List of people from Zadar County

The following is a list of notable people from Zadar (Zara) and the geographical area corresponding to present-day Zadar County.

Artists, musicians and actors

Steve Bacic (born 1965), actor Nikola Bašić (born 1946), architect Tomislav Bralić (born 1968), singer Natali Dizdar (born 1984), pop singer Tullio Carminati (1894–1971), actor Gianni Garko (born 1935), actor Giorgio da Sebenico (1410–1475), sculptor and architect Francesco Laurana (1430–1502), sculptor and architect [1] Luciano Laurana (c. 1420 – 1479), architect and engineer [2] Tihana Lazović (born 1990), actress [3] Ottavio Missoni (1921–2013), designer Antun Nalis (1911–2000), actor Andrea Schiavone (c. 1510/1515–1563), painter [4] Tamara Šoletić (born 1965), actress [5] Živko Stojsavljević (1900–1979), painter Giorgio Ventura (c. 1570 – c. 1610), painter Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect Juraj Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect Antonio Pini-Corsi (1858–1918), opera baritone Katija Zubčić (born 1958), actress [6]

Bašić Carminati Garko Giorgio da Sebenico Schiavone Ventura

Authors

Juraj Baraković (1548–1628), poet Arturo Colautti (1851–1914), journalist, polemicist and librettist Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), writer Vincenzo Duplancich (1905–1967), journalist Riccardo Foster (1869–1939), poet, journalist Pavle Kalinić (born 1959), writer Brne Karnarutić (1515–1573), poet Bartol Kašić (c. 1575 – 1650), scribe, translator Stelvio Mestrovich (born 1958), writer, musicologist, and critic [7] Pier Alessandro Paravia (1797–1857), writer, scholar, philanthropist and professor of Italian eloquence [8] Mima Simić (born 1976), writer, film critic, translator, LGBT activist [9] Savo Štrbac (born 1949), author and lawyer Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977), writer Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), poet, Orthodox Christian priest, secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro [10] Jeronim Vidulić (c. 1430 – 1499), poet [11] Petar Zoranić (c. 1508, died 1543–1569), writer

Baraković Colautti Kašić Karnarutić Paravia Štrbac

Military leaders

Branimir of Croatia (9th century), Croatian leader active in the area of Nin Ante Gotovina (born 1955), lieutenant-general Furio Lauri (1918–2002), aviator Velimir Škorpik, Yugoslav Partisan commander Danilo Stanisavljević (1917–1942), uprising leader Georg von Trapp (1880–1947), naval officer Vladimir Velebit (1907–2004), major-general, lawyer, historian, diplomat Ante Zemljar (1922–2004), military officer, poet

Gotovina Velebit

Musicians

Valter Dešpalj (born 1947), cellist and music professor Natali Dizdar (born 1984), singer Mladen Grdović (born 1958), singer Tomislav Ivčić (1953–1993), singer and composer Emilija Kokić (born 1968), singer Marie Kraja (1911–1999), opera singer Ivana Radovniković (born 1985), singer Michele Stratico (1728–1783), composer and violinist Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), composer Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), pianist and composer

Dešpalj Ivčić Kokić Weingartner

Politicians

Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born 1957), lawyer, politician, Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Local Self-government, justice of the Constitutional Court Maks Baće Milić (1914–2005), ambassador, revolutionary Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), politician and journalist Andrea Cippico, (1877–1935), Italian senator Igor Crnadak (born 1972), politician Šime Đodan (1927–2007), politician Roberto Ghiglianovich, Italian senator and patriot 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 Sanja Lakić (born 1994), politician Neven Ljubičić (born 1963), politician Budimir Lončar (1924–2024), politician Milorad Pupovac (born 1955), politician Petar Škundrić (born 1947), politician Enrico Tivaroni (1841–1925), Italian senator and magistrate Lucio Toth (1934–2017), politician Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), politician Giacomo Vuxani (1886–1964), politician Luigi Ziliotto, politician, podestà of Zadar (Zara) (1863–1922)

Antičević-Marinović Crnadak Karamarko Lončar Tivaroni Vuxani

Historians and scientists

Silvio Ballarin (1901 – 1969), mathematician and university professor Zoran Bujas (1910–2004), psychiatrist Spiridon Brusina (1845 – 1909), malacologist Aldo Duro (1916–2000), linguist Giovanni Francesco Fortunio (ca. 1470–1517), grammarian, jurist and humanist. Renzo de' Vidovich (born 1934), politician, historian and journalist Jevrem Jezdić (1916 – 1997), historian, publicist, writer Boris Labar (born 1947), physician and scientist in the field of hematology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation [12] Josef Müller (1880–1964), entomologist Simone Stratigo (1733–1824), mathematician and a nautical science [13] Carlo Tivaroni (1843–1906), historian and politician Carlo Viola (1855–1925), geologist Predrag Vranicki (1922–2002), Marxist humanist and philosopher Obrad Zelić (born in 1946), professor of parodontology and oral medicine

