This list contains notable people both born in Zagreb and notable people who lived in or had noteworthy connections to the city. The list is ordered chronologically by year of birth.
Born in Zagreb 18th century and earlier Paul Skalich (1534–1575), humanist, polymath, and encyclopedist Josip Franjo Domin (1754–1819), pioneer of electrotherapy (1792–1858), Austrian lieutenant field marshal (1794–1879), Hungarian politician and governor of Fiume Antun Mihanović (1796–1861), poet and diplomat
19th century (1806–1853), nobleman Dimitrija Demeter (1811–1872), poet and writer Ljudevit Vukotinović (1813–1893), politician, writer and naturalist Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), composer Eugen Kvaternik (1825–1871), politician Mathilde von Marlow (1828–1888), opera singer (1830–1924), military officer and politician Mária Lebstück (1830–1892), military officer and freedom fighter Julius Epstein (1832–1926), pianist (1832–1905), pharmacist and museum director Lavoslav Schwarz (1837–1906), merchant August Šenoa (1838–1881), writer and critic Mathilde Mallinger (1847–1920), opera singer and vocal pedagogue Milovan Zoričić (1850–1912), jurist and statistician Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger (1856–1936), geologist, paleontologist, and archeologist Maximilian Njegovan (1858–1930), admiral and fleet commander (1859–1939), Austrian administrative official Leo Hönigsberg (1861–1911), architect Nikola Tomašić (1864–1918), politician, ban of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Viktor Alexander (1865–1934), lawyer and public prosecutor Pavao Rauch (1865–1933), politician, ban of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia Franz von Bayros (1866–1924), graphic artist, illustrator, and painter Franjo Bučar (1866–1946), writer and sports official (1867–1942), politician Milan Šenoa (1869–1961), writer and geographer Ignjat Fischer (1870–1948), architect Ferdo Kovačević (1870–1927), painter and art professor Ferdinand Budicki (1871–1951), automobile and cycling advocate Robert Auer (1873–1952), painter Rudolf Lubinski (1873–1935), architect Viktor Kovačić (1874–1924), architect Ivo Pilar (1874–1933), jurist and historian (1875–1945), architect Oskar Alexander (1876–1953), painter and professor Ivan Lorković (1876–1926), politician Edo Šen (1877–1949), architect Juro Tkalčić (1877–1957), cellist and composer Slavko Kvaternik (1878–1947), politician and military officer Hugo Ehrlich (1879–1936), architect (1879–1962), civil engineer Vladimir Sachs-Petrović (1879 – unknown date in 1941–1945), politician and lawyer Paula Wolf-Kalmar (1880–1931), Austrian chess player (1882–1966), Austrian painter Đuro Basariček (1884–1928), politician, lawyer and social activist Milovan Zoričić (1884–1971), jurist and football official Josip Račić (1885–1908), painter Ljubo Wiesner (1885–1951), poet and translator (1886–1953), historian and writer Oskar Herman (1886–1974), painter Vera Nikolić Podrinska (1886–1972), painter and baroness Rudolf Zistler (1886–1960), Austro-Hungarian lawyer and socialist Zvonimir Rogoz (1887–1988), actor Marijan Trepše (1887–1964), painter, graphic artist and set designer Mira Klobučar (1888–1956), painter Vera Schwarz (1888–1964), opera singer Ivo Stern (1889–1961), lawyer, writer, journalist, and director Maksimilijan Vanka (1889–1963), artist Ivo Krbek (1890–1966), politician, lawyer, lecturer, and academic Ante Pandaković (1890–1968), footballer coach Vladimir Šterk (1891–1941), architect Dragutin Novak (1892–1978), airplane constructor Ivan Tomašević (1892–1945), military commander August Cesarec (1893–1941), writer and communist activist Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981), writer Lav Mirski (1893–1968), conductor Ivan Zemljak (1893–1963), architect (1894–1968), zoologist Drago Ibler (1894–1964), architect Marino Tartaglia (1894–1984), painter and art teacher Zlatko Baloković (1895–1965), violinist Ivan