List of personalities of the city of Zagreb
The following list contains people born in the Croatian city of Zagreb and people associated with the city with an article in the German-language Wikipedia, listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
People born in Zagreb
Until 1850
- Pavao Skalić (1534–1575), humanist, mystic and inventor of the encyclopedia
- Josip Franjo Domin (1754–1819), inventor of electrotherapy
- Antun Mihanović (1796–1861), poet and diplomat
- Dimitrija Demeter (1811–1872), poet and writer
- Vatroslav Lisinski (1819-1854), composer
- Eugen Kvaternik (1825–1871), politician
- Alois Czedik von Bründlsberg and Eysenberg (1830–1924), officer, railway director and politician
- Mária Lebstück (1830–1892), officer and freedom fighter
- Julius Epstein (1832-1926), pianist
- Lavoslav Schwarz (1837–1906), businessman
- August Šenoa (1838–1881), writer, critic, editor and dramaturge
- Mathilde Mallinger (1847–1920), opera singer and vocal teacher
1851 to 1900
- Maximilian Njegovan (1858–1930), admiral and fleet commander
- Franz von Bayros (1866–1924), graphic artist, illustrator and painter
- Franjo Bučar (1866–1946), writer and sports official; Father of Olympic Sports in Croatia
- Albert Sever (1867–1942), politician
- Stjepan Podhorsky (1875–1945), architect
- Oskar Alexander (1876–1953), portrait and genre painter
- Slavko Kvaternik (1878–1947), politician and officer
- Milovan Zoričić (1884–1971), lawyer and football official
- Ljubo Wiesner (1885–1951), poet and translator
- Egon Caesar Conte Corti (1886–1953), officer, historian and writer
- Vera Schwarz (1888–1964), opera singer
- Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981), writer
- Zlatko Baloković (1895–1965), violinist
- Antun Augustinčić (1900–1979), sculptor
1901 to 1925
- Rudolf Matz (1901–1988), cellist, composer, conductor and teacher
- Fran Bošnjaković (1902–1993), physicist
- Jovan Karamata (1902-1967), mathematician
- Božidar Kunc (1903–1964), composer and pianist
- William Feller (1906–1970), mathematician
- Zinka Milanov (1906–1989), opera singer
- Draga Matković (1907–2013), concert pianist
- Nenad Petrović (1907–1989), chess composer
- István Arató (1910–1980), composer
- Eugen Dido Kvaternik (1910–1962), Ustasha Lieutenant General
- Herbert Alois Kraus (1911–2008), journalist, politician, manager and non-fiction author
- Otto Seitz (1911–1974), general
- Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski (1913–1987), composer
- Rudi Supek (1913–1993), sociologist
- Branco Špoljar (1914–1985), actor
- Stjepan Šulek (1914–1986), composer and conductor
- Eugen Pusić (1916–2010), legal scholar, university professor and politician
- Tvrtko Švob (1917–2008), biologist
- Mladen Bašić (1917–2012), pianist and conductor
- Miljeva Ypsilanti (1917–2013), doctor and art patron
- Vladimir Milojčić (1918–1978), archaeologist
- Branimir Sakač (1918–1979), composer
- Stjepan Bobek (1923-2010), football player and coach
- Zlatko Čajkovski (1923–1998), football player and coach
- Milan Kangrga (1923-2008), professor
- Vlado Kristl (1923-2004), filmmaker and author
- Vladimir Medar (1923–1978), actor
- Thea Altaras (1924–2004), architect
- Berislav Klobučar (1924–2014), conductor
- Jean Lindenmann (1924–2015), Swiss virologist
- Željko Čajkovski (1925–2016), football player and coach
- Branimir Karabajić (1925–2003), comic book artist and author
- Mara Kraus (* 1925), Holocaust survivor, author
- Ivo Malec (1925–2019), French composer
- Miljenko Prohaska (1925–2014), bassist, composer, orchestra conductor
1926 to 1950
- Branka Stilinović (1926–2016), opera singer
- Bernard Vukas (1927–1983), football player
- Zdenko Uzorinac (1929–2005), table tennis player and journalist
- Branco Weiss (1929–2010), entrepreneur and patron
- Branko Zebec (1929–1988), football player and coach
- Relja Bašić (1930–2017), actor and politician
- Radoslav Katičić (1930–2019), linguist and historian
- Melita Švob (* 1931), biologist and scientist
- Elma Karlowa (1932–1994), film actress
- Hrvoje Bartolović (1932–2005), grand master of chess composition
- Zvonimir Janko (* 1932), mathematician
- Bora Ćosić (* 1932), writer
- Tugomir Franc (1932–1983), opera singer
- Sylva Koscina (1933–1994), actress