Brusina de' Vidovich Stratigo Tivaroni

Athletes

Vladan Alanović (born 1967), basketball player Romano Bajlo (born 1946), rower Marko Banić (born 1984), basketball player Ivan Batur (born 1991), basketball player Saša Bjelanović (born 1979), football player Ante Bukvić, football player Jurica Buljat (born 1986), football player Marijan Buljat (born 1981), football player Marjan Čakarun (born 1990), basketball player Antonio Cattalinich (Ante Katalinić) (1895–1981), rower Francesco Cattalinich (Frane Katalinić) (1891–1976), rower Simone Cattalinich (Šimun Katalinić) (1891–1976), rower Stefan Cebara (born 1991), football player Đorđe Čotra (born 1984), football player Ljubomir Crnokrak (born 1958), football manager Aleksandar Čubrilo (born 1975), basketball player Branko Culina (born 1957), football player and trainer Hrvoje Ćustić (1983–2008), football player Joey Didulica (born 1997), football player whose parents were from Zadar Toni Dijan (born 1983), basketball player Saša Dobrić (born 1982), football player Šime Fantela (born 1986), sailor Đorđe Gagić (born 1990), basketball player Latino Galasso (1898–1949), rower Josip (Giuseppe, "Pino") Gjergja (born 1937), basketball player Alan Gregov (born 1970), basketball player Šime Gregov (born 1989), footballer Petar Ivanov (rower) (Pietro Ivanov) (1894–1961), rower Danijel Jusup (born 1961), basketball coach Ratko Kacian (1917–1949), football player Arijan Komazec, basketball player Emilio Kovačić (born 1968), basketball player Ante Krapić (born 1985), basketball player Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (born 1987), basketball player Dominik Livaković (born 1995), football player Mark Liveric (born 1953), football player Viktor Ljubić (Vittorio Gliubich) (1902–1984), rower Korana Longin-Zanze (born 1973), basketball player Oliver Maric (born 1981), football player [14] Petar Marić (born 1987), basketball player Dominik Mavra (born 1994), basketball player Vladimir Milić (born 1955), shot putter Roko Mišlov (born 1988), football player Luka Modrić (born 1985), football player [15] Vedran Morović (born 1983), basketball player Ivan Ninčević (born 1981), handball player Ivan Novačić (born 1985), basketball player Bernarda Pera (born 1994), tennis player Joseph Plachutta (1827–1883), chess player [16] Nikola Plećaš (born 1948), basketball player Marko Popović (born 1982), basketball player Herdi Prenga (born 1994), football player [17] Zoran Primorac (born 1969), table tennis player Dado Pršo (born 1974), football player Milan Pršo (born 1990), football player Marija Režan (born 1989), basketball player Tullio Rochlitzer (1926–2006), basketball player and coach Ivan Santini (born 1989), football player Josip Skoblar (born 1941), football player Branko Skroče (born 1955), basketball player Bruno Sorić (Bruno Sorich) (1904–1942), rower Enzo Sovitti (1926–1969), basketball player and coach Danijel Subašić (born 1984), football player Marin Tomasov (born 1987), football player Carlo Toniatti (1892–1968), rower Sergio Vatta (1937–2020), football coach Dušan Vemić (born 1976), tennis player Dalibor Veselinović (born 1987), football player Jakov Vladović (born 1983), basketball player Stojko Vranković (born 1964), basketball player Luka Žorić (born 1984), basketball player Tomislav Zubčić (born 1990), basketball player Jurica Žuža (born 1978), basketball player

Bjelanović Buljat Mavra Modrić Pera Popović Primorac Santini Skoblar Subašić

Religion

Šime Budinić (17th century), priest Čika (died 1095), founder of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary Donatus of Zadar, Catholic saint and bishop Gregory of Nin (10th century), bishop active in the area of Nin Pope John IV (died 12 October 642) reigned from 24 December 640 to his death in 642. Simeon Končarević, Serbian Orthodox bishop Nikolaj Mandić (1840–1907), theologian Marijan Oblak (1919–2008), Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar Ivan Prenđa (1939–2010), Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zadar 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 Gerasim Zelić (1752–1828), Serbian Orthodox Church archimandrite, traveller and writer

Budinić Jakov Varingez John IV Zelić

Other

Helen of Zadar (?-976), queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia Toni Jeričević (born 1983), businessman, actor, TV host Franco Luxardo (born 1936), entrepreneur and fencer Girolamo Luxardo (1784–1865), entrepreneur, diplomat Girolamo Manfrin (1742–1801), entrepreneur Joanna II of Naples (1373–1435), Queen of Naples [19]

Helen Luxardo

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