List of people from Karlovac County explained

The following is a list of notable people from Karlovac and the geographical area of present-day Karlovac County.

Artists, musicians and actors

• Zrinka Cvitešić (born 1979), theater, film and television actress
• Darko Domijan (born 1952), pop singer
• Zvonimír Eichler (1903–1975), painter
• Vjekoslav Karas (1821–1858), 19th-century painter
• Tomislav Krizman (1882–1955), painter, graphic artist, costume and set designer
• Alfred Krupa Sr. (1915–1989), Silesia-born painter, inventor and sportsman
• Alfred Freddy Krupa (born 1971), painter^{[1] [2]}
• John Malkovich (born 1953), actor whose paternal grandparents were from Ozalj^{[3] [4]}
• Carla Martinis (1922–2010), soprano
• Boris Mutić (1939–2009), sports journalist and television commentator
• Vladimir Pogačić (1919–1999), film director
• Barbara Radulović (born 1982), TV host
• Slava Raškaj (1877–1906), painter^[5]
• Božidar Širola (1889–1956), composer, musicologist
• Dejan Šorak (born 1954), film director
• Miroslav Šutej (1936–2005), designer

Authors

• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), writer
• Ulderiko Donadini (1894–1923), novelist, dramatist, short story writer
• Karl Felix Wolff (1879–1966), journalist, poet, author and self-taught folklorist
• Dragojla Jarnević (1812–1874), writer and poet
• Juraj Križanić (1618–1683), writer, earliest recorded pan-slavist^{[6] [7]}
• Irena Lukšić (1953–2019), writer and translator

Military leaders

• Edgar Angeli (1892–1945), rear admiral
• Anton Csorich (1795–1864), nobleman and general
• Ivan Gošnjak (1909–1980), general, secretary of defence of Yugoslavia
• Roza Miletić (born 1934), veteran of Croatian war of Independence
• Pavao Miljavac (born 1953), army general
• Omar Pasha (1806–1871), field marshal
• Petar Stipetić (1937–2018), general

Musicians

• Davor Gobac (born 1964), singer
• Ema Pukšec (1834–1889), soprano opera singer
• Ana Vidović (born 1980), Silvije Vidović and Viktor Vidović (1973), academic musicians
• Viktor Vidović (born 1973), guitarist

Politicians

• Elvira Abdić-Jelenović (born 1967), politician
• Ivan Banjavčić (1843–1913), Mayor of Karlovac
• Josip Boljkovac (1920–2014), politician, Minister of the Interior
• Nikolina Brnjac (born 1978), politician, Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Croatia
• Većeslav Holjevac (1917–1970), Mayor of Zagreb
• Daniel Ivin (1932–2021), politician, activist, writer
• Fran Krsto Frankopan (1643–1671), politician, nobleman and writer.
• Josip Kregar (1953–2020), politician, Mayor of Zagreb
• Miroslav Lazanski (1950–2021), military analyst, politician and a diplomat, ambassador of Serbia to Russia
• Miodrag Linta (born 1969), politician and activist
• Blaž Lorković (1839–1892), economist, lawyer
• Ivan Mažuranić (1814–1890), poet, linguist and politician.
• Ivan Ribar (1881–1968), politician
• Ivan Šubašić (1892–1955), politician, last Ban of Croatia
• Ivan Vilibor Sinčić (born 1990), President of the Living Wall
• Branko Vukelić (1958–2013), politician, 11th Minister of Defence of Croatia
• Nikola Vuljanić (1949–2024), politician, member of the European Parliament for Croatia

Historians, intellectuals, scientists

• Vladimir Goldner (1933–2017), physician and professor
• Ljudevit Jonke (1907–1979), linguist
• Božidar Liščić (born 1929), engineer, member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts^[8]
• Radoslav Lopašić (1835–1893), historian
• Gojko Nikoliš (1911–1995), physician and historian^{[9] [10]}
• Anđelko Milardović (born 1956), political scientist
• Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833), linguist, grammarian, philologist, poet
• Gajo Petrović (1927–1993), author and philosopher
• Elza Polak (1910–1995), horticulturist
• Ivo Protulipac, physician, a lawyer, and an important Catholic activist
• Vanja Sutlić (1925–1989), philosopher
• Živko Vrcelj (born 1959), doctor and politicians

