List of people from Osijek

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,^[1] scientist,^[2] 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 ^[3])

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)