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.
Artists, musicians and actors
Meri Andraković (born 2000), (singer)
Viktor Axmann (1878–1946), (architect)
Zlatko Burić (born 1953), (Croatian-Danish actor)
Petra Cicvarić (born 1986), (actress)
Bela Čikoš Sesija (1864–1931), (painter, one among the first representatives of symbolism (secesija, art nouveau) in Croatia)
Mia Dimšić (born 1992), (singer, who will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022)
Andrej Dojkic (born 1980), (actor)
Goran Grgić (born 1965), (actor)
Zvonimir Jurić (born 1971), (film and TV director)
Julije Knifer (1924–2004), (painter)
Franjo Krežma (1862–1881), (violinist)
Branko Lustig (1932–2019), (Hollywood producer and winner of two Oscars)
Branko Mihaljević (1931–2005), (composer), spent his career in Osijek and died in Osijek
Krešimir Mikić (born 1974), (actor)
Oliver Mlakar (born 1935), (TV anchor)
Oscar Nemon (1906–1985), (sculptor)
Aklea Neon (born 1990), (singer)
Zlatko Pejaković (born 1950), (singer)
Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), (painter)
Ivan Rein (1905–1943), (painter)
Rod Riffler (1907–1941), (modern dance teacher and choreographer)
Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951), (composer), studied in Osijek (Osijek gymnasium)
Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), (operatic soprano)
Branko Schmidt (born 1957), (film director)
Krunoslav Slabinac (1944–2020), (popular singer)
Miroslav Škoro (born 1962), (singer and composer)
Dado Topić (born 1949), (singer)
Adolf Waldinger (1843–1904), (19th-century painter)
Authors
Luka Bekavac (born 1976), (writer, university professor and translator)
Danilo Blanuša (1903–1987), (mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor)
Maja Bošković-Stulli (1922–2012), (historian, writer, publisher and academic)
Borivoj Dovniković (1930–2022), (film director, animator, caricaturist, illustrator and graphic designer)
Drago Hedl (born 1950), (journalist, editor of Feral Tribune, winner of the Knight International Journalism Award in 2006)
Vladimir Herzog (1937–1975), (Brazilian TV journalist, university professor and theater author)
Vane Ivanović (1913–1999), (athlete, political activist and writer)
Matija Petar Katančić (1750–1825), (18th-century writer, university professor for archaeology, translator of the Bible in the Croatian, author of the first paper over the archaeology in Croatia)
Zlatko Krilić (born 1955), (writer and the president of the Croatian Writers' Association)
Franjo Maixner (1841–1903), (university professor and rector of the University of Zagreb)
Krista Kostial-Šimonović (1923–2018), (physician and academic)
Viktor Sonnenfeld (1902–1969), (translator and philosopher)
Politicians
Biljana Borzan (born 1971), (member of the European Parliament and member of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia)
Josip Frank (1844–1911), (lawyer and politician)
Vilim Herman (born 1949), (former representative in the Croatian Parliament for Croatian Social Liberal Party)
Branimir Glavaš (born 1956), (right-wing politician)
Ivan Rikard Ivanović (1880–1949), (politician and industrialist)
Zlatko Kramarić (born 1956), (liberal politician and former mayor)
Vladimir Šeks (born 1943), (President (Speaker) of the Croatian Parliament)
Vesna Škare Ožbolt (born 1961), (leader of the Democratic Centre political party)
Daniel Srb (born 1964), (politician)
Scientists
Mislav Grgić (born 1973), (university professor, scientist, Ph.D., technical sciences and electrical engineer)
Branko Grünbaum (1929–2018), (mathematician and professor)
Snježana Kordić (born 1964), (Croatian linguist)
Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), (meteorologist and seismologist born in Volosko, Istria)
Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), (chemist, Nobel prize winner, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Lavoslav (Leopold) Ružička (1887–1976), (chemist, Nobel prize winner; born in nearby Vukovar and attended famous Osijek high school/gymnasium )
Athletes
Zdenko Adamović (born 1963), (football player)
Ivan Aleksić (born 1993), (football player)
Maja Anić (born 1988), (rower)
Silvio Anočić (born 1997), (football player)
Zoran Arsenić (born 1994), (football player)
Marko Babić (born 1981), (football player)
Valentin Babić (born 1981), (football player)
Davor Bagarić (born 1985), (football player)
Davor Bajsić (born 1974), (football player)
Davorka Balić (born 1988), (basketball player)
Borna Barišić (born 1992), (football player)