- Davor Kajfeš (* 1934), pianist, composer
- Vlado Stenzel (* 1934), handball trainer
- Ivica Šerfezi (1935–2004), pop singer
- Vladimir Kranjčević (1936–2020), conductor and professor at the Zagreb Music Academy
- Ljerka Njerš (* 1937), ceramist and painter
- Eva Zora (* 1937), film editor
- Ante Kostelić (* 1938), handball and ski trainer
- Branko Bošnjaković (* 1939), physicist
- Mirjana Irosch (* 1939), opera and operetta singer
- Milivoje Marković (1939–2017), jazz musician
- Milan Turković (* 1939), bassoonist and conductor
- Ingrid Fickler (* 1940), lawyer and politician
- Vlado Milunić (* 1941), architect
- Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014), poet
- Zlatko Škorić (1941–2019), football player
- Srećko Lipovčan (1942–2009), publicist, journalist, publisher and university lecturer
- Josip Milković (* 1942), handball player and coach
- Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (1942–2008), literary and linguist
- Zdenko Kobešćak (* 1943), football player
- Dunja Vejzovic (* 1943), opera singer
- Mišo Cebalo (* 1945), chess grandmaster
- Sasha D'Arc (born 1945), actor
- Rada Iveković (* 1945), philosopher, Indologist and writer
- Ognjen Kraus (* 1945), physician
- Predrag Cvitanović (* 1946), physicist
- Daša Drndić (1946–2018), writer
- Gvozden Flego (* 1946), philosopher and politician
- Goran Milić (* 1946), journalist
- Žarko Puhovski (* 1946), professor
- Dragutin Šurbek (1946–2018), table tennis player
- Krešimir Ćosić (1948–1995), basketball player
- Krunoslav Cigoj (1949–2015), opera singer
- Radimir Čačić (* 1949), building contractor and politician
- Božo Bakota (1950–2015), football player
- Mladen Baraković (* 1950), jazz musician
- Sonja Lahnstein-Kandel (* 1950), initiator and partner
- Josipa Lisac (born 1950), rock singer
- Sandy Marton (born 1950), musician
1951 to 1960
- Ivica Todorić (* 1951), businessman
- Jasenka Villbrandt (* 1951), politician
- Ingeborg Fülepp (* 1952), media artist, university lecturer, curator and film editor
- Srećko Puntarić (* 1952), caricaturist and author
- Luciano Moše Prelević (* 1953), rabbi
- Miroslav Nemec (born 1954), actor
- Mira Furlan (born 1955), actress
- Mladen Kunstic (* 1955), sculptor, sound artist, painter, draftsman and collagist
- Elvira Plenar (* 1955), pianist and composer
- Zlatko Kranjčar (* 1956), football player and coach
- Velimir Zajec (* 1956), football player and coach
- Ratko Cvetnić (* 1957), author
- Ivo Josipović (* 1957), politician, legal scholar and composer
- Krunoslav Levačić (* 1957), jazz musician
- Ranko Vilović (* 1957), diplomat
- Vedran Mornar (* 1959), politician
- Ivan Šimonović (* 1959), legal scholar, politician and diplomat
- Adriana Altaras (* 1960), actress and theater director
- Tomislav Ivković (* 1960), football goalkeeper
- Marko Mlinarić (* 1960), football player
- Dobroslav Paraga (* 1960), politician
- Adnan Terzić (* 1960), politician
1961 to 1970
- Sanja Vejnović (* 1961), actress
- Radovan Vlatković (* 1962), horn player
- Peter Davor (* 1963), actor
- Tatjana Šimić (* 1963), actress
- Jan von Klewitz (* 1964), jazz musician
- Michael Matijevic (born 1964), rock singer
- Saša Nestorović (* 1964), jazz musician
- Goran Prpić (* 1964), tennis player
- Andreja Schneider (* 1964), singer and actress
- Robert Basic (1966–2018), German blogger and journalist
- Ivan Đikić (* 1966), scientist
- Nikola Jurčević (* 1966), football player and coach
- Nenad Kljaić (* 1966), handball player and coach
- Damir Lukačević (* 1966), film director and screenwriter
- Zoran Milanović (* 1966), politician
- Bruno Orešar (* 1967), tennis player
- Zvonimir Soldo (* 1967), football player and coach
- Asja Valčić (* 1967), cellist
- Vlado Papić (* 1968), football player
- Željko Mavrović (* 1969), boxer
- Andrej Panadić (* 1969), football player and coach
- Barbara Rocco (* 1969), actress
- Zoran Dukić (* 1969), classical guitarist
- Tatiana Cameron (born 1970), singer
- Danijel Drilo (* 1970), musician
- Andrej Plenković (* 1970), politician
- Branko Strupar (* 1970), football player
- Hrvoje Verzi (* 1970), track and field athlete
1971 to 1980
- Slađan Ašanin (* 1971), football player
- Tomislav Farkaš (* 1971), handball player
- Nicol Ljubić (* 1971), journalist and author
- Nina Badrić (* 1972), pop singer
