The following is a list of notable people from Bjelovar and the geographical area corresponding to present-day Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.

Artists, musicians and actors

Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga (born 1960), singer, songwriter and musician. Vojin Bakić (1915–1992), sculptor. Boris Buzančić (1929–2014), actor and politician. Dragomir Čumić (1937–2013), actor. Tošo Dabac (1907–1970), photographer. Bogdan Diklić (born 1953), actor. Eva Fischer (1920–2015), actress. Sonja Kovač (born 1984), actress, model and singer. Charles Millot (1921–2003), actor. Edo Murtić (1921–2005), painter. Milena Mrazović (1863–1927), journalist, writer, piano, and composer. Bojan Navojec (born 1976), theatre and film actor. Goran Navojec (born 1970), actor and musician. Mario Petreković (born 1972), comedian, actor, television presenter and entertainer. Ivo Robić (1923–2000), singer. Nasta Rojc (1883–1964), painter. Ferdo Rusan (1810–1879), reformer, composer and musician. Ivo Serdar (1933–1985), actor. Zdenko Strižić (1902–1990), architect, urban planner, and teacher. Snježana Tribuson (born 1957), screenwriter and film director.

Authors

Slavko Kolar (1891-1963), writer. Mato Lovrak (1899-1974), children's literature writer. Milena Mrazović (1863-1927), journalist, writer. Josip Novakovich (born 1956), writer. Đuro Sudeta (1903-1927), writer. Janus Pannonius (1434-1472) poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. Goran Tribuson (born 1948), prose and screenplay writer. Ivan Trnski (1819-1910), writer, translator and 7th President of Matica hrvatska.

Military leaders

Vilko Begić (1874-1947), military officer. Ivan Herenčić (1910-1978), leader in the Independent State of Croatia. Károly Knezić (1808-1849), honvéd general in the Hungarian Army. Branko Krga (born 1945), military officer and Serbia's Chief of the General Staff. Marko Mesić (1901-1982) decorated gunnery officer.

Politicians

Đurđa Adlešič (born 1960), politician and former leader. Milivoj Ašner (1913-2011) Independent State of Croatia's police officer who was number 4 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals and on the Interpol's most wanted list. Vesna Bedeković (born 1966), politician who served as the Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy of Croatia. Boris Buzančić (1929-2014), actor, politician, mayor of Zagreb. Slavko Cuvaj (1851-1931), politician, Ban of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Silvije Degen (born 1942), politician and lawyer. Gordan Jandroković (born 1967), politician and diplomat, 12th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs. Julije Makanec (1904-1945), politician. Anka Mrak-Taritaš (born 1959), politician, Minister of Construction and Spatial Planning and President of the Civic Liberal Alliance.

Historians and scientists Zvonimir Janko (1932–2022), mathematician. Željko Karaula (born 1973), historian. Božidar Puretić (1921-1971), physician. Branko Souček (1930-2014), pioneer of Croatian computer science. Đuro Šurmin (1867-1937), literary historian and politician. Hrvoje Tkalčić (born 1970), geophysicist and professor at the Australian National University in Canberra.Who is Who in Croatian Science: Hrvoje Tkalčić. Retrieved 2018-02-24.

Athletes

Mirko Bašić (born 1960), handball player who won several medals representing Yugoslavia, including a gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Luka Božić (born 1996), basketball player. Dario Čanađija (born 1994), football player. Zvonko Canjuga (born 1921), football player. Marko Capan (born 2004), football player. Zdravko Ceraj (1920-2011) who competed for SFR Yugoslavia in the 1952 Summer Olympics. and won two medals at the Mediterranean Games Zdravko Divjak (born 1956), swimmer who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Bogumir Doležal (1889-1959), footballer, sportsman and journalist. Bojan Đurković (born 1989), sports shooter. Mladen Frančić (born 1955), football player. Petar Gorša (born 1988), sports shooter. Ivan Gubijan (1923-2009), hammer thrower, won a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Hrvoje Horvat (born 1946), handball player who won several medals with Yugoslavia. Hrvoje Horvat, Jr. (born 1977), handball player and coach. Franjo Jurjević (1932–2022), gymnast. Bojan Knežević (born 1997), football player. Darko Kralj (born 1971), paralympic athlete, won a gold medal at Beijing 2008. Marin Lalić (born 1969), football midfielder. Zvezdan Ljubobratović (born 1971), football player. Zdravko Mamić (born 1959), football administrator and sports manager. Zoran Mamić (born 1971), football player and coach. Alen Maras (born 1982), football player. Miran Maričić (born 1997), sports shooter. Alen Mrzlečki (born 1974), football manager and player. Filip Ozobić (born 1991), footballer who played for Croatia's national football team. Božidar Peter (1938-2012), handball player who played with Yugoslavia's national team. Miroslav Pribanić (born 1946), handball player who was part of the Yugoslav national team that won a gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Borut Puc (born 1991), tennis player. Marko Roginić (born 1995), football player. Rudolf Rupec (1895-1983), footballer who played ten matches for the Austrian national team.Players Appearing for Two or More Countries Luka Šebetić (born 1952), handball player and coach who played with RK Zamet. Marijan Seđak (born 1976), handball player playing for HC Motor Zaporizhzhia and Croatia's national team. Nataša Vezmar (born 1976), taekwondo practitioner. Ognjen Vukojević (born 1983), former football player who played for Dynamo Kyiv and Croatia's national team. Jelena Zrnić (born 1975), basketball player.

Religion

Stephen II (bishop of Zagreb) (1190-1247) Bishop of Zagreb. Ratko Perić (born 1944), bishop of Mostar-Duvno. Rudolf Vimer (1863-1933), writer, polyglot, benefactor, prebendary, rector of the University of Zagreb, dean of the Catholic Faculty of Theology.

Other

Dragutin Wolf (1866-1927), industrialist. David Frankfurter (1909-1982), assassin of Swiss Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff. Josip Reihl-Kir (1955-1991), police officer known for his peacemaking initiatives in the opening stages of the Croatian War of Independence. Lavoslav Singer (1866-1942), industrialist.

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