Granec (1895–1923), footballer Archduke Rainer of Austria (1895–1930), the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, a member of the Tuscan branch of the Imperial House of Habsburg Svetislav Stančić (1895–1970), pianist and music pedagogue Jaroslav Šifer (1895–1982), footballer Vladimir Varlaj (1895–1962), artist Dragutin Vrđuka (1895–1948), footballer Alfred Albini (1896–1978), architect Juraj Andrassy (1896–1977), jurist Emil Perška (1896–1945), footballer Vladimir Vinek (1897–1945), footballer Archduke Leopold of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (1897–1958), the second son of Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany and Infanta Blanca of Spain Dragutin Vragović (1897–1973), footballer Stjepan Betlheim (1898–1970), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Josip Scholz (1898–1945), footballer Vladimir Vuković (1898–1975), chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist
20th century 1901–1910 Rudolf Matz (1901–1988), cellist and composer Fran Bošnjaković (1902–1993), physicist Jovan Karamata (1902–1967), mathematician Božidar Kunc (1903–1964), composer and pianist Milan Truban (1904–1929), cyclist William Feller (1906–1970), mathematician Zinka Milanov (1906–1989), opera singer Ivana Tomljenović-Meller (1906–1988), photographer Draga Matković (1907–2013), concert pianist Nenad Petrović (1907–1989), chess composer (1910–1980), composer (1910–1995), political scientist Eugen Dido Kvaternik (1910–1962), Ustaše General-Lieutenant
1911–1920 (1911–2008), journalist and politician (1911–1974), general (1913–1987), composer Rudi Supek (1913–1993), sociologist Branko Špoljar (1914–1985), actor Stjepan Šulek (1914–1986), composer and conductor Eugen Pusić (1916–2010), legal scholar (1917–2008), biologist Mladen Bašić (1917–2012), pianist and conductor (1917–2013), physician (1918–1978), archaeologist (1918–1979), composer
1921–1930 (1922–1980), German politician Stjepan Bobek (1923–2010), football player and manager Zlatko Čajkovski (1923–1998), football player and manager Milan Kangrga (1923–2008), professor Vlado Kristl (1923–2004), filmmaker Vladimir Medar (1923–1978), actor Ivan Snoj (1923–1994), handball official Thea Altaras (1924–2004), architect Juraj Amšel (1924–1988), water polo player Berislav Klobučar (1924–2014), conductor Jean Lindenmann (1924–2015), Swiss virologist (1925–1987), dramatist Željko Čajkovski (1925–2016), football player and manager (1925–2003), comics artist (1925–2024), Holocaust survivor Ivo Malec (1925–2019), French composer Miljenko Prohaska (1925–2014), bassist and composer (1926–2016), opera singer Lea Deutsch (1927–1943), child actress Bernard Vukas (1927–1983), football player Zdenko Uzorinac (1929–2005), table tennis player Branco Weiss (1929–2010), entrepreneur Branko Zebec (1929–1988), football player and manager Relja Bašić (1930–2017), actor and politician Radoslav Katičić (1930–2019), linguist
1931–1940 Melita Švob (born 1931), biologist Elma Karlowa (1932–1994), film actress Hrvoje Bartolović (1932–2005), chess composer Zvonimir Janko (1932–2022), mathematician Bora Ćosić (born 1932), writer Tugomir Franc (1932–1983), opera singer Sylva Koscina (1933–1994), actress (1934–2024), pianist and composer Vlado Stenzel (born 1934), handball coach Alfi Kabiljo (1935–2025), composer and conductor Ivica Šerfezi (1935–2004), pop singer (1936–2020), conductor (born 1937), ceramic artist (born 1937), film editor Ante Kostelić (born 1938), sports coach Zlatko Šimenc (born 1938), water polo player Branko Bošnjaković (born 1939), physicist (1939–2024), opera singer Boro Jovanović (1939–2023), tennis player (1939–2017), jazz musician Milan Turković (born 1939), bassoonist Ingrid Fickler (born 1940), jurist and politician