Athletes

• Boris Batinić (born 1981), handball player
• Bill Belichick (born 1952) and Steve Belichick (1919–2005) football coaches born in the U.S., whose ancestors were from near Karlovac^[11]
• Dražen Bolić (born 1971), football player
• Goran Bunjevčević (1973–2018), football player
• Mirko Bunjevčević (born 1978), football player
• Damir Čavlović (born 1952), handball player
• Luka Cindrić (born 1993), handball player
• Borislav Cvetković (born 1964), Yugoslav footballer
• Zvjezdan Cvetković (1960–2017), football manager and player
• Miloš Hrstić (born 1955), former footballer for HNK Rijeka and Yugoslavia's national team
• Nikolina Ilijanić (born 1983), basketball player
• Dejan Jakovic (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
• Marko Jakšić (born 1987), football defender and player
• Rajko Janjanin (born 1957), football player
• Tihomir Jarnjević (born 1978), rower
• Peter Kokotowitsch (1890–1968), wrestler.
• Branko Kokir (born 1974), handball player
• Simeon Kosanović (born 1933), former basketball and handball player
• Željko Kosanović (born 1934), former basketball and handball player
• Nikola Krajinović (born 1999), football player
• Josip Krznarić (born 1993), football player
• Jurica Lakić (1953–1982), handball player who played for RK Zamet and Yugoslavia's national team
• Adrijana Lekaj (born 1995), tennis player.
• Elvis Letaj (born 2003), football player
• Kristijan Lovrić (born 1955), football player
• Dino Martinović (born 1990), football player
• Snježana Mijić (born 1971), volleyball player
• Boris Mutić (1939–2009), sports reporter, working for Croatian national television (HRT)
• Milan Neralić (1875–1918), fencer, won a bronze medal at the Olympics^[12]
• Igor Novaković (born 1979), football midfielder
• Sandro Obranović (born 1992), handball player
• Vladimir Ostarčević (born 1982), handball player
• Ante Pavić (born 1989), tennis player
• Jelica Pavličić-Štefančić (born 1954), athlete, multiple champion of Yugoslavia in the 100m, 200m and 400m; 400 m world record holder
• Dražen Perković (born 1963), taekwondo practitioner
• Željko Perušić (1936–2017), football player who played for Dinamo Zagreb and Yugoslavia
• Predrag Počuča (born 1986), football player
• Jelena Popović (born 1984), handball player
• Krešimir Račić (1932–1994), hammer thrower
• Milan Šašić (born 1958), football manager and player
• Antun Stipančić (1949–1991), table tennis player
• Tin Vukmanić (born 1999), footballer
• Dragomir Vukobratović (born 1988), footballer

Religion

• Mile Bogović (1939–2020), titular bishop of Tamata and diocesan bishop of Gospić-Senj
• Branko Dobrosavljević (1886–1941), Serbian Orthodox priest killed during ethnic cleansing in WW2^{[13] [14]}
• Maksimilijan Vrhovac (1752–1827), Bishop of Zagreb

Other

• Jelka Glumičić (1941–2020). activist
• Mirko and Stjepan Seljan (1871 – 20th century) (1875–1936), explorers
• Ilona Zrínyi (1643–1707), daughter of Petar Zrinski
• Katarina Zrinska (1625–1673), influential woman from the Frankopan family

Notes and References

1. https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2023_05_53_892.html
2. https://total-croatia-news.com/news/made-in-croatia/alfred-krupa/
3. News: Being John Malkovich. April 26, 2003. The Age. November 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151016104615/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/25/1050777404749.html. October 16, 2015. live.
4. News: John Malkovich: My life in travel. Sophie Lam. March 20, 2015. The Independent. November 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329025147/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/john-malkovich-my-life-in-travel-10122120.html. March 29, 2019. live.
5. Sjaj genijalne slikarice. Ožegović. Nina. 26 May 2008. Nacional. 654. hr. 9 August 2017. Glory of a genius artist. 23 May 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120523183051/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/45815/sjaj-genijalne-slikarice.
6. VLČEK, Radomír. Ruský panslavismus - realita a fikce. Prague: Historický ústav AV ČR, 2002. s. 43. (čeština)
7. Ł. Puszkariow, Jurij Kriżanicz, Oczierk żizni i tworcziestwa, Nauka, 1984.
8. Web site: Bozidar Liscic, Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. info.hazu.hr. Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2014-11-25.
9. Web site: dr. Gojko Nikoliš, SANU membership. en. sanu.ac.rs. 27 April 2019.
10. https://znaci.org/00001/10_190.htm "Narodni heroji Jugoslavije - Nikoliš Mihajla Gojko" / "National Heroes of Yugoslavia - Nikoliš (Mihajlo) Gojko"
11. Bill Belichick Djed iz Draganića uvijek mi je pričao o Hrvatskoj, Jutarnji list, February 2, 2007
12. Web site: Milan Neralić Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230751/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/milan-neralic-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-03-31 . sports-reference.com.
13. Book: Perica, Vjekoslav. Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States. 2002-07-11. 178. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19803-389-9.
14. Book: Rivelli . Marco Aurelio . Le génocide occulté: état indépendant de Croatie, 1941–1945 . 1998 . L'âge d'homme . 978-2-82511-152-9 . 59 .