- Anna Baar (* 1973), writer
- Matija Dedić (* 1973), jazz musician
- Zlatko Hasanbegović (* 1973), historian, activist and politician
- Željko Vlahović (* 1973), pianist
- Tomislav Butina (* 1974), football goalkeeper
- Vladimir Miholjević (* 1974), racing cyclist
- Mario Cvitanović (* 1975), football player
- Dario Šimić (* 1975), football player
- Nenad Čanak (* 1976), basketball player
- Max Emanuel Cenčić (* 1976), countertenor and mezzo-soprano
- Mario Galinović (* 1976), football player
- Hana Hegedušić (* 1976), actress and voice actress
- Sreto Ristić (* 1976), football player
- Silvije Čavlina (* 1977), football goalkeeper
- Jurica Golemac (born 1977), basketball player
- Danijel Grgić (* 1977), handball player
- Iva Majoli (* 1977), tennis player
- Josip Šimić (* 1977), football player
- Igor Bišćan (* 1978), football player
- Petar Ćiritović (* 1978), actor
- Igor Kos (* 1978), handball player
- Veljko Žibret (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Igor Jačmenjak (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Ivo Karlović (* 1979), tennis player
- Kristina Krepela (* 1979), actress
- Ivica Kostelić (* 1979), ski racer
- Antonija Šola (* 1979), actress, pop singer and songwriter
- Denis Špoljarić (* 1979), handball player
- Krešimir Švigir (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Vedran Zrnić (* 1979), handball player
- Hrvoje Miholjević (* 1979), racing cyclist
- Hrvoje Banaj (* 1980), singer
- Ivica Banović (* 1980), football player
- Frane Čačić (* 1980), football player
- Jerko Leko (* 1980), soccer player
- Mihael Mikić (* 1980), football player
- Ivan Turina (1980-2013), football goalkeeper
- Igor Vori (* 1980), handball player and coach
1981-1990
- Saša Belić (* 1981), football player
- Dino Drpić (* 1981), football player
- Tomislav Dujmović (* 1981), football player
- Ivan Herceg (born 1981), actor
- Matija Kopajtić (* 1981), ice hockey player
- Igor Barukčić (* 1982), football player
- Roko Karanušić (* 1982), tennis player
- Janica Kostelić (* 1982), ski racer
- Marko Lovrenčić (* 1982), ice hockey player
- Nenad Škrapec (* 1982), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Vanja Belić (* 1983), ice hockey player
- Josip Čale (* 1983), handball player
- Alojzije Janković (1983), chess player
- Zoran Pribičević (born 1983), actor
- Ante Tomić (* 1983), football player
- Zlatko Horvat (* 1984), handball player
- Andrea Ivančević (* 1984), hurdler
- Niko Kranjčar (* 1984), football player
- Mensur Mujdža (* 1984), soccer player
- Tomislav Zanoški (* 1984), Croatian-Canadian ice hockey player
- Mario Brkljača (* 1985), football player
- Hrvoje Čale (* 1985), football player
- Branimir Koloper (* 1985), handball player
- Ivana Brkić (* 1986), dance, pop and house singer
- Filip Lončarić (* 1986), football goalkeeper
- Ivan Ratkić (* 1986), ski racer
- Tomislav Sulevski (* 1986), ice hockey player
- Natko Zrnčić-Dim (* 1986), ski racer
- Marina Kovačec (* 1987), biathlete
- Tin Široki (* 1987), ski racer
- Ivan Kelava (* 1988), football goalkeeper
- Michael Novak (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Luka Raković (* 1988), handball player
- Manuel Štrlek (* 1988), handball player
- Milan Badelj (* 1989), football player
- Ivan Tomečak (* 1989), football player
- Miro Varvodić (* 1989), football player
- Martina Zubčić (* 1989), Taekwondo fighter
- Sandra Perković (* 1990), discus thrower
- Ivan Šijan (born 1990), ice hockey player
- Nikša Trstenjak (* 1990), ice hockey player
From 1991
- Mislav Blagus (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Dominik Kanaet (* 1991), ice hockey player
- Andrej Kramarić (* 1991), football player
- Igor Lazić (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Marko Pjaca (* 1995), football player
- Franko Knez (* 1998), soccer player
- Joško Gvardiol (* 2002), football player
Other people connected to the city
- Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), Croatian children's book author
- Rudolf von Chavanne (1850–1936), KuK corps commander of the XIII. Army corps and commanding general in Agram / Zagreb 1906-07
- Siegfried Kasche (1903–1947), German SA-Obergruppenführer and first class envoy in Zagreb
- Antun Branko Šimić (1898–1925), Croatian writer