List of people from Osijek

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This is a list of famous people who were born or have lived in Osijek, Croatia.

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[edit] Artists, musicians and actors

  • Zlatko Burić (famous Danish actor)
  • Bela Čikoš Sesija (painter, one among the first representatives of symbolism (secesija, art nouveau) in Croatia)
  • Hugo Conrad von Hötzendorf (19th century painter)
  • Izidor Jung (19th century painter)
  • Zvonimir Jurić (film and TV director)
  • Julije Knifer (painter)
  • Franjo Krežma (famous violinist)
  • Branko Lustig (Hollywood producer and winner of two Oscars)
  • Krešimir Mikić (popular actor)
  • Oliver Mlakar (Croatian TV anchor)
  • Branko Schmit (film director)
  • Krunoslav Slabinac (popular Croatian singer)
  • Miroslav Škoro (Croatian singer and composer)
  • Dado Topić (Croatian singer)
  • Adolf Waldinger (19th century painter)

[edit] Authors

  • Dobriša Cesarić (poet)
  • Drago Hedl (journalist, editor of Feral Tribune, winner of the Knight International Journalism Award in 2006)
  • Vladimir Herzog (Brazilian TV journalist, university professor and theater author)
  • Matija Petar Katančić (18th century Croatian writer, university professor for archaeology, translator of the Bible in the Croatian, author of the first paper over the archaeology in Croatia)
  • Jagoda Truhelka (Croatian novelist)

[edit] Politicians

  • Ludwig Adamovich (Senior) (Austrian Minister of Justice - 1938, University professor in Prag, Graz and Vienna)
  • Branimir Glavaš (controversial right-wing politician)
  • Zlatko Kramarić (liberal politician and former mayor)
  • Vladimir Šeks (President (Speaker) of the Croatian Parliament)
  • Vesna Škare Ožbolt (leader of the Democratic Centre political party)

[edit] Scientists

[edit] Sportspeople

[edit] Other