This is a list of Croatian soldiers, and it includes military personnel of Croatian origin ranging from early mediaval times to contemporary Croatian armies.
| Soldier | Allegiance | Rank | Wars | Battles | Notes | Image | |
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| Višeslav | Dalmatian Croatia | Prince | Frankish campaign against Avars and Slavs | Siege of Trsat | Višeslav waged a war against Franks during his rule and avoided defeat until 803 — a year after his death. | ||
| Borna | Dalmatian Croatia | Prince | Frankish campaign against Ljudevit Posavski | Battle of Kupa | |||
| Trpimir I | Dalmatian Croatia | Prince | Against Byzantine Empire Croato-Bulgarian Wars | ||||
| Domagoj | Dalmatian Croatia | Prince |
| Soldier | Allegiance | Rank | Wars | Battles | Notes | Image | |
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| Vojnomir | Principality of Lower Pannonia / Carolingian Empire | Prince | Vojnomir is known for fighting the Avars during their occupation of Croatia. He launched a joint counterattack with the help of Frankish troops under King Charlemagne in 791. The offensive was successful and the Avars were driven out of Croatia. In return for the help of Charlemagne, Vojnomir was obliged to recognize Frankish sovereignty, convert to Christianity and have his territory named as Principality of Lower Pannonia. | ||||
| Ljudevit | Principality of Lower Pannonia | Prince | |||||
| Ratimir | Principality of Lower Pannonia / First Bulgarian Empire | Prince | |||||
| Braslav | Principality of Lower Pannonia | Prince |
| Soldier | Allegiance | Rank | Wars | Battles | Notes | Image | |
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| Tomislav | Dalmatian Croatia / Kingdom of Croatia | Prince / King | Croatian–Bulgarian wars | Battle of the Bosnian Highlands | Tomislav united the Croats of Dalmatia and Pannonia into a single Kingdom in 925. | ||
| Michael Krešimir II | Kingdom of Croatia | King | War against Arabs | Michael won a conflict against Arab pirates near the town of Gargano on Italian peninsula in 969. | |||
| Stephen Držislav | Kingdom of Croatia | King | War against Venice | ||||
| Svetoslav Suronja | Kingdom of Croatia | King | War against Venice | ||||
| Stephen I | Kingdom of Croatia | King | War against Arabs | ||||
| Peter Krešimir IV | Kingdom of Croatia | King | War against Normans | Is believed to be taken into captivity during Norman incursion. | |||
| Zvonimir | Kingdom of Croatia | King | War against Holy Roman Empire | He was engaged in a minor conflict with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, specifically one of his vassals in Istria. | |||
| Petar Snačić | Kingdom of Croatia | King | War against Kingdom of Hungary | Battle of Gvozd Mountain |
| Soldier | Allegiance | Rank | Wars | Battles | Notes | Image |
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| Petar Kružić | Kingdom of Croatia a part of Habsburg monarchy | Captain | Ottoman wars in Europe | Petar Kružić was a capitan of Klis and Senj.[9] He gathered together a garrison composed of Croat refugees, who used the base at Klis Fortress both to hold the Turks at bay, and to engage in marauding and piracy against coastal shipping. Although nominally accepting the sovereignty of the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand I, who obtained the Croatian crown in 1527, Kružić and his freebooting Uskoci were a law unto themselves. | ||
| Ivan Lenković (died 1569. Metlika, Slovenia)[10] | Kingdom of Croatia a part of Habsburg monarchy | General | Ottoman wars in Europe | Ivan Lenković was ruler of Senj and Military Frontier commander. He is noted for the construction of Fortress Nehaj and as a captain of the Uskoks. | ||
| Ivo Senjanin | Kingdom of Croatia a part of Habsburg monarchy | Ottoman wars in Europe | ||||
| Elia Peraizza | Kingdom of Croatia a part of Habsburg monarchy | Ottoman wars in Europe | ||||
| Soldier | Allegiance | Rank | Wars | Battles | Notes | Image | |
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| Ambroz "Matija" Gubec | Muška punta | Peasant army leader | Croatian-Slovene peasant revolt | Battle of Donja Stubica | |||
| Ilija "Prebeg" Gregorić |
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| Josip Broz Tito | Marshal | ||||||
| Ivan Gošnjak | General | ||||||
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| Franjo Tuđman |  Croatia | Vrhovnik | |||||
| Joža Horvat | Officer | World War II | |||||
| Ivan Šibl | General | World War II | |||||
| Vladimir Bakarić | Officer | World War II | |||||
| Rade Bulat | Officer | World War II | |||||
| Stjepan Filipović | World War II | ||||||
| Franjo Kluz | World War II | ||||||
| Josip Kraš | World War II | ||||||
| Josip Manolić | Croatia | Officer | |||||
| Josip Boljkovac | Croatia | World War II | |||||
| Martin Špegelj | Croatia | Officer | World War II | ||||
| Andrija Hebrang (father) | Officer | World War II |
The following is a list of distinguished Croatian soldiers from Croatian War of Independence listen in alphabetical order.
| Soldier | Allegiance | Rank | Wars | Battles | Notes | Image | |
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| Michael J. Novosel | Lieutenant Colonel (USAF) Chief Warrant Officer (USA) | World War II Korean War Vietnam War | Michael J. Novosel, Sr. (September 3, 1922 – April 2, 2006) was a recipient of the United States' highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — and a retired Chief Warrant Officer (CW4). | ||||
| Lothar Rendulic |  Austria | Oberst (Austria) Generaloberst (Germany) | World War II | ||||
| Louis Cukela | Major | World War I World War II | Soissons engagement Battle of Belleau Wood | ||||
| Peter Tomich | Chief Watertender (Navy) | World War I World War II | Attack on Pearl Harbor | ||||
| Vjekoslav Prebeg | Croatia Ukraine | soldier | War in Donbass 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Siege of Mariupol | |||
| Matija Zmajević | Tsardom of Russia | Admiral | |||||
| Rustem Pasha Opuković[13] [14] | Ottoman Empire | General | |||||
| Piyale Pasha | Ottoman Empire | Grand Admiral and Vizier | |||||
| Veli Mahmud Pasha[15] [16] | Ottoman Empire | General | |||||
| Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha[17] | Ottoman Empire | General | |||||
| İshak Pasha[18] | Ottoman Empire | General | |||||
| Kuyucu Murat Pasha | Ottoman Empire | General |
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