1941–1950 Vlado Milunić (1941–2022), architect Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014), poet Zlatko Škorić (1941–2019), football player Ozren Bonačić (born 1942), water polo player (1942–2009), journalist Josip Milković (born 1942), handball player (1942–2008), literary scholar Zdravko Hebel (1943–2017), water polo player Zdenko Kobeščak (born 1943), football player Dunja Vejzović (born 1943), opera singer Albin Vidović (1943–2018), handball player Zlatko Žagmešter (born 1943), handball coach Ronald Lopatny (1944–2022), water polo player Miroslav Poljak (1944–2015), water polo player (1945–2016), civil engineer Mišo Cebalo (1945–2022), chess grandmaster (born 1945), actor Rada Iveković (born 1945), philosopher Ognjen Kraus (born 1945), physician Predrag Cvitanović (born 1946), physicist Daša Drndić (1946–2018), writer (born 1946), philosopher Goran Milić (born 1946), journalist Žarko Puhovski (born 1946), professor Dragutin Šurbek (1946–2018), table tennis player Krešimir Ćosić (1948–1995), basketball player Eugen Pleško (1948–2020), cyclist (1949–2015), opera singer Radimir Čačić (born 1949), entrepreneur Zlatko Mateša (born 1949), politician Božo Bakota (1950–2015), football player (1950–2021), jazz musician (born 1950), philanthropist Josipa Lisac (born 1950), rock singer Sandy Marton (born 1950), musician Zdenko Zorko (born 1950), handball coach
1951–1960 Ivica Todorić (born 1951), businessman (born 1951), politician Ingeborg Fülepp (born 1952), media artist Srećko Puntarić (born 1952), cartoonist Luciano Moše Prelević (born 1953), rabbi Mirjana Ognjenović (born 1953), handball player Miroslav Nemec (born 1954), actor (born 1955), actor Snješko Cerin (born 1955), football player Mira Furlan (1955–2021), actress (born 1955), visual artist (born 1955), pianist Vlado Fumić (born 1956), cyclist Zlatko Kranjčar (1956–2021), football manager Velimir Zajec (born 1956), football manager (born 1957), author Ivo Josipović (born 1957), politician and composer (born 1957), jazz musician (born 1957), diplomat (born 1958), religious scholar (born 1958), philosopher Dubravka Šimonović (born 1958), human rights expert Vedran Mornar (born 1959), politician Ivan Šimonović (born 1959), diplomat Adriana Altaras (born 1960), actress Damir Keretić (born 1960), tennis player Tomislav Ivković (born 1960), football goalkeeper Marko Mlinarić (born 1960), football player Dobroslav Paraga (born 1960), politician Adnan Terzić (born 1960), politician
1961–1970 Tomislav Paškvalin (born 1961), water polo player Sanja Vejnović (born 1961), actress Radovan Vlatković (born 1962), horn player (born 1963), actor Nebojša Koharović (born 1963), diplomat Tatjana Šimić (born 1963), actress (born 1964), jazz musician Miljenko Matijevic (born 1964), rock singer (born 1964), jazz musician Goran Prpić (born 1964), tennis player (born 1964), singer Dubravka Vukušić (born 1965), speed skater (1966–2018), blogger Ivan Đikić (born 1966), scientist Nikola Jurčević (born 1966), football manager Nenad Kljaić (born 1966), handball player (born 1966), film director Zoran Milanović (born 1966), politician Dubravko Šimenc (born 1966), water polo player (born 1967), diplomat Bruno Orešar (born 1967), tennis player Dubravko Pavličić (1967–2012), football player Zvonimir Soldo (born 1967), football manager (born 1967), cellist Vlado Papić (born 1968), football player Željko Mavrović (born 1969), boxer Andrej Panadić (born 1969), football manager (born 1969), actress Zoran Dukić (born 1969), classical guitarist Tajči (born 1970), singer Krešimir Čuljak (born 1970), rower (born 1970), jurist (born 1970), musician (born 1970), curator Andrej Plenković (born 1970), politician (born 1970), entrepreneur Branko Strupar (born 1970), football player (born 1970), athlete (born c.1970), jazz musician
1971–1980 Slađan Ašanin (born 1971), football player (born 1971), handball player (born 1971), journalist Nina Badrić (born 1972), singer (born 1973), writer Matija Dedić (1973–2025), jazz musician Zlatko Hasanbegović (born 1973), historian Igor Jovićević (born 1973), football manager Vedran Pavlek (born 1973), alpine skier