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), painterhttps://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2023_05_53_892.htmlhttps://total-croatia-news.com/news/made-in-croatia/alfred-krupa/ John Malkovich (born 1953), actor whose paternal grandparents were from Ozalj 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 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-slavistVLČEK, Radomír. Ruský panslavismus - realita a fikce. Prague: Historický ústav AV ČR, 2002. s. 43. (čeština)Ł. Puszkariow, Jurij Kriżanicz, Oczierk żizni i tworcziestwa, Nauka, 1984. 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 Radoslav Lopašić (1835–1893), historian Gojko Nikoliš (1911–1995), physician and historian"Narodni heroji Jugoslavije - Nikoliš Mihajla Gojko" / "National Heroes of Yugoslavia - Nikoliš (Mihajlo) Gojko" 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 Bill Belichick Djed iz Draganića uvijek mi je pričao o Hrvatskoj, Jutarnji list, February 2, 2007 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 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 in WW2 Danica Širola (1900-1926), school teacher, poet and Catholic laywoman 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
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