977), basketball player.
• Teo Petani (born 1988), basketball player.
• Doris Pinčić (born 1988), actress and TV and radio presenter.
• Joseph Plachutta (1827–1883), chess player. ^[11]
• Marko Popović (born 1982), basketball player.
• Herdi Prenga (born 1994), football player. ^[12]
• Zoran Primorac (born 1969), table tennis player.
• Toni Prostran (born 1991), basketball player.
• Dado Pršo (born 1974), football player.

R

• Ivana Radovniković (born 1985), singer.
• Tomislav Ružić (born 1979), basketball player.

S

• Franko Šango (born 1992), basketball player.
• Andrea Schiavone (c. 1510/1515–1563), painter. ^[13]
• Giorgio da Sebenico (1410-1473), sculptor and architect from Dalmatia.
• Juraj Segarić (born 1993), basketball player.
• Mima Simić (born 1976), writer, film critic, translator, LGBT activist. ^[14]
• Velimir Škorpik, Yugoslav Partisan commander.
• Branko Skroče (born 1955), basketball player.
• Tamara Šoletić (born 1965), actress. ^[15]
• Šime Špralja (born 1983), basketball player.
• Simone Stratigo (1733–1824), mathematician and a nautical science. ^[16]
• Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), poet, Orthodox Christian priest, secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro. ^[17]
• Ivan Santini (born 1989), football player.

T

• Carlo Tivaroni (1843–1906), historian and politician.
• Enrico Tivaroni (1841–1925), Italian senator and magistrate.
• Georg von Trapp (1880–1947), K.u.K. Submarine commander and father of "singing Trapp family".

V

• Jakov Varingez (1400–1496), Roman Catholic professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor. ^[18]
• Vekenega (died 1111), abbess of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary.
• Vladimir Velebit (1907–2004), Yugoslav People's Army Major-General, lawyer, historian, diplomat.
• Giorgio Ventura (c. 1570 – c. 1610), painter.
• Dalibor Veselinović (born 1987), football player.
• Jeronim Vidulić (c. 1430 – 1499), poet. ^[19]
• Jakov Vladović (born 1983), basketball player.

W

• Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), composer.

Z

• Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect.
• Juraj Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect.
• Luigi Ziliotto, (1863–1922), politician, podestà of Zadar (Zara).
• Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), pianist and composer.
• Petar Zoranić (c. 1508, died 1543–1569), writer.
• Luka Žorić (born 1984), basketball player.
• Katija Zubčić (born 1958), actress. ^[20]
• Tomislav Zubčić (born 1990), basketball player.
• Jurica Žuža (born 1978), basketball player.

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