Josip Barišić (born 1986), (football player)
Luka Barišić (born 1998), (basketball player)
Aurel Benović (born 2000), (artistic gymnast)
Nenad Bjelica (born 1971), (football player)
Saša Branežac (born 1976), (football player)
Bernarda Brčić (born 1991), (volleyball player)
Zorko Cvetković (1924–2017), (electrical engineer and basketball player)
Igor Cvitanović (born 1970), (football player)
Slobodanka Čolović (born 1965), (athlete, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth, and a gold at the 1987 Mediterranean Games)
Matej Dodig (born 2005), (tennis player)
Jelena Dokić (born 1983), (Australian tennis player, former #4 on WTA)
Marko Dugandžić (born 1994), (football player)
Beta Dumančić (born 1991), (volleyball player)
Siniša Ergotić (born 1968), (long jumper)
Dražen Funtak (born 1975), (sprint canoer)
Mika Grbavica (born 2001), (volleyball player)
Ivan Horvat (born 1993), (pole vaulter)
Emanuel Horvatiček (born 1979), (sprint canoer)
Krunoslav Hulak (1951–2015), (chess player)
Katica Ileš (born 1946), (handball player)
Silvio Ivandija (born 1964), (handball player and current handball coach)
Vedrana Jakšetić (born 1996), (volleyball player)
Sonja Kešerac (born 1985), (rower)
Kristijan Krajina (born 1990), (basketball player)
Petar Krpan (born 1974), (football player)
Vladimir Krstić (born 1972), (basketball coach and former player)
Zvonimir Krznarić (born 1972), (sprint canoer)
Josip Kuna (born 1972), (sport shooter)
Nikica Ljubek (born 1980), (sprint canoer)
Ivan Meštrović (born 1979), (entrepreneur and sportsman)
Svetlana Ognjenović (born 1981), (handball player)
Sena Pavetić (born 1986), (basketball player)
Kosta Perović (born 1985), (Serbian basketball player; first basketball player born in Osijek to be drafted into NBA)
Alen Petrović (born 1969), (football player)
Dino Radoš (born 1991), (basketball player)
Davor Rupnik (born 1971), (football manager and former player)
David Šain (born 1988), (rower)
Ninoslav Saraga (born 1969), (rower)
Jasna Šekarić (born 1965), (Serbian sport shooter; winner of one gold, three silver and one bronze medal at Olympic games; winner of International Shooting Sport Federation "Shooter of the Millennium" award)
Dražen Sermek (born 1969), (chess player)
Dino Skender (born 1983), (football manager)
Ivo Smoje (born 1978), (football player)
Robert Špehar (born 1970), (football player)
Davor Šuker (born 1968), (football player, winner of Golden Boot at 1998 FIFA World Cup)
Karlo Uljarević (born 1998), (basketball player)
Saša Vasiljević (born 1979), (Bosnian basketball player)
Donna Vekić (born 1996), (tennis player)
Mario Vekić (born 1982), (rower)
Aljoša Vojnović (born 1985), (football player)
Ljubomir Vorkapić (born 1967), (Serbian football player)
Jurica Vranješ (born 1980), (football player)
Vojislav Vujević (born 1955), (judoka)
Darko Zibar (born 1958), (rower)
Nataša Zorić (born 1989), (tennis player)
Other
Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić (born 1948), (librarian)
Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), (ethnographer, journalist, writer, and feminist)
Jovan Četirević Grabovan (1720–1781), (icon painter)
Igor Ćutuk (born 1976), (journalist)
Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019), (journalist and writer)
Nikola Đuretić (born 1949), (writer and publisher)
Francis, Duke of Teck (1837–1900), (German Prince, great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II)
Drago Hedl (born 1950), (investigative journalist)
Mirko Hermann (1868–1927), (industrialist, businessman, banker and member of the Freemasonry in Osijek)
Slavko Hirsch (1893–1942), (physician, founder and director of the Epidemiological Institute in Osijek)
Mihajlo Klajn (1912–1941), (agronomist and communist killed during the Holocaust)
Arnold Kohn (1905–1984), (Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek)
Franjo Šeper (1905–1981), (Archbishop of Zagreb from 1960 to 1968, and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981)
Ferdo Šišić (1869–1940), (historian)
Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815–1905), (Maecenas bishop)
Simon Ungar (1864–1942), (rabbi of the Osijek Jewish community)
Miroslav Volf (born 1956), (Christian theologian)
Branko Vukelić (1904–1945), (spy working for Richard Sorge's spy ring in Japan)
References
External links
T.M. (2 August 2022). "Notable people" (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb: SiB.hr. RTL (Croatian TV channel). Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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