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.

People from Zadar

A

• Darko Anić (born 1957), chess grand-master
• Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born 1957), first woman lawyer in Zadar's history; politician and justice of the Constitutional Court

B

• Juraj Baraković (1548–1628), poet
• Nikola Bašić (born 1946), architect
• Saša Bjelanović (born 1979), football player
• Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897), politician and journalist
• Zoran Bujas (1910–2004), psychiatrist
• Ante Bukvić, football player
• Marijan Buljat (born 1981), football player

C

• Tullio Carminati (1894–1971), actor
• Arturo Colautti (1851–1914), journalist, polemicist and librettist
• Igor Crnadak (born 1972), politician
• Branko Culina (born 1957), football player and trainer
• Čika (died 1095), founder of the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary
• Hrvoje Ćustić (1983–2008), football player

D

• Renzo de' Vidovich (born 1934), politician, historian and journalist
• Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), writer
• Valter Dešpalj (born 1947), 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
• Mladen Grdović (born 1958), singer

H

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

I

• Tomislav Ivčić (1953–1993), singer and composer

J

• Jakov of Zadar (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]

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
• 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]
• Ana Lovrin (born 1953), politician and Mayor of Zadar

M

• Oliver Maric (born 1981), football player^[6]
• Stelvio Mestrovich (born 1958), writer, musicologist, and critic^[7]
• Luka Modrić (born 1985), football player^[8]

N

• Antun Nalis (1911–2000), actor

P

• Pier Alessandro Paravia (1797–1857), writer, scholar, philanthropist and professor of Italian eloquence^[9]
• Joseph Plachutta (1827–1883), chess player^[10]
• Herdi Prenga (born 1994), football player^[11]
• Dado Pršo (born 1974), football player

R

• Ivana Radovniković (born 1985), singer

S

• Andrea Schiavone (c. 1510/1515–1563), painter^[12]
• Mima Simić (born 1976), writer, film critic, translator, LGBT activist^[13]
• Tamara Šoletić (born 1965), actress^[14]
• Simone Stratigo (1733–1824), mathematician and a nautical science^[15]
• Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), poet, Orthodox Christian priest, secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro^[16]
• Ivan Santini (born 1989), football player

T

• 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^[17]
• 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^[18]

W

• Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), composer

Z

• Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin, 14th-century architect
• Ksenija Zečević (1956–2006), pianist and composer
• Petar Zoranić (c. 1508, died 1543–1569), writer
• Katija Zubčić (born 1958), actress^[19]

References